The Ukrainian national hockey team has decided on the composition for the World Cup, which will be held in Lithuanian Kaunas from April 22 to 28.

Head coach Alexander Savitsky chose 23 hockey players:.

Goalkeepers: Bogdan Dyachenko (Donbass), Sergei Gayduchenko (without club). The third reserve goalkeeper - Vitaly Vlasenko (HC Kremenchuk).

Defenders: Denis Petrukhno (Metallurg Nk, VHL, Russia), Vladimir Romanenko (Dunarya, Romania), Kirill Zhovnir, Philip Matvienko, Dmitry Ignatenko (all - Donbass), Vsevolod Tolstushko (HC Kremenchuk), Kirill Katrich, Andrei Tatarenko (both - without a club).

Forwards:

Sergei Babinets, Vladislav Gavrik (both Presov, Slovakia), Nikita Butsenko, Dmitry Nimenko (both from Progim, Romania), Andrei Mikhnov (Youth, Belarus), Vitaly Lyalka, Viktor Zakharov (both from Donbass), Sevastyan Karpenko, Anton Boykov, Dmitry Chernyshenko, Timur Gritsenko (all - HC Kremenchuk), Shamil Ramazanov (without the club).

The national team of Ukraine is already in Kaunas. At the World Cup our team will play against the teams of Lithuania, Croatia, Japan, Estonia and Romania.

Recall, in friendly matches, the Ukrainian team lost to Poland and Hungary.