Ukraine men's national junior ice hockey team

The Ukrainian men's national junior ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Ukraine. The team represents Ukraine at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division I.
== History ==
Ukraine made its first appearance at the top level in 1994, less than five years after gaining independence from the Soviet Union. Ukraine went on to upset the United States, and Ukrainian goaltender Igor Karpenko went on to win top goaltender at the 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Since, there was no relegation round due to the restructuring of the format, in 2001 Junior Ice Hockey Championship the team were participating at the German performance, like a strong and high level players team, from small country of the east Europe. In that year Team Ukraine got a 3rd place rank and deserved bronze medals of the Division I tournament. This group played in Landsberg and Füssen, Germany between December 10 and December 16, 2000.
The best players of the team Ukraine -"Yuriy Dyachenko" and "Alexandr Bobkin" best of 5 points results 3 scores and 2 assists for both 10 points in summary. Ukraine was not relegated, despite finishing 8th out of 8 teams. Ukraine was relegated to Pool B after finishing 10th in 1996. Four years later, Ukraine made it back to Pool A in 2000, and once again finished 10th. Despite, the relegation, Ukraine didn't lose a game by more than 7 goals. Ukraine earned promotion to top level for 2004 with a one-point differential over Japan, by defeating France 3-0 on the last day. Ukraine experienced troubles in Helsinki, Finland with equipment shortages (ea-sticks, tape), because the country was experiencing economic difficulties. Other teams participating donated sticks, tape, skate laces, and other pieces of equipment to the Ukrainian team. Despite, the generous donations from other teams, Ukraine did not hold up well in the tournament losing to the Czech-Republic (8-0); Switzerland (11-0); Canada (10-0); Finland (14-1). Ukraine went on to lose the relegation round to Sweden (4-0), and tie Austria (2-2). Ukraine has remained at the Division I level since then.
==International competitions==
* 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 17th place (1st in Pool C)
* 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 9th place (1st in Pool B)
* 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 8th place
* 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 10th place
* 1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 15th place (5th in Pool B)
* 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 12th place (2nd in Pool B)
* 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 11th place (1st in Pool B)
* 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 10th place
* 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 13th place (3rd in Division I)
* 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 14th place (4th in Division I)
* 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 11th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
* 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 10th place
* 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 19th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
* 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 19th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
* 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 15th place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
* 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 20th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
* 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 19th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
* 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 18th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
* 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 22nd place (6th in Division I, Group A)
* 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 23rd place (1st in Division IIA)
* 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 20th place (4th in Division IB)
* 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 20th place (4th in Division IB)
* 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 18th place (2nd in Division IB)
* 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 20th place (4th in Division IB)
* 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 21st place (5th in Division IB)
* 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 20th place (4th in Division IB)
* 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 21st place (5th in Division IB)
* 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 19th place (3rd in Division IB)
* 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Cancelled
* 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – 20th place (4th in Division IB)
* 2023 – 18th place (2nd in Division IB)
* 2024 – 18th place (2nd in Division IB)
==External links==
*Ukraine at IIHF.com
Category:Junior national ice hockey teams