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The Russian national ice hockey team lost the first match at the youth World Cup

The Russian national ice hockey team lost to the Swedish team with a score of 6: 3 in the opening match at the group stage of the World Youth Championship, which takes place in Canada.

Fyodor Svechkov and Matvey Michkov scored the goals for the Russians, Oscar Olausson, Simon Edvinsson, Emil Andrae, Alexander Holtz, Theodor Niederbach and Daniel Jungman for the Swedish national team.

In the next match, the Russians will play against the Swiss team on December 28 (beginning - 00:30 Moscow time). The Swedes will meet with the Slovaks on the same day. Also in group B is the US team.

Will Russia take gold from Canada? The World Ice Hockey Championship Highlights Ice Hockey The World Championship is held in Edmonton and Red Deer. 10 national teams are divided into two groups of five teams, of which the best four will advance to the playoffs. The playoffs kicks off on January 2, the final match will take place on the night of January 6.

The current world champion is the US national team, the Russians in 2021 lost to Canada in the semifinals and Finland in the match for third place. The last time the Russian national team won gold medals of the world championship was in 2011.

The Russian national ice hockey team lost the first match at the youth World Cup