OREANDA-NEWS The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has published on its official website the composition of the groups for the 2024 World Youth Championship, without including the national teams of Russia and Belarus.

The tournament will be held in Gothenburg (Sweden) in 2024. The reigning world champion team Canada, the teams of Sweden, Finland, Germany and Latvia got into Group A.
 
The teams of the Czech Republic, USA, Slovakia, Switzerland and Norway are included in Group B.
On Friday, the Canadian national team became the winner of the World Youth Championship for the 20th time, winning gold for the second time in a row. The tournament was held in Canada. Initially, Novosibirsk and Omsk were supposed to host the competitions, but due to the situation in Ukraine, the IIHF council deprived Russia of the right to host the World Youth Championship. In addition, the national teams of Russia and Belarus did not perform at the tournament due to suspension.