On Saturday 23 April, the U18 Division 1 World Championships will start in Landshut and Kaufbeuren (Germany).
Due to the exclusion of the Russian and Belarusian selections, only eight teams participate in the tournament, which rules out relegation a priori.
The Swiss national team, led by head coach Marcel Jenni and his assistants Krister Cantoni and Steve Hirschi, will make its debut against Finland before facing the other two teams in its group, Sweden and Latvia. The quarter-final match is scheduled for 28 April.
The final list of players called up (three goalkeepers, eight defenders and fourteen forwards) includes two players from the Youth Section ofHockey Club Lugano, both born in 2004: defender Ryan Mazzola and forward Alessandro Lurati.
Good luck to the young Swiss!