Ukrajincům zbývá na šampionátu nižší úrovně v rumunském Sfantu Gheorghe poslední zápas v sobotu proti Japonsku a k jistotě postupu jim bude stačit získat bod. Výrazný krok k návratu mezi elitu udělali čtvrtečním vítězstvím 4:1 nad Polskem. V tabulce jsou nyní druzí a s devítibodovým ziskem zaostávají jen o skóre ze Velkou Británií.
Právě s ostrovním týmem jako jediným hned na úvod turnaje prohráli 3:4 po samostatných nájezdech. V rozstřelu (3:2) ale naopak následně zvládli klíčový duel s Itálií vedenou hvězdným finským koučem Jukkou Jalonenem.
Trenér, jenž dovedl Finsko ke zlatu na olympiádě, třikrát na MS a jednou na šampionátu dvacítek, má pozvednout italskou reprezentaci především směrem k domácí zimní olympiádě. Pro mimořádně úspěšného trenéra by byl ale krach v boji o postup na elitní MS velkou ranou.
Po jasné porážce od Velké Británie 1:5 už je ale postupová šance spíše teoretická. Za Ukrajinci i Brity zaostává Itálie před posledním zápasem o dva body, navíc má s oběma týmy horší vzájemnou bilanci.
S Ukrajinou se před šampionátem na postup příliš nepočítalo. Paradoxní je, že i když obsadí postupovou příčku, na elitním MS v roce 2026 si nakonec nemusí zahrát.
Mezinárodní hokejová federace IIHF v únoru sice potvrdila, že kvůli pokračující invazi na Ukrajinu bude i světový šampionát příští rok bez Ruska a Běloruska. Pokud ale válka skončí, IIHF bude situaci s vyloučenými týmy znovu posuzovat a je možné, že jejich suspendaci zruší.
Rusku a Bělorusku byl po vyloučení z mezinárodní scény zmrazen bodový zisk do žebříčku IIHF, v němž tak dál figurují na druhém, respektive šestnáctém místě. Ukrajina je až na 27. pozici.
Pokud tedy na Ukrajině bude v nejbližších měsících dosaženo míru, existuje možnost, že IIHF vrátí Rusko do MS už v roce 2026 právě na úkor Ukrajiny, kterou ruská vojska už déle než tři roky vojensky pustoší.
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