U20 national team: Künast names provisional World Cup squad

27 players nominated for preparation in Füssen / Künast: “Fine on the little things”

The basic structure is in place: U20 national coach Christian Künast names 27 players in the expanded World Cup squad, including three goalkeepers, nine defenders and 15 strikers. The players will complete the final preparatory course together from November 28.11th to December 04.12.2017th, XNUMX at the Federal Training Center in Füssen before heading to France the following day.

For the upcoming 2018 IIHF U20 Ice Hockey World Championship Div.I in Courchevel / Meribel (France), the squad still has to be shortened to 20 players and two goalkeepers. “We will name the final squad before we leave for France,” said Künast. The DEB-Selection fights in the French ski resort with Kazakhstan (December 10.12th / 14.30:12.12 p.m.), Austria (December 19.00th / 13.12:19.00 p.m.), hosts France (December 15.12th / 13.00:16.12 p.m.), newly promoted Hungary (December 14.30th / XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.) and last year's relegated team Top Division Latvia (December XNUMXth / XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.) for promotion.

Last year, Künast's team took second place on home ice in Bremerhaven and narrowly missed out on returning to the top ten nations in the world. "We saw last year how close it can be and how close the nations are to each other - the form of the day will be a deciding factor. The team has performed well throughout the season, now we will use the time in Füssen to fine-tune the little things."

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