Our team opened the Olympic qualifying tournament with confidence.
The Ukrainian national hockey team made a confident start to the Olympic qualifying tournament. The first opponent was South Korea, which in the end could not withstand the pressure of the “blue-yellows”.
In the opening period, with an even game, Ukraine scored the only goal through Mazur. In turn, goalkeeper Zakharchenko confidently neutralized all chances of the Koreans. Let’s remember that in the end our goalkeeper did not allow the opponents to score on his goal.
In the second 20 minutes, Ukraine scored the second goal, Vorona scored. And the Asian team finally finished in the third period with goals from Deniskin and Trakht – 4:0.
Today, February 9, the Ukrainian team will play against Poland, the group favorite. The third opponent is Estonia. Only the winner of the group will advance to the next stage of selection for the 2026 Olympics.
Olympics 2026. Qualification. February 8
South Korea – Ukraine 0:4 (0:1, 0:1, 0:2)
Pucks: 0:1 – Mazur (Lyalka, Morozov), 14:10. 0:2 – Vorona (Boroday, Kutsevich), 22:10. 0:3 – Deniskin (Pangelov-Yuldashev), 49:31. 0:4 – Trakht (Peresunko, Merezhko, – big), 50:03
Korea: Lee Yong-Sung (Ga Jun-Go, 50:03); Nam Gi-Doo – Song Kyung-Chol, Lee Jung-Min – Gong Jun-Wook – Shin Sang-Gun; Kim Kyung-Seo – Jeong Go-Kyun; Lee Jong-Kyun – Lee Kyung-Sun – Kang Yun-Suk; Lee Dong Koo – Lee Soon-Ja; An Jin-Gui – Li Yun-Zhong – Ba San-Go; Ji Gye-Suk – Kon Yu-Chan, Kim Si-Gwan – Kim Sang-Wook – Kim Sang-Yob. Coach – Kim Woo-ja
Ukraine: Zakharchenko; Grebenik – Pangelov-Yuldashev, Lyalka – Mazur – Morozov; Sisak – Merezhko, Trakht – Zakharov – Peresunko; Cholach – Ratushny, Vorona – Fadeev – Deniskin; Panchenko – Kutsevich – Boroday; Andreikov, Korenchuk. Coach – Dmitry Khristich
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