World Junior U-20 Results

2008/09


Belarus
Tournament: Div. I Group A (Switzerland)
Result: 4 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 12 points (2nd place, Belarus stays in Div. I)
Top Scorer: F Igor Revenko (5 G - 6 A - 11 PTS)
Team MVP: G Vitali Belinski

POL - BLR 0 - 4
BLR - FRA 8 - 2
BLR - SLO 7 - 2
BLR - EST 19 - 1
SUI - BLR 2 - 1

Kazakhstan
Tournament: Top Division (Canada)
Result: 0 - 0 - 0 - 6 - 0 points (10th place, Kazakhstan is relegated to Div.1)
Top Scorer: F Konstantin Savenkov (3 G - 0 A - 3 PTS)
Team MVP: F Konstantin Savenkov, D Yevgeni Bolyakin, F Eduard Mazula

KAZ - GER 0 - 9
KAZ - CAN 0 - 15
USA - KAZ 12 - 0
CZE - KAZ 10 - 2
FIN - KAZ 7 - 1
LAT - KAZ 7 - 1

Latvia
Tournament: Top Division (Canada)
Result: 2 - 0 - 0 - 4 - 6 points (8th place, Latvia stays in Top Division)
Top Scorer: F Robert Jekimovs ( 4 G - 3 A - 7 PTS)
Team MVP: G Nauris Enkuzens, F Roberts Bukarts, F Roberts Jekimovs

LAT - RUS 1 - 4
SVK - LAT 7 - 2
LAT - SWE 1 - 10
FIN - LAT 5 - 1
GER - LAT 1 - 7
LAT - KAZ 7 - 1

Lithuania
Tournament: Div. II Group A (Romania)
Result: 4 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 12 points (2nd place, Lithuania stays in Div. II)
Top Scorer: F Tadas Kumeliauskas (9 G - 10 A - 19 PTS)
Team MVP: G Arturas Kuzmicius

KOR - LTU 1 - 4
LTU - BEL 9 - 1
LTU - ROU 8 - 1
SRB - LTU 1 - 10
LTU - JPN 4 - 5

Ukraine
Tournament: Div. I Group B (Denmark)
Result: 1 - 0 - 0 - 4 - 3 points (5th place, Ukraine stays in Div. I)
Top Scorer: F Maksym Kvitchenko (2 G - 3 A - 5 PTS)
Team MVP: G Mykhailo Balaban

UKR - NOR 2 - 4
AUT - UKR 6 - 2
DEN - UKR 2 - 0
HUN - UKR 2 - 5
UKR - ITA 1 - 2

Andrei Yankov should get Top Goalie

Andrei Yankov should get Top Goalie

Goalies usually get the nod for team MVP, so we'll see.

I have a question about Konstantin Savenkov of Kazakhstan. I was looking over the world jr stats and he scored three of the four goals for Kazakhstan. Is Konstantin Savenkov a good prospect for Kazakhstan or did he just fluke out? (I never saw any of Kazakhstan’s games)

I have a question about Konstantin Savenkov of Kazakhstan. I was looking over the world jr stats and he scored three of the four goals for Kazakhstan. Is Konstantin Savenkov a good prospect for Kazakhstan or did he just fluke out? (I never saw any of Kazakhstan’s games)

He's supposed to be a decent player, he's playing in the lower leagues in Russia, he was once with Avangard-2 Omsk. He scored 6 points in 5 games during the U18's in '08, so he does have offensive upside, although not being very big in size.

will belarus be in the top division next year?

No, the Swiss won the Promotion from Div 1 A this year.