From April 20 to 26, Hungary hosted the world ice hockey championship.

Among the participants was Ilya Bobrov, a goalkeeper for the Ukrainian U18 national team, trained at the Odessa sports school «Dzhinistra».

The Ukrainian team achieved an impressive result, claiming the silver medal.

In Division 1A, 7 teams competed, with Ukraine's results as follows:

Hungary – Ukraine 1:7;

Ukraine – Denmark 1:5;

Ukraine – Australia 6:3;

Ukraine – Slovenia 7:1;

Kazakhstan – Ukraine 2:3.

The athlete was coached by Ruslan Korop at the «Dzhinistra» sports school.

The hockey department of this school has 69 young athletes enrolled.