The ice hockey festival in Vilnius begins with an important match | Sports

Already on the first day of the match, matches that can have a great impact on the final result of the tournament await.

At the start of the tournament, the Netherlands will face the Chinese national team. 12:30 p.m. the opening match of the tournament that is about to begin could be decisive in the battle for survival in the division. It is these national teams that claim the last position, which will be relegated to the lower division.

4:00 p.m. the Lithuanian national ice hockey team will also start its performance. In the first confrontation, they will face the Spanish ice hockey players.

It was against the Spanish national team that Lithuanians played their last official match. In that selection for the Olympic Games held in Hungary, the Lithuanians were stronger and won 2:0.

The day will end with a confrontation between two national teams with ambitious goals. 7:30 p.m. the national teams of Estonia and Ukraine will compete.

Both of these national teams come to Vilnius with high goals. The Ukrainians aim to finally return to a higher division by triumphing in this division, and the Estonian national team will aim to repeat the success of the last championship in Lithuania, when they won the first and so far only medals in Group B of Division I in Kaunas.