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The head coach of the Swedish national team Johan Garpenlev has included three goalkeepers, nine defenders and 15 strikers.
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One of the leaders of the Swedish national team in Riga will be Zemgus Girgensons team member Buffalo “Sabers” team Viktor Ūlfosons. Attackers Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles Kings), Isaac Lundestrem, Richard Rachel (both Ducks of Anaheim) and Marcus Serensen (Sharks of San Jose) have also been invited from the NHL.
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Significantly, there is no NHL representative between the guards and the goalkeepers, but corrections have been made in this regard. The federation said in a statement that six NHL hockey players, including Sabers goalkeeper Linus Ulmarks, had been rejected by the national team due to injuries.
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However, for various reasons, eight NHL hockey players will not play for the national team. The best known of these are defenders Oliver Eckans-Larson (Arizona’s “Coyotes”), John Clinbury’s (Dallas’s “Stars”) and Rasmus Dalin (“Sabers”). Also, the striker Mika Zibanejad (Rangers of New York) will not be seen in Riga.
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The Swedish national team will play their first game against Denmark on the second day of the championship on May 22.
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The 2021 World Championship in Riga will take place from May 21 to June 6.
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In subgroup B, where Latvia, Canada, Finland, USA, Germany, Norway, Italy and Kazakhstan, the matches will take place in “Arena Riga”, while in subgroup A Russia, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, Denmark, Belarus and Great Britain will play their dues. On the ice rink in the football field of the Olympic Sports Center.
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In February, the IIHF Council voted to approve Riga as the sole organizer of the 2021 World Hockey Championship. This year’s World Championship was to be hosted by Minsk and Riga, but on January 18, at the meeting of the IIHF Council, the capital of Belarus was deprived of the rights of the organizers of the championship.
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In 2022 it is planned to host the tournament for Finland (Helsinki and Tampere), in 2023 – for Russia (St. Petersburg), in 2024 for the Czech Republic (Prague and Ostrava), and in 2025 – for Sweden and Denmark.
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Riga has hosted the World Championships for the only time so far in 2006.
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Composition of the Swedish hockey team for participation in the World Championship in Riga:
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Goalkeepers: Viktors Fasts (Lakers Lakers, Sweden), Samuel Eschons (Brynas, Gävle, Sweden); Adam Reidborn (Kazan “Ak Bars”, KHL);
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Guards: Klass Dalbeck (Moscow CSKA, KHL), Henrik Temerness (Geneva Servette, Switzerland), Lawrence Pilut (Chelyabinsk Traktor, KHL), Jesper Selgren (Gothenburg “Frolunda”, Sweden), Nils Lundqvist (Sweden) ), Magnus Niegren (Davos, Switzerland), Albert Johansson (Karlstad Farjestad, Sweden), Viktor Lev, Jonathan Pudass (both Helsinki Jokerit, KHL);
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Attackers: Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles Kings, NHL), Max Friber (Gothenburg “Frolunda”, Sweden), Pontus Holmbury (Växjö Lakers, Sweden), Per Lindholm, Jesper Frederin, Andreas Wingerli (all – Schellefthe AIK, Sweden) Oscar Lindbury (Moscow’s Dynamo), Mario Kempe (Moscow’s CSKA, KHL), Isaac Lundestrem (Anaheim’s Ducks, NHL), Karl Clinbury (Zug, Switzerland), Philip Holland (Lulea, Sweden), Marcus Sirensen (San Jose Sharks, NHL), Richard Rachel (Anaheim Ducks, NHL), Victor Ulfson (Buffalo Sabers, NHL), Denis Rasmussen (Magnitagorsk Metallurg, KHL).
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