Danish juniors promoted

The Danes had secured the tournament already after four games since they had won the head-to-head games against the only two teams that could threaten their 12 points; Latvia and Belarus. Now the Danish U20 team got itself a ticket to next year's World Junior Championship in Toronto and Montreal. 

Twelve of the Danish players still have the age to be able to participate in next WJC, including both goalies. Most of the players still play for Danish clubs in the domestic leauge. Sonny Hertzberg, Kristoffer Lauridsen, Mads Larsen and Mathias Asperup play for Swedish clubs while Oliver Bjorkstrand, Nikolaj Ehlers and the coach Olaf Eller's son Mads play in the Canadian junior leagues.

Click here to see the Danish roster and here to see the player stats.

Denmark opened with a 3-1 win over Austria and a 4-2 win over the host Poland. After Tuesday's day off they won the key game against Belarus 5-4 on Wednesday.

With the 4-1 win over Latvia they secured the tournament win and then beat Slovenia 4-2 on the final day.

Latvia beat Belarus 4-3 in the game for the second place. Austria finished 4th and Slovenia 5th. Poland only managed to get one point  and relegate to Division 1B.

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