Austria’s squad for the 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I, Group B includes 20 players, plus three goalkeepers. Head coach Peter Schweda has nominated seven defenders and 13 forwards. On Wednesday evening they will play a final test match against the U21s of the Fehervar Hockey Academy, which will give the ÖEHV selection the finishing touches for the World Cup from April 25th to May 1st in Tallinn (EST).
“Everything is currently going according to plan. We are looking forward to the test match against the U21 of the Fehervar Hockey Academy and the World Cup itself. On the Thursday after the test match we will take off to Tallinn, and on Saturday we will start the World Cup against Italy,” says Head coach Peter Schweda looking forward to the coming days.
World Cup squad is ready
The squad for the World Cup has been found. The three goals set out in preparation have almost been ticked off Peter Schweda says: “Our first goal was to take the final step towards the World Cup in terms of cohesion and standards. That has been checked off. The same goes for finding a squad and distributing roles in the blocks and among the players. After the test match, we can also check off the third goal, namely how and what we play. The how is clear to all players. The what is tactical and we will do that against Fehervar’s U21s.”
With a few exceptions, the World Cup squad is the same as that of the February break, in which they played two games against the A-nation Denmark and another against Ukraine, which plays in Division IA. Denmark was initially defeated 5-2.
While the Danes were promoted to the top division in the U18 age category last year, Austria only had to move up to Division IB because they lost a direct duel against Hungary.
World Cup preparation
Austria vs. U21 Fehervar Hockey Academy
Wed., April 22, 2026, 4:00 p.m., St. Pölten
KRONE live stream
squad
| No. | name | First name | Pos | Size | Weight | Date of birth | R/L | Association |
| 20 | FRITZ | Lucas | GK | 186 | 75 | 05/20/10 | L | Rauman Lukko (FIN) |
| 25 | HAIM | Martin | GK | 177 | 77 | 12/19/08 | R | EC Red Bull Salzburg |
| 1 | LEMBERGER | Gabriel | GK | 192 | 85 | 12/12/09 | L | EC Red Bull Salzburg |
| 11 | BAUMMAN | Felix | D | 181 | 79 | 10/21/09 | R | EC Red Bull Salzburg |
| 6 | FURTHER | Dominic | D | 180 | 75 | 05/21/09 | L | EC Red Bull Salzburg |
| 7 | HOLZER | Gabriel | D | 179 | 72 | 02/25/09 | L | EC-KAC |
| 3 | KLANFER | Sebastian | D | 185 | 81 | 8/22/08 | L | EC-KAC |
| 8 | LEITNER | Lennart Elias | D | 178 | 75 | 04/20/08 | L | EC-KAC |
| 5 | STÖCKL | Robin | D | 180 | 84 | 09/28/08 | L | Cleveland Barons (USA) |
| 2 | VASCHAUNER | Paul Louis | D | 183 | 93 | 10/08/08 | R | EC iDM heat pumps VSV |
| 15 | CSEH | Simon | F | 177 | 76 | 01/21/08 | R | Elite Hockey Academy (USA) |
| 22 | DOBROVOLNY | John | F | 179 | 75 | 10/04/08 | L | EC-KAC |
| 21 | HARTL | Lucas | F | 180 | 74 | 07/17/09 | L | EC Red Bull Salzburg |
| 14 | KOSCHEK | Nico | F | 175 | 71 | 12/29/08 | L | EC Red Bull Salzburg |
| 9 | MICELLI | Nicholas | F | 186 | 89 | 04/30/10 | L | EC-KAC |
| 23 | NIEDERLEITNER | David | F | 184 | 74 | 05/21/08 | L | Sodertalje SK (SWE) |
| 12 | OZHGAN | Jonathan | F | 185 | 81 | 05/18/08 | R | Ice Hockey Academy Upper Austria |
| 10 | PLANK | Vitus | F | 187 | 81 | 10/22/09 | R | Rögle BK (SWE) |
| 13 | SOUND | Tristan | F | 183 | 79 | 06/29/08 | L | EC-KAC |
| 19 | SCHUSTER | Paul | F | 175 | 80 | 07/06/09 | R | EC Red Bull Salzburg |
| 24 | SINTSCHNIG | Paul | F | 185 | 80 | 03/11/09 | L | EC iDM heat pumps VSV |
| 17 | VAN EE | Lucas | F | 178 | 77 | 06/18/08 | L | EC-KAC |
| 18 | WAGNER | Emil | F | 176 | 78 | 05/17/09 | L | MoDo Hockey (SWE) |
2026 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
April 26 – May 1, 2026, Tallinn, Estonia
All Austria games will be broadcast live on the KRONE live stream
Official website
Game plan
Italy vs. Austria
Sat. April 25, 2026, 11:30 a.m
Austria vs. France
Sun., April 26, 2026, 11:30 a.m
Austria vs. Estonia
Tue., April 28, 2026, 6:30 p.m
South Korea vs. Austria
Thursday, April 30, 2026, 3:00 p.m
Austria vs. Lithuania
Fri, May 1, 2026, 11:30 a.m
www.eishockey.at, Pic: Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség
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