2017 Junior Club World Cup participants revealed

2017 Junior Cub World Cup participants have been revealed. The tournament will take place from August 19^th to August 27^th in two Sverdlovsk Region towns – Yekaterinburg and Verkhnyaya Pyshma. There will be eight participating teams from seven countries this year – Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Sweden.

As per tradition, the participants are junior teams from hockey countries around the world. Russia will be represented by reigning Kharlamov Cup champions Krasnaya Armiya Moscow and Avto Yekaterinburg, as the hosts of the tournament.

Junior Hockey League will also be represented by 2016 Junior Club World Cup bronze medalists Snow Leopard Astana and HK Riga from Latvia.

There will also be four teams from four other countries. Finnish Jokerit play in Junior SM-Liiga and will participate at Junior Club World Cup for the second time in franchise history. Last year the team came in fourth. Ocelari Trinec made the finals of Czech junior league this past season and will make their debut at Junior Club World Cup. Swedish MODO Örnsköldsvik are reigning champions of Junior SuperElit and will also participate at the tournament for the first time. HC Davos are a 4-time Junior Swiss League champions. Last season the team was eliminated in quarterfinal.

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