Belarus is making a dramatic return to the Men’s Under-20 World Ice Hockey Championship after winning the Division IA title last year.
The country’s roster currently holds five players who play in the CHL and one player who plays in the MHL: Russia’s junior league. Most of the players play in domestic leagues within Belarus. They do not have an Andrej Meszaros, Andrei, or Sergei Kostitsyn, so if they do win a game this year, it will not be on the back of one player.
Team Belarus roster
| Player | Position | League | Current team (NHL) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | League | Current team (NHL) |
| Andrei Grischenko | G | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Dmitri Rodik | G | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Nikita Tolopilo | G | Belarus2 | Team Belarus U18 |
| Dmitri Burovtsev | D | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Dmitri Deryabin | D | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Vladislav Gabrus | D | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Andrei Gostev | D | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Maxim Magaletsky | D | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Vladislav Martynyuk | D | MHL | KRS Junior |
| Sergei Sapego | D | WHL | Prince Albert Raiders |
| Dmitri Savritsky | D | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Vladislav Sokolovsky | D | Belarus | Dinamo-Molodechno |
| Vladislav Yeryomenko | D | WHL | Calgary Hitmen |
| Nikita Zuyev | D | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Nazar Anisimov | F | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Arseni Astashevich | F | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Artyom Baltruk | F | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Viktor Bovbel | F | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Ivan Drozdov | F | Belarus | Yunost Minsk |
| Vasili Filyayev | F | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Dmitri Grinkevich | F | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Leonid Ivanovsky | F | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Ilya Litvinov | F | Belarus | Yunost Minsk |
| Alexander Lukashevich | F | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Gennadi Malashchenko | F | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Igor Martynov | F | WHL | Victoria Royals |
| Vladislav Mikhalchuk | F | WHL | Prince George Cougars |
| Kirill Nikolayev | F | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Sergei Pischuk | F | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Vladislav Ryadchenko | F | Belarus | Team Belarus U20 |
| Yegor Sharangovich | F | KHL | Dinamo Minsk |
| Maxim Sushko | F | OHL | Owen Sound Attack (PHI) |
Belarus will always be at a disadvantage in major tournaments.