Narrow friendly defeat for Austria’s U18 men against World Championship opponents Slovenia
Austria’s U18 men’s national ice hockey team suffered a narrow 3:4 defeat against World Championship opponents Slovenia in Maribor in a friendly ahead of the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I, Group A. Emil Wagner (11'), Kevin Mandl (43') and Paul Oberhauser (54') scored for the ÖEHV selection. Head Coach Florian Mühlstein’s team will face Denmark, Slovenia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and hosts Hungary at the World Championship in Hungary from Sunday.
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The match in Maribor was an exciting one, with Austria leading 1:0 after the first period thanks to a goal from Emil Wagner (11'). In the middle period, the hosts turned the game around and pulled away to 3:1 with three unanswered goals.
In the final period, Kevin Mandl first reduced the deficit to 2:3 early on (43'), before Paul Oberhauser levelled the score at 3:3 with just under six minutes remaining in a turbulent closing phase (54').
Shortly afterwards, the Slovenians were awarded a penalty following a trip by Paul Sintschnig, which Oskar Rogl converted to secure a narrow 4:3 victory for the Risi. Following regulation time, there was also overtime and a penalty shoot-out for testing purposes, in which the Slovenians prevailed.
U18 Men’s National Team World Championship preparation
Slovenia vs. Austria 4:3 (0:1,3:0,1:2)
Tue, 15 April 2025, 14:00, Maribor
Austria scorers: Emil Wagner (11'), Kevin Mandl (43'), Paul Oberhauser (54')
2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I, Group A
20–26 April 2025, Szekesfehervar (HUN)
Participants: Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Ukraine, Austria
Denmark vs. Austria
Sun, 20 April 2025, 12:30
Austria vs. Slovenia
Mon, 21 April 2025, 16:00
Ukraine vs. Austria
Wed, 23 April 2025, 12:30
Austria vs. Kazakhstan
Thu, 24 April 2025, 16:00
Austria vs. Hungary
Sat, 26 April 2025, 16:00
