Sweden, Czech Republic, and Austria release preliminary rosters for 2021 World Juniors

With the 2021 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships beginning in roughly three weeks, teams are getting ready to open their selection camps before heading to the bubble in Edmonton, Alberta. Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Austria have released their preliminary rosters ahead of their selection camps.

We'll start with Sweden, who will have seven players returning from their bronze medal winning team at the 2020 World Juniors. The returning players are: Goaltender: Hugo Alnefelt (TBL-2019). Defencemen: Philip Broberg (EDM-2019), and Victor Soderstrom (ARI-2019), Tobias Bjornfot (LAK-2019). Forwards: Lucas Raymond (DET-2020), Alexander Holtz (NJD-2019), and Karl Henriksson (NYR-2019).

The roster also includes 2020 NHL draft picks, Helge Grans (LAK), Noel Gunler (CAR), Zion Nybeck (CAR), and 2019 NHL draft pick Albin Grewe (DET).

Sweden's preliminary WJC roster. 34 players will become 25 before heading overseas.#WJC2021 pic.twitter.com/lniyRryIDb— Uffe Bodin (@UffeBodin) December 3, 2020

Next up is the Czech Republic, who will have ten returning players from their roster at the 2020 World Juniors where they finished seventh after losing to Sweden in the quarter-finals. The returning players are: Goaltenders: Nick Malik (2021), and Lukas Parik (LAK-2019). Defencemen: Karel Klikorka, Radek Kucerik, Martin Hugo-Has (WSH-2019), and Simon Kubicek. Forwards: Michal Teply (CHI-2019), Jaromir Pytlik (NJD-2020), Adam Raska (SJS-2020), and Jan Mysak (MTL-2020).

The Czech #WorldJuniors Camp roster has been announced.

There are five 2003-born players on the roster, goalie Jakub Dobes (MTL) is the biggest omission. pic.twitter.com/Sd589N1zYv— Czech Prospects (@CZprospects) December 2, 2020

Finally, we have Austria, who were promoted to the top division at the World Juniors after winning the division 1A tournament last December. The 2021 World Juniors will mark Austria's first appearance in the top division since the 2010 tournament.

Austria will be lead by Minnesota Wild 2020 first round pick, Marco Rossi, and Anaheim Ducks 2020 fourth round pick, Thimo Nickl. The remainder of Austria's roster is eligible for the 2021 NHL entry draft, which will likely make them the youngest roster at the tournament.

I am happy to announce that i can be part of the U20 World Championship in Canada.🇨🇦 Can't wait. 💪#WorldJuniors #TeamAustria pic.twitter.com/SYu1iEeB5A— Marco Rossi (@marcorossi2383) December 3, 2020

Sweden and the Czech Republic will open up their campaigns against each other on December 26th at 2 pm ET/12 pm MT (local time). Austria will also begin their tournament on December 26th. They will face the United States at 9:30 pm ET/7:30 pm MT (local time).

Source: NHL (Austria's roster)

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