Tough opposition directly for the junior crowns in the form of Russia.
Then Sweden stood for a stable effort and won 6-3 in the JVM premiere.
Oskar Olausson scored the lead goal in powerplay early in the first period.
Nicely played by Alexander Holtz, the forward found a gap behind Askarov in the Russian goal.
The management stood up until midnight.
Then Simon Edvinsson stood for a nice performance when he twisted the puck in boxplay, came completely free from half level and found the gap between the legs of Askarov.
Just minutes later, team captain Emil Andrae extended to 3-0 in powerplay.
Russia caught up
Every now and then, the Swedish management felt safe.
But after a tangled situation, Fyodor Scheckov was able to reduce to 3-1 before the second period was over.
Instead, star Alexander Holtz pushed in 4-1 in the third period and extinguished the Russian hope - everyone thought.
But two quick Russian reductions of the super talent Matvei Michkov made it really exciting.
But when Theodor Niederbach pushed there 5-3 with just over eight minutes left, Russia could not get up again.
Daniel Ljungman pressed there 6-3 in empty net and secured the premiere victory for Sweden.