The championship ended in Canada on Saturday, when Russia picked up bronze by beating Switzerland before Finland defeated the US in a thrilling gold medal game.

The official World Juniors social media account sent out a message to fans and locals in the host cities of Vancouver and Victoria, thanking them for making the tournament “one for the history books.”

The 20-second clip featured the word “represent” translated into the languages of the 10 participating countries, as the flags of the competing nations drifted past.

All excpet one, that is. The only flag missing? The Russian one.     

The absence of the Russian tricolor caused anger from social media users who replied to the Twitter post.

“Next time Canada flag should be missed, I guess,” wrote one user.  

Others writing in Russian also vented their anger at the oversight.

“More disrespect to Russia. Sport outside of politics!” wrote one person.

“Where is Team Russia?” inquired another user.

It’s unclear what the absence was due to – although one netizen was sure it was a deliberate act of “dirty tricks” towards Russia, while another branded the mistake "pathetic." 

Others cheekily pointed out that organizers had forgotten to include the flag of the nation that had beaten Canada during the group stage.

Some Twitter users simply added emojis of the flag that was forgotten – in one case, lots of them…