 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Backlund akatamba kuSweden pa2006 World U18 Championships, achihwina chibodzwa chimwe mumitambo mitatu. Muna 2007, akatungamira Sweden kumenduru yebronze yeU18 paakarova hat-trick yechisikigo mukukunda 83 pamusoro peCanada mumutambo wemenduru yebronze. Akatungamira mutambo uyu mukukora zvibodzwa zvitanhatu mumitambo mitanhatu. 