1987 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1987 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twentieth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group A

Played April 3–12, 1987, in Tampere, Kouvola, and Hämeenlinna, Finland. Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union, finished tied atop the standings after seven games. Amongst the three, Sweden had the better goal differential in their head to head games, so they won the gold. The Czech's and Soviets still remained even, so the silver medal was awarded based on goals scored in the head to head games: six to four in favor of Czechoslovakia.[1]

Team SWE TCH URS FIN SUI POL NOR FRG GF/GA Points Tie 1
H2H Points 		Tie 2
H2H GD 		Tie 3
H2H GF
1.  Sweden 4:1 0:1 5:2 14:1 13:0 6:0 9:0 51:5 12 2 +2
2.  Czechoslovakia 1:4 5:3 8:5 13:3 11:0 5:1 5:0 48:16 12 2 -1 6
3.  Soviet Union 1:0 3:5 6:5 8:0 11:1 9:3 5:2 43:16 12 2 -1 4
4.  Finland 2:5 5:8 5:6 4:0 9:0 9:0 7:2 41:21 8
5.   Switzerland 1:14 3:13 0:8 0:4 5:5 1:1 4:1 14:46 4
6.  Poland 0:13 0:11 1:11 0:9 5:5 3:2 4:4 13:55 4
7.  Norway 0:6 1:5 3:9 0:9 1:1 2:3 6:4 13:37 3
8.  West Germany 0:9 0:5 2:5 2:7 1:4 4:4 4:6 13:40 1

West Germany was relegated to Group B for 1988.

Tournament Awards

Group B

Played April 3–9, 1987, in Bucharest, Romania

First round

Group 1
Team ROM ITA GBR BUL GF/Ga Points
1.  Romania 6:3 13:2 2:4 19:5 4
2.  Italy 3:6 6:1 4:2 9:7 2
3.  Great Britain 2:13 1:6 2:9 3:19 0
NR  Bulgaria 4:2 2:4 9:2 15:8 4
  • Bulgaria would have been second in their group but they were disqualified for falsifying birthdates for some of their players. Their games did not count in the standings and they received no official ranking.[2]
Group 2
Team DEN FRA YUG AUT GF/GA Points Tie 1
H2H Points 		Tie 2
H2H GD
1.  Denmark 8:3 4:6 6:0 18:9 4 2 +3
2.  France 3:8 8:4 3:2 14:14 4 2 -1
3.  Yugoslavia 6:4 4:8 7:2 17:14 4 2 -2
4.  Austria 0:6 2:3 2:7 4:16 0

Final round

Championship round
Team ROM DEN ITA FRA GF/GA Points
1.  Romania 7:4 (6:3) 6:4 19:11 6
2.  Denmark 4:7 5:3 (8:3) 17:13 4
3.  Italy (3:6) 3:5 5:2 11:13 2
4.  France 4:6 (3:8) 2:5 9:19 0
Placing round
Team YUG AUT GBR BUL GF/GA Points
1.  Yugoslavia (7:2) 7:2 –:– 14:4 4
2.  Austria (2:7) 5:4 –:– 7:11 2
3.  Great Britain 2:7 4:5 (–:–) 6:12 0
NR  Bulgaria –:– –:– (–:–) –:– –

Romania was promoted to Group A and Bulgaria was relegated to Group C, for 1988.

Group C

Played March 14–19, 1987, in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands.

Team NED HUN BEL GF GA
1.  Netherlands 8:3
6:2 		9:1
9:1 		32:7 8
2.  Hungary 3:8
2:6 		10:3
5:1 		20:18 4
3.  Belgium 1:9
1:9 		3:10
1:5 		6:33 0

The Netherlands was promoted to Group B for 1988.

References

  1. ^ Tournament recap (in French)
  2. ^ Bulgaria disqualified
  • Complete results
  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 530–2. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.