1996 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1996 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twenty-ninth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships. Group A Played April 7 to the 14th, in Ufa, Russia. First round Because of Germany's success in the previous year, the draw for this year's championship guaranteed a final four berth for either Germany, Switzerland or Belarus. Group 1 was made up of the teams that finished 1st, 4th, 5th, and the newly promoted country, Group 2 contained 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and 7th. Unfortunately, this meant that for Slovakia's first time playing at the top level, they would face Finland, Russia, and the Czech Republic, in the first round. The Swiss made the most of their opportunity, becoming just the seventh nation to finish in the top four. Group 1 Team FIN RUS CZE SVK GF/GA Points 1. FIN 3:3 2:0 5:3 10:6 5 2. RUS 3:3 4:4 6:2 13:9 4 3. CZE 0:2 4:4 3:1 7:7 3 4. SVK 3:5 2:6 1:3 6:14 0 Group 2 Team SWE SUI GER BLR GF/GA Points 1. SWE 4:2 6:0 11:2 21:4 6 2. SUI 2:4 5:4 5:2 12:10 4 3. GER 0:6 4:5 4:3 8:14 2 4. BLR 2:11 2:5 3:4 7:20 0 Final round On the final day the Russians and the Finns both won to finish tied for first, and since they had tied each other, it came down to goal differential in the final round. Both teams beat the Swedes by three goals, but Russia's seven goal margin against the Swiss clinched the gold.Gold for Russia Championship round Team RUS FIN SWE SUI GF/GA Points 1. RUS (3:3) 5:2 8:1 16:6 5 2. FIN (3:3) 3:0 4:3 10:6 5 3. SWE 2:5 0:3 (4:2) 6:10 2 4. SUI 1:8 3:4 (2:4) 6:16 0 Placing round On the final day of competition, Slovakia avenged their surprising loss in 1993, by beating, and in effect relegating, Belarus. Team CZE GER SVK BLR GF/GA Points 1. CZE 8:0 (3:1) 10:1 21:2 6 2. GER 0:8 6:4 (4:3) 10:15 4 3. SVK (1:3) 4:6 7:4 12:13 2 4. BLR 1:10 (3:4) 4:7 8:21 0 Belarus was relegated to Group B for 1997. Tournament Awards Top Scorer GERMarco Sturm (11 points) Top Goalie: CZEAdam Svoboda Top Defenceman:RUSAndrei Zyuzin Top Forward: SWEMarcus Nilson Group B Played from March 23 to the 29th, in Tychy and Sosnowiec, Poland. Polish player Leszek Laszkiewicz was the leading scorer in Group B, with nine goals and 13 points he was named to the event's all-star team.https://www.hockeyarchives.info/U-18_1996.htm Championnat d'Europe junior 1996 des moins de 18 ans Hockey Archives fr 27 December 2025 First round Group 1 Team UKR NOR ITA HUN GF/GA Points 1. UKR 6:2 6:1 5:3 17:6 6 2. NOR 2:6 6:3 6:1 14:10 4 3. ITA 1:6 3:6 3:0 7:12 2 4. HUN 3:5 1:6 0:3 4:14 0 Group 2 Team DEN FRA POL ROM GF/GA Points 1. DEN 6:3 7:5 12:4 25:12 6 2. FRA 3:6 7:3 8:3 18:12 4 3. POL 5:7 3:7 20:0 28:14 2 4. ROM 4:12 3:8 0:20 7:40 0 Final round Championship round Team UKR DEN FRA NOR GF/GA Points 1. UKR 5:4 4:2 (6:2) 15:8 6 2. DEN 4:5 (6:3) 3:2 13:10 4 3. FRA 2:4 (3:6) 5:1 10:11 2 4. NOR (2:6) 2:3 1:5 5:14 0 Placing round Team POL ITA HUN ROM GF/GA Points 1. POL 6:0 7:4 (20:0) 33:4 6 2. ITA 0:6 (3:0) 9:4 12:10 4 3. HUN 4:7 (0:3) 7:0 11:10 2 4. ROM (0:20) 4:9 0:7 4:36 0 Ukraine was promoted to Group A and Romania was relegated to Group C, for 1997. Group C Played from March 15 to 19, in Maribor, Slovenia. First round Group 1 Team AUT EST GBR CRO GF/GA Points 1. AUT 1:1 4:3 9:1 14:5 5 2. EST 1:1 3:3 6:4 10:8 4 3. GBR 3:4 3:3 10:2 16:9 3 4. CRO 1:9 4:6 2:10 7:25 0 Group 2 Team SLO LAT LTU ESP GF/GA Points 1. SLO 3:0 16:3 13:0 32:3 6 2. LAT 0:3 12:3 13:0 25:6 4 3. LTU 1988 3:16 3:12 11:0 17:28 2 4. ESP 0:13 0:13 0:11 0:37 0 Placing round 7th place CRO 10:2(5:0, 1:0, 4:2) ESP 5th place GBR 12:3(4:1, 4:1, 4:1) LTU 1988 3rd place LAT 9:2(4:0, 1:2, 4:0) EST Final SLO 4:3(1:1, 3:1, 0:1) AUT Slovenia was promoted to Group B and Spain was relegated to Group D, for 1997. Group D Played from March 6 to 10 in Sofia, Bulgaria. First round Group 1 Team NED BUL TUR GF/GA Points 1. NED 16:0 40:0 56:0 4 2. BUL 0:16 23:1 23:17 2 3. TUR 0:40 1:23 1:63 0 Group 2 Team YUG ISR GRE GF/GA Points 1. FR Yugoslavia 6:2 (14:0) 6:2 2 2. ISR 2:6 (5:0) 2:6 0 3. GRE (0:14) (0:5) (0:19) (0) The Greek team did not have the minimum required number of players, and were disqualified. However, they still played their games against Israel and Yugoslavia as exhibition matches. They also played an exhibition game against fifth place Turkey, defeating them seven to five.Greece still plays Placing round 3rd place ISR 4:3 o.t.(0:2, 3:0, 0:1, 1:0) BUL Final NED 6:4(2:2, 0:2, 4:0) FR Yugoslavia The Netherlands was promoted to Group C for 1997. References Complete results Duplacey James Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League 1998 Total Sports 530–2 0-8362-7114-9 registration https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse/page/530 Junior 1996 Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Russia Category:Sport in Ufa Junior Category:April 1996 sports events in Europe Category:Sosnowiec Category:Sport in Tychy Junior Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Poland Category:March 1996 sports events in Europe Category:Sport in Maribor Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Slovenia Junior Junior Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Bulgaria Category:Sports competitions in Sofia 1996 IIHF European U18 Championship