1987 IIHF European U18 Championship

International ice hockey tournament 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.Tournament recap (in French) 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. SWE 4:1 0:1 5:2 14:1 13:0 6:0 9:0 51:5 12 2 +2 2. TCH 1:4 5:3 8:5 13:3 11:0 5:1 5:0 48:16 12 2 -1 6 3. URS 1:0 3:5 6:5 8:0 11:1 9:3 5:2 43:16 12 2 -1 4 4. FIN 2:5 5:8 5:6 4:0 9:0 9:0 7:2 41:21 8 5. SUI 1:14 3:13 0:8 0:4 5:5 1:1 4:1 14:46 4 6. POL 0:13 0:11 1:11 0:9 5:5 3:2 4:4 13:55 4 7. NOR 0:6 1:5 3:9 0:9 1:1 2:3 6:4 13:37 3 8. FRG 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 Top Scorer TCHRoman Horák (15 points) Top Goalie: SWETommy Söderström Top Defenceman:URSAlexander Godynyuk Top Forward: TCHRoman Horák Group B Played April 3–9, 1987, in Bucharest, Romania First round Group 1 Team ROM ITA GBR BUL GF/Ga Points 1. ROM 1965 6:3 13:2 2:4 19:5 4 2. ITA 3:6 6:1 4:2 9:7 2 3. GBR 2:13 1:6 2:9 3:19 0 NR BUL 1971 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.Bulgaria disqualified Group 2 Team DEN FRA YUG AUT GF/GA Points Tie 1 H2H Points Tie 2 H2H GD 1. DEN 8:3 4:6 6:0 18:9 4 2 +3 2. FRA 3:8 8:4 3:2 14:14 4 2 -1 3. YUG 6:4 4:8 7:2 17:14 4 2 -2 4. AUT 0:6 2:3 2:7 4:16 0 Final round Championship round Team ROM DEN ITA FRA GF/GA Points 1. ROM 1965 7:4 (6:3) 6:4 19:11 6 2. DEN 4:7 5:3 (8:3) 17:13 4 3. ITA (3:6) 3:5 5:2 11:13 2 4. FRA 4:6 (3:8) 2:5 9:19 0 Placing round Team YUG AUT GBR BUL GF/GA Points 1. YUG (7:2) 7:2 –:– 14:4 4 2. AUT (2:7) 5:4 –:– 7:11 2 3. GBR 2:7 4:5 (–:–) 6:12 0 NR BUL 1971 –:– –:– (–:–) –:– – 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. NED 8:36:2 9:19:1 32:7 8 2. HUN 1957 3:82:6 10:35:1 20:18 4 3. BEL 1:91:9 3:101:5 6:33 0 The Netherlands was promoted to Group B for 1988. 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 Category:1986–87 in European ice hockey 1987 Category:April 1987 sports events in Europe Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Finland Category:Sport in Hämeenlinna Category:Kouvola Category:Sports competitions in Tampere Category:1986–87 in Finnish ice hockey Category:Sports competitions in Bucharest Category:1980s in Bucharest Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Romania Category:1986–87 in Romanian ice hockey Category:1986–87 in Dutch ice hockey Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by the Netherlands Category:March 1987 sports events in Europe 1987 IIHF European U18 Championship 1987 IIHF European U18 Championship Category:Sport in Kymenlaakso