1977 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1977 IIHF European U18 Championship was the tenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships. With the creation of the World Junior Hockey Championships, which used players under the age of 20, the European championships adjusted the age limitation to being under 18. Group A Played in Bremerhaven, West Germany from April 1–10, 1977. Romania was to participate but withdrew (and forfeited) in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the area in March of that year.Romania withdraws Team SWE TCH URS FIN SUI FRG POL GF/GA Points 1. SWE 4:0 5:2 8:1 13:2 15:1 13:1 58:7 12 2. TCH 0:4 5:3 10:1 15:3 10:1 9:1 49:13 10 3. URS 2:5 3:5 14:2 6:4 7:3 17:0 49:19 8 4. FIN 1:8 1:10 2:14 11:2 8:3 8:1 31:38 6 5. SUI 2:13 3:15 4:6 2:11 2:2 8:5 21:52 3 6. FRG 1:15 1:10 3:7 3:8 2:2 4:3 14:45 3 7. POL 1:13 1:9 0:17 1:8 5:8 3:4 11:59 0 Romania, after withdrawing, was relegated to Group B for 1978. Tournament Awards Top Scorer: SWEConny Silfverberg (17 Points) Top Goalie: SWEPelle Lindbergh Top Defenceman:TCHPeter Slanina Top Forward: SWEConny Silfverberg Group B Played in Bilbao and San Sebastián, Spain from March 30 to April 4, 1977. First round Group 1 Team YUG DEN FRA ESP GF/GA Points 1. YUG 4:2 7:2 10:2 21:6 6 2. DEN 2:4 12:3 10:1 24:8 4 3. FRA 2:7 3:12 6:2 11:21 2 4. ESP 1977 2:10 1:10 2:6 5:26 0 Group 2 Team NOR AUT ITA NED GF/GA Points 1. NOR 6:3 6:1 3:2 15:6 6 2. AUT 3:6 3:2 8:5 14:13 4 3. ITA 1:6 2:3 3:2 6:11 2 4. NED 2:3 5:8 2:3 9:14 0 Placing round 7th place NED 7:3(4:0, 2:1, 1:2) ESP 1977 5th place ITA 4:3 o.t.(1:1, 2:1, 0:1, 1:0) FRA 3rd place DEN 5:2(2:1, 1:1, 2:0) AUT Final NOR 4:1(0:0, 1:1, 3:0) YUG Norway was promoted to group A, and Spain was relegated to the new Group C, for 1978. 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 Category:IIHF European Junior Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Spain Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by West Germany Euro IHF European U18 Championship Category:Sport in Bremerhaven Category:Sports competitions in Bremen (state) Category:Sport in Bilbao Category:Sports competitions in San Sebastián IHF European U18 Championship Jun Category:1977 in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Category:20th century in Bremen (state)