1981 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1981 IIHF European U18 Championship was the fourteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships. Group A Played in Minsk, Belorussian SSR, USSR from April 2–8, 1981. First round Group 1 Team TCH SWE SUI POL GF/GA Points 1. TCH 4:4 13:0 21:0 38:4 5 2. SWE 4:4 9:2 20:3 33:9 5 3. SUI 0:13 2:9 7:2 9:24 2 4. POL 0:21 3:20 2:7 5:48 0 Group 2 Team URS FIN FRG AUT GF/GA Points 1. URS 9:2 17:2 17:0 43:4 6 2. FIN 2:9 10:1 10:2 22:12 4 3. FRG 2:17 1:10 2:0 5:27 2 4. AUT 0:17 2:10 0:2 2:29 0 Final round Championship round Team URS TCH SWE FIN GF/GA Points 1. URS 3:3 10:1 (9:2) 22:6 5 2. TCH 3:3 (4:4) 4:3 11:10 4 3. SWE 1:10 (4:4) 5:1 10:15 3 4. FIN (2:9) 3:4 1:5 6:18 0 Placing round Team SUI POL FRG AUT GF/GA Points 1. SUI (7:2) 2:2 7:2 16:6 5 2. POL (2:7) 4:2 4:0 10:9 4 3. FRG 2:2 2:4 (2:0) 6:6 3 4. AUT 2:7 0:4 (0:2) 2:13 0 Austria was relegated to Group B for 1982. Tournament Awards Top Scorer: URSOleg Znarok and TCHVladimír Růžička (16 points) Top Goalie: SWEJakob Gustavsson Top Defenceman:TCHAntonín Stavjaňa Top Forward: URSLeonid Trukhno Group B Played in Miercurea Ciuc Romania from March 15–21, 1981. First round Group 1 Team FRA NOR ROM DEN GF/GA Points 1. FRA 4:2 4:3 11:4 19:9 6 2. NOR 2:4 11:2 8:3 21:9 4 3. ROM 1965 3:4 2:11 7:5 12:20 2 4. DEN 4:11 3:8 5:7 12:26 0 Group 2 Team YUG ITA BUL HUN GF/GA Points 1. YUG 5:4 9:4 5:1 19:9 6 2. ITA 4:5 8:3 6:3 18:11 4 3. BUL 1971 4:9 3:8 13:2 20:19 2 4. HUN 1957 1:5 3:6 2:13 6:24 0 Final round Championship round Team FRA NOR YUG ITA GF/GA Points 1. FRA (4:2) 5:2 4:3 13:7 6 2. NOR (2:4) 7:1 6:2 15:7 4 3. YUG 2:5 1:7 (5:4) 8:16 2 4. ITA 3:4 2:6 (4:5) 9:15 0 Placing round Team ROM DEN BUL HUN GF/GA Points 1. ROM 1965 (7:5) 11:0 12:3 30:8 6 2. DEN (5:7) 7:2 25:1 37:10 4 3. BUL 1971 0:11 2:7 (13:2) 15:20 2 4. HUN 1957 3:12 1:25 (2:13) 6:50 0 France was promoted to Group A, and Hungary was demoted to group C, for 1982. Group C Played in Belgium and the Netherlands from March 19–24, 1981. Team NED GBR BEL GF/GA Points 1. NED 13:113:1 9:114:2 49:5 8 2. GBR 1:131:13 9:14:4 15:31 3 3. BEL 1:92:14 1:94:4 8:36 1 The Netherlands were promoted to Group B for 1982. References Complete results https://web.archive.org/web/20210607214043/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-18_1981.htm 2021-06-07 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:April 1981 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Minsk Category:1980s in Minsk Category:1981 in Belarusian sport Junior Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by the Soviet Union Category:Sport in Miercurea Ciuc Category:March 1981 sports events in Europe Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Romania Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Belgium Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by the Netherlands Junior Junior Junior