1991 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1991 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twenty-fourth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships. The Soviets, playing for the last time as a unified nation, placed 2nd, and the Germans, playing for the first time as a unified nation, placed 5th (despite allowing 61 goals in 6 games). Group A Played April 4–11 in Spišská Nová Ves and Prešov, Czechoslovakia. First round Group 1 Team FIN SWE NOR FRA GF/GA Points 1. FIN 5:2 14:0 8:0 27:2 6 2. SWE 2:5 19:2 12:2 33:9 4 3. NOR 0:14 2:19 9:0 11:33 2 4. FRA 0:8 2:12 0:9 2:29 0 Group 2 Team TCH URS GER POL GF/GA Points 1. TCH 3:3 7:0 13:1 23:4 5 2. URS 3:3 10:1 10:4 23:8 5 3. GER 0:7 1:10 5:4 6:21 2 4. POL 1:13 4:10 4:5 9:28 0 Final round Championship round Team TCH URS FIN SWE GER NOR GF/GA Points 1. TCH (3:3) 8:1 5:1 (7:0) 14:2 43:7 9 2. URS (3:3) 5:4 5:0 (10:1) 9:1 32:9 9 3. FIN 1:8 4:5 (5:2) 15:0 (14:0) 39:21 6: 4. SWE 1:5 0:5 (2:5) 19:3 (19:2) 41:20 4 5. GER (0:7) (1:10) 0:15 3:19 9:5 13:57 2 6. NOR 2:14 1:9 (0:14) (2:19) 6:9 11:65 0 7th place POL 6:2(2:1, 2:1, 2:0) 8:3(2:1, 3:2, 3:0) FRA France was relegated to Group B for 1992. The Soviet Union competed for the last time, Russia assumed their spot in Group A, while Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine, all began competing in Group C in 1993. Kazakhstan also began competing in 1993, but they participated in the Asian Junior Championships. Tournament Awards Top Scorer SWEPeter Forsberg (17 points) Top Goalie: TCHMilan Hnilicka Top Defenceman:TCHRoman Hamrlík Top Forward: URSAlexei Kovalev Group B Played March 23–30 in Jaca, Spain. The hosts were winless until they beat the Dutch on the final day, avoiding relegation. First round Group 1 Team SUI YUG AUT ESP GF/GA Points 1. SUI 5:2 6:2 6:2 17:6 6 2. YUG 2:5 6:2 8:1 16:8 4 3. AUT 2:6 2:6 6:1 10:13 2 4. ESP 2:6 1:8 1:6 4:20 0 Group 2 Team ITA DEN ROM NED GF/GA Points 1. ITA 3:1 9:1 4:1 16:3 6 2. DEN 1:3 5:3 12:0 18:6 4 3. ROM 1:9 3:5 7:3 11:17 2 4. NED 1:4 0:12 3:7 4:23 0 Final round Championship round Team SUI YUG DEN ITA GF/GA Points 1. SUI (5:2) 8:0 9:0 22:2 6 2. YUG (2:5) 3:5 6:4 11:14 2 3. DEN 0:8 5:3 (1:3) 6:14 2 4. ITA 0:9 4:6 (3:1) 7:16 2 Placing round Team AUT ROM ESP NED GF/GA Points 1. AUT 6:2 (6:1) 13:6 25:9 6 2. ROM 2:6 5:1 (7:3) 14:10 4 3. ESP (1:6) 1:5 5:3 7:14 2 4. NLD 6:13 (3:7) 3:5 12:25 0 Switzerland was promoted to Group A and the Netherlands was relegated to Group C, for 1992. Group C Played March 7–10, 1991 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Team GBR BUL HUN BEL GF/GA Points 1. GBR 4:3 11:1 13:1 28:5 6 2. BUL 3:4 5:4 21:1 29:9 4 3. HUN 1:11 4:5 13:0 18:16 2 4. BEL 1:13 1:21 0:13 2:47 0 Great Britain was promoted to Group B for 1992. 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:Spišská Nová Ves Category:Prešov Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia Junior IIHF European U18 Championship IIHF European U18 Championship Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Spain Junior Junior Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Bulgaria Category:Sports competitions in Sofia Category:1990s in Sofia