1982 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1982 IIHF European U18 Championship was the fifteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group A

Played in Ängelholm and Tyringe, Sweden from March 29 to April 4, 1982.

First round

Group 1

Poland should have participated in this group but withdrew, instead a Swedish under 17 team took their place, not participating in the championship competition. They lost to the Soviets 8-3, Finland 5-4, and beat Switzerland 9-0.^[1]

Team	URS	FIN	SUI	GF/GA	Points
1.  Soviet Union		6:3	8:1	14:04	4
2.  Finland	3:6		4:2	07:08	2
3.   Switzerland	1:8	2:4		03:12	0

Group 2

Team	SWE	TCH	FRG	FRA	GF/GA	Points
1.  Sweden		3:2	6:1	23:1	32:04	6
2.  Czechoslovakia	2:3		5:1	24:2	31:06	4
3.  West Germany	1:6	1:5		3:3	05:14	1
4.  France	1:23	2:24	3:3		06:50	1

Final round

Championship round

Team	SWE	TCH	URS	FIN	GF/GA	Points
1.  Sweden		(3:2)	5:3	7:5	15:10	6
2.  Czechoslovakia	(2:3)		7:3	8:3	17:09	4
3.  Soviet Union	3:5	3:7		(6:3)	12:15	2
4.  Finland	5:7	3:8	(3:6)		11:21	0

Placing round

Team	SUI	FRG	FRA	GF/GA	Points
1.   Switzerland		2:2	11:3	13:05	3
2.  West Germany	2:2		(3:3)	05:05	2
3.  France	3:11	(3:3)		06:14	1

• The Swedish under 17 team beat the West Germans 7-2 and the French 18-2.

Poland were relegated to Group B for 1983.

Tournament Awards

• Top Scorer Petr Rosol (13 points)
• Top Goalie: Dominik Hašek
• Top Defenceman:Alexei Gusarov
• Top Forward: Tomas Sandström

Group B

Played in Sofia, Bulgaria from March 17–24, 1982

First round

Group 1

Team	AUT	NED	ROM	ITA	GF/GA	Points
1.  Austria		5:3	12:1	3:5	20:09	4
2.  Netherlands	3:5		3:2	8:5	14:12	4
3.  Romania	1:12	2:3		8:3	11:18	2
4.  Italy	5:3	5:8	3:8		13:19	2

Group 2

Team	NOR	DEN	BUL	YUG	GF/GA	Points
1.  Norway		4:1	7:1	21:0	32:02	6
2.  Denmark	1:4		1:1	4:2	06:07	3
3.  Bulgaria	1:7	1:1		6:2	08:10	3
4.  Yugoslavia	0:21	2:4	2:6		04:31	0

Final round

Championship round

Team	NOR	AUT	NED	DEN	GF/GA	Points
1.  Norway		9:3	4:3	(4:1)	17:07	6
2.  Austria	3:9		(5:3)	4:0	12:12	4
3.  Netherlands	3:4	(3:5)		7:2	13:11	2
4.  Denmark	(1:4)	0:4	2:7		03:15	0

Placing round

Team	ROM	BUL	ITA	YUG	GF/GA	Points
1.  Romania		6:3	(8:3)	10:2	24:08	6
2.  Bulgaria	3:6		5:5	(6:2)	14:13	3
3.  Italy	(3:8)	5:5		7:4	15:17	3
4.  Yugoslavia	2:10	(2:6)	4:7		08:23	0

Norway were promoted to Group A, and Yugoslavia were relegated to Group C, for 1983.

Group C

Played in Durham, England, United Kingdom from March 18–25, 1982

Team	HUN	ESP	GBR	GF/GA	Points
1.  Hungary		11:6 4:6	8:4 6:6	29:22	5
2.  Spain	6:11 6:4		6:5 4:5	22:25	4
3.  Great Britain	4:8 6:6	5:6 5:4		20:24	3

Hungary was promoted to Group B for 1983.