1985 IIHF European U18 Championship
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The 1985 IIHF European U18 Championship was the eighteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
First round
Played April 1–7, 1985, in Anglet France. For the first time, a nation other than the USSR, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, and Finland, finished in the top four. Norway defeated Finland three to two, and then hung on to tie the Germans five to five, earning them second in group 1 and an opportunity to play for their first medal. It would take another ten years for another nation to break through the four team monopoly, with the Germans placing 2nd in 1995.
- Group 1
| Team | URS | NOR | FIN | FRG | GF/GA | Pkt. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.  Soviet Union |
5:1 | 6:0 | 6:1 | 17:2 | 6 | |
2.  Norway |
1:5 | 3:2 | 5:5 | 9:12 | 3 | |
3.  Finland |
0:6 | 2:3 | 4:2 | 6:11 | 2 | |
4.  West Germany |
1:6 | 5:5 | 2:4 | 8:15 | 1 |
- Group 2
| Team | SWE | TCH | SUI | FRA | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.  Sweden |
5:3 | 7:1 | 15:0 | 27:4 | 6 | |
2.  Czechoslovakia |
3:5 | 8:2 | 15:3 | 26:10 | 4 | |
3.  Switzerland |
1:7 | 2:8 | 4:2 | 7:17 | 2 | |
4.  France |
0:15 | 3:15 | 2:4 | 5:34 | 0 |
Final round
- Championship round
| Team | SWE | URS | TCH | NOR | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Sweden |
1:1 | (5:3) | 11:0 | 17:4 | 5 | |
| 2. Soviet Union |
1:1 | 3:2 | (5:1) | 9:4 | 5 | |
| 3. Czechoslovakia |
(3:5) | 2:3 | 8:2 | 13:10 | 2 | |
| 4. Norway |
0:11 | (1:5) | 2:8 | 3:24 | 0 |
- Placing round
| Team | FIN | FRG | SUI | FRA | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Finland |
(4:2) | 7:7 | 21:5 | 32:14 | 5 | |
| 2. West Germany |
(2:4) | 2:1 | 10:0 | 14:5 | 4 | |
| 3. Switzerland |
7:7 | 1:2 | (4:2) | 12:11 | 3 | |
| 4. France |
5:21 | 0:10 | (2:4) | 7:35 | 0 |
France was relegated to Group B for 1986.
Tournament Awards
- Top Scorer
Sami Wahlsten (13 points) - Top Goalie:
Artūrs Irbe - Top Defenceman:
Rudolf Záruba - Top Forward:
Ulf Dahlén
