1991 IIHF European U18 Championship

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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).

First round

Played April 4–11 in Spišská Nová Ves and Prešov, Czechoslovakia.

Group 1
Team FIN SWE NOR FRA GF/GA Points
1.  Finland 5:2 14:0 8:0 27:2 6
2.  Sweden 2:5 19:2 12:2 33:9 4
3.  Norway 0:14 2:19 9:0 11:33 2
4.  France 0:8 2:12 0:9 2:29 0
Group 2
Team TCH URS GER POL GF/GA Points
1.  Czechoslovakia 3:3 7:0 13:1 23:4 5
2.  Soviet Union 3:3 10:1 10:4 23:8 5
3.  Germany 0:7 1:10 5:4 6:21 2
4.  Poland 1:13 4:10 4:5 9:28 0

Final round

Championship round
Team TCH URS FIN SWE GER NOR GF/GA Points
1.  Czechoslovakia (3:3) 8:1 5:1 (7:0) 14:2 43:7 9
2.  Soviet Union (3:3) 5:4 5:0 (10:1) 9:1 32:9 9
3.  Finland 1:8 4:5 (5:2) 15:0 (14:0) 39:21 6:
4.  Sweden 1:5 0:5 (2:5) 19:3 (19:2) 41:20 4
5.  Germany (0:7) (1:10) 0:15 3:19 9:5 13:57 2
6.  Norway 2:14 1:9 (0:14) (2:19) 6:9 11:65 0
7th place
 Poland 6:2
(2:1, 2:1, 2:0)		 8:3
(2:1, 3:2, 3:0)		  France

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

Group B

Group C

References

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