1998 IIHF European U18 Championship
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The 1998 IIHF European U18 Championship was the thirty-first playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
First round
Played April 11 to the 19th in Malung and Mora, Sweden. The hosts, led by twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin, won their tenth European Junior title.
- Group 1
| Team | RUS | FIN | CZE | NOR | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.  Russia |
4:1 | 2:2 | 5:1 | 11:4 | 5 | |
2.  Finland |
1:4 | 7:2 | 8:0 | 16:6 | 4 | |
3.  Czech Republic |
2:2 | 2:7 | 12:1 | 16:10 | 3 | |
4.  Norway |
1:5 | 0:8 | 1:12 | 2:25 | 0 |
- Group 2
| Team | SWE | SUI | SVK | UKR | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.  Sweden |
6:0 | 5:3 | 13:1 | 24:4 | 6 | |
2.  Switzerland |
0:6 | 4:1 | 5:1 | 9:8 | 4 | |
3.  Slovakia |
3:5 | 1:4 | 5:1 | 9:10 | 2 | |
4.  Ukraine |
1:13 | 1:5 | 1:5 | 3:23 | 0 |
Final round
The Czechs had the very unfortunate distinction of finishing tied for first, and actually finishing completely out of the medals. Coming into the final game against the Russians, the Swedes could lose or tie, and finish fourth, win by one or two goals and finish third, win by three and finish second, or win by four or more and be the champions. They led five to one after two, and played a scoreless third to clinch gold.
- Championship round
| Team | SWE | FIN | RUS | CZE | SUI | SVK | GF/GA | Points | Tie 1 H2H Points |
Tie 2 H2H GD |
Tie 3 H2H Points |
Tie 4 Overall GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Sweden |
2:2 | 5:1 | 4:6 | (6:0) | (5:3) | 22:12 | 7 | 3 | +2 | 1 | +10 | |
| 2. Finland |
2:2 | (1:4) | (7:2) | 3:2 | 4:2 | 17:12 | 7 | 3 | +2 | 1 | +5 | |
| 3. Russia |
1:5 | (4:1) | (2:2) | 4:0 | 2:1 | 13:9 | 7 | 3 | -1 | |||
| 4. Czech Republic |
6:4 | (2:7) | (2:2) | 7:1 | 5:3 | 21:17 | 7 | 3 | -3 | |||
| 5. Switzerland |
(0:6) | 2:3 | 0:4 | 1:7 | (4:1) | 7:20 | 2 | |||||
| 6. Slovakia |
(3:5) | 2:4 | 1:2 | 3:5 | (1:4) | 10:20 | 0 |
- 7th place
| Norway |
1:2 (0:0, 0:1, 1:1) |
4:3 (2:1, 2:1, 0:1) |
5:2 (3:0, 2:1, 0:1) |
Ukraine |
- No team was relegated, all eight nations were joined by Group B winner, Germany, and the United States to participate in the first IIHF World U18 Championships.
Tournament awards
- Top scorer
Daniel Sedin (11 points) - Top goalie:
Kristian Antila - Top defenceman: Mikko Jokela
- Top forward: Daniel Sedin
Group B
Played April 5 to the 12th in Füssen and Memmingen Germany. The hosts did not dominate, but still won all their games, to return to the top level.
First round
- Group 1
| Team | GER | BLR | DEN | GBR | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.  Germany |
4:2 | 4:3 | 5:0 | 13:5 | 6 | |
2.  Belarus |
2:4 | 6:3 | 4:0 | 12:7 | 4 | |
3.  Denmark |
3:4 | 3:6 | 5:1 | 11:11 | 2 | |
4.  Great Britain |
0:5 | 0:4 | 1:5 | 1:14 | 0 |
- Group 2
| Team | POL | ITA | HUN | FRA | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.  Poland |
4:1 | 5:4 | 2:1 | 11:6 | 6 | |
2.  Italy |
1:4 | 4:1 | 3:1 | 8:6 | 4 | |
3.  Hungary |
4:5 | 1:4 | 5:1 | 10:10 | 2 | |
4.  France |
1:2 | 1:3 | 1:5 | 3:10 | 0 |
Final round
- Championship round
| Team | GER | ITA | POL | HUN | BLR | DEN | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Germany |
5:2 | 4:0 | 4:1 | (4:2) | (4:3) | 21:8 | 10 | |
| 2. Italy |
2:5 | (1:4) | (4:1) | 2:0 | 9:1 | 18:11 | 6 | |
| 3. Poland |
0:4 | (4:1) | (5:4) | 5:8 | 6:6 | 20:23 | 5 | |
| 4. Hungary |
1:4 | (1:4) | (4:5) | 2:1 | 12:9 | 20:23 | 4 | |
| 5. Belarus |
(2:4) | 0:2 | 8:5 | 1:2 | (6:3) | 17:16 | 4 | |
| 6. Denmark |
(3:4) | 1:9 | 6:6 | 9:12 | (3:6) | 22:37 | 1 |
- 7th place
| France |
11:1 (3:0, 6:1, 2:0) |
5:2 (1:0, 2:0, 2:2) |
Great Britain |
- Germany was promoted to Group A of the IIHF World U18 Championships. The remaining seven nations were joined by Group C winner Austria to form Group B of the IIHF World U18 Championships.
