The 1981 IIHF European U18 Championship was the fourteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
Group A Played in Minsk, Belorussian SSR, USSR from April 2–8, 1981.
First round Group 1 Team TCH SWE SUI POL GF/GA Points 1. 4:4 13:0 21:0 38:4 5 2. 4:4 9:2 20:3 33:9 5 3. 0:13 2:9 7:2 9:24 2 4. 0:21 3:20 2:7 5:48 0
Group 2 Team URS FIN FRG AUT GF/GA Points 1. 9:2 17:2 17:0 43:4 6 2. 2:9 10:1 10:2 22:12 4 3. 2:17 1:10 2:0 5:27 2 4. 0:17 2:10 0:2 2:29 0
Final round
Championship round Team URS TCH SWE FIN GF/GA Points 1. 3:3 10:1 (9:2) 22:6 5 2. 3:3 (4:4) 4:3 11:10 4 3. 1:10 (4:4) 5:1 10:15 3 4. (2:9) 3:4 1:5 6:18 0
Placing round Team SUI POL FRG AUT GF/GA Points 1. (7:2) 2:2 7:2 16:6 5 2. (2:7) 4:2 4:0 10:9 4 3. 2:2 2:4 (2:0) 6:6 3 4. 2:7 0:4 (0:2) 2:13 0
Austria was relegated to Group B for 1982.
Tournament Awards Top Scorer: Oleg Znarok and Vladimír Růžička (16 points) Top Goalie: Jakob Gustavsson Top Defenceman:Antonín Stavjaňa Top Forward: Leonid Trukhno
Group B Played in Miercurea Ciuc Romania from March 15–21, 1981.
First round Group 1 Team FRA NOR ROM DEN GF/GA Points 1. 4:2 4:3 11:4 19:9 6 2. 2:4 11:2 8:3 21:9 4 3. 3:4 2:11 7:5 12:20 2 4. 4:11 3:8 5:7 12:26 0
Group 2 Team YUG ITA BUL HUN GF/GA Points 1. 5:4 9:4 5:1 19:9 6 2. 4:5 8:3 6:3 18:11 4 3. 4:9 3:8 13:2 20:19 2 4. 1:5 3:6 2:13 6:24 0
Final round
Championship round Team FRA NOR YUG ITA GF/GA Points 1. (4:2) 5:2 4:3 13:7 6 2. (2:4) 7:1 6:2 15:7 4 3. 2:5 1:7 (5:4) 8:16 2 4. 3:4 2:6 (4:5) 9:15 0
Placing round Team ROM DEN BUL HUN GF/GA Points 1. (7:5) 11:0 12:3 30:8 6 2. (5:7) 7:2 25:1 37:10 4 3. 0:11 2:7 (13:2) 15:20 2 4. 3:12 1:25 (2:13) 6:50 0
France was promoted to Group A, and Hungary was demoted to group C, for 1982.
Group C Played in Belgium and the Netherlands from March 19–24, 1981. Team NED GBR BEL GF/GA Points 1. 13:113:1 9:114:2 49:5 8 2. 1:131:13 9:14:4 15:31 3 3. 1:92:14 1:94:4 8:36 1 The Netherlands were promoted to Group B for 1982.
References
Complete results