1977 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1977 IIHF European U18 Championship was the tenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships. With the creation of the World Junior Hockey Championships, which used players under the age of 20, the European championships adjusted the age limitation to being under 18.

Group A

Played in Bremerhaven, West Germany from April 1–10, 1977. Romania was to participate but withdrew (and forfeited) in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the area in March of that year.[1]

Team SWE TCH URS FIN SUI FRG POL GF/GA Points
1.  Sweden 4:0 5:2 8:1 13:2 15:1 13:1 58:07 12
2.  Czechoslovakia 0:4 5:3 10:1 15:3 10:1 9:1 49:13 10
3.  Soviet Union 2:5 3:5 14:2 6:4 7:3 17:0 49:19 08
4.  Finland 1:8 1:10 2:14 11:2 8:3 8:1 31:38 06
5.   Switzerland 2:13 3:15 4:6 2:11 2:2 8:5 21:52 03
6.  West Germany 1:15 1:10 3:7 3:8 2:2 4:3 14:45 03
7.  Poland 1:13 1:9 0:17 1:8 5:8 3:4 11:59 00

Romania, after withdrawing, was relegated to Group B for 1978.

Tournament Awards

  • Top Scorer: SwedenConny Silfverberg (17 Points)
  • Top Goalie: SwedenPelle Lindbergh
  • Top Defenceman:CzechoslovakiaPeter Slanina
  • Top Forward: SwedenConny Silfverberg

Group B

Played in Bilbao and San Sebastián, Spain from March 30 to April 4, 1977.

First round

Group 1
Team YUG DEN FRA ESP GF/GA Points
1.  Yugoslavia 4:2 7:2 10:2 21:06 6
2.  Denmark 2:4 12:3 10:1 24:08 4
3.  France 2:7 3:12 6:2 11:21 2
4.  Spain 2:10 1:10 2:6 05:26 0
Group 2
Team NOR AUT ITA NED GF/GA Points
1.  Norway 6:3 6:1 3:2 15:06 6
2.  Austria 3:6 3:2 8:5 14:13 4
3.  Italy 1:6 2:3 3:2 06:11 2
4.  Netherlands 2:3 5:8 2:3 09:14 0

Placing round

7th place Netherlands  7:3
(4:0, 2:1, 1:2)
 Spain
5th place Italy  4:3 o.t.
(1:1, 2:1, 0:1, 1:0)
 France
3rd place Denmark  5:2
(2:1, 1:1, 2:0)
 Austria
Final Norway  4:1
(0:0, 1:1, 3:0)
 Yugoslavia

Norway was promoted to group A, and Spain was relegated to the new Group C, for 1978.

References

  1. ^ Romania withdraws
  • Complete results
  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 530–2. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Unofficial championshipsU19 championshipsU18 championships