1988 IIHF European U18 Championship

1988 IIHF European U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czechoslovakia
Venue(s)	4 (in 1 host city)
Dates	April 9 – April 17
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Czechoslovakia
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	24
Goals scored	242 (10.08 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Teemu Selänne (16 points)

The 1988 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twenty-first playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group A

Played April 9–17, 1988, in Frýdek-Místek, Vsetín, Olomouc, and Prerov, Czechoslovakia.

First round

Group 1

Played in Olomouc and Prerov.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FIN	SWE	SUI	ROM
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	36	4	+32	6			7–3	11–1	18–0
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	33	11	+22	4		3–7		9–4	21–0
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	9	22	−13	2		1–11	4–9		4–2
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	2	43	−41	0		0–18	0–21	2–4

Source:

Group 2

Played in Frýdek-Místek and Vsetín

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		URS	TCH	NOR	POL
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	27	4	+23	6			6–4	9–0	12–0
2	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	21	7	+14	4		4–6		11–1	6–0
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	8	23	−15	2		0–9	1–11		7–3
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	3	25	−22	0		0–12	0–6	3–7

Source:

Final round

Championship round

Played in Frýdek-Místek, Vsetín, Olomouc, and Prerov.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		TCH	FIN	URS	SWE	NOR	SUI
1	Czechoslovakia	5	4	0	1	36	13	+23	8			5–3	4–6	6–2	11–1	10–1
2	Finland	5	4	0	1	31	12	+19	8		3–5		3–2	7–3	7–1	11–1
3	Soviet Union	5	3	1	1	32	11	+21	7		6–4	2–3		3–3	9–0	12–1
4	Sweden	5	2	1	2	25	22	+3	5		2–6	3–7	3–3		8–2	9–4
5	Norway	5	1	0	4	15	37	−22	2		1–11	1–7	0–9	2–8		11–2
6	Switzerland	5	0	0	5	9	53	−44	0		1–10	1–11	1–12	4–9	2–11

Source:

7th place

Romania

7:3 (3:1, 2:0, 2:2) Prerov

1:6 (0:3, 0:1, 1:2) Vsetin

3:2 s.o. (1:0, 1:2, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0) Prerov

Poland

Poland was relegated to Group B for 1989.

Tournament Awards

• Top Scorer Teemu Selänne (16 points)
• Top Goalie: Henry Eskelinen
• Top Defenceman:Sergei Zubov
• Top Forward: Petri Aaltonen

Group B

Played March 26 to April 1, 1988, in Briançon France

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FRG	YUG	FRA	NED
1	West Germany	3	3	0	0	16	5	+11	6			8–3	3–2	5–0
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	15	14	+1	4		3–8		4–3	8–3
3	France	3	1	0	2	16	8	+8	2		2–3	3–4		11–1
4	Netherlands	3	0	0	3	4	24	−20	0		0–5	3–8	1–11

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AUT	DEN	ITA	GBR
1	Austria	3	3	0	0	17	3	+14	6			5–0	3–0	9–3
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	13	7	+6	4		0–5		6–2	7–0
3	Italy	3	0	1	2	5	12	−7	1		0–3	2–6		3–3
4	Great Britain	3	0	1	2	6	19	−13	1		3–9	0–7	3–3

Source:

Final round

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FRG	AUT	YUG	DEN
1	West Germany	3	3	0	0	19	4	+15	6			5–1	8–3	6–0
2	Austria	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	3		1–5		2–2	5–0
3	Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	10	13	−3	3		3–8	2–2		5–3
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13	0		0–6	0–5	3–5

Source:

Placing round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ITA	FRA	NED	GBR
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	17	12	+5	5			5–3	9–6	3–3
2	France	3	2	0	1	22	12	+10	4		3–5		11–1	8–6
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	14	22	−8	2		6–9	1–11		7–2
4	Great Britain	3	0	1	2	11	18	−7	1		3–3	6–8	2–7

Source:

West Germany was promoted to Group A and Great Britain was relegated to Group C, for 1989.

Group C

Played April 6–9, 1988, in San Sebastián Spain

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BUL	ESP	HUN	BEL
1	Bulgaria	3	3	0	0	15	5	+10	6			2–1	4–0	9–4
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	22	11	+11	4		1–2		6–5	15–4
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	14	11	+3	2		0–4	5–6		9–1
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	9	33	−24	0		4–9	4–15	1–9

Source:

Bulgaria was promoted to Group B for 1989.

References

• 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.