Ice Hockey European Championship for U18 Juniors 1978

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	Winner: Finland

The 11th European U18 Ice Hockey Championship took place from December 27, 1977 to January 2, 1978 in Helsinki and Vantaa in Finland . Group B games were played from March 23 to 27, 1978 in 's-Hertogenbosch ( Netherlands ) and Deurne ( Belgium ). For the first time there was also a C group, whose games were held from February 25 to March 3, 1978 in Sofia , Bulgaria .

A group

Preliminary round

Group 1

Games	FIN	SWE	SUI	NOR	Gates	Pt.
1. Finland		2: 1	10: 7	11: 1	23: 09	6-0
2. Sweden	1: 2		7: 2	14: 0	22: 04	4: 2
3. Switzerland	7:10	2: 7		6: 5	15:22	2: 4
4. Norway	1:11	0:14	5: 6		06:31	0: 6

Group 2

Games	URS	TCH	POLE	FRG	Gates	Pt.
1. USSR		3-0	8: 1	13: 1	25: 02	6-0
2. Czechoslovakia	0: 3		8: 2	13: 1	21: 06	4: 2
3. Poland	1: 8	2: 8		5: 3	08:19	2: 4
4th Federal Republic of Germany	1:13	1:13	3: 5		05:32	0: 6

Finals

For the two groups in the final round, the results obtained from each other were taken from the preliminary round. These results are shown here in brackets.

Championship round

Games	FIN	URS	SWE	TCH	Gates	Pt.
1. Finland		6: 5 a.d.	(2: 1)	6: 2	14: 08	6-0
2. USSR	5: 6 a.d.		5: 3	(3: 0)	13: 09	4: 2
3. Sweden	(1: 2)	3: 5		4: 2	08: 09	2: 4
4. Czechoslovakia	2: 6	(0: 3)	2: 4		04:13	0: 6

The decisive game between Finland and the Soviet Union ended 3: 3 after regular playing time. The first extension of 20 minutes ended with two more goals each for both teams. The second extra time was played out as Sudden Victory Overtime and ended after just under two minutes with the winning goal by Jari Kurri .

Placement round

Games	POLE	SUI	FRG	NOR	Gates	Pt.
1. Poland		4: 3	(5: 3)	6: 3	15: 09	6-0
2. Switzerland	3: 4		10: 7	(6: 5)	19:16	4: 2
3rd Federal Republic of Germany	(3: 5)	7:10		2: 1	12:16	2: 4
4. Norway	3: 6	(5: 6)	1: 2		09:14	0: 6

European championship team: Finland

U18 European Champion Finland	Jari Paavola , Ari Timosaari - Timo Blomqvist , Juha Huikari , Jari Munck , Jari Järvinen , Rauno Saamio , Mika Saarinen - Harri Haapaniemi , Mika Helkearo , Ilkka Huura , Kari Jalonen , Ari Kaikkonen , Ari Kaperi , Veli-Pekka Kinnunen , Jari Kurri , Mika Laine , Jussi Lepistö , Jarmo Mäkitalo , Petri Niukkanen Trainers: Alpo Suhonen , Rauno Korpi

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Henry Locher	Switzerland
Best goalkeeper	Jari Paavola	Finland
Best defender	Yevgeny Popichin	USSR
Best striker	Jari Kurri	Finland

All-Star Team

Attack:	Igor Funikow - Jarmo Mäkitalo - Jari Kurri
Defense:	Timo Blomqvist - Jan-Åke Danielsson
Goal:	Dmitri Saprykin

B group

Preliminary round

Group 1

Games	ITA	YUG	NED	THE	Gates	Pt.
1. Italy		3: 2	5: 4	6: 7	14:13	4: 2
2. Yugoslavia	2: 3		4: 2	3: 1	09: 06	4: 2
3. Netherlands	4: 5	2: 4		2-0	08: 09	2: 4
4. Denmark	7: 6	1: 3	0: 2		08:11	2: 4

Group 2

Games	FRA	ROME	AUT	BEL	Gates	Pt.
1. France		4: 4	6: 1	10: 1	20: 08	5: 1
2. Romania	4: 4		5: 5	12: 1	21:10	4: 2
3. Austria	1: 6	5: 5		16: 0	22:11	3: 3
4. Belgium	1:10	1:12	0:16		02:38	0: 6

Placement games

Game for 7th place	Denmark	15: 2 (5: 1, 5: 0, 5: 1)	Belgium
Play for 5th place	Austria	5: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 5: 2)	Netherlands
3rd place match	Romania	7: 5 n.V. (1: 2, 3: 2, 1: 1, 2: 0)	Yugoslavia
final	Italy	4: 3 n.P. (0: 0, 2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)	France

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Lőrinc Tőke	Romania
Best goalkeeper	Henrik Jensen	Denmark
Best defender	Daniel Kump	Austria
Best striker	Robin Saraber	Netherlands

C group

Games	HUN	BUL	ESP	Gates	Pt.
1. Hungary		2: 2 6: 5	8: 1 5: 5	21:13	6: 2
2. Bulgaria	2: 2 5: 6		9: 2 1: 3	17:13	3: 5
3. Spain	1: 8 5: 5	2: 9 3: 1		11:23	3: 5

Footnotes

1. ↑ The internet ice hockey archive hockeyarchives.info names clearly different periods for the two lower divisions. The data given here are taken from the source mentioned under literature .

literature

• Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 . Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 .

Web links

• Junior European Championship at hockeyarchives.info (French)