U18 junior ice hockey championship in 1981

	Junior European Championship
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	Winner: Soviet Union

The 14th European ice hockey championship for the U18 juniors took place from April 2 to 8, 1981 in Minsk in the Soviet Union (now Belarus ). The games of group B were played from March 15 to 21, 1981 in Miercurea Ciuc in Romania . Group C played from March 19 to 24, 1981. This tournament was played in three cities each in Belgium ( Heist-op-den-Berg , Deurne , Liège ) and the Netherlands ( Geel , Roosendaal , Tilburg ).

A group

Preliminary round

Group 1

Games	TCH	SWE	SUI	POLE	Gates	Pt.
1. Czechoslovakia		4: 4	13: 0	21: 0	38: 04	5: 1
2. Sweden	4: 4		9: 2	20: 3	33: 09	5: 1
3. Switzerland	0:13	2: 9		7: 2	09:24	2: 4
4. Poland	0:21	3:20	2: 7		05:48	0: 6

Group 2

Games	URS	FIN	FRG	AUT	Gates	Pt.
1. USSR		9: 2	17: 0	17: 0	43: 02	6-0
2. Finland	2: 9		10: 1	10: 2	22:12	4: 2
3rd Federal Republic of Germany	0:17	1:10		2-0	03:27	2: 4
4. Austria	0:17	2:10	0: 2		02:29	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	URS	TCH	SWE	FIN	Gates	Pt.
1. USSR		3: 3	10: 1	(9: 2)	22: 06	5: 1
2. Czechoslovakia	3: 3		(4: 4)	4: 3	11:10	4: 2
3. Sweden	1:10	(4: 4)		5: 1	10:15	3: 3
4. Finland	(2: 9)	3: 4	1: 5		06:18	0: 6

Placement round

Games	SUI	POLE	FRG	AUT	Gates	Pt.
1. Switzerland		(7: 2)	2: 2	7: 2	16: 06	5: 1
2. Poland	(2: 7)		4: 2	4-0	10: 09	4: 2
3rd Federal Republic of Germany	2: 2	2: 4		(2: 0)	06: 06	3: 3
4. Austria	2: 7	0: 4	(0: 2)		02:13	0: 6

European championship team: USSR

U18 European Champion USSR	Andrei Karpin , Igor Kurnosenko - Ilya Bjakin , Sergei Gorbunov , Vladimir Tjurikow , Igor Stelnow , Svyatoslav Kalisow , Andrei Martemjanow , Vyacheslav Grigoryev , Sergei Usanow - Alexei Anisimov , Vladimir Romanov , Sergei Pryakhin , Sergei Schebrowski , Arkadi Obukhov , Oleg Starkov , Leonid Truchno , Michail Korsunow , Oļegs Znaroks , Sergei Charin

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Vladimír Růžička	Czechoslovakia
	Oļegs Znaroks	USSR
Best goalkeeper	Jacob Gustavsson	Sweden
Best defender	Antonín Stavjaňa	Czechoslovakia
Best striker	Leonid Truchno	USSR

All-Star Team

Attack:	Oļegs Znaroks - Vladimír Růžička - Leonid Truchno
Defense:	Vladimir Tyurikov - Hannu Virta
Goal:	Andrei Karpin

B group

Preliminary round

Group 1

Games	FRA	NOR	ROME	THE	Gates	Pt.
1. France		4: 2	4: 3	11: 4	19: 09	6-0
2. Norway	2: 4		11: 2	8: 3	21: 09	4: 2
3. Romania	3: 4	2:11		7: 5	12:20	2: 4
4. Denmark	4:11	3: 8	5: 7		12:26	0: 6

Group 2

Games	YUG	ITA	BUL	HUN	Gates	Pt.
1. Yugoslavia		5: 4	9: 4	5: 1	19: 09	6-0
2. Italy	4: 5		8: 3	6: 3	18:11	4: 2
3. Bulgaria	4: 9	3: 8		13: 2	20:19	2: 4
4. Hungary	1: 5	3: 6	2:13		06:24	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.

Promotion lap

Games	FRA	NOR	YUG	ITA	Gates	Pt.
1. France		(4: 2)	5: 2	4: 3	13: 07	6-0
2. Norway	(2: 4)		7: 1	6: 2	15: 07	4: 2
3. Yugoslavia	2: 5	1: 7		(5: 4)	08:16	2: 4
4. Italy	3: 4	2: 6	(4: 5)		09:15	0: 6

Relegation round

Games	ROME	THE	BUL	UNG	Gates	Pt.
1. Romania		(7: 5)	11: 0	12: 3	30: 08	6-0
2. Denmark	(5: 7)		7: 2	25: 1	37:10	4: 2
3. Bulgaria	0:11	2: 7		(13: 2)	15:20	2: 4
4. Hungary	3:12	1:25	(2:13)		06:50	0: 6

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Christian Udrea	Romania
Best goalkeeper	Miran Noci	Yugoslavia
Best defender	Kim Søgaard	Norway
Best striker	Gulliksen rune	Norway

C group

Games	NED	GBR	BEL	Gates	Pt.
1. Netherlands		13: 1 13: 1	9: 1 14: 2	49: 05	8-0
2. Great Britain	1:13 1:13		9: 1 4: 4	15:31	3: 5
3. Belgium	1: 9 2:14	1: 9 4: 4		08:36	1: 7

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Bennie Tijnagel	Netherlands

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)