1998 European U18 Ice Hockey Championship

	Junior European Championship
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	Winner: Sweden

The 31st European U18 Ice Hockey Championship took place from April 11th to 19th, 1998 in Malung and Mora in Sweden . The games of the B group were played from April 5 to 12, 1998 in the German cities of Füssen and Memmingen . The C group played from the 16th bis 20th March 1998 in Zagreb in Croatia . From March 3 to 8, 1998, Luxembourg hosted the D-Group.

Continuation as a world championship

In the following 1998/99 season, the International Ice Hockey Federation organized a world championship for juniors in the U18 age group for the first time . For the first edition of this World Cup , the group structure and the class affiliation of the European teams were largely adopted.

A group

Preliminary round

Group 1

Games	RUS	FIN	CZE	NOR	Gates	Pt.
1. Russia		4: 1	2: 2	5: 1	11: 04	5: 1
2. Finland	1: 4		7: 2	8-0	16: 06	4: 2
3. Czech Republic	2: 2	2: 7		12: 1	16:10	3: 3
4. Norway	1: 5	0: 8	1:12		02:25	0: 6

Group 2

Games	SWE	SUI	SVK	UKR	Gates	Pt.
1. Sweden		6-0	5: 3	13: 1	24: 04	6-0
2. Switzerland	0: 6		4: 1	5: 1	09: 08	4: 2
3. Slovakia	3: 5	1: 4		5: 1	09:10	2: 4
4. Ukraine	1:13	1: 5	1: 5		03:23	0: 6

Finals

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

Championship round

Games	SWE	FIN	RUS	CZE	SUI	SVK	Gates	Pt.
1. Sweden		2: 2	5: 1	4: 6	(6: 0)	(5: 3)	22:12	7: 03
2. Finland	2: 2		(1: 4)	(7: 2)	3: 2	4: 2	17:12	7: 03
3. Russia	1: 5	(4: 1)		(2: 2)	4-0	2: 1	13: 09	7: 03
4. Czech Republic	6: 4	(2: 7)	(2: 2)		7: 1	5: 3	21:17	7: 03
5. Switzerland	(0: 6)	2: 3	0: 4	1: 7		(4: 1)	07:20	2: 08
6. Slovakia	(3: 5)	2: 4	1: 2	3: 5	(1: 4)		10:20	0:10

Play for 7th place

The A group of the subsequent World Cup was enlarged to ten teams. This eliminated the need to determine a relegated player from the top division.

Norway

1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1)

4: 3 (2: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1)

5: 2 (3: 0, 2: 1, 0: 1)

Ukraine

European championship team: Sweden

U18 European Champion Sweden

Johan Asplund , Tobias Bössfall - Christian Bäckman , Gabriel Karlsson , Rickard Borgqvist , Patrik Lindfors , Peter Messa , Jonas Westerholm , Kristoffer Gustavsson , David Nyström , Niklas Kronwall , - Henrik Sedin , Daniel Sedin Jonas Frögren , Per Hallin , David Svee , Tony Mårtensson , Christian Berglund , Göran Lindbom , Rickard Wallin , Henrik Zetterberg , Mattias Weinhandl

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Daniel Sedin	Sweden
Best goalkeeper	Kristian Antila	Finland
Best defender	Mikko Jokela	Finland
Best striker	Daniel Sedin	Sweden

All-Star Team

Attack:	Denis Schwidki - Daniel Sedin - Marko Ahosilta
Defense:	Mikko Jokela - Dmitri Kalinin
Goal:	Kristian Antila

B group

Preliminary round

Group 1

Games	DEU	BLR	THE	GBR	Gates	Pt.
1. Germany		4: 2	4: 3	5-0	13: 05	6-0
2. Belarus	2: 4		6: 3	4-0	12: 07	4: 2
3. Denmark	3: 4	3: 6		5: 1	11:11	2: 4
4. Great Britain	0: 5	0: 4	1: 5		01:14	0: 6

Group 2

Games	POLE	ITA	HUN	FRA	Gates	Pt.
1. Poland		4: 1	5: 4	2: 1	11: 06	6-0
2. Italy	1: 4		4: 1	3: 1	08: 06	4: 2
3. Hungary	4: 5	1: 4		5: 1	10:10	2: 4
4. France	1: 2	1: 3	1: 5		03:10	0: 6

Finals

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

Championship round

Games	DEU	ITA	POLE	HUN	BLR	THE	Gates	Pt.
1. Germany		5: 2	4-0	4: 1	(4: 2)	(4: 3)	21: 08	10-0
2. Italy	2: 5		(1: 4)	(4: 1)	2-0	9: 1	18:11	06: 4
3. Poland	0: 4	(4: 1)		(5: 4)	5: 8	6: 6	20:23	05: 5
4. Hungary	1: 4	(1: 4)	(4: 5)		2: 1	12: 9	20:23	04: 6
5. Belarus	(2: 4)	0: 2	8: 5	1: 2		(6: 3)	17:16	04: 6
6. Denmark	(3: 4)	1: 9	6: 6	9:12	(3: 6)		22:37	01: 9

Play for 7th place

The enlargement of the A group in the following year also made it unnecessary to determine who was relegated.

France

11: 1 (3: 0, 6: 1, 2: 0)

5: 2 (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 2)

Great Britain

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Yorick Treille	France
Best goalkeeper	Robert Muller	Germany
Best defender	Armin Helfer	Italy
Best striker	Pawel Bely	Belarus

C group

Preliminary round

Group 1

Games	AUT	SLO	ROME	YUG	Gates	Pt.
1. Austria		5: 3	15: 3	13: 1	33: 07	6-0
2. Slovenia	3: 5		9: 1	10-0	22: 06	4: 2
3. Romania	3:15	1: 9		6: 3	10:27	2: 4
4. Yugoslavia	1:13	0:10	3: 6		04:29	0: 6

Group 2

Games	LAT	LTU	EST	KRO	Gates	Pt.
1. Latvia		6: 1	7-0	10: 4	23: 05	6-0
2. Lithuania	1: 6		4: 1	7: 6	12:13	4: 2
3. Estonia	0: 7	1: 4		4: 2	05:13	2: 4
4. Croatia	4:10	6: 7	2: 4		12:21	0: 6

Placement games

Game for 7th place	Croatia	5: 3 (1: 1, 2: 1, 2: 1)	Yugoslavia
Play for 5th place	Romania	5-0 without a fight	Estonia
3rd place match	Lithuania	3: 2 (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0)	Slovenia
final	Austria	4: 3 (0: 2, 2: 1, 2: 0)	Latvia

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Markus Peintner	Austria

D group

venue

Kockelscheuer , Luxembourg

Kockelscheuer Venue of the qualification

Venue

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer Capacity: 768

Exterior view of the Patinoire de Kockelscheuer

The games of the D group were played in the Patinoire de Kockelscheuer in Luxembourg .

Preliminary round

Group 1

Games	NED	BEL	BUL	ISR	Gates	Pt.
1. Netherlands		7: 3	12: 0	12: 0	31: 03	6-0
2. Belgium	3: 7		12: 1	8-0	23: 08	4: 2
3. Bulgaria	0:12	1:12		3: 2	04:26	2: 4
4. Israel	0:12	0: 8	2: 3		02:23	0: 6

Group 2

Games	KAZ	ESP	ISL	LUX	Gates	Pt.
1. Kazakhstan		19: 2	63: 0	39: 0	121: 02	6-0
2. Spain	2:19		4: 1	17: 2	023:22	4: 2
3. Iceland	0:63	1: 4		4: 2	005:69	2: 4
4. Luxembourg	0:39	2:17	2: 4		004:60	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	KAZ	NED	BEL	ESP	Gates	Pt.
1. Kazakhstan		14: 1	20: 1	(19: 2)	53: 04	6-0
2. Netherlands	1:14		(7: 3)	4: 1	12:18	4: 2
3. Belgium	1:20	(3: 7)		5: 3	09:30	2: 4
4. Spain	(2:19)	1: 4	3: 5		06:28	0: 6

Placement round

Games	BUL	ISR	ISL	LUX	Gates	Pt.
1. Bulgaria		(3: 2)	9: 2	5: 2	17: 06	6-0
2. Israel	(2: 3)		4: 4	4: 1	10: 08	3: 3
3. Iceland	2: 9	4: 4		(4: 2)	10:15	3: 3
4. Luxembourg	2: 5	1: 4	(2: 4)		05:13	0: 6

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Nikolai Antropov	Kazakhstan

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)