Junior European Ice Hockey Championship

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The Junior European Championship was an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) from 1968 to 1998 . An unofficial European Junior Championship had already been held in 1967.

From 1968 to 1976 the European Championship was played as a U19 competition , i.e. for players who were younger than 19 years of age. In 1977 the IIHF carried out a junior world championship for the U20 age group for the first time . The IIHF therefore changed the age group of the European Championship to U18. In 1999, a U18 World Championship was introduced, which replaced the U18 European Championship. The C and D groups of the EM were continued for two years as Europe Division I and II.

The competition was dominated by the Soviet Union (from 1992 Russia), Sweden, Czechoslovakia (from 1993 the Czech Republic) and Finland. With two exceptions, all medals went to these four countries.

The European Championship was played from 1969 in several qualitatively divided groups with promotion and relegation between the groups. In the last edition in 1998, 32 countries took part in four groups (A, B, C and D).

Medal table

rank country Gold medals Silver medals Bronze medals total
1 Soviet UnionSoviet UnionSoviet Union / Russia *RussiaRussia
of which Soviet Union
of which Russia
 12
11
1 		9
7
2 		7
5
2 		28
23
5
2 SwedenSweden Sweden 10 7th 9 26th
3 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia / Czech Republic *Czech RepublicCzech Republic
including Czechoslovakia
including the Czech Republic
 5
5
- 		9
9
- 		10
8
2 		24
22
2
4th FinlandFinland Finland 4th 5 4th 13
5 GermanyGermany Germany - 1 - 1
6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - - 1 1
*Russia has taken over the IIHF membership of the USSR and the Czech Republic that of Czechoslovakia. Therefore, these countries are considered together in the official statistics.

U19 tournaments at a glance

year host European champion 2nd place 3rd place
1968 Tampere ( Finland ) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR SwedenSweden Sweden
1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( Federal Republic of Germany ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR SwedenSweden Sweden CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
1970 Geneva ( Switzerland ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia SwedenSweden Sweden
1971 Prešov ( Czechoslovakia ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR SwedenSweden Sweden CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
1972 Boden , Luleå , Skellefteå ( Sweden ) SwedenSweden Sweden Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
1973 Leningrad ( USSR ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR SwedenSweden Sweden CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
1974 Herisau ( Switzerland ) SwedenSweden Sweden Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR FinlandFinland Finland
1975 Gap , Grenoble ( France ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia SwedenSweden Sweden
1976 Kopřivnice , Opava ( Czechoslovakia ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR SwedenSweden Sweden FinlandFinland Finland

U18 tournaments at a glance

year host European champion 2nd place 3rd place
1977 Bremerhaven ( Federal Republic of Germany ) SwedenSweden Sweden CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR
1978 Helsinki , Vantaa ( Finland ) FinlandFinland Finland Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR SwedenSweden Sweden
1979 Katowice , Tychy ( Poland ) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia FinlandFinland Finland Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR
1980 Hradec Králové ( Czechoslovakia ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union USSR CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia SwedenSweden Sweden
1981 Minsk ( USSR ) Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia SwedenSweden Sweden
1982 Ängelholm , Tyringe ( Sweden ) SwedenSweden Sweden CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR
1983 Oslo , Fredrikstad , Sarpsborg ( Norway ) Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR FinlandFinland Finland CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
1984 Rosenheim , Garmisch , Füssen , Bad Tölz ( Federal Republic of Germany ) Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia SwedenSweden Sweden
1985 Anglet ( France ) SwedenSweden Sweden Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
1986 Düsseldorf , Krefeld , Ratingen ( Federal Republic of Germany ) FinlandFinland Finland SwedenSweden Sweden CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
1987 Tampere , Kouvola , Hämeenlinna ( Finland ) SwedenSweden Sweden CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR
1988 Frýdek-Místek , Olomouc , Přerov , Vsetín ( Czechoslovakia ) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia FinlandFinland Finland Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR
1989 Kiev ( USSR ) Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia FinlandFinland Finland
1990 Örnsköldsvik , Sollefteå , Husum ( Sweden ) SwedenSweden Sweden Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
1991 Prešov , Spišská Nová Ves ( Czechoslovakia ) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR FinlandFinland Finland
1992 Lillehammer , Hamar ( Norway ) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia SwedenSweden Sweden Russia 1991Russia Russia
1993 Nowy Targ , Oświęcim ( Poland ) SwedenSweden Sweden Russia 1991Russia Russia Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
1994 Jyväskylä ( Finland ) SwedenSweden Sweden RussiaRussia Russia Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
1995 Berlin ( Germany ) FinlandFinland Finland GermanyGermany Germany SwedenSweden Sweden
1996 Ufa ( Russia ) RussiaRussia Russia FinlandFinland Finland SwedenSweden Sweden
1997 Třebíč , Znojmo ( Czech Republic ) FinlandFinland Finland SwedenSweden Sweden SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
1998 Malung , Mora ( Sweden ) SwedenSweden Sweden FinlandFinland Finland RussiaRussia Russia