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The 1997 IIHF European U18 Championship was the thirtieth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group A[]

Played April 12th to the 20th, in Znojmo and Trebic Czech Republic. Switzerland shocked everyone by opening the tournament with wins over the Czechs and the Russians. Although they tired by the end of the tournament, their win over Slovakia assured them of their first (and only) medal in the European Juniors.

First round[]

Group 1
Team SUI CZE RUS UKR GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 4:3 6:2 2:4 12:09 4
2. Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3:4 4:4 8:1 15:09 3
3. Flag of Russia Russia 2:6 4:4 8:2 14:12 3
4. Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 4:2 1:8 2:8 07:18 2
Group 2
Team FIN SWE SVK GER GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Finland Finland 3:3 5:0 3:0 11:03 5
2. Flag of Sweden Sweden 3:3 6:2 6:3 15:08 5
3. Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 0:5 2:6 7:2 09:13 2
4. Flag of Germany Germany 0:3 3:6 2:7 05:16 0

Final round[]

Championship round
Team FIN SWE SUI RUS CZE SVK GF Points
1. Flag of Finland Finland (3:3) 8:1 4:2 3:2 (5:0) 23:08 9
2. Flag of Sweden Sweden (3:3) 4:2 4:4 4:1 (6:2) 21:12 8
3. Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 1:8 2:4 (6:2) (4:3) 3:0 16:17 6
4. Flag of Russia Russia 2:4 4:4 (2:6) (4:4) 8:3 20:21 4
5. Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 2:3 1:4 (3:4) (4:4) 4:2 14:17 3
6. Flag of Slovakia Slovakia (0:5) (2:6) 0:3 3:8 2:4 07:26 00
7th place
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 2:1
(1:0, 0:1, 1:0)
2:5
(0:3, 2:0, 0:2)
2:1 o.t.
(1:0, 0:1, 0:0, 1:0)
Flag of Germany Germany

Germany, losing the best of three series in overtime, was relegated to Group B for 1998.

Tournament Awards[]

Kauppinen, a defensman, set a record for the lowest point total to lead a tournament.

Group B[]

Played March 21st to the 30th, in Maribor and Celje Slovenia.

First round[]

Group 1
Team NOR POL BLR SLO GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Norway Norway 4:2 5:2 3:4 12:08 4
2. Flag of Poland Poland 2:4 7:3 4:2 13:09 4
3. Flag of Belarus Belarus 2:5 3:7 5:4 10:16 2
4. Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 4:3 2:4 4:5 10:12 2
Group 2
Team DEN HUN FRA ITA GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Denmark Denmark 4:3 6:4 6:0 16:07 6
2. Flag of Hungary Hungary 3:4 5:3 6:5 14:12 4
3. Flag of France France 4:6 3:5 6:5 13:16 2
4. Flag of Italy Italy 0:6 5:6 5:6 10:18 0

Final round[]

Championship round
Team NOR POL HUN BLR DEN FRA Team Points
1. Flag of Norway Norway (4:2) 2:2 (5:2) 4:3 2:2 17:11 8
2. Flag of Poland Poland (2:4) 5:5 (7:3) 6:4 3:1 23:17 7
3. Flag of Hungary Hungary 2:2 5:5 1:1 (3:4) (5:3) 16:15 5
4. Flag of Belarus Belarus (2:5) (3:7) 1:1 4:2 8:6 18:21 5
5. Flag of Denmark Denmark 3:4 4:6 (4:3) 2:4 (6:4) 19:21 4
6. Flag of France France 2:2 1:3 (3:5) 6:8 (4:6) 16:24 1
7th place
Italy Flag of Italy 7:3
(3:1, 3:0, 1:2)
7:2
(3:0, 4:1, 0:1)
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia

Norway was promoted to Group A, and Slovenia was relegated to Group C, for 1998.

Group C[]

Played March 12th to the 16th in Miercurea-Ciuc and Gheorgheni Romania.

First round[]

Group 1
Team GBR EST ROM NED GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom 8:0 5:2 3:1 16:03 6
2. Flag of Estonia Estonia 0:8 3:2 8:4 11:14 4
3. Flag of Romania Romania 2:5 2:3 5:0 09:08 2
4. Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 1:3 4:8 0:5 05:16 0
Group 2
Team LAT AUT LTU CRO GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Latvia Latvia 3:3 10:2 5:1 18:06 5
2. Flag of Austria Austria 3:3 6:1 1:0 10:04 5
3. Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 2:10 1:6 5:2 08:18 2
4. Flag of Croatia Croatia 1:5 0:1 2:5 03:11 0

Placing round[]

7th place Croatia Flag of Croatia 2:1
(1:0, 1:0, 0:1)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
5th place Romania Flag of Romania 4:2
(1:0, 1:2, 2:0)
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
3rd place Estonia Flag of Estonia 4:3 o.t.
(2:1, 0:0, 1:2, 1:0)
Flag of Austria Austria
Final United Kingdom Flag of Great Britain 4:3
(0:2, 3:0, 1:1)
Flag of Latvia Latvia

Great Britain was promoted to Group B and the Netherlands was relegated to Group D, for 1998.

Group D[]

Played in Belgrade Yugoslavia from March 4th to 9th. The hosts completely dominated, with forward Csaba Prokec scoring 29 points in their 5 games.[1]

Team YUG ESP BUL ISR ISL TUR GF/GA Points
1. Flag of FR Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 11:0 16:2 14:2 21:0 52:1 114:05 10
2. Flag of Spain Spain 0:11 5:3 3:3 11:6 20:3 039:26 07
3. Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 2:16 3:5 5:3 5:2 7:0 022:26 06
4. Flag of Israel Israel 2:14 3:3 3:5 9:5 13:0 030:27 05
5. Flag of Iceland Iceland 0:21 6:11 2:5 5:9 4:2 017:48 02
6. Flag of Turkey Turkey 1:52 3:20 0:7 0:13 2:4 006:96 00

Yugoslavia was promoted to Group C for 1998.

References[]

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