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The 1998 IIHF European U18 Championship was the thirty-first playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group A[]

Played April 11th to the 19th in Malung and Mora, Sweden. The hosts led by twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin, won their tenth European Junior title.

First round[]

Group 1
Team RUS FIN CZE NOR GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Russia Russia 4:1 2:2 5:1 11:04 5
2. Flag of Finland Finland 1:4 7:2 8:0 16:06 4
3. Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 2:2 2:7 12:1 16:10 3
4. Flag of Norway Norway 1:5 0:8 1:12 02:25 0
Group 2
Team SWE SUI SVK UKR GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Sweden Sweden 6:0 5:3 13:1 24:04 6
2. Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 0:6 4:1 5:1 09:08 4
3. Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 3:5 1:4 5:1 09:10 2
4. Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 1:13 1:5 1:5 03:23 0

Final round[]

The Czechs had the very unfortunate distinction of finishing tied for first, and actually finishing completely out of the medals. Coming into the final game against the Russians, the Swedes could lose or tie, and finish fourth, win by one or two goals and finish third, win by three and finish second, or win by four or more and be the champions. They led five to one after two, and played a scoreless third to clinch gold.

Championship round
Team SWE FIN RUS CZE SUI SVK GF/GA Points Tie 1
H2H Points
Tie 2
H2H GD
Tie 3
H2H Points
Tie 4
Overall GD
1. Flag of Sweden Sweden 2:2 5:1 4:6 (6:0) (5:3) 22:12 7 3 +2 1 +10
2. Flag of Finland Finland 2:2 (1:4) (7:2) 3:2 4:2 17:12 7 3 +2 1 +5
3. Flag of Russia Russia 1:5 (4:1) (2:2) 4:0 2:1 13:09 7 3 -1
4. Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 6:4 (2:7) (2:2) 7:1 5:3 21:17 7 3 -3
5. Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (0:6) 2:3 0:4 1:7 (4:1) 07:20 2
6. Flag of Slovakia Slovakia (3:5) 2:4 1:2 3:5 (1:4) 10:20 0
7th place
Norway Flag of 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)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine

Tournament Awards[]

Group B[]

Played April 5th to the 12th in Füssen and Memmingen Germany. The hosts did not dominate, but still won all their games, to return to the top level.

First round[]

Group 1
Team GER BLR DEN GBR GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Germany Germany 4:2 4:3 5:0 13:05 6
2. Flag of Belarus Belarus 2:4 6:3 4:0 12:07 4
3. Flag of Denmark Denmark 3:4 3:6 5:1 11:11 2
4. Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom 0:5 0:4 1:5 01:14 0
Group 2
Team POL ITA HUN FRA GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Poland Poland 4:1 5:4 2:1 11:06 6
2. Flag of Italy Italy 1:4 4:1 3:1 08:06 4
3. Flag of Hungary Hungary 4:5 1:4 5:1 10:10 2
4. Flag of France France 1:2 1:3 1:5 03:10 0

Final round[]

Championship round
Team GER ITA POL HUN BLR DEN GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Germany Germany 5:2 4:0 4:1 (4:2) (4:3) 21:08 10
2. Flag of Italy Italy 2:5 (1:4) (4:1) 2:0 9:1 18:11 06
3. Flag of Poland Poland 0:4 (4:1) (5:4) 5:8 6:6 20:23 05
4. Flag of Hungary Hungary 1:4 (1:4) (4:5) 2:1 12:9 20:23 04
5. Flag of Belarus Belarus (2:4) 0:2 8:5 1:2 (6:3) 17:16 04
6. Flag of Denmark Denmark (3:4) 1:9 6:6 9:12 (3:6) 22:37 01
7th place
France Flag of France 11:1
(3:0, 6:1, 2:0)
5:2
(1:0, 2:0, 2:2)
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom

Group C[]

Played March 16th to the 20th in Zagreb Croatia. On final day the host Croats had to face Yugoslavia to determine who would be relegated. Because of the expansion of the top tier to ten teams, it did not matter in the end, but it was a very tense affair at the time.

First round[]

Group 1
Team AUT SLO ROM YUG GF/GA Poinys
1. Flag of Austria Austria 5:3 15:3 13:1 33:07 6
2. Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 3:5 9:1 10:0 22:06 4
3. Flag of Romania Romania 3:15 1:9 6:3 10:27 2
4. Flag of FR Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1:13 0:10 3:6 04:29 0
Group 2
Team LAT LTU EST CRO GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Latvia Latvia 6:1 7:0 10:4 23:05 6
2. Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 1:6 4:1 7:6 12:13 4
3. Flag of Estonia Estonia 0:7 1:4 4:2 05:13 2
4. Flag of Croatia Croatia 4:10 6:7 2:4 12:21 0

Placing round[]

7th place Croatia Flag of Croatia 5:3
(1:1, 2:1, 2:1)
Flag of FR Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
5th place Romania Flag of Romania 5:0
forfeit
Flag of Estonia Estonia
3rd place Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 3:2
(0:1, 2:1, 1:0)
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia
Final Austria Flag of Austria 4:3
(0:2, 2:1, 2:0)
Flag of Latvia Latvia

Group D[]

Played from March 3rd to the 9th in Luxembourg. Two new entrants participated this year, the hosts, and Kazakhstan. The Kazakhs switched from playing in the Asian junior tournament, to the European.[1] There was no shadow of a doubt that they were a much better team than was suited for this level, scoring over 150 goals in five games. The Dutch were the only ones to lose by less than fifteen to the Kazakhs. Leading the team, a young Nikolai Antropov scored fify-four points. Considering that the South Koreans scored 92 in one game in the Asian tournament, it is hard to imagine just how many more points Antropov could have scored if they had stayed put.[2]

First round[]

Group 1
Team NED BEL BUL ISR GF/GA Points
1. Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 7:3 12:0 12:0 31:03 6
2. Flag of Belgium Belgium 3:7 12:1 8:0 23:08 4
3. Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 0:12 1:12 3:2 04:26 2
4. Flag of Israel Israel 0:12 0:8 2:3 02:23 0
Group 2
Team KAZ ESP ISL LUX GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 19:2 63:0 39:0 121:02 6
2. Flag of Spain Spain 2:19 4:1 17:2 023:22 4
3. Flag of Iceland Iceland 0:63 1:4 4:2 005:69 2
4. Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 0:39 2:17 2:4 004:60 0

Final round[]

Championship round
Team KAZ NED BEL ESP GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 14:1 20:1 (19:2) 53:04 6
2. Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 1:14 (7:3) 4:1 12:18 4
3. Flag of Belgium Belgium 1:20 (3:7) 5:3 09:30 2
4. Flag of Spain Spain (2:19) 1:4 3:5 06:28 0
Placing round
Team BUL ISR ISL LUX GF/GA Points
1. Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria (3:2) 9:2 5:2 17:06 6
2. Flag of Israel Israel (2:3) 4:4 4:1 10:08 3
3. Flag of Iceland Iceland 2:9 4:4 (4:2) 10:15 3
4. Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 2:5 1:4 (2:4) 05:13 0

References[]

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