1977 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1977 IIHF European U18 Championship was the tenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships. With the creation of the World Junior Hockey Championships, which used players under the age of 20, the European chamionships adjusted the age limitation to being under 18.

Contents

Group A

Played in Bremerhaven West Germany from April 1-10, 1977. Romania was to particpate but withdrew (and forfeited) in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the area in March of that year.[1]

Team SWE TCH URS FIN SUI FRG POL GF/GA Points
1.  Sweden 4:0 5:2 8:1 13:2 15:1 13:1 58:07 12
2.  Czechoslovakia 0:4 5:3 10:1 15:3 10:1 9:1 49:13 10
3.  Soviet Union 2:5 3:5 14:2 6:4 7:3 17:0 49:19 08
4.  Finland 1:8 1:10 2:14 11:2 8:3 8:1 31:38 06
5.  Switzerland 2:13 3:15 4:6 2:11 2:2 8:5 21:52 03
6.  West Germany 1:15 1:10 3:7 3:8 2:2 4:3 14:45 03
7.  Poland 1:13 1:9 0:17 1:8 5:8 3:4 11:59 00

Romania, after withdrawing, was relegated to Group B for 1978.

Tournament Awards

Group B

Played in Bilbao and Saint-Sebastien Spain from March 30 to April 4, 1977.

First round

Group 1
Team YUG DEN FRA ESP GF/GA Points
1.  Yugoslavia 4:2 7:2 10:2 21:06 6
2.  Denmark 2:4 12:3 10:1 24:08 4
3.  France 2:7 3:12 6:2 11:21 2
4.  Spain 2:10 1:10 2:6 05:26 0
Group 2
Team NOR AUT ITA NED GF/GA Points
1.  Norway 6:3 6:1 3:2 15:06 6
2.  Austria 3:6 3:2 8:5 14:13 4
3.  Italy 1:6 2:3 3:2 06:11 2
4.  Netherlands 2:3 5:8 2:3 09:14 0

Placing round

7th place Netherlands  7:3
(4:0, 2:1, 1:2)		  Spain
5th place Italy  4:3 o.t.
(1:1, 2:1, 0:1, 1:0)		  France
3rd place Denmark  5:2
(2:1, 1:1, 2:0)		  Austria
Final Norway  4:1
(0:0, 1:1, 3:0)		  Yugoslavia

Norway was promoted to group A, and Spain was relegated to the new Group C, for 1978.

References

  1. ^ Romania withdraws
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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