The 1982 IIHF European U18 Championship was the fifteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group A Played in Ängelholm and Tyringe, Sweden from March 29 to April 4, 1982.

First round Group 1 Poland should have participated in this group but withdrew, instead a Swedish under 17 team took their place, not participating in the championship competition. They lost to the Soviets 8-3, Finland 5-4, and beat Switzerland 9-0. Team URS FIN SUI GF/GA Points 1. 6:3 8:1 14:4 4 2. 3:6 4:2 7:8 2 3. 1:8 2:4 3:12 0

Group 2 Team SWE TCH FRG FRA GF/GA Points 1. 3:2 6:1 23:1 32:4 6 2. 2:3 5:1 24:2 31:6 4 3. 1:6 1:5 3:3 5:14 1 4. 1:23 2:24 3:3 6:50 1

Final round Championship round Team SWE TCH URS FIN GF/GA Points 1. (3:2) 5:3 7:5 15:10 6 2. (2:3) 7:3 8:3 17:9 4 3. 3:5 3:7 (6:3) 12:15 2 4. 5:7 3:8 (3:6) 11:21 0

Placing round Team SUI FRG FRA GF/GA Points 1. 2:2 11:3 13:5 3 2. 2:2 (3:3) 5:5 2 3. 3:11 (3:3) 6:14 1 The Swedish under 17 team beat the West Germans 7-2 and the French 18-2. Poland were relegated to Group B for 1983.

Tournament Awards Top Scorer Petr Rosol (13 points) Top Goalie: Dominik Hašek Top Defenceman:Alexei Gusarov Top Forward: Tomas Sandström

Group B Played in Sofia, Bulgaria from March 17–24, 1982

First round Group 1 Team AUT NED ROM ITA GF/GA Points 1. 5:3 12:1 3:5 20:9 4 2. 3:5 3:2 8:5 14:12 4 3. 1:12 2:3 8:3 11:18 2 4. 5:3 5:8 3:8 13:19 2

Group 2 Team NOR DEN BUL YUG GF/GA Points 1. 4:1 7:1 21:0 32:2 6 2. 1:4 1:1 4:2 6:7 3 3. 1:7 1:1 6:2 8:10 3 4. 0:21 2:4 2:6 4:31 0

Final round Championship round Team NOR AUT NED DEN GF/GA Points 1. 9:3 4:3 (4:1) 17:7 6 2. 3:9 (5:3) 4:0 12:12 4 3. 3:4 (3:5) 7:2 13:11 2 4. (1:4) 0:4 2:7 3:15 0

Placing round Team ROM BUL ITA YUG GF/GA Points 1. 6:3 (8:3) 10:2 24:8 6 2. 3:6 5:5 (6:2) 14:13 3 3. (3:8) 5:5 7:4 15:17 3 4. 2:10 (2:6) 4:7 8:23 0

Norway were promoted to Group A, and Yugoslavia were relegated to Group C, for 1983.

Group C Played in Durham, England, United Kingdom from March 18–25, 1982 Team HUN ESP GBR GF/GA Points 1. 11:64:6 8:46:6 29:22 5 2. 6:116:4 6:54:5 22:25 4 3. 4:86:6 5:65:4 20:24 3

Hungary was promoted to Group B for 1983.

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