The 1987 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twentieth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group A Played April 3–12, 1987, in Tampere, Kouvola, and Hämeenlinna, Finland. Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union, finished tied atop the standings after seven games. Amongst the three, Sweden had the better goal differential in their head to head games, so they won the gold. The Czech's and Soviets still remained even, so the silver medal was awarded based on goals scored in the head to head games: six to four in favor of Czechoslovakia.Tournament recap (in French) Team SWE TCH URS FIN SUI POL NOR FRG GF/GA Points Tie 1 H2H Points Tie 2 H2H GD Tie 3 H2H GF 1. 4:1 0:1 5:2 14:1 13:0 6:0 9:0 51:5 12 2 +2 2. 1:4 5:3 8:5 13:3 11:0 5:1 5:0 48:16 12 2 -1 6 3. 1:0 3:5 6:5 8:0 11:1 9:3 5:2 43:16 12 2 -1 4 4. 2:5 5:8 5:6 4:0 9:0 9:0 7:2 41:21 8 5. 1:14 3:13 0:8 0:4 5:5 1:1 4:1 14:46 4 6. 0:13 0:11 1:11 0:9 5:5 3:2 4:4 13:55 4 7. 0:6 1:5 3:9 0:9 1:1 2:3 6:4 13:37 3 8. 0:9 0:5 2:5 2:7 1:4 4:4 4:6 13:40 1

West Germany was relegated to Group B for 1988.

Tournament Awards Top Scorer Roman Horák (15 points) Top Goalie: Tommy Söderström Top Defenceman:Alexander Godynyuk Top Forward: Roman Horák

Group B Played April 3–9, 1987, in Bucharest, Romania

First round Group 1 Team ROM ITA GBR BUL GF/Ga Points 1. 6:3 13:2 2:4 19:5 4 2. 3:6 6:1 4:2 9:7 2 3. 2:13 1:6 2:9 3:19 0 NR 4:2 2:4 9:2 15:8 4 Bulgaria would have been second in their group but they were disqualified for falsifying birthdates for some of their players. Their games did not count in the standings and they received no official ranking.Bulgaria disqualified Group 2 Team DEN FRA YUG AUT GF/GA Points Tie 1 H2H Points Tie 2 H2H GD 1. 8:3 4:6 6:0 18:9 4 2 +3 2. 3:8 8:4 3:2 14:14 4 2 -1 3. 6:4 4:8 7:2 17:14 4 2 -2 4. 0:6 2:3 2:7 4:16 0

Final round Championship round Team ROM DEN ITA FRA GF/GA Points 1. 7:4 (6:3) 6:4 19:11 6 2. 4:7 5:3 (8:3) 17:13 4 3. (3:6) 3:5 5:2 11:13 2 4. 4:6 (3:8) 2:5 9:19 0

Placing round Team YUG AUT GBR BUL GF/GA Points 1. (7:2) 7:2 –:– 14:4 4 2. (2:7) 5:4 –:– 7:11 2 3. 2:7 4:5 (–:–) 6:12 0 NR –:– –:– (–:–) –:– –

Romania was promoted to Group A and Bulgaria was relegated to Group C, for 1988.

Group C Played March 14–19, 1987, in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands. Team NED HUN BEL GF GA 1. 8:36:2 9:19:1 32:7 8 2. 3:82:6 10:35:1 20:18 4 3. 1:91:9 3:101:5 6:33 0

The Netherlands was promoted to Group B for 1988.

References

Complete results