The 1990 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twenty-third playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
Group A Played April 4–11, 1990 in Örnsköldsvik and Sollefteå, Sweden.
First round Group 1 Team SWE URS POL FRG GF/GA Points 1. 3:1 11:4 9:2 23:7 6 2. 1:3 7:0 14:1 22:4 4 3. 4:11 0:7 8:6 12:24 2 4. 2:9 1:14 6:8 9:31 0
Group 2 Team TCH FIN NOR SUI GF/GA Points 1. 6:2 9:1 7:0 22:3 6 2. 2:6 7:2 6:0 15:8 4 3. 1:9 2:7 8:4 11:20 2 4. 0:7 0:6 4:8 4:21 0
Final round Championship round Team SWE URS TCH FIN NOR POL GF/GA Points 1. (3:1) 3:3 2:1 7:0 (11:4) 26:9 9 2. (1:3) 5:2 9:1 12:5 (7:0) 34:11 8 3. 3:3 2:5 (6:2) (9:1) 13:2 34:13 7 4. 1:2 1:9 (2:6) (7:2) 8:4 19:24 4 5. 0:7 5:12 (1:9) (2:7) 12:2 20:37 2 6. (4:11) (0:7) 2:13 4:8 2:12 12:51 0
7th place 5:2(0:1, 4:1, 1:0) 1:4(0:1, 1:2, 0:1) 4:3(3:1, 1:1, 0:1)
Switzerland was relegated to Group B for 1991. Following the reunification of Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany ceased being referred to as West Germany and, starting in 1991, was simply referred to as Germany
Tournament Awards Top Scorer Vyacheslav Kozlov (19 points) Top Goalie: Rolf Wanhainen Top Defenceman: Ivan Droppa Top Forward: Vyacheslav Kozlov
Group B Played March 21–30, 1990 in Val Gardena, Italy. Team FRA ITA ROM YUG AUT DEN NED ESP GF/GA Points 1. 3:2 1:1 6:1 5:3 5:5 14:3 17:1 51:16 12 2. 2:3 5:5 7:3 6:0 9:6 6:2 10:1 45:20 11 3. 1:1 5:5 5:5 4:2 5:2 6:1 8:5 34:21 11 4. 1:6 3:7 5:5 4:2 6:5 1:1 6:5 26:31 8 5. 3:5 0:6 2:4 2:4 4:2 7:3 7:2 25:26 6 6. 5:5 6:9 2:5 5:6 2:4 2:1 12:3 34:33 5 7. 3:14 2:6 1:6 1:1 3:7 1:2 5:4 16:40 3 8. 1:17 1:10 5:8 5:6 2:7 3:12 4:5 21:65 0
Undefeated France was promoted to Group A for 1991. Spain should have been relegated to Group C, however, their replacement East Germany did not exist by 1991 so the Spaniards stayed up in Group B.Read Group C explanation
Group C Played March 8–11, 1990 in Sofia, Bulgaria. East Germany, just a few months before reunification, won the tournament easily. They had last participated in Group A in 1968.East Germany returns Team GDR HUN GBR BUL GF/GA Points 1. 9:4 10:0 16:0 35:4 6 2. 4:9 7:1 5:4 16:14 4 3. 0:10 1:7 6:3 7:20 2 4. 0:16 4:5 3:6 7:27 0
No team was promoted; East Germany won the right to proceed to Group B, but did not exist by 1991.
References
Complete results