1987 IIHF European U18 Championship

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 Bucarest 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 	 	8:1 	4:2	9:7 	2
3. 	2:13	1:8	 	2:9	3:21 	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
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Category:1987 in hockey
Category:European Junior Championships