1988 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1988 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twenty-first playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
==Group A==
Played April 9-17, 1988, in Frýdek-Místek, Vsetín, Olomouc, and Prerov, Czechoslovakia.
=== First round===
;Group 1
Played in Olomouc and Prerov.
Team	FIN 	SWE 	SUI 	ROM 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	7:3 	11:1	18:0	36:4 	6
2. 	3:7 	 	9:4 	21:0	33:11	4
3. 	1:11	4:9 	 	4:2 	9:22 	2
4. 	0:18	0:21	2:4 	 	2:43 	0
;Group 2
Played in Frýdek-Místek and Vsetín
Team	URS 	TCH 	NOR 	POL 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	6:4 	9:0 	12:0	27:4 	6
2. 	4:6 	 	11:1	6:0 	21:7 	4
3. 	0:9 	1:11	 	7:3 	8:23 	2
4. 	0:12	0:6 	3:7 	 	3:25 	0
=== Final round === 
;Championship round
Played in Frýdek-Místek, Vsetín, Olomouc, and Prerov.
Team	TCH 	FIN 	URS 	SWE 	NOR 	SUI 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:3 	(4:6)	6:2 	(11:1)	10:1 	36:13	8
2. 	3:5 	 	3:2 	(7:3)	7:1 	(11:1)	31:12	8
3. 	(6:4) 	2:3 	 	3:3 	(9:0) 	12:1 	32:11	7
4. 	2:6 	(3:7) 	3:3 	 	8:2 	(9:4) 	25:22	5
5. 	(1:11)	1:7 	(0:9)	2:8 	 	11:2 	15:37	2
6. 	1:10 	(1:11)	1:12 	(4:9)	2:11 	 	9:53 	0
;7th place
	7:3(3:1, 2:0, 2:2) Prerov	1:6(0:3, 0:1, 1:2) Vsetin	3:2 s.o.(1:0, 1:2, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0) Prerov		
Poland was relegated to Group B for 1989.
==Tournament Awards==
*Top Scorer Teemu Selänne (16 points)
*Top Goalie: Henry Eskelinen
*Top Defenceman:Sergei Zubov 
*Top Forward: Petri Aaltonen
==Group B==
Played March 26 to April 1, 1988, in Briançon France
=== First round===
;Group 1
Spiele	FRG	YUG	FRA 	NED 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	8:3	3:2 	5:0 	16:5 	6
2. 	3:8	 	4:3 	8:3 	15:14	4
3. 	2:3	3:4	 	11:1	16:8 	2
4. 	0:5	3:8	1:11	 	4:24 	0
;Group 2
Team	AUT	DEN	ITA	GBR	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:0	3:0	9:3	17:3 	6
2. 	0:5	 	6:2	7:0	13:7 	4
3. 	0:3	2:6	 	3:3	5:12 	1
4. 	3:9	0:7	3:3	 	6:19 	1
=== Final round === 
;Championship round
Team	FRG 	AUT 	YUG 	DEN 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:1 	(8:3)	6:0 	19:4 	6
2. 	1:5 	 	2:2 	(5:0)	8:7 	3
3. 	(3:8)	2:2 	 	5:3 	10:13	3
4. 	0:6 	(0:5)	3:5 	 	3:16 	0
;Placing round
Team	ITA 	FRA 	NED 	GBR 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:3 	9:6 	(3:3)	17:12	5
2. 	3:5 	 	(11:1)	8:6 	22:12	4
3. 	6:9 	(1:11)	 	7:2 	14:22	2
4. 	(3:3)	6:8 	2:7 	 	11:18	1
West Germany was promoted to Group A and Great Britain was relegated to Group C, for 1989.
==Group C==
Played April 6-9, 1988, in San Sebastián Spain
Team	BUL	ESP 	HUN	BEL 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	2:1 	4:0	9:4 	15:5 	6
2. 	1:2	 	6:5	15:4	22:11	4
3. 	0:4	5:6 	 	9:1 	14:11	2
4. 	4:9	4:15	1:9	 	9:33 	0
Bulgaria was promoted to Group B for 1989.
==References==
*Complete results
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Category:1988 in hockey
Category:European Junior Championships