1990 IIHF European U18 Championship

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
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Category:1990 in hockey
Category:European Junior Championships