1982 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1982 IIHF European U18 Championship was the fifteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
==Group A==
Played in Ängelholm and Tyringe Sweden from March 29 to April 4, 1982.
=== First round ===
;Group 1
Poland should have participated in this group but withdrew, instead a Swedish under 17 team took their place. They lost to the Soviets 8-3, Finland 5-4, and beat Switzerland 9-0.Poland withdraws
Team	URS	FIN	SUI	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	6:3	8:1	14:4 	4
2. 	3:6	 	4:2	7:8 	2
3. 	1:8	2:4	 	3:12 	0
;Group 2
Team	SWE 	TCH 	FRG	FRA 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	3:2 	6:1	23:1	32:4 	6
2. 	2:3 	 	5:1	24:2	31:6 	4
3. 	1:6 	1:5 	 	3:3 	5:14 	1
4. 	1:23	2:24	3:3	 	6:50 	1
=== Final round ===
;Championship round
Team	SWE 	TCH 	URS 	FIN 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	(3:2)	5:3 	7:5 	15:10	6
2. 	(2:3)	 	7:3 	8:3 	17:9 	4
3. 	3:5 	3:7 	 	(6:3)	12:15	2
4. 	5:7 	3:8 	(3:6)	 	11:21	0
;Placing round
Team	SUI 	FRG 	FRA 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	2:2 	11:3 	13:5 	3
2. 	2:2 	 	(3:3)	5:5 	2
3. 	3:11	(3:3)	 	6:14 	1
*The Swedish under 17 team beat the Germans 7-2 and the French 18-2.
Poland were relegated to Group B for 1982.
==Tournament Awards==
*Top Scorer Petr Rosol (13 points)
*Top Goalie: Dominik Hašek
*Top Defenceman:Alexei Gusarov
*Top Forward: Tomas Sandström
==Group B==
Played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 17-24, 1982
===First round===
;Group 1
Team	AUT 	NED	ROM 	ITA	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:3	12:1	3:5	20:9 	4
2. 	3:5 	 	3:2 	8:5	14:12	4
3. 	1:12	2:3	 	8:3	11:18	2
4. 	5:3 	5:8	3:8 	 	13:19	2
;Group 2
Team	NOR 	DEN	BUL	YUG 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	4:1	7:1	21:0	32:2 	6
2. 	1:4 	 	1:1	4:2 	6:7 	3
3. 	1:7 	1:1	 	6:2 	8:10 	3
4. 	0:21	2:4	2:6	 	4:31 	0
=== Final round ===
;Championship round
Team	NOR 	AUT 	NED 	DEN 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	9:3 	4:3 	(4:1)	17:7 	6
2. 	3:9 	 	(5:3)	4:0 	12:12	4
3. 	3:4 	(3:5)	 	7:2 	13:11	2
4. 	(1:4)	0:4 	2:7 	 	3:15 	0
;Placing round
Team	ROM 	BUL 	ITA 	YUG 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	6:3 	(8:3)	10:2 	24:8 	6
2. 	3:6 	 	5:5 	(6:2)	14:13	3
3. 	(3:8)	5:5 	 	7:4 	15:17	3
4. 	2:10 	(2:6)	4:7 	 	8:23 	0
Norway were promoted to Group A, and Yugoslavia were relegated to Group B, for 1983.
==Group C==
Played in Durham Great Britain from March 18-25, 1982
Team	HUN 	ESP 	GBR 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	11:64:6	8:46:6	29:22	5
2. 	6:116:4	 	6:54:5	22:25	4
3. 	4:86:6 	5:65:4 	 	20:24	3
Hungary was promoted to Group B for 1983.
==References==
*Complete results
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Category:1982 in hockey
Category:European Junior Championships