1981 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1981 IIHF European U18 Championship was the fourteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
==Group A==
Played in Hradec Králové Czechoslovakia from April 1-7, 1981.
=== First round===
;Group 1
Team	TCH 	SWE 	SUI 	POL 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	4:4 	13:0	21:0	38:4 	5
2. 	4:4 	 	9:2 	20:3	33:9 	5
3. 	0:13	2:9 	 	7:2 	9:24 	2
4. 	0:21	3:20	2:7 	 	5:48 	0
;Group 2
Team	URS 	FIN 	FRG 	AUT 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	9:2 	17:0	17:0	43:2 	6
2. 	2:9 	 	10:1	10:2	22:12	4
3. 	0:17	1:10	 	2:0 	3:27 	2
4. 	0:17	2:10	0:2 	 	2:29 	0
=== Final round ===
 
;Championship round
Team	URS 	TCH 	SWE 	FIN 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	3:3 	10:1 	(9:2)	22:6 	5
2. 	3:3 	 	(4:4)	4:3 	11:10	4
3. 	1:10 	(4:4)	 	5:1 	10:15	3
4. 	(2:9)	3:4 	1:5 	 	6:18 	0
;Placing round
Team	SUI 	POL 	FRG 	AUT 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	(7:2)	2:2 	7:2 	16:6 	5
2. 	(2:7)	 	4:2 	4:0 	10:9 	4
3. 	2:2 	2:4 	 	(2:0)	6:6 	3
4. 	2:7 	0:4 	(0:2)	 	2:13 	0
Austria was relegated to Group B for 1982.
==Tournament Awards==
*Top Scorer: Oleg Znarok and Vladimir Ruzicka (16 points)
*Top Goalie: Jakob Gustavsson
*Top Defenceman:Antonín Stavjana
*Top Forward: Leonid Trukhno
==Group B==
Played in Miercurea Ciuc Romania from March 15-21, 1981.
=== First round===
;Group 1
Team	FRA 	NOR 	ROM 	DEN 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	4:2 	4:3 	11:4	19:9 	6
2. 	2:4 	 	11:2	8:3 	21:9 	4
3. 	3:4 	2:11	 	7:5 	12:20	2
4. 	4:11	3:8 	5:7 	 	12:26	0
;Group 2
Team	YUG	ITA	BUL 	HUN 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:4	9:4 	5:1 	19:9 	6
2. 	4:5	 	8:3 	6:3 	18:11	4
3. 	4:9	3:8	 	13:2	20:19	2
4. 	1:5	3:6	2:13	 	6:24 	0
=== Final round===
 
;Championship round
Team	FRA 	NOR 	YUG 	ITA 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	(4:2)	5:2 	4:3 	13:7 	6
2. 	(2:4)	 	7:1 	6:2 	15:7 	4
3. 	2:5 	1:7 	 	(5:4)	8:16 	2
4. 	3:4 	2:6 	(4:5)	 	9:15 	0
;Placing round
Team	ROM 	DEN 	BUL 	HUN 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	(7:5)	11:0 	12:3 	30:8 	6
2. 	(5:7)	 	7:2 	25:1 	37:10	4
3. 	0:11 	2:7 	 	(13:2)	15:20	2
4. 	3:12 	1:25 	(2:13)	 	6:50 	0
France was promoted to Group A, and Hungary was demoted to group C, for 1982.
==Group C==
Played in Belgium and the Netherlands from March 19-24, 1981.
Team	NED 	GBR 	BEL 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	13:113:1	9:114:2	49:5 	8
2. 	1:131:13	 	9:14:4 	15:31	3
3. 	1:92:14 	1:94:4 	 	8:36 	1
The Netherlands were promoted to Group B for 1982.
==References==
*Complete results
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Category:1981 in hockey
Category:European Junior Championships