1985 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1985 IIHF European U18 Championship was the eighteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
==Group A==
Played April 1-7, 1985, in Anglet France. For the first time, a nation other than the USSR, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, and Finland, finished in the top four. Norway defeated Finland three to two, and then hung on to tie the Germans five to five, earning them second in group 1 and an opportunity to play for their first medal. It would take another ten years for another nation to break through the four team monopoly, with the Germans placing 2nd in 1995.
=== First round===
;Group 1
Team	URS	NOR	FIN	FRG	GF/GA	Pkt.
1. 	 	5:1	6:0	6:1	17:2 	6
2. 	1:5	 	3:2	5:5	9:12 	3
3. 	0:6	2:3	 	4:2	6:11 	2
4. 	1:6	5:5	2:4	 	8:15 	1
;Group 2
Team	SWE 	TCH 	SUI	FRA 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:3 	7:1	15:0	27:4 	6
2. 	3:5 	 	8:2	15:3	26:10	4
3. 	1:7 	2:8 	 	4:2 	7:17 	2
4. 	0:15	3:15	2:4	 	5:34 	0
=== Final round === 
;Championship round
Team	SWE 	URS 	TCH 	NOR 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	1:1 	(5:3)	11:0 	17:4 	5
2. 	1:1 	 	3:2 	(5:1)	9:4 	5
3. 	(3:5)	2:3 	 	8:2 	13:10	2
4. 	0:11 	(1:5)	2:8 	 	3:24 	0
;Placing round
Team	FIN 	FRG 	SUI 	FRA 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	(4:2)	7:7 	21:5 	32:14	5
2. 	(2:4)	 	2:1 	10:0 	14:5 	4
3. 	7:7 	1:2 	 	(4:2)	12:11	3
4. 	5:21 	0:10 	(2:4)	 	7:35 	0
France was relegated to Group B for 1986.
==Tournament Awards==
*Top Scorer Sami Wahlsten (13 points)
*Top Goalie: Arturs Irbe
*Top Defenceman:Rudolph Zaruba
*Top Forward: Ulf Dahlén
==Group B==
Played March 24-30, 1985, in Sofia Bulgaria
===First round ===
;Group 1
Team	ROM	NED	DEN	HUN	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	8:2	3:0	9:1	20:3 	6
2. 	2:8	 	7:5	4:3	13:16	4
3. 	0:3	5:7	 	9:5	14:15	2
4. 	1:9	3:4	5:9	 	9:22 	0
;Group 2
Team	POL	BUL	AUT	YUG	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	4:3	6:3	7:3	17:9 	6
2. 	3:4	 	7:2	5:4	14:10	4
3. 	3:6	2:7	 	6:1	11:14	2
4. 	3:7	4:5	1:6	 	8:18 	0
=== Final round ===
 
;Championship round
Team	ROM 	POL 	BUL 	NED 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	4:3 	5:4 	(8:2)	17:9 	6
2. 	3:4 	 	(4:3)	7:3 	14:10	4
3. 	4:5 	(3:4)	 	4:3 	11:12	2
4. 	(2:8)	3:7 	3:4 	 	8:19 	0
;Placing round
Team	DEN 	AUT 	YUG 	HUN 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:4 	6:5 	(9:5)	20:14	6
2. 	4:5 	 	(6:1)	5:2 	15:8 	4
3. 	5:6 	(1:6)	 	3:1 	9:13 	2
4. 	(5:9)	2:5 	1:3 	 	8:17 	0
Romania was promoted to Group A and Hungary was relegated to Group C, for 1986.
==Group C==
Played in Brixen Italy, from March 19-24, 1985.
Team	ITA 	BEL 	GBR 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	4:03:2	8:45:8	20:14	6
2. 	0:42:3	 	5:27:3	14:12	4
3. 	4:88:5	2:53:7	 	17:25	2
Italy was promoted to Group B for 1986.
==References==
*Complete results
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Category:1985 in hockey
Category:European Junior Championships