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IIHF European Junior Championships
Statusdefunct
Genresports event
Date(s)March–April
Frequencyannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1967 (1967)
Most recent1998 (1998)
Organised by IIHF

The IIHF European Junior Championships were an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation and held from 1968 to 1998, with an unofficial tournament being held in 1967. [1] The tournament was played as a U19 tournament from 1968 to 1976. In 1977, the IIHF created the IIHF World Junior Championships, and the U19 championships became U18. The tournament was dominated by the Russians (and Soviets), Czechs (and Czechoslovaks), Swedes and Finns, winning all but two of the medals in the 31 years it was held.

The U18 Championships remained strong until 1999, when the new IIHF World U18 Championships were introduced, thus rendering the U18 European Championships redundant. Two European Divisions continued until 2000, but were tiered qualifiers, alongside Asian Divisions, with promotion and relegation to the World Group B.

Champions

U19

Year Gold Silver Bronze Host
1967 (unofficial)   Soviet Union   Finland   Sweden Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR,   Soviet Union
1968   Czechoslovakia   Soviet Union   Sweden Tampere,   Finland
1969   Soviet Union   Sweden   Czechoslovakia Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria,   West Germany
1970   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia   Sweden Geneva,   Switzerland
1971   Soviet Union   Sweden   Czechoslovakia Prešov, Slovak SR,   Czechoslovakia
1972   Sweden   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia Boden, Luleå, Skellefteå,   Sweden
1973   Soviet Union   Sweden   Czechoslovakia Leningrad, Russian SFSR,   Soviet Union
1974   Sweden   Soviet Union   Finland Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden,   Switzerland
1975   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia   Sweden Grenoble,   France
1976   Soviet Union   Sweden   Finland Kopřivnice, Opava, Czech SR,   Czechoslovakia

U18

Year Gold Silver Bronze Host
1977   Sweden   Czechoslovakia   Soviet Union Bremerhaven, Bremen,   West Germany
1978   Finland   Soviet Union   Sweden Helsinki, Vantaa,   Finland
1979   Czechoslovakia   Finland   Soviet Union Tychy, Katowice,   Poland
1980   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia   Sweden Hradec Králové, Czech SR,   Czechoslovakia
1981   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia   Sweden Minsk, Belorussian SSR,   Soviet Union
1982   Sweden   Czechoslovakia   Soviet Union Ängelholm, Tyringe,   Sweden
1983   Soviet Union   Finland   Czechoslovakia Oslo,   Norway
1984   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia   Sweden Rosenheim, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Füssen, Bad Tölz, Bavaria,   West Germany
1985   Sweden   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia Anglet,   France
1986   Finland   Sweden   Czechoslovakia Düsseldorf, Ratingen, Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia,   West Germany
1987   Sweden   Czechoslovakia   Soviet Union Tampere, Kouvola, Hämeenlinna,   Finland
1988   Czechoslovakia   Finland   Soviet Union Frýdek-Místek, Vsetín, Olomouc, Přerov, Czech SR,   Czechoslovakia
1989   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia   Finland Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR,   Soviet Union
1990   Sweden   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia Örnsköldsvik, Sollefteå,   Sweden
1991   Czechoslovakia   Soviet Union   Finland Spišská Nová Ves, Prešov, Slovak SR,   Czechoslovakia
1992   Czechoslovakia   Sweden   Russia Lillehammer, Hamar,   Norway
1993   Sweden   Russia   Czech Republic Nowy Targ, Oświęcim,   Poland
1994   Sweden   Russia   Czech Republic Jyväskylä,   Finland
1995   Finland   Germany   Sweden Berlin,   Germany
1996   Russia   Finland   Sweden Ufa,   Russia
1997   Finland   Sweden    Switzerland Znojmo, Třebíč,   Czech Republic
1998   Sweden   Finland   Russia Malung, Mora,   Sweden

Medal table

Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medals
  Russia
  Soviet Union
  		1
11
12 		2
7
9 		2
5
7 		5
23
28
  Sweden 10 7 9 26
  Czech Republic
  Czechoslovakia
  		0
5
5 		0
9
9 		2
8
10 		2
22
24
  Finland 4 5 4 13
  Germany 0 1 0 1
   Switzerland 0 0 1 1

Medals 1968-1998 (Including Precursors)

Exclude 1967 European U19 Championship.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia129728
2  Sweden107926
3  Czech Republic591024
4  Finland45413
5  Germany0101
6  Switzerland0011
Totals (6 entries)31313193

European Division I (Qualifier for World Group B)

Year Gold Silver Bronze Host
1999   Latvia   Slovenia   Lithuania   Romania
2000   Kazakhstan   Estonia   Slovenia   Slovenia

Overall participation totals

Over the history of the tournament there were 31 'A', 30 'B', 21 'C', and 4 'D' championships
In 1976 Group 'A' grew from six members to eight.

Team Group A Group B Group C Group D Total
  Austria 1 25 3 — 29
  Belarus 2 3 1 — 6
  Belgium – 1 9 1 11
  Bulgaria 1 13 8 4 26
  Croatia — – 4 1 5
  Czech Republic 6 — — — 6
  Czechoslovakia 25 — — — 25
  Denmark – 27 1 — 28
  East Germany 1 – 1 — 2
  Estonia — – 6 – 6
  Finland 31 — — — 31
  France 5 22 — — 27
  Germany 27 3 — — 30
  Great Britain – 5 15 – 20
  Greece — — — 1 1
  Hungary – 17 10 — 27
  Iceland — — – 2 2
  Israel — – – 4 4
  Italy 2 24 1 — 25
  Kazakhstan – – – 1 1
  Latvia – – 6 — 6
  Lithuania – – 5 1 6
  Luxembourg — — – 1 1
  Netherlands 1 14 6 3 24
  Norway 16 13 — — 29
  Poland 18 13 — — 31
  Romania 4 23 2 – 29
  Russia 7 — — — 7
  Serbia and Montenegro — — 1 3 4
  Slovakia 3 1 2 — 6
  Slovenia – 1 5 — 6
  Soviet Union 24 — — — 24
  Spain — 7 10 2 19
  Sweden 31 — — — 31
   Switzerland 24 5 — — 29
  Turkey — — – 3 3
  Ukraine 2 1 3 — 6
  Yugoslavia – 22 1 — 23
  • Former nations are italicized and listed separately from nations that continued in their stead.
  • In Group A participation totals include withdrawals (or forfeitures) by Bulgaria, Poland and Romania. Likewise Greece's only appearance is listed despite not being official because of forfeit.

See also

References

  1. ^ Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. p. 528. ISBN  0-8362-7114-9.

External links

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