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1997 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1997 IIHF European U18 Championship was the thirtieth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group A

Played April 12 to the 20th, in Znojmo and Třebíč, Czech Republic. Switzerland shocked everyone by opening the tournament with wins over the Czechs and the Russians. Although they tired by the end of the tournament, their win over Slovakia assured them of their first (and only) medal in the European Juniors.

First round

;Group 1

Team	SUI	CZE	RUS	UKR	GF/GA	Points
1.		4:3	6:2	2:4	12:9	4
2.	3:4		4:4	8:1	15:9	3
3.	2:6	4:4		8:2	14:12	3
4.	4:2	1:8	2:8		7:18	2

;Group 2

Team	FIN	SWE	SVK	GER	GF/GA	Points
1.		3:3	5:0	3:0	11:3	5
2.	3:3		6:2	6:3	15:8	5
3.	0:5	2:6		7:2	9:13	2
4.	0:3	3:6	2:7		5:16	0

Final round

;Championship round

Team	FIN	SWE	SUI	RUS	CZE	SVK	GF	Points
1.		(3:3)	8:1	4:2	3:2	(5:0)	23:8	9
2.	(3:3)		4:2	4:4	4:1	(6:2)	21:12	8
3.	1:8	2:4		(6:2)	(4:3)	3:0	16:17	6
4.	2:4	4:4	(2:6)		(4:4)	8:3	20:21	4
5.	2:3	1:4	(3:4)	(4:4)		4:2	14:17	3
6.	(0:5)	(2:6)	0:3	3:8	2:4		7:26	0

;7th place

	2:1
(1:0, 0:1, 1:0)	2:5
(0:3, 2:0, 0:2)	2:1 o.t.
(1:0, 0:1, 0:0, 1:0)

Germany, losing the best of three series in overtime, was relegated to Group B for 1998.

Tournament Awards

Top Scorer FINMarko Kauppinen (9 points)
Top Goalie: FINMika Noronen
Top Defenceman:SWEJonas Elofsson
Top Forward: SUIMichel Riesen

Kauppinen, a defenceman, set a record for the lowest point total to lead a tournament.

Group B

Played March 21 to the 30th, in Maribor and Celje, Slovenia.

First round

;Group 1

Team	NOR	POL	BLR	SLO	GF/GA	Points
1.		4:2	5:2	3:4	12:8	4
2.	2:4		7:3	4:2	13:9	4
3.	2:5	3:7		5:4	10:16	2
4.	4:3	2:4	4:5		10:12	2

;Group 2

Team	DEN	HUN	FRA	ITA	GF/GA	Points
1.		4:3	6:4	6:0	16:7	6
2.	3:4		5:3	6:5	14:12	4
3.	4:6	3:5		6:5	13:16	2
4.	0:6	5:6	5:6		10:18	0

Final round

;Championship round

Team	NOR	POL	HUN	BLR	DEN	FRA	Team	Points
1.		(4:2)	2:2	(5:2)	4:3	2:2	17:11	8
2.	(2:4)		5:5	(7:3)	6:4	3:1	23:17	7
3.	2:2	5:5		1:1	(3:4)	(5:3)	16:15	5
4.	(2:5)	(3:7)	1:1		4:2	8:6	18:21	5
5.	3:4	4:6	(4:3)	2:4		(6:4)	19:21	4
6.	2:2	1:3	(3:5)	6:8	(4:6)		16:24	1

;7th place

	7:3
(3:1, 3:0, 1:2)	7:2
(3:0, 4:1, 0:1)

Norway was promoted to Group A, and Slovenia was relegated to Group C, for 1998.

Group C

Played March 12 to the 16th in Miercurea-Ciuc and Gheorgheni, Romania.

First round

;Group 1

Team	GBR	EST	ROM	NED	GF/GA	Points
1.		8:0	5:2	3:1	16:3	6
2.	0:8		3:2	8:4	11:14	4
3.	2:5	2:3		5:0	9:8	2
4.	1:3	4:8	0:5		5:16	0

;Group 2

Team	LAT	AUT	LTU	CRO	GF/GA	Points
1.		3:3	10:2	5:1	18:6	5
2.	3:3		6:1	1:0	10:4	5
3.	2:10	1:6		5:2	8:18	2
4.	1:5	0:1	2:5		3:11	0

Placing round

Final		4:3
(0:2, 3:0, 1:1)

Great Britain was promoted to Group B and the Netherlands was relegated to Group D, for 1998.

Group D

Played in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia from March 4 to 9. The hosts completely dominated, with forward Csaba Prokec scoring 29 points in their 5 games.

Team	YUG	ESP	BUL	ISR	ISL	TUR	GF/GA	Points
1.		11:0	16:2	14:2	21:0	52:1	114:5	10
2.	0:11		5:3	3:3	11:6	20:3	39:26	7
3.	2:16	3:5		5:3	5:2	7:0	22:26	6
4.	2:14	3:3	3:5		9:5	13:0	30:27	5
5.	0:21	6:11	2:5	5:9		4:2	17:48	2
6.	1:52	3:20	0:7	0:13	2:4		6:96	0

Yugoslavia was promoted to Group C for 1998.

References

Complete results

References

[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-18_1997.htm Group D]

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