The 1982 IIHF European U18 Championship was the fifteenth playing of the

IIHF European Junior Championships 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.Dupalcey page 528 The tournament was play ...

Group A

Played in

Ängelholm Ängelholm is a locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in Skåne, Sweden with 39,612 inhabitants in 2010. History The old settlement ''Rynestad'' was mentioned around the year 1600. The city was founded in 1516 as Engelholm by King Chri ...

and

Tyringe Tyringe is a locality situated in Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 4,658 inhabitants in 2010. History Administratively the place was made a municipal community (''municipalsamhälle'') within the rural municipalities of Fin ...

, Sweden from March 29 to April 4, 1982.

First round

;Group 1 ''

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

should have participated in this group but withdrew, instead a Swedish under 17 team took their place, not participating in the championship competition. They lost to the Soviets 8-3, Finland 5-4, and beat Switzerland 9-0.Poland withdraws
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Final round

;Championship round ;Placing round *The Swedish under 17 team beat the West Germans 7-2 and the French 18-2. ''

were relegated to Group B for 1983.''

Tournament Awards

*Top Scorer

Petr Rosol Petr Rosol (born June 20, 1964) is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the 1992 Olympic ice hockey for Czechoslovakia where he won a bronze medal. He was drafted 75th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1984 NHL En ...

(13 points) *Top Goalie:

Dominik Hašek Dominik Hašek (, ; born January 29, 1965) is a Czech former ice hockey goaltender who mostly played for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Widely regarded as one of the best goaltenders of all time, Hašek also played for ...

*Top Defenceman: Alexei Gusarov *Top Forward:

Tomas Sandström Tomas Sandström (born September 4, 1964) is a Finnish-born Swedish former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1984 to 1999. Born in Finland, Sandström grew up in Fagersta, Sweden. A skille ...

Group B

Played in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

from March 17–24, 1982

First round

;Group 1 ;Group 2

Final round

;Championship round ;Placing round ''

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

were promoted to Group A, and

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

were relegated to Group C, for 1983.''

Group C

Played in

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United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

from March 18–25, 1982 ''

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

was promoted to Group B for 1983.''

References

Complete results
* {{IIHF European Junior Championships

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