1977 IIHF European U18 Championship
# 1977 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1977 IIHF European U18 Championship was the tenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships. With the creation of the World Junior Hockey Championships, which used players under the age of 20, the European championships adjusted the age limitation to being under 18.

## Group A

Played in Bremerhaven, West Germany from April 1–10, 1977. Romania was to participate but withdrew (and forfeited) in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the area in March of that year.

| Team | SWE | TCH | URS | FIN | SUI | FRG | POL | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Sweden | | 4:0 | 5:2 | 8:1 | 13:2 | 15:1 | 13:1 | 58:07 | 12 |
| 2. Czechoslovakia | 0:4 | | 5:3 | 10:1 | 15:3 | 10:1 | 9:1 | 49:13 | 10 |
| 3. Soviet Union | 2:5 | 3:5 | | 14:2 | 6:4 | 7:3 | 17:0 | 49:19 | 08 |
| 4. Finland | 1:8 | 1:10 | 2:14 | | 11:2 | 8:3 | 8:1 | 31:38 | 06 |
| 5. Switzerland | 2:13 | 3:15 | 4:6 | 2:11 | | 2:2 | 8:5 | 21:52 | 03 |
| 6. West Germany | 1:15 | 1:10 | 3:7 | 3:8 | 2:2 | | 4:3 | 14:45 | 03 |
| 7. Poland | 1:13 | 1:9 | 0:17 | 1:8 | 5:8 | 3:4 | | 11:59 | 00 |

Romania, after withdrawing, was relegated to Group B for 1978.

## Tournament Awards

* Top Scorer: Conny Silfverberg (17 Points)
* Top Goalie: Pelle Lindbergh
* Top Defenceman:Peter Slanina
* Top Forward: Conny Silfverberg

## Group B

Played in Bilbao and San Sebastián, Spain from March 30 to April 4, 1977.

### First round

**Group 1**

| Team | YUG | DEN | FRA | ESP | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Yugoslavia | | 4:2 | 7:2 | 10:2 | 21:06 | 6 |
| 2. Denmark | 2:4 | | 12:3 | 10:1 | 24:08 | 4 |
| 3. France | 2:7 | 3:12 | | 6:2 | 11:21 | 2 |
| 4. Spain | 2:10 | 1:10 | 2:6 | | 05:26 | 0 |

**Group 2**

| Team | NOR | AUT | ITA | NED | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Norway | | 6:3 | 6:1 | 3:2 | 15:06 | 6 |
| 2. Austria | 3:6 | | 3:2 | 8:5 | 14:13 | 4 |
| 3. Italy | 1:6 | 2:3 | | 3:2 | 06:11 | 2 |
| 4. Netherlands | 2:3 | 5:8 | 2:3 | | 09:14 | 0 |

### Placing round

| 7th place | Netherlands | 7:3 (4:0, 2:1, 1:2) | Spain |
| - | - | - | - |
| 5th place | Italy | 4:3 o.t. (1:1, 2:1, 0:1, 1:0) | France |
| 3rd place | Denmark | 5:2 (2:1, 1:1, 2:0) | Austria |
| Final | Norway | 4:1 (0:0, 1:1, 3:0) | Yugoslavia |

Norway was promoted to group A, and Spain was relegated to the new Group C, for 1978.

