1989 IIHF European U18 Championship
# 1989 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1989 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twenty-second playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

## Group A

Played April 2–10, 1989 in Kyiv, USSR.

### First round

**Group 1**

| Team | TCH | SWE | FRG | NOR | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Czechoslovakia | | 10:5 | 10:3 | 18:4 | 38:12 | 6 |
| 2. Sweden | 5:10 | | 4:3 | 9:3 | 18:18 | 4 |
| 3. West Germany | 3:10 | 3:4 | | 6:4 | 12:18 | 2 |
| 4. Norway | 4:18 | 3:9 | 4:6 | | 11:33 | 0 |

**Group 2**

| Team | URS | FIN | SUI | ROM | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Soviet Union | | 4:2 | 13:2 | 15:0 | 32:04 | 6 |
| 2. Finland | 2:4 | | 17:0 | 8:0 | 27:04 | 4 |
| 3. Switzerland | 2:13 | 0:17 | | 9:2 | 11:32 | 2 |
| 4. Romania | 0:15 | 0:8 | 2:9 | | 02:32 | 0 |

### Final round

**Championship round**

| Team | URS | TCH | FIN | SWE | BRD | SUI | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Soviet Union | | 2:0 | (4:2) | 4:2 | 7:1 | (13:2) | 30:07 | 10 |
| 2. Czechoslovakia | 0:2 | | 4:3 | (10:5) | (10:3) | 19:1 | 43:14 | 08 |
| 3. Finland | (2:4) | 3:4 | | 5:5 | 15:1 | (17:0) | 42:14 | 05 |
| 4. Sweden | 2:4 | (5:10) | 5:5 | | (4:3) | 14:0 | 30:22 | 05 |
| 5. West Germany | 1:7 | (3:10) | 1:15 | (3:4) | | 4:2 | 12:38 | 02 |
| 6. Switzerland | (2:13) | 1:19 | (0:17) | 0:14 | 2:4 | | 05:67 | 00 |

**7th place**

| Norway | 12:4 | 5:0 | Romania |
| - | - | - | - |

Romania was relegated to Group B for 1990

## Tournament Awards

* Top Scorer Robert Reichel (21 points)-A tournament Record
* Top Goalie: Sergei Tkachenko
* Top Defenceman:Jiří Vykoukal
* Top Forward: Pavel Bure

## Group B

Played March 17–23, 1989 in Klagenfurt, Austria.

### First round

**Group 1**

| Team | POL | DEN | ITA | BUL | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Poland | | 6:0 | 8:2 | 15:0 | 29:02 | 6 |
| 2. Denmark | 0:6 | | 8:3 | 6:2 | 14:11 | 4 |
| 3. Italy | 2:8 | 3:8 | | 6:3 | 11:19 | 2 |
| 4. Bulgaria | 0:15 | 2:6 | 3:6 | | 05:27 | 0 |

**Group 2**

| Team | FRA | AUT | NED | YUG | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. France | | 4:3 | 10:1 | 6:3 | 20:07 | 6 |
| 2. Austria | 3:4 | | 5:2 | 12:1 | 20:07 | 4 |
| 3. Netherlands | 1:10 | 2:5 | | 4:4 | 07:19 | 1 |
| 4. Yugoslavia | 3:6 | 1:12 | 4:4 | | 08:22 | 1 |

### Final round

**Championship round**

| Team | POL | FRA | AUT | DEN | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Poland | | 7:4 | 8:1 | (6:0) | 21:06 | 6 |
| 2. France | 4:7 | | (4:3) | 5:1 | 13:11 | 4 |
| 3. Austria | 1:8 | (3:4) | | 3:3 | 07:15 | 1 |
| 4. Denmark | (0:6) | 1:5 | 3:3 | | 04:14 | 1 |

**Placing round**

| Team | NED | ITA | YUG | BUL | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Netherlands | | 5:3 | (4:4) | 8:4 | 17:11 | 5 |
| 2. Italy | 3:5 | | 7:2 | (6:3) | 16:10 | 4 |
| 3. Yugoslavia | (4:4) | 2:7 | | 8:2 | 14:13 | 3 |
| 4. Bulgaria | 4:8 | (3:6) | 2:8 | | 09:22 | 0 |

Poland was promoted to Group A and Bulgaria was relegated to Group C, for 1990.

## Group C

Played March 25–30, 1989 in Puigcerdá, Spain.

| Team | ESP | GBR | HUN | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Spain | | 5:2 2:2 | 6:5 6:4 | 19:13 | 7 |
| 2. Great Britain | 2:5 2:2 | | 5:2 6:1 | 15:10 | 5 |
| 3. Hungary | 5:6 4:6 | 2:5 1:6 | | 12:23 | 0 |

Spain was promoted to Group B for 1990.

