1995 IIHF European U18 Championship

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The 1995 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twenty-eighth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

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Group A

Played from April 10 to 16 in Berlin Germany. Led by Jochen Hecht and Marco Sturm the hosts made history, and very nearly won the tournament. For the second time in tournament history, someone other than the Swedes, Finns, Russians, or Czechs finished in the top four. And for the first time, someone else than those four won a medal. Team Germany opened by tying the Czechs, then followed that up by actually beating the Russians. Their only loss was to tournament champion Finland, and they still had a chance for gold on the last day of the tournament. [1]

First round

Group 1
TeamSWEFINSUIBLRGF/GaPoints
1. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:24:310:317:86
2. Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:36:17:215:64
3. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3:41:64:18:112
4. Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus 3:102:71:46:210
Group 2
TeamGERRUSCZENORGF/GAPoints
1. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:24:44:111:75
2. Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:34:36:112:74
3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:43:416:023:83
4. Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:41:60:162:260

Final round

Championship round
TeamFINGERSWERUSGF/GAPoints
1. Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5:3(2:3)4:211:84
2. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:53:3(3:2)9:103
3. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (3:2)3:32:68:113
4. Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:4(2:3)6:210:92
Placing round
TeamCZESUIBLRNORGF/GAPoints
1. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3:211:1(16:0)30:36
2. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2:3(4:1)4:210:64
3. Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus 1:11(1:4)4:46:191
4. Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (0:16)2:44:46:241

Norway was relegated to Group B for 1996.

Tournament Awards

Group B

Played from March 25 to the 31st, in Senica and Skalica, Slovakia. The hosts dominated all five of their games leaving no doubt that they belonged at the top level of European junior hockey.

First round

Group 1
TeamSVKPOLITAAUTGF/GAPoints
1. Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 9:17:010:126:26
2. Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:99:17:517:154
3. Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0:71:95:36:192
4. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:105:73:59:220
Group 2
TeamDENHUNFRAROMGF/GAPoints
1. Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:46:19:322:86
2. Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:74:45:113:123
3. Flag of France.svg  France 1:64:43:18:113
4. Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3:91:51:35:170

Final round

Championship round
TeamSVKPOLDENHUNGF/GAPoints
1. Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia (9:1)13:119:041:26
2. Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (1:9)6:37:314:154
3. Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:133:6(7:4)11:232
4. Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0:193:7(4:7)7:330
Placing round
TeamITAFRAROMAUTGF/GAPoints
1. Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:59:1(5:3)20:96
2. Flag of France.svg  France 5:6(3:1)6:214:94
3. Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:9(1:3)5:27:142
4. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (3:5)2:62:57:160

Slovakia was promoted to Group A and Austria was relegated to Group C, for 1996.

C1 Group

Played from March 24 to the 30th, in Kyiv Ukraine. Ukraine, Latvia, and Slovenia finished in a tie for first, equal on head-to-head points, Ukraine and Latvia were still even on head-to-head goal differential, so overall goal differential was used to establish first place. [2]

TeamUKRLATSLOGBRESTESPGF/GAPointsTie 1
H2H Points
Tie 2
H2H GD
Tie 3
Overall GD
1. Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5:23:48:319:216:151:1282+2+39
2. Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:56:15:08:012:133:782+2+26
3. Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4:31:67:19:117:038:1182-4
4. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:80:51:72:116:022:214
5. Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:190:81:91:25:09:382
6. Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:161:120:170:160:52:660

Ukraine was promoted to Group B. No team was relegated as the six team C1 was expanded to an eight team Group C.

C2 Group

Played from March 11 to 17, in Elektrenai, Lithuania.

First round

Group 1
TeamNEDYUGBULGF/GAPoints
1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:47:213:64
2. Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 4:66:310:92
3. Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:73:65:130
Group 2
TeamLTUCROISRTURGF/GAPoints
1. Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 4:314:239:057:56
2. Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3:49:037:049:44
3. Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:140:915:117:242
4. Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 0:390:371:155:910

Final round

Championship round
TeamLTUCRONEDYUGGF/GAPoints
1. Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania (4:3)4:28:316:86
2. Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (3:4)4:18:415:94
3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:41:4(6:4)9:122
4. Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 3:84:8(4:6)11:220
Placing round
TeamISRBULTURGF/GAPoints
1. Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5:2(15:1)20:34
2. Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:520:222:72
3. Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (1:15)2:203:350

Both Lithuania and Croatia were promoted to Group C, everyone else stayed in what would be called Group D, in 1996.

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