IIHF European Junior Championships
IIHF European Junior Championships | |
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Status | defunct |
Genre | sports event |
Date(s) | March–April |
Frequency | annual |
Location(s) | various |
Inaugurated | 1967 |
Most recent | 1998 |
Organised by | IIHF |
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.[1] The tournament was played as a U19 tournament from 1968 to 1976. In 1977, the IIHF created the IIHF World Junior Championships, and the U19 championships became U18. The tournament was dominated by the Russians (and Soviets), Czechs (and Czechoslovaks), Swedes and Finns, winning all but two of the medals in the 31 years it was held.
The U18 Championships remained strong until 1999, when the new IIHF World U18 Championships were introduced, thus rendering the U18 European Championships redundant. Two European Divisions continued until 2000, but were tiered qualifiers, alongside Asian Divisions, with promotion and relegation to the World Group B.
Champions
[edit]U19
[edit]U18
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
---|---|---|---|---|
Russia Soviet Union |
1 11 12 |
2 7 9 |
2 5 7 |
5 23 28 |
Sweden | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia |
0 5 5 |
0 9 9 |
2 8 10 |
2 22 24 |
Finland | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medals 1968-1998 (Including Precursors)
[edit]Exclude 1967 European U19 Championship.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Russia | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
2 | Sweden | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24 |
4 | Finland | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
5 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 |
European Division I (Qualifier for World Group B)
[edit]Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Host |
---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Latvia | Slovenia | Lithuania | Romania |
2000 | Kazakhstan | Estonia | Slovenia | Slovenia |
Overall participation totals
[edit]Over the history of the tournament there were 31 'A', 30 'B', 21 'C', and 4 'D' championships
In 1976 Group 'A' grew from six members to eight.
Team | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Austria | 1 | 25 | 3 | — | 29 |
Belarus | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 6 |
Belgium | – | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
Croatia | — | – | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Czech Republic | 6 | — | — | — | 6 |
Czechoslovakia | 25 | — | — | — | 25 |
Denmark | – | 27 | 1 | — | 28 |
East Germany | 1 | – | 1 | — | 2 |
Estonia | — | – | 6 | – | 6 |
Finland | 31 | — | — | — | 31 |
France | 5 | 22 | — | — | 27 |
Germany | 27 | 3 | — | — | 30 |
Great Britain | – | 5 | 15 | – | 20 |
Greece | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Hungary | – | 17 | 10 | — | 27 |
Iceland | — | — | – | 2 | 2 |
Israel | — | – | – | 4 | 4 |
Italy | 2 | 24 | 1 | — | 25 |
Kazakhstan | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Latvia | – | – | 6 | — | 6 |
Lithuania | – | – | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Luxembourg | — | — | – | 1 | 1 |
Netherlands | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
Norway | 16 | 13 | — | — | 29 |
Poland | 18 | 13 | — | — | 31 |
Romania | 4 | 23 | 2 | – | 29 |
Russia | 7 | — | — | — | 7 |
Serbia and Montenegro | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 6 |
Slovenia | – | 1 | 5 | — | 6 |
Soviet Union | 24 | — | — | — | 24 |
Spain | — | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
Sweden | 31 | — | — | — | 31 |
Switzerland | 24 | 5 | — | — | 29 |
Turkey | — | — | – | 3 | 3 |
Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 6 |
Yugoslavia | – | 22 | 1 | — | 23 |
- Former nations are italicized and listed separately from nations that continued in their stead.
- In Group A participation totals include withdrawals (or forfeitures) by Bulgaria, Poland and Romania. Likewise Greece's only appearance is listed despite not being official because of forfeit.
See also
[edit]- European Ice Hockey Championships
- Ice Hockey European Championships
- European Curling Championships
- European Bandy Championships
- IIHF European Women Championships
- Euro Hockey Tour
- IIHF World Junior Championship (U20)
- IIHF World U18 Championship
- IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
- World U-17 Hockey Challenge
- World Junior A Challenge
- IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships
- IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship
- IIHF European Women's Champions Cup
- European Women's Hockey League
- 2023–24 Euro Hockey Tour (women)
- Euro Hockey Challenge
- Euro Ice Hockey Challenge
- IIHF European Cup (1965-1996)
- European Hockey League (1996-2000)
- Champions Hockey League (2008–09)
- European Trophy (2010-2013)
- Champions Hockey League (Since 2014)
- IIHF Continental Cup
- Junior Club World Cup
References
[edit]- ^ Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. p. 528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
External links
[edit]- Germany 1999
- Switzerland 2000
- Finland 2001
- Slovakia 2002
- Russia 2003
- Belarus 2004
- Czech Republic 2005
- Sweden 2006
- Finland 2007
- Russia 2008
- United States 2009
- Belarus 2010
- Germany 2011
- Czech Republic 2012
- Russia 2013
- Finland 2014
- Switzerland 2015
- United States 2016
- Slovakia 2017
- Russia 2018
- Sweden 2019
United States 2020- United States 2021
- Germany 2022
- Switzerland 2023
- Finland 2024
- Predecessor: IIHF European Junior Championships (1967–1998)