1980 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1980 IIHF European U18 Championship was the thirteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group A

Played in Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia from April 1–7, 1980.

First round

;Group 1

Team	TCH	SWE	POL	NOR	GF/GA	Points
1.		7:1	9:2	11:3	27:6	6
2.	1:7		7:2	9:0	17:9	4
3.	2:9	2:7		6:4	10:20	2
4.	3:11	0:9	4:6		7:26	0

;Group 2

Team	URS	FIN	FRG	SUI	GF/GA	Points
1.		9:2	12:3	13:1	34:6	6
2.	2:9		9:3	5:2	16:14	4
3.	3:12	3:9		4:3	10:24	2
4.	1:13	2:5	3:4		6:22	0

Final round

;Championship round

Team	URS	TCH	SWE	FIN	GF/GA	Points
1.		3:2	5:1		17:5	6
2.	2:3			6:3	15:7	4
3.	1:5			3:1	5:13	2
4.		3:6	1:3		6:18	0

;Placing round

Team	FRG	POL	SUI	NOR	GF/GA	Points
1.		8:3		8:3	20:9	6
2.	3:8		5:2		14:14	4
3.		2:5		8:3	13:12	2
4.	3:8		3:8		10:22	0

''Norway was relegated to Group B for 1981.''

Tournament Awards

Top Scorer: Sergei Yashin
Top Goalie: Jirí Steklík
Top Defenceman:Peter Andersson
Top Forward: Sergei Yashin

Group B

Played in Jesenice, Yugoslavia from March 4–8, 1980.

First round

;Group 1

Team	AUT	ROM	FRA	NED	GF/GA	Points
1.		6:5	7:6	6:1	19:12	6
2.	5:6		5:4	10:2	20:12	4
3.	6:7	4:5		7:6	17:18	2
4.	1:6	2:10	6:7		9:23	0

;Group 2

Team	YUG	BUL	ITA	HUN	GF/GA	Points
1.		7:6	3:3	7:5	27:14	5
2.	6:7		4:2	10:4	20:13	4
3.	3:3	2:4		7:6	12:13	3
4.	5:7	4:10	6:7		15:24	0

Placing round

''Austria was promoted to Group A, and the Netherlands was relegated to Group C, for 1981.''

Group C

Played in Frederikshavn, Denmark from March 29 to April 3, 1980.

Team	DEN	BEL	GBR	GF/GA	Points
1.		11:2 10:0	17:2 13:1	51:5	8
2.	2:11 0:10		4:1 7:8	13:30	2
3.	2:17 1:13	1:4 8:7		12:41	2

''Denmark was promoted to Group B for 1981.''