1987 IIHF European U18 Championship
The 1987 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twentieth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
Group A
Played April 3–12, 1987, in Tampere, Kouvola, and Hämeenlinna, Finland. Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union, finished tied atop the standings after seven games. Amongst the three, Sweden had the better goal differential in their head to head games, so they won the gold. The Czech's and Soviets still remained even, so the silver medal was awarded based on goals scored in the head to head games: six to four in favor of Czechoslovakia.| Team | SWE | TCH | URS | FIN | SUI | POL | NOR | FRG | GF/GA | Points | Tie 1 H2H Points | Tie 2 H2H GD | Tie 3 H2H GF |
| 1. | 4:1 | 0:1 | 5:2 | 14:1 | 13:0 | 6:0 | 9:0 | 51:5 | 12 | 2 | +2 | - | |
| 2. | 1:4 | 5:3 | 8:5 | 13:3 | 11:0 | 5:1 | 5:0 | 48:16 | 12 | 2 | -1 | 6 | |
| 3. | 1:0 | 3:5 | 6:5 | 8:0 | 11:1 | 9:3 | 5:2 | 43:16 | 12 | 2 | -1 | 4 | |
| 4. | 2:5 | 5:8 | 5:6 | 4:0 | 9:0 | 9:0 | 7:2 | 41:21 | 8 | - | - | - | |
| 5. | 1:14 | 3:13 | 0:8 | 0:4 | 5:5 | 1:1 | 4:1 | 14:46 | 4 | - | - | - | |
| 6. | 0:13 | 0:11 | 1:11 | 0:9 | 5:5 | 3:2 | 4:4 | 13:55 | 4 | - | - | - | |
| 7. | 0:6 | 1:5 | 3:9 | 0:9 | 1:1 | 2:3 | 6:4 | 13:37 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| 8. | 0:9 | 0:5 | 2:5 | 2:7 | 1:4 | 4:4 | 4:6 | 13:40 | 1 | - | - | - |
''West Germany was relegated to Group B for 1988.''
Tournament Awards
- Top Scorer Roman Horák
- Top Goalie: Tommy Söderström
- Top Defenceman:Alexander Godynyuk
- Top Forward: Roman Horák
Group B
Played April 3–9, 1987, in Bucharest, RomaniaFirst round
;Group 1| Team | ROM | ITA | GBR | BUL | GF/Ga | Points |
| 1. | 6:3 | 13:2 | 2:4 | 19:5 | 4 | |
| 2. | 3:6 | 6:1 | 4:2 | 9:7 | 2 | |
| 3. | 2:13 | 1:6 | 2:9 | 3:19 | 0 | |
| NR | 4:2 | 2:4 | 9:2 | 15:8 | 4 |
- Bulgaria would have been second in their group but they were disqualified for falsifying birthdates for some of their players. Their games did not count in the standings and they received no official ranking.
| Team | DEN | FRA | YUG | AUT | GF/GA | Points | Tie 1 H2H Points | Tie 2 H2H GD |
| 1. | 8:3 | 4:6 | 6:0 | 18:9 | 4 | 2 | +3 | |
| 2. | 3:8 | 8:4 | 3:2 | 14:14 | 4 | 2 | -1 | |
| 3. | 6:4 | 4:8 | 7:2 | 17:14 | 4 | 2 | -2 | |
| 4. | 0:6 | 2:3 | 2:7 | 4:16 | 0 | - | - |
Final round
;Championship round| Team | ROM | DEN | ITA | FRA | GF/GA | Points |
| 1. | 7:4 | 6:4 | 19:11 | 6 | ||
| 2. | 4:7 | 5:3 | 17:13 | 4 | ||
| 3. | 3:5 | 5:2 | 11:13 | 2 | ||
| 4. | 4:6 | 2:5 | 9:19 | 0 |
;Placing round
| Team | YUG | AUT | GBR | BUL | GF/GA | Points |
| 1. | 7:2 | –:– | 14:4 | 4 | ||
| 2. | 5:4 | –:– | 7:11 | 2 | ||
| 3. | 2:7 | 4:5 | 6:12 | 0 | ||
| NR | –:– | –:– | –:– | – |
''Romania was promoted to Group A and Bulgaria was relegated to Group C, for 1988.''
Group C
Played March 14–19, 1987, in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands.| Team | NED | HUN | BEL | GF | GA |
| 1. | 8:3 6:2 | 9:1 9:1 | 32:7 | 8 | |
| 2. | 3:8 2:6 | 10:3 5:1 | 20:18 | 4 | |
| 3. | 1:9 1:9 | 3:10 1:5 | 6:33 | 0 |
''The Netherlands was promoted to Group B for 1988.''