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The '''1996 IIHF European U18 Championship''' was the twenty-ninth playing of the [[IIHF European Junior Championships]].

==Group A==
Played April 7 to the 14th, in [[Ufa]] [[Russia]].

=== First round ===
Because of [[Germany]]'s success in the previous year, the draw for this year's championship guaranteed a final four berth for either Germany, Switzerland or Belarus. Group 1 was made up of the teams that finished 1st, 4th, 5th, and the newly promoted country, Group 2 contained 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and 7th. Unfortunately, this meant that Slovakia's first time playing at the top level, they would face Finland, Russia, and the Czech Republic, '''in the first round'''. The Swiss made the most of their opportunity, becoming just the seventh nation to finish in the top four.
;Group 1
{| class="prettytable" cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="50%"
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Team
! FIN
! RUS
! CZE
! SVK
! GF/GA
! Points
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center"
| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|FIN}}
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 3:3
| 2:0
| 5:3
| 10:{{0}}6
| 5
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center"
| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|RUS}}
| 3:3
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 4:4
| 6:2
| 13:{{0}}9
| 4
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center"
| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|CZE}}
| 0:2
| 4:4
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 3:1
| {{0}}7:{{0}}7
| 3
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center"
| align="left" | 4. {{ih18|SVK}}
| 3:5
| 2:6
| 1:3
| style="background:#000000;" |
| {{0}}6:14
| 0
|}

;Group 2
{| class="prettytable" cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="50%"
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Team
! SWE
! SUI
! GER
! BLR
! GF/GA
! Points
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center"
| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|SWE}}
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 4:2
| 6:0
| 11:2
| 21:{{0}}4
| 6
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center"
| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|SUI}}
| 2:4
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 5:4
| 5:2
| 12:10
| 4
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center"
| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|GER}}
| 0:6
| 4:5
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 4:3
| {{0}}8:14
| 2
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center"
| align="left" | 4. {{ih18|BLR}}
| 2:11
| 2:5
| 3:4
| style="background:#000000;" |
| {{0}}7:20
| 0
|}

=== Final round===
On the final day the Russians and the Finns both won to finish tied for first, and since they had tied each other, it came down to goal differential in the final round. Both teams beat the Swedes by three goals, but Russia's seven goal margin against the Swiss clinched the gold.<ref>[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-18_1996.htm Gold for Russia]</ref>
;Championship round
{| class="prettytable" cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="50%"
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Team
! RUS
! FIN
! SWE
! SUI
! GF/GA
! Points
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|RUS}}
| style="background:#000000;" |
| (3:3)
| 5:2
| 8:1
| 16:{{0}}6
| 5
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|FIN}}
| (3:3)
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 3:0
| 4:3
| 10:{{0}}6
| 5
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|SWE}}
| 2:5
| 0:3
| style="background:#000000;" |
| (4:2)
| {{0}}6:10
| 2
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 4. {{ih18|SUI}}
| 1:8
| 3:4
| (2:4)
| style="background:#000000;" |
| {{0}}6:16
| 0
|}

;Placing round
On the final day of competition, Slovakia avenged their surprising loss in 1993, by beating, and in effect relegating, Belarus.
{| class="prettytable" cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="50%"
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Team
! CZE
! GER
! SVK
! BLR
! GF/GA
! Points
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|CZE}}
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 8:0
| (3:1)
| 10:1
| 21:{{0}}2
| 6
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|GER}}
| 0:8
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 6:4
| (4:3)
| 10:15
| 4
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|SVK}}
| (1:3)
| 4:6
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 7:4
| 12:13
| 2
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center"
| align="left" | 4. {{ih18|BLR}}
| 1:10
| (3:4)
| 4:7
| style="background:#000000;" |
| {{0}}8:21
| 0
|}

''[[Belarus]] was relegated to Group B for 1997.''

==Tournament Awards==
*Top Scorer {{Flagicon|GER}}[[Marco Sturm]] (11 points)
*Top Goalie: {{Flagicon|CZE}}[[Adam Svoboda]]
*Top Defenceman:{{Flagicon|RUS}}[[Andrei Zyuzin]]
*Top Forward: {{Flagicon|SWE}}[[Markus Nilsson]]

== Group B ==
Played from March 23 to the 29th, in [[Tychy]] and [[Sosnowiec]] [[Poland]].

=== First round ===
;Group 1
{| class="prettytable" cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="50%"
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Team
! UKR
! NOR
! ITA
! HUN
! GF/GA
! Points
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center"
| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|UKR}}
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 6:2
| 6:1
| 5:3
| 17:{{0}}6
| 6
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center"
| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|NOR}}
| 2:6
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 6:3
| 6:1
| 14:10
| 4
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center"
| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|ITA}}
| 1:6
| 3:6
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 3:0
| {{0}}7:12
| 2
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center"
| align="left" | 4. {{ih18|HUN}}
| 3:5
| 1:6
| 0:3
| style="background:#000000;" |
| {{0}}4:14
| 0
|}

;Group 2
{| class="prettytable" cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="50%"
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Team
! DEN
! FRA
! POL
! ROM
! GF/GA
! Points
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center"
| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|DEN}}
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 6:3
| 7:5
| 12:4
| 25:12
| 6
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center"
| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|FRA}}
| 3:6
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 7:3
| 8:3
| 18:12
| 4
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center"
| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|POL}}
| 5:7
| 3:7
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 20:0
| 28:14
| 2
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center"
| align="left" | 4. {{ih18|ROM}}
| 4:12
| 3:8
| 0:20
| style="background:#000000;" |
| {{0}}7:40
| 0
|}

=== Final round===
;Championship round
{| class="prettytable" cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="50%"
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Team
! UKR
! DEN
! FRA
! NOR
! GF/GA
! Points
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center"
| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|UKR}}
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 5:4
| 4:2
| (6:2)
| 15:{{0}}8
| 6
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|DEN}}
| 4:5
| style="background:#000000;" |
| (6:3)
| 3:2
| 13:10
| 4
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|FRA}}
| 2:4
| (3:6)
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 5:1
| 10:11
| 2
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 4. {{ih18|NOR}}
| (2:6)
| 2:3
| 1:5
| style="background:#000000;" |
| {{0}}5:14
| 0
|}

;Placing round
{| class="prettytable" cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="50%"
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Team
! POL
! ITA
! HUN
! ROM
! GF/GA
! Points
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|POL}}
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 6:0
| 7:4
| (20:0)
| 33:{{0}}4
| 6
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|ITA}}
| 0:6
| style="background:#000000;" |
| (3:0)
| 9:4
| 12:10
| 4
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|HUN}}
| 4:7
| (0:3)
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 7:0
| 11:10
| 2
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center"
| align="left" | 4. {{ih18|ROM}}
| (0:20)
| 4:9
| 0:7
| style="background:#000000;" |
| {{0}}4:36
| 0
|}

''[[Ukraine]] was promoted to Group A and [[Romania]] was relegated to Group C, for 1997.''

== Group C ==
Played from March 15 to 19, in [[Maribor]] [[Slovenia]].

=== First round ===
;Group 1
{| class="prettytable" cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="50%"
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Team
! AUT
! EST
! GBR
! CRO
! GF/GA
! Points
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|AUT}}
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 1:1
| 4:3
| 9:1
| 14:{{0}}5
| 5
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|EST}}
| 1:1
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 3:3
| 6:4
| 10:{{0}}8
| 4
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|GBR}}
| 3:4
| 3:3
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 10:2
| 16:{{0}}9
| 3
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 4. {{ih18|CRO}}
| 1:9
| 4:6
| 2:10
| style="background:#000000;" |
| {{0}}7:25
| 0
|}

;Group 2
{| class="prettytable" cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="50%"
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Team
! SLO
! LAT
! LTU
! ESP
! GF/GA
! Points
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|SLO}}
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 3:0
| 16:3
| 13:0
| 32:{{0}}3
| 6
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|LAT}}
| 0:3
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 12:3
| 13:0
| 25:{{0}}6
| 4
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|LTU|1989}}
| 3:16
| 3:12
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 11:0
| 17:28
| 2
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 4. {{ih18|ESP}}
| 0:13
| 0:13
| 0:11
| style="background:#000000;" |
| {{0}}0:37
| 0
|}

=== Placing round===
{| style="width: 70%; background: #F0F0F0;" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background: #FFFFFF;" valign="top"
| align="center" width="15%" style="font-size:90%;" | '''7th place'''
| width="25%" align="right" | {{ih18-rt|CRO}}
| width="15%" align="center" | 10:2 (5:0, 1:0, 4:2)
| width="25%" align="left" | {{ih18|ESP}}
| style="font-size:85%;" |
|- valign="top"
| align="center" style="font-size:90%;" | '''5th place'''
| align="right" | {{ih18-rt|GBR}}
| align="center" | 12:3 (4:1, 4:1, 4:1)
| align="left" | {{ih18|LTU|1989}}
| style="font-size:85%;" |
|- style="background: #FFFFFF;" valign="top"
| align="center" width="15%" style="font-size:90%;" | '''3rd place'''
| align="right" | {{ih18-rt|LAT}}
| align="center" | 9:2 (4:0, 1:2, 4:0)
| align="left" | {{ih18|EST}}
| style="font-size:85%;" |
|- valign="top"
| align="center" style="font-size:90%;" | '''Final'''
| align="right" | {{ih18-rt|SLO}}
| align="center" | 4:3 (1:1, 3:1, 0:1)
| align="left" | {{ih18|AUT}}
| style="font-size:85%;" |
|}

''[[Slovenia]] was promoted to Group B and [[Spain]] was relegated to Group D, for 1997.''

== Group D ==
Played from March 6 to 10 in [[Sofia]] [[Bulgaria]].

=== First round ===
;Group 1
{| class="prettytable" cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="50%"
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Team
! NED
! BUL
! TUR
! GF/GA
! Points
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|NED}}
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 16:0
| 40:0
| 56:{{0}}0
| 4
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|BUL}}
| 0:16
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 23:1
| 23:17
| 2
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|TUR}}
| 0:40
| 1:23
| style="background:#000000;" |
| {{0}}1:63
| 0
|}

;Group 2
{| class="prettytable" cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="50%"
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Team
! YUG
! ISR
! GRE
! GF/GA
! Points
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|FR Yugoslavia}}
| style="background:#000000;" |
| 6:2
| (14:0)
| 6:2
| 2
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|ISR}}
| 2:6
| style="background:#000000;" |
| (5:0)
| 2:6
| 0
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|GRE}}
| (0:14)
| (0:5)
| style="background:#000000;" |
| (0:19)
| (0)
|}
*The Greek team did not have the minimum required number of players, and were disqualified. However, they still played their games against [[Israel]] and [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] as exhibition matches. They also played an exhibition game against fifth place [[Turkey]], defeating them seven to five.<ref>[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-18_1996.htm Greece still plays]</ref>

=== Placing round ===
{| style="width: 70%; background: #F0F0F0;" cellspacing="0"
|- style="background: #FFFFFF;" valign="top"
| align="center" width="15%" style="font-size:90%;" | '''3rd place'''
| align="right" | {{ih18-rt|ISR}}
| align="center" | 4:3 [[overtime (ice hockey)|o.t.]] (0:2, 3:0, 0:1, 1:0)
| align="left" | {{ih18|BUL}}
| style="font-size:85%;" |
|- valign="top"
| align="center" style="font-size:90%;" | '''Final'''
| align="right" | {{ih18-rt|NED}}
| align="center" | 6:4 (2:2, 0:2, 4:0)
| align="left" | {{ih18|FR Yugoslavia}}
| style="font-size:85%;" |
|}

''The [[Netherlands]] was promoted to Group C for 1997.''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-18_1996.htm Complete results]
*{{cite book |last=Duplacey |first=James |title=Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League |year=1998 |publisher=Total Sports |pages=530–2|isbn=0-8362-7114-9}}
{{de}}
{{IIHF European Junior Championships}}

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