World Junior Championship Pool A,
26.12.96 - 4.1.97, Genéve, Morges, Switzerland

Slovakia - Russia                      3:4 (2:1, 0:2, 1:1)
Finland - Sweden                       4:2 (1:0, 0:1, 3:1)
Poland - Finland                       0:7 (0:1, 0:1, 0:5)
Sweden - Slovakia                      1:4 (0:2, 1:2, 0:0)
Russia - Poland                       12:0 (2:0, 7:0, 3:0)
Slovakia - Poland                      7:4 (2:2, 4:1, 1:1)
Russia - Finland                       4:2 (1:1, 1:0, 2:1)
Poland - Sweden                        2:7 (1:0, 1:1, 0:6)
Finland - Slovakia                     4:3 (0:0, 2:1, 2:2)
Sweden - Russia                        0:0

1. Russia                    4 3 1 0 20: 5  7
2. Finland                   4 3 0 1 17: 9  6
3. Slovakia                  4 2 0 2 17:13  4
4. Sweden                    4 1 1 2 10:10  3
5. Poland                    4 0 0 4  6:33  0

Germany - Czech Republic               2:8 (1:2, 1:2, 0:4)
Switzerland - USA                      0:4 (0:1, 0:2, 0:1)
Czech Republic - Switzerland           1:1 (1:0, 0:0, 0:1)
Canada - Germany                       4:1 (1:1, 1:0, 2:0)
USA - Canada                           4:4 (2:2, 1:1, 1:1)
Germany - Switzerland                  2:6 (0:4, 2:1, 0:1)
Czech Republic - USA                   1:2 (0:1, 1:0, 0:1)
Switzerland - Canada                   1:4 (1:0, 0:2, 0:2)
USA - Germany                          8:0 (1:0, 6:0, 1:0)
Canada - Czech Republic                3:3 (1:1, 1:1, 1:1)

1. USA                       4 3 1 0 18: 5 7
2. Canada                    4 2 2 0 15: 9 6
3. Czech Republic            4 1 2 1 13: 8 4
4. Switzerland               4 1 1 2  8:11 3
5. Germany                   4 0 0 4  5:26 0

Relegation Group
Poland - Switzerland                   1:6 (0:2, 0:2, 1:2)
Sweden - Germany                       8:2 (3:0, 2:1, 3:1)
Switzerland - Sweden                   6:2 (2:1, 0:0, 4:1)
Germany - Poland                       7:0 (3:0, 1:0, 3:0)

 7. Switzerland              18: 5 6
 8. Sweden                   17:10 4
 9. Germany                  11:14 2
10. Poland                    3:20 0

Quarter Final
Canada - Slovakia                      7:2 (0:0, 3:1, 4:1)
Finland - Czech Republic               2:3pen-s (1:0, 0:1, 1:1, 0:0)

Semi Final
Russia - Canada                        2:3 (1:1, 1:0, 0:2)
USA - Czech Republic                   5:2 (2:2, 1:0, 2:0)

for 5th Place 
Slovakia  - Finland                    4:6 (1:4, 1:0, 2:2)

for 3rd Place 
Russia  - Czech Republic               4:1 (2:0, 1:1, 1:0)

Final         
Canada  - USA                          2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)

Scoring Leaders                  GP  G  A PTS
 1. York Michael             USA  6  5  5 10 
 2. Kallio Tommi             FIN  6  5  4  9 
 3. Rasmussen Erik           USA  6  4  5  9 
 4. Pavlikovský Rastislav    SVK  6  2  7  9 
 5. Morozov Alexej           RUS  6  5  3  8 
 8. Vaic Ľubomír             SVK  6  1  7  8 
11. Hossa Marian             SVK  6  5  2  7 
16. Melenovský Marek         CZE  7  4  3  7 
18. Kratěna Ondřej           CZE  7  3  4  7 
19. Handzuš Michal           SVK  6  2  4  6

Goalies                          GP GPI  MIP GA  GAA SVS  SVS%  GKC                    
 1. Chlopotnov Denis         RUS  6 3 180:00  1 0,33  49 98,00  0,67
 2. Boucher Brian            USA  6 6 357:13  9 1,51 147 94,23  8,72
 3. Denic Marc               CAN  7 7 419:52 13 1,86 180 93,26 12,51
 4. Aebischer David          SUI  6 5 300:00 10 2,00 111 91,74 16,53
 5. Berge David              GER  6 3 157:57  8 3,02  82 91,11 26,84
 6. Svoboda Adam             CZE  7 7 428:27 19 2,66 154 89,02 29,22
10. Petrík Stanislav         SVK  6 6 315,34 24 4,56 117 82,98 77,67

World Champions
Denis, Biron - Doig, Phillips, R. Jackman, Sarich, Hamilton, Ware, Wallin - McCauley, Larsen,
Deveraux, Schaefer, Letowski, Isbister, Ch. Dube, Mann, Briere, J. Thornton, Whitfield, Willis, Hay

Czech Republic
Kudrna Ladislav, Svoboda Adam - Kadlec Petr, Kříž Pavel, Mudroch Petr, Píša Aleš, Posmyk Marek,
Richter Martin, Židlický Marek, Burger Jiří, Horák Michal, Hruška David, Kratěna Ondřej, Matějovský Radek,
Melenovský Marek, Novotný Jiří, Pavliš Libor, Piroš Kamil, Procházka Radek, Spaňhel Martin, Streit Martin,
Tenkrát Petr. Coach: Vladimír Martinec, Ladislav Svozil

All Stars: Brian Boucher (USA), Chris Phillips (CAN), Christian Dube (CAN),
Mark Streit (SUI), Michael York (USA), Sergej Samsonov (RUS)

World Junior Championship Pool B,
27.12.96 - 5.1.97, Kiev, Ukraine

27. 12.
Norway - Japan                         3:3
Latvia - France                        4:3
Kazakstan - Ukraine                    3:1
Hungary - Italy                        5:2

28.12.
Hungary - Kazakstan                    3:11
Italy - Norway                         0:9
Japan - Latvia                         3:4
Ukraine - France                       3:4

30.12.
Norway - Kazakstan                     5:7
Latvia - Italy                         3:2
Hungary - France                       2:3
Ukraine - Japan                        4:3

2.1.1997
Japan - France                         1:1
Latvia - Norway                        5:5
Kazakstan - Italy                      9:4
Ukraine - Hungary                      8:1

3.1.
Kazakstan - Japan                      4:0
France - Italy                         5:1
Hungary - Latvia                       1:9
Norway - Ukraine                       2:2

5.1.
Italy - Japan                          0:8
France - Kazakstan                     1:1
Norway - Hungary                       5:1
Ukraine - Latvia                       1:2

Final Standing                  W T L  GF:GA  PTS 
 1. Kazakstan                6 1 0  39:15  13
 2. Latvia                   5 1 1  28:19  11
 3. France                   4 2 1  22:16  10
 4. Norway                   2 3 2  33:23   9
 5. Ukraine                  3 1 3  26:18   7
 6. Japan                    2 2 3  24:17   6
 7. Hungary                  1 0 6  14:44   2
 8. Italy                    0 0 7  12:46   0

World Junior Championship Pool C,
30.12.1996 - 3.1.1997, Miercerea Ciuc, Gheorghieni, Romania

30.12.
Austria - Croatia                      4:0
Belarus - Great Britain                7:2
Denmark - Romania                      9:0
Slovenia - Netherland                 10:2

31.12.
Belarus - Croatia                     11:0
Great Britain - Austria                4:2
Romania - Slovenia                     2:6
Denmark - Netherland                  16:2

2.1.1997
Croatia - Great Britain                0:7
Austria - Belarus                      0:8
Netherland - Romania                   3:6
Slovenia - Denmark                     6:2

Group A:
1. Belarus                   3 0 0 26: 2 6
2. Great Britain             2 0 1 13: 9 4
3. Austria                   1 0 2  6:12 2
4. Croatia                   0 0 3  0:22 0

Group B:
1. Slovenia                  3 0 0 22: 6 6
2. Denmark                   2 0 1 27: 8 4
3. Romania                   1 0 2  8:18 2
4. Netherland                0 0 3  7:32 0

for 7th Place
Croatia - Netherland                   5:3

for 5th Place
Austria - Romania                      3:1

for 3th Place
Great Britain - Denmark                4:5

Final
Belarus - Slovenia                     8:2

World Junior Championship Pool D,
30.12.1996 - 3.1.1997, Sofija, Bulgaria

30.12.
Estonia - Israel                      12:3
Spain - Mexico                        13:1
Lithuania - Bulgaria                  15:1
Yugoslavia - South Africa             10:0

31.12.
Lithuania - Mexico                    20:2
Yugoslavia - Israel                    9:4
Bulgaria - Spain                       1:3
South Africa - Estonia                 1:18

2.1.1997
Israel - South Africa                  6:2
Estonia - Yugoslavia                   8:3
Mexico - Bulgaria                      2:7
Spain - Lithuania                      1:10

Group A:
1. Lithuania                 3 0 0 45: 4 6
2. Spain                     2 0 1 17:12 4
3. Bulgaria                  1 0 2  9:20 2
4. Mexico                    0 0 3  5:40 0

Group B:
1. Estonia                   3 0 0 38: 7 6
2. Yugoslavia                2 0 1 22:12 4
3. Israel                    1 0 2 13:23 2
4. South Africa              0 0 3  3:34 0

3.1.97 
for 7th Place
Mexico - South Africa                  3:5

for 5th Place
Bulgaria - Israel                      3:7

for 3th Place
Spain - Yugoslavia                     1:4

Final
Lithuania - Estonia                    4:8

European U18 Championship Pool A,
12. - 20.4.1997, Znojmo, Třebíč, Czech Republic

Group A
Russia - Ukraine                       8:2 (5:1, 1:0, 2:1)

Switzerland - Czech Republic           4:3 (1:1, 1:1, 2:1)
10. Kubinčák, 36. Fadrný, 56. Bacul

Switzerland - Russia                   6:2 (2:1, 3:1, 0:0)

Czech Republic - Ukraine               8:1 (1:0, 4:1, 3:0)
6., 27.  (pen)  Vala,  32.  Bacul,  33.  Kubinčák,  36. Duda, 46. Štefan, 54.Balaštík, 58. Míka

Czech Republic - Russia                4:4 (2:l, 0:1, 2:2)
6., 57. Kubinčák, 7., 48. Štefan

Switzerland - Ukraine                  2:4 (0:0, 1 :2, 1 :2)

1. Switzerland               3 2 0 1 12: 9 4
2. Czech Republic            3 1 1 1 15: 9 3
3. Russia                    3 1 1 1 14:l2 3
4. Ukraine                   3 1 0 2  7:18 2

Group B
Finland - Slovakia                     5:0 (1:0, 3:0, 1:0)
Sweden - Germany                       6:3 (1:2, 2:0, 3:1)

Sweden - Slovakia                      6:2 (0:1, 1:1, 5:0)
20. Nagy, 28. Hossa

Finland - Germany                      3:0 (2:0, 1:0, 0:0)
Finland - Sweden                       3:3 (0:2, 2:1, 1:O)
Slovakia - Germany                     7:2 (3:O, 0:1, 4:1)

1. Finland                   3 2 1 0 11: 3 5
2. Sweden                    3 2 1 0 15: 8 5
3. Slovakia                  3 1 0 2  9:13 2
4. Germany                   3 0 0 3  5:l6 0

Final Group
Czech Republic - Slovakia              4:2 (2:0, 1:1, 1:1)
16., 46. Šulc, 3. Fadrný, 39. Bacul - 31. Sejna, 49. Daniel

Finland - Russia                       4:2 (2:0, 2:1, 0:1)
Switzerland - Sweden                   2:4 (2:1, 0:2, 0:1)

Czech Republic-Finland                 2:3 (1:1, 1:0, 0:2)
16., 32. Bacul - 12. Koivunen, 47. Koskela, 57. Somervuori

Switzerland - Slovakia                 3:O (0:0, 2:0, 1:O)
Sweden - Russia                        4:4 (1:O, 2:3, 1:1)

Czech Republic-Sweden                  1:4 (0:1, 0:2, 1:1)
46. Míka - 13., 24. Nordgren, 23. Petre, 23. Elofsson

Russia - Slovakia                      8:3 (2:0, 2:2, 4:1)
Finland - Switzerland                  8:1 (3:0, 3:0, 2:1)

1. Finland                   5 4 1 0 23: 8 9
2. Sweden                    5 3 2 0 21:l2 8
3. Switzerland               5 3 0 2 16:17 6
4. Russia                    5 1 2 2 2O:21 4
5. Czech Republic            5 1 1 3 14:17 3
6. Slovakia                  5 0 0 5  7:26 0

Relegation Game
Ukraine - Germany                      2-1 2:1 (1:0, 0:1, 1:0),
                                           2:5 (0:3, 2:0, 0:2),
                                           2:1ot (1:0, 0:1, 0:0, 1:0)
										   
Scoring Leaders                   G A TP  
 1. Kauppinen                FIN  5 4 9 
 2. Riesen                   SUI  6 1 7
 3. Bacul                    CZE  5 2 7
 4. Afinogenov               RUS  4 3 7
 5. Elomo, Somervuori        FIN  3 4 7
 7. H. Sedin                 SWE  3 4 7 
 8. Cyrul                    UKR  2 5 7
    Mikkola                  FIN  2 5 7

All stars: Mika Noronen (FIN) - Marko Kapuppinen (FIN), Illka Mikkola (FIN) -
- Dmitrij Cyrul (UKR), Henrik Sedin (SWE), Michael Riesen (SUI)

Best Players: Mika Noronen (FIN) - Jonas Elofsson (SWE) - Michel Riesen (SUI)

European Champions
Noronen, Lehto - Kauppinen, Mikkola, Kuusisto, Koivunen, Gustafsson, Jokela, Kurtilla, Källarsson -
T. Elomo, Somervuoori, Ahonen, Koskela, Männikkö, Virkkunen, Tuokko, Hannus, Kainulainen, Valtonen,
Hauhtonen, Pesonen. Coach: Westrlund a Summanen

Czech Republic
Pinc, Šmíd - Cartelli, Novák, Jan Horáček, Rachůnek, Melichar, Škoula, Galvas, Fischer - Duda, Štefan,
Havelka, Bacul, Míka, Kubinčák, Vala, Balaštík, Šulc, Fadrný, Kraft, Sedlák - coach: Pospíšil & Žáček

European U18 Championship Pool B,
21. - 30.3.97, Maribor, Celje, Slovenia

Group A
Norway - Poland                        4:2
Belarus - Slovenia                     5:4
Poland - Belarus                       7:3
Slovenia - Norway                      4:3
Belarus - Norway                       2:5
Slovenia - Poland                      2:4

1. Norway                    2 0 1 12: 8 4
2. Poland                    2 0 1 13: 9 4
3. Belarus                   1 0 2 10:16 2
4. Slovenia                  1 0 2 10:11 2

Group B
Denmark - Hungary                      4:3
Fancie - Italy                         6:5
France - Hungary                       3:5
Italy - Denmark                        0:6
Hungary - Itílie                       6:5
Denmark - France                       3:3

1. Hungary                   2 0 1 14:12 4
2. Denmark                   1 1 1 13: 6 3
3. France                    1 1 1 12:13 3
4. Italy                     0 0 3 10:18 0

Relegation Game
Slovenia - Italy                       3:7, 2:7

Final Group
Norway - France                        2:2
Denmark - Belarus                      2:4
Poland - Hungary                       5:5
Hungary - Norway                       2:2
Denmark - Poland                       4:6
France - Belarus                       6:8
France - Poland                        1:3
Norway - Denmark                       4:3
Hungary - Belarus                      1:1

1. Norway                    3 2 0 15:11 8
2. Poland                    3 1 1 20:17 7
3. Hungary                   1 3 1 16:15 5
4. Belarus                   2 1 2 18:18 5
5. Denmark                   1 1 3 16:19 3
6. France                    0 2 3 15:21 2

European Championship Pool C,
12. - 16.3.1997, Miercurea Ciuc, Gheorghieni, Romania

12.3.
Austria - Croatia                      1:0
Latvia - Lithuania                    10:2
Romania - Netherland                   5:0
Estonia - Great Britain                0:8

13.3.
Latvia - Croatia                       5:1
Lithuania - Austria                    1:6
Great Britain - Romania                5:2
Estonia - Netherland                   8:4

15.3.
Netherland - Great Britain             1:3
Lithuania - Croatia                    5:2
Romania - Estonia                      2:3
Austria - Latvia                       3:3

Group A
1. Great Britain           	3 0 0 16: 3 6
2. Estonia                 	2 0 1 11:14 4
3. Romania                 	1 0 2  9: 8 2
4. Netherland              	0 0 3  5:16 0

Group B
1. Latvia                  	2 1 0 18: 6 5
2. Austria                 	2 1 0 10: 4 5
3. Lithuania               	1 0 2  8:18 2
4. Croatia                 	0 0 3  3:11 0

16.3.
for 7th Place:
Netherland - Croatia                   1:2

for 5th Place:  
Romania - Lithuania                    4:2

for 3th Place:  
Estonia - Austria                      4:3

Final:          
Great Britain - Latvia                 4:3

European U18 Championship,
4. - 9.3.1997, Beograd, Yugoslavia

4.3.
Spain - Island                        11:6
Turkey - Israel                        0:13
Bulgaria - Yugoslavia                  2:16

5.3.
Israel - Island                        9:5
Spain - Bulgaria                       5:3
Yugoslavia - Turkey                   52:1 (15:0, 18:1, 19:0)

6.3.
Turkey - Spain                         3:20
Island - Bulgaria                      2:5
Yugoslavia - Israel                   14:2

8.3.
Bulgaria - Turkey                      7:0
Yugoslavia - Island                   21:0
Israel - Spain                         3:3

9.3.
Island - Turkey                        4:2
Israel - Bulgaria                      3:5
Spain - Yugoslavia                     0:11

1. Yugoslavia                5 0 0 114: 5 10
2. Spain                     3 1 1  39:26  7
3. Bulgaria                  3 0 2  22:26  6
4. Israel                    1 1 3  30:27  3
5. Island                    1 0 4  17:48  2
6. Turkey                    0 0 5   6:96  0

Asian Oceanic U18 Championship,
14. - 17.3.1997, Soul, Korea

14.3.
Korea - China                         10:4
Japan - Kazakhstan                     6:2

15.3.
Japan - China                         10:3
Kazakhstan - Korea                     7:5

17.3.
Korea - Japan                          3:4
China - Kazakhstan                     0:6

1. Japan                     3 0 0 20: 8 6
2. Kazakhstan                2 0 1 15:11 4
3. Korea                     1 0 2 18:11 2
4. China                     0 0 3  7:26 0

U20 Extraleague

QuarterFinal
Slavia - Olomouc                       2-1 4:2, 2:6, 4:0
Č. Budějovice - Přerov                 1-2 8:2, 2:3, 3:4
Zlín - Sparta                          2-1 6:2, 1:4, 4:0
Pardubice - Plzeň                      1-2 6:2, 4:6, 0:2

SemiFinal
Slavia Praha - Přerov                  2-1 2:3ot, 2:1ot, 2:1
Zlín - Plzeň                           2-0 5:1, 5:3

for 3rd Place: 
Plzeň - Přerov                         2-1 2:3, 5:1, 4:2

Final: 
Slavia Praha - Zlín                    2-0 8:3, 5:2

U20 League A
 1. Ústí nad Labem              36 31 0  5 201: 76 62
 2. HC Praha                    36 25 4  7 137: 78 54
 3. Kobra Praha                 36 22 6  8 194:122 50
 4. PZ Kladno                   36 22 6  8 203:122 50
 5. Teplice                     36 18 3 15 143:l40 39
 6. Sokolov                     36 13 4 19 118:140 30
 7. Rokycany                    36 12 3 21 126:162 27
 8. Most                        36 10 5 21 119:161 25
 9. Tábor                       36  6 5 28  74:178 14
10. Příbram                     36  3 3 30  83:219  9

U20 League B
 1. Jindřichův Hradec           36 29 3  4 221: 96 61
 2. Opava                       36 19 8  9 159:128 46
 3. Vsetín                      36 18 7 11 171:141 43
 4. Havířov                     36 16 4 16 140:129 36
 5. Třebíč                      36 15 2 19 121:132 32
 6. Kroměříž                    36 14 4 18 127:157 32
 7. Žďár nad Sázavou            36 11 7 18 135:l66 29
 8. Brno                        36 13 3 20 120:144 29
 9. Třinec                      36 12 5 19 121:142 29
10. Kopřivnice                  36 10 3 23 107:187 23

Ústi, J. Hradec are promoted to the Czech Extraleague Tábor, Příbram, Třinec and Kopřivnice 
are relegated to the Regional Championships

U16 Extraleague
QuarterFinal
Slavia - Zlín                          0-2 1:2, 2:3
Vítkovice - Kladno                     2-0 9:0, 3:2
Č. Budějovice - Plzeň                  2-1 1:0, 2:3, 7:1
Litvínov - Olomouc                     2-1 5:4, 1:3, 9:4

SemiFinal
Vítkovice - Zlín                       0-2 2:3, 1:6
Č. Budějovice - Litvínov               1-2 1:0, 2:5, 0:1

For 3rd Place: 
Vítkovice - Č. Budějovice              2-1 5:1, 2:4 a 3:0

Final: 
Litvínov - Zlín                        2-0 4:3, 3:1

U16 League A
 1. Chomutov                    36 26 7  3 189: 93 59
 2. Karlovy Vary                36 25 8  3 148: 72 58
 3. Kobra Praha                 36 25 6  5 184: 87 56
 4. Litoměřice                  36 16 2 18 102:115 34
 5. Tábor                       36 14 4 18 130:116 32
 6. Most                        36 13 4 19 188:218 30
 7. Sokolov                     36 14 2 20 158:175 30
 8. HC Praha                    36 13 3 20 114:131 29
 9. PZ Kladno                   36 11 6 19 144:167 28
10. Teplice                     36  2 0 34  69:252  4

U16 League B
 1. Brno                        36 29 2  5 190: 84 60
 2. Hradec Králové              36 25 6  5 156: 73 56
 3. Havlíčkův Brod              36 21 6  9 143:101 48
 4. Vsetin                      36 19 7 10 130:101 45
 5. Přerov                      36 18 4 14 118:108 40
 6. Prostějov                   36 12 5 19 115:132 29
 7. Žďár nad Sázavou            36 10 6 20 115:144 26
 8. Třebíč                      36 11 4 21 102:151 26
 9. Poruba                      36  8 1 27 101:177 17
10. Karviná                     36  4 5 27  97:l96 13