The 1981 IIHF European U18 Championship was the fourteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
Played in Minsk, Belorussian SSR, USSR from April 2–8, 1981.
Austria was relegated to Group B for 1982.
Played in Miercurea Ciuc Romania from March 15–21, 1981.
Played in Belgium and the Netherlands from March 19–24, 1981.