The 1990 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twenty-third playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
Played April 4–11, 1990 in Örnsköldsvik and Sollefteå, Sweden.
Played March 21–30, 1990 in Val Gardena, Italy.
East Germany, just a few months before reunification, won the tournament easily.
[2] No team was promoted; East Germany won the right to proceed to Group B, but did not exist by 1991.