The hosts, led by twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin, won their tenth European Junior title.
On final day the host Croats had to face Yugoslavia to determine who would be relegated.
Because of the expansion of the top tier to ten teams, it did not matter in the end, but it was a very tense affair at the time.
The Kazakhs switched from playing in the Asian junior tournament, to the European.
[1] The Kazakh squad was a much better team than was suited for this level, scoring over 150 goals in five games.