| Tourney Name: | IIHF European U18 Championship |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Country: | Czechoslovakia |
| Dates: | April 9 – April 17 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Type: | ih18 |
| Winners: | Czechoslovakia |
| Second: | Finland |
| Third: | Soviet Union |
| Fourth: | Sweden |
| Games: | 24 |
| Goals: | 242 |
| Points: | 16 |
| Nextseason: | 1989 |
The 1988 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twenty-first playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
Played April 9–17, 1988, in Frýdek-Místek, Vsetín, Olomouc, and Přerov, Czechoslovakia.
| 7:3 (3:1, 2:0, 2:2) Přerov | 1:6 (0:3, 0:1, 1:2) Vsetín | 3:2 s.o. (1:0, 1:2, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0) Přerov |
Poland was relegated to Group B for 1989.
Played March 26 to April 1, 1988, in Briançon France
Played April 6–9, 1988, in San Sebastián Spain
Bulgaria was promoted to Group B for 1989.