1979 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1979 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twelfth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Contents 1 Group A 1.1 First round 1.2 Final round 2 Tournament Awards 3 Group B 3.1 First round 3.2 Placing round 4 Group C 5 References

Group A

Played in Tychy and Katowice Poland from March 31 to April 1, 1979.

First round

Group 1

Team	TCH	FIN	POL	ITA	GF/GA	Points
1.  Czechoslovakia		5:1	3:0	17:0	25:01	6
2.  Finland	1:5		5:2	28:0	34:07	4
3.  Poland	0:3	2:5		8:0	10:08	2
4.  Italy	0:17	0:28	0:8		00:53	0

Group 2

Team	URS	SWE	SUI	FRG	GF/GA	Points
1.  Soviet Union		3:1	5:1	12:1	20:03	6
2.  Sweden	1:3		6:2	10:1	17:06	4
3.  Switzerland	1:5	2:6		6:5	09:16	2
4.  West Germany	1:12	1:10	5:6		07:28	0

Final round

Championship round

Team	TCH	FIN	URS	SWE	GF/GA	Points
1.  Czechoslovakia		(5:1)	5:4	3:2	13:07	6
2.  Finland	(1:5)		3:1	8:0	12:06	4
3.  Soviet Union	4:5	1:3		(3:1)	08:09	2
4.  Sweden	2:3	0:8	(1:3)		03:14	0

Placing round

Team	POL	SUI	FRG	ITA	GF/GA	Points
1.  Poland		5:3	4:1	(8:0)	17:04	6
2.  Switzerland	3:5		(6:5)	9:0	18:10	4
3.  West Germany	1:4	(5:6)		6:0	12:10	2
4.  Italy	(0:8)	0:9	0:6		00:23	0

Italy was relegated to Group B for 1980.

Tournament Awards

• Top Scorer: Jose Pekkala (13 Points)
• Top Goalie: Pawel Lukaszka
• Top Defenceman:Timo Blomqvist
• Top Forward: Jan Ludvig

Group B

Played in Miercurea Ciuc Romania from March 4-8, 1979.

First round

Group 1

Team	NOR	YUG	HUN	AUT	GF/GA	Points
1.  Norway		7:0	4:1	5:1	16:02	6
2.  Yugoslavia	0:7		5:2	6:3	11:12	4
3.  Hungary	1:4	2:5		8:8	11:17	1
4.  Austria	1:5	3:6	8:8		12:19	1

Group 2

Team	ROM	FRA	NED	DEN	GF/GA	Points
1.  Romania		5:1	9:2	12:1	26:04	6
2.  France	1:5		4:1	6:1	11:07	4
3.  Netherlands	2:9	1:4		8:2	11:17	2
4.  Denmark	1:12	1:6	2:8		04:26	0

Placing round

7th place	Austria	7:1 (2:0, 1:0, 4:0)	Denmark
5th place	Netherlands	8:4 (4:0, 3:2, 1:2)	Hungary
'3rd place	Yugoslavia	5:4 (0:2, 4:2, 1:0)	France
Final	Norway	5:3 (2:1, 1:0, 2:2)	Romania

Norway was promoted to Group A, and Denmark was relegated to Group C, for 1980.

Group C

Played in Sofia Bulgaria from March 1-6, 1979.

Team	BUL	ESP	GBR	GF/GA	Points
1.  Bulgaria		12:3 6:2	10:0 5:1	33:06	8
2.  Spain	3:12 2:6		5:4 6:1	16:23	4
3.  Great Britain	0:10 1:5	4:5 1:6		06:26	0

Bulgaria was promoted to Group B for 1980.

References

• Complete results
• Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 530–2. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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