1979 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1979 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twelfth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships. Group A Played in Tychy and Katowice, Poland from March 31 to April 6, 1979. First round Group 1 Team TCH FIN POL ITA GF/GA Points 1. TCH 5:1 3:0 17:0 25:1 6 2. FIN 1:5 5:2 28:0 34:7 4 3. POL 0:3 2:5 8:0 10:8 2 4. ITA 0:17 0:28 0:8 0:53 0 Group 2 Team URS SWE SUI FRG GF/GA Points 1. URS 3:1 5:1 12:1 20:3 6 2. SWE 1:3 6:2 10:1 17:6 4 3. SUI 1:5 2:6 6:5 9:16 2 4. FRG 1:12 1:10 5:6 7:28 0 Final round Championship round Team TCH FIN URS SWE GF/GA Points 1. TCH (5:1) 5:4 3:2 13:7 6 2. FIN (1:5) 3:1 8:0 12:6 4 3. URS 4:5 1:3 (3:1) 8:9 2 4. SWE 2:3 0:8 (1:3) 3:14 0 Placing round Team POL SUI FRG ITA GF/GA Points 1. POL 5:3 4:1 (8:0) 17:4 6 2. SUI 3:5 (6:5) 9:0 18:10 4 3. FRG 1:4 (5:6) 6:0 12:10 2 4. ITA (0:8) 0:9 0:6 0:23 0 Italy was relegated to Group B for 1980. Tournament Awards Top Scorer: FINJose Pekkala (13 Points) Top Goalie: POLPaweł Łukaszka Top Defenceman:FINTimo Blomqvist Top Forward: TCHJan 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. NOR 7:0 4:1 5:1 16:2 6 2. YUG 0:7 5:2 6:3 11:12 4 3. HUN 1957 1:4 2:5 8:8 11:17 1 4. AUT 1:5 3:6 8:8 12:19 1 Group 2 Team ROM FRA NED DEN GF/GA Points 1. ROM 1965 5:1 9:2 12:1 26:4 6 2. FRA 1:5 4:1 6:1 11:7 4 3. NED 2:9 1:4 8:2 11:17 2 4. DEN 1:12 1:6 2:8 4:26 0 Placing round 7th place AUT 7:1(2:0, 1:0, 4:0) DEN 5th place NED 8:4(4:0, 3:2, 1:2) HUN 1957 '3rd place YUG 5:4(0:2, 4:2, 1:0) FRA Final NOR 5:3(2:1, 1:0, 2:2) ROM 1965 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. BUL 1971 12:36:2 10:05:1 33:6 8 2. ESP 1977 3:122:6 5:46:1 16:23 4 3. GBR 0:101:5 4:51:6 6:26 0 Bulgaria was promoted to Group B for 1980. References Complete results Duplacey James Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League 1998 Total Sports 530–2 0-8362-7114-9 registration https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse/page/530 Junior Category:IIHF European Junior Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Poland Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Romania Category:Sports competitions in Katowice Category:Sport in Tychy Category:20th century in Katowice IIHF European U18 Championship IIHF European U18 Championship Junior Junior Junior Category:Sport in Miercurea Ciuc Category:1970s in Sofia Category:Sports competitions in Sofia