1968 IIHF European U19 Championship

The 1968 IIHF European U19 Championship was the first official edition of the IIHF European Junior Championships. Tampere in Finland hosted the six team tournament from 26 December 1967 to 3 January 1968. Finland were qualified as hosts; the other five participants were qualified through the playoffs, played in November and December 1967.1968 European U19 Championship results Qualification 10 November 1967 SUI GDR 1–3 (1-0, 0-2, 0-1) Schaffhausen 12 November 1967 GDR SUI 10–1 (4-0, 1-0, 5-1) Crimmitschau East Germany qualified for the main tournament. 26 November 1967 NOR SWE 1–18 (1-5, 0-5, 0-8) Sarpsborg 27 November 1967 NOR SWE 0–17 (0-6, 0-5, 0-6) Oslo Sweden qualified for the main tournament. 2 December 1967 FRA POL 1–16 (0-2, 1-4, 0-10) Reims 3 December 1967 FRA POL 6–6 (1-4, 2-0, 3-2) Reims Poland qualified for the main tournament. 2 December 1967 URS BUL 9–1 (2-0, 4-0, 3-1) Reims 4 December 1967 URS BUL 4–0 (0-0, 1-0, 3-0) Reims Soviet Union qualified for the main tournament. FRG TCH not played FRG TCH not played West Germany withdrew. Czechoslovakia qualified for the main tournament. Tournament Team TCH URS SWE FIN POL GDR GF/GA Points 1. TCH 4:3 5:2 8:5 14:4 15:0 46:14 10 2. URS 3:4 6:4 5:2 16:2 9:2 39:14 8 3. SWE 2:5 4:6 4:2 5:5 21:1 36:19 5 4. FIN 5:8 2:5 2:4 9:1 8:3 26:21 45. POL 4:14 2:16 5:5 1:9 7:2 19:46 36. GDR 0:15 2:9 1:21 3:8 2:7 8:60 0 East Germany was relegated to Group B for 1969. Tournament Awards Top Scorer: POL Walenty Ziętara (scored 11 goals) Top Goalie: TCH Jiří Crha Top Defenceman:URS Valeri Vasiliev Top Forward: POL Walenty Ziętara References Duplacey James Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League (pgs 530-2) 1998 Total Sports 0-8362-7114-9 registration https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse Junior IIHF European U19 Championship IIHF European U19 Championship Category:IIHF European Junior Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Finland IIHF European U19 Championship IIHF European U19 Championship Category:Sports competitions in Tampere