The 1976 IIHF European U19 Championship was the ninth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
Group A edit
Played in Kopřivnice and Opava, Czechoslovakia in March 21–29, 1976.
First round edit
- Group 1
| Team | URS | FIN | POL | TCH'B' | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.  Soviet Union
|
6:1 | 9:2 | 4:2 | 15:3 | 4 | |
2.  Finland
|
1:6 | 5:2 | 6:8 | 2 | ||
3.  Poland
|
2:9 | 2:5 | 2:11 | 4:14 | 0 | |
NR  CzechoslovakiaB
|
2:4 | 11:2 | 13:6 | 2 |
- NOTE Bulgaria was supposed to participate in this group, but could not because of an epidemic of the Grippe. An under 18 Czech team filled in, but arrived too late to play their game against Finland. None of their games counted in the standings, so their totals are only shown for interest.[1]
- Group 2
| Team | TCH | SWE | FRG | SUI | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Czechoslovakia
|
4:3 | 5:3 | 8:1 | 17:7 | 6 | |
2.  Sweden
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3:4 | 7:2 | 8:1 | 18:7 | 4 | |
3.  West Germany
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3:5 | 2:7 | 7:5 | 12:17 | 2 | |
4.  Switzerland
|
1:8 | 1:8 | 5:7 | 7:23 | 0 |
Final round edit
- Championship round
| Team | URS | SWE | FIN | TCH | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Soviet Union
|
2:2 | (6:1) | 7:4 | 15:7 | 5 | |
| 2. Sweden
|
2:2 | 5:1 | (3:4) | 10:7 | 3 | |
| 3. Finland
|
(1:6) | 1:5 | 6:3 | 8:14 | 2 | |
| 4. Czechoslovakia
|
4:7 | (4:3) | 3:6 | 11:16 | 2 |
- Placing round
| Team | FRG | POL | SUI | TCH'B' | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. West Germany
|
11:5 | (7:5) | 1:10 | 18:10 | 4 | |
| 2. Poland
|
5:11 | 8:4 | (2:11) | 13:15 | 2 | |
| 3. Switzerland
|
(5:7) | 4:8 | 2:16 | 9:15 | 0 | |
| NR CzechoslovakiaB
|
10:1 | (11:2) | 16:2 | 37:5 | 6 |
- The Czechoslovakia B games do not count in the standings. Bulgaria was relegated to Group B for 1977.
Tournament Awards edit
- Top Scorer:
Ernst Höfner (12 Points) - Top Goalie:
Pelle Lindbergh - Top Defenceman:
Viacheslav Fetisov - Top Forward: Valeri Yevstifeyev
Group B edit
Played in Bucharest and Ploiești, Romania from March 13–21, 1976
First round edit
- Group 1
| Team | ROM | NOR | FRA | ITA | ESP | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.  Romania
|
6:4 | 3:2 | 7:3 | 12:2 | 28:11 | 8 | |
2.  Norway
|
4:6 | 6:1 | 6:1 | 15:2 | 31:10 | 6 | |
3.  France
|
2:3 | 1:6 | 6:4 | 6:1 | 15:14 | 4 | |
4.  Italy
|
3:7 | 1:6 | 4:6 | 7:3 | 15:22 | 2 | |
5.  Spain
|
2:12 | 2:15 | 1:6 | 3:7 | 8:40 | 0 |
- Group 2
| Team | YUG | AUT | DEN | HUN | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.  Yugoslavia
|
4:0 | 9:0 | 12:0 | 25:0 | 6 | |
2.  Austria
|
0:4 | 4:0 | 6:2 | 10:6 | 4 | |
3.  Denmark
|
0:9 | 0:4 | 8:5 | 8:18 | 2 | |
4.  Hungary
|
0:12 | 2:6 | 5:8 | 7:26 | 0 |
Placing round edit
| 7th place | Italy
|
7:5 (0:1, 4:2, 3:2) |
Hungary
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| 5th place | Denmark
|
7:6 o.t. (4:1, 0:1, 2:4, 1:0) |
France
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| 3rd place | Austria
|
3:2 (1:0, 0:2, 2:0) |
Norway
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| Final | Romania
|
6:2 (1:0, 2:0, 3:2) |
Yugoslavia
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- Results for the fifth and the seventh place games are taken from the International Ice Hockey Encyclopedia and disagree with the scores posted on passionhockey.com's archive page.
Romania was promoted to Group A for 1977.
References edit
- 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.
- Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005. Germany: Books on Demand. pp. 240–395. ISBN 3-8334-4189-5.