European U18 ice hockey championship 1979

	Junior European Championship
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	Winner: Czechoslovakia

The 12th European Ice Hockey Championship for U18 juniors took place from March 31 to April 6, 1979 in Katowice and Tychy in Poland . The games of the B group were played from March 4 to 8, 1979 in Miercurea Ciuc in Romania . The C group played from March 1 to 6, 1979 in Sofia , Bulgaria .

A group

Preliminary round

Group 1

Games	TCH	FIN	POLE	ITA	Gates	Pt.
1. Czechoslovakia		5: 1	3-0	17: 0	25: 01	6-0
2. Finland	1: 5		5: 2	28: 0	34: 07	4: 2
3. Poland	0: 3	2: 5		8-0	10: 08	2: 4
4. Italy	0:17	0:28	0: 8		00:53	0: 6

Group 2

Games	URS	SWE	SUI	FRG	Gates	Pt.
1. USSR		3: 1	5: 1	12: 1	20: 03	6-0
2. Sweden	1: 3		6: 2	10: 1	17: 06	4: 2
3. Switzerland	1: 5	2: 6		6: 5	09:16	2: 4
4th Federal Republic of Germany	1:12	1:10	5: 6		07:28	0: 6

Finals

For the two groups in the final round, the results obtained from each other were taken from the preliminary round. These results are shown here in brackets.

Championship round

Games	TCH	FIN	URS	SWE	Gates	Pt.
1. Czechoslovakia		(5: 1)	5: 4	3: 2	13: 07	6-0
2. Finland	(1: 5)		3: 1	8-0	12: 06	4: 2
3. USSR	4: 5	1: 3		(3: 1)	08: 09	2: 4
4. Sweden	2: 3	0: 8	(1: 3)		03:14	0: 6

Placement round

Games	POLE	SUI	FRG	ITA	Gates	Pt.
1. Poland		5: 3	4: 1	(8: 0)	17: 04	6-0
2. Switzerland	3: 5		(6: 5)	9-0	18:10	4: 2
3rd Federal Republic of Germany	1: 4	(5: 6)		6-0	12:10	2: 4
4. Italy	(0: 8)	0: 9	0: 6		00:23	0: 6

European championship team: Czechoslovakia

U18 European champion Czechoslovakia	Jiří Hamál , Jiří Steklík - Eduard Uvíra , Kamil Kalužík , Miroslav Majerník , Peter Solný , Miloslav Hořava , Jan Novák , Jan Tancer - Jan Ludvig , Jan Vodila , Josef Metlička , Petr Setíkovský , Milan Razım , Miloš Kreyzel . Svízel, Vladenkrazým , Miloš Kreyzel , Jiří Dudáček , Vladimír Růžička , Miroslav Ihnačák

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Jose Pekkala	Finland
Best goalkeeper	Paweł Łukaszka	Poland
Best defender	Timo Blomqvist	Finland
Best striker	Jan Ludvig	Czechoslovakia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Miroslav Ihnačák - Michail Panin - Jan Ludvig
Defense:	Timo Blomqvist - Kamil Kalužík
Goal:	Paweł Łukaszka

B group

Preliminary round

Group 1

Games	NOR	YUG	HUN	AUT	Gates	Pt.
1. Norway		7-0	4: 1	5: 1	16: 02	6-0
2. Yugoslavia	0: 7		5: 2	6: 3	11:12	4: 2
3. Hungary	1: 4	2: 5		8: 8	11:17	1: 5
4. Austria	1: 5	3: 6	8: 8		12:19	1: 5

Group 2

Games	ROME	FRA	NED	THE	Gates	Pt.
1. Romania		5: 1	9: 2	12: 1	26: 04	6-0
2. France	1: 5		4: 1	6: 1	11: 07	4: 2
3. Netherlands	2: 9	1: 4		8: 2	11:17	2: 4
4. Denmark	1:12	1: 6	2: 8		04:26	0: 6

Placement games

Game for 7th place	Austria	7: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 4: 0)	Denmark
Play for 5th place	Netherlands	8: 4 (4: 0, 3: 2, 1: 2)	Hungary
3rd place match	Yugoslavia	5: 4 (0: 2, 4: 2, 1: 0)	France
final	Norway	5: 3 (2: 1, 1: 0, 2: 2)	Romania

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Tibor Tódor	Romania
Best goalkeeper	Vidar Nymoen	Norway
Best defender	Øystein Jarslbo	Norway
Best striker	Tibor Tódor	Romania

C group

Games	BUL	ESP	GBR	Gates	Pt.
1. Bulgaria		12: 3 6: 2	10: 0 5: 1	33: 06	8-0
2. Spain	3:12 2: 6		5: 4 6: 1	16:23	4: 4
3. Great Britain	0:10 1: 5	4: 5 1: 6		06:26	0: 8

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Juan Igella	Spain

Footnotes

1. ↑ All the sources cited give the result 7: 1 for Austria. In the third results, however, the goal is missing.

Web links

• Junior European Championship at hockeyarchives.info (French)