1976 IIHF European U19 Championship - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1976 IIHF European U19 Championship was the ninth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships

IIHF European Junior Championships

The IIHF European Junior Championships were held from 1968 to 1998, with an unofficial tournament being held in 1967. The tournament was played as a U19 tournament from 1968-1976. In 1977, the IIHF created the IIHF World Junior Championships, and the U19 championships became U18...

First round

Group 1

Team	URS	FIN	POL	TCH'B	GF/GA	Points
1.		6:1	9:2	4:2	15:3	4
2.	1:6		5:2		6:8	2
3.	2:9	2:5		2:11	4:14	0
NR CzechoslovakiaB	2:4		11:2		13:6	2

NOTE Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

was supposed to particpate in this group, but could not because of an epidemic of the Grippe. An under 18 Czech team filled in, but arrived to late to play their game against Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. None of their games counted in the standings, so their totals are only shown for interest.

Group 2

Team	TCH	SWE	FRG	SUI	GF/GA	Points
1.		4:3	5:3	8:1	17:7	6
2.	3:4		7:2	8:1	18:7	4
3.	3:5	2:7		7:5	12:17	2
4.	1:8	1:8	5:7		7:23	0

Final round

Championship round

Team	URS	SWE	FIN	TCH	GF/GA	Points
1.		2:2	(6:1)	7:4	15:7	5
2.	2:2		5:1	(3:4)	10:7	3
3.	(1:6)	1:5		6:3	8:14	2
4.	4:7	(4:3)	3:6		11:16	2

Placing round

Team	FRG	POL	SUI	TCH'B	GF/GA	Points
1.		11:5	(7:5)	1:10	18:10	4
2.	5:11		8:4	(11:2)	13:15	2
3.	(5:7)	4:8		2:16	9:15	0
NR B	10:1	(11:2)	16:2		37:5	6

The Czechoslovakia B games do not count in the standings. Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

was relegated to Group B for 1977.

Tournament Awards

Top Scorer: West Germany Ernst Hofner
Ernst Höfner
Ernst Höfner was Finance Minister in the German Democratic Republic. Born in Berlin, Höfner graduated with a degree in business. In the 1960s he was a secretary in the finance ministry...

(12 Points)
Top Goalie: Sweden Pelle Lindbergh
Pelle Lindbergh
Per-Eric Göran "Pelle" Lindbergh was a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who played parts of five seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Flyers.-Playing career:...
Top Defenceman: Soviet UnionVyacheslav Fetisov
Top Forward: Soviet UnionValeri Yevstifeiev

First round

Group 1

Team	ROM	NOR	FRA	ITA	ESP	GF/GA	Points
1.		6:4	3:2	7:3	12:2	28:11	8
2.	4:6		6:1	6:1	15:2	31:10	6
3.	2:3	1:6		6:4	6:1	15:14	4
4.	3:7	1:6	4:6		7:3	15:22	2
5.	2:12	2:15	1:6	3:7		8:40	0

Group 2

Team	YUG	AUT	DEN	HUN	GF/GA	Points
1.		4:0	9:0	12:0	25:0	6
2.	0:4		4:0	6:2	10:6	4
3.	0:9	0:4		8:5	8:18	2
4.	0:12	2:6	5:8		7:26	0

Placing round

7th place		7:5 (0:1, 4:2, 3:2)
5th place		7:6 o.t. (4:1, 0:1, 2:4, 1:0)
3rd place		3:2 (1:0, 0:2, 2:0)
Final		6:2 (1:0, 2:0, 3:2)

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

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

was promoted to Group A for 1977.

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