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 1, 1979.
=== First round===
;Group 1
Team	TCH 	FIN 	POL	ITA 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:1 	3:0	17:0	25:1 	6
2. 	1:5 	 	5:2	28:0	34:7 	4
3. 	0:3 	2:5 	 	8:0 	10:8 	2
4. 	0:17	0:28	0:8	 	0:53 	0
;Group 2
Team	URS 	SWE 	SUI	FRG 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	3:1 	5:1	12:1	20:3 	6
2. 	1:3 	 	6:2	10:1	17:6 	4
3. 	1:5 	2:6 	 	6:5 	9:16 	2
4. 	1:12	1:10	5:6	 	7:28 	0
=== Final round === 
;Championship round
Team	TCH 	FIN 	URS 	SWE 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	(5:1)	5:4 	3:2 	13:7 	6
2. 	(1:5)	 	3:1 	8:0 	12:6 	4
3. 	4:5 	1:3 	 	(3:1)	8:9 	2
4. 	2:3 	0:8 	(1:3)	 	3:14 	0
;Placing round
Team	POL 	SUI 	FRG 	ITA 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:3 	4:1 	(8:0)	17:4 	6
2. 	3:5 	 	(6:5)	9:0 	18:10	4
3. 	1:4 	(5:6)	 	6:0 	12:10	2
4. 	(0:8)	0:9 	0:6 	 	0:23 	0
Italy was relegated to Group B for 1980.
==Tournament Awards==
*Top Scorer: Jose Pekkala (13 Points)
*Top Goalie: Pawel Lukaszka
*Top Defenceman:Timo Blomqvist
*Top Forward: Jan 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. 	 	7:0	4:1	5:1	16:2 	6
2. 	0:7	 	5:2	6:3	11:12	4
3. 	1:4	2:5	 	8:8	11:17	1
4. 	1:5	3:6	8:8	 	12:19	1
;Group 2
Team	ROM 	FRA	NED	DEN 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:1	9:2	12:1	26:4 	6
2. 	1:5 	 	4:1	6:1 	11:7 	4
3. 	2:9 	1:4	 	8:2 	11:17	2
4. 	1:12	1:6	2:8	 	4:26 	0
=== Placing round ===
7th place 		7:1(2:0, 1:0, 4:0)		
5th place 		8:4(4:0, 3:2, 1:2)		
'3rd place		5:4(0:2, 4:2, 1:0)		
Final 		5:3(2:1, 1:0, 2:2)		
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. 	 	12:36:2	10:05:1	33:6 	8
2. 	3:122:6	 	5:46:1 	16:23	4
3. 	0:101:5	4:51:6 	 	6:26 	0
Bulgaria was promoted to Group B for 1980.
==References==
*Complete results
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Category:1979 in hockey
Category:European Junior Championships