1980 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1980 IIHF European U19 Championship was the thirteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
==Group A==
Played in Hradec Králové Czechoslovakia from April 1-7, 1980.
===First round===
;Group 1
Team	TCH 	SWE	POL	NOR 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	7:1	9:2	11:3	27:6 	6
2. 	1:7 	 	7:2	9:0 	17:9 	4
3. 	2:9 	2:7	 	6:4 	10:20	2
4. 	3:11	0:9	4:6	 	7:26 	0
;Group 2
Team	URS 	FIN	FRG 	SUI 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	9:2	12:3	13:1	34:6 	6
2. 	2:9 	 	9:3 	5:2 	16:14	4
3. 	3:12	3:9	 	4:3 	10:24	2
4. 	1:13	2:5	3:4 	 	6:22 	0
===Final round=== 
;Championship round
Team	URS 	TCH 	SWE 	FIN 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	3:2 	5:1 	(9:2)	17:5 	6
2. 	2:3 	 	(7:1)	6:3 	15:7 	4
3. 	1:5 	(1:7)	 	3:1 	5:13 	2
4. 	(2:9)	3:6 	1:3 	 	6:18 	0
;Placing round
Team	FRG 	POL 	SUI 	NOR 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	8:3 	(4:3)	8:3 	20:9 	6
2. 	3:8 	 	5:2 	(6:4)	14:14	4
3. 	(3:4)	2:5 	 	8:3 	13:12	2
4. 	3:8 	(4:6)	3:8 	 	10:22	0
Norway was relegated to Group B for 1981.
==Tournament Awards==
*Top Scorer: Sergei Yashin (14 Points)
*Top Goalie: Jirí Steklík
*Top Defenceman:Peter Andersson
*Top Forward: Sergei Yashin
==Group B==
Played in Jesenice, Yugoslavia, from March 4-8, 1980.
===First round===
;Group 1
Team	AUT	ROM 	FRA	NED 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	6:5 	7:6	6:1 	19:12	6
2. 	5:6	 	5:4	10:2	20:12	4
3. 	6:7	4:5 	 	7:6 	17:18	2
4. 	1:6	2:10	6:7	 	9:23 	0
;Group 2
Team	YUG	BUL 	ITA	HUN 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	7:6 	3:3	7:5 	27:14	5
2. 	6:7	 	4:2	10:4	20:13	4
3. 	3:3	2:4 	 	7:6 	12:13	3
4. 	5:7	4:10	6:7	 	15:24	0
===Placing round===
7th place		11:3(2:1, 5:0, 4:2)		
5th place		6:3(2:1, 2:2, 2:0) 		
3rd place		4:2(2:1, 0:0, 2:1) 		
Final 		4:1(1:1, 2:0, 1:0) 		
Austria was promoted to Group A, and the Netherlands was relegated to Group C, for 1981.
==Group C==
Played in Frederikshavn Denmark from March 29 to April 3, 1980.
Team	DEN 	BEL 	GBR 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	11:210:0	17:213:1	51:5 	8
2. 	2:110:10	 	4:17:8 	13:30	2
3. 	2:171:13	1:48:7 	 	12:41	2
Denmark was promoted to Group B for 1981.
==References==
*Complete results
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Category:1980 in hockey
Category:European Junior Championships