1972 IIHF European U19 Championship

The 1972 IIHF European U19 Championship was the fifth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
== Group A ==
Played in Boden, Lulea, and Skelleftea, Sweden, from March 26 to April 2 1972
Team	SWE 	URS	TCH 	FIN	FRG 	NOR 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	4:1	6:4 	5:1	6:2 	11:2	32:10	10
2. 	1:4 	 	4:2 	8:2	9:4 	8:2 	30:14	8
3. 	4:6 	2:4	 	4:1	17:2	10:1	37:14	6
4. 	1:5 	2:8	1:4 	 	6:5 	9:2 	19:24	4
5. 	2:6 	4:9	2:17	5:6	 	6:4 	19:42	2
6. 	2:11	2:8	1:10	2:9	4:6 	 	11:44	0
Norway was relegated to Group B for 1973.
==Tournament Awards==
*Top Scorer: Hakan Dahllof (10 Points)
*Top Goalie: Krister Sterner
*Top Defenceman:Boris Verigin
*Top Forward: Zdenek Paulik
== Group B==
Played in Lyss Switzerland from March 25-30 1972.
=== First round ===
;Group 1
Team	POL	YUG	ITA 	AUT	NED 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	9:3	5:1 	6:2	9:1 	29:7 	8
2. 	3:9	 	5:4 	6:1	7:6 	21:20	6
3. 	1:5	4:5	 	4:5	12:4	21:19	2
4. 	2:6	1:6	5:4 	 	3:5 	11:21	2:6
5. 	1:9	6:7	4:12	5:3	 	16:31	2
;Group 2
Team	SUI 	ROM	HUN	DEN	FRA 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	6:4	3:2	9:2	15:0	33:8 	8
2. 	4:6 	 	6:4	7:1	7:2 	24:13	6
3. 	2:3 	4:6	 	7:3	4:1 	17:13	4
4. 	2:9 	1:7	3:7	 	3:0 	9:23 	2
5. 	0:15	2:7	1:4	0:3	 	3:29 	0
=== Placing round ===
9th place		9:3(2:3, 4:0, 3:0)		
7th place		6:3(2:0 ,1:1, 3:2)		
5th place		5:3(1:3, 4:0, 0:0)		
3rd place		5:4(3:1 ,0:1, 2:2)		
Final 		4:2(1:1, 2:1, 1:0)		
Switzerland was promoted to Group A for 1973.
==References==
*German Wikipedia
*Complete results
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Category:1972 in hockey
Category:European Junior Championships