1973 IIHF European U19 Championship

The 1973 IIHF European U19 Championship was the sixth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
== Group A==
Played in Leningrad USSR, from March 20-27, 1973.
Team	URS 	SWE 	TCH 	FIN 	SUI 	FRG 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	6:2 	8:2 	13:0	10:2	16:2	53:8 	10
2. 	2:6 	 	3:3 	16:2	15:2	9:3 	45:16	7
3. 	2:8 	3:3 	 	3:2 	12:3	7:3 	27:19	7
4. 	0:13	2:16	2:3 	 	7:0 	7:3 	18:35	4
5. 	2:10	2:15	3:12	0:7 	 	5:3 	12:47	2
6. 	2:16	3:9 	3:7 	3:7 	3:5 	 	14:44	0
West Germany was relegated to Group B for 1974.
==Tournament Awards==
*Top Scorer: Vladimir Golikov (15 Points)
*Top Goalie: Goran Hogosta
*Top Defenceman:Frantisek Joun
*Top Forward: Viktor Zhlutkov
== Group B ==
Played in the Netherlands in May and April 1973
=== First round ===
;Group 1
Team	ITA	YUG	AUT	NOR	NED	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:5	6:1	7:6	4:2	22:14	7
2. 	5:5	 	4:4	5:5	7:2	21:16	5
3. 	1:6	4:4	 	5:5	5:2	15:17	4
4. 	6:7	5:5	5:5	 	2:2	18:19	3
5. 	2:4	2:7	2:5	2:2	 	8:18 	1
;Group 2
Team	POL 	ROM 	FRA 	DEN 	BUL 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	6:0 	10:2	17:3	11:1	44:6 	8
2. 	0:6 	 	12:4	9:4 	9:1 	30:15	6
3. 	2:10	4:12	 	3:5 	5:2 	14:29	2
4. 	3:17	4:9 	5:3 	 	1:3 	13:32	2
5. 	1:11	1:9 	2:5 	3:1 	 	7:26 	2
=== Placing round===
9th place		4:3 		
7th place		9:0(3:0, 1:0, 5:0) 		
5th place		7:4(0:3, 3:1, 4:0) 		
3rd place		5:3(1:2, 1:1, 3:0) 		
Final 		12:6(9:0, 1:2, 2:4)		
Poland was promoted to Group A for 1974.
==References==
*German Wikipedia
*Complete results
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Category:1973 in hockey
Category:European Junior Championships