1968 IIHF European U19 Championship

The 1968 IIHF European U19 Championship was the first official edition of the IIHF European Junior Championships. Tampere in Finland hosted the six team tournament from 26 December 1967 to 3 January 1968. Finland were qualified as hosts; the other five participants were qualified through the playoffs, played in November and December 1967.[1]

## Qualification[edit]

10 November 1967| Switzerland | 1–3
(1-0, 0-2, 0-1)|  East Germany| Schaffhausen

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12 November 1967| East Germany | 10–1
(4-0, 1-0, 5-1)|  Switzerland| Crimmitschau

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East Germany qualified for the main tournament.

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26 November 1967| Norway | 1–18
(1-5, 0-5, 0-8)|  Sweden| Sarpsborg

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27 November 1967| Norway | 0–17
(0-6, 0-5, 0-6)|  Sweden| Oslo

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Sweden qualified for the main tournament.

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2 December 1967| France | 1–16
(0-2, 1-4, 0-10)|  Poland| Reims

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3 December 1967| France | 6–6
(1-4, 2-0, 3-2)|  Poland| Reims

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Poland qualified for the main tournament.

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2 December 1967| Soviet Union | 9–1
(2-0, 4-0, 3-1)|  Bulgaria| Reims

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4 December 1967| Soviet Union | 4–0
(0-0, 1-0, 3-0)|  Bulgaria| Reims

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Soviet Union qualified for the main tournament.

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| West Germany | not played|  Czechoslovakia|

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| West Germany | not played|  Czechoslovakia|

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West Germany withdrew. Czechoslovakia qualified for the main tournament.

## Tournament[edit]

Team  | TCH  | URS  | SWE  | FIN  | POL  | GDR  | GF/GA  | Points

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1\.  Czechoslovakia |  | 4:3  | 5:2  | 8:5  | 14:4  | 15:0  | 46:14  | 10
2\.  Soviet Union | 3:4  |  | 6:4  | 5:2  | 16:2  | 9:2  | 39:14  | 8
3\.  Sweden | 2:5  | 4:6  |  | 4:2  | 5:5  | 21:1  | 36:19  | 5
4\.  Finland | 5:8  | 2:5  | 2:4  |  | 9:1  | 8:3  | 26:21  | 4
5\.  Poland | 4:14  | 2:16  | 5:5  | 1:9  |  | 7:2  | 19:46  | 3
6\.  East Germany | 0:15  | 2:9  | 1:21  | 3:8  | 2:7  |  | 08:60  | 0

East Germany was relegated to Group B for 1969.

## Tournament Awards[edit]

* Top Scorer:  Walenty Ziętara (scored 11 goals)
* Top Goalie:  Jiří Crha
* Top Defenceman: Valeri Vasiliev
* Top Forward:  Walenty Ziętara

## References[edit]

1. ^ 1968 European U19 Championship results

* Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League (pgs 530-2). Total Sports. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.

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