1970 IIHF European U19 Championship

The 1970 IIHF European U19 Championship was the third playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group A

Played in Geneva Switzerland from December 26, 1969, to January 2, 1970.

Team	URS	TCH	SWE	FIN	FRG	SUI	GF/GA	Points
1.  Soviet Union		5:3	6:5	7:1	9:1	14:1	41:11	10
2.  Czechoslovakia	3:5		3:2	3:1	5:2	12:2	26:12	08
3.  Sweden	5:6	2:3		6:0	10:1	20:0	43:10	06
4.  Finland	1:7	1:3	0:6		6:0	5:2	13:18	04
5.  West Germany	1:9	2:5	1:10	0:6		7:3	11:33	02
6.   Switzerland	1:14	2:12	0:20	2:5	3:7		08:58	00

Switzerland was relegated for 1971.

Tournament Awards

• Top Goalie: Anton Kehle
• Top Defenceman:Miroslav Dvorak
• Top Forward: Anders Hedberg

Group B

Played in Kapfenberg, Leoben, and Bruck, Austria, from December 26, 1969, to January 2, 1970.

First round

Group 1

Team	NOR	ROM	AUT	HUN	GF/GA	Points
1.  Norway		1:1	5:5	7:3	13:09	4
2.  Romania	1:1		1:1	3:0	05:02	4
3.  Austria	5:5	1:1		2:1	08:07	4
4.  Hungary	3:7	0:3	1:2		04:12	0

Group 2

Bulgaria was to play in this group but forfeited. The Yugoslavian goaltender played without a mask, and was hit in the face by a shot in their game against Poland, in part explaining the 20 to 0 score.^[1]

Team	ITA	POL	YUG	GF/GA	Points
1.  Italy		7:5	3:2	10:07	4
2.  Poland	5:7		20:0	25:07	2
3.  Yugoslavia	2:3	0:20		02:23	0

Placing round

5th place	Austria	3:0 (1:0, 0:0, 2:0)	Yugoslavia
3rd place	Poland	7:1 (0:1, 2:0, 5:0)	Romania
Final	Norway	8:0 (1:0, 1:0, 6:0)	Italy

Norway was promoted to Group A for 1971.

References

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