1972 IIHF European U19 Championship
# 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, Luleå, and Skellefteå, Sweden, from March 26 to April 2, 1972

| Team | SWE | URS | TCH | FIN | FRG | NOR | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Sweden | | 4:1 | 6:4 | 5:1 | 6:2 | 11:2 | 32:10 | 10 |
| 2. Soviet Union | 1:4 | | 4:2 | 8:2 | 9:4 | 8:2 | 30:14 | 08 |
| 3. Czechoslovakia | 4:6 | 2:4 | | 4:1 | 17:2 | 10:1 | 37:14 | 06 |
| 4. Finland | 1:5 | 2:8 | 1:4 | | 6:5 | 9:2 | 19:24 | 04 |
| 5. West Germany | 2:6 | 4:9 | 2:17 | 5:6 | | 6:4 | 19:42 | 02 |
| 6. Norway | 2:11 | 2:8 | 1:10 | 2:9 | 4:6 | | 11:44 | 00 |

Norway was relegated to Group B for 1973.

## Tournament Awards

* Top Scorer: Håkan Dahllöf (10 Points)
* Top Goalie: Krister Sterner
* Top Defenceman:Boris Verigin
* Top Forward: Zdeněk Paulík

## 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. Poland | | 9:3 | 5:1 | 6:2 | 9:1 | 29:07 | 8 |
| 2. Yugoslavia | 3:9 | | 5:4 | 6:1 | 7:6 | 21:20 | 6 |
| 3. Italy | 1:5 | 4:5 | | 4:5 | 12:4 | 21:19 | 2 |
| 4. Austria | 2:6 | 1:6 | 5:4 | | 3:5 | 11:21 | 2:6 |
| 5. Netherlands | 1:9 | 6:7 | 4:12 | 5:3 | | 16:31 | 2 |

**Group 2**

| Team | SUI | ROM | HUN | DEN | FRA | GF/GA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Switzerland | | 6:4 | 3:2 | 9:2 | 15:0 | 33:08 | 8 |
| 2. Romania | 4:6 | | 6:4 | 7:1 | 7:2 | 24:13 | 6 |
| 3. Hungary | 2:3 | 4:6 | | 7:3 | 4:1 | 17:13 | 4 |
| 4. Denmark | 2:9 | 1:7 | 3:7 | | 3:0 | 09:23 | 2 |
| 5. France | 0:15 | 2:7 | 1:4 | 0:3 | | 03:29 | 0 |

### Placing round

| 9th place | Netherlands | 9:3 (2:3, 4:0, 3:0) | France |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7th place | Austria | 6:3 (2:0, 1:1, 3:2) | Denmark |
| 5th place | Italy | 5:3 (1:3, 4:0, 0:0) | Hungary |
| 3rd place | Yugoslavia | 5:4 (3:1, 0:1, 2:2) | Romania |
| Final | Switzerland | 4:2 (1:1, 2:1, 1:0) | Poland |

Switzerland was promoted to Group A for 1973.

