1973 IIHF European U19 Championship

The 1973 IIHF European U19 Championship was the sixth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group AEdit

Played in Leningrad USSR, from March 20-27, 1973.

Team	URS	SWE	TCH	FIN	SUI	FRG	GF/GA	Points
1.  Soviet Union		6:2	8:2	13:0	10:2	16:2	53:08	10
2.  Sweden	2:6		3:3	16:2	15:2	9:3	45:16	07
3.  Czechoslovakia	2:8	3:3		3:2	12:3	7:3	27:19	07
4.  Finland	0:13	2:16	2:3		7:0	7:3	18:35	04
5.  Switzerland	2:10	2:15	3:12	0:7		5:3	12:47	02
6.  Federal Republic of Germany	2:16	3:9	3:7	3:7	3:5		14:44	00

West Germany was relegated to Group B for 1974.

Tournament AwardsEdit

• Top Scorer: Vladimir Golikov (15 Points)
• Top Goalie: Goran Hogosta
• Top Defenceman:Frantisek Joun
• Top Forward: Viktor Zhlutkov

Group B Edit

Played in the Netherlands in May and April 1973

First round Edit

Group 1

Team	ITA	YUG	AUT	NOR	NED	GF/GA	Points
1.  Italy		5:5	6:1	7:6	4:2	22:14	7
2.  Yugoslavia	5:5		4:4	5:5	7:2	21:16	5
3.  Austria	1:6	4:4		5:5	5:2	15:17	4
4.  Norway	6:7	5:5	5:5		2:2	18:19	3
5.  Netherlands	2:4	2:7	2:5	2:2		08:18	1

Group 2

Team	POL	ROM	FRA	DEN	BUL	GF/GA	Points
1.  Poland		6:0	10:2	17:3	11:1	44:06	8
2.  Romania	0:6		12:4	9:4	9:1	30:15	6
3.  France	2:10	4:12		3:5	5:2	14:29	2
4.  Netherlands	3:17	4:9	5:3		1:3	13:32	2
5.  Bulgaria	1:11	1:9	2:5	3:1		07:26	2

Placing roundEdit

9th place	Bulgaria	4:3	Netherlands
7th place	Norway	9:0 (3:0, 1:0, 5:0)	Denmark
5th place	France	7:4 (0:3, 3:1, 4:0)	Austria
3rd place	Yugoslavia	5:3 (1:2, 1:1, 3:0)	Romania
Final	Poland	12:6 (9:0, 1:2, 2:4)	Italy

Poland was promoted to Group A for 1974.

ReferencesEdit

• German Wikipedia
• 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.