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.

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! Team

! URS

! TCH

! SWE

! FIN

! FRG

! SUI

! GF/GA

! Points

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| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|URS}}

| style="background:#000000;" |

| 5:3

| 6:5

| 7:1

| 9:1

| 14:1

| 41:11

| 10

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| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|TCH}}

| 3:5

| style="background:#000000;" |

| 3:2

| 3:1

| 5:2

| 12:2

| 26:12

| {{0}}8

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| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|SWE}}

| 5:6

| 2:3

| style="background:#000000;" |

| 6:0

| 10:1

| 20:0

| 43:10

| {{0}}6

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| align="left" | 4. {{ih18|FIN}}

| 1:7

| 1:3

| 0:6

| style="background:#000000;" |

| 6:0

| 5:2

| 13:18

| {{0}}4

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| align="left" | 5. {{ih18|FRG}}

| 1:9

| 2:5

| 1:10

| 0:6

| style="background:#000000;" |

| 7:3

| 11:33

| {{0}}2

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| align="left" | 6. {{ih18|SUI}}

| 1:14

| 2:12

| 0:20

| 2:5

| 3:7

| style="background:#000000;" |

| {{0}}8:58

| {{0}}0

Switzerland was relegated for 1971.

Tournament Awards

Top Scorer: {{Flagicon|URS}}Yuri Savtsillo (10 Points)
Top Goalie: {{Flagicon|FRG}}Anton Kehle
Top Defenceman:{{Flagicon|TCH}}Miroslav Dvorak
Top Forward: {{Flagicon|SWE}}Anders Hedberg

Group B

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

= First round =

;Group 1

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! Team

! NOR

! ROM

! AUT

! HUN

! GF/GA

! Points

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| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|NOR}}

| style="background:#000000;" |

| 1:1

| 5:5

| 7:3

| 13:{{0}}9

| 4

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| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|Romania|1948}}

| 1:1

| style="background:#000000;" |

| 1:1

| 3:0

| {{0}}5:{{0}}2

| 4

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| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|AUT}}

| 5:5

| 1:1

| style="background:#000000;" |

| 2:1

| {{0}}8:{{0}}7

| 4

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| align="left" | 4. {{ih18|HUN}}

| 3:7

| 0:3

| 1:2

| style="background:#000000;" |

| {{0}}4:12

| 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.[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-19_1970.htm Explanation in french]

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! Team

! ITA

! POL

! YUG

! GF/GA

! Points

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| align="left" | 1. {{ih18|ITA}}

| style="background:#000000;" |

| 7:5

| 3:2

| 10:{{0}}7

| 4

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| align="left" | 2. {{ih18|POL}}

| 5:7

| style="background:#000000;" |

| 20:0

| 25:{{0}}7

| 2

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| align="left" | 3. {{ih18|YUG}}

| 2:3

| 0:20

| style="background:#000000;" |

| {{0}}2:23

| 0

= Placing round =

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| align="center" width="15%" style="font-size:90%;" | 5th place

| width="25%" align="right" | {{ih18-rt|AUT}}

| width="15%" align="center" | 3:0
(1:0, 0:0, 2:0)

| width="25%" align="left" | {{ih18|YUG}}

| style="font-size:85%;" |

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| align="center" style="font-size:90%;" | 3rd place

| align="right" | {{ih18-rt|POL}}

| align="center" | 7:1
(0:1, 2:0, 5:0)

| align="left" | {{ih18|ROM|1965}}

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| align="center" style="font-size:90%;" | Final

| align="right" | {{ih18-rt|NOR}}

| align="center" | 8:0
(1:0, 1:0, 6:0)

| align="left" | {{ih18|ITA}}

| style="font-size:85%;" |

Norway was promoted to Group A for 1971.

References

[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-19_1970.htm Complete results]
{{cite book |last=Duplacey |first=James |title=Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League (pgs 530-2) |year=1998 |publisher=Total Sports |isbn=0-8362-7114-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse }}

Junior

Category:IIHF European Junior Championships

Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Switzerland

Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Austria

U19

Category:December 1969 sports events in Europe

Category:January 1970 sports events in Europe

Category:Sports competitions in Geneva

Category:20th century in Geneva

Category:Leoben

Category:Bruck an der Mur