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]
10 November 1967 | Switzerland | 1–3 (1-0, 0-2, 0-1) | East Germany | Schaffhausen |
12 November 1967 | East Germany | 10–1 (4-0, 1-0, 5-1) | Switzerland | Crimmitschau |
East Germany qualified for the main tournament.
26 November 1967 | Norway | 1–18 (1-5, 0-5, 0-8) | Sweden | Sarpsborg |
27 November 1967 | Norway | 0–17 (0-6, 0-5, 0-6) | Sweden | Oslo |
Sweden qualified for the main tournament.
2 December 1967 | France | 1–16 (0-2, 1-4, 0-10) | Poland | Reims |
3 December 1967 | France | 6–6 (1-4, 2-0, 3-2) | Poland | Reims |
Poland qualified for the main tournament.
2 December 1967 | Soviet Union | 9–1 (2-0, 4-0, 3-1) | Bulgaria | Reims |
4 December 1967 | Soviet Union | 4–0 (0-0, 1-0, 3-0) | Bulgaria | Reims |
Soviet Union qualified for the main tournament.
West Germany | not played | Czechoslovakia |
West Germany | not played | Czechoslovakia |
West Germany withdrew. Czechoslovakia qualified for the main tournament.
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 | 8:60 | 0 |
East Germany was relegated to Group B for 1969.
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