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. 4:1 6:4 5:1 6:2 11:2 32:10 10 2. 1:4 4:2 8:2 9:4 8:2 30:14 8 3. 4:6 2:4 4:1 17:2 10:1 37:14 6 4. 1:5 2:8 1:4 6:5 9:2 19:24 4 5. 2:6 4:9 2:17 5:6 6:4 19:42 2 6. 2:11 2:8 1:10 2:9 4:6 11:44 0
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. 9:3 5:1 6:2 9:1 29:7 8 2. 3:9 5:4 6:1 7:6 21:20 6 3. 1:5 4:5 4:5 12:4 21:19 2 4. 2:6 1:6 5:4 3:5 11:21 2:6 5. 1:9 6:7 4:12 5:3 16:31 2
Group 2 Team SUI ROM HUN DEN FRA GF/GA Points 1. 6:4 3:2 9:2 15:0 33:8 8 2. 4:6 6:4 7:1 7:2 24:13 6 3. 2:3 4:6 7:3 4:1 17:13 4 4. 2:9 1:7 3:7 3:0 9:23 2 5. 0:15 2:7 1:4 0:3 3:29 0
Placing round 9th place 9:3(2:3, 4:0, 3:0) 7th place 6:3(2:0, 1:1, 3:2) 5th place 5:3(1:3, 4:0, 0:0) 3rd place 5:4(3:1, 0:1, 2:2) Final 4:2(1:1, 2:1, 1:0)
Switzerland was promoted to Group A for 1973.
References
Complete results