The 1979 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twelfth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
Group A Played in Tychy and Katowice, Poland from March 31 to April 6, 1979.
First round Group 1 Team TCH FIN POL ITA GF/GA Points 1. 5:1 3:0 17:0 25:1 6 2. 1:5 5:2 28:0 34:7 4 3. 0:3 2:5 8:0 10:8 2 4. 0:17 0:28 0:8 0:53 0
Group 2 Team URS SWE SUI FRG GF/GA Points 1. 3:1 5:1 12:1 20:3 6 2. 1:3 6:2 10:1 17:6 4 3. 1:5 2:6 6:5 9:16 2 4. 1:12 1:10 5:6 7:28 0
Final round Championship round Team TCH FIN URS SWE GF/GA Points 1. (5:1) 5:4 3:2 13:7 6 2. (1:5) 3:1 8:0 12:6 4 3. 4:5 1:3 (3:1) 8:9 2 4. 2:3 0:8 (1:3) 3:14 0
Placing round Team POL SUI FRG ITA GF/GA Points 1. 5:3 4:1 (8:0) 17:4 6 2. 3:5 (6:5) 9:0 18:10 4 3. 1:4 (5:6) 6:0 12:10 2 4. (0:8) 0:9 0:6 0:23 0
Italy was relegated to Group B for 1980.
Tournament Awards Top Scorer: Jose Pekkala (13 Points) Top Goalie: Paweł Łukaszka Top Defenceman:Timo Blomqvist Top Forward: Jan Ludvig
Group B Played in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania from March 4–8, 1979.
First round Group 1 Team NOR YUG HUN AUT GF/GA Points 1. 7:0 4:1 5:1 16:2 6 2. 0:7 5:2 6:3 11:12 4 3. 1:4 2:5 8:8 11:17 1 4. 1:5 3:6 8:8 12:19 1
Group 2 Team ROM FRA NED DEN GF/GA Points 1. 5:1 9:2 12:1 26:4 6 2. 1:5 4:1 6:1 11:7 4 3. 2:9 1:4 8:2 11:17 2 4. 1:12 1:6 2:8 4:26 0
Placing round 7th place 7:1(2:0, 1:0, 4:0) 5th place 8:4(4:0, 3:2, 1:2) '3rd place 5:4(0:2, 4:2, 1:0) Final 5:3(2:1, 1:0, 2:2)
Norway was promoted to Group A, and Denmark was relegated to Group C, for 1980.
Group C Played in Sofia, Bulgaria from March 1–6, 1979. Team BUL ESP GBR GF/GA Points 1. 12:36:2 10:05:1 33:6 8 2. 3:122:6 5:46:1 16:23 4 3. 0:101:5 4:51:6 6:26 0
Bulgaria was promoted to Group B for 1980.
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Complete results