1976 IIHF European U19 Championship

The 1976 IIHF European U19 Championship was the ninth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group A
Played in Kopřivnice and Opava, Czechoslovakia in March 21–29, 1976.

First round

 * Group 1


 * NOTE Bulgaria was supposed to participate in this group, but could not because of an epidemic of the Grippe. An under 18 Czech team filled in, but arrived too late to play their game against Finland.  None of their games counted in the standings, so their totals are only shown for interest.
 * Group 2

Final round

 * Championship round


 * Placing round
 * The Czechoslovakia B games do not count in the standings. Bulgaria was relegated to Group B for 1977.

Tournament Awards

 * Top Scorer: Ernst Höfner (12 Points)
 * Top Goalie: 🇸🇪Pelle Lindbergh
 * Top Defenceman:Viacheslav Fetisov
 * Top Forward: Valeri Yevstifeyev

Group B
Played in Bucharest and Ploiești, Romania from March 13–21, 1976

First round

 * Group 1


 * Group 2

Placing round
Romania was promoted to Group A for 1977.
 * Results for the fifth and the seventh place games are taken from the International Ice Hockey Encyclopedia and disagree with the scores posted on passionhockey.com's archive page.