The 1972 IIHF European U19 Championship was the fifth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Played in Boden, Luleå, and Skellefteå, Sweden, from March 26 to April 2, 1972

More information Team, SWE ...

Team	SWE	URS	TCH	FIN	FRG	NOR	GF/GA	Points
1.  Sweden		4:1	6:4	5:1	6:2	11:2	32:10	10
2.  Soviet Union	1:4		4:2	8:2	9:4	8:2	30:14	08
3.  Czechoslovakia	4:6	2:4		4:1	17:2	10:1	37:14	06
4.  Finland	1:5	2:8	1:4		6:5	9:2	19:24	04
5.  West Germany	2:6	4:9	2:17	5:6		6:4	19:42	02
6.  Norway	2:11	2:8	1:10	2:9	4:6		11:44	00

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Norway was relegated to Group B for 1973.

• Top Scorer: Håkan Dahllöf (10 Points)
• Top Goalie: Krister Sterner
• Top Defenceman:Boris Verigin
• Top Forward: Zdeněk Paulík

Played in Lyss, Switzerland from March 25–30, 1972.

First round

Group 1

More information Team, POL ...

Team	POL	YUG	ITA	AUT	NED	GF/GA	Points
1.  Poland		9:3	5:1	6:2	9:1	29:07	8
2.  Yugoslavia	3:9		5:4	6:1	7:6	21:20	6
3.  Italy	1:5	4:5		4:5	12:4	21:19	2
4.  Austria	2:6	1:6	5:4		3:5	11:21	2:6
5.  Netherlands	1:9	6:7	4:12	5:3		16:31	2

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Group 2

More information Team, SUI ...

Team	SUI	ROM	HUN	DEN	FRA	GF/GA	Points
1.   Switzerland		6:4	3:2	9:2	15:0	33:08	8
2.  Romania	4:6		6:4	7:1	7:2	24:13	6
3.  Hungary	2:3	4:6		7:3	4:1	17:13	4
4.  Denmark	2:9	1:7	3:7		3:0	09:23	2
5.  France	0:15	2:7	1:4	0:3		03:29	0

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Placing round

9th place	Netherlands	9:3 (2:3, 4:0, 3:0)	France
7th place	Austria	6:3 (2:0, 1:1, 3:2)	Denmark
5th place	Italy	5:3 (1:3, 4:0, 0:0)	Hungary
3rd place	Yugoslavia	5:4 (3:1, 0:1, 2:2)	Romania
Final	Switzerland	4:2 (1:1, 2:1, 1:0)	Poland

Switzerland was promoted to Group A for 1973.