1968 IIHF European U19 Championship

The 1968 IIHF European U19 Championship was the first official playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships. Tampere in Finland hosted the six team tournament from December 26, 1967, to January 3, 1968. The other five nations were to play qualifiers in November and December 1967, but West Germany forfeited their matches against Czechoslovakia.

East Germany was relegated to Group B for 1969.

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