The 1976 IIHF European U19 Championship was the ninth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
Played in Koprivnice and Opava Czechoslovakia from March 21–29, 1976.
Group 1NOTE 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 2Championship roundPlacing roundThe Czechoslovakia B games do not count in the standings. Bulgaria was relegated to Group B for 1977.Top Scorer: Ernst Hofner (12 Points)Top Goalie: Pelle LindberghTop Defenceman:Vyacheslav FetisovTop Forward: Valeri YevstifeievPlayed in Bucharest and Ploiești Romania from March 13–21, 1976
Group 1Group 2Results 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.Romania was promoted to Group A for 1977.
