| West Germany, England, Spain, Poland and Wales qualified from III EuroHockey Men 1978. | | Netherlands as Host. |
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| 14 teams played for 6 quotas. | | Belgium and Austria replaced Gibraltar and Czechoslovakia from 1978. |
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| Round Robin | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | Scot | Ital | Swit | | 1. Scotland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6: | 0 | ---- | 2:1 | 4:1 | | 2. Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2: | 4 | | ---- | 7:0 | | 3. Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1: | 5 | | | ---- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played at Helenvale Park | | 17.09 |  Scotland | 3-0 |  Switzerland | | | 18.09 | Scotland | 3-0 |  Italy | | | 19.09 | Italy | 2-1 | Switzerland | |
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| Italy transferred from tournament 1? |
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| Round Robin | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | Sovi | Czec | Yugo | | 1. Soviet Union | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7: | 3 | ---- | 4:2 | 3:1 | | 2. Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2: | 4 | | ---- | | | 3. Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1: | 3 | | | ---- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played at Slavia Praga Stadium | | 17.09 |  Soviet Union | 3-1 |  Yugoslavia | | | 18.09 |  Czechoslovakia | --- | Yugoslavia | | | 19.09 | Soviet Union | 4-2 | Czechoslovakia | |
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| | | 1-2. Austria, 1-2. Ireland |
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