1979 CIAU University Cup

The 1979 CIAU Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament was held at the Loyola Arena in Montreal, Quebec. The Concordia Stingers served as tournament host.

Road to the Cup

[AUAA men's [ice hockey tournament#1979|AUAA playoffs]]

Note: * denotes overtime period

[Canada [West men's ice hockey tournament#1979|Canada West playoffs]]

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GPAC playoffs">GPAC men's ice hockey tournament">GPAC playoffs

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OUAA playoffs">OUAA men's ice hockey tournament">OUAA playoffs

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QUAA playoffs">QUAA men's ice hockey tournament">QUAA playoffs

Note: * denotes overtime period

University Cup

The format was unchanged from the year before. As tournament host, the QUAA received two bids to the tournament. The six teams were sorted by a committee prior to the tournament and arranged so that the two QUAA teams would be in opposite brackets.
In the round-robin groups, the teams that finished with the best record would advance to the championship game. If there was a tie for the best record, the first tie-breaker was goal differential. If there was a tie in goal differential, the teams would play sudden death overtime for the advantage.

Team	Qualification	Record	Appearance	Last
[Alberta Golden Bears men's ice hockey\|]	West: Canada West Champion	22–5–0	12th	1978
[Concordia Stingers men's ice hockey\|]	Quebec: QUAA Champion / Host	23–2–0	4th	1978
[Dalhousie Tigers men's ice hockey\|]	Atlantic: AUAA Champion	17–8–0	1st	Never
[Guelph Gryphons men's ice hockey\|]	Ontario: OUAA Champion	13–4–3	2nd	1976
[UQAC Inuk men's ice hockey\|]	Quebec: QUAA Runner-Up	13–10–3	1st	Never
[Regina Cougars men's ice hockey\|]	Plains: GPAC Champion	20–4–0	2nd	1978

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period
Note: round-robin games were played on consecutive days March 15–17