1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1986 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates December 26 - January 4
Teams 8
Venue(s) 15
Final positions
Champions   Soviet Union (7th title)
Runner-up   Canada
Third place   United States
Fourth place  Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 28
Goals scored 246 (8.79 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Canada Shayne Corson (14 points)
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The 1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1986 WJHC) was the tenth edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 26, 1985, until January 4, 1986. It was held mainly in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its seventh championship, Canada silver and the United States bronze. The bronze medal was the first for the Americans in tournament history.

Final standings

The 1986 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1st Soviet Union 7700421414
2nd Canada 7520542110
3rd  United States 743035268
4 Czechoslovakia 743030208
5 Sweden 743026238
6 Finland 734031236
7  Switzerland 716019542
8 West Germany 70709650

West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1987.

Results

December 26, 1985 Canada  12 – 1
   Switzerland Hamilton
December 26, 1985 Soviet Union  7 – 3
  United States London
December 26, 1985 Sweden  2 – 0
  Finland Orillia
December 26, 1985 Czechoslovakia  9 – 3
  West Germany Newmarket
December 27, 1985 Canada  18 – 2
  West Germany Kitchener
December 27, 1985 Finland  9 – 2
   Switzerland St. Catharines
December 27, 1985 Soviet Union  6 – 1
  Sweden Oshawa
December 27, 1985 United States  5 – 2
  Czechoslovakia Hamilton
December 29, 1985 Canada  5 – 2
  United States Hamilton
December 29, 1985 Soviet Union  7 – 3
   Switzerland Guelph
December 29, 1985 Sweden  3 – 2
  Czechoslovakia Stratford
December 29, 1985 Finland  7 – 2
  West Germany Toronto
December 30, 1985 Canada  9 – 2
  Sweden Hamilton
December 30, 1985 Czechoslovakia  7 – 2
   Switzerland Dundas
December 30, 1985 Soviet Union  10 – 0
  West Germany Kitchener
December 30, 1985 Finland  7 – 5
  United States Oshawa
January 1, 1986 Canada  6 – 5
  Finland Toronto
January 1, 1986 Soviet Union  4 – 3
  Czechoslovakia London
January 1, 1986 United States  4 – 1
  West Germany Hamilton
January 1, 1986 Sweden  7 – 1
   Switzerland Oakville
January 2, 1986 Soviet Union  4 – 1
  Canada Hamilton
January 2, 1986 Czechoslovakia  2 – 0
  Finland Brantford
January 2, 1986 Sweden  10 – 0
  West Germany Georgetown
January 2, 1986 United States  11 – 3
   Switzerland Niagara Falls
January 4, 1986 Czechoslovakia  5 – 3
  Canada Hamilton
January 4, 1986 United States  5 – 1
  Sweden Hamilton
January 4, 1986 Switzerland   7 – 1
  West Germany Brantford
January 4, 1986 Soviet Union  4 – 3
  Finland Hamilton

Leading scorers

  GP G A Pts PIM
Canada Shayne Corson 7714
Canada Joe Murphy 41014
Soviet Union Valeri Kamensky 7613
Canada Jim Sandlak 5712
Czechoslovakia Radek Toupal 5712

Tournament all-stars

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Klagenfurt Austria from March 13 to 22. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Poland Norway Austria Romania Japan Netherlands Italy Bulgaria
1 Poland 7610461712 4 - 312 - 14 - 23 - 08 - 99 - 26 -0
2 Norway 75115418113 - 4 10 - 64 - 48 - 012 - 04 - 313 - 1
3 Austria 75204235101 - 126 - 10 4 - 36 - 58 - 09 - 38 - 2
4 Romania 7322322882 - 44 - 43 - 4 7 - 56 - 54 - 46 - 2
5 Japan 7340353160 - 30 - 85 - 65 - 7 6 - 57 - 212 - 0
6 Netherlands 7340304369 - 80 - 120 - 85 - 65 - 6 4 - 27 - 1
7 Italy 7151264032 - 93 - 43 - 94 - 42 - 72 - 4 10 - 3
8 Bulgaria 707096200 - 61 - 132 - 82 - 60 - 121 - 73 - 10

Poland was promoted to Pool A and Bulgaria was relegated to Pool C for 1987.

Pool C

This tournament was played in Gap, France, from March 21 to 27. China made its debut in the junior tournament.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS France Denmark United Kingdom China Hungary Belgium
1 France 540152139 4 - 414 - 211 - 410 - 213 - 1
2 Denmark 5302291684 - 4 10 - 44 - 27 - 24 - 4
3 Great Britain 5320203262 - 144 - 10 6 - 44 - 24 - 2
4 China 5230232744 - 112 - 44 - 6 6 - 47 - 2
5 Hungary 5140163222 - 102 - 72 - 44 - 6 6 - 5
6 Belgium 5041143411 - 134 - 42 - 42 - 75 - 6

France was promoted to Pool B for 1987.

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