The 1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1986 WJHC) was the tenth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship 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 won silver and the United States won bronze. The bronze was the first medal for the Americans in the tournament's history.

Final standings

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

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Soviet Union 7 7 0 0 42 14 +28 14
2  Canada 7 5 2 0 54 21 +33 10
3  United States 7 4 3 0 35 26 +9 8
4  Czechoslovakia 7 4 3 0 30 20 +10 8
5  Sweden 7 4 3 0 26 23 +3 8
6  Finland 7 3 4 0 31 23 +8 6
7   Switzerland 7 1 6 0 19 54 −35 2
8  West Germany 7 0 7 0 9 65 −56 0
Source: Hockey Canada

West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1987.

Results

December 26, 1985Canada 12–1  SwitzerlandHamilton
December 26, 1985Soviet Union 7–3 United StatesLondon
December 26, 1985Sweden 2–0 FinlandOrillia
December 26, 1985Czechoslovakia 9–3 West GermanyNewmarket
December 27, 1985Canada 18–2 West GermanyKitchener
December 27, 1985Finland 9–2  SwitzerlandSt. Catharines
December 27, 1985Soviet Union 6–1 SwedenOshawa
December 27, 1985United States 5–2 CzechoslovakiaHamilton
December 29, 1985Canada 5–2 United StatesHamilton
December 29, 1985Soviet Union 7–3  SwitzerlandGuelph
December 29, 1985Sweden 3–2 CzechoslovakiaStratford
December 29, 1985Finland 7–2 West GermanyToronto
December 30, 1985Canada 9–2 SwedenHamilton
December 30, 1985Czechoslovakia 7–2  SwitzerlandDundas
December 30, 1985Soviet Union 10–0 West GermanyKitchener
December 30, 1985Finland 7–5 United StatesOshawa
January 1, 1986Canada 6–5 FinlandToronto
January 1, 1986Soviet Union 4–3 CzechoslovakiaLondon
January 1, 1986United States 4–1 West GermanyHamilton
January 1, 1986Sweden 7–1  SwitzerlandOakville
January 2, 1986Soviet Union 4–1 CanadaHamilton
January 2, 1986Czechoslovakia 2–0 FinlandBrantford
January 2, 1986Sweden 10–0 West GermanyHalton Hills
January 2, 1986United States 11–3  SwitzerlandNiagara Falls
January 4, 1986Czechoslovakia 5–3 CanadaHamilton
January 4, 1986United States 5–1 SwedenHamilton
January 4, 1986Switzerland 7–1 West GermanyBrantford
January 4, 1986Soviet Union 4–3 FinlandHamilton

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Shayne Corson  Canada 7 7 14
2 Joe Murphy  Canada 4 10 14
3 Valeri Kamensky  Soviet Union 7 6 13
4 Joe Nieuwendyk  Canada 7 5 12
4 Jim Sandlak  Canada 7 5 12
4 Radek Ťoupal  Czechoslovakia 7 5 12
7 Stephen Leach  United States 6 5 11
8 Jiří Kučera  Czechoslovakia 5 5 10
8 Michal Pivoňka  Czechoslovakia 5 5 10
8 Igor Vyazmikin  Soviet Union 5 5 10

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Soviet Union Yevgeni Belosheikin Soviet Union Yevgeni Belosheikin
Defencemen Soviet Union Mikhail Tatarinov Canada Sylvain Côté
Soviet Union Mikhail Tatarinov
Forwards Canada Jim Sandlak Czechoslovakia Michal Pivoňka
Canada Shayne Corson
Soviet Union Igor Vyazmikin

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
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Poland 7 6 1 0 46 17 +29 12 4–3 12–1 4–2 3–0 8–9 9–2 6–0
2  Norway 7 5 1 1 54 18 +36 11 3–4 10–6 4–4 8–0 12–0 4–3 13–1
3  Austria 7 5 2 0 42 35 +7 10 1–12 6–10 4–3 6–5 8–0 9–3 8–2
4  Romania 7 3 2 2 32 28 +4 8 2–4 4–4 3–4 7–5 6–5 4–4 6–2
5  Japan 7 3 4 0 35 31 +4 6 0–3 0–8 5–6 5–7 6–5 7–2 12–0
6  Netherlands 7 3 4 0 30 43 −13 6 9–8 0–12 0–8 5–6 5–6 4–2 7–1
7  Italy 7 1 5 1 26 40 −14 3 2–9 3–4 3–9 4–4 2–7 2–4 10–3
8  Bulgaria 7 0 7 0 9 62 −53 0 0–6 1–13 2–8 2–6 0–12 1–7 3–10
Source: [citation needed]

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
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  France 5 4 0 1 52 13 +39 9 4–4 14–2 11–4 10–2 13–1
2  Denmark 5 3 0 2 29 16 +13 8 4–4 10–4 4–2 7–2 4–4
3  Great Britain 5 3 2 0 20 32 −12 6 2–14 4–10 6–4 4–2 4–2
4  China 5 2 3 0 23 27 −4 4 4–11 2–4 4–6 6–4 7–2
5  Hungary 5 1 4 0 16 32 −16 2 2–10 2–7 2–4 4–6 6–5
6  Belgium 5 0 4 1 14 34 −20 1 1–13 4–4 2–4 2–7 5–6
Source: [citation needed]

France was promoted to Pool B for 1987.

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_World_Junior_Ice_Hockey_Championships
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