# 1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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 |
West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1987.

## Results
### 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 | Yevgeni Belosheikin | Yevgeni Belosheikin |
| Defencemen | Mikhail Tatarinov | Sylvain Côté Mikhail Tatarinov |
| Forwards | Jim Sandlak | Michal Pivoňka Shayne Corson 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 | |
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 | |
France was promoted to Pool B for 1987.