# 1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1985 WJHC) was the ninth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held mainly in Turku and Helsinki, Finland. Canada won the gold medal, its second championship, Czechoslovakia silver and the Soviet Union bronze.

## Final standings

The 1985 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 | Canada | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 12 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 12 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 10 |
| 4 | Finland | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 10 |
| 5 | Sweden | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 6 |
| 6 | United States | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 4 |
| 7 | West Germany | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 44 | −35 | 1 |
| 8 | Poland | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 59 | −49 | 1 |
Poland was relegated to Pool B for 1986.

## Results
### Scoring leaders

| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
| 1 | Esa Keskinen | Finland | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | Esa Tikkanen | Finland | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 3 | Brian Bradley | Canada | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Peter Andersson | Sweden | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 5 | Mikko Mäkelä | Finland | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Michal Pivoňka | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Adam Creighton | Canada | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Sergei Novosyolov | Soviet Union | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 9 | Alexander Semak | Soviet Union | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Ravil Khaidarov | Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 9 |

### Tournament awards

| | IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team |
| Goaltender | Craig Billington | Timo Lehkonen |
| Defencemen | Vesa Salo | Bobby Dollas Mikhail Tatarinov |
| Forwards | Michal Pivoňka | Michal Pivoňka Esa Tikkanen Mikko Mäkelä |

## Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Sapporo Japan from March 15 to 24. 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 | Switzerland | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 14 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 20–7 | 6–1 | 7–1 | 8–6 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 14 | +33 | 11 | 4–5 | | 4–4 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 7–1 | 12–1 |
| 3 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 9 | 3–5 | 4–4 | | 10–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–5 | 6–3 |
| 4 | Austria | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 7 | 7–20 | 1–8 | 3–10 | | 5–5 | 3–2 | 7–6 | 4–2 |
| 5 | Norway | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 5 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 5–5 | | 1–2 | 7–1 | 7–6 |
| 6 | Italy | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 4 | 1–7 | 1–7 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 5–3 | 1–2 |
| 7 | Romania | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 3 | 6–8 | 1–7 | 5–3 | 6–7 | 1–7 | 3–5 | | 5–5 |
| 8 | France | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 3 | 0–7 | 1–12 | 3–6 | 2–4 | 6–7 | 2–1 | 5–5 | |
Switzerland was promoted to Pool A and France was relegated to Pool C for 1986.

## Pool C

This tournament took place in Belgium from February 22 to 27. It was played in Brussels, Heist-op-den-Berg, Liège, Geel, Deurne and Antwerp.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | | |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 10 | | 3–2 | 11–9 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 12 | +23 | 8 | 2–3 | | 6–1 | 10–2 | 11–2 | 6–4 |
| 3 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 5 | 9–11 | 1–6 | | 5–5 | 11–1 | 6–4 |
| 4 | Denmark | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 5 | 1–5 | 2–10 | 5–5 | | 8–1 | 4–3 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 37 | −27 | 2 | 1–4 | 2–11 | 1–11 | 1–8 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Spain | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 0 | 4–5 | 4–6 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 3–5 | |
Bulgaria was promoted to Pool B for 1986.
^ A. While Total Hockey lists Denmark in their standings, passionhockey.com states that this was a Netherlands team that does not count in the standings. The IIHF encyclopedia does not include Denmark in the 1985 standings.