1986 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1986 IIHF European U18 Championship was the nineteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.
==Group A==
Played from April 3-9, in Düsseldorf, Ratingen, and Krefeld, West Germany. On the final day of the tournament, the Soviets played to a four all draw with the Swedes, leaving them in fourth place, out of the medals. In the twenty-four years that the Soviets played at the European Juniors (1968 to 1991), this is one and only time they finished out of the medals.Soviets miss the podium
=== First round ===
;Group 1
Team	FIN 	SWE 	NOR 	ROM 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	6:0 	13:4	18:1	37:5 	6
2. 	0:6 	 	3:3 	23:1	28:10	3
3. 	4:13	3:3 	 	8:5 	15:21	3
4. 	1:18	1:23	5:8 	 	7:49 	0
;Group 2
Team	TCH	URS 	FRG 	SUI	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	3:3 	9:0 	9:3	21:6 	5
2. 	3:3	 	10:1	5:2	18:6 	5
3. 	0:9	1:10	 	9:2	10:21	2
4. 	3:9	2:5 	2:9 	 	7:23 	0
===Final round=== 
;Championship round
Team	FIN 	SWE 	TCH 	URS 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	(6:0)	4:4 	10:5 	20:9 	5
2. 	(0:6)	 	4:3 	4:4 	8:13 	3
3. 	4:4 	3:4 	 	(3:3)	10:11	2
4. 	5:10 	4:4 	(3:3)	 	12:17	2
;Placing round
Team	FRG 	SUI 	NOR 	ROM 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	(9:2)	3:2 	6:3 	18:7 	6
2. 	(2:9)	 	4:2 	7:2 	13:13	4
3. 	2:3 	2:4 	 	(8:5)	12:12	2
4. 	3:6 	2:7 	(5:8)	 	10:21	0
Romania was relegated to Group B for 1987.
==Tournament Awards==
*Top Scorer Tero Toivola (17 points)
*Top Goalie: Radek Toth
*Top Defenceman:Kari Harila
*Top Forward: Morgan Samuelsson
==Group B==
Played from March 16 to 22, 1986, in Aosta, Italy.
=== First round===
;Group 1
Team	DEN	FRA 	NED	ITA 	GF/Ga	Points
1. 	 	6:2 	6:2	5:3 	17:7 	6
2. 	2:6	 	0:4	10:0	12:10	2
3. 	2:6	4:0 	 	3:6 	9:12 	2
4. 	3:5	0:10	6:3	 	9:18 	2
;Group 2
Team	POL	BUL	YUG	AUT	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	8:2	9:1	8:1	25:4 	6
2. 	2:8	 	9:5	4:2	15:15	4
3. 	1:9	5:9	 	8:3	14:21	2
4. 	1:8	2:4	3:8	 	6:20 	0
===Final round === 
;Championship round
Team	POL 	DEN 	FRA 	BUL 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	15:3 	12:2 	(8:2)	35:7 	6
2. 	3:15 	 	(6:2)	7:5 	16:22	4
3. 	2:12 	(2:6)	 	4:3 	8:21 	2
4. 	(2:8)	5:7 	3:4 	 	10:19	0
;Placing round
Team	ITA 	YUG 	AUT 	NED 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	5:0 	2:2 	(6:3)	13:5 	5
2. 	0:5 	 	(8:3)	8:5 	16:13	4
3. 	2:2 	(3:8)	 	5:3 	10:13	3
4. 	(3:6)	5:8 	3:5 	 	11:19	0
Poland was promoted to Group A and the Netherlands were relegated to Group C, for 1987.
==Group C==
Played December 28 to January 2, in Barcelona Spain.
Team	GBR 	HUN 	ESP 	GF/GA	Points
1. 	 	3:43:1	5:36:3	17:11	6
2. 	4:31:3	 	1:43:2	9:12 	4
3. 	3:53:6	4:12:3	 	12:15	2
Great Britain was promoted to Group B for 1987.
==References==
*Complete results
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Category:1986 in hockey
Category:European Junior Championships