1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1986 WJHC) was the 10th 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
 	 	7 	7	0	0	42	14	14
 	 	7 	5	2	0	54	21	10
 	 	7 	4	3	0	35	26	8
4 	 	7 	4	3	0	30	20	8
5 	 	7 	4	3	0	26	23	8
6 	 	7 	3	4	0	31	23	6
7 	 	7 	1	6	0	19	54	2
8 	 	7 	0	7	0	9 	65	0
West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1987.
==Results==
==Leading scorers==
  	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM
Shayne Corson 	 	7	7 	14 	
Joe Murphy 	 	4	10	14 	
Valeri Kamensky	 	7	6 	13 	
Jim Sandlak 	 	5	7 	12 	
Radek Toupal 	 	5	7 	12 	
==Tournament all-stars==
* Goaltender Evgeny Belosheikin
* Defence Sylvain Côté
* Defence Mikhail Tatarinov
* Forward Shayne Corson
* Forward Igor Viazmikin
* Forward Michal Pivonka
==References==
* 
*1986 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
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Category:World Junior Championships