1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


The 1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 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 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.
RankTeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
7700421414
7520542110
743035268
4743030208
5743026238
6734031236
7716019542
870709650

West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1987.

Results

Scoring leaders

Tournament awards

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
RankTeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
176104617124 - 312 - 14 - 23 - 08 - 99 - 26 -0
275115418113 - 410 - 64 - 48 - 012 - 04 - 313 - 1
375204235101 - 126 - 104 - 36 - 58 - 09 - 38 - 2
47322322882 - 44 - 43 - 47 - 56 - 54 - 46 - 2
57340353160 - 30 - 85 - 65 - 76 - 57 - 212 - 0
67340304369 - 80 - 120 - 85 - 65 - 64 - 27 - 1
77151264032 - 93 - 43 - 94 - 42 - 72 - 410 - 3
8707096200 - 61 - 132 - 82 - 60 - 121 - 73 - 10
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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
RankTeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
15401521394 - 414 - 211 - 410 - 213 - 1
25302291684 - 410 - 44 - 27 - 24 - 4
35320203262 - 144 - 106 - 44 - 24 - 2
45230232744 - 112 - 44 - 66 - 47 - 2
55140163222 - 102 - 72 - 44 - 66 - 5
65041143411 - 134 - 42 - 42 - 75 - 6
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France was promoted to Pool B for 1987.