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 medal was the first for the Americans in tournament history.

1986 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
DatesDecember 26 – January 4
Teams8
Venue(s)15 (in 15 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union (7th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  United States
Fourth place Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored246 (8.79 per match)
Attendance154,172 (5,506 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Shayne Corson
(14 points)
← 1985
1987 →

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
 Soviet Union 7700421414
 Canada 7520542110
 United States 743035268
4 Czechoslovakia 743030208
5 Sweden 743026238
6 Finland 734031236
7  Switzerland 716019542
8 West Germany 70709650

West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1987.

Results
December 26, 1985Canada 12–1  SwitzerlandHamilton
December 26, 1985Soviet Union 7–3 United StatesLondon
December 26, 1985Sweden 2–0 FinlandOrillia
December 26, 1985Czechoslovakia 9–3 West GermanyNewmarket
December 27, 1985Canada 18–2 West GermanyKitchener
December 27, 1985Finland 9–2  SwitzerlandSt. Catharines
December 27, 1985Soviet Union 6–1 SwedenOshawa
December 27, 1985United States 5–2 CzechoslovakiaHamilton
December 29, 1985Canada 5–2 United StatesHamilton
December 29, 1985Soviet Union 7–3  SwitzerlandGuelph
December 29, 1985Sweden 3–2 CzechoslovakiaStratford
December 29, 1985Finland 7–2 West GermanyToronto
December 30, 1985Canada 9–2 SwedenHamilton
December 30, 1985Czechoslovakia 7–2  SwitzerlandDundas
December 30, 1985Soviet Union 10–0 West GermanyKitchener
December 30, 1985Finland 7–5 United StatesOshawa
January 1, 1986Canada 6–5 FinlandToronto
January 1, 1986Soviet Union 4–3 CzechoslovakiaLondon
January 1, 1986United States 4–1 West GermanyHamilton
January 1, 1986Sweden 7–1  SwitzerlandOakville
January 2, 1986Soviet Union 4–1 CanadaHamilton
January 2, 1986Czechoslovakia 2–0 FinlandBrantford
January 2, 1986Sweden 10–0 West GermanyHalton Hills
January 2, 1986United States 11–3  SwitzerlandNiagara Falls
January 4, 1986Czechoslovakia 5–3 CanadaHamilton
January 4, 1986United States 5–1 SwedenHamilton
January 4, 1986Switzerland  7–1 West GermanyBrantford
January 4, 1986Soviet Union 4–3 FinlandHamilton

Scoring leaders
Rank Player Country G A Pts
1Shayne Corson Canada7714
2Joe Murphy Canada41014
3Valeri Kamensky Soviet Union7613
4Joe Nieuwendyk Canada7512
4Jim Sandlak Canada7512
4Radek Ťoupal Czechoslovakia7512
7Stephen Leach United States6511
8Jiří Kučera Czechoslovakia5510
8Michal Pivoňka Czechoslovakia5510
8Igor Vyazmikin Soviet Union5510

Tournament awards
IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia 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
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1 Poland 76104617124–312–14–23–08–99–26–0
2 Norway 75115418113–410–64–48–012–04–313–1
3 Austria 75204235101–126–104–36–58–09–38–2
4 Romania 7322322882–44–43–47–56–54–46–2
5 Japan 7340353160–30–85–65–76–57–212–0
6 Netherlands 7340304369–80–120–85–65–64–27–1
7 Italy 7151264032–93–43–94–42–72–410–3
8 Bulgaria 707096200–61–132–82–60–121–73–10

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
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1 France 5401521394–414–211–410–213–1
2 Denmark 5302291684–410–44–27–24–4
3 Great Britain 5320203262–144–106–44–24–2
4 China 5230232744–112–44–66–47–2
5 Hungary 5140163222–102–72–44–66–5
6 Belgium 5041143411–134–42–42–75–6

France was promoted to Pool B for 1987.

References
  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
  • 1986 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • Results at Passionhockey.com
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