1986 Ice Hockey World Championships

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox international ice hockey competition The 1986 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in the Soviet Union from 12 to 28 April. The games were played at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports and the CSKA Ice Palace in Moscow, and eight teams took part. Each team played each other once, and then The four best teams then played each other once more with no results carrying over, and the other four teams played each other again to determine ranking and relegation. This was the 51st World Championships, and also the 62nd ice hockey European Championships. The reigning world champions from Czechoslovakia finished fifth, and the Soviet Union became World Champions for the 20th time, and also won their 24th European Championship. In the European Championship, only mutual games between European teams in the first round were counted. For the disappointing Czechoslovaks, this was the first time since 1967 that they had finished out of the medals, and their worst result outside the Olympics since 1937.

Attracting little notice at the time, Brett Hull made his debut in international hockey for the United States. It would appear that if Canadian coach Dave King had invited him to play in Moscow, the college student with dual citizenship, would have happily chosen a different path. Instead he chose to accept coach Dave Peterson's offer to compete for the Americans.

World Championship Group A (Soviet Union)

Consolation round

Poland, needing a win of four goals or more on the final day, tied, and were relegated Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

World Championship Group B (Netherlands)

Played in Eindhoven 20–29 March. The Swiss, narrowly failing to gain promotion in last year's tournament, made no mistake this year, losing only in a final meaningless game against East Germany. On the last day of competition, four different nations were in danger of relegation, with a myriad of tie breaking scenarios.

Depending on the results of the final day, two of Austria, Japan, the Netherlands, and Yugoslavia would be relegated. In the first game Yugoslavia played Japan with the loser being relegated. A five to zero score relegated Japan. In the next game, Italy beat France, assuring the Austrians of safety from relegation. The Dutch had their fate in their own hands in the last game, a win and they would remain, a loss and they would be relegated. The unfortunate Yugoslavian team had to watch all day and hope, a hope dashed by a Dutch three to two win over Austria. Switzerland was promoted to Group A. Yugoslavia and Japan were relegated to Group C. Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

World Championship Group C (Spain)

Played in Puigcerda 23 March to 1 April.

First round

Group C was expanded this year, ten teams were divided into two groups of five. The top two from each group played off for first, while third and fourth places played off for fifth through eighth. Mutual games from the first round were carried forward and counted in the second round. The two last place teams were relegated to the first Group D.

Group 1

South Korea was relegated to Group D. Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

Group 2

Australia was relegated to Group D. Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

Final Round

Norway and China were both promoted to Group B. Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

Ranking and statistics

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Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Template:Flagicon Peter Lindmark
  • Best Defenceman: Template:Flagicon Viacheslav Fetisov
  • Best Forward: Template:Flagicon Vladimir Krutov
• Media All-Star Team:
  • Goaltender: Template:Flagicon Peter Lindmark
  • Defence: Template:Flagicon Viacheslav Fetisov, Template:Flagicon Alexei Kasatonov
  • Forwards: Template:Flagicon Vladimir Krutov, Template:Flagicon Igor Larionov, Template:Flagicon Sergei Makarov

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Sweden
	Canada
4	Finland
5	Czechoslovakia
6	United States
7	West Germany
8	Poland

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

File:Gold medal icon.svg	Soviet Union
File:Silver medal icon.svg	Sweden
File:Bronze medal icon.svg	Finland
4	West Germany
5	Poland
6	Czechoslovakia

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Template:Flagicon Sergei Makarov	10	4	14	18	+21	12	F
Template:Flagicon Vladimir Krutov	10	7	10	17	+23	14	F
Template:Flagicon Viacheslav Fetisov	10	6	9	15	+20	10	D
Template:Flagicon Vladimír Růžička	10	4	11	15	+15	6	F
Template:Flagicon Jiří Hrdina	10	7	5	12	+14	12	F
Template:Flagicon Vyacheslav Bykov	10	6	6	12	+6	2	F
Template:Flagicon Anders Carlsson	10	6	6	12	+5	12	F
Template:Flagicon Thomas Steen	8	8	3	11	+13	16	F
Template:Flagicon Brett Hull	10	7	4	11	+1	16	F
Template:Flagicon Brent Sutter	8	4	7	11	+2	8	F

Source: [1]

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 50% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	MIP	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Template:Flagicon Yevgeni Belosheikin	420	11	1.57	.915	2
Template:Flagicon Dominik Hašek	538	19	2.12	.901	0
Template:Flagicon Chris Terreri	286	20	4.20	.895	1
Template:Flagicon Jacques Cloutier	298	15	3.02	.893	0
Template:Flagicon Hannu Kamppuri	299	16	3.21	.880	0

Source: [2]