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.

West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1987.

Tournament all-stars

 * Goaltender Evgeny Belosheikin
 * Defence 🇨🇦 Sylvain Côté
 * Defence Mikhail Tatarinov
 * Forward 🇨🇦 Shayne Corson
 * Forward Igor Viazmikin
 * Forward Michal Pivonka