1986 World Championship

The 1986 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in the Soviet Union from 12 April to 28 April. The games were played at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, and eight teams took part. Each team played each other once, and then the four best teams played each other again. 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 twentieth time, and also won their 24th European Championship. In the European Championship, only games between European teams are counted.

World Championship Group A (Soviet Union)[]

First Round[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	0	32 - 09	14
2	Sweden	7	5	1	1	34 - 18	11
3	Finland	7	4	2	1	28 - 18	10
4	Canada	7	3	0	4	24 - 22	6
5	Czechoslovakia	7	2	1	4	17 - 17	5
6	United States of America	7	2	0	5	27 - 28	4
7	Federal Republic of Germany	7	2	0	5	17 - 39	4
8	Poland	7	1	0	6	15 - 43	2

12 April
	Canada	8-3	Federal Republic of Germany

12 April
	Finland	5-4	United States of America

12 April
	Poland	2-1	Czechoslovakia

12 April
	Soviet Union	4-2	Sweden

13 April
	Sweden	4-1	Canada

13 April
	United States of America	7-2	Poland

13 April
	Soviet Union	4-1	Finland

13 April
	Federal Republic of Germany	4-3	Czechoslovakia

15 April
	Sweden	3-2	Czechoslovakia

15 April
	Soviet Union	7-2	Poland

15 April
	United States of America	9-2	Federal Republic of Germany

15 April
	Finland	3-2	Canada

16 April
	Canada	8-3	Poland

16 April
	Finland	1-1	Czechoslovakia

16 April
	Soviet Union	4-1	Federal Republic of Germany

16 April
	Sweden	5-2	United States of America

17 April
	Soviet Union	4-0	Canada

17 April
	Czechoslovakia	5-2	United States of America

17 April
	Finland	4-2	Poland

17 April
	Sweden	4-2	Federal Republic of Germany

18 April
	Sweden	12-3	Poland

18 April
	Finland	10-1	Federal Republic of Germany

19 April
	Canada	4-2	United States of America

19 April
	Soviet Union	4-2	Czechoslovakia

20 April
	Federal Republic of Germany	4-1	Poland

20 April
	Sweden	4-4	Finland

22 April
	Czechoslovakia	3-1	Canada

22 April
	Soviet Union	5-1	United States of America

Final Round[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	18 - 06	6
2	Sweden	3	1	1	1	12 - 12	3
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	13 - 16	2
4	Finland	3	0	1	2	07 - 16	1

24 April
	Soviet Union	7-4	Canada

24 April
	Sweden	4-4	Finland

26 April
	Sweden	6-5	Canada

26 April
	Soviet Union	8-0	Finland

28 April
	Canada	4-3	Finland

28 April
	Soviet Union	3-2	Sweden

Consolation Round[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
5	Czechoslovakia	10	5	1	4	38 - 21	11
6	United States	10	4	0	6	41 - 43	8
7	West Germany	10	2	1	7	23 - 52	5
8	Poland	10	1	1	8	26 - 63	3

23 April
	Czechoslovakia	8-1	Poland

23 April
	United States of America	5-0	Federal Republic of Germany

25 April
	United States of America	7-5	Poland

25 April
	Czechoslovakia	3-1	Federal Republic of Germany

27 April
	Czechoslovakia	10-2	United States of America

27 April
	Federal Republic of Germany	5-5	Poland

World Championship Group B (Netherlands)[]

	Team	Games	Won	Lost	Points difference	Points
9	Switzerland	7	6	1	38 - 20	12
10	Italy	7	4	3	21 - 18	8
11	East Germany	7	4	3	25 - 21	8
12	France	7	3	4	22 - 25	6
13	Netherlands	7	3	4	25 - 32	6
14	Austria	7	3	4	24 - 27	6
15	Yugoslavia	7	3	4	24 - 25	6
16	Japan	7	2	5	15 - 26	4

20 March
	Netherlands	6-3	Yugoslavia

20 March
	East Germany	4-6	Austria

20 March
	Switzerland	4-1	Italy

20 March
	France	1-2	Japan

21 March
	Austria	1-6	Italy

21 March
	Japan	4-6	Switzerland

22 March
	Netherlands	3-4	France

22 March
	East Germany	4-2	Yugoslavia

23 March
	Switzerland	8-2	France

23 March
	Yugoslavia	2-5	Austria

23 March
	Netherlands	3-4	Japan

23 March
	East Germany	3-4	Italy

24 March
	Japan	0-1	Italy

24 March
	Austria	3-4	Switzerland

25 March
	France	5-6	Yugoslavia

25 March
	Netherlands	2-5	East Germany

26 March
	Italy	1-4	Yugoslavia

26 March
	Japan	3-4	East Germany

26 March
	France	6-1	Austria

26 March
	Netherlands	3-11	Switzerland

28 March
	East Germany	0-3	France

28 March
	Yugoslavia	2-4	Switzerland

28 March
	Japan	2-6	Austria

28 March
	Netherlands	5-3	Italy

29 March
	Yugoslavia	5-0	Japan

29 March
	Italy	5-1	France

29 March
	Switzerland	1-5	East Germany

29 March
	Netherlands	3-2	Austria

World Championship Group C (Spain)[]

First Round[]

Group 1[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Norway	4	4	0	0	42 - 07	8
2	Romania	4	3	0	1	26 - 09	6
3	Denmark	4	2	0	2	18 - 13	4
4	Spain	4	0	1	3	08 - 32	1
5	South Korea	4	0	1	3	05 - 38	1

23 March
	Norway	18-3	Spain

23 March
	Romania	13-0	South Korea

24 March
	Norway	11-1	South Korea

24 March
	Romania	5-1	Denmark

26 March
	South Korea	1-11	Denmark

26 March
	Romania	5-2	Spain

27 March
	Norway	7-0	Denmark

27 March
	Spain	3-3	South Korea

29 March
	Denmark	6-0	Spain

29 March
	Norway	6-3	Romania

Group 2[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	China	4	3	1	0	35 - 04	7
2	Bulgaria	4	3	0	1	13 - 16	6
3	North Korea	4	1	1	2	08 - 15	3
4	Hungary	4	1	1	2	17 - 14	3
5	Australia	4	0	1	3	09 - 33	1

23 March
	China	15-0	Australia

23 March
	Hungary	2-4	North Korea

24 March
	Australia	3-11	Hungary

24 March
	China	9-1	Bulgaria

26 March
	North Korea	1-9	China

26 March
	Australia	4-5	Bulgaria

27 March
	North Korea	2-2	Australia

27 March
	Bulgaria	5-2	Hungary

29 March
	Bulgaria	2-1	North Korea

29 March
	Hungary	2-2	China

Final Round[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
17	Norway	3	2	1	0	19 - 07	5
18	China	3	2	1	0	16 - 07	5
19	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	09 - 23	2
20	Romania	3	0	0	3	10 - 17	0

30 March
	Norway	10-1	Bulgaria

30 March
	China	4-3	Romania

01 April
	Bulgaria	7-4	Romania

01 April
	Norway	3-3	China

Consolation Round[]

	Team	Games	Won	Lost	Points difference	Points
21	Denmark	3	3	0	20 - 05	6
22	Hungary	3	1	2	16 - 17	2
23	North Korea	3	1	2	10 - 14	2
24	Spain	3	1	2	11 - 21	2

30 March
	Denmark	8-4	Hungary

30 March
	Spain	6-5	North Korea

01 April
	Spain	5-10	Hungary

01 April
	Denmark	6-1	North Korea

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
25	South Korea	1	1	0	0	09 - 07	2
26	Australia	1	0	0	1	07 - 09	0

31 March
	South Korea	9-7	Australia

World Championship medal table[]

1986 World Championships Medal Table	Country
Gold	Soviet Union
Silver	Sweden
Bronze	Canada
4	Finland
5	Czechoslovakia
6	United States
7	Germany
8	Poland

European Championships medal table[]

1986 European Championships	Country
Gold	Soviet Union
Silver	Sweden
Bronze	Finland
4	Germany
5	Poland
6	Czechoslovakia