The 1986

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took place in the

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from 12 to 28 April. The games were played at the

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and the

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, 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

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. 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,

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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)

First round

Final Round

Consolation round

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, needing a win of four goals or more on the final day, tied, and were relegated''

World Championship Group B (Netherlands)

Played in

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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

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. 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. Tie breaking format
reference in addition

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for how four way ties are broken. ''Switzerland was promoted to Group A. Yugoslavia and Japan were relegated to Group C.''

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

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was relegated to Group D.''

Group 2

''Australia was relegated to Group D.''

Final Round

''Norway and China were both promoted to Group B.''

Consolation round

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

*Best players selected by the directorate: **Best

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: Peter Lindmark **Best

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**Best

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*Media All-Star Team: **Goaltender: Peter Lindmark **Defence: Viacheslav Fetisov,

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**Forwards: Vladimir Krutov,

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, Sergei Makarov

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to

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European championships final standings

The final standings of the

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according to

Scoring leaders

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

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Leading goaltenders

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Citations

References

* {{IIHF Ice Hockey European Championships IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

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