The 1986 IIHF European U18 Championship''' was the nineteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.

Group A Played from April 3–9, in Düsseldorf, Ratingen, and Krefeld, West Germany. On the final day of the tournament, the Soviets played to a four all draw with the Swedes, leaving them in fourth place, out of the medals. In the twenty-four years that the Soviets played at the European Juniors (1968 to 1991), this is one and only time they finished out of the medals.Soviets miss the podium

First round Group 1 Team FIN SWE NOR ROM GF/GA Points 1. 6:0 13:4 18:1 37:5 6 2. 0:6 3:3 23:1 26:10 3 3. 4:13 3:3 8:5 15:21 3 4. 1:18 1:23 5:8 7:49 0

Group 2 Team TCH URS FRG SUI GF/GA Points 1. 3:3 9:0 9:3 21:6 5 2. 3:3 10:1 5:2 18:6 5 3. 0:9 1:10 9:2 10:21 2 4. 3:9 2:5 2:9 7:23 0

Final round Championship round Team FIN SWE TCH URS GF/GA Points 1. (6:0) 4:4 10:5 20:9 5 2. (0:6) 4:3 4:4 8:13 3 3. 4:4 3:4 (3:3) 10:11 2 4. 5:10 4:4 (3:3) 12:17 2

Placing round Team FRG SUI NOR ROM GF/GA Points 1. (9:2) 3:2 6:3 18:7 6 2. (2:9) 4:2 7:2 13:13 4 3. 2:3 2:4 (8:5) 12:12 2 4. 3:6 2:7 (5:8) 10:21 0Romania was relegated to Group B for 1987.Tournament Awards Top Scorer Tero Toivola (17 points) Top Goalie: Radek Tóth Top Defenceman:Kari Harila Top Forward: Morgan Samuelsson

Group B Played from March 16 to 22, 1986, in Aoste Italy.

First round Group 1 Team DEN FRA NED ITA GF/Ga Points 1. 6:2 6:2 5:3 17:7 6 2. 2:6 0:4 10:0 12:10 2 3. 2:6 4:0 3:6 9:12 2 4. 3:5 0:10 6:3 9:18 2

Group 2 Team POL BUL YUG AUT GF/GA Points 1. 8:2 9:1 8:1 25:4 6 2. 2:8 9:5 4:2 15:15 4 3. 1:9 5:9 8:3 14:21 2 4. 1:8 2:4 3:8 6:20 0

Final round Championship round Team POL DEN FRA BUL GF/GA Points 1. 15:3 12:2 (8:2) 35:7 6 2. 3:15 (6:2) 7:5 16:22 4 3. 2:12 (2:6) 4:3 8:21 2 4. (2:8) 5:7 3:4 10:19 0

Placing round Team ITA YUG AUT NED GF/GA Points 1. 5:0 2:2 (6:3) 13:5 5 2. 0:5 (8:3) 8:5 16:13 4 3. 2:2 (3:8) 5:3 10:13 3 4. (3:6) 5:8 3:5 11:19 0Poland was promoted to Group A and the Netherlands were relegated to Group C, for 1987.Group C Played December 28 to January 2, in Barcelona Spain. Team GBR HUN ESP GF/GA Points 1. 3:43:1 5:36:3 17:11 6 2. 4:31:3 1:43:2 9:12 4 3. 3:53:6 4:12:3 12:15 2Great Britain was promoted to Group B for 1987.''

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Complete results