Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Klagenfurt Austria from March 13 to 22. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.
- Standings
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 4 - 3 | 12 - 1 | 4 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 8 - 9 | 9 - 2 | 6 -0 | ||
| 2 | Norway | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 18 | 11 | 3 - 4 | 10 - 6 | 4 - 4 | 8 - 0 | 12 - 0 | 4 - 3 | 13 - 1 | ||
| 3 | Austria | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 35 | 10 | 1 - 12 | 6 - 10 | 4 - 3 | 6 - 5 | 8 - 0 | 9 - 3 | 8 - 2 | ||
| 4 | Romania | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 2 - 4 | 4 - 4 | 3 - 4 | 7 - 5 | 6 - 5 | 4 - 4 | 6 - 2 | ||
| 5 | Japan | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 8 | 5 - 6 | 5 - 7 | 6 - 5 | 7 - 2 | 12 - 0 | ||
| 6 | Netherlands | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 43 | 6 | 9 - 8 | 0 - 12 | 0 - 8 | 5 - 6 | 5 - 6 | 4 - 2 | 7 - 1 | ||
| 7 | Italy | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 40 | 3 | 2 - 9 | 3 - 4 | 3 - 9 | 4 - 4 | 2 - 7 | 2 - 4 | 10 - 3 | ||
| 8 | Bulgaria | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 62 | 0 | 0 - 6 | 1 - 13 | 2 - 8 | 2 - 6 | 0 - 12 | 1 - 7 | 3 - 10 |
Poland was promoted to Pool A and Bulgaria was relegated to Pool C for 1987.
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