Results
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 6 |
 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 6 |
 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 2 |
 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 0 |
Rossiya Tournament 1986 in bandy was played in Irkutsk in the period 11-16 January 1986, and was won by the Soviet Union. Beside the usual national teams there was also a temporary team representing the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the biggest state of the Soviet Union; the regular Russia national team was set up six years later, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The tournament was decided by round-robin results like a group stage.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 6 |
| | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 0 |
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