Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The 1986 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the fifth edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 13 to 23 August 1986, and was incorporated into the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Spain.^[1]

Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Spain (in Madrid host cities)
Dates	13 – 23 August
Teams	15 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	49
Goals scored	797 (16.27 per match)
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This was the only men's world championship to have featured fifteen teams instead of the usual sixteen. Yugoslavia won its first title by defeating Italy in the final. The Soviet Union, the defending champion, came third.

Participating teams

Americas	Europe	Oceania
Brazil  Canada  Cuba  United States	France  Greece  Hungary  Italy  Israel  Netherlands  Soviet Union  Spain  West Germany  Yugoslavia	Australia

Groups formed

Group A  Hungary  Israel  Italy  Spain

Group B  Australia  Cuba  Yugoslavia

Group C  Canada  France  Netherlands  West Germany

Group D  Brazil  Greece  Soviet Union  United States

First round

	Qualified for places 1–8, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group E and F)
	Qualified for places 9–16, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group G and H)

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	6	3	3	0	0	24	20	+4
2.	Spain	4	3	2	0	1	35	19	+16
3.	Hungary	2	3	1	0	2	29	18	+9
4.	Israel	0	3	0	0	3	13	44	–29

• 14 August 1986

Hungary	16 – 2	Israel
Italy	8 – 7	Spain

• 15 August 1986

Italy	9 – 8	Hungary
Spain	21 – 6	Israel

• 16 August 1986

Italy	7 – 5	Israel
Spain	7 – 5	Hungary

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	1	0	23	15	+8
2.	Cuba	3	2	1	1	0	23	21	+2
3.	Australia	0	2	0	0	2	14	24	–10

• 14 August 1986

Yugoslavia	12 – 4	Australia

• 15 August 1986

Cuba	12 – 10	Australia

• 16 August 1986

Yugoslavia	11 – 11	Cuba

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	West Germany	6	3	3	0	0	26	14	+12
2.	France	4	3	2	0	1	18	20	–2
3.	Canada	2	3	1	0	2	17	21	–4
4.	Netherlands	0	3	0	0	3	15	21	–6

• 14 August 1986

West Germany	8 – 3	Canada
France	5 – 4	Netherlands

• 15 August 1986

Canada	8 – 4	Netherlands
West Germany	10 – 4	France

• 16 August 1986

France	9 – 6	Canada
West Germany	8 – 7	Netherlands

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	United States	6	3	3	0	0	38	17	+21
2.	Soviet Union	4	3	2	0	1	36	27	+9
3.	Brazil	1	3	0	1	2	25	40	–15
4.	Greece	1	3	0	1	2	19	34	–15

• 14 August 1986

Soviet Union	16 – 10	Brazil
United States	13 – 3	Greece

• 15 August 1986

United States	15 – 6	Brazil
Soviet Union	12 – 7	Greece

• 16 August 1986

United States	10 – 8	Soviet Union
Brazil	9 – 9	Greece

Second round

	Qualified for places 1–4 in a knockout system with 3rd place game.
	Will play for places 5–8 in a round robin group. (Group I)
	Will play for places 9–12 in a round robin group. (Group J)
	Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group (Group K)

Group E

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L.	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	1	0	29	22	+7
2.	Italy	4	3	2	0	1	22	22	0
3.	Cuba	3	3	1	1	1	30	31	–1
4.	Spain	0	3	0	0	3	24	30	–6

Preliminary round results apply.

• 18 August 1986

Yugoslavia	10 – 6	Spain
Italy	9 – 7	Cuba

• 19 August 1986

Yugoslavia	8 – 5	Italy
Cuba	12 – 11	Spain

Group F

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	United States	5	3	2	1	0	26	23	+3
2.	Soviet Union	4	3	2	0	1	30	22	+8
3.	West Germany	2	3	1	0	2	27	23	+4
4.	France	0	3	0	1	2	14	29	–15

Preliminary round results apply.

• 18 August 1986

Soviet Union	13 – 4	France
United States	10 – 9	West Germany

• 19 August 1986

United States	6 – 6	France
Soviet Union	9 – 8	West Germany

Group G

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	4	2	2	0	0	23	8	+15
2.	Australia	2	2	1	0	1	17	8	+9
3.	Israel	0	2	0	0	2	3	27	–24

Preliminary round results apply.

• 18 August 1986

Australia	11 – 1	Israel

• 19 August 1986

Hungary	7 – 6	Australia

Group H

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Greece	5	3	2	1	0	20	16	+4
2.	Brazil	3	3	1	1	1	23	20	+3
3.	Canada	2	3	1	0	2	16	19	–3
4.	Netherlands	2	3	1	0	2	14	18	–4

Preliminary round results apply.

• 18 August 1986

Greece	5 – 3	Netherlands
Brazil	9 – 4	Canada

• 19 August 1986

Netherlands	7 – 5	Brazil
Greece	6 – 4	Canada

Final round

13th – 15th places (Group L)

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
13.	Canada	3	2	1	1	0	16	12	+4
14.	Netherlands	2	2	1	0	1	12	14	–2
15.	Israel	1	2	0	1	1	14	16	–2

Results of previous rounds apply.

• 21 August 1986

Netherlands	8 – 6	Israel

• 22 August 1986

Canada	8 – 8	Israel

9th – 12th places (Group K)

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
9.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	0	29	25	+4
10.	Australia	4	3	2	0	1	27	16	+11
11.	Greece	1	3	0	1	2	24	30	–6
12.	Brazil	1	3	0	1	2	22	31	–9

Results of previous rounds apply.

• 21 August 1986

Hungary	11 – 9	Brazil
Australia	10 – 5	Greece

• 22 August 1986

Australia	11 – 4	Brazil
Hungary	11 – 10	Greece

5th – 8th places (Group J)

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
5.	Spain	4	3	2	0	1	37	24	+13
6.	West Germany	4	3	2	0	1	29	27	+2
7.	Cuba	3	3	1	1	1	27	29	–2
8.	France	1	3	0	1	2	15	28	–13

Results of previous rounds apply.

• 21 August 1986

Spain	15 – 8	West Germany
Cuba	7 – 7	France

• 22 August 1986

Spain	11 – 4	France
West Germany	11 – 8	Cuba

Semifinals

Team #1	Res.	Team #2
Yugoslavia	9–8	Soviet Union
Italy	8–7	United States

Bronze match

Team #1	Res.	Team #2
Soviet Union	8–6	United States

Final

Team #1	Res.	Team #2
Yugoslavia	12–11	Italy

Final ranking

RANK[1] TEAM  Yugoslavia  Italy  Soviet Union 4.  United States 5.  Spain 6.  West Germany 7.  Cuba 8.  France 9.  Hungary 10.  Australia 11.  Greece 12.  Brazil 13.  Canada 14.  Netherlands 15.  Israel

1986 FINA Men's World champions  Yugoslavia First title Team roster [1] Dragan Andrić, Perica Bukić, Veselin Đuho, Milorad Krivokapić, Deni Lušić, Igor Milanović, Tomislav Paškvalin, Zoran Petrović, Andrija Popović, Dubravko Šimenc, Aleksandar Šoštar, Anto Vasović, Mirko Vičević.[1] Head coach: Ratko Rudić

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yugoslavia [2] Dragan Andrić Perica Bukić Veselin Đuho Milorad Krivokapić Deni Lušić Igor Milanović Tomislav Paškvalin Zoran Petrović Andrija Popović Dubravko Šimenc Aleksandar Šoštar Anto Vasović Mirko Vičević Head coach: Ratko Rudić	Italy [2] Gianni Averaimo Antonello Steardo Sandro Campagna Andrea Pisano Paolo Trapanese Massimiliano Ferretti Marco D'Altrui Paolo Caldarella Mario Fiorillo Ricardo Tempestini Francesco Porzio Stefano Postiglione Alfio Missagi Head coach: Federico "Fritz" Dennerlein	Soviet Union [2] Serghei Marcoci Nikolai Smirnov Yevgeny Sharonov Nikolay Sharafeyev Mikhail Ivanov Sergey Kotenko Dmitry Apanasenko Viktor Berendyuha Pavel Prokopchuk Yevgeny Grishin Sergey Naumov Giorgi Mshvenieradze Nurlan Mendygaliyev Head coach: Aleksandr Kabanov

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
2. 5th FINA World Championships 1986, Madrid - Water polo Men www.fina.org

External links

• 5th FINA World Championships 1986, Madrid - Water polo Men's Tournament www.fina.org
• Men Water Polo V World Championship 1986 Madrid www.todor66.com