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

Dates:13 – 23 August
Num Teams:15
Confederations:4
Venues: Spain
Cities:Madrid
Count:1
Matches:49
Goals:797
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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]

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

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Groups formed

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

First round

width=10px bgcolor=#aaffaaQualified for places 1–8, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group E and F)
width=10px bgcolor=#ddffddQualified for places 9–16, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group G and H)

Group A

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
1.63 3 0 0 24 20 +4
2.43 2 0 1 35 19 +16
3.23 1 0 2 29 18 +9
4.03 0 0 3 13 44 –29
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align=right 7 – 5align=left
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Group B

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
1.3 2 1 1 0 23 15 +8
2.32 1 1 0 23 21 +2
3.02 0 0 2 14 24 –10

Group C

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
1.63 3 0 0 26 14 +12
2.43 2 0 1 18 20 –2
3.23 1 0 2 17 21 –4
4.03 0 0 3 15 21 –6
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align=right 9 – 6align=left
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Group D

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
1.63 3 0 0 38 17 +21
2.43 2 0 1 36 27 +9
3.13 0 1 2 25 40 –15
4.13 0 1 2 19 34 –15
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Second round

width=10px bgcolor=#aaffaaQualified for places 1–4 in a knockout system with 3rd place game.
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccWill play for places 5–8 in a round robin group. (Group I)
width=10px bgcolor=#eeffeeWill play for places 9–12 in a round robin group. (Group J)
width=10pxWill play for places 13–16 in a round robin group (Group K)

Group E

TeamPointsGWDL.GFGADiff
1.53 2 1 0 29 22 +7
2.43 2 0 1 22 22 0
3.33 1 1 1 30 31 –1
4.0 3 0 0 3 24 30 –6
Preliminary round results apply.
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Group F

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
1.53 2 1 0 26 23 +3
2.43 2 0 1 30 22 +8
3.23 1 0 2 27 23 +4
4.03 0 1 2 14 29 –15
Preliminary round results apply.
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Group G

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
1.42 2 0 0 23 8 +15
2.22 1 0 1 17 8 +9
3.02 0 0 2 3 27 –24
Preliminary round results apply.

Group H

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
1.532102016+4
2.331112320+3
3.231021619–3
4.231021418–4
Preliminary round results apply.
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Final round

13th – 15th places (Group L)

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
13.align=left 3 2 1 1 0 16 12 +4
14.align=left 2 2 1 0 1 12 14 –2
15.align=left 1 2 0 1 1 14 16 –2
Results of previous rounds apply.

9th – 12th places (Group K)

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
9.63 3 0 0 29 25 +4
10.43 2 0 1 27 16 +11
11.13 0 1 2 24 30 –6
12.13 0 1 2 22 31 –9
Results of previous rounds apply.
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5th – 8th places (Group J)

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
5.432013724+13
6.432012927+2
7.331112729–2
8.130121528–13
Results of previous rounds apply.
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Semifinals

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Yugoslavia 9–8
Italy 8–7

Bronze match

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Soviet Union 8–6

Final

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Yugoslavia 12–11

Final ranking

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Team roster 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

References

  1. mwch. dmy .
  2. https://www.fina.org/competitions/1086/5th-fina-world-championships-1986/results?disciplines=WP&event=a131b9c4-c8c3-432f-bc57-780484a12a66&unit=final-standings 5th FINA World Championships 1986, Madrid - Water polo Men

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