Football at the 1986 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR explained

Tourney Name:1986 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR football tournament
Size:150px
Country:Ukrainian SSR
Dates:9 July – 27 July
Num Teams:17
Venues:6
Cities:6
Champion Other: Ukrainian SSR
Count:1
Second Other: Uzbek SSR
Third Other: Moscow
Fourth Other: Moldavian SSR
Matches:44
Goals:150
Prevseason:1983
Nextseason:1991

See also: Football at the Spartakiads of Peoples of the USSR. The football tournament at the 1986 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR was a preparatory competition for the Soviet Union Olympic football team among the Olympic reserves. The competition took place on July 9 through July 27, 1986 as part of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.

The competition included footballers under 21 years of age (born between 1965 and 1968). All participating teams at first were split in four groups with top two team in each of them advancing to the next round forming two semifinal groups of four in each. Depending on their standing in their groups, teams would play off with another team that placed the same place in another group.

Competition

Preliminary games

All times local (UTC+3)

Group 1 (Nikopol and Ordzhonikidze)

Team
RSFSR4400142+128
Leningrad421172+55
Estonia421178−15
Armenia410336-32
Kyrgyzia4004215-130

Leningrad finished second ahead of Estonia based on their goal difference.

Group 2 (Zaporizhia)
Team
Moscow312080+84
Kazakhstan312062+44
Georgia30303303
Tajikistan3012315-121

Moscow finished first ahead of Kazakhstan based on their goal difference.

Group 3 (Donetsk)
Team
Ukraine330041+36
Uzbekistan311174+33
Belorussia310248−42
Azerbaijan301213-21
Group 4 (Kharkiv)
Team
Latvia32014404
Moldavia311142+23
Lithuania31112203
Turkmenia310214-32

Moldavia finished second ahead of Lithuania based on their goal difference.

Semifinals groups

Group A (Nikopol and Ordzhonikidze)
Team
Ukraine3300102+86
Moldavia320142+24
RSFSR310242+22
Kazakhstan3003214-120
Group B (Zaporizhia)
Team
Uzbekistan321070+75
Moscow312081+74
Latvia3102314−112
Leningrad301225-31

Final playoffs

1986 Champions  - Ukrainian SSR

Further reading

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