Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Spain (in Madrid host cities)
Dates13 – 23 August
Teams15 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runner-up Italy
Third place Soviet Union
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played49
Goals scored797 (16.27 per match)

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

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

Groups formed

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. Italy633002420+4
2. Spain432013519+16
3. Hungary231022918+9
4. Israel030031344–29
  • 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. Yugoslavia321102315+8
2. Cuba321102321+2
3. Australia020021424–10
  • 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 Germany633002614+12
2. France432011820–2
3. Canada231021721–4
4. Netherlands030031521–6
  • 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 States633003817+21
2. Soviet Union432013627+9
3. Brazil130122540–15
4. Greece130121934–15
  • 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. Yugoslavia532102922+7
2. Italy4320122220
3. Cuba331113031–1
4. Spain030032430–6

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 States532102623+3
2. Soviet Union432013022+8
3. West Germany231022723+4
4. France030121429–15

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. Hungary42200238+15
2. Australia22101178+9
3. Israel02002327–24

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 532102016+4
2.  Brazil 332112320+3
3.  Canada 231021619–3
4.  Netherlands 232021418–4

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 321101612+4
14.  Netherlands 221011214–2
15.  Israel 120111416–2

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. Hungary633002925+4
10. Australia432012716+11
11. Greece130122430–6
12. Brazil130022231–9

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 432013724+13
6.  West Germany 432012927+2
7.  Cuba 331112729–2
8.  France 130121528–13

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 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia9–8Soviet Union Soviet Union
Italy Italy8–7United States United States

Bronze match

Team #1 Res. Team #2
Soviet Union Soviet Union8–6United States United States

Final

Team #1 Res. Team #2
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia12–11Italy Italy

Final ranking

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. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 3 5th FINA World Championships 1986, Madrid - Water polo Men www.fina.org


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