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1986 World Men's Handball Championship
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 Poster of the WC 1986 | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Switzerland |
| Dates | 25 February – 8 March |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Yugoslavia (1st title) |
| Runner-up |  Hungary |
| Third place |  East Germany |
| Fourth place |  Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 54 |
| Goals scored | 2,388 (44.22 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Kang Jae-won (67 goals) |
The 1986 World Men's Handball Championship was the 11th team handball World Championship. It was held in Switzerland from February 25 to March 8, 1986. Yugoslavia won the championship. The tournament was played in Aarau, Basel, Bern, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Davos, Geneva, Luzern, Olten, St. Gallen, Solothurn, Winterthur and Zürich.
Qualification
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Switzerland
|
| 1984 Summer Olympics | 6 | Yugoslavia West Germany Romania Denmark Sweden Iceland
|
| 1985 World Men's Handball Championship Group B | 6 | East Germany Soviet Union Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary Spain
|
| Asian Qualification Tournament | 1 | South Korea
|
| 1985 African Men's Handball Championship | 1 |  Algeria
|
| 1985 Pan American Men's Handball Championship | 1 |  Cuba
|
Teams
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba
|
Poland
|
Czechoslovakia
|
Algeria
|
| East Germany
|
Spain
|
Iceland
|
Denmark
|
| Soviet Union
|
Switzerland
|
Romania
|
Hungary
|
| Yugoslavia
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West Germany
|
South Korea
|
Sweden
|
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yugoslavia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 70 | +10 | 6 | Main round |
| 2 | East Germany
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 64 | +7 | 4 | |
| 3 | Soviet Union
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 72 | +1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Cuba
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 93 | −18 | 0 | Ranking round |
Source: IHF
| 25 February 1986 19:00 |
East Germany
|
28–24 | Cuba
|
Aarau |
| (15–11) | ||||
| 25 February 1986 20:45 |
Yugoslavia
|
26–22 | Soviet Union
|
Aarau |
| (13–11) | ||||
| 27 February 1986 18:15 |
Yugoslavia
|
32–28 | Cuba
|
Davos |
| (15–13) | ||||
| 27 February 1986 20:00 |
East Germany
|
23–18 | Soviet Union
|
Davos |
| (10–13) | ||||
| 28 February 1986 19:00 |
Yugoslavia
|
22–20 | East Germany
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Lucerne |
| (10–9) | ||||
| 28 February 1986 20:45 |
Soviet Union
|
33–23 | Cuba
|
Lucerne |
| (13–12) | ||||
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 6 | Main round |
| 2 | Switzerland (H)
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Spain
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 | Poland
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 1 | Ranking round |
| 25 February 1986 20:00 |
Switzerland
|
15–15 | Spain
|
St. Gallen |
| (4–8) | ||||
| 25 February 1986 20:45 |
West Germany
|
21–20 | Poland
|
Zürich |
| (8–8) | ||||
| 26 February 1986 20:00 |
Switzerland
|
18–17 | Poland
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St. Gallen |
| (10–11) | ||||