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

The 1986 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the fifth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was incorporated in the 1986 World Aquatics Championships, held in Madrid, Spain. It is the only men's world championship to have featured 15 teams instead of the usual 16. Yugoslavia defeated Italy in the final to win its first title. The Soviet Union, the defending champion, was third.

First Stage

# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1Italy Italy 3 3 0 0 24 20 6
2Spain Spain 3 2 0 1 35 19 4
3Hungary Hungary 3 1 0 2 29 18 2
4Israel Israel 3 1 0 2 13 44 0
# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2 1 1 0 23 15 3
2Cuba Cuba 2 1 1 0 23 21 3
3Australia Australia 2 0 0 2 14 24 0
# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1Germany West Germany 3 3 0 0 26 14 6
2France France 3 2 0 1 18 20 4
3Canada Canada 3 1 0 2 17 21 2
4Netherlands Netherlands 3 0 0 3 15 21 0
# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1United States United States 3 3 0 0 38 17 6
2Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 2 0 1 36 27 4
3Brazil Brazil 3 0 1 2 26 40 1
4Greece Greece 3 0 1 2 19 34 1

Second Stage

# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 29 22 5
2Italy Italy 3 2 0 1 22 22 4
3Cuba Cuba 3 1 1 1 30 31 3
4Spain Spain 3 0 0 3 24 30 0
# Team Pld W D L GF GA Pt
1United States United States 3 2 1 0 26 23 5
2Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 2 0 1 30 22 4
3Germany West Germany 3 1 0 2 27 23 2
4France France 3 0 1 2 14 29 0

Semifinals

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

Bronze match

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

Final

Team #1 Res. Team #2
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 12–11 Italy Italy
 1986 FINA Men's World Champions 

Yugoslavia
First title

Final ranking

RANK TEAM
1st  Yugoslavia
2nd  Italy
3rd  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

Team rosters

 Yugoslavia

Dragan Andric, Perica Bukic, Veselin Djuho, Milorad Krivokapic, Deni Lusic, Igor Milanovic, Tomislav Paskvalin, Zoran Petrovic, Andrija Popovic, Dubravko Simenc, Aleksander Sostar, Ante Vasovic, Mirko Vicevic [1]

References

  1. "HistoFINA, Volume III: Medallists & Statistics, Special Water Polo, Before 2008 Season" (PDF). FINA.org (2007/2008 ed.). 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2014.


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