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
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	24	20	6
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	35	19	4
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	29	18	2
4	Israel	3	1	0	2	13	44	0

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pt
1	Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	23	15	3
2	Cuba	2	1	1	0	23	21	3
3	Australia	2	0	0	2	14	24	0

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pt
1	West Germany	3	3	0	0	26	14	6
2	France	3	2	0	1	18	20	4
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	17	21	2
4	Netherlands	3	0	0	3	15	21	0

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pt
1	United States	3	3	0	0	38	17	6
2	Soviet Union	3	2	0	1	36	27	4
3	Brazil	3	0	1	2	26	40	1
4	Greece	3	0	1	2	19	34	1

Second Stage

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pt
1	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	29	22	5
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	22	22	4
3	Cuba	3	1	1	1	30	31	3
4	Spain	3	0	0	3	24	30	0

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pt
1	United States	3	2	1	0	26	23	5
2	Soviet Union	3	2	0	1	30	22	4
3	West Germany	3	1	0	2	27	23	2
4	France	3	0	1	2	14	29	0

Semifinals

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

Bronze match

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

Final

Team #1	Res.	Team #2
Yugoslavia	12–11	Italy

1986 FINA Men's World Champions
Yugoslavia First title

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
	Yugoslavia
	Italy
	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.

• HistoFINA (Volume II, 1908-2001) p. 14
• "HistoFINA, Volume III: Medallists & Statistics, Special Water Polo, Before 2008 Season" (PDF). FINA.org (2007/2008 ed.).