1986 World Men's Handball Championship

1986 World Men's Handball Championship
	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)
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The 1986

Zürich

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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 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 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
Source: IHF
(H) Hosts

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 St. Gallen

(10–11)

26 February 1986
20:45 West Germany 18–14 Spain Bern

(11–8)

28 February 1986
20:45 Poland 20–20 Spain Winterthur

(11–12)

28 February 1986
20:45 West Germany 18–17   Switzerland Basel

(8–10)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1 South Korea 3 2 0 1 76 65 +11 4^[a] Main round

2 Romania 3 2 0 1 68 64 +4 4^[a]

3 Iceland 3 2 0 1 65 71 −6 4^[a]

4 Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 58 67 −9 0 Ranking round
Source: IHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 25% rule: South Korea +8 GD, Romania –1 GD, Iceland –7 GD

25 February 1986
19:00 Iceland 21–30 South Korea Geneva

(9–13)

25 February 1986
20:45 Romania 23–18 Czechoslovakia Geneva

(8–9)

26 February 1986
19:00 Iceland 19–18 Czechoslovakia Bern

(10–8)

26 February 1986
20:45 Romania 22–21 South Korea La Chaux-de-Fonds

(15–9)

28 February 1986
19:00 Romania 23–25 Iceland Bern

(13–11)

28 February 1986
19:00 South Korea 25–22 Czechoslovakia Winterthur

(10–13)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1 Hungary 3 3 0 0 71 62 +9 6 Main round

2 Sweden 3 2 0 1 70 60 +10 4

3 Denmark 3 1 0 2 69 67 +2 2

4 Algeria 3 0 0 3 53 74 −21 0 Ranking round
Source: IHF

25 February 1986
18:00 Sweden 24–16 Algeria
St Gallen

(11–8)

25 February 1986
19:00 Hungary 25–21 Denmark
Zürich

(11–8)

27 February 1986
19:00 Denmark 27–18 Algeria
Zürich

(13–8)

27 February 1986
20:45 Hungary 23–22 Sweden
Zürich

(9–12)

28 February 1986
19:00 Hungary 23–19 Algeria Basel

(12–13)

28 February 1986
20:45 Sweden 24–21 Denmark Bern

(12–11)

Ranking round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts

13 Czechoslovakia 3 3 0 0 74 64 +10 6

14 Poland 3 2 0 1 77 69 +8 4

15 Cuba 3 1 0 2 71 78 −7 2

16 Algeria 3 0 0 3 66 77 −11 0
Source: IHF

2 March 1986
17:00 Cuba 23–27 Czechoslovakia Solothurn

(9–16)

2 March 1986
17:00 Poland 28–23 Algeria La Chaux-de-Fonds

(13–6)

4 March 1986
19:00 Cuba 25–24 Algeria Winterthur

(10–16)

4 March 1986
19:00 Poland 22–23 Czechoslovakia Geneva

(13–10)

6 March 1986
19:00 Czechoslovakia 24–19 Algeria Lucerne

(9-8)

6 March 1986
19:00 Poland 27–23 Cuba Aarau

(16 - 10)

Main round

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1 Yugoslavia 5 5 0 0 112 95 +17 10 Final

2 East Germany 5 3 0 2 109 92 +17 6 Third place game

3 Spain 5 2 1 2 92 87 +5 5 Fifth place game

4 West Germany 5 2 0 3 88 97 −9 4^[a] Seventh place game

5 Soviet Union 5 2 0 3 104 109 −5 4^[a] Ninth place game

6   Switzerland (H) 5 0 1 4 82 107 −25 1 Eleventh place game
Source: IHF
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 25% rule: West Germany –8 GD, Soviet Union –14 GD

2 March 1986
16:30 East Germany 23–16   Switzerland Basel

(11–6)

2 March 1986
16:30 Soviet Union 23–20 West Germany
Zürich

(8–10)

2 March 1986
16:30 Yugoslavia 18–17 Spain Bern

(10–8)

4 March 1986
19:00 East Germany 24–15 West Germany Olten

(11–7)

4 March 1986
20:45 Switzerland 19–27 Yugoslavia Olten

(7–15)

4 March 1986
20:45 Soviet Union 17–25 Spain Lucerne

(8–11)

6 March 1986
20:45 Yugoslavia 19–17 West Germany Lucerne

(9–8)

6 March 1986
20:45 East Germany 19–21 Spain Bern

(13–11)

6 March 1986
20:45 Soviet Union 24–15   Switzerland St. Gallen

(8–8)

Group II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1 Hungary 5 5 0 0 122 108 +14 10 Final

2 Sweden 5 4 0 1 112 93 +19 8 Third place game

3 Iceland 5 2 0 3 114 117 −3 4^[a] Fifth place game

4 Denmark 5 2 0 3 107 117 −10 4^[a] Seventh place game

5 Romania 5 1 0 4 78 93 −15 2^[b] Ninth place game

6 South Korea 5 1 0 4 132 137 −5 2^[b] Eleventh place game
Source: IHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 25% rule: Iceland +4 GD, Denmark –16 GD

^ ^a ^b 25% rule: Romania +1 GD, South Korea –1 GD

2 March 1986
14:35 Romania 20–25 Sweden Aarau

(11–11)

2 March 1986
14:45 Iceland 20–21 Hungary
Zürich

(12–11)

2 March 1986
16:30 South Korea 27–31 Denmark Aarau

(17–18)

4 March 1986
19:00 Iceland 25–16 Denmark Lucerne

(10–10)

4 March 1986
20:45 Romania 17–19 Hungary Geneva

(9–10)

4 March 1986
20:45 South Korea 26–29 Sweden Winterthur

(15–12)

6 March 1986
19:00 South Korea 28–34 Hungary St. Gallen

(16–16)

6 March 1986
19:00 Iceland 23–27 Sweden Bern

(9–15)

6 March 1986
20:45 Romania 16–18 Denmark Aarau

(7–10)

Final round

Eleventh place game

8 March 1986
14:30 Switzerland 27–22 South Korea
Zürich

(14–11)

Ninth place game

7 March 1986
19:00 Romania 25–21 Soviet Union Olten

(12–10)

Seventh place game

7 March 1986
19:00 West Germany 25–18 Denmark Basel

(11–10)

Fifth place game

7 March 1986
20:45 Spain 24–22 Iceland Olten

(10–10)

Third place game

7 March 1986
20:45 East Germany 24–23 Sweden Basel

(13–11)

Final

8 March 1986
16:30 Yugoslavia 24–22 Hungary
Zürich

Grubić (1), Mrkonja (3), Vujović (4), Cvetković (6), Isaković
(6 dont 3 pen.). (12–12) P. Kovács (5), M. Kovács (3), Fodor (1), Iváncsik (5), Szabó (1), Horváth (3), Gyurka (2), Marosi (2).

Report

Final standings

Rank Team

Yugoslavia

Hungary

East Germany

4 Sweden

5 Spain

6 Iceland

7 West Germany

8 Denmark

9 Romania

10 Soviet Union

11   Switzerland

12 South Korea

13 Czechoslovakia

14 Poland

15 Cuba

16 Algeria

Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics

Qualified for the 1987 World Men's Handball Championship Group B

1986 Men's World Champions

Yugoslavia
First title

Medal summary

Gold Silver Bronze

Momir Rnić
Zlatko Saračević
Veselin Vujović
Veselin Vuković
Hungary
Imre Bíró
József Bordás
Viktor Debre
János Fodor
János Gyurka
László Hoffmann
Gábor Horváth
Mihály Iváncsik
József Kenyeres
Zsolt Kontra
Mihály Kovács
Péter Kovács
László Marosi
Tibor Oross
László Szabó
Peter Hofmann
Andreas Köckeritz
Hartmut Krüger
Andreas Nagora
Peter Pysall
Gunnar Schimrock
Wieland Schmidt
Dirk Schnell
Klaus-Dieter Schulz
Frank-Michael Wahl
Ingolf Wiegert
Holger Winselmann
Thomas Zeise

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals

1 Kang Jae-won 67

2 Roberto Julián Duranona 50

3 Björn Jilsén 47

4 Péter Kovács 45

5 Kristján Arason 41

6 Ingolf Wiegert 40

Maricel Voinea

8 Jovica Cvetković 37

9 Michael Fenger 35

Peter Weber

External links

IHF Report

Men Handball World Championship 1986

Dataesport

The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Medallists from previous World Championships

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[table_hth_KOR0.0064017344295987-1] 25% rule: South Korea +8 GD, Romania –1 GD, Iceland –7 GD

[table_hth_FRG0.14151644713316-2] 25% rule: West Germany –8 GD, Soviet Union –14 GD

[table_hth_ISL0.68244758419806-3] 25% rule: Iceland +4 GD, Denmark –16 GD

[table_hth_ROU0.68244758419806-4] 25% rule: Romania +1 GD, South Korea –1 GD

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