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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Last updated October 21, 2024

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	West Germany	South Korea	Sweden

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	80	70	+10	6	Main round
2	East Germany	3	2	1	71	64	+7	4
3	Soviet Union	3	1	2	73	72	+1	2
4	Cuba	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	76	65	+11	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Main round
2	Romania	3	2	1	68	64	+4	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Iceland	3	2	1	65	71	−6	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	58	67	−9	0	Ranking round

Source: IHF
Notes:

1 2 3 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	71	62	+9	6	Main round
2	Sweden	3	2	1	70	60	+10	4
3	Denmark	3	1	2	69	67	+2	2
4	Algeria	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	74	64	+10	6
14	Poland	3	2	1	77	69	+8	4
15	Cuba	3	1	2	71	78	−7	2
16	Algeria	3	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Seventh place game
5	Soviet Union	5	2	0	3	104	109	−5	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Ninth place game
6	Switzerland (H)	5	0	1	4	82	107	−25	1	Eleventh place game

Source: IHF
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1 2 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	5	0	122	108	+14	10	Final
2	Sweden	5	4	1	112	93	+19	8	Third place game
3	Iceland	5	2	3	114	117	−3	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Fifth place game
4	Denmark	5	2	3	107	117	−10	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Seventh place game
5	Romania	5	1	4	78	93	−15	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Ninth place game
6	South Korea	5	1	4	132	137	−5	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Eleventh place game

Source: IHF
Notes:

1 2 25% rule: Iceland +4 GD, Denmark –16 GD
1 2 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
	Rnić (1), Vuković (1), Saračević (2), 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
Yugoslavia Zlatan Arnautović Mirko Bašić Jovica Cvetković Jovica Elezović Časlav Grubić Jožef Holpert Mile Isaković Muhamed Memić Dragan Mladenović Jasmin Mrkonja Zlatko Portner Rolando Pušnik 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	East Germany Heiko Bonath Rüdiger Borchardt Stephan Hauck 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
6	Maricel Voinea	40
8	Jovica Cvetković	37
9	Michael Fenger	35
9	Peter Weber	35

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1986 World Men's Handball Championship

Contents

Qualification

Teams

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Ranking round

Main round

Group I

Group II

Final round

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Medal summary

Top goalscorers

External links

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