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

The 1986 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the fifth edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 13 to 23 August 1986, and was incorporated into the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Spain.[1]

1986 World Water Polo Championship
5th FINA World Aquatics Championships
Location	Spain
Date(s)	13–23 August
Category	1986 World Aquatics Championships
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This was the only men's world championship to have featured fifteen teams instead of the usual sixteen. Yugoslavia won its first title by defeating Italy in the final. The Soviet Union, the defending champion, came 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[1]	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

 Yugoslavia

Dragan Andrić, Perica Bukić, Veselin Đuho, Milorad Krivokapić, Deni Lušić, Igor Milanović, Tomislav Paškvalin, Zoran Petrović, Andrija Popović, Dubravko Šimenc, Aleksandar Šoštar, Anto Vasović, Mirko Vičević.[1]

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.