1986 FIFA World Cup
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| 1986 FIFA World Cup - Mexico Mexico 86 |
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| Teams | 24 (from 121 entrants) |
| Host | Mexico |
| Champions |  Argentina (2nd title) |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 132 (average 2.538 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,393,331 (average 46,026 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Gary Lineker6 goals |
The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. It was won by Argentina (second title after 1978), who beat West Germany 3-2 in the final at Mexico City's Estadio Azteca.
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[edit] Location
Colombia was originally chosen as hosts by FIFA in June 1974. However, the Colombian authorities declared in November 1982 that they could not afford to host the World Cup under the terms that FIFA demanded. Mexico was selected on May 20, 1983 as the replacement hosts, beating the bids of Canada, and the United States (who eventually hosted the 1994 World Cup), and became the first nation to host two World Cups. This second World Cup in Mexico came only 16 years after the first one in 1970. A severe earthquake in September 1985, eight months before the tournament, cast doubt over Mexico's ability to organize the event; however, the stadiums were not affected and it was decided to go ahead with the preparations.
[edit] Qualification
Three teams qualified for the World Cup for the first time: Canada, Denmark and Iraq. Canada clinched its spot after winning the final match against Honduras 2-1 in St. John's, Newfoundland, with the Hondurans wearing tuques and gloves on the field due to the cold weather. Iraq played all matches on neutral ground due to Iran-Iraq war.
[edit] Summary
The format of the competition changed from 1982: again 24 teams qualified and were divided into six groups of four, but the second round groups were replaced by a knockout competition, for which 16 teams qualified as follows: the six group winners, the six group runners-up, and the four third-placed teams with the best records. Also, in response to the controversial 1982 match in which West Germany and Austria produced exactly the result which both teams knew beforehand would advance them to the next phase at the expense of Algeria, FIFA decreed that the final two matches in all groups kick off simultaneously. This system has been used at all subsequent FIFA World Cups.
The tournament produced many great games and great goals, some of the most entertaining teams to watch were the USSR, Denmark and France. Out of three British nations who qualified, England was the only team out of the three to advance, only saved by Gary Lineker's hat-trick in the final match against Poland after losing to Portugal and drawing with Morocco. Scotland were drawn in the "Group Of Death" with Denmark, West Germany and Uruguay and never looked like scoring enough goals to advance. Northern Ireland rued missed chances against Algeria in their opening 1-1 draw and were up against it after that with games against Spain and Brazil next. They fought hard against Spain but went down 2-1, and against Brazil they were simply outclassed, 3-0.
There were other notable mentions to come out of an entertaining group section of the tournament. South Korea nearly stunned defending champions Italy, but eventually lost 3-2. Canada, despite having no domestic league of their own, were not humiliated and went home with a respectable record in what was their first and so far last World Cup appearance. France and the Soviet Union advanced from that group. Morocco stunned observers with their football as they won by far the most uninspiring group of the tournament ahead of England and Poland. Denmark advanced with West Germany and Uruguay from the "Group Of Death", even though the Uruguayans' style of play won few admirers. Brazil and Spain qualified easily, whilst host nation, Mexico, Paraguay and Belgium advanced from Group B, despite three fighting performances from first timers Iraq. Argentina coasted through Group A with Italy and a dour Bulgarian side.
The second round saw all the favourites through except the Soviet Union, who were beaten 4-3 in León against Belgium. Denmark, who were billed as dark horses for the tournament, were also eliminated although there was nothing gracious about their exit as they went from a 1-0 lead to a 5-1 battering against Spain; key player Frank Arnesen was suspended for the game after being sent off against West Germany in their last group match, for taking a swipe at German playmaker Lothar Matthäus. Brazil, England, Mexico and Argentina got through to the quarter-finals stage.
France, who beat the defending champions Italy 2-0 in the second round, and Brazil, were viewed as contenders for this World Cup. They met in the quarter-finals in Guadalajara. Careca and Michel Platini traded goals in the first half, and Telê Santana's Brazilians hit the woodwork twice and missed a penalty by Zico 12 minutes from the end of regulation time, saved by French goalkeeper Joël Bats. After a 1-1 draw after extra time, France won a dramatic penalty shootout 4-3 to reach the semifinals. However, just as in Spain four years earlier, their dreams of World Cup glory were ended by the West German team, who had only squeezed past Morocco (1-0) and Mexico (0-0, 4-1 on penalties) in the earlier rounds.
Argentina's captain Diego Maradona was at the peak of his form and he scored five goals in the tournament. His most memorable performance came during the quarter-final against England, where he scored two of the most famous World Cup goals in the 2-1 victory. Maradona's first was scored illegally, as he punched the ball into the goal past England goalkeeper Peter Shilton. The referee did not see the foul and the goal was given as valid. After the game, Maradona claimed the goal was scored "A bit with the head of Maradona and another bit with the hand of God"; it was known as the "The Hand of God" goal. For his second goal, voted "Goal of the Century" in 2002 on the FIFA website, Maradona dribbled half the length of the field past five English players before scoring. Argentina then beat Belgium 2-0 in the semi-finals with two more goals from Maradona.
In the final, Argentina jumped to a 2-0 lead after 55 minutes, but West Germany scored two goals to equalize with only 10 minutes left. Then with 7 minutes left, Jorge Burruchaga scored the winning goal after receiving a pass from Maradona. The Argentines were crowned World Cup winners for the second time, and 30 million people in Argentina celebrated in the streets after the final victory. Maradona was the Golden Ball winner as the best player of the tournament, while Gary Lineker of England won the Golden Boot as the leading scorer of the World Cup, with six goals.
[edit] Venues
Nine cities hosted the tournament:
- Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco and Estadio Tres de Marzo
- Irapuato, Estadio Sergio León Chavez
- León, Estadio Nou Camp
- Mexico City, Estadio Azteca and Estadio Olímpico Universitario
- Monterrey, Estadio Tecnológico and Estadio Universitario
- Nezahualcóyotl, Estadio Neza 86
- Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
- Querétaro, Estadio La Corregidora
- Toluca, Estadio Nemesio Díez
[edit] Match officials
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[edit] Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1986 FIFA World Cup squads.
[edit] First round
All times local (UTC-6)
[edit] Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| Argentina |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
 Italy |
4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
 Bulgaria |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
 Korea Republic |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 |
| May 31, 1986 12:00 |
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| Italy |
1–1 | Bulgaria |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Ref: Fredriksson (Sweden) Attendance: 95,000 |
| Altobelli 43' | (Report) | Sirakov 85' |
| June 2, 1986 12:00 |
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| Argentina |
3–1 | Korea Republic |
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City Ref: Sánchez (Spain) Attendance: 60,000 |
| Valdano 6', 46' Ruggeri 18' |
(Report) | Park Chang-Seon 73' |
| June 5, 1986 12:00 |
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| Italy |
1–1 | Argentina |
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc Ref: Keizer (Netherlands) Attendance: 32,000 |
| Altobelli 6' pen | (Report) | Maradona 34' |
| June 5, 1986 16:00 |
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| Bulgaria |
1–1 | Korea Republic |
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City Ref: Al Shanar (Saudi Arabia) Attendance: 45,000 |
| Getov 11' | (Report) | Kim Jong-Boo 70' |
| June 10, 1986 12:00 |
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| Italy |
3–2 | Korea Republic |
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc Ref: Socha (United States of America) Attendance: 20,000 |
| Altobelli 17', 73' Cho Kwang-Rae 82' (og) |
(Report) | Choi Soon-Ho 62' Huh Jung-Moo 83' |
| June 10, 1986 12:00 |
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| Argentina |
2–0 | Bulgaria |
Mexico City, Estadio Olímpico Universitario Ref: Morera (Costa Rica) Attendance: 65,000 |
| Valdano 3' Burruchaga 79' |
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[edit] Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 Mexico |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
 Paraguay |
4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
 Belgium |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
 Iraq |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
| June 3, 1986 12:00 |
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| Mexico |
2–1 | Belgium |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Ref: Esposito (Argentina) Attendance: 110,000 |
| Quirarte 23' Sánchez 39' |
(Report) | Vandenbergh 45' |
| June 4, 1986 12:00 |
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| Paraguay |
1–0 | Iraq |
Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca Ref: Picon-Ackong (Mauritius) Attendance: 24,000 |
| Romero 35' | (Report) |
| June 7, 1986 12:00 |
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| Mexico |
1–1 | Paraguay |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Ref: Courtney (England) Attendance: 114,000 |
| Flores 3' | (Report) | Romero 85' |
| June 8, 1986 12:00 |
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| Belgium |
2–1 | Iraq |
Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca Ref: Díaz (Colombia) Attendance: 20,000 |
| Scifo 16' Claesen 19' pen |
(Report) | Radhi 59' |
| June 11, 1986 12:00 |
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| Belgium |
2–2 | Paraguay |
Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca Ref: Dotchev (Bulgaria) Attendance: 16,000 |
| Vercauteren 30' Veyt 59' |
(Report) | Cabañas 50', 76' |
| June 11, 1986 12:00 |
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| Mexico |
1–0 | Iraq |
Mexico City, Mexico City Ref: Petrović (Yugoslavia) Attendance: 103,000 |
| Quirarte 54' | (Report) |
[edit] Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 USSR |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 |
 France |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
 Hungary |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 |
 Canada |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 |
| June 1, 1986 16:00 |
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| France |
1–0 | Canada |
Estadio Nou Camp, León Ref: Silva (Chile) Attendance: 36,000 |
| Papin 79' | (Report) |
| June 2, 1986 12:00 |
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| USSR |
6–0 | Hungary |
Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato Ref: Agnolin (Italy) Attendance: 16,500 |
| Yakovenko 2' Aleinikov 4' Belanov 24' pen Yaremchuk 66', 75' Rodionov 80' |
(Report) |
| June 5, 1986 12:00 |
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| France |
1–1 | USSR |
Estadio Nou Camp, León Ref: Filho (Brazil) Attendance: 36,500 |
| Fernández 60' | (Report) | Rats 53' |
| June 6, 1986 12:00 |
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| Canada |
0–2 | Hungary |
Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato Ref: Al Sharif (Syria) Attendance: 14,000 |
| (Report) | Esterházy 2' Détári 75' |
| June 9, 1986 12:00 |
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| France |
3–0 | Hungary |
Estadio Nou Camp, León Ref: Valente (Portugal) Attendance: 31,000 |
| Stopyra 29' Tigana 62' Rocheteau 84' |
(Report) |
| June 9, 1986 12:00 |
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| Canada |
0–2 | USSR |
Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato Ref: Traore (Mali) Attendance: 14,200 |
| (Report) | Blokhin 58' Zavarov 74' |
[edit] Group D
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 Brazil |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 |
 Spain |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
 Northern Ireland |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 |
 Algeria |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 |
| June 1, 1986 12:00 |
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| Brazil |
1–0 | Spain |
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Ref: Bambridge (Australia) Attendance: 65,000 |
| Sócrates 62' | (Report) |
| June 3, 1986 12:00 |
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| Algeria |
1–1 | Northern Ireland |
Estadio Tres de Marzo, Guadalajara Ref: Butenko (USSR) Attendance: 22,000 |
| Zidane 59' | (Report) | Whiteside 6' |
| June 6, 1986 12:00 |
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| Brazil |
1–0 | Algeria |
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Ref: Méndez (Guatemala) Attendance: 48,000 |
| Careca 66' | (Report) |
| June 7, 1986 12:00 |
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| Spain |
2–1 | Northern Ireland |
Estadio Tres de Marzo, Guadalajara Ref: Brummeier (Austria) Attendance: 28,000 |
| Butragueño 1' Salinas 18' |
(Report) | Clarke 46' |
| June 12, 1986 12:00 |
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| Brazil |
3–0 | Northern Ireland |
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Ref: Kirschen (East Germany) Attendance: 51,000 |
| Careca 15', 87' Josimar 42' |
(Report) |
| June 12, 1986 12:00 |
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| Spain |
3–0 | Algeria |
Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey Ref: Takada (Japan) Attendance: 20,000 |
| Calderé 15', 68' Eloy 70' |
(Report) |
[edit] Group E
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 Denmark |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 |
 West Germany |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
 Uruguay |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
 Scotland |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| June 4, 1986 12:00 |
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| West Germany |
1–1 | Uruguay |
Estadio La Corregidora, Quéretaro Ref: Christov (Czechoslovakia) Attendance: 30,000 |
| Allofs 84' | (Report) | Alzamendi 4' |
| June 4, 1986 16:00 |
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| Scotland |
0–1 | Denmark |
Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl Ref: Nemeth (Hungary) Attendance: 18,000 |
| (Report) | Elkjær Larsen 57' |
| June 8, 1986 12:00 |
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| West Germany |
2–1 | Scotland |
Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro Ref: Igna (Romania) Attendance: 30,000 |
| Völler 23' Allofs 49' |
(Report) | Strachan 18' |
| June 8, 1986 16:00 |
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| Uruguay |
1–6 | Denmark |
Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl Ref: Ramírez (Mexico) Attendance: 26,000 |
| Francescoli 45' pen | (Report) | Elkjær Larsen 11', 67', 80' Lerby 41' Laudrup 52' J. Olsen 88' |
| June 13, 1986 12:00 |
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| West Germany |
0–2 | Denmark |
Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro Ref: Ponnet (Belgium) Attendance: 36,000 |
| (Report) | J. Olsen 43' pen Eriksen 62' |
| June 13, 1986 12:00 |
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| Uruguay |
0–0 | Scotland |
Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl Ref: Quiniou (France) Attendance: 20,000 |
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[edit] Group F
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 Morocco |
4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
 England |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
 Poland |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
 Portugal |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| June 2, 1986 16:00 |
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| Poland |
0–0 | Morocco |
Estadio Universitario, Monterrey Ref: Bazan (Uruguay) Attendance: 19,000 |
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| June 3, 1986 16:00 |
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| Portugal |
1–0 | England |
Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey Ref: Roth (West Germany) Attendance: 23,000 |
| Carlos Manuel 76' | (Report) |
| June 6, 1986 16:00 |
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| Morocco |
0–0 | England |
Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey Ref: González (Paraguay) Attendance: 20,000 |
| (Report) |
| June 7, 1986 16:00 |
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| Poland |
1–0 | Portugal |
Estadio Universitario, Monterrey Ref: Bennaceur (Tunisia) Attendance: 20,000 |
| Smolarek 68' | (Report) |
| June 11, 1986 16:00 |
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| Poland |
0–3 | England |
Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey Ref: Daina (Switzerland) Attendance: 23,000 |
| (Report) | Lineker 9', 14', 34' |
| June 11, 1986 16:00 |
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| Morocco |
3–1 | Portugal |
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Ref: Snoddy (England) Attendance: 24,000 |
| Khairi 19', 26' Krimau 62' |
(Report) | Diamantino 80' |
[edit] Third place qualifiers for round of 16
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| Belgium |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Poland |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| Bulgaria |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| Uruguay |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
| Hungary |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 |
| Northern Ireland |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 |
[edit] Knockout stage
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| June 16 - Puebla | ||||||||||||||
| Argentina |
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| June 22 - Mexico City | ||||||||||||||
| Uruguay |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Argentina |
2 | |||||||||||||
| June 18 - Mexico City | ||||||||||||||
 England |
1 | |||||||||||||
| England |
3 | |||||||||||||
| June 25 - Mexico City | ||||||||||||||
| Paraguay |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Argentina |
2 | |||||||||||||
| June 15 - León | ||||||||||||||
| Belgium |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Belgium (aet) |
4 | |||||||||||||
| June 22 - Puebla | ||||||||||||||
| USSR |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Belgium (pen) |
1 (5) | |||||||||||||
| June 18 - Querétaro | ||||||||||||||
| Spain |
1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Spain |
5 | |||||||||||||
| June 29 - Mexico City | ||||||||||||||
| Denmark |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Argentina |
3 | |||||||||||||
| June 17 - Mexico City | ||||||||||||||
| West Germany |
2 | |||||||||||||
| France |
2 | |||||||||||||
| June 21 - Guadalajara | ||||||||||||||
| Italy |
0 | |||||||||||||
| France (pen) |
1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| June 16 - Guadalajara | ||||||||||||||
| Brazil |
1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Brazil |
4 | |||||||||||||
| June 25 - Guadalajara | ||||||||||||||
 Poland |
0 | |||||||||||||
| France |
0 | |||||||||||||
| June 15 - Mexico City | ||||||||||||||
| West Germany |
2 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Mexico |
2 | |||||||||||||
| June 21 - Monterrey | June 28 - Puebla | |||||||||||||
| Bulgaria |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Mexico |
0 (1) | France |
4 | |||||||||||
| June 17 - Monterrey | ||||||||||||||
| West Germany (pen) |
0 (4) | Belgium |
2 | |||||||||||
| West Germany |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Morocco |
0 | |||||||||||||
[edit] Round of 16
| June 15, 1986 12:00 |
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| Mexico |
2–0 | Bulgaria |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Ref: Filho (Brazil) Attendance: 114,000 |
| Negrete 34' Servín 61' |
(Report) |
| June 15, 1986 16:00 |
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| USSR |
3–4 (AET) | Belgium |
Estadio Nou Camp, León Ref: Fredriksson (Sweden) Attendance: 32,300 |
| Belanov 27, 70, 111' pen | (Report) | Scifo 56' Ceulemans 77' Demol 102' Claesen 110' |
| June 16, 1986 12:00 |
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| Brazil |
4–0 | Poland |
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Ref: Roth (West Germany) Attendance: 45,000 |
| Sócrates 30' pen Josimar 55' Edinho 79' Careca 83' pen |
(Report) |
| June 16, 1986 16:00 |
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| Argentina |
1–0 | Uruguay |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Ref: Agnolin (Italy) Attendance: 26,000 |
| Pasculli 42' | (Report) |
| June 17, 1986 12:00 |
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| France |
2–0 | Italy |
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City Ref: Esposito (Argentina) Attendance: 70,000 |
| Platini 15' Stopyra 57' |
(Report) |
| June 17, 1986 16:00 |
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| Morocco |
0–1 | West Germany |
Estadio Universitario, Monterrey Ref: Petrovic (Yugoslavia) Attendance: 19,000 |
| (Report) | Matthäus 87' |
| June 18, 1986 12:00 |
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| England |
3–0 | Paraguay |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Ref: Al-Sharif (Syria) Attendance: 99,000 |
| Lineker 31', 73' Beardsley 56' |
(Report) |
| June 18, 1986 16:00 |
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| Denmark |
1–5 | Spain |
Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro Ref: Keizer (Netherlands) Attendance: 38,500 |
| J. Olsen 33' pen | (Report) | Butragueño 43', 56', 80', 88' pen Goikoetxea 68' pen |
[edit] Quarter-finals
| June 21, 1986 12:00 |
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| Brazil |
1–1 (AET) (3–4 PSO) |
France |
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Ref: Igna (Romania) Attendance: 65,000 |
| Careca 17' | (Report) | Platini 40' |
| Penalties | |||
| Sócrates : Bats saved Alemão : scored Zico : scored Branco : scored Júlio César : missed |
3–4 | Stopyra : scored Amoros : scored Bellone : scored Platini : missed Fernández : scored |
| June 21, 1986 16:00 |
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| Mexico |
0–0 (AET) (1–4 PSO) |
West Germany |
Estadio Universitario, Monterrey Ref: Díaz (Colombia) Attendance: 44,000 |
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| Penalties | |||
| Negrete : scored Quirarte : Schumacher saved Servín : Schumacher saved |
1–4 | Allofs : scored Brehme : scored Matthäus : scored Littbarski : scored |
| June 22, 1986 12:00 |
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| Argentina |
2–1 | England |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Ref: Bennaceur (Tunisia) Attendance: 115,000 |
| Maradona 51', 54' | (Report) | Lineker 81' |
| June 22, 1986 16:00 |
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| Belgium |
1–1 (AET) (5–4 PSO) |
Spain |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Ref: Kirschen (East Germany) Attendance: 45,000 |
| Ceulemans 35' | (Report) | Señor 85' |
| Penalties | |||
| Claesen : scored Scifo : scored Broos : scored Vervoort : scored Van Der Elst : scored |
5–4 | Señor : scored Eloy : Pfaff saved Chendo : scored Butragueño : scored Víctor : scored |
[edit] Semi-finals
| June 25, 1986 12:00 |
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| West Germany |
2–0 | France |
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Ref: Luigi Agnolin (Italy) Attendance: 50,000 |
| Brehme 9' Völler 89' |
(Report) |
| June 25, 1986 16:00 |
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| Argentina |
2–0 | Belgium |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Ref: Antonio Márquez (Mexico) Attendance: 110,000 |
| Maradona 51', 63' | (Report) |
[edit] Third place match
| June 28, 1986 12:00 |
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| France |
4–2 (AET) | Belgium |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Ref: George Courtney (England) Attendance: 21,000 |
| Ferreri 27' Papin 43' Genghini 104' Amoros 111' pen |
(Report) | Ceulemans 11' Claesen 73' |
[edit] Final
| June 29, 1986 12:00 |
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| Argentina |
3–2 | West Germany |
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca Ref: Filho (Brazil) Attendance: 114,600 |
| Brown 23' Valdano 55' Burruchaga 83' |
(Report) | Rummenigge 74' Völler 80' |
[edit] Awards
| 1986 World Cup Winners |
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 Argentina Second title |
| Golden Shoe winner: | Golden Ball winner: | FIFA Fair Play Trophy: |
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| Gary Lineker |
 Diego Maradona |
Brazil |
[edit] Scorers
[edit] Trivia
- The official mascot of this World Cup was Pique, a jalapeño pepper, characteristic of Mexican cuisine, with a moustache and wearing a sombrero, with Mexican football team colours. It appeared on many merchandising items.
- As 1986 had been declared the International Year of Peace by the United Nations, the advertising boards of all the stadia displayed the emblems of FIFA and the United Nations along with the legend "Football for Peace - Peace Year"
- Bulgaria and Uruguay became the first nations to qualify for the knockout stage without winning a game. (Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland repeated the feat in 1990, and Chile in 1998.) In 1982 Italy advanced from the first group phase to the second group phase on the strength of just three draws and went on to win the tournament.
- During the Group E game between Uruguay and Scotland, José Batista of Uruguay was sent off after less than one minute of play, a World Cup record that still stands.
- During the match between Brazil and Spain, the Spanish team had a shot that was later proved by television slow motion replays to have bounced behind the goal line after hitting the crossbar. No goal was awarded, as none of the match officials could be sure that the ball had crossed the line, and Brazil won the match 1-0.
- The Portuguese team, making their first appearance in 20 years, went on strike (in the Saltillo Affair) during the competition. Players refused to train between their first and the second games (against England and Poland) and were eliminated after a loss to Morocco in the final group match.
[edit] External links
- The Hand Of God by Chris Hunt, published in The Times, June 2006.
- 1986 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com
- Details at RSSSF
