1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	31 May – 29 June
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (2nd title)
Runner-up	West Germany
Third place	France
Fourth place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	132 (2.54 per match)
Attendance	2,393,031 (46,020 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gary Lineker (6 goals)
Best player	Diego Maradona
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The 1986 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in Mexico in 1986. 24 national teams took part. Argentina won the trophy after beating Germany in the final. Diego Maradona was the best player of the tournament.

Participants

Africa

• Algeria (ALG) • Squad
• Morocco (MAR) • Squad

Asia

• Iraq (IRQ) • Squad
• Korea Republic (KOR) • Squad

Europe

• Belgium (BEL) • Squad
• Bulgaria (BUL) • Squad
• Denmark (DEN) • Squad
• England (ENG) • Squad
• France (FRA) • Squad
• West Germany (FRG) • Squad
• Hungary (HUN) • Squad
• Italy (ITA) • Squad
• Northern Ireland (NIR) • Squad
• Poland (POL) • Squad
• Portugal (POR) • Squad
• Scotland (SCO) • Squad
• Soviet Union (URS) • Squad
• Spain (ESP) • Squad

North and Central America

• Canada (CAN) • Squad
• Mexico (MEX) • Squad

South America

• Argentina (ARG) • Squad
• Brazil (BRA) • Squad
• Paraguay (PAR) • Squad
• Uruguay (URU) • Squad

Results

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	ARG	ITA	BUL	KOR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Argentina	-	1-1	2-0	3-1	3	2	1	0	6	2	5	Round 2
2	Italy	1-1	-	1-1	3-2	3	1	2	0	5	4	4	Round 2
3	Bulgaria	0-2	1-1	-	1-1	3	0	2	1	2	4	2	Round 2
4	Korea Republic	1-3	2-3	1-1	-	3	0	1	2	4	7	1

Group B

Pos	Team	MEX	PAR	BEL	IRQ	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Mexico	-	1-1	2-1	1-0	3	2	1	0	4	2	5	Round 2
2	Paraguay	1-1	-	2-2	1-0	3	1	2	0	4	3	4	Round 2
3	Belgium	1-2	2-2	-	2-1	3	1	1	1	5	5	3	Round 2
4	Iraq	0-1	0-1	1-2	-	3	0	0	3	1	4	0

Group C

Pos	Team	URS	FRA	HUN	CAN	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Soviet Union	-	1-1	6-0	2-0	3	2	1	0	9	1	5	Round 2
2	France	1-1	-	3-0	1-0	3	2	1	0	5	1	5	Round 2
3	Hungary	0-6	0-3	-	2-0	3	1	0	2	2	9	2
4	Canada	0-2	0-1	0-2	-	3	0	0	3	0	5	0

Group D

Pos	Team	BRA	ESP	NIR	ALG	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Brazil	-	1-0	3-0	1-0	3	3	0	0	5	0	6	Round 2
2	Spain	0-1	-	2-1	3-0	3	2	0	1	5	2	4	Round 2
3	Northern Ireland	0-3	1-2	-	1-1	3	0	1	2	2	6	1
4	Algeria	0-1	0-3	1-1	-	3	0	1	2	1	5	1

Group E

Pos	Team	DEN	FRG	URU	SCO	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Denmark	-	2-0	6-1	1-0	3	3	0	0	9	1	6	Round 2
2	West Germany	0-2	-	1-1	2-1	3	1	1	1	3	4	3	Round 2
3	Uruguay	1-6	1-1	-	0-0	3	0	2	1	2	7	2	Round 2
4	Scotland	0-1	1-2	0-0	-	3	0	1	2	1	3	1

Group F

Pos	Team	MAR	ENG	POL	POR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Morocco	-	0-0	0-0	3-1	3	1	2	0	3	1	4	Round 2
2	England	0-0	-	3-0	0-1	3	1	1	1	3	1	3	Round 2
3	Poland	0-0	0-3	-	1-0	3	1	1	1	1	3	3	Round 2
4	Portugal	1-3	1-0	0-1	-	3	1	0	2	2	4	2

Round 2

Round of 16

• Mexico 2-0 Bulgaria
• Belgium 4-3 Soviet Union
• Brazil 4-0 Poland
• Argentina 1-0 Uruguay
• France 2-0 Italy
• West Germany 1-0 Morocco
• England 3-0 Paraguay
• Spain 5-1 Denmark

Quarterfinals

• France 1-1 (PK 4-3) Brazil
• West Germany 0-0 (PK 4-1) Mexico
• Argentina 2-1 England
• Belgium 1-1 (PK 5-4) Spain

Semifinals

• West Germany 2-0 France
• Argentina 2-0 Belgium

3rd place

• France 4-2 Belgium

Final

• Argentina 3-2 West Germany

Argentina won the championship.

References

• FIFA