1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

Mexico '86
1986 FIFA World Cup official logo
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, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June.

Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to host the competition and officially resigned in 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format; unlike in the previous tournament in 1982, the second round was played on a knock-out basis rather than groups.

It was won by Argentina (their second title, after also winning in 1978), led by Diego Maradona who scored the infamous "Hand of God goal", and also a goal voted as "Goal of the Century", in the same quarter-final against England. These were two of the five goals that Maradona scored during the tournament, and he also created another five for his team-mates.^[1] Argentina beat West Germany 3–2 in the final at Mexico City's Estadio Azteca. Total attendance was 2,393,031, an average per match of 46,019.^[2]

Contents 1 Host selection 2 Qualification 3 Mascot 4 Venues 5 Match officials 6 Squads 7 Summary 7.1 First round 7.2 Second round and quarter-finals 7.3 Semi-finals, third-place match, and final 8 Results 8.1 First round 8.1.1 Group A 8.1.2 Group B 8.1.3 Group C 8.1.4 Group D 8.1.5 Group E 8.1.6 Group F 8.1.7 Ranking of third-placed teams 8.2 Knockout stage 8.2.1 Round of 16 8.2.2 Quarter-finals 8.2.3 Semi-finals 8.2.4 Third place match 8.2.5 Final 9 Awards 10 Scorers 10.1 Disputes 11 FIFA Retrospective Ranking 12 References 13 External links

Host selection

Colombia was originally chosen as hosts by FIFA in June 1974. However, the Colombian authorities eventually declared in November 1982 that they could not afford to host the World Cup under the terms that FIFA demanded because of economic concerns. Mexico was selected on 20 May 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 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, but the stadia were not affected and it was decided to go ahead with the preparations.

As 1986 had been declared the International Year of Peace by the United Nations, the advertising boards of all the stadia displayed the FIFA and United Nations logos along with the legend "Football for Peace - Peace Year".

For the design of the logo an unofficial motto was adopted: "El Mundo Unido por Un Balón" ("The World United by a Ball").

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 their home matches on neutral ground because of the Iran-Iraq war. South Korea qualified for the first time since 1954, Paraguay for the first time since 1958, and Portugal for the first time since 1966. As of 2010, this was the last time Hungary qualified for the finals.

Mascot

The official mascot of this World Cup was Pique, a jalapeño pepper, characteristic of Mexican cuisine, with a moustache, a Colimote sombrero, and Mexican football team colours. Its name comes from picante, Spanish for spicy peppers and sauces.

Venues

Eleven cities hosted the tournament. Seeded teams are in bold.

City	Stadium	Capacity	Matches	Teams hosted in the first round
Mexico City	Estadio Azteca	114,600	Opening match, Group B, R2, QF, SF, Final	Mexico
Mexico City	Estadio Olimpico Universitario	72,000	Group A, R2	Argentina,  Bulgaria,  Korea Republic
Guadalajara	Estadio Jalisco	66,000	Group D, R2, QF, SF	Brazil
Puebla	Estadio Cuauhtémoc	46,000	Group A, R2, QF, Third-place match	Italy
San Nicolás de los Garza	Estadio Universitario	44,000	Group F, R2, QF	Poland
Querétaro	Estadio La Corregidora	40,785	Group E, R2	West Germany
Monterrey	Estadio Tecnológico	38,000	Group F	England,  Portugal*,  Morocco*
León	Estadio Nou Camp	35,000	Group C, R2	France
Nezahualcoyotl	Estadio Neza 86	35,000	Group E	Uruguay,  Denmark,  Scotland
Irapuato	Estadio Sergio León Chavez	32,000	Group C	Soviet Union,  Hungary,  Canada
Zapopan, Jalisco	Estadio Tres de Marzo	30,000	Group D	Spain*,  Northern Ireland,  Algeria*
Toluca	Estadio Nemesio Díez	30,000	Group B	Belgium,  Paraguay,  Iraq

• Morocco and Portugal played in Guadalajara while Spain and Algeria played in Monterrey.

Match officials

Africa Ali Bin Nasser Edwin Picon-Ackong Idrissa Traore Asia Fallaj Al-Shanar Jamal Al Sharif Shizuo Takada Europe Luigi Agnolin Horst Brummeier Valeri Butenko Vojtech Christov George Courtney André Daina Bogdan Dotchev Erik Fredriksson Ioan Igna Jan Keizer Siegfried Kirschen Lajos Németh Zoran Petrović Alexis Ponnet Joël Quiniou Volker Roth Victoriano Sánchez Arminio Carlos Silva Valente Alan Snoddy

North and Central America Rómulo Méndez Antonio Márquez Ramírez David Socha Berny Ulloa Morera Oceania Chris Bambridge South America Romualdo Arppi Filho Jesús Díaz Carlos Espósito Gabriel González Roa José Luis Martínez Bazán Hernán Silva

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1986 FIFA World Cup squads.

Summary

First round

The format of the competition changed from 1982: 24 teams qualified, divided into six groups of four (A to F). The top two teams and the four best third place finishers from the six groups advanced to the knockout round of 16 teams. It was the last FIFA World Cup where teams from the same continent were not fully separated from each other in the draw for the first round. Under new rules after this competition, each World Cup group had either two or three European teams. In 1986, Group B only had one European team (Belgium).

The first round of the finals began in Group A, where Italy were held 1–1 by Bulgaria. Meanwhile, Argentina beat South Korea 3–1, with Diego Maradona playing a major part. Italy and Argentina drew 1–1, Maradona and Alessandro Altobelli scoring. South Korea and Bulgaria also drew 1–1 in a downpour. The final set of matches saw Argentina beating Bulgaria 2–0, and Italy narrowly defeating South Korea 3–2.

In Group B Mexico beat Belgium 2–1, and despite being held 1–1 by Paraguay, they won the group after a further win over Iraq, 1–0. Paraguay and Belgium also progressed after both beating Iraq and drawing with each other. Group C pitted a strong Soviet Union side against the reigning European champions France. They drew with each other 1–1, with a goal scored by Vasili Rats. France beat Canada 1–0 and finished in 2nd place in the group after beating Hungary, 3–0. Hungary had earlier lost 6–0 against the Soviet Union, which won the group due to goal differential.

Group D saw Brazil start against Spain, winning 1–0. Northern Ireland began their campaign with a draw against Algeria. Northern Ireland were then narrowly beaten by Spain before losing to Brazil 3–0 in their final match. This match saw a goal from Josimar on his debut and was also the final time Pat Jennings played for Northern Ireland. Spain qualified along with Brazil after defeating Algeria 3–0.

Denmark, stormed through Group E, dubbed the group of death with a 100 per cent record. They beat Scotland 1–0 in their first game, then hammered Uruguay 6–1, with Preben Elkjær Larsen hitting a hat-trick. Denmark beat one of the favourites to win the tournament, West Germany, 2–0 thanks to a Jesper Olsen penalty and a goal from John Eriksen. After losing to Denmark, Scotland took the lead against West Germany thanks to a Gordon Strachan goal, but the West Germans fought back to win 2–1. After a violent 0–0 draw against Uruguay, the Scots were eliminated from the tournament. During that game José Batista of Uruguay was sent off after less than one minute of play for a foul on Strachan, a World Cup record that still stands. West Germany went through to the second round despite a loss against Denmark.

Morocco topped Group F after holding both Poland and England to goalless draws, and beating Portugal 3–1. By doing so, they became the first African team, and only the second nation from outside Europe and the Americas (after North Korea in 1966), to reach the second round. England lost 1–0 to Portugal, followed by a 0-0 draw against Morocco in which they lost captain Bryan Robson to injury (for the remainder of the tournament) and vice-captain Ray Wilkins to a red card (he was never to be selected for England again, even after having served his obligatory one-match ban). In their last first-round game, with the captaincy taken over by Peter Shilton in goal, a first-half Gary Lineker hat-trick helped the reshaped side beat Poland 3–0 - although losing yet another player to a ban for the next round, Terry Fenwick receiving his second booking of the tournament. Poland had previously beaten Portugal, and in the end the Portuguese were the only team from Group F to be eliminated in the first round. Portugal, 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 second games (against England and Poland) and were eliminated after a loss to Morocco in the final group match.

Second round and quarter-finals

Belgium beat the Soviet Union 4-3, despite a hat-trick by the Soviets' Igor Belanov. The game was level at 2–2 after 90 minutes, and in extra time Stephane Demol and Nico Claesen put Belgium 4–2 up. Belanov scored from the penalty spot with nine minutes remaining, but neither he nor any of his team-mates could find a fourth goal for the Soviet Union. In Mexico City, France, the European champions, ended Italy's reign as world champions with a 2–0 victory thanks to goals from Michel Platini and Yannick Stopyra. In the rematch of the 1930 World Cup final, Argentina just edged out South American champions Uruguay in Puebla thanks to a 42nd minute strike from Pedro Pasculli. The all-South American affair had a Diego Maradona's goal disallowed.

In Querétaro, Denmark were eliminated 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. The Danes scored first, with a Jesper Olsen penalty, but they were then taken apart by a devastating performance from Butragueño of Spain, who scored four of his team's five goals. England progressed to the quarter-finals comfortably when they saw off Paraguay 3–0 while Brazil brushed aside Poland 4–0. West Germany had a much harder time getting past Morocco, for whom goalkeeper Badou Zaki had an outstanding game. Morocco held out until the 87th minute, when Lothar Matthaeus scored the only goal of the match. Mexico won 2–0 against Bulgaria.

In the quarter-finals, France faced three-time world champion Brazil in Guadalajara. Brazil were well on top in the early stages, and Careca put them one up after 18 minutes. Five minutes before half-time, France drew level when Michel Platini scored his 41st goal after converting a cross from Dominique Rocheteau. Brazil had a chance to regain the lead in the second half when Branco was fouled by French keeper Joël Bats in the penalty area. Zico got up to take the kick, but Bats saved Zico's penalty.

The match went to extra time, and France had the better of the extra half-hour. No more goals were scored, and so it was time for a penalty shoot-out. Socrates, who had earlier missed an open goal and headed an easy chance straight into the French keeper's arms, failed with the first kick for Brazil. The next six penalties were all converted, and then Platini fired over the bar. Brazil were back on level terms – but not for long. Julio Cesar struck the post with his penalty, and Luis Fernández then scored to put France through 4–3 on penalties.

Two other quarter-finals were also decided on penalties. Jan Ceulemans put Belgium ahead against Spain in the 35th minute, but Spanish substitute Senor equalised with five minutes to go. No more goals were scored in extra time, and Belgium won the shoot-out 5–4. West Germany and Mexico drew 0–0 after extra time, and the West Germans eliminated the hosts 4–1 on penalties. As a curiosity, the German goal-keeper Harald Schumacher jumped to the right in all five penalties (stopping four of them).

The quarter-final between Argentina and England was featured two very different goals by Diego Maradona: the first was scored illegally, as he punched the ball into the goal past England goalkeeper Peter Shilton. The referee did not see the handball 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 became known as 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. In Argentina, the game was seen as revenge for the Falklands War.^[3]

Semi-finals, third-place match, and final

In the semi-finals, Andreas Brehme put West Germany 1–0 ahead against France in the ninth minute, but the outcome remained in doubt until two minutes from time when Rudi Völler made it 2–0, and West Germany were in the final for the second World Cup in succession. In the other semi-final, Maradona struck twice in the second half as Argentina beat Belgium 2–0. France went on to defeat Belgium in the third-place match, 4-2.

Jose Brown put Argentina one up midway through the first half of the final, and when Jorge Valdano scored a second for the South Americans in the 55th minute, Argentina looked to be strolling to victory. West Germany then staged a spirited comeback. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge pulled one back in the 74th minute, and six minutes later Rudi Völler hit the equaliser. With seven minutes remaining, a pass from Maradona gave Jorge Burruchaga the chance to score the winner for Argentina. Eight years on from their home triumph, Argentina regained the world title 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.

Results

First round

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up, and best four third-placed teams advance to the Round of 16

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Italy	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	4
Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
Korea Republic	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

31 May 1986 12:00 CST	Italy	1 – 1	Bulgaria	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
	Altobelli  43'	(Report)	Sirakov  85'

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2 June 1986 12:00 CST	Argentina	3 – 1	Korea Republic	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)
	Valdano  6', 46' Ruggeri  18'	(Report)	Park Chang-Seon  73'

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5 June 1986 12:00 CST	Italy	1 – 1	Argentina	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
	Altobelli  6' (pen.)	(Report)	Maradona  34'

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5 June 1986 16:00 CST	Bulgaria	1 – 1	Korea Republic	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Fallaj Al Shanar (Saudi Arabia)
	Getov  11'	(Report)	Kim Jong-Boo  70'

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10 June 1986 12:00 CST	Italy	3 – 2	Korea Republic	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 20,000 Referee: David Socha (United States)
	Altobelli  17', 73' Cho Kwang-Rae  82' (o.g.)	(Report)	Choi Soon-Ho  62' Huh Jung-Moo  83'

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10 June 1986 12:00 CST	Argentina	2 – 0	Bulgaria	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
	Valdano  3' Burruchaga  79'	(Report)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5
Paraguay	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
Belgium	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
Iraq	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

3 June 1986 12:00 CST	Mexico	2 – 1	Belgium	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)
	Quirarte  23' Sánchez  39'	(Report)	Vandenbergh  45'

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4 June 1986 12:00 CST	Paraguay	1 – 0	Iraq	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)
	Romero  35'	(Report)

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7 June 1986 12:00 CST	Mexico	1 – 1	Paraguay	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 114,000 Referee: George Courtney (England)
	Flores  3'	(Report)	Romero  85'

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8 June 1986 12:00 CST	Belgium	2 – 1	Iraq	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jesús Díaz (Colombia)
	Scifo  16' Claesen  19' (pen.)	(Report)	Radhi  59'

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11 June 1986 12:00 CST	Belgium	2 – 2	Paraguay	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bogdan Dotchev (Bulgaria)
	Vercauteren  30' Veyt  59'	(Report)	Cabañas  50', 76'

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11 June 1986 12:00 CST	Mexico	1 – 0	Iraq	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 111,000 Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
	Quirarte  54'	(Report)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	5
France	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5
Hungary	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	2
Canada	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

1 June 1986 16:00 CST	France	1 – 0	Canada	Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)
	Papin  79'	(Report)

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2 June 1986 12:00 CST	Soviet Union	6 – 0	Hungary	Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
	Yakovenko  2' Aleinikov  4' Belanov  24' (pen.) Yaremchuk  66', 75' Rodionov  80'	(Report)

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5 June 1986 12:00 CST	France	1 – 1	Soviet Union	Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
	Fernández  60'	(Report)	Rats  53'

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6 June 1986 12:00 CST	Canada	0 – 2	Hungary	Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
		(Report)	Esterházy  2' Détári  75'

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9 June 1986 12:00 CST	France	3 – 0	Hungary	Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)
	Stopyra  29' Tigana  62' Rocheteau  84'	(Report)

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9 June 1986 12:00 CST	Canada	0 – 2	Soviet Union	Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato Attendance: 14,200 Referee: Idriss Traore (Mali)
		(Report)	Blokhin  58' Zavarov  74'

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	6
Spain	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	4
Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
Algeria	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

1 June 1986 12:00 CST	Brazil	1 – 0	Spain	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)
	Sócrates  62'	(Report)

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3 June 1986 12:00 CST	Algeria	1 – 1	Northern Ireland	Estadio Tres de Marzo, Guadalajara Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)
	Zidane  59'	(Report)	Whiteside  6'

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6 June 1986 12:00 CST	Brazil	1 – 0	Algeria	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)
	Careca  66'	(Report)

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7 June 1986 12:00 CST	Spain	2 – 1	Northern Ireland	Estadio Tres de Marzo, Guadalajara Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)
	Butragueño  1' Salinas  18'	(Report)	Clarke  46'

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12 June 1986 12:00 CST	Brazil	3 – 0	Northern Ireland	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
	Careca  15', 87' Josimar  42'	(Report)

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12 June 1986 12:00 CST	Spain	3 – 0	Algeria	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
	Calderé  15', 68' Eloy  70'	(Report)

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	6
West Germany	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	3
Uruguay	3	0	2	1	2	7	−5	2
Scotland	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

4 June 1986 12:00 CST	West Germany	1 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia)
	Allofs  84'	(Report)	Alzamendi  4'

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4 June 1986 16:00 CST	Scotland	0 – 1	Denmark	Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Lajos Nemeth (Hungary)
		(Report)	Elkjær Larsen  57'

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8 June 1986 12:00 CST	West Germany	2 – 1	Scotland	Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
	Völler  23' Allofs  49'	(Report)	Strachan  18'

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8 June 1986 16:00 CST	Uruguay	1 – 6	Denmark	Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)
	Francescoli  45' (pen.)	(Report)	Elkjær Larsen  11', 67', 80' Lerby  41' Laudrup  52' J. Olsen  88'

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13 June 1986 12:00 CST	West Germany	0 – 2	Denmark	Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
		(Report)	J. Olsen  43' (pen.) Eriksen  62'

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13 June 1986 12:00 CST	Uruguay	0 – 0	Scotland	Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
		(Report)

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	4
England	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	3
Poland	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	3
Portugal	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2

2 June 1986 16:00 CST	Poland	0 – 0	Morocco	Estadio Universitario, Monterrey Attendance: 19,000 Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
		(Report)

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3 June 1986 16:00 CST	Portugal	1 – 0	England	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Volker Roth (West Germany)
	Carlos Manuel  76'	(Report)

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6 June 1986 16:00 CST	Morocco	0 – 0	England	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gabriel González (Paraguay)
		(Report)

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7 June 1986 16:00 CST	Poland	1 – 0	Portugal	Estadio Universitario, Monterrey Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia)
	Smolarek  68'	(Report)

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11 June 1986 16:00 CST	Poland	0 – 3	England	Estadio Universitario, Monterrey Attendance: 23,000 Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)
		(Report)	Lineker  9', 14', 34'

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11 June 1986 16:00 CST	Morocco	3 – 1	Portugal	Estadio Tres de Marzo, Guadalajara Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)
	Khairi  19', 26' Merry Krimau  62'	(Report)	Diamantino  80'

Ranking of third-placed teams

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Belgium	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
F	Poland	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	3
A	Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
E	Uruguay	3	0	2	1	2	7	−5	2
C	Hungary	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	2
D	Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Starting with the 1994 World Cup, teams were awarded three points for a win rather than two, to encourage more offensive tactics. Had those rules been in place, Hungary would have finished ahead of Bulgaria for the 15th seed, and Uruguay would not have advanced.

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

16 June – Guadalajara

Brazil

4

21 June – Guadalajara

Poland

0

Brazil

1 (3)

17 June – Mexico City

France (pens.)

1 (4)

France

2

25 June – Guadalajara

Italy

0

France

0

17 June – Monterrey

West Germany

2

Morocco

0

21 June – Monterrey

West Germany

1

West Germany (pens.)

0 (4)

15 June – Mexico City

Mexico

0 (1)

Mexico

2

29 June – Mexico City

Bulgaria

0

West Germany

2

16 June – Puebla

Argentina

3

Argentina

1

22 June – Mexico City

Uruguay

0

Argentina

2

18 June – Mexico City

England

1

England

3

25 June – Mexico City

Paraguay

0

Argentina

2

15 June – León

Belgium

0

Third place

Soviet Union

3

22 June – Puebla

28 June – Puebla

Belgium (a.e.t.)

4

Belgium (pens.)

1 (5)

France (a.e.t.)

4

18 June – Querétaro

Spain

1 (4)

Belgium

2

Denmark

1

Spain

5

Round of 16

15 June 1986 12:00 CST	Mexico	2 – 0	Bulgaria	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 115,000 Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
	Negrete  34' Servín  61'	(Report)

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15 June 1986 16:00 CST	Soviet Union	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Belgium	Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 32,300 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
	Belanov  27', 70', 111' (pen.)	(Report)	Scifo  56' Ceulemans  77' Demol  102' Claesen  110'

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16 June 1986 12:00 CST	Brazil	4 – 0	Poland	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Volker Roth (West Germany)
	Sócrates  30' (pen.) Josimar  55' Edinho  79' Careca  83' (pen.)	(Report)

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16 June 1986 16:00 CST	Argentina	1 – 0	Uruguay	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
	Pasculli  42'	(Report)

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17 June 1986 12:00 CST	France	2 – 0	Italy	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)
	Platini  15' Stopyra  57'	(Report)

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17 June 1986 16:00 CST	Morocco	0 – 1	West Germany	Estadio Universitario, Monterrey Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
		(Report)	Matthäus  87'

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18 June 1986 12:00 CST	England	3 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 99,000 Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
	Lineker  31', 73' Beardsley  56'	(Report)

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18 June 1986 16:00 CST	Denmark	1 – 5	Spain	Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro Attendance: 38,500 Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
	J. Olsen  33' (pen.)	(Report)	Butragueño  43', 56', 80', 88' (pen.) Goikoetxea  68' (pen.)

Quarter-finals

21 June 1986 12:00 CST	Brazil	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	France	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
	Careca  17'	(Report)	Platini  40'
		Penalties
	Sócrates Alemão Zico Branco Júlio César	3 – 4	Stopyra Amoros Bellone Platini Fernández

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21 June 1986 16:00 CST	Mexico	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	West Germany	Estadio Universitario, Monterrey Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Jesús Díaz (Colombia)
		(Report)
		Penalties
	Negrete Quirarte Servín	1 – 4	Allofs Brehme Matthäus Littbarski

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22 June 1986 12:00 CST	Argentina	2 – 1	England	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 115,000 Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia)
	Maradona  51', 55'	(Report)	Lineker  81'

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22 June 1986 16:00 CST	Belgium	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Spain	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
	Ceulemans  35'	(Report)	Señor  85'
		Penalties
	Claesen Scifo Broos Vervoort L. Van Der Elst	5 – 4	Señor Eloy Chendo Butragueño Víctor

Semi-finals

25 June 1986 12:00 CST	West Germany	2 – 0	France	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
	Brehme  9' Völler  89'	(Report)

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25 June 1986 16:00 CST	Argentina	2 – 0	Belgium	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)
	Maradona  51', 63'	(Report)

Third place match

28 June 1986 12:00 CST	France	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Belgium	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 21,000 Referee: George Courtney (England)
	Ferreri  27' Papin  43' Genghini  104' Amoros  111' (pen.)	(Report)	Ceulemans  11' Claesen  73'

Final

29 June 1986 12:00 CST	Argentina	3 – 2	West Germany	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 114,600 Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
	Brown  23' Valdano  55' Burruchaga  83'	(Report)	Rummenigge  74' Völler  80'

Awards

Golden Boot	Golden Ball	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Gary Lineker	Diego Maradona	Brazil

Scorers

6 goals Gary Lineker 5 goals Diego Maradona Careca Emilio Butragueño 4 goals Jorge Valdano Preben Elkjær Larsen Alessandro Altobelli Igor Belanov 3 goals Jan Ceulemans Nico Claesen Jesper Olsen Rudi Völler 2 goals Jorge Burruchaga Enzo Scifo Josimar Sócrates Jean-Pierre Papin Michel Platini Yannick Stopyra Klaus Allofs Fernando Quirarte Abderrazak Khairi Roberto Cabañas Julio César Romero Ramón María Calderé Ivan Yaremchuk

1 goal Djamel Zidane José Luis Brown Pedro Pasculli Oscar Ruggeri Stéphane Demol Erwin Vandenbergh Franky Vercauteren Daniel Veyt Edinho Plamen Getov Nasko Sirakov John Eriksen Michael Laudrup Søren Lerby Peter Beardsley Manuel Amoros Luis Fernández Jean-Marc Ferreri Bernard Genghini Dominique Rocheteau Jean Tigana Andreas Brehme Lothar Matthäus Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Lajos Détári Márton Esterházy Ahmed Radhi Luis Flores Manuel Negrete Hugo Sánchez Raúl Servín Abdelkrim Merry Krimau

Colin Clarke Norman Whiteside Włodzimierz Smolarek Carlos Manuel Diamantino Gordon Strachan Choi Soon-Ho Huh Jung-Moo Kim Jong-Boo Park Chang-Seon Sergei Aleinikov Oleg Blokhin Vasiliy Rats Sergey Rodionov Pavel Yakovenko Aleksandr Zavarov Eloy Andoni Goikoetxea Julio Salinas Juan Antonio Señor Antonio Alzamendi Enzo Francescoli Own goals Cho Kwang-Rae (for Italy)

Disputes

• Some sources, including the official FIFA match report, credit the fifth Soviet goal against Hungary to Ivan Yaremchuk rather than an own goal. The Complete Book of the World Cup 2006 by Cris Freddi says: "Dajka's tackle knocked the ball beyond his own keeper after the Soviets had inter-passed on the edge of the box…". The article FIFA World Cup goalscorers counts the goal as an own goal
• See also the final paragraph in the 'Second round and quarter-finals' section above for Maradona's "Hand of God" goal
• 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

FIFA Retrospective Ranking

In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.^[4] The rankings for the 1986 tournament were as follows:

Final

1.  Argentina
2.  West Germany

3rd and 4th place

3.  France
4.  Belgium

Eliminated in the quarter-finals

5.  Brazil
6.  Mexico
7.  Spain
8.  England

Eliminated in the round of 16

9.  Denmark
10.  Soviet Union
11.  Morocco
12.  Italy
13.  Paraguay
14.  Poland
15.  Bulgaria
16.  Uruguay

Eliminated at the group stage

17.  Portugal
18.  Hungary
19.  Scotland
20.  Korea Republic
21.  Northern Ireland
22.  Algeria
23.  Iraq
24.  Canada

References

1. ↑ 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico - Overview FIFA - "inspired by their captain Diego Maradona who dominated the tournament in a way that arguably only Pele had done before"
2. ↑ 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico FIFA
3. ↑ El Diego - Diego Maradona, Page 127, ISBN 0-224-07190-4
4. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf page 45

External links

• 1986 FIFA World Cup FIFA.com
• 1986 World Cup Details RSSSF
• History of the World Cup-1986
• Mexico 1986 Planet World Cup

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