1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

Copa Mundial de Fútbol México '86
1986 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	31 May – 29 June (30 days)
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (2nd title)
Runners-up	West Germany
Third place	France
Fourth place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	132 (2.54 per match)
Attendance	2,394,031 (46,039 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gary Lineker (6 goals)
Best player	Diego Maradona
Best young player	Enzo Scifo

The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. With European nations not allowed to host after the previous World Cup in Spain, Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially resigned in 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983. This was the third FIFA World Cup tournament in succession that was hosted by a Hispanophonic country, after Spain in 1982, and Argentina in 1978.

It was won by Argentina (their second title, after winning in 1978). Argentina was captained by the 25-year old Diego Maradona, who played a large part in his team's success. Maradona scored the "Hand of God" goal, as well as another voted "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 2,394,031, an average per match of 46,039.^[2] Canada, Denmark and Iraq made their first appearances at the final stage.

The 1986 World Cup saw the appearance of the phenomenon dubbed the Mexican wave, which was popularised worldwide after featuring during the tournament.^[3][4]

The format of the competition changed from 1982, with the second round being played on a knock-out basis rather than groups. The 24 teams qualified were 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.

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.^[5] 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 thereby 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").

Mascot

The official mascot of the 1986 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.

The character caused a degree of controversy within Mexico for its ethnic stereotypes.^[6]

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. 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 2016, this was the last time that Hungary, Canada, Iraq and Northern Ireland qualified for the finals.

Venues

Eleven cities hosted the tournament. Seeded teams are in bold. The Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, the largest stadium used for the tournament, hosted 9 matches (including the final), more than any other stadium used. Mexico City hosted 13 total matches; the Olimpico Universitario Stadium hosted 4 matches. The Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara hosted 7 matches, and the Cuauhtémoc Stadium in [[Puebla] ]hosted 5 matches.

All of these venues except Monterrey were located in central Mexico, as this tournament was organized with the then-standard way of keeping teams playing in locations in close proximity to each other. Group A only played at the Olimpico and in Puebla (except for the Bulgaria-Italy opening tournament match, which was played in the Azteca), Group B only played at the Azteca and in Toluca (hosts Mexico were part of this group; they played all their group stage matches at the Azteca), Group C played in León and Irapuato, Group D only played in Guadalajara (including the Guadalajara area town of Zapopan; the last match of this group was played in Monterrey), Group E exclusively played in Querétaro and Nezahualcóyotl, and Group F played in the northern city of Monterrey (including the Monterrey area town of San Nicolas de los Garza; the last match of this group was played in Guadalajara). All of the venues listed hosted knockout round matches except the ones in Nezahualcoyotl, Irapuato, Zapopan, Toluca and the Estadio Tecnologico in Monterrey.

Mexico City		Guadalajara	Puebla
Estadio Azteca	Estadio Olímpico Universitario	Estadio Jalisco	Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Capacity: 114,600	Capacity: 72,000	Capacity: 66,000	Capacity: 46,000
San Nicolás de los Garza	Guadalajara Irapuato León Mexico City Monterrey Nezahualcóyotl Puebla Querétaro San Nicolás de los Garza Toluca Zapopan 1986 FIFA World Cup (Mexico)		Querétaro
Estadio Universitario			Estadio La Corregidora
Capacity: 44,000			Capacity: 40,785
Monterrey			León
Estadio Tecnológico			Estadio Nou Camp
Capacity: 38,000			Capacity: 35,000
Nezahualcoyotl	Irapuato	Zapopan	Toluca
Estadio Neza 86	Estadio Sergio León Chávez	Estadio Tres de Marzo	Estadio Nemesio Díez
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 32,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 30,000

Stadium	Matches	Teams hosted in the first round
Estadio Azteca	Opening match, Group B, R2, QF, SF, Final	Mexico
Estadio Olímpico Universitario	Group A, R2	Argentina,  Bulgaria,  South Korea
Estadio Jalisco	Group D, R2, QF, SF	Brazil
Estadio Cuauhtémoc	Group A, R2, QF, Third-place match	Italy
Estadio Universitario	Group F, R2, QF	Poland
Estadio La Corregidora	Group E, R2	West Germany
Estadio Tecnológico	Group F	England,  Portugal*,  Morocco*
Estadio Nou Camp	Group C, R2	France
Estadio Neza 86	Group E	Uruguay,  Denmark,  Scotland
Estadio Sergio León Chávez	Group C	Soviet Union,  Hungary,  Canada
Estadio Tres de Marzo	Group D	Spain*,  Northern Ireland,  Algeria*
Estadio Nemesio Díez	Group B	Belgium,  Paraguay,  Iraq

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

Match officials

Squads

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

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Mexico (hosts)  Italy (1982 winners)  West Germany (1982 runners-up)  Poland (1982 third place)  France (1982 fourth place)  Brazil	England  Soviet Union  Argentina  Spain  Paraguay  Uruguay	Algeria  Canada  Denmark  Iraq  Morocco  South Korea	Belgium  Bulgaria  Hungary  Northern Ireland  Portugal  Scotland

Summary

First round

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 Vasyl 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 difference.

Group D saw Brazil start against Spain, winning 1–0 after the referee failed to validate a legal goal scored by Míchel. 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. At the Olympic University Stadium in Mexico City, the European champions France 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 FIFA 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. At the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, 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 Matthäus scored the only goal of the match. Mexico won 2–0 against Bulgaria with an outstanding scissor-kick goal by Manuel Negrete which is honored by a remembrance plaque at the Azteca.

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 finished slightly the stronger of the two sides. 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 Señor 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 goalkeeper Harald Schumacher jumped to the right in the three Mexican penalties (stopping two of them).

The quarter-final between Argentina and England at the Azteca 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. With 20 minutes to go, the introduction of John Barnes as a substitute changed the tide of play in England's favour, as he pinged cross after cross into the Argentine penalty area: with 9 minutes to go, Lineker got on the end of one and scored, then almost repeated the dose six minutes later but was just unable to reach the ball thanks to a timely block by Olarticoechea: 2–1 to Argentina was the final score. In Argentina, the game was seen as revenge for the Falklands War.^[7]

Semi-finals, third-place match, and final

In the first semi-final match, Andreas Brehme put West Germany 1–0 ahead against France in the ninth minute in Guadalajara, 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 second semi-final match, Maradona struck twice in the second half as Argentina beat Belgium 2–0 at the Azteca. France went on to defeat Belgium in the third-place match, 4–2.

So it was to be the South American Argentina vs the European West Germany at the final at the Azteca, the second time this massive stadium would host a World Cup Final (the first in 1970). 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

Group stage

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
South Korea	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

South Korea made their first appearance since 1954. They managed to score their first goal (against Argentina) and their first draw (against Bulgaria).

31 May 1986
Bulgaria	1–1	Italy	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
2 June 1986
Argentina	3–1	South Korea	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
5 June 1986
Italy	1–1	Argentina	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Puebla
South Korea	1–1	Bulgaria	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
10 June 1986
South Korea	2–3	Italy	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Puebla
Argentina	2–0	Bulgaria	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico (H)	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
Belgium	1–2	Mexico	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
4 June 1986
Paraguay	1–0	Iraq	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
7 June 1986
Mexico	1–1	Paraguay	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
8 June 1986
Iraq	1–2	Belgium	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
11 June 1986
Paraguay	2–2	Belgium	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
Iraq	0–1	Mexico	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

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
Canada	0–1	France	Estadio Nou Camp, León
2 June 1986
Soviet Union	6–0	Hungary	Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
5 June 1986
France	1–1	Soviet Union	León
6 June 1986
Hungary	2–0	Canada	Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
9 June 1986
Hungary	0–3	France	León
Soviet Union	2–0	Canada	Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato

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
Spain	0–1	Brazil	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
3 June 1986
Algeria	1–1	Northern Ireland	Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan
6 June 1986
Brazil	1–0	Algeria	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
7 June 1986
Northern Ireland	1–2	Spain	Estadio Tres de Marzo,Zapopan
12 June 1986
Northern Ireland	0–3	Brazil	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Algeria	0–3	Spain	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey

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
Uruguay	1–1	West Germany	Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro
Scotland	0–1	Denmark	Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl
8 June 1986
West Germany	2–1	Scotland	Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro
Denmark	6–1	Uruguay	Nezahualcóyotl
13 June 1986
Denmark	2–0	West Germany	Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro
Scotland	0–0	Uruguay	Nezahualcóyotl

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
Morocco	0–0	Poland	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
3 June 1986
Portugal	1–0	England	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
6 June 1986
England	0–0	Morocco	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
7 June 1986
Poland	1–0	Portugal	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
11 June 1986
England	3–0	Poland	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
Portugal	1–3	Morocco	Estadio Tres de Marzo, Guadalajara

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

Knockout stage

Belgium made their record place in world cup, 4th place. Argentina beat West Germany for their first time and won their second world cup.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

16 June – Puebla

Argentina

1

22 June – Mexico City (Azteca)

Uruguay

0

Argentina

2

18 June – Mexico City (Azteca)

England

1

England

3

25 June – Mexico City (Azteca)

Paraguay

0

Argentina

2

18 June – Querétaro

Belgium

0

Denmark

1

22 June – Puebla

Spain

5

Spain

1 (4)

15 June – León

Belgium (pen.)

1 (5)

Soviet Union

3

29 June – Mexico City (Azteca)

Belgium (aet)

4

Argentina

3

16 June – Guadalajara

West Germany

2

Brazil

4

21 June – Guadalajara

Poland

0

Brazil

1 (3)

17 June – Mexico City (Olímpico)

France (pen.)

1 (4)

Italy

0

25 June – Guadalajara

France

2

France

0

17 June – San Nicolás de los Garza

West Germany

2

Third Place

Morocco

0

21 June – San Nicolás de los Garza

28 June – Puebla

West Germany

1

West Germany (pen.)

0 (4)

Belgium

2

15 June – Mexico City (Azteca)

Mexico

0 (1)

France (aet)

4

Mexico

2

Bulgaria

0

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Awards

Source:^[8]

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

Goalscorers

Gary Lineker received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals. In total, 132 goals were scored by 82 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

6 goals^[9]

• Gary Lineker

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

• László Dajka (against the Soviet Union)
• Cho Kwang-rae (against Italy)

Players who were red-carded during the tournament

• Mike Sweeney^[10]
• Frank Arnesen^[11]
• Ray Wilkins^[12]
• Thomas Berthold^[13]
• Basil Gorgis^[14]
• Javier Aguirre^[13]
• José Batista^[15]
• Miguel Bossio^[16]

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.^[17][18] The rankings for the 1986 tournament were as follows:

R	Team	G	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	Argentina	A	7	6	1	0	14	5	+9	13
2	West Germany	E	7	3	2	2	8	7	+1	8
3	France	C	7	4	2	1	12	6	+6	10
4	Belgium	B	7	2	2	3	12	15	−3	6
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Brazil	D	5	4	1	0	10	1	+9	9
6	Mexico	B	5	3	2	0	6	2	+4	8
7	Spain	D	5	3	1	1	11	4	+7	7
8	England	F	5	2	1	2	7	3	+4	5
Eliminated in the round of 16
9	Denmark	E	4	3	0	1	10	6	+4	6
10	Soviet Union	C	4	2	1	1	12	5	+7	5
11	Morocco	F	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	4
12	Italy	A	4	1	2	1	5	6	−1	4
13	Paraguay	B	4	1	2	1	4	6	−2	4
14	Poland	F	4	1	1	2	1	7	−6	3
15	Bulgaria	A	4	0	2	2	2	6	−4	2
16	Uruguay	E	4	0	2	2	2	8	−6	2
Eliminated in the group stage
17	Portugal	F	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2
18	Hungary	C	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	2
19	Scotland	E	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
20	South Korea	A	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1
21	Northern Ireland	D	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
22	Algeria	D	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
23	Iraq	B	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0
24	Canada	C	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

References

External links

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• 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico ™, FIFA.com
• 1986 World Cup Details RSSSF
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)