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Template:Infobox Football World Cup The 1986 Football World Cup was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. It was won by Argentina, who beat West Germany 3-2 in the final at Mexico City's Estadio Azteca.

Event

The tournament was originally scheduled in 1974 to be hosted by Colombia, but after the Colombian authorities declared in late 1982 that they could not afford to host the World Cup, Mexico was selected in May 20th,1983 in Stockholm between the bids of Canada and United States (eight years later will be the host of the fifteenth edition of the event scheduled in 1994) as replacement host and became the first nation to host two Football 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.

The format of the competition changed from 1982: 24 teams still qualified, again divided into six groups of four. But the second round was replaced by a knockout competition, for which 16 teams: six group winners, six second place finishers, and four best third place finishers would qualify. Also, in response to a 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 future FIFA competitions except for the 2003 Women's World Cup; see the article for that event for a fuller explanation of this aberration.

It was the tournament of Diego Maradona who was at the peak of his form and he led the Argentinean team to the title. His most memorable performance probably came during the quarter final against England, where he scored both goals in the 2-1 victory. Maradona's first was assisted, in his own words, by the "hand of God" (unseen by the referee, he used his hand to score the goal) and the other was considered to be the Goal of the Century, in which he dribbled half the length of the field past five English players before scoring.

France were one of the teams of the tournament. "Les Bleus" showed their class in ousting Italy, the world champions, in their second round game, 2-0, before overcoming Brazil in Guadalajara - rather fortuitously but with a great deal of flair - in one of the greatest matches of all time. Tele Santana's Brazilians twice hit the woodwork and frequently overran Michel Platini and his French side, who eventually won the day largely due to the performance of their goalkeeper Joël Bats. Among other feats, he managed to save a Zico penalty 12 minutes from time. After winning a nail-biting penalty shoot-out (1-1 at full time, then 4-3 on penalties), the French reached the semis. But here, just as in Spain four years earlier, their dreams of FIFA World Cup glory were foiled by a fresher German eleven.

The Germans, playing in their fifth final, once again stumbled at the last step. Beaten by Italy and Paolo Rossi in 1982, this time they were pipped at the post (3-2) by the Argentinians, led by Diego Maradona, fresh from their 2-0 victory over a plucky Belgian side in the semis. Argentina's victory was as deserved as it was unexpected. The team was solid but uninspired, and it was a masterful Maradona that virtually won the FIFA World Cup for his country single-handed. His brilliance and goal-scoring prowess (five goals) made him, quite naturally, the Player of the Tournament. The only cloud over the proceedings came in the quarter-finals when he scored with his hand against England. This did not, however, spoil the party in Argentina, where 30 million people celebrated in the streets after the final victory.

Germany won their second World Cup semi-final against France in a row (following their defeat of France in 1982) only to lose their second World Cup final in a row.

Gary Lineker of England won the Golden Boot as the leading scorer of the World Cup, scoring six goals.

The Portuguese national team went on strike during the competition. Players refused to train between their first and the second games (against England and Poland) and were eliminated by Morocco. Canada and Iraq made their first Cup appearances in this tournament, both sides being dismissed from group play with three losses.

During the Group E game between Uruguay and Scotland, José Batista of Uruguay was sent off after less than a minute - a record that still stands in World Cup finals.

Mascot

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Pique

Pique was the mascot of this World Cup. Pique, an anthropomorphic chili pepper wearing the Mexican football team colours, appeared on many merchandising items.

Qualification

See 1986 FIFA World Cup (qualification).

Squads

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

First round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:ARGf 5 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4
Template:ITAf 4 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1
Template:BULfold 2 3 0 2 1 2 4 -2
Template:KORf 1 3 0 1 2 4 7 -3
Template:ITAf1–1Template:BULfold
Altobelli 44' Sirakov 85'
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Fredriksson (Sweden)
Attendance: 95,000
Template:ITAf3–2Template:KORf
Altobelli 18', 73'
Cho 82' (og)
Choi 62'
Huh 89'
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Ref: Socha (United States of America)
Attendance: 20,000


Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:MEXf 5 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
Template:PARf 4 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1
Template:BELf 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
Template:IRQfold 0 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3
Template:MEXf2–1 Belgium
Quirarte 23'
Sánchez 39'
Vandenbergh 45'
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Esposito (Argentina)
Attendance: 110,000
Template:PARf1–0Template:IRQfold
Romero 36'  
Toluca, Estadio Nemesio Díez
Ref: Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)
Attendance: 24,000
Template:MEXf1–1Template:PARf
Flores 3' Romero 85'
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Courtney (England)
Attendance: 114,000
Template:PARf2–2Template:BELf
Cabañas 50', 76' Vercauteren 32'
Veyt 60'
Toluca, Estadio Nemesio Díez
Ref: Dotchev (Bulgaria)
Attendance: 16,000
Template:MEXf1–0Template:IRQfold
Quirarte 53'  
Mexico City, Mexico City
Ref: Petrovic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 103,000

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:URSf 5 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8
Template:FRAf 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
Template:HUNfold 2 3 1 0 2 2 9 -7
Template:CANf 0 3 0 0 3 0 5 -5
Template:FRAf1–0Template:CANf
Papin 79'  
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Silva (Chile)
Attendance: 36,000
Template:FRAf1–1Template:URSf
Fernandez 62' Rats 54'
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Filho (Brazil)
Attendance: 36,500
Template:FRAf3–0Template:HUNf
Stopyra 30'
Tigana 64'
Rocheteau 85'
 
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Valente (Portugal)
Attendance: 31,000

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:BRAf 6 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5
Template:ESPf 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3
Template:NIRf 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4
Template:ALGf 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4
Template:BRAf1–0Template:ESPf
Sócrates 63'  
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Bambridge (Australia)
Attendance: 65,000
Template:BRAf1–0Template:ALGf
Careca 67'  
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Mendez (Guatemala)
Attendance: 48,000
Template:BRAf3–0Template:NIRf
Careca 18', 88'
Josimar 42'
 
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Kirschen (East Germany)
Attendance: 51,000
Template:ESPf3–0Template:ALGf
Calderé 17', 68'
Eloy 71'
 
Monterrey, Estadio Tecnológico
Ref: Takada (Japan)
Attendance: 20,000

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:DENf 6 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8
Template:FRGf 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1
Template:URUf 2 3 0 2 1 2 7 -5
Template:SCOf 1 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2
Template:DENf6–1Template:URUf
Elkjær-Larsen 11', 69', 79'
Lerby 41'
Laudrup 52'
J. Olsen 88'
Francescoli 45' pen
Nezahualcóyotl, Estadio Neza
Ref: Márquez (Mexico)
Attendance: 26,000
Template:URUf0–0Template:SCOf
   
Nezahualcóyotl, Estadio Neza
Ref: Quiniou (France)
Attendance: 20,000

Group F

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:MARf 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2
Template:ENGf 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 +2
Template:POLf 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 -2
Template:PORf 2 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2
Template:MARf0–0Template:POLf
   
Monterrey, Estadio Universitario
Ref: Martinez (Uruguay)
Attendance: 19,000
Template:MARf0–0Template:ENGf
   
Monterrey, Estadio Tecnológico
Ref: González (Paraguay)
Attendance: 20,000
Template:POLf1–0Template:PORf
Smolarek 64'  
Monterrey, Estadio Universitario
Ref: Ben Naceur (Tunisia)
Attendance: 20,000
Template:ENGf3–0Template:POLf
Lineker 8', 14', 36'  
Monterrey, Estadio Tecnológico
Ref: Daina (Switzerland)
Attendance: 23,000

See Saltillo Affair.


Knockout stages

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
June 16 - Puebla
 
 
Argentina Argentina1
 
June 22 - Mexico City
 
Uruguay Uruguay0
 
Argentina Argentina2
 
June 18 - Mexico City
 
England England1
 
England England 3
 
June 25 - Mexico City
 
Paraguay Paraguay0
 
Argentina Argentina2
 
June 15 - Leon
 
Belgium Belgium0
 
Belgium Belgium (AET)4
 
June 22 - Puebla
 
Soviet Union Soviet Union 3
 
Belgium Belgium (pen)1 (5)
 
June 18 - Queretaro
 
Spain Spain 1 (4)
 
Spain Spain5
 
June 29 - Mexico City
 
Denmark Denmark1
 
Argentina Argentina3
 
June 17 - Mexico City
 
West Germany West Germany2
 
France France2
 
June 21 - Guadalajara
 
Italy Italy0
 
France France (pen)1 (4)
 
June 16 - Guadalajara
 
Brazil Brazil1 (3)
 
Brazil Brazil 4
 
June 25 - Guadalajara
 
Poland Poland0
 
France France0
 
June 15 - Mexico City
 
West Germany West Germany 2 Third place
 
Mexico Mexico 2
 
June 21 - MonterreyJune 28 - Puebla
 
Bulgaria Bulgaria0
 
Mexico Mexico0 (1)France France4
 
June 17 - Monterrey
 
West Germany West Germany (pen)0 (4) Belgium Belgium2
 
West Germany West Germany 1
 
 
Morocco Morocco0
 

Round of sixteen

Template:MEXf2–0Template:BULfold
Negrete 35'
Servin 61'
 
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Filho (Brazil)
Attendance: 114,000
Template:BELf4–3Template:URSf
Scifo 56'
Ceulemans 78'
Demol 102'
Claesen
Belanov 28, 70, 111' pen
León, Nou Camp
Ref: Fredriksson (Sweden)
Attendance: 32,300
Template:BRAf4–0Template:POLf
Sócrates 30' pen
Josimar 55'
Edinho 79'
Careca 83' pen
 
Guadalajara, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Roth (West Germany)
Attendance: 45,000
Template:ARGf1–0Template:URUf
Pasculli 42'  
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Ref: Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance: 26,000
Template:ENGf3–0Template:PARf
Lineker 32', 72'
Beardsley 56'
 
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Al-Sharif (Syria)
Attendance: 99,000
Template:ESPf5–1Template:DENf
Butragueño 43', 56', 80', 90' pen
Goikoetxea 69' pen
J. Olsen 33' pen

Quarter-finals

Template:FRAf1–1 (AET, 4-3 PEN)Template:BRAf
Platini 40' Careca 18'
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Igna (Romania)
Attendance: 65,000
Template:FRGf0–0 (AET, 4-1 PEN)Template:MEXf
   
Monterrey, Estadio Universitario
Ref: Diaz (Colombia)
Attendance: 44,000
Template:BELf1–1 (AET, 5-4 PEN)Template:ESPf
Ceulemans 35' Señor 85'
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Ref: Kirschen (East Germany)
Attendance: 45,000

Semi-finals

Template:FRGf2–0Template:FRAf
Brehme 9'
Völler 89'
 
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance: 50,000
Template:ARGf2–0Template:BELf
Maradona 51', 63'  
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Márquez (Mexico)
Attendance: 110,000

Third place match

Template:FRAf4–2 (AET)Template:BELf
Ferreri 27'
Papin 43'
Genghini 104'
Amoros 111' pen
Ceulemans 11'
Claesen 73'
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Ref: Courtney (England)
Attendance: 21,000

Final

1986 World Cup Champions:

ARGENTINA (2nd title)

Trivia

For to be 1986 the International Year of Peace declared by United Nations in the advertising boards of the all the stadias shows with the emblems of FIFA and United Nations the legend "Football for Peace- International Peace Year" Template:Fb start

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