1986 FIFA World Cup
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
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 |
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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:ITAf | 1–1 | Template:BULfold |
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Altobelli 44' | Sirakov 85' |
Ref: Fredriksson (Sweden)
Attendance: 95,000
Template:ARGf | 3–1 | Template:KORf |
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Valdano 8', 47' Ruggeri |
Park 72' |
Ref: Sanchez (Spain)
Attendance: 60,000
Template:ITAf | 1–1 | Template:ARGf |
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Altobelli 7' | Maradona 34' |
Ref: Keizer (Netherlands)
Attendance: 32,000
Template:BULfold | 1–1 | Template:KORf |
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Getov 12' | Kim 70' |
Ref: Al Shanar (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 45,000
Template:ITAf | 3–2 | Template:KORf |
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Altobelli 18', 73' Cho 82' (og) |
Choi 62' Huh 89' |
Ref: Socha (United States of America)
Attendance: 20,000
Template:ARGf | 2–0 | Template:BULfold |
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Valdano 3' Burruchaga 77' |
Ref: Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
Attendance: 65,000
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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:MEXf | 2–1 | Belgium |
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Quirarte 23' Sánchez 39' |
Vandenbergh 45' |
Ref: Esposito (Argentina)
Attendance: 110,000
Template:PARf | 1–0 | Template:IRQfold |
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Romero 36' |
Ref: Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)
Attendance: 24,000
Template:MEXf | 1–1 | Template:PARf |
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Flores 3' | Romero 85' |
Ref: Courtney (England)
Attendance: 114,000
Template:BELf | 2–1 | Template:IRQfold |
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Scifo 16' Claesen 22' pen |
Radhi 57' |
Ref: Diaz (Colombia)
Attendance: 20,000
Template:PARf | 2–2 | Template:BELf |
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Cabañas 50', 76' | Vercauteren 32' Veyt 60' |
Ref: Dotchev (Bulgaria)
Attendance: 16,000
Template:MEXf | 1–0 | Template:IRQfold |
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Quirarte 53' |
Ref: Petrovic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 103,000
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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:FRAf | 1–0 | Template:CANf |
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Papin 79' |
Ref: Silva (Chile)
Attendance: 36,000
Template:URSf | 6–0 | Template:HUNf |
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Yakovenko 2' Aleinikov 4' Belanov 25' pen Yaremchuk 65', 73' Rodionov 80' |
Ref: Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance: 16,500
Template:FRAf | 1–1 | Template:URSf |
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Fernandez 62' | Rats 54' |
Ref: Filho (Brazil)
Attendance: 36,500
Template:HUNf | 2–0 | Template:CANf |
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Esterhazy 2' Detari 76' |
Ref: Al-Sharif (Syria)
Attendance: 14,000
Template:FRAf | 3–0 | Template:HUNf |
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Stopyra 30' Tigana 64' Rocheteau 85' |
Ref: Valente (Portugal)
Attendance: 31,000
Template:URSf | 2–0 | Template:CANf |
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Blokhin 59' Zavarov 75' |
Ref: Traore (Mali)
Attendance: 14,200
Group D
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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:BRAf | 1–0 | Template:ESPf |
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Sócrates 63' |
Ref: Bambridge (Australia)
Attendance: 65,000
Template:ALGf | 1–1 | Template:NIRf |
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Zidane 59' | Whiteside 6' |
Ref: Butenko (USSR)
Attendance: 22,000
Template:BRAf | 1–0 | Template:ALGf |
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Careca 67' |
Ref: Mendez (Guatemala)
Attendance: 48,000
Template:ESPf | 2–1 | Template:NIRf |
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Butragueño 2' Salinas 18' |
Clarke 48' |
Ref: Brummeier (Austria)
Attendance: 28,000
Template:BRAf | 3–0 | Template:NIRf |
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Careca 18', 88' Josimar 42' |
Ref: Kirschen (East Germany)
Attendance: 51,000
Template:ESPf | 3–0 | Template:ALGf |
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Calderé 17', 68' Eloy 71' |
Ref: Takada (Japan)
Attendance: 20,000
Group E
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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:URUf | 1–1 | Template:FRGf |
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Alzamendi 4' | Allofs 85' |
Ref: Christov (Czechoslovakia)
Attendance: 30,000
Template:DENf | 1–0 | Template:SCOf |
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Elkjær-Larsen 58' |
Ref: Nemeth (Hungary)
Attendance: 18,000
Template:FRGf | 2–1 | Template:SCOf |
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Völler 22' Allofs 50' |
Strachan 18' |
Ref: Igna (Romania)
Attendance: 30,000
Template:DENf | 6–1 | Template:URUf |
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Elkjær-Larsen 11', 69', 79' Lerby 41' Laudrup 52' J. Olsen 88' |
Francescoli 45' pen |
Ref: Márquez (Mexico)
Attendance: 26,000
Template:DENf | 2–0 | Template:FRGf |
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J. Olsen 44' pen Eriksen 83' |
Ref: Ponnet (Belgium)
Attendance: 36,000
Template:URUf | 0–0 | Template:SCOf |
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Ref: Quiniou (France)
Attendance: 20,000
Group F
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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:MARf | 0–0 | Template:POLf |
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Ref: Martinez (Uruguay)
Attendance: 19,000
Template:PORf | 1–0 | Template:ENGf |
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Carlos Manuel 75' |
Ref: Roth (West Germany)
Attendance: 23,000
Template:MARf | 0–0 | Template:ENGf |
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Ref: González (Paraguay)
Attendance: 20,000
Template:POLf | 1–0 | Template:PORf |
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Smolarek 64' |
Ref: Ben Naceur (Tunisia)
Attendance: 20,000
Template:ENGf | 3–0 | Template:POLf |
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Lineker 8', 14', 36' |
Ref: Daina (Switzerland)
Attendance: 23,000
Template:MARf | 3–1 | Template:PORf |
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Khairi 19', 28' Krimau 62' |
Diamantino 90' |
Ref: Snoddy (Nothern Ireland)
Attendance: 24,000
See Saltillo Affair.
Knockout stages
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
June 16 - Puebla | ||||||||||||||
Argentina | 1 | |||||||||||||
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 - Leon | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | 0 | |||||||||||||
Belgium (AET) | 4 | |||||||||||||
June 22 - Puebla | ||||||||||||||
Soviet Union | 3 | |||||||||||||
Belgium (pen) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
June 18 - Queretaro | ||||||||||||||
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 Bulgaria | 0 | |||||||||||||
Mexico | 0 (1) | France | 4 | |||||||||||
June 17 - Monterrey | ||||||||||||||
West Germany (pen) | 0 (4) | Belgium | 2 | |||||||||||
West Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||
Morocco | 0 | |||||||||||||
Round of sixteen
Template:MEXf | 2–0 | Template:BULfold |
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Negrete 35' Servin 61' |
Ref: Filho (Brazil)
Attendance: 114,000
Template:BELf | 4–3 | Template:URSf |
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Scifo 56' Ceulemans 78' Demol 102' Claesen |
Belanov 28, 70, 111' pen |
Template:BRAf | 4–0 | Template:POLf |
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Sócrates 30' pen Josimar 55' Edinho 79' Careca 83' pen |
Ref: Roth (West Germany)
Attendance: 45,000
Template:ARGf | 1–0 | Template:URUf |
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Pasculli 42' |
Ref: Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance: 26,000
Template:FRAf | 2–0 | Template:ITAf |
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Platini 15' Stopyra 57' |
Ref: Esposito (Argentina)
Attendance: 70,000
Template:FRGf | 1–0 | Template:MARf |
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Matthäus 87' |
Ref: Petrovic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 19,000
Template:ENGf | 3–0 | Template:PARf |
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Lineker 32', 72' Beardsley 56' |
Ref: Al-Sharif (Syria)
Attendance: 99,000
Template:ESPf | 5–1 | Template:DENf |
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Butragueño 43', 56', 80', 90' pen Goikoetxea 69' pen |
J. Olsen 33' pen |
Ref: Keizer (Netherlands)
Attendance: 38,500
Quarter-finals
Template:FRAf | 1–1 (AET, 4-3 PEN) | Template:BRAf |
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Platini 40' | Careca 18' |
Ref: Igna (Romania)
Attendance: 65,000
Template:FRGf | 0–0 (AET, 4-1 PEN) | Template:MEXf |
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Ref: Diaz (Colombia)
Attendance: 44,000
Template:ARGf | 2–1 | Template:ENGf |
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Maradona 51', 56' | Lineker 81' |
Ref: Ben Naceur (Tunisia)
Attendance: 115,000
Template:BELf | 1–1 (AET, 5-4 PEN) | Template:ESPf |
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Ceulemans 35' | Señor 85' |
Ref: Kirschen (East Germany)
Attendance: 45,000
Semi-finals
Template:FRGf | 2–0 | Template:FRAf |
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Brehme 9' Völler 89' |
Ref: Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance: 50,000
Template:ARGf | 2–0 | Template:BELf |
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Maradona 51', 63' |
Ref: Márquez (Mexico)
Attendance: 110,000
Third place match
Template:FRAf | 4–2 (AET) | Template:BELf |
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Ferreri 27' Papin 43' Genghini 104' Amoros 111' pen |
Ceulemans 11' Claesen 73' |
Ref: Courtney (England)
Attendance: 21,000
Final
Template:ARGf | 3–2 | Template:FRGf |
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Brown 23' Valdano 55' Burruchaga 83' |
Rummenigge 74' Völler 80' |
Ref: Filho (Brazil)
Attendance: 114,600
1986 World Cup Champions: ARGENTINA (2nd title) |
Trivia
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