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1986 World Men's Handball Championship

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image1986 World Cup Handball Poster.png
size250px
captionPoster of the WC 1986
countrySwitzerland
dates25 February – 8 March
num_teams16
champion_other
count1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches54
goals2388
top_scorerKOR Kang Jae-won (67 goals)
previous1982 World Men's Handball Championship
next1990 World Men's Handball Championship

The 1986 World Men's Handball Championship was the 11th team handball World Championship. It was held in Switzerland from February 25 to March 8, 1986. Yugoslavia won the championship. The tournament was played in Aarau, Basel, Bern, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Davos, Geneva, Luzern, Olten, St. Gallen, Solothurn, Winterthur and Zürich.

Qualification

CompetitionVacanciesQualified
Host nation1
1984 Summer Olympics6
1985 World Men's Handball Championship Group B6
Asian Qualification Tournament1
[1985 African Men's Handball Championship](1985-african-men-s-handball-championship)1
[1985 Pan American Men's Handball Championship](1985-pan-american-men-s-handball-championship)1

Teams

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Preliminary round

Group A






Group B






Group C






Group D






Ranking round






Main round

Group I









Group II









Final round

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standings

RankTeam
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**1986 Men's World Champions**

Medal summary

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Zlatan Arnautović
Mirko Bašić
Jovica Cvetković
Jovica Elezović
Časlav Grubić
Jožef Holpert
Mile Isaković
Muhamed Memić
Dragan Mladenović
Jasmin Mrkonja
Zlatko Portner
Rolando Pušnik
Momir Rnić
Zlatko Saračević
Veselin Vujović
Veselin VukovićHungary Hungary Imre Bíró
József Bordás
Viktor Debre
János Fodor
János Gyurka
László Hoffmann
Gábor Horváth
Mihály Iváncsik
József Kenyeres
Zsolt Kontra
Mihály Kovács
Péter Kovács
László Marosi
Tibor Oross
László SzabóEast Germany East Germany Heiko Bonath
Rüdiger Borchardt
Stephan Hauck
Peter Hofmann
Andreas Köckeritz
Hartmut Krüger
Andreas Nagora
Peter Pysall
Gunnar Schimrock
Wieland Schmidt
Dirk Schnell
Klaus-Dieter Schulz
Frank-Michael Wahl
Ingolf Wiegert
Holger Winselmann
Thomas Zeise

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerGoals
1KOR Kang Jae-won67
2CUB Roberto Julián Duranona50
3SWE Björn Jilsén47
4HUN Péter Kovács45
5ISL Kristján Arason41
6GDR Ingolf Wiegert40
ROU Maricel Voinea
8YUG Jovica Cvetković37
9DEN Michael Fenger35
SUI Peter Weber
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