Water Polo, Men

Competition 1986 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Madrid ESP
Held 14 – 22 August 1986
Status Medal
Competitors 195
Countries 15

YUG, ITA, URS, USA, ESP, and FRG qualified for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Yugoslavia YUG 5 1 0
Dragan Andrić / Perica Bukić / Veselin Đuho / Milorad Krivokapić / Deni Lušić / Igor Milanović / Tomislav Paškvalin / Zoran Petrović / Andrija Popović / Dubravko Šimenc / Aleksandar Šoštar / Ante Vasović / Mirko Vičević
🥈 Italy ITA 5 0 2
Gianni Averaimo / Paolo Caldarella / Sandro Campagna / Marco D'Altrui / Massimiliano Ferretti / Mario Fiorillo / Alfio Misaggi / Andrea Pisano / Franco Porzio / Stefano Postiglione / Antonello Steardo / Riccardo Tempestini / Paolo Trapanese
🥉 Soviet Union URS 5 0 2
Dmitry Apanasenko / Viktor Berendyuga / Yevgeny Grishin / Mikhail Ivanov / Sergey Kotenko / Sergey Markoch / Nurlan Mendygaliyev / Giorgi Mshvenieradze / Sergey Naumov / Pavel Prokopchuk / Nikolay Sarafayev / Yevgeny Sharonov / Nikolay Smirnov
4 United States USA 4 1 2
James Bergeson / Greg Boyer / Doug Burke / Jeff Campbell / Jody Campbell / Peter Campbell / Shawn Cleary / Mike Evans / Charlie Harris / Alan Mouchawar / Kevin Robertson / Terry Schroeder / Craig Wilson
5 Spain ESP 4 0 3
Antonio Aguilar / Alberto Canal / Jorge Carmona / Manuel Estiarte / Juan Carlos Gomá / Marco Antonio González / Mariano Moya / Jorge Neira / Jordi Payá / Pedro Robert / Jordi Sans / Jorge Signes / Manuel Silvestre
6 Germany GER 4 0 3
Santiago Chalmovsky / Andreas Ehrl / Armando Fernández / Rainer Hoppe / Thomas Huber / Dirk Jacoby / Frank Kison / Rainer Osselmann / Frank Otto / Peter Röhle / Adrian Schervan / Hagen Stamm / Dirk Theismann
7 Cuba CUB 2 2 2
Juan Carlos Barreras / Carlos Benítez / Lázaro Costa / Pablo Cuesta / Jorge del Valle / Marcelo Derouville / Bárbaro Díaz / Nelson Domínguez / Oriel Domínguez / Juan Carlos Martínez / Arturo Ramos / José Ángel Ramos / Gerardo Rodríguez
8 France FRA 2 2 3
Thierry Alimondo / Arnaud Bouet / Bruno Boyadjian / Marc Brisfer / Marc Crousillat / Michel Crousillat / Pierre Garsau / Philippe Hervé / Michel Idoux / Nicolas Jeleff / Nicolas Marischael / Pascal Pérot / Armand Mikaelian
9 Hungary HUN 4 0 2
Tamás Ambrus / Gábor Csapó / István Dóczi / Árpád Gáspár / András Gyöngyösi / István Kiss / Péter Kuna / Csaba Mészáros / Zsolt Petőváry / Gábor Schmiedt / Péter Szileczky / Imre Tóth / Sándor Tóth
10 Australia AUS 3 0 3
Robert Bryant / Martin Callaghan / Don Cameron / John Fox / Chris Harrison / Andrew Kerr / Chris Mackay / Ray Mayers / Julian Muspratt / Richard Pengelley / Glenn Townsend / Andrew Wightman / Chris Wybrow
11 Greece GRE 2 1 4
Antonis Aronis / Nikolaos Daras / Kyriakos Giannopoulos / Filippos Kaiafas / Dimitrios Kakarnakis / Nikolaos Christoforidis / Georgios Mavrotas / Tasos Papanastasiou / Evangelos Pateros / Kostas Protopapas / Vangelis Roupakas / Dimitrios Seletopoulos / Nikolaos Venetopoulos
12 Brazil BRA 1 1 5
Fernando Carsalade / Ayrton Silva / George Chaia / Paulo Abreu / Sérgio Figueiredo / Hélio Silva / Gilberto Guimarães / Sílvio Manfredi / André Peçanha / Luis Guilherme Sanches / Duda / Eric Borges / Laurenco Vergara
13 Canada CAN 1 1 4
John Anderson / Greg Bidinosti / Jean-Marc Bouchard / Stephen Burt / Stéphane Croft / Robert Dal Lago / Raymond Denis / George Gross / Kent Hardisty / Rod McDonald / Denis Morin / Jim O'Malley / Bryan Robertson
14 Netherlands NED 2 0 4
Wyco de Vries / Robert Havekotte / Wim Helmsing / Sicco Holman / John Jansen / Arnold Nonnekes / Eric Noordegraaf / Remco Pielstroom / Marc van Belkum / Stan van Belkum / Ed van Es / Mark van Groen / Ewoud van Winsen
15 Israel ISR 0 1 5
Ohad Ben Dror / Ofer Friedman / Eyal Kanitz / Roni Keren / Eli Kerman / Benny Lang / Rami Parizer / Arnon Peleg / Zohar Rahav / Nir Shamir / Ronen Shoham / Tal Snunit / Gidi Vitkon

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Italy ITA 3 0 0 6
2 Spain ESP 2 0 1 4
3 Hungary HUN 1 0 2 2
4 Israel ISR 0 0 3 0

Matches

Italy ITA 8-7 Spain ESP
Hungary HUN 16-2 Israel ISR
Italy ITA 9-8 Hungary HUN
Spain ESP 21-6 Israel ISR
Italy ITA 7-5 Israel ISR
Spain ESP 7-5 Hungary HUN

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Yugoslavia YUG 1 1 0 3
2 Cuba CUB 1 1 0 3
3 Australia AUS 0 0 2 0

Matches

Yugoslavia YUG 12-4 Australia AUS
Cuba CUB 12-10 Australia AUS
Yugoslavia YUG 11-11 Cuba CUB

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Germany GER 3 0 0 6
2 France FRA 2 0 1 4
3 Canada CAN 1 0 2 2
4 Netherlands NED 0 0 3 0

Matches

Germany GER 8-3 Canada CAN
France FRA 5-4 Netherlands NED
Germany GER 10-4 France FRA
Canada CAN 8-4 Netherlands NED
Germany GER 8-7 Netherlands NED
France FRA 9-6 Canada CAN

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 United States USA 3 0 0 6
2 Soviet Union URS 2 0 1 4
3 Brazil BRA 0 1 2 1
4 Greece GRE 0 1 2 1

Matches

Soviet Union URS 16-10 Brazil BRA
United States USA 13-3 Greece GRE
Soviet Union URS 12-7 Greece GRE
United States USA 15-6 Brazil BRA
Soviet Union URS 8-10 United States USA
Greece GRE 9-9 Brazil BRA

Round 2

Group E

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Yugoslavia YUG 2 1 0 5
2 Italy ITA 2 0 1 4
3 Cuba CUB 1 1 1 3
4 Spain ESP 0 0 3 0

Matches

Yugoslavia YUG 10-6 Spain ESP
Italy ITA 9-7 Cuba CUB
Yugoslavia YUG 8-5 Italy ITA
Spain ESP 11-12 Cuba CUB

Group F

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 United States USA 2 1 0 5
2 Soviet Union URS 2 0 1 4
3 Germany GER 1 0 2 2
4 France FRA 0 1 2 1

Matches

Soviet Union URS 13-4 France FRA
United States USA 10-9 Germany GER
Soviet Union URS 9-8 Germany GER
United States USA 6-6 France FRA

Group G

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 2 0 0 4
2 Australia AUS 1 0 1 2
3 Israel ISR 0 0 2 0

Matches

Australia AUS 11-1 Israel ISR
Hungary HUN 7-6 Australia AUS

Group H

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Greece GRE 2 1 0 5
2 Brazil BRA 1 1 1 3
3 Canada CAN 1 0 2 2
4 Netherlands NED 1 0 2 2

Matches

Greece GRE 5-3 Netherlands NED
Brazil BRA 9-4 Canada CAN
Greece GRE 6-4 Canada CAN
Brazil BRA 5-7 Netherlands NED

Classification Round

Group 1

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
5 Spain ESP 2 0 1 4
6 Germany GER 2 0 1 4
7 Cuba CUB 1 1 1 3
8 France FRA 0 1 2 1

Matches

Spain ESP 15-8 Germany GER
Cuba CUB 7-7 France FRA
Spain ESP 11-4 France FRA
Germany GER 11-8 Cuba CUB

Group 2

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
9 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 6
10 Australia AUS 2 0 1 4
11 Greece GRE 0 1 2 1
12 Brazil BRA 0 1 2 1

Matches

Hungary HUN 11-9 Brazil BRA
Australia AUS 10-5 Greece GRE
Hungary HUN 11-10 Greece GRE
Australia AUS 11-4 Brazil BRA

Group 3

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
13 Canada CAN 1 1 0 3
14 Netherlands NED 1 0 1 2
15 Israel ISR 0 1 1 1

Matches

Netherlands NED 8-6 Israel ISR
Canada CAN 8-8 Israel ISR

Semi-Finals

Yugoslavia YUG 8-6 Soviet Union URS
Italy ITA 10-9 United States USA

Finals

Yugoslavia YUG 12-11
After Extra Time
Italy ITA
Soviet Union URS 8-6
After Extra Time
United States USA