Men's handball world championship 1986

11th men's handball world championship 1986
11th Men's Handball World Championship
1986 World Cup poster
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Yugoslavia (1st title)
venue	Switzerland
Opening game	February 25, 1986
Endgame	March 8, 1986
Games	52
Gates	2,295   (∅: 44.13 per game)
Top scorer	Kang Jae-Won , 67 goals
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The 11th men's handball world championship took place from February 25 to March 8, 1986 in Switzerland . A total of 16 teams took part in the tournament. Yugoslavia won the world championship with a 24:22 victory over Hungary . The GDR selection won bronze , the team from the Federal Republic of Germany took seventh place.

game schedule

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the teams competed in four groups. The first three teams in each group qualified for the main round.

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	80:70	+ 10	6-0
2	GDR	3	2	0	1	71:64	+ 07	4: 2
3	Soviet Union	3	1	0	2	73:72	+ 01	2: 4
4th	Cuba	3	0	0	3	75:93	- 18th	0: 6

February 25, 1986, 7 p.m. in Aarau	GDR	-	Cuba	28:24 (15:11)
February 25, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Aarau	Yugoslavia	-	USSR	26:22 (13:11)
February 27, 1986, 6.15 p.m. in Davos	Yugoslavia	-	Cuba	32:28 (15:13)
February 27, 1986, 8 p.m. in Davos	GDR	-	USSR	23:18 (10:13)
February 28, 1986, 7 p.m. in Lucerne	Yugoslavia	-	GDR	22:20 (10: 9)
February 28, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Lucerne	USSR	-	Cuba	33:23 (13:12)

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	BR Germany	3	3	0	0	57:51	+ 06	6-0
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	50:50	± 00	3: 3
3	Spain	3	0	2	1	49:53	- 04th	2: 4
4th	Poland	3	0	1	2	57:59	- 02nd	1: 5

February 25, 1986, 8 p.m. in St. Gallen	Switzerland	-	Spain	15:15 (4: 8)
February 25, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Zurich	BR Germany	-	Poland	21:20 (8: 8)
February 26, 1986, 8 p.m. in St. Gallen	Switzerland	-	Poland	18:17 (10:11)
February 26, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Bern	BR Germany	-	Spain	18:14 (11: 8)
February 28, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Basel	BR Germany	-	Switzerland	18:17 (8:10)
February 28, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Winterthur	Poland	-	Spain	20:20 (11:12)

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	South Korea	3	2	0	1	76:65	+ 11	4: 2
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	68:64	+ 04	4: 2
3	Iceland	3	2	0	1	65:71	- 06	4: 2
4th	Czechoslovakia	3	0	0	3	58:67	- 09	0: 6

February 25, 1986, 7 p.m. in Geneva	Iceland	-	South Korea	21:30 (9:13)
February 25, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Geneva	Romania	-	Czechoslovakia	23:18 (8: 9)
February 26, 1986, 7 p.m. in Bern	Iceland	-	Czechoslovakia	19:18 (10: 8)
February 26, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in La Chaux-de-Fonds	Romania	-	South Korea	22:21 (15: 9)
February 28, 1986, 7 p.m. in Winterthur	South Korea	-	Czechoslovakia	25:22 (10:13)
February 28, 1986, 7 p.m. in Bern	Romania	-	Iceland	23:25 (13:11)

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	71:62	+ 09	6-0
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	70:60	+ 10	4: 2
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	69:67	+ 02	2: 4
4th	Algeria	3	0	0	3	53:74	- 21	0: 6

February 25, 1986, 6 p.m. in St. Gallen	Sweden	-	Algeria	24:16 (11: 8)
February 25, 1986, 7 p.m. in Zurich	Hungary	-	Denmark	25:21 (11: 8)
February 27, 1986, 7 p.m. in Zurich	Denmark	-	Algeria	27:18 (13: 8)
February 27, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Zurich	Hungary	-	Sweden	23:22 (9:12)
February 28, 1986, 7 p.m. in Basel	Hungary	-	Algeria	23:19 (12:13)
February 28, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Bern	Sweden	-	Denmark	24:21 (12:11)

Main round

The top three teams in each group reached the main round. The teams from the preliminary round groups A and B came into group I, the teams from groups C and D into group II. The results from the direct duels of the respective teams from the same preliminary round group were included in the main round.

25 percent rule

In the main round, the 25 percent rule was applied. The general public found this extremely complicated and impractical and led to great confusion before and during the last games. The rule states that if one or more teams tied for points against teams that do not reach at least 25 percent of the maximum plus points of ten (i.e. 2.5), the goal difference does not count towards the team's total goal difference. However, the rule does not affect the scores. In Group I, this meant that the Federal Republic of Germany, despite the originally poorer goal difference of 88:97 compared to 104: 10 of the tied Soviet Union - consequently also despite the worse goal difference of −9 to −5 - and even despite the lost direct comparison ( 20:23) ended up in fourth place and thus played the game for seventh place, while the Soviet Union had to play the game for ninth place. The sticking point here was Switzerland, which did not achieve the required 25 percent, whereby the Federal Republic made up eight goals difference on the Soviet Union.

The rule also provides: If two or more teams do not reach the 25 percent mark, a direct comparison is made between these teams. In Group II, this passage meant that the originally better placed South Koreans slipped behind Romania to sixth place and thus completed the game for eleventh place instead of the game for ninth place. Both teams could only have two plus points. Romania won the direct comparison with 22:21. A dispute broke out over this between the IHF and South Korea, who believed they were fifth in main round group II and thus proclaimed the right to participate in the game for ninth place. The IHF even threatened the South Koreans with the exclusion from the Olympic Summer Games in 1988 in their own country if they did not play for eleventh place against host Switzerland. The South Korean Association then gave in and accepted sixth place in the group.

Group I.

									25 percent rule
Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.	Gates	Diff.
1	Yugoslavia	5	5	0	0	112: 950	+ 17	10-0
2	GDR	5	3	0	2	109: 920	+ 17	6: 4
3	Spain	5	2	1	2	092:870	+ 05	5: 5
4th	BR Germany	5	2	0	3	088:970	- 09	4: 6	70:80	- 10
5	Soviet Union	5	2	0	3	104: 109	- 05th	4: 6	80:94	- 14
6th	Switzerland	5	0	1	4th	082: 107	- 25	1: 9

March 2, 1986, 4.30 p.m. in Basel	GDR	-	Switzerland	23:16 (11: 6)
March 2, 1986, 4:30 p.m. in Bern	USSR	-	BR Germany	23:20 (8:10)
March 2, 1986, 4.30 p.m. in Olten	Yugoslavia	-	Spain	18:17 (10: 8)
March 4, 1986, 7 p.m. in Olten	GDR	-	BR Germany	24:15 (11: 7)
March 4, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Olten	Switzerland	-	Yugoslavia	19:27 (7:15)
March 4, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Geneva	USSR	-	Spain	17:25 (8:11)
March 6, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Lucerne	Yugoslavia	-	BR Germany	19:17 (9: 8)
March 6, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Bern	GDR	-	Spain	19:21 (13:11)
March 6, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in St. Gallen	USSR	-	Switzerland	24:15 (8: 8)

Group II

									25 percent rule
Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.	Gates	Diff.
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	122: 108	+ 14	10-0
2	Sweden	5	4th	0	1	112: 930	+ 19	8: 2
3	Iceland	5	2	0	3	114: 117	- 03	4: 6	68:64	+ 04
4th	Denmark	5	2	0	3	107: 117	- 10	4: 6	58:74	- 16
5	Romania	5	1	0	4th	078:930	- 15	2: 8	22:21	+ 01
6th	South Korea	5	1	0	4th	132: 137	- 05th	2: 8	21:22	- 01

March 2, 1986, 2.35 p.m. in Aarau	Romania	-	Sweden	20:25 (11:11)	Rating: 0:10
March 2, 1986, 2:45 p.m. in Zurich	Iceland	-	Hungary	20:21 (12:11)
March 2, 1986, 4.30 p.m. in Aarau	South Korea	-	Denmark	27:31 (17:18)
March 4, 1986, 7 p.m. in Lucerne	Iceland	-	Denmark	25:16 (10:10)
March 4, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Lucerne	Romania	-	Hungary	17:19 (9:10)
March 4, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Winterthur	South Korea	-	Sweden	26:29 (15:12)
March 6, 1986, 7 p.m. in St. Gallen	South Korea	-	Hungary	28:34 (16:16)
March 6, 1986, 7 p.m. in Bern	Iceland	-	Sweden	23:27 (9:15)
March 6, 1986, 8.45 p.m. in Aarau	Romania	-	Denmark	16:18 (7:10)

Placement Rounds 13-16

The fourth placed in the preliminary round groups A – D played for places 13 to 16.

									25 percent rule
Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.	Gates	Diff.
1	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	74:64	+ 10	6-0
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	77:69	+ 08	4: 2
3	Cuba	3	1	0	2	71:78	- 07th	2: 4
4th	Algeria	3	0	0	3	66:77	- 11	0: 6

March 2, 1986, 5 p.m. in Solothurn	Cuba	-	Czechoslovakia	23:27 (9:16)
March 2, 1986, 5 p.m. in La Chaux-de-Fonds	Poland	-	Algeria	28:23 (13: 6)
March 4, 1986, 7 p.m. in Geneva	Cuba	-	Algeria	25:24 (10:16)
March 4, 1986, 7 p.m. in Winterthur	Poland	-	Czechoslovakia	22:23 (13:10)
March 6, 1986, 7 p.m. in Lucerne	Poland	-	Cuba	27:23 (16:10)
March 6, 1986, 7 p.m. in Aarau	Czechoslovakia	-	Algeria	24:19 (9: 8)

Finals

The first two of the two main round groups played the final, the second two the game for 3rd place. The other teams played for the other placements.

Play for 11th place in Zurich	March 8, 1986, 2:30 p.m.	Switzerland	-	South Korea	27:22 (14:11)
Play for 9th place in Olten	March 7, 1986, 7 p.m.	Romania	-	Soviet Union	25:21 (12:10)
Game for 7th place in Basel	March 7, 1986, 7 p.m.	BR Germany	-	Denmark	25:18 (11:10)
Play for 5th place in Olten	March 7, 1986, 8:45 p.m.	Spain	-	Iceland	24:22 (10:10)
Game for 3rd place in Basel	March 7, 1986, 8:45 p.m.	GDR	-	Sweden	24:23 (13:11)
Final in Zurich	March 8, 1986, 4:30 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Hungary	24:22 (12:12)
		Spectators: 12,000
		Cvetković (6) Isaković (6/3) Vujović (4) Mrkonja (3) Saračević (2) Grubić (1) Rnić (1) Vuković (1)		Ivancsik (5) P. Kovács (5) Horváth (3) M. Kovács (3) Gyurka (2) Marosi (2) Fodor (1) Szabó (1)

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	Yugoslavia	7th	7th	0	0	168: 145	+ 23
	Hungary	7th	6th	0	1	167: 151	+ 16
	GDR	7th	5	0	2	161: 139	+ 22
04th	Sweden	7th	5	0	2	159: 133	+ 26
05.	Spain	7th	3	2	2	136: 129	+ 07
06th	Iceland	7th	3	0	4th	155: 159	- 04th
07th	BR Germany	7th	4th	0	3	134: 135	- 01
08th.	Denmark	7th	3	0	4th	152: 160	- 08
09.	Romania	7th	3	0	4th	126: 132	- 06
10.	Soviet Union	7th	3	0	4th	158: 157	+ 01
11.	Switzerland	7th	2	1	4th	127: 146	- 19th
12.	South Korea	7th	2	0	5	179: 186	- 07th
13.	Czechoslovakia	6th	3	0	3	132: 131	+ 01
14th	Poland	6th	2	1	3	134: 128	+ 06
15th	Cuba	6th	1	0	5	146: 171	- 25
16.	Algeria	6th	0	0	6th	119: 151	- 32

statistics

Goal scorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates	FT	7 m
01.	Kang Jae-Won	South Korea	67	51	16
02.	Julián Duranona	Cuba	50	36	14th
03.	Bjorn Jilsén	Sweden	47	27	20th
04th	Péter Kovács	Hungary	45	39	6th
05.	Kristjan Arason	Iceland	41	28	13
06th	Ingolf Wiegert	GDR	40	40	0
	Maricel Voinea	Romania	40	22nd	18th
08th.	Jovica Cvetković	Yugoslavia	37	30th	7th
09.	Peter Michael Fenger	Denmark	35	35	0
	Peter Weber	Switzerland	35	23	12

FT - field gates; 7m - seven meters;

Bids

Medalist

Yugoslavia	Hungary	GDR
Mirko Bašić Rolando Pušnik Veselin Vuković Jovica Elezović Jasmin Mrkonja Veselin Vujović Jožef Holpert Muhamed Memić Zlatan Arnautović Momir Rnić Zlatko Saračević Časlav Grubković Zlatko Portner Jovica Cvetković Dragan Mladenović Mile Isaković	Imre Biro Jozsef Bordas Viktor Debre Janos Fodor Janos Gyurka Laszlo Hoffmann Gabor Horvath Mihály Iváncsik Jozsef Kenyeres Zsolt Contra Mihaly Kovács Péter Kovács László Marosi Tibor Orosz László Szabó	Gunar Schimrock Peter Hofmann Wieland Schmidt Heiko Bonath Andreas Köckeritz Andreas Nagora Thomas Zeise Stephan Hauck Rüdiger Borchardt Frank-Michael Wahl Peter Pysall Ingolf Wiegert Hartmut Krüger Holger Winselmann Dirk Schnell Klaus-Dieter Schulz
Zoran Živković (coach)	Lajos Mocsai (Trainer)	Paul Tiedemann (trainer)

7th place: Federal Republic of Germany

Andreas Thiel Stefan Hecker Siegfried Roch Andreas Dörhöfer Manfred Freisler Martin Schwalb

Christian Fitzek Stephan Schöne Michael Roth Thomas Happe Erhard Wunderlich

Wolfgang Kubitzki Jochen Fraatz Uwe Schwenker Jörn-Uwe Lommel Ulrich Roth

Trainer: Simon Schobel

doping

The Romanian goalkeeper Adrian Simion tested positive for ephedrine after the first main round game against Sweden and was banned by the IHF for two years. The game was rated 2-0 points and 10-0 goals for Sweden.

swell

1. ↑ www.sport-komplett.de
2. ↑ dhb.de World Cup men
3. ^ Briefly noted Abendblatt.de March 11, 1986

Web links

• Website of the International Handball Federation (PDF file; 82 kB)
• Results of the 1986 World Handball Championship