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Host · Mexico

1986

1986 FIFA Men's World Cup · 31 May 1986 – 29 June 1986

Champion

Argentina

3–2

Runner-up

West Germany

OverviewTeamsMatchesTop ScorersAwardsPenalties
The tournament in numbers

Overview

Tournament totals counted from imported source data.

Teams

24 nations qualified for this tournament.

Algeria

DZA

Argentina

ARG

Belgium

BEL

Brazil

BRA

Bulgaria

BGR

Canada

CAN

Denmark

DNK

England

ENG

France

FRA

Hungary

HUN

Matches

Every match of the tournament, stage by stage (52 total).

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52 / 52 matches

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All teams
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group stage · 36 matches
31 May 1986

Bulgaria v Italy

1–1

Estadio Azteca
1 June 1986

Spain v Brazil

0–1

Estadio Jalisco

Top Scorers

Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.

1

Gary LinekerEngland

6 goals

2

CarecaBrazil

5 goals

3

Diego MaradonaArgentina

5 goals

4

Emilio ButragueñoSpain

5 goals

5

Alessandro AltobelliItaly

4 goals

Honours

Awards

Official tournament awards in the archive.

Best Young PlayerEnzo ScifoBelgium
Bronze BallPreben ElkjærDenmark
Golden BallDiego MaradonaArgentina
Golden BootGary LinekerEngland
Silver BallHarald SchumacherWest Germany
Silver BootCarecaBrazil
Silver BootDiego MaradonaArgentina
Silver Boot

Penalty Shootouts

3 matches went to penalties, with 27 shootout kicks recorded.

quarter-finals · 3 matches
21 June 1986

Brazil v France

1–1 (3–4 pens)

Estadio Jalisco
21 June 1986

West Germany v Mexico

0–0 (4–1 pens)

Estadio Universitario
22 June 1986

Spain v Belgium

1–1 (4–5 pens)

Estadio Cuauhtémoc

24

Teams

52

Matches

132

Goals

140

Cards

378

Substitutions

3

Penalty shootouts

27

Shootout kicks

8

Awards

Group standings and knockout bracket views will be added after standings/bracket queries are finalized.

Iraq

IRQ

Italy

ITA

Mexico

MEX

Morocco

MAR

Northern Ireland

NIR

Paraguay

PRY

Poland

POL

Portugal

PRT

Scotland

SCO

South Korea

KOR

Soviet Union

SUN

Spain

ESP

Uruguay

URY

West Germany

DEU
1 June 1986

Canada v France

0–1

Estadio Nou Camp
2 June 1986

Argentina v South Korea

3–1

Estadio Olímpico Universitario
2 June 1986

Soviet Union v Hungary

6–0

Estadio Sergio León Chavez
2 June 1986

Morocco v Poland

0–0

Estadio Universitario
3 June 1986

Belgium v Mexico

1–2

Estadio Azteca
3 June 1986

Algeria v Northern Ireland

1–1

Estadio Tres de Marzo
3 June 1986

Portugal v England

1–0

Estadio Tecnológico
4 June 1986

Paraguay v Iraq

1–0

La Bombonera
4 June 1986

Uruguay v West Germany

1–1

Estadio La Corregidora
4 June 1986

Scotland v Denmark

0–1

Estadio Neza 86
5 June 1986

Italy v Argentina

1–1

Estadio Cuauhtémoc
5 June 1986

France v Soviet Union

1–1

Estadio Nou Camp
5 June 1986

South Korea v Bulgaria

1–1

Estadio Olímpico Universitario
6 June 1986

Hungary v Canada

2–0

Estadio Sergio León Chavez
6 June 1986

Brazil v Algeria

1–0

Estadio Jalisco
6 June 1986

England v Morocco

0–0

Estadio Tecnológico
7 June 1986

Mexico v Paraguay

1–1

Estadio Azteca
7 June 1986

Northern Ireland v Spain

1–2

Estadio Tres de Marzo
7 June 1986

Poland v Portugal

1–0

Estadio Universitario
8 June 1986

Iraq v Belgium

1–2

La Bombonera
8 June 1986

West Germany v Scotland

2–1

Estadio La Corregidora
8 June 1986

Denmark v Uruguay

6–1

Estadio Neza 86
9 June 1986

Hungary v France

0–3

Estadio Nou Camp
9 June 1986

Soviet Union v Canada

2–0

Estadio Sergio León Chavez
10 June 1986

Argentina v Bulgaria

2–0

Estadio Olímpico Universitario
10 June 1986

South Korea v Italy

2–3

Estadio Cuauhtémoc
11 June 1986

Iraq v Mexico

0–1

Estadio Azteca
11 June 1986

Paraguay v Belgium

2–2

La Bombonera
11 June 1986

England v Poland

3–0

Estadio Universitario
11 June 1986

Portugal v Morocco

1–3

Estadio Tres de Marzo
12 June 1986

Algeria v Spain

0–3

Estadio Tecnológico
12 June 1986

Northern Ireland v Brazil

0–3

Estadio Jalisco
13 June 1986

Denmark v West Germany

2–0

Estadio La Corregidora
13 June 1986

Scotland v Uruguay

0–0

Estadio Neza 86
round of 16 · 8 matches
15 June 1986

Mexico v Bulgaria

2–0

Estadio Azteca
15 June 1986

Soviet Union v Belgium

3–4

Estadio Nou Camp
16 June 1986

Brazil v Poland

4–0

Estadio Jalisco
16 June 1986

Argentina v Uruguay

1–0

Estadio Cuauhtémoc
17 June 1986

Italy v France

0–2

Estadio Olímpico Universitario
17 June 1986

Morocco v West Germany

0–1

Estadio Universitario
18 June 1986

England v Paraguay

3–0

Estadio Azteca
18 June 1986

Denmark v Spain

1–5

Estadio La Corregidora
quarter-finals · 4 matches
21 June 1986

Brazil v France

1–1 (3–4 pens)

Estadio Jalisco
21 June 1986

West Germany v Mexico

0–0 (4–1 pens)

Estadio Universitario
22 June 1986

Argentina v England

2–1

Estadio Azteca
22 June 1986

Spain v Belgium

1–1 (4–5 pens)

Estadio Cuauhtémoc
semi-finals · 2 matches
25 June 1986

France v West Germany

0–2

Estadio Jalisco
25 June 1986

Argentina v Belgium

2–0

Estadio Azteca
third-place match · 1 match
28 June 1986

Belgium v France

2–4

Estadio Cuauhtémoc
final · 1 match
29 June 1986

Argentina v West Germany

3–2

Estadio Azteca
Emilio Butragueño
Spain