1986 World Women's Handball Championship

1986 World Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runner-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	2,212 (40.96 per match)
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The 1986 World Women's Handball Championship took place in the Netherlands between 4–14 December 1986.^[1][2]

Qualification

Host nation

•  Netherlands

Qualified from the 1984 Summer Olympics

•  Yugoslavia
•  South Korea
•  China

Qualified from the 1985 World Championship B

•  East Germany
•  Hungary
•  West Germany
•  Czechoslovakia
•  Soviet Union
•  Norway
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  France

Qualified from Asia

•  Japan

Qualified from the 1986 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

•  United States

Qualified from the 1985 African Women's Handball Championship

•  Congo (later replaced by  Austria)

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	68	44	+24	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	63	43	+20	5
Austria	3	1	0	2	47	69	−22	2
Poland	3	0	0	3	45	67	−22	0

4 December 1986 18:30	Yugoslavia	25–15	Poland	Heerlen
		(11–5)

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4 December 1986 20:30	Soviet Union	30–15	Austria	Heerlen
		(11–9)

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6 December 1986 18:30	Yugoslavia	24–14	Austria	Weert
		(14–7)

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6 December 1986 20:30	Soviet Union	24–15	Poland	Weert
		(13–8)

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7 December 1986 14:00	Austria	18–15	Poland	Sittard
		(9–10)

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7 December 1986 16:00	Soviet Union	14–14	Yugoslavia	Sittard
		(9–7)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	2	1	0	71	39	+32	5
Hungary	3	2	1	0	65	48	+17	5
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	55	72	−17	2
United States	3	0	0	3	39	71	−32	0

4 December 1986 18:30	Hungary	30–15	United States	Groningen
		(13–4)

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4 December 1986 20:30	East Germany	34–18	Netherlands	Groningen
		(14–9)

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6 December 1986 18:30	East Germany	23–7	United States	Emmen
		(9–4)

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6 December 1986 20:30	Netherlands	19–21	Hungary	Emmen
		(6–11)

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7 December 1986 14:00	East Germany	14–14	Hungary	Leeuwarden
		(9–5)

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7 December 1986 16:00	Netherlands	18–17	United States	Leeuwarden
		(12–8)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	2	0	1	79	55	+24	4
Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	68	61	+7	4
China	3	1	1	1	57	66	−9	3
Japan	3	0	1	2	55	77	−22	1

4 December 1986 18:30	China	20–19	Norway	Enschede
		(12–14)

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4 December 1986 20:30	Czechoslovakia	24–17	Japan	Enschede
		(13–11)

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6 December 1986 18:30	Norway	27–17	Czechoslovakia	Apeldoorn
		(11–10)

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6 December 1986 20:30	China	20–20	Japan	Apeldoorn
		(13–10)

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7 December 1986 14:00	Norway	33–18	Japan	Arnhem
		(20–8)

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7 December 1986 16:00	Czechoslovakia	27–17	China	Arnhem
		(14–8)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	3	3	0	0	75	60	+15	6
West Germany	3	2	0	1	66	55	+11	4
South Korea	3	1	0	2	65	60	+5	2
France	3	0	0	3	45	76	−31	0

4 December 1986 18:30	Romania	25–22	South Korea	Leeuwarden
		(10–12)

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4 December 1986 20:30	West Germany	21–17	France	Leeuwarden
		(11–10)

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6 December 1986 18:30	Romania	22–21	West Germany	Groningen
		(10–9)

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6 December 1986 20:30	South Korea	27–11	France	Groningen
		(13–6)

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7 December 1986 14:00	West Germany	24–16	South Korea	Emmen
		(15–10)

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7 December 1986 16:00	Romania	28–17	France	Emmen
		(16–5)

Main round

	Team will compete for Places 1–2
	Team will compete for Places 3–4

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	4	1	0	114	81	+33	9
East Germany	5	3	1	1	117	93	+24	7
Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	99	89	+10	7
Hungary	5	2	1	2	93	90	+3	5
Netherlands	5	1	0	4	92	124	−32	2
Austria	5	0	0	5	85	123	−38	0

9 December 1986 18:30	East Germany	25–20	Austria	Almere
		(14–9)

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9 December 1986 18:30	Soviet Union	27–17	Netherlands	Den Haag
		(17–6)

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9 December 1986 18:30	Yugoslavia	19–18	Hungary	Hoorn
		(9–8)

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10 December 1986 20:30	East Germany	27–17	Yugoslavia	Apeldoorn
		(14–7)

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10 December 1986 20:30	Soviet Union	19–18	Hungary	Delft
		(8–7)

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10 December 1986 20:30	Netherlands	22–17	Austria	Amsterdam
		(9–9)

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12 December 1986 18:30	Soviet Union	24–17	East Germany	Den Haag
		(14–5)

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12 December 1986 18:30	Hungary	22–19	Austria	Hoorn
		(10–9)

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12 December 1986 20:30	Yugoslavia	25–16	Netherlands	Arnhem
		(13–8)

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	5	4	0	1	111	101	+10	8
Norway	5	3	1	1	117	90	+27	7
Romania	5	3	1	1	123	112	+11	7
West Germany	5	2	0	3	93	96	−3	4
China	5	1	1	3	100	118	−18	3
South Korea	5	0	1	4	96	123	−27	1

9 December 1986 20:30	Czechoslovakia	19–13	West Germany	Almere
		(8–5)

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9 December 1986 20:30	Norway	29–16	South Korea	Den Haag
		(10–7)

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9 December 1986 20:30	Romania	32–24	China	Hoorn
		(16–10)

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10 December 1986 18:30	Czechoslovakia	22–21	Romania	Amsterdam
		(12–11)

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10 December 1986 18:30	China	19–19	South Korea	Apeldoorn
		(8–12)

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10 December 1986 18:30	Norway	19–14	West Germany	Delft
		(9–8)

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12 December 1986 18:30	Norway	23–23	Romania	Arnhem
		(10–11)

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12 December 1986 20:30	West Germany	21–20	China	Den Haag

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12 December 1986 20:30	Czechoslovakia	26–23	South Korea	Hoorn
		(14–13)

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	0	59	47	+12	6
Japan	3	2	0	1	57	53	+4	4
France	3	1	0	2	53	46	+7	2
United States	3	0	0	3	45	68	−23	0

9 December 1986 18:30	Poland	18–16	Japan	Veenendaal
		(13–5)

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9 December 1986 20:30	France	21–11	United States	Veenendaal

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10 December 1986 18:30	Poland	19–17	France	Schiedam
		(10–7)

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10 December 1986 20:30	Japan	25–20	United States	Schiedam
		(14–8)

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11 December 1986 18:30	Poland	22–14	United States	Breda
		(11–8)

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11 December 1986 20:30	Japan	16–15	France	Breda
		(9–7)

Finals

Eleventh Place Playoff

13 December 1986	South Korea	31–30 (ET)	Austria	Utrecht
		(13–12)
	FT: 23–23 ET: 2–2, 6–5

Ninth Place Playoff

13 December 1986	China	22–17	Netherlands	Utrecht
		(10–11)

Seventh Place Playoff

13 December 1986	West Germany	18–17	Hungary	Utrecht
		(9–8)

Fifth Place Playoff

13 December 1986	Romania	28–26 (ET)	Yugoslavia	Utrecht
		(10-13)
	FT: 22–22 ET: 6–4

Third Place Playoff

14 December 1986	Norway	23–19	East Germany	Rotterdam
		(14–8)

Final

14 December 1986	Soviet Union	30–22	Czechoslovakia	Rotterdam
	Kirtschik 14	(15–12)	Ďurišinová 9

Final standings

#	Team
	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Norway
4	East Germany
5	Romania
6	Yugoslavia
7	West Germany
8	Hungary
9	China
10	Netherlands
11	South Korea
12	Austria
13	Poland
14	Japan
15	France
16	United States

Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics

References

• International Handball Federation