1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

Host Nation	Argentina
Qualification Dates	May 2, 1984-December 4, 1985
Tournament Dates	May 31-June 29, 1986
Champion	West Germany
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The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. With European nations not allowed to host after the previous World Cup in Spain, Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially resigned in 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983, thus becoming the first country to host the World Cup more than once.

Publications

Programs
Stage	Date	Teams	Venue
Qualifying	October 19, 1988	England vs. Sweden	Wembley Stadium
Qualifying	October 19, 1988	Scotland vs. Yugoslavia	Hampden Park
Qualifying	March 8, 1989	Scotland vs. France	Hampden Park
Qualifying	April 26, 1989	England vs. Albania	Wembley Stadium
Qualifying	April 26, 1989	Bulgaria vs. Denmark	Vasil Levski National Stadium
Qualifying	June 4, 1988	Republic of Ireland vs. Hungary	Lansdowne Road
Qualifying	June 3, 1989	England vs. Poland	Wembley Stadium
Qualifying	October 11, 1989	Poland vs. England	Stadion Śląski
Qualifying	October 11, 1989	Wales vs. Netherlands	Racecourse Ground
Qualifying	October 25, 1989	Czechoslovakia vs. Switzerland	Letná Stadium
Qualifying	November 15, 1989	Scotland vs. Norway	Hampden Park
Tournament	June 8-July 8, 1990	all	Italy

1986 FIFA World Cup (Mexico) Countries
Champions	Argentina
Runners-up	West Germany
Third Place	France
Fourth Place	Belgium
Quarterfinals	England • Spain
Round of 16	Soviet Union
Group Stage	Northern Ireland • Scotland
Non-Qualifiers	Australia • Finland • Iceland • Republic of Ireland • Romania • Wales
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