1986 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1986 World Men's Handball Championship was the 11th team handball World Championship. It was held in Switzerland from February 25 to March 8, 1986. Yugoslavia won the championship. The tournament was played in Aarau, Basel, Bern, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Davos, Geneva, Luzern, Olten, St. Gallen, Solothurn, Winterthur and Zürich.
Qualification
Teams
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Ranking round
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Main round
Group I
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Group II
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Final round
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standings
| Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
| Qualified for the 1987 World Men's Handball Championship Group B |
Medal summary
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Goals |
| 1 |  Kang Jae-won | 67 |
| 2 |  Roberto Julián Duranona | 50 |
| 3 |  Björn Jilsén | 47 |
| 4 |  Péter Kovács | 45 |
| 5 |  Kristján Arason | 41 |
| 6 |  Ingolf Wiegert | 40 |
| 6 |  Maricel Voinea | 40 |
| 8 |  Jovica Cvetković | 37 |
| 9 |  Michael Fenger | 35 |
| 9 |  Peter Weber | 35 |