Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

The 1986 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 14 to 22 August 1986, and was incorporated into the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Spain.

1986 World Water Polo Championship
5th FINA World Aquatics Championships
Location	Spain
Date(s)	14–22 August
Category	1986 World Aquatics Championships
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Teams

GROUP A

• Canada
• Hungary
• Norway
• United States

GROUP B

• Australia
• Belgium
• Great Britain
• Netherlands
• West Germany

Preliminary round

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	United States	5	3	2	1	0	32	18	+14
2.	Canada	5	3	2	1	0	27	17	+10
3.	Hungary	2	3	1	0	2	24	30	–6
4.	Norway	0	3	0	0	3	19	37	–18

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Australia	8	4	4	0	0	53	19	+34
2.	Netherlands	6	4	3	0	1	56	19	+37
3.	West Germany	4	4	2	0	2	30	47	–17
4.	Belgium	2	4	1	0	3	25	54	–29
5.	Great Britain	0	4	0	0	4	23	48	–25

Final round

GROUP C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Australia	10	5	5	0	0	54	30	+24
2.	Netherlands	8	5	4	0	1	55	30	+25
3.	United States	5	5	2	1	2	45	34	+11
4.	Canada	5	5	2	1	2	38	35	+3
5.	Hungary	2	5	1	0	4	37	52	–15
6.	West Germany	0	5	0	0	5	23	71	–48

GROUP D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7.	Norway	4	2	2	0	0	21	17	+4
8.	Belgium	2	2	1	0	1	20	19	+1
9.	Great Britain	0	2	0	0	2	17	22	–5

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
	Australia
	Netherlands
	United States
4.	Canada
5.	Hungary
6.	West Germany
7.	Norway
8.	Belgium
9.	Great Britain

1986 FINA Women's World champion
Australia First title

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• ???

• Best Goalkeeper

• ???

RANK	TOPSCORERS	GOALS
1.	Alice Lindhout (NED)	26
2.	Debbie Handley (AUS)	22
3.	Greet van den Veen (NED)	18

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia Judy Gair Cummins Handley Amanda Leeson Katie Mcadams Megan Meloncelli Lynne Morrison Sandy Mills-O'mellia Jackie Northam Cathy Parkers Janet Rayner Julie Sheperd Debbie Watson	Netherlands Anita Bibo Hellen Boering Janet Heijnert Monique Kranenburg Patricia Libregts Alice Lindhout Ineke Pesman Janny Spijker Lieneke van den Heuvel Greet van den Veen Marjo van der Mark Madeline van Heemstra Hedda Verdam	United States Theresa Breckon Lynn Comer Yolanda Gascon Dion Gray Vaune Kadlubek Marybeth Kolding Simone LaPay Laura Laughlin Maureen O'Toole Marla Smith Jill Sterkel Lyn Taylor Lynn Wittstock

References

• Results