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

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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The 1986 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the very 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.

Teams

Squads

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

References

• Results
• HistoFINA Volume VIII (Edition 2004)