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

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

Teams

GROUP A

• Canada
• Hungary
• Norway
• United States

GROUP B

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

Squads

• Further information: 1986 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship 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.	Belgium
8.	Norway
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)