The 1986 FIFA World Cup Final was the final and deciding game of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, held in Mexico. The match was held at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on 29 June 1986 and had an attendance of 114,600. It was contested by Argentina and West Germany. Argentina won the match 3–2 in normal time.
Match summary
1978 World Cup). 6 yellow cards were issued in this match, which was a record number until the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, 3 of them were because of time wasting of Argentinian players.
With this defeat, the German manager, Franz Beckenbauer gained the rather unwanted distinction of having lost a World Cup final as both a player and a manager. (Beckenbauer had played in West Germany's defeat in 1966.)
Route to the final
Match details
Aftermath
Four years after Argentina's victory over West Germany, both teams met again on the final of the subsequent World Cup, with West Germany winning the match 1–0 via a penalty kick. This marked the first time two World Cup finalists met twice, a record shared with Brazil and Italy, the latter two having met in the 1970 and 1994 World Cup finals.
The two teams met again in the 2014 final for a record breaking third time in which Germany won the honors as 4th time champion.
External links
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1986 FIFA World Cup Final planetworldcup.com
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1986 FIFA World Cup Final shubhayan.com
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Tournaments
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Finals
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Qualification
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Squads
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Seedings
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Broadcasters
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Bids
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Statistics
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Miscellaneous
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Notes: There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.
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Champions
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Runners-up
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Third place
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Fourth place
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Eliminated in the quarter-finals
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Eliminated in the round of 16
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Eliminated in the group stage
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