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

Group B

Group C

Group D

Ranking round

Main round

Group I

Group II

Final round

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Medal summary

Top goalscorers