1986 in sports

1986 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing [ edit ]

Alpine Skiing World Cup ?
- Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli , Luxembourg
- Women's overall season champion: Maria Walliser , Switzerland

American football [ edit ]

Super Bowl XX ? the Chicago Bears (NFC) won 46?10 over the New England Patriots (AFC)
- Location: Superdome
- Attendance: 73,818
- MVP: Richard Dent , DE (Chicago)
Linebacker Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants wins the NFL Most Valuable Player Award
January 1 ? Orange Bowl (1985 season):
- The Oklahoma Sooners won 25?10 over the Penn State Nittany Lions to win the national championship
Quarterback Vinny Testaverde of the Miami Hurricanes is awarded the Heisman Trophy

Association football [ edit ]

1986 FIFA World Cup ? In the final , Argentina defeated West Germany 3?2 and won their second World Cup title. It was played for the second time in Mexico City , Azteca Stadium .
UEFA Champions League ? Steaua Bucure?ti 0?0 F.C. Barcelona ; Steaua Bucure?ti won 2?0 on penalties
UEFA Cup ?Two legs; 1st leg Real Madrid C.F. 5?1 1. FC Koln ; 2nd leg 1.FC Koln 2?0 Real Madrid CF. Real Madrid CF won 5?3 on aggregate
Cup Winners' Cup ? Dinamo Kiev 3?0 Atletico Madrid
Super Cup ? Steaua Bucure?ti 1?0 Dinamo Kiev
Copa Libertadores de America ? Two legs; 1st leg America de Cali 1?2 River Plate ; 2nd leg River Plate 1?0 America. River Plate won 3?1 on aggregate
November 6 ? Alex Ferguson is appointed manager of Manchester United F.C.
Milk Cup Final held at Wembley Stadium ? Oxford United 3?0 QPR
Intercontinental Cup ? River Plate 1?0 Steaua Bucure?ti

Australian rules football [ edit ]

Victorian Football League
- Hawthorn wins the 90th VFL Premiership (Hawthorn 16.14 (110) d Carlton 9.14 (68))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Greg Williams ( Sydney Swans ) and Robert DiPierdomenico (Hawthorn)
- The national draft is held for the first time.

Baseball [ edit ]

Major League Baseball
- American League defeats the National League 3?2 in the 1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game played in Houston, Texas. Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox is named the game's Most Valuable Player.
- All-Star Game : American League Manager Dick Howser is diagnosed with brain cancer after mixing up signals during the game.
- Dave Righetti saves 46 games for the New York Yankees , breaking a record shared by Dan Quisenberry and Bruce Sutter .
- October 27 ? World Series ? The New York Mets win 4 games to 3 over the Boston Red Sox . The series is best remembered for Game 6, when the Red Sox were one out away from the Series victory but blew a 2-run lead with the bases empty and 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th inning; the game's final play was a groundball that rolled through the legs of first baseman Bill Buckner .
Jeff King of the University of Arkansas is the #1 overall pick in the 1986 MLB draft selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates
Arizona Wildcats defeat Florida State Seminoles 10?2 in College World Series

Basketball [ edit ]

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship ?
- Louisville Cardinals wins 72?69 over Duke Blue Devils
- Duke Blue Devils Guard Johnny Dawkins is named Naismith College Player of the Year
NBA Finals
- June ? Boston Celtics win 4 games to 2 over the Houston Rockets
Boston Celtics Forward Larry Bird is awarded NBA Most Valuable Player Award
National Basketball League (Australia) Finals :
- Adelaide 36ers defeated the Brisbane Bullets 2?1 in the best-of-three final series.
FIBA World Championship
- United States World Champion

Boxing [ edit ]

March 10 in Las Vegas , Nevada ? Marvin Hagler retains the World Middleweight Championship with an 11th-round knockout of John Mugabi .
May 8 to 18 ? Fourth World Amateur Boxing Championships are held in Reno , United States
November 22 ? Mike Tyson knocks out Trevor Berbick in round 2 to become the youngest world heavyweight- boxing champion at 20 years and 4 months old

Canadian football [ edit ]

Grey Cup ? Hamilton Tiger-Cats won 39?15 over the Edmonton Eskimos
Vanier Cup ? UBC Thunderbirds won 25?23 over the Western Ontario Mustangs

Cricket [ edit ]

Sri Lanka defeats Pakistan to win the 1986 Asia Cup , the second edition of the Asia Cup .
Pakistan national cricket team defeats India in the final to win the 1986 Austral-Asia Cup , the inaugural edition of the Austral-Asia Cup .

Cycling [ edit ]

Giro d'Italia won by Roberto Visentini of Italy
Tour de France ? Greg LeMond is the first winner from the United States
UCI Road World Championships ? Men's road race ? Moreno Argentin of Italy

Dogsled racing [ edit ]

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion ?
- Susan Butcher won with lead dogs: Granite & Mattie

Field hockey [ edit ]

Men's World Cup held in London won by Australia
Women's World Cup held in Amstelveen won by the Netherlands
Men's Champions Trophy held in Karachi won by West Germany

Figure skating [ edit ]

World Figure Skating Championships ?
- Men's champion: Brian Boitano , United States
- Ladies' champion: Debi Thomas , United States
- Pair skating champions: Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov , Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin , Soviet Union

Gaelic Athletic Association [ edit ]

Camogie
- All-Ireland Camogie Champion : Kilkenny
- National Camogie League : Cork
Gaelic football
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship ? Kerry 2?15 died Tyrone 1?10
- National Football League ? Laois 2?6 died Monaghan 2?5
Ladies' Gaelic football
- All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
- National Football League: Wexford
Hurling
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship ? Cork 4?13 died Galway 2?15
- National Hurling League ? Kilkenny 2?10 beat Galway 2?6

General [ edit ]

17 October ? The IOC votes that the 1992 Olympic Summer Games will be held in Barcelona , Spain. ^[1]

Golf [ edit ]

Men's professional

Masters Tournament ? Jack Nicklaus becomes the oldest Masters winner (age 46), and wins his last major golf championship (excluding the Senior PGA Tour).
U.S. Open ? Raymond Floyd
British Open ? Greg Norman
PGA Championship ? Bob Tway
PGA Tour money leader ? Greg Norman ? $653,296
Senior PGA Tour money leader ? Bruce Crampton ? $454,299

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Nabisco Dinah Shore ? Pat Bradley
LPGA Championship ? Pat Bradley
U.S. Women's Open ? Jane Geddes
Classique du Maurier Classic ? Pat Bradley
LPGA Tour money leader ? Pat Bradley ? $492,021

Harness racing [ edit ]

Horse racing [ edit ]

Steeplechases

Flat races

Australia ? Melbourne Cup won by At Talaq
Canada ? Queen's Plate won by Golden Choice
France ? Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Dancing Brave
Ireland ? Irish Derby Stakes won by Shahrastani
Japan ? Japan Cup won by Jupiter Island
English Triple Crown Races :
1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes ? Dancing Brave
2. The Derby ? Shahrastani ^[2]
3. St. Leger Stakes ? Moon Madness
United States Triple Crown Races :
Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:

Ice hockey [ edit ]

Art Ross Trophy as the NHL 's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky , Edmonton Oilers
Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL 's Most Valuable Player: Wayne Gretzky , Edmonton Oilers
Stanley Cup ? Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 1 over the Calgary Flames
World Hockey Championship ?
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
- Junior Men's champion : Soviet Union defeated Canada

Lacrosse [ edit ]

The 5th World Lacrosse Championship is held in Toronto . The United States win, and Canada is the runner-up.
The first Japanese lacrosse team is formed at Keio University .
The Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL) is formed as the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League.
The New Westminster Salmonbellies win the Mann Cup .
Mississauga wins the Founders Cup .
The Peterborough Maulers win the Minto Cup .

Motorsport [ edit ]

Radiosport [ edit ]

Third Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Sarajevo , Yugoslavia .

Rugby league [ edit ]

Rugby union [ edit ]

92nd Five Nations Championship series is shared by France and Scotland

Snooker [ edit ]

World Snooker Championship ? Joe Johnson beats Steve Davis 18?12
World rankings ? Steve Davis remains world number one for 1986/87

Swimming [ edit ]

The fifth FINA World Championships held in Madrid , Spain
June 26 ? Matt Biondi clocks 22.33 to take the world record from fellow American Tom Jager (22.40) in the 50m freestyle (long course)