page_title: 1986 FIFA World Cup Final
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: 1986 FIFA World Cup Final / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: English: Players of Argentina celebrating at Estadio Azteca.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: The second World Cup won by Argentina is regarded by many as the most important victory for an Argentine side. 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. Argentina and Germany met again in the 2014 final for a record-breaking third time in which Germany won their fourth championship.
  With the 1986 defeat, German manager Franz Beckenbauer (who had played in West Germany's defeat in 1966) gained the rather unwanted distinction of having lost a World Cup final as both a player and a manager. However, he led Germany to the said 1990 victory and became a winner of the World Cup as player and as manager, as he also won as the former in 1974.
  The games are won by the players on the field, but behind it there must be a machinery that works. There I include players, coaching staff and leaders. If you throw all in the same direction, you can think of titles. That's what happened in Mexico '86.
  — Carlos Bilardo, manager of Argentina
caption: Diego Maradona (with the World Cup) and other players celebrating the title
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