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  "type": "entity",
  "name": "FIFA World Cup 1986 (champions - Argentina)",
  "summary": "The 1986 World Cup in Mexico ended with Argentina beating West Germany 3-2 in the Azteca final on 29 June 1986 before 114,000 fans - Brown, Valdano and Burruchaga scoring after a Maradona through-ball settled it. It was Maradona's tournament: Golden Ball, five goals and five assists, including the Hand of God and the Goal of the Century against England.",
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    "tournaments",
    "finals"
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      "rel": "preceded",
      "target": "world-cup-1990"
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  ],
  "questions": [
    "Who won the 1986 World Cup?",
    "What was the Hand of God?",
    "Who scored in the 1986 final?"
  ],
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      "id": "c1",
      "text": "Argentina beat West Germany 3-2 in the 1986 final at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on 29 June 1986, before 114,000 spectators: Jose Luis Brown (23rd) and Jorge Valdano (56th) put Argentina 2-0 up, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (74th) and Rudi Voller (81st) levelled, and Jorge Burruchaga won it in the 84th from Maradona's pass.",
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      "confidence": 0.95
    },
    {
      "id": "c2",
      "text": "Diego Maradona won the Golden Ball and the Silver Boot with five goals and five assists - a hand in ten of Argentina's fourteen goals - including both goals of the England quarter-final: the punched \"Hand of God\" and the slaloming \"Goal of the Century\".",
      "sources": [
        "fifa-wc1986-final-article"
      ],
      "confidence": 0.95
    }
  ],
  "takeaways": [],
  "faqs": [],
  "evidence_tier": "primary",
  "evidence": {
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    ]
  },
  "moat_flag": false,
  "winning_edge": "The final's full goal chronology plus the exact Maradona statistics (5+5, ten of fourteen) bound to FIFA's account instead of legend-driven retellings.",
  "confidence": 0.95,
  "last_verified": "2026-08-08",
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