| Final group | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Austria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 63: | 51 | | 2. Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48: | 47 | | 3. Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46: | 51 | | 4. Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41: | 49 |
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| Team | Aust | Denm | Spai | Swed | | Austria | ---- | 17:17 | 21:16 | 25:18 | | Denmark | | ---- | | 13:11 | | Spain | | 19:18 | ---- | | | Sweden | | | 12:11 | ---- |
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| date | venua | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 07.11 | Mislata |  Austria | 25-18 |  Sweden | 9-10 | | 07.11 | Mislata |  Spain | 19-18 |  Denmark | 10-9 | | 08.11 | Sagunto | Denmark | 13-11 | Sweden | 6-6 | | 08.11 | Sagunto | Austria | 21-16 | Spain | 12-8 |
| Classification | | Game | date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 5-6 | 06.11 | Alicante |  Iceland | 23-21 |  Italy | 10-11 | | 7-8 | 06.11 | Denia |  Switzerland | 20-16 |  Portugal | 12-8 | | 9-10 | 06.11 | |  Finland | 21-11 |  Great Britain | 9-6 |
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| Final ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Austria | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 145: | 100 | | 2. Denmark | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 141: | 99 | | 3. Spain | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 121: | 84 | | 4. Sweden | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 101: | 72 | | 5. Iceland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 121: | 109 | | 6. Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 74: | 92 | | 7. Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 68: | 82 | | 8. Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 87: | 114 | | 9. Finland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 76: | 127 | | 10.Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56: | 111 |
| One month later Austria was invited to play in World Championship Women 1986 replacing Congo |
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| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Denmark | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 110: | 69 | | 2. Austria | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 99: | 66 | | 3. Iceland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 98: | 88 | | 4. Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 71: | 94 | | 5. Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55: | 116 |
| Team | Denm | Aust | Icel | Pola | Finl | | Denmark | ---- | 17:17 | 30:23 | 33:18 | 30:11 | | Austria | | ---- | 28:19 | 24:16 | 30:14 | | Iceland | | | ---- | 21:16 | 35:14 | | Portugal | | | | ---- | 21:16 | | Finland | | | | | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 31.10 | Burriana | Iceland | 21-16 | Portugal | 9-8 | | 31.10 | Burriana | Austria | 30-14 | Finland | 15-3 | | 01.11 | | Denmark | 30-11 | Finland | 15-5 | | 01.11 | | Austria | 24-16 | Portugal | 11-8 | | 02.11 | Castellon | Portugal | 21-16 | Finland | 10-8 | | 02.11 | Castellon | Denmark | 30-23 | Iceland | 11-9 | | 04.11 | Castellon | Denmark | 33-18 | Portugal | 17-6 | | 04.11 | Castellon | Austria | 28-19 | Iceland | 14-5 | | 05.11 | Castellon | Iceland | 35-14 | Finland | 17-6 | | 05.11 | Castellon | Denmark | 17-17 | Austria | 6-8 | | transferred to Final Group |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Sweden | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 72: | 34 | | 2. Spain | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 86: | 45 | | 3. Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 53: | 69 | | 4. Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 48: | 66 | | 5. Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45: | 90 |
| Team | Swed | Spai | Ital | Swed | Grea | | Sweden | ---- | 12:11 | 18:8 | 17:7 | 25:8 | | Spain | | ---- | 25:16 | 21:10 | 29:7 | | Italy | | | ---- | 12:12 | 17:14 | | Switzerland | | | | ---- | 19:16 | | Great Britain | | | | | ---- |
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| date | time | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 31.10 | | Mislata | Italy | 17-14 | Great Britain | 9-7 | | 31.10 | | Mislata | Sweden | 12-11 | Spain | 5-9 | | transferred to Final Group | | 01.11 | | Sagunto | Sweden | 25-8 | Great Britain | 10-3 | | 01.11 | | Sagunto | Spain | 21-10 | Switzerland | 12-5 | | 02.11 | | Mislata | Italy | 12-12 | Switzerland | 7-5 | | 02.11 | | Mislata | Spain | 29-7 | Great Britain | 14-3 | | 04.11 | | Valencia | Switzerland | 19-16 | Great Britain | 7-10 | | 04.11 | | Valencia | Sweden | 18-8 | Italy | 8-4 | | 05.11 | 19:00 | Sagunto | Sweden | 17-7 | Switzerland | 9-5 | | 05.11 | | Sagunto | Spain | 25-16 | Italy | 14-8 |
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