Football World Cup 1986 / qualification

Participant in qualifying for the 1986 World Cup

Qualification for the Soccer World Cup 1986

For the World Cup tournament in Mexico in 1986 a total of 121 associations had registered, including

• 33 teams from Europe (with defending champion Italy)
• 29 teams from Africa (three teams withdrew)
• 27 teams from Asia (excluding Israel and Taiwan)
• 10 teams from South America
• 18 teams from North and Central America (hosted by Mexico)
• 4 teams from Oceania (with Israel and Taiwan)

Qualified teams

Since defending champions Italy and organizers Mexico were directly qualified and the World Cup tournament was played with 24 teams, 22 free places in the final round were available for the remaining 119 teams; went away

12½ to Europe	Poland	BR Germany	Portugal	England	Northern Ireland
	France	Bulgaria	Hungary	Denmark	Soviet Union
	Spain	Belgium	Scotland *
4 to South America	Argentina	Uruguay	Brazil	Paraguay
1 to North and Central America	Canada
2 to Africa	Algeria	Morocco
2 to Asia	Iraq	South Korea
½ to Oceania	*
Defending champion:	Italy			Host:	Mexico

As Jamaica, Grenada, Barbados, Oman, Lesotho, Niger and Togo withdrew and Iran was excluded, 111 teams took part in the qualification - a new World Cup record. Furthermore, Lebanon withdrew their team after four clear defeats in the current qualification.

European Zone / UEFA

32 teams played in three groups of four and four groups of five. All seven group winners and the four runners-up in the groups of five were directly qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. The three runners-up in the groups of four played two more World Cup starting places together with the Oceania winner . There is also defending champion Italy.

Group 1

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Poland	6th	3	2	1	010: 600	+4	08: 40
2.	Belgium	6th	3	2	1	007: 300	+4	08: 40
3.	Albania	6th	1	2	3	006: 900	−3	04: 80
4th	Greece	6th	1	2	3	005:100	−5	04: 80

Game results

10/17/1984	Zabrze	Poland	-	Greece	3: 1 (0: 1)
10/17/1984	Brussels	Belgium	-	Albania	3: 1 (0: 0)
October 31, 1984	Mielec	Poland	-	Albania	2: 2 (1: 0)
December 19, 1984	Athens	Greece	-	Belgium	0-0
12/22/1984	Tirana	Albania	-	Belgium	2: 0 (0: 0)
02/17/1985	Athens	Greece	-	Albania	2: 0 (2: 0)

March 27, 1985	Brussels	Belgium	-	Greece	2: 0 (0: 0)
05/01/1985	Brussels	Belgium	-	Poland	2: 0 (1: 0)
May 19, 1985	Athens	Greece	-	Poland	1: 4 (0: 1)
05/30/1985	Tirana	Albania	-	Poland	0: 1 (0: 1)
09/11/1985	Chorzów	Poland	-	Belgium	0-0
10/30/1985	Tirana	Albania	-	Greece	1: 1 (1: 0)

Group 2

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BR Germany	8th	5	2	1	022: 900	+13	12: 40
2.	Portugal	8th	5	0	3	012:100	+2	10: 60
3.	Sweden	8th	4th	1	3	014: 900	+5	09: 70
4th	Czechoslovakia	8th	3	2	3	011:120	−1	08: 80
5.	Malta	8th	0	1	7th	006:250	−19	01:15

Game results

05/23/1984	Norrkoping	Sweden	-	Malta	4: 0 (2: 0)
09/12/1984	Solna	Sweden	-	Portugal	0: 1 (0: 0)
10/14/1984	postage	Portugal	-	Czechoslovakia	2: 1 (1: 1)
10/17/1984	Cologne	Germany	-	Sweden	2: 0 (0: 0)
October 31, 1984	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Malta	4: 0 (2: 0)
11/14/1984	Lisbon	Portugal	-	Sweden	1: 3 (1: 3)
December 16, 1984	Attard	Malta	-	Germany	2: 3 (1: 1)
02/10/1985	Attard	Malta	-	Portugal	1: 3 (0: 2)
02/24/1985	Oeiras	Portugal	-	Germany	1: 2 (0: 2)
March 27, 1985	Saarbrücken	Germany	-	Malta	6: 0 (5: 0)

April 21, 1985	Attard	Malta	-	Czechoslovakia	0-0
04/30/1985	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Germany	1: 5 (0: 4)
06/05/1985	Solna	Sweden	-	Czechoslovakia	2: 0 (0: 0)
09/25/1985	Solna	Sweden	-	Germany	2: 2 (0: 2)
09/25/1985	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Portugal	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 12, 1985	Lisbon	Portugal	-	Malta	3: 2 (1: 0)
October 16, 1985	Stuttgart	Germany	-	Portugal	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 16, 1985	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Sweden	2: 1 (1: 1)
11/17/1985	Munich	Germany	-	Czechoslovakia	2: 2 (1: 0)
11/17/1985	Attard	Malta	-	Sweden	1: 2 (0: 1)

Group 3

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	8th	4th	4th	0	021: 200	+19	12: 40
2.	Northern Ireland	8th	4th	2	2	008: 500	+3	10: 60
3.	Romania	8th	3	3	2	012: 700	+5	09: 70
4th	Finland	8th	3	2	3	007:120	−5	08: 80
5.	Turkey	8th	0	1	7th	002:240	−22	01:15

Game results

05/27/1984	Pori	Finland	-	Northern Ireland	1: 0 (0: 0)
09/12/1984	Belfast	Northern Ireland	-	Romania	3: 2 (1: 1)
10/17/1984	London	England	-	Finland	5: 0 (2: 0)
October 31, 1984	Aksu	Turkey	-	Finland	1: 2 (0: 1)
11/14/1984	Belfast	Northern Ireland	-	Finland	2: 1 (1: 1)
11/14/1984	Istanbul	Turkey	-	England	0: 8 (0: 3)
02/27/1985	Belfast	Northern Ireland	-	England	0: 1 (0: 0)
04/03/1985	Craiova	Romania	-	Turkey	3: 0 (3: 0)
05/01/1985	Belfast	Northern Ireland	-	Turkey	2: 0 (1: 0)
05/01/1985	Bucharest	Romania	-	England	0-0

May 22, 1985	Helsinki	Finland	-	England	1: 1 (1: 0)
06/06/1985	Helsinki	Finland	-	Romania	1: 1 (1: 1)
08/28/1985	Timișoara	Romania	-	Finland	2: 0 (1: 0)
09/11/1985	Izmir	Turkey	-	Northern Ireland	0-0
09/11/1985	London	England	-	Romania	1: 1 (1: 0)
09/25/1985	Tampere	Finland	-	Turkey	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 16, 1985	London	England	-	Turkey	5: 0 (4: 0)
October 16, 1985	Bucharest	Romania	-	Northern Ireland	0: 1 (0: 1)
11/13/1985	London	England	-	Northern Ireland	0-0
11/13/1985	Izmir	Turkey	-	Romania	1: 3 (0: 2)

Group 4

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	8th	5	1	2	015: 400	+11	11: 50
2.	Bulgaria	8th	5	1	2	013: 500	+8	11: 50
3.	German Democratic Republic	8th	5	0	3	016: 900	+7	10: 60
4th	Yugoslavia	8th	3	2	3	007: 800	−1	08: 80
5.	Luxembourg	8th	0	0	8th	002:270	−25	00:16

Game results

09/29/1984	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	-	Bulgaria	0-0
10/13/1984	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	France	0: 4 (0: 4)
10/20/1984	Leipzig	GDR	-	Yugoslavia	2: 3 (1: 1)
11/17/1984	Esch on the Alzette	Luxembourg	-	GDR	0: 5 (0: 0)
11/21/1984	Paris	France	-	Bulgaria	1: 0 (0: 0)
05.12.1984	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Luxembourg	4: 0 (2: 0)
December 8, 1984	Paris	France	-	GDR	2: 0 (1: 0)
March 27, 1985	Zenica	Yugoslavia	-	Luxembourg	1: 0 (1: 0)
04/03/1985	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	-	France	0-0
04/06/1985	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	GDR	1: 0 (0: 0)

05/01/1985	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	Yugoslavia	0: 1 (0: 1)
05/02/1985	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	France	2: 0 (1: 0)
May 18, 1985	Potsdam	GDR	-	Luxembourg	3: 1 (3: 0)
06/01/1985	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Yugoslavia	2: 1 (1: 1)
09/11/1985	Leipzig	GDR	-	France	2: 0 (0: 0)
09/25/1985	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	Bulgaria	1: 3 (0: 3)
09/28/1985	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	-	GDR	1: 2 (0: 0)
10/30/1985	Paris	France	-	Luxembourg	6: 0 (4: 0)
November 16, 1985	Chemnitz	GDR	-	Bulgaria	2: 1 (2: 1)
November 16, 1985	Paris	France	-	Yugoslavia	2: 0 (1: 0)

Group 5

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Hungary	6th	5	0	1	012: 400	+8	10: 20
2.	Netherlands	6th	3	1	2	011: 500	+6	07: 50
3.	Austria	6th	3	1	2	009: 800	+1	07: 50
4th	Cyprus	6th	0	0	6th	003:180	−15	00:12

Game results

05/02/1984	Nicosia	Cyprus	-	Austria	1: 2 (0: 1)
09/26/1984	Budapest	Hungary	-	Austria	3: 1 (0: 1)
10/17/1984	Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Hungary	1: 2 (1: 1)
11/14/1984	Vienna	Austria	-	Netherlands	1: 0 (1: 0)
11/17/1984	Limassol	Cyprus	-	Hungary	1: 2 (1: 0)
December 23, 1984	Nicosia	Cyprus	-	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 0)

02/27/1985	Amsterdam	Netherlands	-	Cyprus	7: 1 (3: 1)
04/03/1985	Budapest	Hungary	-	Cyprus	2: 0 (0: 0)
04/17/1985	Vienna	Austria	-	Hungary	0: 3 (0: 2)
05/01/1985	Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Austria	1: 1 (0: 0)
05/07/1985	Graz	Austria	-	Cyprus	4: 0 (2: 0)
05/14/1985	Budapest	Hungary	-	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group 6

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Denmark	8th	5	1	2	017: 600	+11	11: 50
2.	Soviet Union	8th	4th	2	2	013: 800	+5	10: 60
3.	Switzerland	8th	2	4th	2	005:100	−5	08: 80
4th	Ireland	8th	2	2	4th	005:100	−5	06:10
5.	Norway	8th	1	3	4th	004:100	−6	05:11

Game results

09/12/1984	Oslo	Norway	-	Switzerland	0: 1 (0: 1)
09/12/1984	Dublin	Ireland	-	Soviet Union	1: 0 (0: 0)
09/26/1984	Copenhagen	Denmark	-	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0)
10/10/1984	Oslo	Norway	-	Soviet Union	1: 1 (0: 0)
10/17/1984	Oslo	Norway	-	Ireland	1: 0 (1: 0)
10/17/1984	Bern	Switzerland	-	Denmark	1: 0 (1: 0)
11/14/1984	Copenhagen	Denmark	-	Ireland	3: 0 (1: 0)
04/17/1985	Bern	Switzerland	-	Soviet Union	2: 2 (1: 1)
05/01/1985	Dublin	Ireland	-	Norway	0-0
05/02/1985	Moscow	Soviet Union	-	Switzerland	4: 0 (4: 0)

06/02/1985	Dublin	Ireland	-	Switzerland	3: 0 (2: 0)
06/05/1985	Copenhagen	Denmark	-	Soviet Union	4: 2 (2: 1)
09/11/1985	Bern	Switzerland	-	Ireland	0-0
09/25/1985	Moscow	Soviet Union	-	Denmark	1: 0 (0: 0)
10/09/1985	Copenhagen	Denmark	-	Switzerland	0-0
October 16, 1985	Oslo	Norway	-	Denmark	1: 5 (1: 0)
October 16, 1985	Moscow	Soviet Union	-	Ireland	2: 0 (0: 0)
10/30/1985	Moscow	Soviet Union	-	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0)
11/13/1985	Lucerne	Switzerland	-	Norway	1: 1 (0: 1)
11/13/1985	Dublin	Ireland	-	Denmark	1: 4 (1: 2)

Group 7

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	6th	4th	0	2	009: 800	+1	08: 40
2.	Scotland	6th	3	1	2	008: 400	+4	07: 50
3.	Wales	6th	3	1	2	007: 600	+1	07: 50
4th	Iceland	6th	1	0	5	004:100	−6	02:10

Game results

09/12/1984	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Wales	1: 0 (0: 0)
10/17/1984	Seville	Spain	-	Wales	3: 0 (1: 0)
10/17/1984	Glasgow	Scotland	-	Iceland	3: 0 (2: 0)
11/14/1984	Glasgow	Scotland	-	Spain	3: 1 (2: 0)
11/14/1984	Cardiff	Wales	-	Iceland	2: 1 (1: 0)
02/27/1985	Seville	Spain	-	Scotland	1: 0 (0: 0)

March 27, 1985	Glasgow	Scotland	-	Wales	0: 1 (0: 1)
04/30/1985	Wrexham	Wales	-	Spain	3: 0 (1: 0)
May 28, 1985	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Scotland	0: 1 (0: 0)
06/12/1985	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Spain	1: 2 (1: 0)
09/10/1985	Cardiff	Wales	-	Scotland	1: 1 (1: 0)
09/25/1985	Seville	Spain	-	Iceland	2: 1 (1: 1)

Play-off matches

	total		First leg	Return leg
Belgium	(a) 2: 2 (a)	Netherlands	1: 0 (1: 0)	1: 2 (0: 0)
Scotland	2-0	Australia	2: 0 (0: 0)	0-0

South American Zone / CONMEBOL

10 teams played in a group of four and in two groups of three. The three group winners were directly qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. The three runners-up and the third of the group of four determined the fourth participant in the World Cup in two knockout rounds .

Group 1

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Argentina	6th	4th	1	1	012: 600	+6	09: 30
2.	Peru	6th	3	2	1	008: 400	+4	08: 40
3.	Colombia	6th	2	2	2	006: 600	± 0	06: 60
4th	Venezuela	6th	0	1	5	005:150	−10	01:11

Game results

05/26/1985	Bogotá	Colombia	-	Peru	1: 0 (1: 0)
05/26/1985	San Cristobal	Venezuela	-	Argentina	2: 3 (1: 2)
06/02/1985	Bogotá	Colombia	-	Argentina	1: 3 (0: 1)
06/02/1985	San Cristobal	Venezuela	-	Peru	0: 1 (0: 0)
06/09/1985	Lima	Peru	-	Colombia	0-0
06/09/1985	Buenos Aires	Argentina	-	Venezuela	3: 0 (1: 0)

06/16/1985	Lima	Peru	-	Venezuela	4: 1 (2: 1)
06/16/1985	Buenos Aires	Argentina	-	Colombia	1: 0 (1: 0)
06/23/1985	San Cristobal	Venezuela	-	Colombia	2: 2 (1: 1)
06/23/1985	Lima	Peru	-	Argentina	1: 0 (1: 0)
06/30/1985	Bogotá	Colombia	-	Venezuela	2: 0 (2: 0)
06/30/1985	Buenos Aires	Argentina	-	Peru	2: 2 (1: 2)

Group 2

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uruguay	4th	3	0	1	006: 400	+2	06: 20
2.	Chile	4th	2	1	1	010: 500	+5	05: 30
3.	Ecuador	4th	0	1	3	004:110	−7	01: 70

Game results

03.03.1985	Quito	Ecuador	-	Chile	1: 1 (1: 1)
03/10/1985	Montevideo	Uruguay	-	Ecuador	2: 1 (1: 0)
03/17/1985	Santiago de Chile	Chile	-	Ecuador	6: 2 (4: 2)

March 24, 1985	Santiago de Chile	Chile	-	Uruguay	2: 0 (1: 0)
March 31, 1985	Quito	Ecuador	-	Uruguay	0: 2 (0: 0)
04/07/1985	Montevideo	Uruguay	-	Chile	2: 1 (1: 1)

Group 3

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	4th	2	2	0	006: 200	+4	06: 20
2.	Paraguay	4th	1	2	1	005: 400	+1	04: 40
3.	Bolivia	4th	0	2	2	002: 700	−5	02: 60

Game results

05/26/1985	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Bolivia	-	Paraguay	1: 1 (1: 0)
06/02/1985	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Bolivia	-	Brazil	0: 2 (0: 0)
06/09/1985	Asunción	Paraguay	-	Bolivia	3: 0 (2: 0)

06/16/1985	Asunción	Paraguay	-	Brazil	0: 2 (0: 1)
06/23/1985	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	-	Paraguay	1: 1 (1: 1)
06/30/1985	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	-	Bolivia	1: 1 (1: 0)

Play-off matches

	total		First leg	Return leg
Paraguay	4: 2	Colombia	3: 0 (1: 0)	1: 2 (0: 0)
Chile	5: 2	Peru	4: 2 (3: 1)	1: 0 (0: 0)

	total		First leg	Return leg
Paraguay	5: 2	Chile	3: 0 (1: 0)	2: 2 (2: 1)

Paraguay thus qualified for the 1986 World Cup.

North, Central American and Caribbean Zones / CONCACAF

The winners of the first round playoffs qualified for the second round . Guatemala had a bye, three other teams moved into the second round without a fight due to the waiver of their opponents. The second round was played in three groups of three, the three group winners contested the CONCACAF finals . The winner of the CONCACAF finals qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. There is also host Mexico.

First round

Group 1

07/29/1984	San Salvador	El Salvador	-	Puerto Rico	5: 0 (4: 0)
08/05/1984	San Juan	Puerto Rico	-	El Salvador	0: 3 (0: 2)
06/15/1984	Colón	Panama	-	Honduras	0: 3 (0: 2)
06/24/1984	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	-	Panama	1: 0 (0: 0)
08/15/1984	Paramaribo	Suriname	-	Guyana	1: 0 (1: 0)
08/29/1984	Georgetown	Guyana	-	Suriname	1: 1 (1: 0)

Group 2

October 27, 1985	Port-au-Prince	Antigua and Barbuda	-	Haiti	0: 4 (0: 2)
03/11/1985	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	-	Antigua and Barbuda	1: 2 (1: 1)
Jamaica	0	Canada	-	Jamaica	-: -
renounced	0	Jamaica	-	Canada	-: -
bye	0	Guatemala

Group 3

October 27, 1985	Willemstad	Netherlands Antilles	-	United States	0-0
03/11/1985	St. Louis	United States	-	Netherlands Antilles	4: 0 (0: 0)
Barbados	0	Costa Rica	-	Barbados	-: -
renounced	0	Barbados	-	Costa Rica	-: -
Grenada	0	Trinidad and Tobago	-	Grenada	-: -
renounced	0	Grenada	-	Trinidad and Tobago	-: -

Second round

Group 1

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Honduras	4th	2	2	0	005: 300	+2	06: 20
2.	El Salvador	4th	2	1	1	007: 200	+5	05: 30
3.	Suriname	4th	0	1	3	002: 900	−7	01: 70

Game results

02/24/1985	San Salvador	Suriname	-	El Salvador	0: 3 (0: 1)
02/27/1985	San Salvador	El Salvador	-	Suriname	3: 0 (0: 0)
03.03.1985	Tegucigalpa	Suriname	-	Honduras	1: 1 (1: 1)

03/06/1985	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	-	Suriname	2: 1 (1: 0)
03/10/1985	San Salvador	El Salvador	-	Honduras	1: 2 (0: 1)
03/14/1985	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	-	El Salvador	0-0

Group 2

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Canada	4th	3	1	0	007: 200	+5	07: 10
2.	Guatemala	4th	2	1	1	007: 300	+4	05: 30
3.	Haiti	4th	0	0	4th	000: 900	−9	00: 80

Game results

April 13, 1985	Victoria	Canada	-	Haiti	2: 0 (2: 0)
April 20, 1985	Victoria	Canada	-	Guatemala	2: 1 (2: 0)
April 26, 1985	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	-	Guatemala	0: 1 (0: 0)

05/05/1985	Guatemala City	Guatemala	-	Canada	1: 1 (1: 1)
05/08/1985	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	-	Canada	0: 2 (0: 1)
05/15/1985	Guatemala City	Guatemala	-	Haiti	4: 0 (1: 0)

Group 3

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Costa Rica	4th	2	2	0	006: 200	+4	06: 20
2.	United States	4th	2	1	1	004: 300	+1	05: 30
3.	Trinidad and Tobago	4th	0	1	3	002: 700	−5	01: 70

Game results

April 24, 1985	San Jose	Trinidad and Tobago	-	Costa Rica	0: 3 (0: 1)
April 28, 1985	San Jose	Costa Rica	-	Trinidad and Tobago	1: 1 (1: 0)
05/15/1985	St. Louis	Trinidad and Tobago	-	United States	1: 2 (1: 1)

May 19, 1985	Torrance	United States	-	Trinidad and Tobago	1: 0 (1: 0)
05/26/1985	Alajuela	Costa Rica	-	United States	1: 1 (1: 1)
05/31/1985	Torrance	United States	-	Costa Rica	0: 1 (0: 1)

CONCACAF finals

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Canada	4th	2	2	0	004: 200	+2	06: 20
2.	Honduras	4th	1	1	2	006: 600	± 0	03: 50
3.	Costa Rica	4th	0	3	1	004: 600	−2	03: 50

Game results

08/11/1985	San Jose	Costa Rica	-	Honduras	2: 2 (1: 2)
08/17/1985	Toronto	Canada	-	Costa Rica	1: 1 (0: 1)
08/25/1985	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	-	Canada	0: 1 (0: 0)

09/01/1985	San Jose	Costa Rica	-	Canada	0-0
09/08/1985	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	-	Costa Rica	3: 1 (1: 1)
09/14/1985	St. John's	Canada	-	Honduras	2: 1 (1: 0)

Asian Zone / AFC

West Asia and East Asia each provided one World Cup participant. There were four preliminary round groups in each of the two regional blocks. The group winners qualified for the semifinals. In two knockout rounds, the World Cup final participants were determined. Due to the First Gulf War , the warring states Iran and Iraq should play their home games on neutral courts. Only Iraq followed this request and played its games in Calcutta ( India ), Kuwait City and the Saudi Arabian city ​​of Ta'if . Iran, on the other hand, refused to play on neutral courts and was subsequently excluded from the qualifying tournament.

West asia

Group 1

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	001-000	+1	03: 10
2.	Saudi Arabia	2	0	1	1	000: 100	−1	01: 30
3.	Oman	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00-00

Oman withdrew.

Game results

04/12/1985	Riad	Saudi Arabia	-	UAE	0-0
April 19, 1985	Dubai	UAE	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 0 (1: 0)

Group 2

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iraq	4th	3	0	1	007: 600	+1	06: 20
2.	Qatar	4th	2	0	2	006: 300	+3	04: 40
3.	Jordan	4th	1	0	3	003: 700	−4	02: 60
4th	Lebanon	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00-00

Lebanon withdrew after four games.

Game results

03/15/1985	Riad	Jordan	-	Qatar	1: 0 (0: 0)
03/15/1985		Iraq	-	Lebanon	6-0
03/18/1985		Lebanon	-	Iraq	0: 6
March 22, 1985		Qatar	-	Lebanon	7-0
March 27, 1985		Lebanon	-	Qatar	0: 8

March 29, 1985	Amman	Jordan	-	Iraq	2: 3 (0: 1)
04/05/1985	Doha	Qatar	-	Iraq	3: 0 (1: 0)
04/12/1985	Doha	Qatar	-	Jordan	2: 0 (0: 0)
April 19, 1985	Kuwait City	Iraq	-	Jordan	2: 0 (0: 0)
05/05/1985	Calcutta	Iraq	-	Qatar	2: 1 (1: 1)

Iraq's home games were played on neutral ground.

Group 3

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Syria	4th	3	1	0	005-000	+5	07: 10
2.	Kuwait	4th	2	1	1	008: 200	+6	05: 30
3.	North Yemen	4th	0	0	4th	001:120	−11	00: 80

Game results

March 22, 1985	Damascus	Syria	-	Kuwait	1: 0 (0: 0)
March 29, 1985	Sanaa	North Yemen	-	Syria	0: 1 (0: 0)
04/05/1985	Kuwait City	Kuwait	-	North Yemen	5: 0 (2: 0)

04/12/1985	Kuwait City	Kuwait	-	Syria	0-0
April 19, 1985	Damascus	Syria	-	North Yemen	3: 0 (2: 0)
April 26, 1985	Sanaa	North Yemen	-	Kuwait	1: 3 (0: 2)

Group 4

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Bahrain	2	1	1	0	007: 400	+3	03: 10
2.	South Yemen	2	0	1	1	004: 700	−3	01: 30
3.	Iran	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00-00

Iran has been suspended by FIFA.

Game results

March 29, 1985	Aden	South Yemen	-	Bahrain	1: 4 (0: 2)
04/12/1985	Manama	Bahrain	-	South Yemen	3: 3 (0: 1)

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
United Arab Emirates	(a)4: 4 (a)	Iraq	2: 3	2: 1
Bahrain	1: 2	Syria	1: 1 (1: 0)	0: 1 (0: 1)

final

	total		First leg	Return leg
Syria	1: 3	Iraq	0-0	1: 3 (0: 1)

East asia

Group 1

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	4th	3	0	1	008: 100	+7	06: 20
2.	Malaysia	4th	2	1	1	006: 200	+4	05: 30
3.	Nepal	4th	0	1	3	000:110	−11	01: 70

Game results

02.03.1985	Kathmandu	Nepal	-	South Korea	0: 2 (0: 1)
03/10/1985	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	-	South Korea	1: 0 (0: 0)
March 16, 1985	Kathmandu	Nepal	-	Malaysia	0: 0 (0: 2)

March 31, 1985	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	-	Nepal	5: 0 (5: 0)
04/06/1985	Seoul	South Korea	-	Nepal	4: 0 (3: 0)
May 19, 1985	Seoul	South Korea	-	Malaysia	2: 0 (2: 0)

Group 2

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Indonesia	6th	4th	1	1	008: 400	+4	09: 30
2.	India	6th	2	3	1	007: 600	+1	07: 50
3.	Thailand	6th	1	2	3	004: 400	± 0	04: 80
4th	Bangladesh	6th	2	0	4th	005:100	−5	04: 80

Game results

03/15/1985	Jakarta	Indonesia	-	Thailand	1: 0 (0: 0)
03/18/1985	Jakarta	Indonesia	-	Bangladesh	2: 0 (0: 0)
03/21/1985	Jakarta	Indonesia	-	India	2: 1 (1: 1)
03/23/1985	Bangkok	Thailand	-	Bangladesh	3: 0 (1: 0)
March 26, 1985	Bangkok	Thailand	-	India	0-0
March 29, 1985	Bangkok	Thailand	-	Indonesia	0: 1 (0: 1)

03/30/1985	Dhaka	Bangladesh	-	India	1: 2 (1: 1)
04/02/1985	Dhaka	Bangladesh	-	Indonesia	2: 1 (0: 1)
04/05/1985	Dhaka	Bangladesh	-	Thailand	1: 0 (0: 0)
04/06/1985	Calcutta	India	-	Indonesia	1: 1 (0: 1)
04/09/1985	Calcutta	India	-	Thailand	1: 1 (0: 0)
04/12/1985	Calcutta	India	-	Bangladesh	2: 1 (1: 1)

Group 3

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Hong Kong	6th	5	1	0	019: 200	+17	11: 10
2.	People's Republic of China	6th	4th	1	1	023: 200	+21	09: 30
3.	Macau	6th	2	0	4th	004:150	−11	04: 80
4th	Brunei	6th	0	0	6th	002:290	−27	00:12

Game results

02/17/1985	Macau	-	Brunei	2: 0 (0: 0)
02/17/1985	Hong Kong	-	China	0-0
02/20/1985	Macau	-	China	0: 4 (0: 1)
02/23/1985	Hong Kong	-	Brunei	8: 0 (3: 0)
02/26/1985	China	-	Brunei	8: 0 (4: 0)
03/01/1985	Brunei	-	China	0: 4 (0: 2)

04/06/1985	Brunei	-	Hong Kong	1: 5 (0: 3)
April 13, 1985	Brunei	-	Macau	1: 2
April 28, 1985	Macau	-	Hong Kong	0: 2 (0: 0)
05/04/1985	Hong Kong	-	Macau	2: 0 (2: 0)
05/12/1985	China	-	Macau	6: 0 (3: 0)
May 19, 1985	China	-	Hong Kong	1: 2 (1: 1)

Group 4

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	4th	3	1	0	009: 100	+8	07: 10
2.	North Korea	4th	1	2	1	003: 200	+1	04: 40
3.	Singapore	4th	0	1	3	002:110	−9	01: 70

Game results

January 19, 1985	Singapore	Singapore	-	North Korea	1: 1
02/23/1985	Singapore	Singapore	-	Japan	1: 3 (1: 1)
03/21/1985	Tokyo	Japan	-	North Korea	1: 0 (1: 0)

04/30/1985	Pyongyang	North Korea	-	Japan	0-0
May 18, 1985	Tokyo	Japan	-	Singapore	5: 0 (0: 0)
May 25, 1985	Namp'o	North Korea	-	Singapore	2: 0 (1: 0)

Play-off matches

	total		First leg	Return leg
South Korea	6: 1	Indonesia	2: 0 (0: 0)	4: 1 (3: 0)
Japan	5: 1	Hong Kong	3: 0 (2: 0)	2: 1 (1: 0)

	total		First leg	Return leg
Japan	1: 3	South Korea	1: 2 (1: 2)	0: 1 (0: 0)

African Zone / CAF

29 African teams played for a place in the finals. Four rounds were played in the KO system.
The winners of both final rounds qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

First round

08/28/1984	Cairo	Egypt	-	Zimbabwe	1: 0 (1: 0)
09/30/1984	Harare	Zimbabwe	-	Egypt	1: 1 (1: 1)
10/13/1984	Nairobi	Kenya	-	Ethiopia	2: 1 (1: 1)
10/28/1984	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	-	Kenya	3: 3 (2: 0)
07/15/1984	Curepipe	Mauritius	-	Malawi	0: 1 (0: 1)
07/28/1984	Lilongwe	Malawi	-	Mauritius	4: 0 (1: 0)
07/29/1984	Ndola	Zambia	-	Uganda	3: 0 (1: 0)
08/25/1984	Kampala	Uganda	-	Zambia	1: 0 (0: 0)
10/13/1984	Mwanza	Tanzania	-	Sudan	1: 1 (1: 0)
10/27/1984	Khartoum	Sudan	-	Tanzania	0-0
06/30/1984	Freetown	Sierra Leone	-	Morocco	0: 1 (0: 0)
07/15/1984	Rabat	Morocco	-	Sierra Leone	4: 0 (1: 0)
10/28/1984	Cotonou	Benin	-	Tunisia	0: 2 (0: 0)
11/13/1984	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Benin	4: 0 (2: 0)
10/21/1984	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	-	Gambia	4: 0 (0: 0)
04/11/1984	Banjul	Gambia	-	Ivory Coast	3: 2 (1: 1)
10/20/1984	Lagos	Nigeria	-	Liberia	3: 0 (2: 0)
04/11/1984	Monrovia	Liberia	-	Nigeria	0: 1 (0: 1)
07/01/1984	Luanda	Angola	-	Senegal	1: 0 (0: 0)
07/15/1984	Dakar	Senegal	-	Angola	1: 0 n.V., 3: 4 i. E.
		Madagascar	-	Lesotho	-: -
0	0	Lesotho	-	Madagascar	-: - 1
		Libya	-	Niger	-: -
0	0	Niger	-	Libya	-: - 2
		Guinea	-	Togo	-: -
		Togo	-	Guinea	-: - 3

¹ Madagascar continued without a fight as Lesotho withdrew.
² Libya continued without a fight as Niger withdrew.
³ Guinea continued without a fight as Togo withdrew.

BYE: Cameroon, Algeria, and Ghana

Second round

04/07/1985	Lusaka	Zambia	-	Cameroon	4: 1 (4: 0)
April 21, 1985	Yaoundé	Cameroon	-	Zambia	1: 1 (1: 1)
04/07/1985	Rabat	Morocco	-	Malawi	2: 0 (1: 0)
April 21, 1985	Lilongwe	Malawi	-	Morocco	0-0
March 31, 1985	Luanda	Angola	-	Algeria	0-0
April 19, 1985	Algiers	Algeria	-	Angola	3: 2 (2: 0)
04/06/1985	Nairobi	Kenya	-	Nigeria	0: 3 (0: 2)
April 20, 1985	Lagos	Nigeria	-	Kenya	3: 1 (2: 1)
04/05/1985	Cairo	Egypt	-	Madagascar	1: 0 (1: 0)
May 21, 1985	Antananarivo	Madagascar	-	Egypt	1: 0 n.V., 2: 4 i. E.
02/10/1985	Conakry	Guinea	-	Tunisia	1: 0 (1: 0)
02/24/1985	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Guinea	2: 0 (1: 0)
02/22/1985	Khartoum	Sudan	-	Libya	0-0
03/08/1985	Tripoli	Libya	-	Sudan	4: 0 (0: 0)
04/07/1985	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	-	Ghana	0-0
07/21/1985	Accra	Ghana	-	Ivory Coast	2: 0 (0: 0)

Third round

07/13/1985	Algiers	Algeria	-	Zambia	2: 0 (1: 0)
07/28/1985	Lusaka	Zambia	-	Algeria	0: 1 (0: 0)
07/14/1985	Accra	Ghana	-	Libya	0-0
07/26/1985	Benghazi	Libya	-	Ghana	2: 0 (1: 0)
07/06/1985	Lagos	Nigeria	-	Tunisia	1: 0 (0: 0)
07/20/1985	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Nigeria	2: 0 (2: 0)
07/12/1985	Cairo	Egypt	-	Morocco	0-0
07/28/1985	Casablanca	Morocco	-	Egypt	2: 0 (1: 0)

Final round

06.10.1985	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Algeria	1: 4 (1: 2)
October 18, 1985	Algiers	Algeria	-	Tunisia	3: 0 (2: 0)
06.10.1985	Rabat	Morocco	-	Libya	3: 0 (1: 0)
October 18, 1985	Benghazi	Libya	-	Morocco	1: 0 (1: 0)

Oceanic Zone / OFC

Of the OFC , only Australia and New Zealand took part in the World Cup qualification. Then there were Taiwan and Israel, which were assigned to the Oceania group for political reasons. The four teams played the Oceania winner in a points round with home and away legs. The Oceania winner then had to compete against a runner-up from one of the three European groups of four in a playoff. The winner of this playoff qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Australia	6th	4th	2	0	020: 200	+18	10: 20
2.	Israel	6th	3	1	2	017: 600	+11	07: 50
3.	New Zealand	6th	3	1	2	013: 700	+6	07: 50
4th	Taiwan	6th	0	0	6th	001:360	−35	00:12

Game results

09/03/1985	Tel Aviv	Taiwan	-	Israel	0: 6 (0: 3)
09/08/1985	Tel Aviv	Israel	-	Taiwan	5: 0 (2: 0)
09/21/1985	Auckland	New Zealand	-	Australia	0-0
05.10.1985	Auckland	Taiwan	-	New Zealand	1: 5 (1: 3)
10/08/1985	Tel Aviv	Israel	-	Australia	1: 2 (0: 0)
October 12, 1985	Christchurch	New Zealand	-	Taiwan	5: 0 (2: 0)

October 20, 1985	Melbourne	Australia	-	Israel	1: 1 (1: 0)
October 23, 1985	Adelaide	Taiwan	-	Australia	0: 7 (0: 2)
10/26/1985	Auckland	New Zealand	-	Israel	3: 1 (2: 1)
October 27, 1985	Sydney	Australia	-	Taiwan	8: 0 (1: 0)
03/11/1985	Sydney	Australia	-	New Zealand	2: 0 (1: 0)
11/10/1985	Tel Aviv	Israel	-	New Zealand	3: 0 (0: 0)

Taiwan renounced its home rights and played against the respective opponent.

Intercontinental playoff

	total		First leg	Return leg
Scotland	2-0	Australia	2: 0 (0: 0)	0-0