1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Teams27 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Hong Kong Lau Wing Yip (7 goals)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 28 AFC teams entered the competition. However, Chinese Taipei were assigned to the Oceanian zone instead. The Asian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. Asia's automatic qualifying berths were taken by Iraq and Korea Republic.

Tournament structure[edit]

The 27 teams were divided into 2 zones, based on geographical considerations. Zone A had 13 teams (teams from West Asia) and Zone B had 14 teams (teams from East Asia). There would be three rounds of play in each zone:

  • First Round: The teams were divided into 4 groups of 3 or 4 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Second Round.
  • Second Round: The 4 teams in each zone were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round.
  • Final Round: The 2 teams in each zone played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Due to wars their countries were involved in, Iran, Iraq and Lebanon had to play all their home matches on neutral ground or away.

AFC Zone A (West)[edit]

First round[edit]

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

Group 1A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3
 Saudi Arabia 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
 Oman Withdrew
  Oman Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates
Oman  — — —
Saudi Arabia  — — 0–0
United Arab Emirates  — 1–0 —

Group 1B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 4 3 0 1 7 6 +1 6
 Qatar 4 2 0 2 6 3 +3 4
 Jordan 4 1 0 3 3 7 −4 2
 Lebanon Withdrew
  Iraq Jordan Lebanon Qatar
Iraq  — 2–0 — 2–1
Jordan  2–3 — — 1–0
Lebanon  — — — —
Qatar  3–0 2–0 — —

Group 2A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Syria 4 3 1 0 5 0 +5 7
 Kuwait 4 2 1 1 8 2 +6 5
 North Yemen 4 0 0 4 1 12 −11 0
  Kuwait Yemen Arab Republic Syria
Kuwait  — 5–0 0–0
North Yemen  1–3 — 0–1
Syria  1–0 3–0 —

Group 2B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bahrain 2 1 1 0 7 4 +3 3
 South Yemen 2 0 1 1 4 7 −3 1
 Iran Disqualified[1]
  Bahrain Iran South Yemen
Bahrain  — — 3–3
Iran  — — —
South Yemen  1–4 — —

Second round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
United Arab Emirates  4–4 (a)  Iraq 2–3 2–1
Bahrain  1–2  Syria 1–1 0–1

First leg[edit]

United Arab Emirates 2–3 Iraq
Al-Talyani 15'
F. Khamees 60'		 Report Saeed 42', 79'
Hashim 81'
Referee: Abdul-Aziz Saleh Al-Salmi (Kuwait)
Bahrain 1–1 Syria
Issa 42' Report Mahrous 61'
Attendance: 8,224
Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)

Second leg[edit]

Iraq 1–2 United Arab Emirates
Saddam 88' Report F. Khamees 2'
Al-Talyani 60'
Attendance: 4,175
Referee: Daina (Switzerland)

4–4 on aggregate, Iraq advanced to the Zone A Final Round on away goals.

Syria 1–0 Bahrain
Kardaghli 4' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abuwahid Shambe El-Boloshi (Oman)

Syria advanced to the Zone A Final Round.

Final round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Syria  1–3  Iraq 0–0 1–3

First leg[edit]

Syria 0–0 Iraq
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Vautrot (France)

Second leg[edit]

Iraq 3–1 Syria
Saeed 28'
Mahmoud 49'
Allawi 72'		 Report Al-Sel 54' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,500

Iraq won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

AFC Zone B (East)[edit]

First round[edit]

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

Group 3A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 4 3 0 1 8 1 +7 6
 Malaysia 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 5
   Nepal 4 0 1 3 0 11 −11 1
  South Korea Malaysia Nepal
South Korea  — 2–0 4–0
Malaysia  1–0 — 5–0
Nepal    0–2 0–0 —

Group 3B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 6 4 1 1 8 4 +4 9
 India 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 7
 Thailand 6 1 2 3 4 4 0 4
 Bangladesh 6 2 0 4 5 10 −5 4
  Bangladesh India Indonesia Thailand
Bangladesh  — 1–2 2–1 1–0
India  2–1 — 1–1 1–1
Indonesia  2–0 2–1 — 1–0
Thailand  3–0 0–0 0–1 —

Group 4A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hong Kong 6 5 1 0 19 2 +17 11
 China 6 4 1 1 23 2 +21 9
 Macau 6 2 0 4 4 15 −11 4
 Brunei 6 0 0 6 2 29 −27 0
  Brunei China Hong Kong Macau
Brunei  — 0–4 1–5 1–2
China  8–0 — 1–2 6–0
Hong Kong  8–0 0–0 — 2–0
Macau  2–0 0–4 0–2 —

Group 4B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 4 3 1 0 9 1 +8 7
 North Korea 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 4
 Singapore 4 0 1 3 2 11 −9 1
  Japan North Korea Singapore
Japan  — 1–0 5–0
North Korea  0–0 — 2–0
Singapore  1–3 1–1 —

Second round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Korea  6–1  Indonesia 2–0 4–1
Japan  5–1  Hong Kong 3–0 2–1

First leg[edit]

South Korea 2–0 Indonesia
Byun Byung-Joo 73'
Kim Joo-Sung 81'		 Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Booncherd Pratumthong (Thailand)
Japan 3–0 Hong Kong
Kimura 9' (pen.)
Hara 11'
Mizunuma 53'		 Report
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Tulu Gurkan (Philippines)

Second leg[edit]

Indonesia 1–4 South Korea
Sulaiman 87' Report Byun Byung-Joo 7'
Choi Soon-Ho 9'
Huh Jung-Moo 32'
Kim Joo-Sung 47'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Timothy Joseph (Malaysia)

Korea Republic won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Zone B Final Round.

Hong Kong 1–2 Japan
Wan Chi Keung 79' Report Kimura 45'
Hara 90'
Attendance: 28,000

Japan won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Zone B Final Round.

Final round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Japan  1–3  South Korea 1–2 0–1

First leg[edit]

Japan 1–2 South Korea
Kimura 43' Report Chung Yong-Hwan 30'
Lee Tae-Ho 42'
Attendance: 62,000

Second leg[edit]

South Korea 1–0 Japan
Huh Jung-Moo 61' Report
Attendance: 70,000

Korea Republic won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1986 World Cup

Qualified teams[edit]

The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 Iraq Zone A Final Round winners 29 November 1985 0 (debut)
 South Korea Zone B Final Round winners 3 November 1985 1 (1954)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers[edit]

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

See also[edit]


References[edit]

  1. ^ "WORLD CUP 1986 qualification, AFC". www.allworldcup.narod.ru. Retrieved 15 April 2023.


External links[edit]

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