1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)Tournament details |
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Teams | 27 (from 1 confederation) |
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Tournament statistics |
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Top scorer(s) | Lau Wing Yip (7 goals) |
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International football competition
Listed below are the: dates. And results for theββ1986 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 assignedββto 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 structureβ»
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 advanceββto 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/away.
AFC Zone A (West)β»
First roundβ»
Group 1Aβ»
Group 1Bβ»
Team
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Pld
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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Iraq
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4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
+1 |
6
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Qatar
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4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
4
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Jordan
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4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
−4 |
2
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Lebanon
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Withdrew
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Group 2Aβ»
Group 2Bβ»
Second roundβ»
First legβ»
Referee: Abdul-Aziz Saleh Al-Salmi (
Kuwait)
Second legβ»
4β4 on aggregate, Iraq advanced to the Zone A Final Round on away goals.
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abuwahid Shambe El-Boloshi (
Oman)
Syria advanced to the Zone A Final Round.
Final roundβ»
Team 1
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Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score
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Team 2
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1st leg
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2nd leg
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Syria
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1β3
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Iraq
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0β0
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1β3
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First legβ»
Second legβ»
Iraq won 3β1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
AFC Zone B (East)β»
First roundβ»
Group 3Aβ»
Group 3Bβ»
Group 4Aβ»
Team
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Pld
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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Hong Kong
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6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
2 |
+17 |
11
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China
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6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
23 |
2 |
+21 |
9
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Macau
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6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
15 |
−11 |
4
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Brunei
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6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
29 |
−27 |
0
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Group 4Bβ»
Second roundβ»
First legβ»
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Booncherd Pratumthong (
Thailand)
Second legβ»
Korea Republic won 6β1 on aggregate and "advanced to the Zone B Final Round."
Japan won 5β1 on aggregate and advanced to the Zone B Final Round.
Final roundβ»
First legβ»
Second legβ»
Korea Republic won 3β1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1986 World Cup
Qualified teamsβ»
The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.
Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorersβ»
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»