1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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

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

First round

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round

Group 1A

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	-	–	0–0
United Arab Emirates	-	1–0	-

Group 1B

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	–	2-0	-	2-1
Jordan	2-3	–	–	1–0
Lebanon	–	–	-	–
Qatar	3-0	2–0	–	-

Group 2A

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	1
North Yemen	4	0	0	4	1	12	−11	0


Kuwait	–	5-0	0-0
North Yemen	1-3	–	0–1
Syria	1–0	3–0	–

Group 2B

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


Bahrain	–	-	3-3
Iran	-	–	–
South Yemen	1-4	–	-

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	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

20 September 1985	United Arab Emirates	2 – 3	Iraq	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Referee: Abdul-Aziz Saleh Al-Salmi (Kuwait)
	F. Khamis Al-Talyani	Report	H. Saed , Hassan

6 September 1985	Bahrain	1 – 1	Syria	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama Attendance: 8,224 Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)
	Issa 42'	Report	Mahrous 61'

Second Leg

27 September 1985	Iraq	1 – 2	United Arab Emirates	King Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4,175 Referee: Daina (Switzerland)
	Saddam	Report	F. Khamis Al-Talyani

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

20 September 1985	Syria	1 – 0	Bahrain	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Abuwahid Shambe El-Boloshi (Oman)
	Kerdaghly 4'	Report

Syria advanced to the Zone A Final Round.

Final Round

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

First leg

15 November 1985	Syria	0 – 0	Iraq	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Vautrot (France)
		Report

Second Leg

29 November 1985	Iraq	3 – 1	Syria	King Fahd Stadium, Taif Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Fredriksson (Sweden)
	H. Saed 28' Shaker 49' Allawi 72'	Report	El-Sel 54'

Iraq won 3-1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1986 World Cup

AFC Zone B

First round

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round

Group 3A

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	–	2-0	4-0
Malaysia	1-0	–	5–0
Nepal	0–2	0–0	–

Group 3B

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	–	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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hong Kong	6	5	1	0	19	2	+17	11
China PR	6	4	1	1	23	2	+21	9
Macau	6	2	0	4	4	14	−10	4
Brunei	6	0	0	6	2	29	−27	0


Brunei	–	0-4	1-5	1-2
China PR	8-0	–	1–2	6–0
Hong Kong	8–0	0–0	–	2–0
Macau	2–0	0–4	0–2	–

Group 4B

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	–	1-0	5-0
North Korea	0-0	–	2–0
Singapore	1–3	1–1	–

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	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

21 July 1985	South Korea	2 – 0	Indonesia	Olympic Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Booncherd Pratumthong (Thailand)
	Byun Byung-Joo 73' Kim Joo-Sung 81'	Report

11 August 1985	Japan	3 – 0	Hong Kong	Kobe Central Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Tulu Gurkan (Philippines)
	Kimura 9' (p) Hara 11' Mizunuma 53'	Report

Second Leg

30 July 1985	Indonesia	1 – 4	South Korea	Stadium Utama Senayan, Jakarta Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Timothy Joseph (Malaysia)
	Sulaiman 87'	Report	Byun Byung-Joo 7' Choi Soon-Ho 9' Huh Jung-Moo 32' Kim Joo-Sung 47'

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

22 September 1985	Hong Kong	1 – 2	Japan	Government Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)
	Wan Chi Keung 79' (p)	Report	Kimura 45' Hara 90'

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

Final Round

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

First Leg

26 October 1985	Japan	1 – 2	South Korea	Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Maidin Bin-Singah (Singapore)
	Kimura 43'	Report	Jung Yong-Hwan 30' Lee Tae-Ho 42'

Second Leg

3 November 1985	South Korea	1 – 0	Japan	Olympic Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Othman Bin Omar (Malaysia)
	Huh Jung-Moo 61'	Report

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

External links

1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

AFC	First Round · Second Round · Final Round

CAF	First Round · Second Round · Third Round · Final Round

CONCACAF	Qualifying

CONMEBOL	Group 1 · Group 2 · Group 3 · Play off

OFC	Qualifying

UEFA	Group 1 · Group 2 · Group 3 · Group 4 · Group 5 · Group 6 · Group 7

Play-offs	UEFA v OFC Intercontinental Play-off

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1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Contents

Tournament Structure

AFC Zone A

First round

Group 1A

Group 1B

Group 2A

Group 2B

Second Round

First Leg

Second Leg

Final Round

First leg

Second Leg

AFC Zone B

First round

Group 3A

Group 3B

Group 4A

Group 4B

Second Round

First Leg

Second Leg

Final Round

First Leg

Second Leg

See also

External links