1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification.

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Teams32 (from 1 confederation)
1982
1990

UEFA was allocated thirteen qualifying berths for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and one place in a play-off, however Italy were the defending champions and qualified automatically, leaving 12.5 spots open for competition between 32 teams.

Europe's automatic qualifying berths were taken by Poland, West Germany, Portugal, England, Northern Ireland, France, Bulgaria, Hungary, Denmark, Soviet Union and Spain. Belgium and Scotland qualified through the UEFA play-off and UEFA–OFC intercontinental play-off respectively.

Format

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The 32 teams were divided into 7 groups. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The number of teams and spots for each group were as follows:

  • Groups 2, 3, 4 and 6 had 5 teams each. The group winners and runners-up would qualify.
  • Groups 1, 5 and 7 had 4 teams each. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up of Groups 1 and 5 would advance to the UEFA Play-offs, while the runner-up of Group 7 would advance to the UEFA / OFC Intercontinental Play-off. In the play-offs, the 2 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying.

Group play

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The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Zürich, Switzerland on 7 December 1983. During the draw teams were drawn from the 5 pots into the 7 groups. The seedings below were announced ten days before the draw.

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D Pot E

  West Germany
  Poland
  France
  England
  Soviet Union
  Austria
  Spain

  Northern Ireland
  Belgium
  Hungary
  Scotland
  Yugoslavia
  Czechoslovakia
  Denmark

  Republic of Ireland
  Wales
  Netherlands
  Romania
  Sweden
  East Germany
  Greece

  Bulgaria
  Portugal
   Switzerland
  Iceland
  Albania
  Turkey
  Cyprus

  Norway
  Finland
  Malta
  Luxembourg

Summary

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  Group winners and the runners-up from the five-team groups qualified directly for the 1986 FIFA World Cup
  Runners-up advanced to the play-offs
  Runner-up advanced to the intercontinental play-off
  Other teams were eliminated
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7
 
Poland
 
West Germany
 
England
 
France
 
Hungary
 
Denmark
 
Spain
 
Belgium
 
Portugal
 
Northern Ireland
 
Bulgaria
 
Netherlands
 
Soviet Union
 
Scotland
 
Albania
 
Greece
 
Sweden
 
Czechoslovakia
 
Malta
 
Romania
 
Finland
 
Turkey
 
East Germany
 
Yugoslavia
 
Luxembourg
 
Austria
 
Cyprus
 
Switzerland
 
Republic of Ireland
 
Norway
 
Wales
 
Iceland

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Poland 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 8 Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup 0–0 2–2 3–1
2   Belgium 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 8 Advance to UEFA play-off 2–0 3–1 2–0
3   Albania 6 1 2 3 6 9 −3 4 0–1 2–0 1–1
4   Greece 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 4 1–4 0–0 2–0
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   West Germany 8 5 2 1 22 9 +13 12 Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup 0–1 2–0 2–2 6–0
2   Portugal 8 5 0 3 12 10 +2 10 1–2 1–3 2–1 3–2
3   Sweden 8 4 1 3 14 9 +5 9 2–2 0–1 2–0 4–0
4   Czechoslovakia 8 3 2 3 11 12 −1 8 1–5 1–0 2–1 4–0
5   Malta 8 0 1 7 6 25 −19 1 2–3 1–3 1–2 0–0
Source: [citation needed]

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   England 8 4 4 0 21 2 +19 12 Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup 0–0 1–1 5–0 5–0
2   Northern Ireland 8 4 2 2 8 5 +3 10 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–0
3   Romania 8 3 3 2 12 7 +5 9 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0
4   Finland 8 3 2 3 7 12 −5 8 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
5   Turkey 8 0 1 7 2 24 −22 1 0–8 0–0 1–3 1–2
Source: [citation needed]

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   France 8 5 1 2 15 4 +11 11 Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup 1–0 2–0 2–0 6–0
2   Bulgaria 8 5 1 2 13 5 +8 11 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–0
3   East Germany 8 5 0 3 16 9 +7 10 2–0 2–1 2–3 3–1
4   Yugoslavia 8 3 2 3 7 8 −1 8 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0
5   Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2 27 −25 0 0–4 1–3 0–5 0–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Hungary 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 10 Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup 0–1 3–1 2–0
2   Netherlands 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 7 Advance to UEFA play-off 1–2 1–1 7–1
3   Austria 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 7 0–3 1–0 4–0
4   Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3 18 −15 0 1–2 0–1 1–2
Source: [citation needed]

Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Denmark 8 5 1 2 17 6 +11 11 Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup 4–2 0–0 3–0 1–0
2   Soviet Union 8 4 2 2 13 8 +5 10 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–0
3    Switzerland 8 2 4 2 5 10 −5 8 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1
4   Republic of Ireland 8 2 2 4 5 10 −5 6 1–4 1–0 3–0 0–0
5   Norway 8 1 3 4 4 10 −6 5 1–5 1–1 0–1 1–0
Source: [citation needed]

Group 7

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Spain 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 8 Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup 1–0 3–0 2–1
2   Scotland 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 7 Advance to UEFA–OFC play-off 3–1 0–1 3–0
3   Wales 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 7 3–0 1–1 2–1
4   Iceland 6 1 0 5 4 10 −6 2 1–2 0–1 1–0
Source: [citation needed]

UEFA play-off

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Belgium  1–0  Netherlands
Vercauteren   20' Report
Attendance: 30,764
Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)
Netherlands  2–1  Belgium
Houtman   60'
De Wit   72'
Report Grün   85'
De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 48,962[1]
Referee: George Courtney (England)

2–2 on aggregate; Belgium won on away goals.

Inter-confederation play-offs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Scotland   2–0   Australia 2–0 0–0

Goalscorers

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

References

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  1. ^ "Netherlands vs. Belgium" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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