1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Tournament details
Teams	27 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	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

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)

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 5   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 [1]

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

Second round

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

20 September 1985

United Arab Emirates	2–3	Iraq
Al-Talyani 15' F. Khamees 60'	Report	Saeed 42', 79' Hashim 81'

Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai

Referee: Abdul-Aziz Saleh Al-Salmi (Kuwait)

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6 September 1985

Bahrain	1–1	Syria
Issa 42'	Report	Mahrous 61'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 8,224

Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)

Second leg

27 September 1985

Iraq	1–2	United Arab Emirates
Saddam 88'	Report	F. Khamees 2' Al-Talyani 60'

King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if

Attendance: 4,175

Referee: Daina (Switzerland)

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

20 September 1985

Syria	1–0	Bahrain
Kardaghli 4'	Report

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Abuwahid Shambe El-Boloshi (Oman)

Syria advanced to the Zone A Final Round.

Final round

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

First leg

15 November 1985

Syria	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Vautrot (France)

Second leg

29 November 1985

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

King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

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

AFC Zone B (East)

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 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   — 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

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. 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

21 July 1985

South Korea	2–0	Indonesia
Byun Byung-joo 73' Kim Joo-sung 81'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Booncherd Pratumthong (Thailand)

11 August 1985

Japan	3–0	Hong Kong
Kimura 9' (pen.) Hara 11' Mizunuma 53'	Report

Universiade Stadium, Kobe

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Tulu Gurkan (Philippines)

Second leg

30 July 1985

Indonesia	1–4	South Korea
Sulaiman 87'	Report	Byun Byung-joo 7' Choi Soon-ho 9' Huh Jung-moo 32' Kim Joo-sung 47'

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Timothy Joseph (Malaysia)

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

22 September 1985

Hong Kong	1–2	Japan
Wan Chi Keung 79'	Report	Kimura 45' Hara 90'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)

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

Final round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	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
Kimura 43'	Report	Chung Yong-hwan 30' Lee Tae-ho 42'

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Maidin Bin-Singah (Singapore)

Second leg

3 November 1985

South Korea	1–0	Japan
Huh Jung-moo 61'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Othman Bin Omar (Malaysia)

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

Qualified teams

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup 1
Iraq	Zone A Final Round winners	29 November 1985	0 (debut)
South Korea	Zone B Final Round winners	3 November 1985	1 (1954)

¹Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Lau Wing Yip

6 goals

• Zhao Dayu

5 goals

• Kazushi Kimura

4 goals

• Liu Haiguang
• Mak King-Fun
• Bambang Nurdiansyah
• Dede Sulaiman
• Hussein Saeed
• Hiromi Hara
• Huh Jung-moo

3 goals

• Li Hui
• Zuo Shusheng
• Wan Chi Keung
• Ahmed Radhi
• Takashi Mizunuma
• Akihiro Nishimura
• Salah Al-Hasawi
• Zainal Abidin Hassan

2 goals

• Ibrahim Al-Hardan
• Ibrahim Farhan
• Ashrafuddin Chunnu
• Yang Zhaohui
• Lai Wing-Cheung
• Krishanu Dey
• Bikash Panji
• Khalil Allawi
• Abdul-Aziz Al-Anbari
• Faisal Al-Dakhil
• Alberto Carvalhal
• Dollah Salleh
• Mansoor Muftah
• Byun Byung-joo
• Kim Joo-sung
• Lee Tae-ho
• Mahmoud Al-Sayed
• Walid Abu Al-Sel
• Adnan Al-Talyani
• Fahad Khamees

1 goal

• Rahman Hisham Abdullah
• Yousif Al-Sobaei
• Adnan Ali Deif
• Ebrahim Isa
• Ashish Bhadra
• Kaiser Hamid
• Elias Hossein
• Zainudin Kassim
• Ahmed Rahim
• Jia Xiuquan
• Lin Lefeng
• Lin Qiang
• Wang Huiliang
• Cheung Chi Tak
• Cheung Ka-Ping
• Ku Kam Fai
• Sze Wai-Shan
• Camilo Gonsalves
• Sisir Ghosh
• Narender Thapa
• Herry Kiswanto
• Karim Allawi
• Shaker Mahmoud
• Haris Mohammed
• Wamidh Munir
• Karim Saddam
• Koichi Hashiratani
• Hisashi Kato
• Jamal Abu Abed
• Rateb Al-Dawud
• Issam Said Saleh
• Jamal Yaqoub
• Meng Kam Jong
• Daniel Pinto
• Yunus Alif
• Han Hyong-Il
• Song Chul Yu
• Yung Jong-Sung
• Abdulnaser Abbas
• Mohammed Khalifa Al-Ammari
• Ahmed Issa Al-Mohannadi
• Ali Mohammed Al-Saadah
• Adel Malulla
• Au-Yeong Pak Kuan
• Yahya Madon
• Cho Min-kook
• Choi Soon-ho
• Chung Jong-soo
• Chung Yong-hwan
• Kim Seok-won
• Park Chang-sun
• Abubakar Al-Mass
• Adnan Ahmed Al-Sabbou
• Tariq Abdullah Kassim
• Wagdan Mahmoud Shadli
• Radwan Al-Shaikh
• Abdul Kader Kardaghli
• Nizar Mahrous
• Marwan Medrati
• Thanis Areesa-ngarkul
• Narasak Boonkleang
• Vithoon Kijmongkolsak
• Sakdarin Thongmee

1 own goal

• Ng Chi Kit (playing against China)
• Rupak Ray Sharma (playing against South Korea)

See also

• China v Hong Kong (1985)
• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

References

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

External links

• FIFA.com Reports
• RSSSF Page
• Results and scorers