1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Last updated July 16, 2024

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Teams	32 (from 1 confederation)
← 1982 1990 →

UEFA European Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
UEFA European Championship 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
v t e

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 .

Contents

Format
Group play
Summary
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
UEFA play-off
Inter-confederation play-offs
Goalscorers
References
External links

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

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

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup		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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup		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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup		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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup		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

Pos	Team v t e	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

16 October 1985

Belgium	1–0	Netherlands
Vercauteren 20'	Report

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , Brussels, Belgium

Attendance: 30,764

Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

20 November 1985

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

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

Goalscorers

8 goals

Preben Elkjær

6 goals

Rainer Ernst

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Nikos Pantziaras (playing against the Netherlands)
Guy Hellers (playing against Bulgaria)
Michel Valke (playing against Austria)
Frederico Rosa (playing against Malta)
Gino Iorgulescu (playing against Northern Ireland)
Andreas Ravelli (playing against Czechoslovakia)

Related Research Articles

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Oceania. 12 teams took part, competing for a place in the intercontinental play-off against the fifth-placed team from South America. The winner of this play-off qualified for the World Cup.

The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) – was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament. A total of 197 teams entered the qualification process for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In 2001 FIFA ended automatic qualification of the reigning champion, so that 2002 champions Brazil became first to participate in the qualifying tournament. The hosts (Germany) retained their automatic spot.

A total of 55 teams entered the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Sweden as the hosts and West Germany, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.

A total of 56 teams entered the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Chile, as the hosts, and Brazil, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.

The 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the five FIFA confederations. The 1966 FIFA World Cup featured 16 teams with one place reserved for the host nation, England, and one reserved for defending champions Brazil. The remaining 14 places were determined by a qualification process in which the other 72 entered teams, from the five FIFA confederations, competed. UEFA, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL qualification was determined within the confederations, whilst AFC and CAF teams competed for one place at the tournament.

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams.

The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament. 199 teams entered the tournament qualification rounds, competing for 32 spots in the final tournament. South Korea and Japan, as the co-hosts, and France, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition.

121 teams entered the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for 24 places in the final tournament. Mexico, as the hosts, and Italy, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 22 spots open for competition. The draw took place on 7 December 1983 in Zürich, Switzerland.

The qualification competition for the 1990 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Confederation of African Football (CAF), CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and UEFA (Europe) — was allocated a certain number of the 24 places at the tournament. A total of 116 teams entered the competition, with Italy, as the host, and Argentina, as the holders, qualifying for the final tournament automatically.

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.

The 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 1994 FIFA World Cup featured 24 teams with one place reserved for the host nation, United States, and one place for the defending champions, Germany. The remaining 22 places were determined by a qualification process, in which 147 teams, from the six FIFA confederations, competed. Most of the successful teams were determined within these confederations, with a limited number of inter-confederation play-offs occurring at the end of the process.

The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. 174 teams entered the qualification rounds, while two places were reserved for France and Brazil as host nation and defending champions, respectively.

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) – was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament. A total of 205 teams entered the qualification competition, with South Africa, as the host, qualifying for the World Cup automatically. The first qualification matches were played on 25 August 2007 and qualification concluded on 18 November 2009. Overall, 2,338 goals were scored over 852 matches, scoring on average 2.74 per match.

Listed below are the dates and results for the qualification to the 1978 FIFA World Cup rounds for the European zone (UEFA) in association football. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 2014 FIFA World Cup featured 32 teams, with one place reserved for the host nation, Brazil. The remaining 31 places were determined by a qualification process, in which the other 207 teams, from the six FIFA confederations, competed. Most of the successful teams were determined within these confederations, with a limited number of inter-confederation play-offs occurring at the end of the process.

The European Zone of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals in Brazil. The draw for the qualification groups was held at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 FIFA World Cup qualification</span> International football competition

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was the qualifying process which decided the 31 teams that would join hosts Qatar, who received an automatic spot, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

This is a record of the Israel national team's results at the FIFA World Cup. They have qualified for the tournament on one occasion, in 1970. Israel qualified for the 1970 World Cup as an Asian team. Nowadays Israel competes in the European zone, as well as a full member of UEFA since the 1990s.

References

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

External links

FIFA.com Reports
RSSSF Page
Results and scorers
UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores at Scoreshelf.com

v t e 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
« 1982 1990 »
AFC	First round China v Hong Kong Second round Final round
CAF	First round Second round Third round Final round
CONCACAF	CONCACAF Championship qualifying
CONMEBOL	Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Play off
OFC	Round-Robin
UEFA	First Round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Wales v Scotland Play-offs
Play-offs	UEFA v OFC

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.