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1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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

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.

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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