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

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

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Second leg

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

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

Second leg

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

AFC Zone B (East)

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

Second leg

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

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

Second leg

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)

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

Goalscorers

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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

External links

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