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. Iran refused this arrangement and were disqualified, while Lebanon withdrew from the qualifiers after the fourth match.
AFC Zone A (West)
First round
Group 1A Team211010+13201101−11Withdrew — — — ——0–0 —1–0—
Group 1B Team430176+16420263+34410337−42Withdrew —2–0 —2–1 2–3——1–0 — —— — 3–02–0 ——
Group 2A Team431050+57421182+654004112−110 —5–00–0 1–3—0–1 1–03–0—
Group 2B Team211074+33201147−31Disqualified ——3–3 ——— 1–4——
Second round
First leg
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
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 Team430181+76421162+454013011−111 —2–04–0 1–0—5–0 0–20–0—
Group 3B Team641184+49623176+17612344046204510−54 —1–22–11–0 2–1—1–11–1 2–02–1—1–0 3–00–00–1—
Group 4A Team6510192+17116411232+2196204415−1146006229−270 —0–41–51–2 8–0—1–26–0 8–00–0—2–0 2–00–40–2—
Group 4B Team431091+87412132+144013211−91 —1–05–0 0–0—2–0 1–31–1—
Second round
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
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 onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 0 (debut) 1 (1954) 1 Bold 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 Mansour 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 Mohamed Al Ammari Issa Al-Mohammadi Ali Zaid Adel Ahmed Malalla 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 Raj 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
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