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              Participating countries   121    Total matches             308
              Total goals               801    Goals per game average   2.60
    
    
    
    

    Europe

    (UEFA Group 1)
    17.Oct 84 Brussels Belgium 3-1 Albania 17.Oct 84 Zabrze Poland 3-1 Greece 31.Oct 84 Mielec Poland 2-2 Albania 19.Dec 84 Athens Greece 0-0 Belgium 22.Dec 84 Tiranë Albania 2-0 Belgium 27.Feb 85 Athens Greece 2-0 Albania 27.Mar 85 Brussels Belgium 2-0 Greece 01.May 85 Brussels Belgium 2-0 Poland 19.May 85 Athens Greece 1-4 Poland 30.May 85 Tiranë Albania 0-1 Poland 11.Sep 85 Chorzów Poland 0-0 Belgium 30.Oct 85 Tiranë Albania 1-1 Greece
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Poland 6 3 2 1 10- 6 8 2.Belgium 6 3 2 1 7- 3 8 3.Albania 6 1 2 3 6- 9 4 4.Greece 6 1 2 3 5-10 4
    Belgium to UEFA play-offs with runner-up of group 5. See bottom of UEFA section.
    (UEFA Group 2)
    23.May 84 Norrköping Sweden 4-0 Malta 12.Sep 84 Stockholm Sweden 0-1 Portugal 14.Oct 84 Porto Portugal 2-1 Czechoslovakia 17.Oct 84 Cologne West Germany 2-0 Sweden 31.Oct 84 Prague Czechoslovakia 4-0 Malta 14.Now 84 Lisbon Portugal 1-3 Sweden 16.Dec 84 La Valletta Malta 2-3 West Germany 10.Feb 85 La Valletta Malta 1-3 Portugal 24.Feb 85 Lisbon Portugal 1-2 West Germany 27.Mar 85 Saarbrücken West Germany 6-0 Malta 21.Apr 85 La Valletta Malta 0-0 Czechoslovakia 30.Apr 85 Prague Czechoslovakia 1-5 West Germany 05.Jun 85 Stockholm Sweden 2-0 Czechoslovakia 25.Sep 85 Stockholm Sweden 2-2 West Germany 25.Sep 85 Prague Czechoslovakia 1-0 Portugal 12.Oct 85 Lisbon Portugal 3-2 Malta 16.Oct 85 Prague Czechoslovakia 2-1 Sweden 16.Oct 85 Stuttgart West Germany 0-1 Portugal 17.Nov 85 München West Germany 2-2 Czechoslovakia 17.Nov 85 La Valletta Malta 1-2 Sweden
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.West Germany 8 5 2 1 22- 9 12 2.Portugal 8 5 0 3 12-10 10 3.Sweden 8 4 1 3 14- 9 9 4.Czechoslovakia 8 3 2 3 11-12 8 5.Malta 8 0 1 7 6-25 1
    (UEFA Group 3)
    27.May 84 Pori Finland 1-0 Northern Ireland 12.Sep 84 Belfast Northern Ireland 3-2 Romania 17.Oct 84 London England 5-0 Finland 31.Oct 84 Antalya Turkey 1-2 Finland 14.Nov 84 Belfast Northern Ireland 2-1 Finland 14.Nov 84 Istanbul Turkey 0-8 England 27.Feb 85 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-1 England 03.Apr 85 Craiova Romania 3-0 Turkey 01.May 85 Belfast Northern Ireland 2-0 Turkey 01.May 85 Bucharest Romania 0-0 England 22.May 85 Helsinki Finland 1-1 England 06.Jun 85 Helsinki Finland 1-1 Romania 28.Aug 85 Timisoara Romania 2-0 Finland 11.Sep 85 Izmir Turkey 0-0 Northern Ireland 11.Sep 85 London England 1-1 Romania 25.Sep 85 Tampere Finland 1-0 Turkey 16.Oct 85 London England 5-0 Turkey 16.Oct 85 Bucharest Romania 0-1 Northern Ireland 13.Nov 85 Izmir Turkey 1-3 Romania 13.Nov 85 London England 0-0 Northern Ireland
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.England 8 4 4 0 21- 2 12 2.Northern Ireland 8 4 2 2 8- 5 10 3.Romania 8 3 3 2 12- 7 9 4.Finland 8 3 2 3 7-12 8 5.Turkey 8 0 1 7 2-24 1
    (UEFA Group 4)
    29.Sep 84 Belgrade Yugoslavia 0-0 Bulgaria 13.Oct 84 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-4 France 20.Oct 84 Leipzig East Germany 2-3 Yugoslavia 17.Nov 84 Esch-s-Alzette Luxembourg 0-5 East Germany 21.Nov 84 Paris France 1-0 Bulgaria 05.Dec 84 Sofia Bulgaria 4-0 Luxembourg 08.Dec 84 Paris France 2-0 East Germany 27.Mar 85 Zenica Yugoslavia 1-0 Luxembourg 03.Apr 85 Sarajevo Yugoslavia 0-0 France 06.Apr 85 Sofia Bulgaria 1-0 East Germany 01.May 85 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-1 Yugoslavia 02.May 85 Sofia Bulgaria 2-0 France 18.May 85 Potsdam East Germany 3-1 Luxembourg 01.Jun 85 Sofia Bulgaria 2-1 Yugoslavia 11.Sep 85 Leipzig East Germany 2-0 France 25.Sep 85 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-3 Bulgaria 28.Sep 85 Belgrade Yugoslavia 1-2 East Germany 30.Oct 85 Paris France 6-0 Luxembourg 16.Nov 85 Paris France 2-0 Yugoslavia 16.Nov 85 Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany 2-1 Bulgaria
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.France 8 5 1 2 15- 4 11 2.Bulgaria 8 5 1 2 13- 5 11 3.East Germany 8 5 0 3 16- 9 10 4.Yugoslavia 8 3 2 3 7- 8 8 5.Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2-27 0
    (UEFA Group 5)
    02.May 84 Nicosia Cyprus 1-2 Austria 26.Sep 84 Budapest Hungary 3-1 Austria 17.Oct 84 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-2 Hungary 14.Nov 84 Vienna Austria 1-0 Netherlands 17.Nov 84 Limassol Cyprus 1-2 Hungary 23.Dec 84 Nicosia Cyprus 0-1 Netherlands 27.Feb 85 Amsterdam Netherlands 7-1 Cyprus 03.Apr 85 Budapest Hungary 2-0 Cyprus 17.Apr 85 Vienna Austria 0-3 Hungary 01.May 85 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-1 Austria 07.May 85 Graz Austria 4-0 Cyprus 14.May 85 Budapest Hungary 0-1 Netherlands
    P W D L Pts Pts 1.Hungary 6 5 0 1 12- 4 10 2.Netherlands 6 3 1 2 11- 5 7 3.Austria 6 3 1 2 9- 8 7 4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3-18 0
    Netherlands to UEFA play-offs with runner-up of group 1. See bottom of UEFA section.
    (UEFA Group 6)
    12.Sep 84 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-0 Soviet Union 12.Sep 84 Oslo Norway 0-1 Switzerland 26.Sep 84 Copenhagen Denmark 1-0 Norway 10.Oct 84 Oslo Norway 1-1 Soviet Union 17.Oct 84 Berne Switzerland 1-0 Denmark 17.Oct 84 Oslo Norway 1-0 Rep. of Ireland 14.Nov 84 Copenhagen Denmark 3-0 Rep. of Ireland 17.Apr 85 Berne Switzerland 2-2 Soviet Union 01.May 85 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 0-0 Norway 02.May 85 Moscow Soviet Union 4-0 Switzerland 02.Jun 85 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 3-0 Switzerland 05.Jun 85 Copenhagen Denmark 4-2 Soviet Union 11.Sep 85 Berne Switzerland 0-0 Rep. of Ireland 25.Sep 85 Moscow Soviet Union 1-0 Denmark 09.Oct 85 Copenhagen Denmark 0-0 Switzerland 16.Oct 85 Oslo Norway 1-5 Denmark 16.Oct 85 Moscow Soviet Union 2-0 Rep. of Ireland 30.Oct 85 Moscow Soviet Union 1-0 Norway 13.Nov 85 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-4 Denmark 13.Nov 85 Luzern Switzerland 1-1 Norway
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Denmark 8 5 1 2 17- 6 11 2.Soviet Union 8 4 2 2 13- 8 10 3.Switzerland 8 2 4 2 5-10 8 4.Rep. of Ireland 8 2 2 4 5-10 6 5.Norway 8 1 3 4 4-10 5
    (UEFA Group 7)
    12.Sep 84 Reykjavik Iceland 1-0 Wales 17.Oct 84 Glasgow Scotland 3-0 Iceland 17.Oct 84 Seville Spain 3-0 Wales 14.Nov 84 Cardiff Wales 2-1 Iceland 14.Nov 84 Glasgow Scotland 3-1 Spain 27.Feb 85 Seville Spain 1-0 Scotland 27.Mar 85 Glasgow Scotland 0-1 Wales 30.Apr 85 Wrexham Wales 3-0 Spain 28.May 85 Reykjavik Iceland 0-1 Scotland 12.Jun 85 Reykjavik Iceland 1-2 Spain 10.Sep 85 Cardiff Wales 1-1 Scotland 25.Sep 85 Seville Spain 2-1 Iceland
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Spain 6 4 0 2 9- 8 8 2.Scotland 6 3 1 2 8- 4 7 3.Wales 6 3 1 2 7- 6 7 4.Iceland 6 1 0 5 4-10 2
    Scotland required to play intercontinental play-off with winner of Oceania for one spot in the World Cup. Play-offs 20.Nov 85 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Australia 04.Dec 85 Melbourne Australia 0-0 Scotland 16.Oct 85 Brussels Belgium 1-0 Netherlands 20.Nov 85 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-1 Belgium (Belgium won on away goals rule.) QUALIFIED FROM EUROPE: Poland, West Germany, Portugal, England, Northern Ireland, France, Bulgaria, Hungary, Denmark, Soviet Union, Spain, Scotland and Belgium + Italy as defending champions.

    South America

    (CONMEBOL Group 1)
    26.May 85 Bogotá Colombia 1-0 Peru 26.May 85 San Cristóbal Venezuela 2-3 Argentina 02.Jun 85 Bogotá Colombia 1-3 Argentina 02.Jun 85 San Cristóbal Venezuela 0-1 Peru 09.Jun 85 Lima Peru 0-0 Colombia 09.Jun 85 Buenos Aires Argentina 3-0 Venezuela 16.Jun 85 Lima Peru 4-1 Venezuela 16.Jun 85 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-0 Colombia 23.Jun 85 San Cristóbal Venezuela 2-2 Colombia 23.Jun 85 Lima Peru 1-0 Argentina 30.Jun 85 Bogotá Colombia 2-0 Venezuela 30.Jun 85 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-2 Peru
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Argentina 6 4 1 1 12- 6 9 2.Peru 6 3 2 1 8- 4 8 3.Colombia 6 2 2 2 6- 6 6 4.Venezuela 6 0 1 5 5-15 1
    Peru and Colombia advanced to South American play-offs.
    (CONMEBOL Group 2)
    03.Mar 85 Quito Ecuador 1-1 Chile 10.Mar 85 Montevideo Uruguay 2-1 Ecuador 17.Mar 85 Santiago Chile 6-2 Ecuador 24.Mar 85 Santiago Chile 2-0 Uruguay 31.Mar 85 Quito Ecuador 0-2 Uruguay 07.Apr 85 Montevideo Uruguay 2-1 Chile
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Uruguay 4 3 0 1 6- 4 6 2.Chile 4 2 1 1 10- 5 5 3.Ecuador 4 0 1 3 4-11 1
    Chile advanced to South American play-offs.
    (CONMEBOL Group 3)
    26.May 85 Santa Cruz Bolivia 1-1 Paraguay de la Sierra 02.Jun 85 Santa Cruz Bolivia 0-2 Brazil de la Sierra 09.Jun 85 Asunción Paraguay 3-0 Bolivia 16.Jun 85 Asunción Paraguay 0-2 Brazil 23.Jun 85 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1-1 Paraguay 30.Jun 85 Săo Paulo Brazil 1-1 Bolivia
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Brazil 4 2 2 0 6- 2 6 2.Paraguay 4 1 2 1 5- 4 4 3.Bolivia 4 0 2 2 2- 7 2
    Paraguay advanced to South American play-offs. South American play-offs First round 27.Oct 85 Asunción Paraguay 3-0 Colombia 03.Nov 85 Cali Colombia 2-1 Paraguay 27.Oct 85 Santiago Chile 4-2 Peru 03.Nov 85 Lima Peru 0-1 Chile Final round 10.Nov 85 Asunción Paraguay 3-0 Chile 17.Nov 85 Santiago Chile 2-2 Paraguay QUALIFIED FROM SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay.

    North/Central America

    (CONCACAF First round)
    29.Jul 84 San Salvador El Salvador 5-0 Puerto Rico 05.Aug 84 San Juan Puerto Rico 0-3 El Salvador 29.Sep 84 Willemstad Dutch Antilles 0-0 USA 06.Oct 84 Saint Louis USA 4-0 Dutch Antilles 15.Jun 84 Colón Panama 0-3 Honduras 24.Jun 84 Tegucigalpa Honduras 1-0 Panama 04.Aug 84 Port-au-Prince Antigua 0-4 Haiti 07.Aug 84 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-2 Antigua 15.Aug 84 Paramaribo Surinam 1-0 Guyana 29.Aug 84 Georgetown Guyana 1-1 Surinam Jamaica withdrew so Canada had a walkover. Grenada withdrew so Trinidad/Tobago had a walkover. Barbados withdrew so Costa Rica had a walkover. Guatemala received a bye.
    (CONCACAF Second round)
    Sub-group 1 24.Feb 85 San Salvador Surinam 0-3 El Salvador 27.Feb 85 San Salvador El Salvador 3-0 Surinam 03.Mar 85 Tegucigalpa Surinam 1-1 Honduras 06.Mar 85 Tegucigalpa Honduras 2-1 Surinam 10.Mar 85 San Salvador El Salvador 1-2 Honduras 14.Mar 85 Tegucigalpa Honduras 0-0 El Salvador
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Honduras 4 2 2 0 5- 3 6 2.El Salvador 4 2 1 1 7- 2 5 3.Surinam 4 0 1 3 2- 9 1
    Sub-group 2 13.Apr 85 Vancouver Canada 2-0 Haiti 20.Apr 85 Vancouver Canada 2-1 Guatemala 26.Apr 85 Port-au-Prince Haiti 0-1 Guatemala 05.May 85 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 1-1 Canada 08.May 85 Port-au-Prince Haiti 0-2 Canada 15.May 85 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 4-0 Haiti
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Canada 4 3 1 0 7- 2 7 2.Guatemala 4 2 1 1 7- 3 5 3.Haiti 4 0 0 4 0- 9 0
    Sub-group 3 24.Apr 85 San José Trinidad/Tobago 0-3 Costa Rica 28.Apr 85 San José Costa Rica 1-1 Trinidad/Tobago 15.May 85 Saint Louis USA 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago 19.May 85 Los Angeles Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 USA 26.May 85 Alajuela Costa Rica 1-1 USA 31.May 85 Los Angeles USA 0-1 Costa Rica
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Costa Rica 4 2 2 0 6- 2 6 2.USA 4 2 1 1 4- 3 5 3.Trinidad/Tobago 4 0 1 3 2- 7 1
    (CONCACAF Final round)
    11.Aug 85 San José Costa Rica 2-2 Honduras 17.Aug 85 Toronto Canada 1-1 Costa Rica 25.Aug 85 Tegucigalpa Honduras 0-1 Canada 01.Sep 85 San José Costa Rica 0-0 Canada 08.Sep 85 Tegucigalpa Honduras 3-1 Costa Rica 14.Sep 85 Saint John's Canada 2-1 Honduras
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Canada 4 2 2 0 4- 2 6 2.Honduras 4 1 1 2 6- 6 3 3.Costa Rica 4 0 3 1 4- 6 3
    QUALIFIED FROM NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA: Canada + Mexico as host nation.

    Africa

    (CAF First round)
    28.Aug 84 Cairo Egypt 1-0 Zimbabwe 30.Sep 84 Harare Zimbabwe 1-1 Egypt 13.Oct 84 Nairobi Kenya 2-1 Ethiopia 28.Oct 84 Addis Abeba Ethiopia 3-3 Kenya 15.Jul 84 Curepipe Mauritius 0-1 Malawi 28.Jul 84 Lilongwe Malawi 4-0 Mauritius 29.Jul 84 Ndola Zambia 3-0 Uganda 25.Aug 84 Kampala Uganda 1-0 Zambia Lesotho withdrew so Madagascar had a walkover. 13.Oct 84 Mwanza Tanzania 1-1 Sudan 27.Oct 84 Khartoum Sudan 0-0 Tanzania (Sudan progressed on away goals rule.) 30.Jun 84 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-1 Morocco 15.Jul 84 Rabat Morocco 4-0 Sierra Leone Niger withdrew so Libya had a walkover. 28.Oct 84 Cotonou Benin 0-2 Tunisia 13.Nov 84 Tunis Tunisia 4-0 Benin Togo withdrew so Guinea had a walkover. 21.Oct 84 Abidjan Ivory Coast 4-0 Gambia 04.Nov 84 Banjul Gambia 3-2 Ivory Coast 20.Oct 84 Lagos Nigeria 3-0 Liberia 04.Nov 84 Monrovia Liberia 0-1 Nigeria 01.Jul 84 Luanda Angola 1-0 Senegal 15.Jul 84 Dakar Senegal 1-0 Angola (Angola won 4-3 on penalties.) Algeria, Cameroon and Ghana received a bye.
    (CAF Second round)
    07.Apr 85 Lusaka Zambia 4-1 Cameroon 21.Apr 85 Yaoundé Cameroon 1-1 Zambia 07.Apr 85 Rabat Morocco 2-0 Malawi 21.Apr 85 Lilongwe Malawi 0-0 Morocco 31.Mar 85 Luanda Angola 0-0 Algeria 19.Apr 85 Alger Algeria 3-2 Angola 06.Apr 85 Nairobi Kenya 0-3 Nigeria 20.Apr 85 Lagos Nigeria 3-1 Kenya 05.Apr 85 Cairo Egypt 1-0 Madagascar 21.Apr 85 Tananarive Madagascar 1-0 Egypt (Egypt won 4-2 on penalties.) 10.Feb 85 Conakry Guinea 1-0 Tunisia 24.Feb 85 Tunis Tunisia 2-0 Guinea 22.Feb 85 Khartoum Sudan 0-0 Libya 08.Mar 85 Tripoli Libya 4-0 Sudan 07.Apr 85 Abidjan Ivory Coast 0-0 Ghana 21.Apr 85 Accra Ghana 2-0 Ivory Coast
    (CAF Third round)
    13.Jul 85 Alger Algeria 2-0 Zambia 28.Jul 85 Lusaka Zambia 0-1 Algeria 06.Jul 85 Lagos Nigeria 1-0 Tunisia 20.Jul 85 Tunis Tunisia 2-0 Nigeria 14.Jul 85 Accra Ghana 0-0 Libya 26.Jul 85 Benghazi Libya 2-0 Ghana 12.Jul 85 Cairo Egypt 0-0 Morocco 28.Jul 85 Casablanca Morocco 2-0 Egypt
    (CAF Final round)
    06.Oct 85 Tunis Tunisia 1-4 Algeria 18.Oct 85 Alger Algeria 3-0 Tunisia 06.Oct 85 Rabat Morocco 3-0 Libya 18.Oct 85 Benghazi Libya 1-0 Morocco QUALIFIED FROM AFRICA: Algeria and Morocco.

    Asia

    (AFC First round - Route A)
    Sub-group A Oman withdrew. 12.Apr 85 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0-0 UAE 19.Apr 85 Dubai UAE 1-0 Saudi Arabia Sub-group B 15.Mar 85 Kuwait Iraq 6-0 Lebanon 15.Mar 85 Amman Jordan 1-0 Qatar 18.Mar 85 Kuwait Iraq 6-0 Lebanon 22.Mar 85 Doha Qatar 7-0 Lebanon 27.Mar 85 Doha Qatar 8-0 Lebanon Lebanon withdrew. All their matches annulled. 29.Mar 85 Amman Jordan 2-3 Iraq 05.Apr 85 Doha Qatar 3-0 Iraq 12.Apr 85 Doha Qatar 2-0 Jordan 19.Apr 85 Kuwait Iraq 2-0 Jordan 05.May 85 Calcutta Iraq 2-1 Qatar
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Iraq 4 3 0 1 7- 6 6 2.Qatar 4 2 0 2 6- 3 4 3.Jordan 4 1 0 3 3- 7 2
    Sub-group C 22.Mar 85 Damascus Syria 1-0 Kuwait 29.Mar 85 Sanaa North Yemen 0-1 Syria 05.Apr 85 Kuwait Kuwait 5-0 North Yemen 12.Apr 85 Kuwait Kuwait 0-0 Syria 19.Apr 85 Damascus Syria 3-0 North Yemen 26.Apr 85 Sanaa North Yemen 1-3 Kuwait
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Syria 4 3 1 0 5- 0 7 2.Kuwait 4 2 1 1 8- 2 5 3.North Yemen 4 0 0 4 1-12 0
    Sub-group D 29.Mar 85 Aden South Yemen 1-4 Bahrain 12.Apr 85 Manama Bahrain 3-3 South Yemen Iran disqualified for refusing to play home matches on neutral ground.
    (AFC Second round - Route A)
    20.Sep 85 Dubai UAE 2-3 Iraq 27.Sep 85 Taif Iraq 1-2 UAE (Iraq won on away goals rule.) 06.Sep 85 Manama Bahrain 1-1 Syria 20.Sep 85 Damascus Syria 1-0 Bahrain
    (AFC Final round - Route A)
    15.Nov 85 Damascus Syria 0-0 Iraq 29.Nov 85 Taif Iraq 3-1 Syria
    (AFC First round - Route B)
    Sub-group A 02.Mar 85 Katmandu Nepal 0-2 South Korea 10.Mar 85 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1-0 South Korea 16.Mar 85 Katmandu Nepal 0-0 Malaysia 31.Mar 85 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 5-0 Nepal 06.Apr 85 Seoul South Korea 4-0 Nepal 19.May 85 Seoul South Korea 2-0 Malaysia
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.South Korea 4 3 0 1 8- 1 6 2.Malaysia 4 2 1 1 6- 2 5 3.Nepal 4 0 1 3 0-11 1
    Sub-group B 15.Mar 85 Jakarta Indonesia 1-0 Thailand 18.Mar 85 Jakarta Indonesia 2-0 Bangladesh 21.Mar 85 Jakarta Indonesia 2-1 India 23.Mar 85 Bangkok Thailand 3-0 Bangladesh 26.Mar 85 Bangkok Thailand 0-0 India 29.Mar 85 Bangkok Thailand 0-1 Indonesia 30.Mar 85 Dhaka Bangladesh 1-2 India 02.Apr 85 Dhaka Bangladesh 2-1 Indonesia 05.Apr 85 Dhaka Bangladesh 1-0 Thailand 06.Apr 85 Calcutta India 1-1 Indonesia 09.Apr 85 Calcutta India 1-1 Thailand 12.Apr 85 Calcutta India 2-1 Bangladesh
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Indonesia 6 4 1 1 8- 4 9 2.India 6 2 3 1 7- 6 7 3.Thailand 6 1 2 3 4- 4 4 4.Bangladesh 6 2 0 4 5-10 4
    Sub-group C 17.Feb 85 Macao Macao 2-0 Brunei 17.Feb 85 Hongkong Hongkong 0-0 China 20.Feb 85 Macao Macao 0-4 China 23.Feb 85 Hongkong Hongkong 8-0 Brunei 26.Feb 85 Macao China 8-0 Brunei 01.Mar 85 Hongkong Brunei 0-4 China 06.Apr 85 Bandar Seri Brunei 1-5 Hongkong Begawan 13.Apr 85 Bandar Seri Brunei 1-2 Macao Begawan 28.Apr 85 Macao Macao 0-2 Hongkong 04.May 85 Hongkong Hongkong 2-0 Macao 12.May 85 Beijing China 6-0 Macao 19.May 85 Beijing China 1-2 Hongkong
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Hongkong 6 5 1 0 19- 2 11 2.China 6 4 1 1 23- 2 9 3.Macao 6 2 0 4 4-15 4 4.Brunei 6 0 0 6 2-29 0
    Sub-group D 19.Jan 85 Singapore Singapore 1-1 North Korea 23.Feb 85 Singapore Singapore 1-3 Japan 21.Mar 85 Tokyo Japan 1-0 North Korea 30.Apr 85 Pyongyang North Korea 0-0 Japan 18.May 85 Tokyo Japan 5-0 Singapore 25.May 85 Pyongyang North Korea 2-0 Singapore
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Japan 4 3 1 0 9- 1 7 2.North Korea 4 1 2 1 3- 2 4 3.Singapore 4 0 1 3 2-11 1
    (AFC Second round - Route B)
    21.Jul 85 Seoul South Korea 2-0 Indonesia 30.Jul 85 Jakarta Indonesia 1-4 South Korea 11.Aug 85 Kobe Japan 3-0 Hongkong 22.Sep 85 Hongkong Hongkong 1-2 Japan
    (AFC Final round - Route B)
    26.Oct 85 Tokyo Japan 1-2 South Korea 03.Nov 85 Seoul South Korea 1-0 Japan QUALIFIED FROM ASIA: Iraq and South Korea.

    Oceania/Israel

    (Final Group)
    03.Sep 85 Ramat Gan Israel 6-0 Taiwan 08.Sep 85 Ramat Gan Taiwan 0-5 Israel 21.Sep 85 Auckland New Zealand 0-0 Australia 05.Oct 85 Auckland New Zealand 5-1 Taiwan 08.Oct 85 Ramat Gan Israel 1-2 Australia 12.Oct 85 Christchurch Taiwan 0-5 New Zealand 20.Oct 85 Melbourne Australia 1-1 Israel 23.Oct 85 Adelaide Australia 7-0 Taiwan 26.Oct 85 Auckland New Zealand 3-1 Israel 27.Oct 85 Sydney Taiwan 0-8 Australia 03.Nov 85 Sydney Australia 2-0 New Zealand 10.Nov 85 Ramat Gan Israel 3-0 New Zealand NB: Taiwan yielded home advantage and played all games away.
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Australia 6 4 2 0 20- 2 10 2.Israel 6 3 1 2 17- 6 7 3.New Zealand 6 3 1 2 13- 7 7 4.Taiwan 6 0 0 6 1-36 0
    Australia required to play intercontinental play-off with runners-up in UEFA group 7 for one spot in the World Cup. 20.Nov 85 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Australia 04.Dec 85 Melbourne Australia 0-0 Scotland QUALIFIED FROM OCEANIA: None
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