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THE QUALIFICATION ROUNDS
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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