1986 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

1986 World Cup Qualifying

Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Euro Playoff | Euro-Oceania Playoff | Statistics

Top two teams in each group qualified for finals, except for group 5 and 7 in which only top team qualified, runner up in group 1 would meet runner up in group 5 and runner up in group 7 would meet winner of Oceania group.

Group 1

17/10/1984               Belgium   3 - 1   Albania               (0-0)   
17/10/1984                Poland   3 - 1   Greece                (0-1)   
31/10/1984                Poland   2 - 2   Albania               (1-0)   
19/12/1984                Greece   0 - 0   Belgium               (0-0)   
22/12/1984               Albania   2 - 0   Belgium               (0-0)   
27/02/1985                Greece   2 - 0   Albania               (2-0)   
27/03/1985               Belgium   2 - 0   Greece                (0-0)   
01/05/1985               Belgium   2 - 0   Poland                (1-0)   
19/05/1985                Greece   1 - 4   Poland                (0-1)   
30/05/1985               Albania   0 - 1   Poland                (0-1)   
11/09/1985                Poland   0 - 0   Belgium               (0-0)   
30/10/1985               Albania   1 - 1   Greece                (1-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   POLAND                    6     3     2     1    10     6    +4     8   66.7
2   Belgium                   6     3     2     1     7     3    +4     8   66.7
3   Albania                   6     1     2     3     6     9    -3     4   33.3
4   Greece                    6     1     2     3     5    10    -5     4   33.3

Belgium qualified for Euro Playoff.

Group 2

23/05/1984                Sweden   4 - 0   Malta                 (2-0)   
12/09/1984                Sweden   0 - 1   Portugal              (0-0)   
14/10/1984              Portugal   2 - 1   Czechoslovakia        (1-1)   
17/10/1984          West_Germany   2 - 0   Sweden                (0-0)   
31/10/1984        Czechoslovakia   4 - 0   Malta                 (2-0)   
14/11/1984              Portugal   1 - 3   Sweden                (1-3)   
16/12/1984                 Malta   2 - 3   West_Germany          (1-1)   
10/02/1985                 Malta   1 - 3   Portugal              (0-2)   
24/02/1985              Portugal   1 - 2   West_Germany          (0-2)   
27/03/1985          West_Germany   6 - 0   Malta                 (5-0)   
21/04/1985                 Malta   0 - 0   Czechoslovakia        (0-0)   
30/04/1985        Czechoslovakia   1 - 5   West_Germany          (0-4)   
05/06/1985                Sweden   2 - 0   Czechoslovakia        (0-0)   
25/09/1985        Czechoslovakia   1 - 0   Portugal              (1-0)   
25/09/1985                Sweden   2 - 2   West_Germany          (0-2)   
12/10/1985              Portugal   3 - 2   Malta                 (1-0)   
16/10/1985        Czechoslovakia   2 - 1   Sweden                (1-1)   
16/10/1985          West_Germany   0 - 1   Portugal              (0-0)   
17/11/1985                 Malta   1 - 2   Sweden                (0-1)   
17/11/1985          West_Germany   2 - 2   Czechoslovakia        (1-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   WEST_GERMANY              8     5     2     1    22     9   +13    12   75.0
2   Portugal                  8     5     0     3    12    10    +2    10   62.5
3   Sweden                    8     4     1     3    14     9    +5     9   56.2
4   Czechoslovakia            8     3     2     3    11    12    -1     8   50.0
5   Malta                     8     0     1     7     6    25   -19     1    6.2

Group 3

27/05/1984               Finland   1 - 0   Northern_Ireland      (0-0)   
12/09/1984      Northern_Ireland   3 - 2   Romania               (1-1)   
17/10/1984               England   5 - 0   Finland               (2-0)   
31/10/1984                Turkey   1 - 2   Finland               (1-1)   
14/11/1984      Northern_Ireland   2 - 1   Finland               (1-1)   
14/11/1984                Turkey   0 - 8   England               (0-3)   
27/02/1985      Northern_Ireland   0 - 1   England               (0-0)   
03/04/1985               Romania   3 - 0   Turkey                (3-0)   
01/05/1985      Northern_Ireland   2 - 0   Turkey                (1-0)   
01/05/1985               Romania   0 - 0   England               (0-0)   
22/05/1985               Finland   1 - 1   England               (1-0)   
06/06/1985               Finland   1 - 1   Romania               (1-1)   
28/08/1985               Romania   2 - 0   Finland               (1-0)   
11/09/1985               England   1 - 1   Romania               (1-0)   
11/09/1985                Turkey   0 - 0   Northern_Ireland      (0-0)   
25/09/1985               Finland   1 - 0   Turkey                (1-0)   
16/10/1985               England   5 - 0   Turkey                (4-0)   
16/10/1985               Romania   0 - 1   Northern_Ireland      (0-1)   
13/11/1985               England   0 - 0   Northern_Ireland      (0-0)   
13/11/1985                Turkey   1 - 3   Romania               (0-2)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   ENGLAND                   8     4     4     0    21     2   +19    12   75.0
2   NORTHERN_IRELAND          8     4     2     2     8     5    +3    10   62.5
3   Romania                   8     3     3     2    12     7    +5     9   56.2
4   Finland                   8     3     2     3     7    12    -5     8   50.0
5   Turkey                    8     0     1     7     2    24   -22     1    6.2

Group 4

29/09/1984            Yugoslavia   0 - 0   Bulgaria              (0-0)   
13/10/1984            Luxembourg   0 - 4   France                (0-4)   
20/10/1984          East_Germany   2 - 3   Yugoslavia            (1-1)   
17/11/1984            Luxembourg   0 - 5   East_Germany          (0-0)   
21/11/1984                France   1 - 0   Bulgaria              (0-0)   
05/12/1984              Bulgaria   4 - 0   Luxembourg            (2-0)   
08/12/1984                France   2 - 0   East_Germany          (1-0)   
27/03/1985            Yugoslavia   1 - 0   Luxembourg            (1-0)   
03/04/1985            Yugoslavia   0 - 0   France                (0-0)   
06/04/1985              Bulgaria   1 - 0   East_Germany          (0-0)   
01/05/1985            Luxembourg   0 - 1   Yugoslavia            (0-0)   
02/05/1985              Bulgaria   2 - 0   France                (1-0)   
18/05/1985          East_Germany   3 - 1   Luxembourg            (3-0)   
01/06/1985              Bulgaria   2 - 1   Yugoslavia            (1-1)   
11/09/1985          East_Germany   2 - 0   France                (0-0)   
25/09/1985            Luxembourg   1 - 3   Bulgaria              (0-3)   
28/09/1985            Yugoslavia   1 - 2   East_Germany          (0-0)   
30/10/1985                France   6 - 0   Luxembourg            (4-0)   
16/11/1985          East_Germany   2 - 1   Bulgaria              (2-1)   
16/11/1985                France   2 - 0   Yugoslavia            (1-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   FRANCE                    8     5     1     2    15     4   +11    11   68.8
2   BULGARIA                  8     5     1     2    13     5    +8    11   68.8
3   East_Germany              8     5     0     3    16     9    +7    10   62.5
4   Yugoslavia                8     3     2     3     7     8    -1     8   50.0
5   Luxembourg                8     0     0     8     2    27   -25     0    0.0

Group 5

02/05/1984                Cyprus   1 - 2   Austria               (0-1)   
26/09/1984               Hungary   3 - 1   Austria               (0-1)   
17/10/1984           Netherlands   1 - 2   Hungary               (1-1)   
14/11/1984               Austria   1 - 0   Netherlands           (1-0)   
17/11/1984                Cyprus   1 - 2   Hungary               (1-0)   
23/12/1984                Cyprus   0 - 1   Netherlands           (0-0)   
27/02/1985           Netherlands   7 - 1   Cyprus                (3-1)   
03/04/1985               Hungary   2 - 0   Cyprus                (0-0)   
17/04/1985               Austria   0 - 3   Hungary               (0-2)   
01/05/1985           Netherlands   1 - 1   Austria               (0-0)   
07/05/1985               Austria   4 - 0   Cyprus                (2-0)   
14/05/1985               Hungary   0 - 1   Netherlands           (0-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   HUNGARY                   6     5     0     1    12     4    +8    10   83.3
2   Netherlands               6     3     1     2    11     5    +6     7   58.3
3   Austria                   6     3     1     2     9     8    +1     7   58.3
4   Cyprus                    6     0     0     6     3    18   -15     0    0.0

Netherlands qualified for Euro Playoff.

Group 6

12/09/1984               Ireland   1 - 0   U.S.S.R.              (0-0)   
12/09/1984                Norway   0 - 1   Switzerland           (0-1)   
26/09/1984               Denmark   1 - 0   Norway                (0-0)   
10/10/1984                Norway   1 - 1   U.S.S.R.              (0-0)   
17/10/1984                Norway   1 - 0   Ireland               (1-0)   
17/10/1984           Switzerland   1 - 0   Denmark               (1-0)   
14/11/1984               Denmark   3 - 0   Ireland               (1-0)   
17/04/1985           Switzerland   2 - 2   U.S.S.R.              (1-1)   
01/05/1985               Ireland   0 - 0   Norway                (0-0)   
02/05/1985              U.S.S.R.   4 - 0   Switzerland           (4-0)   
02/06/1985               Ireland   3 - 0   Switzerland           (2-0)   
05/06/1985               Denmark   4 - 2   U.S.S.R.              (2-1)   
11/09/1985           Switzerland   0 - 0   Ireland               (0-0)   
25/09/1985              U.S.S.R.   1 - 0   Denmark               (0-0)   
09/10/1985               Denmark   0 - 0   Switzerland           (0-0)   
16/10/1985                Norway   1 - 5   Denmark               (1-0)   
16/10/1985              U.S.S.R.   2 - 0   Ireland               (0-0)   
30/10/1985              U.S.S.R.   1 - 0   Norway                (0-0)   
13/11/1985               Ireland   1 - 4   Denmark               (1-1)   
13/11/1985           Switzerland   1 - 1   Norway                (0-1)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   DENMARK                   8     5     1     2    17     6   +11    11   68.8
2   U.S.S.R.                  8     4     2     2    13     8    +5    10   62.5
3   Switzerland               8     2     4     2     5    10    -5     8   50.0
4   Ireland                   8     2     2     4     5    10    -5     6   37.5
5   Norway                    8     1     3     4     4    10    -6     5   31.2

Group 7

12/09/1984               Iceland   1 - 0   Wales                 (0-0)   
17/10/1984              Scotland   3 - 0   Iceland               (2-0)   
17/10/1984                 Spain   3 - 0   Wales                 (1-0)   
14/11/1984              Scotland   3 - 1   Spain                 (2-0)   
14/11/1984                 Wales   2 - 1   Iceland               (1-0)   
27/02/1985                 Spain   1 - 0   Scotland              (0-0)   
27/03/1985              Scotland   0 - 1   Wales                 (0-1)   
30/04/1985                 Wales   3 - 0   Spain                 (1-0)   
28/05/1985               Iceland   0 - 1   Scotland              (0-0)   
12/06/1985               Iceland   1 - 2   Spain                 (1-0)   
10/09/1985                 Wales   1 - 1   Scotland              (1-0)   
25/09/1985                 Spain   2 - 1   Iceland               (1-1)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   SPAIN                     6     4     0     2     9     8    +1     8   66.7
2   Scotland                  6     3     1     2     8     4    +4     7   58.3
3   Wales                     6     3     1     2     7     6    +1     7   58.3
4   Iceland                   6     1     0     5     4    10    -6     2   16.7

Scotland qualified for Euro-Oceania Playoff.

Euro Playoff

16/10/1985               Belgium   1 - 0   Netherlands           (1-0)   
20/11/1985           Netherlands   2 - 1   Belgium               (0-0)   

Euro-Oceania Playoff

20/11/1985              Scotland   2 - 0   Australia             (0-0)   
04/12/1985             Australia   0 - 0   Scotland              (0-0)   

Statistics

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   England                   8     4     4     0    21     2   +19    12   75.0
2   West_Germany              8     5     2     1    22     9   +13    12   75.0
3   Denmark                   8     5     1     2    17     6   +11    11   68.8
4   France                    8     5     1     2    15     4   +11    11   68.8
5   Bulgaria                  8     5     1     2    13     5    +8    11   68.8
6   Hungary                   6     5     0     1    12     4    +8    10   83.3
7   East_Germany              8     5     0     3    16     9    +7    10   62.5
8   Scotland                  8     4     2     2    10     4    +6    10   62.5
9   U.S.S.R.                  8     4     2     2    13     8    +5    10   62.5
10  Belgium                   8     4     2     2     9     5    +4    10   62.5
11  Northern_Ireland          8     4     2     2     8     5    +3    10   62.5
12  Portugal                  8     5     0     3    12    10    +2    10   62.5
13  Netherlands               8     4     1     3    13     7    +6     9   56.2
14  Sweden                    8     4     1     3    14     9    +5     9   56.2
15  Romania                   8     3     3     2    12     7    +5     9   56.2
16  Poland                    6     3     2     1    10     6    +4     8   66.7
17  Spain                     6     4     0     2     9     8    +1     8   66.7
18  Czechoslovakia            8     3     2     3    11    12    -1     8   50.0
19  Yugoslavia                8     3     2     3     7     8    -1     8   50.0
20  Finland                   8     3     2     3     7    12    -5     8   50.0
21  Switzerland               8     2     4     2     5    10    -5     8   50.0
22  Austria                   6     3     1     2     9     8    +1     7   58.3
23  Wales                     6     3     1     2     7     6    +1     7   58.3
24  Ireland                   8     2     2     4     5    10    -5     6   37.5
25  Norway                    8     1     3     4     4    10    -6     5   31.2
26  Albania                   6     1     2     3     6     9    -3     4   33.3
27  Greece                    6     1     2     3     5    10    -5     4   33.3
28  Iceland                   6     1     0     5     4    10    -6     2   16.7
29  Australia                 2     0     1     1     0     2    -2     1   25.0
30  Malta                     8     0     1     7     6    25   -19     1    6.2
31  Turkey                    8     0     1     7     2    24   -22     1    6.2
32  Cyprus                    6     0     0     6     3    18   -15     0    0.0
33  Luxembourg                8     0     0     8     2    27   -25     0    0.0