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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

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

United Arab Emirates	2–3	Iraq
Al-Talyani 15' F. Khamees 60'	Report	Saeed 42', 79' Hashim 81'

Bahrain	1–1	Syria
Issa 42'	Report	Mahrous 61'

Second leg

Iraq	1–2	United Arab Emirates
Saddam 88'	Report	F. Khamees 2' Al-Talyani 60'

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

Syria	1–0	Bahrain
Kardaghli 4'	Report

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

Syria	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Second leg

Iraq	3–1	Syria
Saeed 28' Mahmoud 49' Allawi 72'	Report	Al-Sel 54' (pen.)

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

South Korea	2–0	Indonesia
Byun Byung-joo 73' Kim Joo-sung 81'	Report

Japan	3–0	Hong Kong
Kimura 9' (pen.) Hara 11' Mizunuma 53'	Report

Second leg

Indonesia	1–4	South Korea
Sulaiman 87'	Report	Byun Byung-joo 7' Choi Soon-ho 9' Huh Jung-moo 32' Kim Joo-sung 47'

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

Hong Kong	1–2	Japan
Wan Chi Keung 79'	Report	Kimura 45' Hara 90'

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

Japan	1–2	South Korea
Kimura 43'	Report	Chung Yong-hwan 30' Lee Tae-ho 42'

Second leg

South Korea	1–0	Japan
Huh Jung-moo 61'	Report

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
Iraq	Zone A Final Round winners	29 November 1985	0 (debut)
South Korea	Zone B Final Round winners	3 November 1985	1 (1954)

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
• Mansoor 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
• Mohammed Khalifa Al-Ammari
• Ahmed Issa Al-Mohannadi
• Ali Mohammed Al-Saadah
• Adel Malulla
• 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 Ray 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

1. "WORLD CUP 1986 qualification, AFC". www.allworldcup.narod.ru. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

External links

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

• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
• FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
• 1986 in Asian football