Football
Men: World Cup 1986 in Mexico

Qualifying
May 2 (1984)-December 4 (1985):
Europe South America North and Central America Africa Asia Oceania Intercontinental Playoffs

automatic qualified: Mexico (hosts) and Italy (holders)

Europe:

Final Standings:

Group 1:
1. Poland * 6-8 (10-6)
2. Belgium ** 6-8 (7-3)
3. Albania 6-4 (6-9)
4. Greece 6-4 (5-10)

Group 2:
1. West Germany * 8-12 (22-9)
2. Portugal * 8-10 (12-10)
3. Sweden 8-9 (14-9)
4. Czechoslovakia 8-8 (11-12)
5. Malta 8-1 (6-25)

Group 3:
1. England * 8-12 (21-2)
2. Northern Ireland * 8-10 (8-5)
3. Romania 8-9 (12-7)
4. Finland 8-8 (7-12)
5. Turkey 8-1 (2-24) 		Group 4:
1. France * 8-11 (15-4)
2. Bulgaria * 8-11 (13-5)
3. East Germany 8-10 (16-9)
4. Yugoslavia 8-8 (7-8)
5. Luxemburg 8-0 (2-27)

Group 5:
1. Hungary * 6-10 (12-4)
2. Netherlands ** 6-7 (11-5)
3. Austria 6-7 (9-8)
4. Cyprus 6-0 (3-18) 		Group 6:
1. Denmark * 8-11 (17-6)
2. Soviet Union * 8-10 (13-8)
3. Switzerland 8-8 (5-10)
4. Ireland 8-6 (5-10)
5. Norway 8-5 (4-10)

Group 7:
1. Spain * 6-8 (9-8)
2. Scotland ** 6-7 (8-4)
3. Wales 6-7 (7-6)
4. Iceland 6-2 (4-10)

Playoffs:
Belgium * - Netherlands 1-0 1-2

 South America:

Final Standings:

Group 1:
1. Argentina * 6-9 (12-6)
2. Peru ** 6-8 (8-4)
3. Colombia ** 6-6 (6-6)
4. Venezuela 6-1 (5-15) 		Group 2:
1. Uruguay * 4-6 (6-4)
2. Chile ** 4-5 (10-5)
3. Ecuador 4-1 (4-11) 		Group 3:
1. Brazil * 4-6 (6-2)
2. Paraguay ** 4-4 (5-4)
3. Bolivia 4-2 (2-7)

Playoffs:

Semifinals:
Paraguay * - Columbia 3-0 1-2
Chile * - Peru 4-2 1-0

Finals:
Paraguay * - Chile 3-0 2-2

 North and Central America:

1st Round:
Canada * - Jamaica walkover
Costa Rica * - Barbados walkover
Dutch Antilles - USA * 0-0 0-4
El Salvador * - Puerto Rico 5-0 3-0
Haiti * - Antigua & Barbuda 4-0 2-1 (return at Port-au-Prince)
Panama - Honduras * 0-3 0-1
Surinam * - Guyana 1-0 1-1
Trinidad & Tobago * - Grenada walkover

2nd Round:

Final Standings:

Group A:
1. Honduras * 4-6 (5-3)
2. El Salvador 4-5 (7-2)
3. Surinam 4-1 (2-9) 		Group B:
1. Canada * 4-7 (7-2)
2. Guatemala 4-5 (7-3)
3. Haiti 4-0 (0-9) 		Group C:
1. Costa Rica * 4-6 (6-2)
2. USA 4-5 (4-3)
3. Trinidad & Tobago 4-1 (2-7)

Final Round:

Final Standings:
1. Canada * 4-6 (4-2)
2. Honduras 4-3 (6-6)
3. Costa Rica 4-3 (4-6)

 Africa:

1st Round:
Angola * - Senegal 1-0 0-1 aet 4-3 aps
Benin - Tunisia * 0-2 0-4
Egypt * - Zimbabwe 1-0 1-1
Guinea * - Togo walkover
Ivory Coast * - Gambia 4-0 2-3
Kenya * - Ethiopia 2-1 3-3
Libya * - Niger walkover
Madagascar * - Lesoto walkover
Mauritius - Malawi * 0-1 0-4
Nigeria * - Liberia 3-0 1-0
Sierra Leone - Morocco * 0-1 0-4
Tanzania - Sudan * 1-1 0-0
Zambia * - Uganda 3-0 0-1

2nd Round:
Angola - Algeria * 0-0 2-3
Egypt * - Madagascar 1-0 0-1 aet 4-2 aps
Guinea - Tunisia * 1-0 0-2
Ivory Coast - Ghana * 0-0 0-2
Kenya - Nigeria * 0-3 1-3
Morocco * - Malawi 2-0 0-0
Sudan - Libya * 0-0 0-4
Zambia * - Cameroon 4-1 1-1

3rd Round:
Algeria * - Zambia 2-0 1-0
Egypt - Morocco * 0-0 0-2
Ghana - Libya * 0-0 0-2
Nigeria - Tunisia * 1-0 0-2

Final Round:
Tunisia - Algeria * 1-4 0-3
Morocco * - Libya 3-0 0-1

 Asia:

East Asian 1st Round:

Final Standings:

Group East A:
1. UAE * 2-3 (1-0)
2. Saudi Arabia 2-1 (0-1)
-. Oman withdrew

Group East B:
1. Iraq * 4-6 (7-6)
2. Qatar 4-4 (6-3)
3. Jordan 4-2 (3-7)
-. Lebanon withdrew 		Group East C:
1. Syria * 4-7 (5-0)
2. Kuwait 4-5 (8-2)
3. North Yemen 4-0 (1-12)

Group East D:
1. Bahrain * 2-3 (7-4)
2. South Yemen 2-1 (4-7)
-. Iran disqualified #
# Iran disqualified for refusal
to play home matches on neutral terrain

West Asian 1st Round:

Final Standings:

Group West A:
1. South Korea * 4-6 (8-1)
2. Malaysia 4-5 (6-2)
3. Nepal 4-1 (0-11)

Group West B:
1. Indonesia * 6-9 (8-4)
2. India 6-7 (7-6)
3. Thailand 6-4 (4-4)
4. Bangladesh 6-4 (5-10) 		Group West C:
1. Hong Kong * 6-11 (19-2)
2. China 6-9 (23-2)
3. Macao 6-4 (4-15)
4. Brunei 6-0 (2-29)

Group West D:
1. Japan * 4-7 (9-1)
2. North Korea 4-4 (3-2)
3. Singapore 4-1 (2-11)

East Asian 2nd Round:
Bahrain - Syria* 1-1 0-1
UAE * - Iraq 2-3 2-1 (return at Taif)

West Asian 2nd Round:
Japan* - Hong Kong 3-0 2-1
South Korea* - Indonesia 2-0 4-1

East Asian Finals:
Syria - Iraq * 0-0 1-3 (return at Taif)

West Asian Finals:
Japan - South Korea * 1-2 0-1

 Oceania:

Final Standings:
1. Australia * 6-10 (20-2)
2. Israel 6-7 (17-6)
3. New Zealand 6-7 (13-7)
4. Taiwan 6-0 (1-36)

 Intercontinental Playoffs:

Scotland * - Australia 2-0 0-0