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1986 FIFA World Cup qualification 121 teams entered the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for 24 places in the final tournament. Mexico, as the hosts, and Italy, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 22 spots open for competition. The draw ...

rounds for the Oceanian zone ( OFC). Four teams entered the competition. Two OFC members competed:

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

and

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

. They were joined by two non-OFC members,

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

and

Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One China principle stipulated by the ...

. Israel competed in the OFC tournament as they had been excluded from AFC competition since 1974, and Chinese Taipei were unable to compete in the AFC competition due to political conflict with China. The competition had a group format, with each team playing each of the others twice between September and November 1985. The winner of the tournament was Australia, who qualified for the UEFA–OFC play-off against

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

for a finals position. Australia lost, meaning that there were no OFC teams at

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in Mexico.

Standings

Matches

Inter-confederation play-offs

The winning team of the OFC qualification tournament played the UEFA Group 7 runners-up in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Goalscorers

;5 goals * John Kosmina * Dave Mitchell * Zahi Armeli ;4 goals * Colin Walker ;3 goals * Žarko Odžakov * Eli Ohana *

Rifaat Turk Rifaat "Jimmy" Turk (; , nicknamed Jimmy the Rocket,"Rifaat Turk,"
Olympedia/ born 16 September 1954) is ...

Steve Sumner Steven Paul Sumner (2 April 1955 – 8 February 2017) was an English-born, New Zealand footballer who played as a midfielder. He was captain of the national team during the country's first successful campaign to qualify for the World Cup, in ...

;2 goals *

Avi Cohen Avraham "Avi" Cohen (; 14 November 1956 – 29 December 2010) was an Israeli footballer who played as a defender, and a manager. He was best known for his spells playing for two British clubs: Liverpool in England and Rangers in Scotland. Aft ...

* Uri Malmilian * Grant Turner ;1 goal *

Graham Arnold Graham James Arnold (born 3 August 1963) is an Australian association football, professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of the Iraq national football team, Iraq national team. Arnold was first appointed ...

* Oscar Crino * Robbie Dunn * Ian Gray *

David Ratcliffe David Ratcliffe (born 9 March 1957) is a former professional footballer. Born in England, he represented Australia at international level. Career Born in Dewsbury, Ratcliffe joined Bradford City as an amateur in July 1972,Frost, p. 405 joini ...

* Chen Sing-an * Nissim Cohen *

Moshe Selecter Moshe Selecter () is an Israeli former footballer who played in Maccabi Haifa. Honours Player Club ;Maccabi Haifa *Israeli Premier League: 1983–84, 1984–85 ;Maccabi Acre *Liga Alef Liga Alef () is the third tier of the Israeli footbal ...

* Allan Boath * Malcolm Dunford * Declan Edge * Wynton Rufer ;1 own goal * Chun Keui Chiang (playing against

)

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:1986 Fifa World Cup Qualification (Ofc) OFC FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

FIFA World Cup qualification The FIFA World Cup qualification is a set of competitive matches that a national association football team plays in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the men's FIFA World Cup. Qualifying tournaments ar ...

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...