FIFA World Cup qualification

1986: 274 of 274 matches played, 721 goals

Group stage

17 groups

Group 1

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Hungary	6	5	0	1	+8	10
2	Netherlands	6	3	1	2	+6	7
3	Austria	6	3	1	2	+1	7
4	Cyprus	6	0	0	6	−15	0

Group 2

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Germany	8	5	2	1	+13	12
2	Portugal	8	5	0	3	+2	10
3	Sweden	8	4	1	3	+5	9
4	Czechoslovakia	8	3	2	3	−1	8
5	Malta	8	0	1	7	−19	1

Group 3

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	England	8	4	4	0	+19	12
2	Northern Ireland	8	4	2	2	+3	10
3	Romania	8	3	3	2	+5	9
4	Finland	8	3	2	3	−5	8
5	Turkey	8	0	1	7	−22	1

Group 4

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Denmark	8	5	1	2	+11	11
2	Russia	8	4	2	2	+5	10
3	Switzerland	8	2	4	2	−5	8
4	Republic of Ireland	8	2	2	4	−5	6
5	Norway	8	1	3	4	−6	5

Group 5

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Spain	6	4	0	2	+1	8
2	Scotland	6	3	1	2	+4	7
3	Wales	6	3	1	2	+1	7
4	Iceland	6	1	0	5	−6	2

Group 6

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	France	8	5	1	2	+11	11
2	Bulgaria	8	5	1	2	+8	11
3	German DR	8	5	0	3	+7	10
4	Yugoslavia	8	3	2	3	−1	8
5	Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	−25	0

Group 7

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Poland	6	3	2	1	+4	8
2	Belgium	6	3	2	1	+4	8
3	Albania	6	1	2	3	−3	4
4	Greece	6	1	2	3	−5	4

Group 8

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Japan	4	3	1	0	+8	7
2	North Korea	4	1	2	1	+1	4
3	Singapore	4	0	1	3	−9	1

Group 9

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Hong Kong	6	5	1	0	+17	11
2	China	6	4	1	1	+21	9
3	Macau	6	2	0	4	−11	4
4	Brunei	6	0	0	6	−27	0

Group 10

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	4	3	0	1	+7	6
2	Malaysia	4	2	1	1	+4	5
3	Nepal	4	0	1	3	−11	1

Group 11

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Uruguay	4	3	0	1	+2	6
2	Chile	4	2	1	1	+5	5
3	Ecuador	4	0	1	3	−7	1

Group 12

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Indonesia	6	4	1	1	+4	9
2	India	6	2	3	1	+1	7
3	Thailand	6	1	2	3	0	4
4	Bangladesh	6	2	0	4	−5	4

Group 13

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	Iraq	4	3	1	+1	6
2	Qatar	4	2	2	+3	4
3	Jordan	4	1	3	−4	2

Group 14

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Syria	4	3	1	0	+5	7
2	Kuwait	4	2	1	1	+6	5
3	Yemen	4	0	0	4	−11	0

Group 15

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	4	2	2	0	+4	6
2	Paraguay	4	1	2	1	+1	4
3	Bolivia	4	0	2	2	−5	2

Group 16

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	6	4	1	1	+6	9
2	Peru	6	3	2	1	+4	8
3	Colombia	6	2	2	2	0	6
4	Venezuela	6	0	1	5	−10	1

Group 17

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Australia	6	4	2	0	+18	10
2	Israel	6	3	1	2	+11	7
3	New Zealand	6	3	1	2	+6	7
4	Taiwan	6	0	0	6	−35	0

Groups numbered by the date of their first match: the official letters are not in our data. 2 points a win, then goal difference and goals scored; head-to-head rules and deductions are not applied.

Other matches

0 still to play

Wed 4 Dec 1985

Australia0

Scotland0