1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#China v Macau

The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC first round was part of the AFC qualifying tournament for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. 27 national teams were separated into an Eastern and Western zone where they were split into groups of 3 or 4, with the group winners progressing to the second round.

The teams which qualified for the second round were United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Syria, Bahrain, South Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Japan.

India entered the world cup qualifiers for the first time after 35 year wait. The last time they entered, they had directly qualified for the 1950 edition of the world cup.

West Asia Zone

=Group 1A=

width=165 style="text-align:left;"\|Team !width=20\|{{tooltip\|Pld\|Matches played}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|W\|Matches won}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|D\|Matches drawn}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|L\|Matches lost}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|Pts\|Points}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|UAE}} \|2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|KSA}} \|2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|OMA}} \|colspan="8" align="center"\|Withdrew

{{football box

|id = Saudi Arabia v UAE

|date = 12 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G1/KSAVSUAE.HTM Report]

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fb|UAE}}

|stadium = King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 30,973

|referee = Mohammad Sakran (Jordan)

}}

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{{football box

|id = UAE v Saudi Arabia

|date = 19 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G1/UAEVSKSA.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}

|goals1 = F. Khamees {{goal|12}}

|stadium = Zabeel Stadium, Dubai

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Bob Valentine (Scotland)

}}

=Group 1B=

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|IRQ\|1963}} \|4	3	0	1	7	6	+1	6
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|QAT}} \|4	2	0	2	6	3	+3	4
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|JOR}} \|4	1	0	3	3	7	−4	2
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|LBN\|1943}} \|colspan="8" align="center"\|Withdrew

Lebanon played 4 matches before withdrawing, their results were annulled.

{{football box

|id = Jordan v Qatar

|date = 15 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}}

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G2/JORVSQAT.HTM Report]

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|QAT}}

|goals1 = Saleh {{goal|83}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Amman, Jordan

|attendance =

|referee = Abuwahid Shambe Al-Baluchi (Oman)

}}

{{football box

|id = Iraq v Lebanon

|date = 15 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ}}

|report =

|score = 6–0
{{small|(Annulled)}}

|team2 = {{fb|LBN|1943}}

|goals1 =

Radhi {{goal}}{{goal}}
Saeed {{goal}}{{goal}}
Allawi {{goal}}
Hashim {{goal}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kuwait City, Kuwait

|attendance =

|referee = Fallaj Al-Shanar (Saudi Arabia)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{football box

|id = Lebanon v Iraq

|date = 18 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LBN|1943}}

|report =

|score = 0–6
{{small|(Annulled)}}

|team2 = {{fb|IRQ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Radhi {{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}
Saeed {{goal}}{{goal}}
Allawi {{goal}}

|stadium = Kuwait City, Kuwait

|attendance =

|referee = Fahd Al-Dahmash (Saudi Arabia)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{football box

|id = Qatar v Lebanon

|date = 22 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|QAT}}

|report =

|score = 7–0
{{small|(Annulled)}}

|team2 = {{fb|LBN|1943}}

|goals1 =

Muftah {{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}
Khamis {{goal}}{{goal}}
Khalfan {{goal}}
Dahman {{goal}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Doha, Qatar

|attendance =

|referee = Hamed Assaid (Oman)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{football box

|id = Lebanon v Qatar

|date = 27 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LBN|1943}}

|report =

|score = 0–8
{{small|(Annulled)}}

|team2 = {{fb|QAT}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Muftah {{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}
Al-Zeid {{goal}}
Aheed {{goal}}

|stadium = Doha, Qatar

|attendance =

|referee = Jassim Mandi (Bahrain)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{football box

|id = Jordan v Iraq

|date = 29 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}}

|score = 2–3

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G2/JORVSIRQ.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1963}}

|goals1 = Al-Dawud {{goal|?}}
Abu Abed {{goal|?}}

|goals2 = Munir {{goal|?}}
Radhi {{goal|?}}
Saeed {{goal|?}}

|stadium = Amman, Jordan

|attendance =

|referee = Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Salmi (Kuwait)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Qatar v Iraq

|date = 5 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|QAT}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G2/QATVSIRQ.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1963}}

|goals1 = Muftah {{goal|40}}
Al-Mohannadi {{goal|52|pen.}}
Al-Ammari {{goal|71}}

|stadium = Doha, Qatar

|referee = Na Yoon-Shik (South Korea)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Qatar v Jordan

|date = 12 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|QAT}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G2/QATVSJOR.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|JOR}}

|goals1 = Al-Saadah {{goal|?}}
Adel Malulla {{goal|?}}

|stadium = Doha, Qatar

|referee = Mohamed Sanhoub (Yemen)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = Iraq v Jordan

|date = 19 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G2/IRQVSJOR.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|JOR}}

|goals1 = Radhi {{goal|46}}
Allawi {{goal|50}}

|stadium = Kuwait City, Kuwait

|referee = Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Iraq v Qatar

|date = 5 May 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G2/IRQVSQAT.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|QAT}}

|goals1 = Radhi {{goal|21}}
Allawi {{goal|76}}

|goals2 = Muftah {{goal|44}}

|stadium = Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Calcutta, India

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = George Courtney (England)

}}

=Group 2A=

width=165 style="text-align:left;"\|Team !width=20\|{{tooltip\|Pld\|Matches played}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|W\|Matches won}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|D\|Matches drawn}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|L\|Matches lost}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|Pts\|Points}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|SYR\|1980}} \|4	3	1	0	5	0	+5	7
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|KUW}} \|4	2	1	1	8	2	+6	5
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|North Yemen}} \|4	0	0	4	1	12	−11	0

{{football box

|id = Syria v Kuwait

|date = 22 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1980}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G3/SYRVSKUW.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}

|goals1 = Madarati {{goal|78}}

|stadium = Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

|attendance = 21,000

|referee = Ahmad Bash (Jordan)

}}

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{{football box

|id = North Yemen v Syria

|date = 29 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|North Yemen}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G3/JEMVSSYR.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}}

|goals2 = Al-Sel {{goal|70}}

|stadium = Revolution 1962 Stadium, Sana'a

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Abuwahid Shambe Al-Baluchi (Oman)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Kuwait v North Yemen

|date = 5 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}

|score = 5–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G3/KUWVSJEM.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|North Yemen}}

|goals1 = Al-Anberi {{goal|39||44}}
Al-Hasawi {{goal|58}}
Al-Dakhil {{goal|80}}
Yaqoub {{goal|88}}

|stadium = Kuwait City

|referee = Hussein Suleiman Awil (Jordan)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Kuwait v Syria

|date = 12 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}

|score =0–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G3/KUWVSSYR.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}}

|stadium = Kuwait City

|referee = Abdul-Rahman Jassim Mandi (Bahrain)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Syria v North Yemen

|date = 19 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1980}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G3/SYRVSJEM.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|North Yemen}}

|goals1 = Al-Sayed {{goal|31||70}}
Al-Sheikh {{goal|40}}

|stadium = Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

|attendance = 28,000

|referee = Ahmed Jassim Mohamed (Bahrain)

}}

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{{football box

|id = North Yemen v Kuwait

|date = 26 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|North Yemen}}

|score = 1–3

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G3/JEMVSKUW.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}

|goals1 = Abbas {{goal|88}}

|goals2 = Al-Hasawi {{goal|13||57}}
Al-Dakhil {{goal|25}}

|stadium = Revolution 1962 Stadium, Sana'a

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Mohamed Saleh Alawi Al-Farisi (Oman)

}}

=Group 2B=

width=165 style="text-align:left;"\|Team !width=20\|{{tooltip\|Pld\|Matches played}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|W\|Matches won}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|D\|Matches drawn}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|L\|Matches lost}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|Pts\|Points}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|BHR\|1972}} \|2	1	1	0	7	4	+3	3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|South Yemen}} \|2	0	1	1	4	7	−3	1
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|IRN}} \|colspan="8" align="center"\|Disqualified

Iran disqualified for refusing to play matches on neutral ground

{{football box

|id = South Yemen v Bahrain

|date = 29 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|South Yemen}}

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G4/JLDVSBHR.HTM Report]

|score = 1–4

|team2 = {{fb|BHR|1972}}

|goals1 = Al-Mass {{goal|74}}

|goals2 = Farhan {{goal|9||50}}
Al-Hardan {{goal|17}}
Al-Sobaei {{goal|60}}

|stadium = Mortayer Yard, Aden

|attendance = 19,082

|referee = Fallaj Al-Shanar (Saudi Arabia)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Bahrain v South Yemen

|date = 12 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BHR|1972}}

|score = 3–3

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G4/BHRVSJLD.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|South Yemen}}

|goals1 = Al-Hardan {{goal|48}}
Abdullah {{goal|66}}
Daif {{goal|69}}

|goals2 = Shadli {{goal|18}}
Kassim {{goal|75}}
Al-Sabbou {{goal|88}}

|stadium = Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

|attendance = 3,216

|referee = Abdullah Ghareeb Shehab (Kuwait)

}}

East Asia Zone

=Group 3A=

width=165 style="text-align:left;"\|Team !width=20\|{{tooltip\|Pld\|Matches played}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|W\|Matches won}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|D\|Matches drawn}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|L\|Matches lost}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|Pts\|Points}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|KOR\|1984}} \|4	3	0	1	8	1	+7	6
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|MAS}} \|4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	5
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|NEP}} \|4	0	1	3	0	11	−11	1

{{football box

|id = Nepal v South Korea

|date = 2 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|NEP}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G5/NEPVSKOR.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1984}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Sharma {{goal|35|o.g.}}
Lee Tae-ho {{goal|64|pen.}}

|stadium = Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu

|attendance = 40,000

|referee = Zhang Daqiao (China)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Malaysia v South Korea

|date = 10 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G5/MASVSKOR.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1984}}

|goals1 = Salleh {{goal|49}}

|stadium = Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur

|attendance = 36,738

|referee = Samuel Chan Yam-Ming (Hong Kong)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Nepal v Malaysia

|date = 16 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|NEP}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G5/NEPVSMAS.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MAS}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu

|attendance = 8,000

|referee = Nadasen Chandra (Singapore)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Malaysia v Nepal

|date = 31 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

|score =5–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G5/MASVSNEP.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|NEP}}

|goals1 = Hassan {{goal|4||26||33}}
Salleh {{goal|29}}
Alif {{goal|40}}

|stadium = Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur

|attendance = 33,000

|referee = Lourenco Reinaldo (Macau)

}}

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{{football box

|id = South Korea v Nepal

|date = 6 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1984}}

|score = 4–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G5/KORVSNEP.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|NEP}}

|goals1 = Huh Jung-moo {{goal|18||57}}
Kim Seok-won {{goal|36}}
Chung Jong-soo {{goal|41}}

|stadium = Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

|attendance =

|referee = Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong)

}}

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{{football box

|id = South Korea v Malaysia

|date = 19 May 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1984}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G5/KORVSMAS.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MAS}}

|goals1 = Park Chang-sun {{goal|12|pen.}}
Cho Min-kook {{goal|19}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Olympic Stadium, Seoul

|attendance = 45,780

|referee = Shizuo Takada (Japan)

}}

=Group 3B=

width=165 style="text-align:left;"\|Team !width=20\|{{tooltip\|Pld\|Matches played}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|W\|Matches won}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|D\|Matches drawn}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|L\|Matches lost}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !width=20\|{{tooltip\|Pts\|Points}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|IDN}} \|6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	9
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|IND}} \|6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	7
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|THA}} \|6	1	2	3	4	4	+0	4
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|BAN}} \|6	2	0	4	5	10	−5	4

{{football box

|id = Indonesia v Thailand

|date = 15 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G6/IDNVSTHA.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|THA}}

|goals1 = Sulaiman {{goal|84}}

|stadium = Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

|attendance = 60,000

|referee = Tulu Gurkan (Philippines)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Indonesia v Bangladesh

|date = 18 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G6/IDNVSBAN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BAN}}

|goals1 = Nurdiansyah {{goal|48}}
Sulaiman {{goal|57}}

|stadium = Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

|attendance = 40,000

|referee = Cesar Brillantes (Philippines)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{football box

|id = Indonesia v India

|date = 21 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G6/IDNVSIND.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IND}}

|goals1 = Nurdiansyah {{goal|41||49}}

|goals2 = K. Dey {{goal|34}}

|stadium = Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

|attendance = 70,000

|referee = Reynaldo Reyes (Philippines)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Thailand v Bangladesh

|date = 23 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G6/THAVSBAN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BAN}}

|goals1 = Thanis {{goal|2}}
Vitoon {{goal|9}}
Sakdarin {{goal|44}}

|stadium = Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

|attendance =

|referee = Shunsaku Nakanishi (Japan)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Thailand v India

|date = 26 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G6/THAVSIND.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IND}}

|stadium = Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

|attendance =

|referee = Shunsaku Nakanishi (Japan)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{football box

|id = Thailand v Indonesia

|date = 29 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G6/THAVSIDN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IDN}}

|goals2= Kiswanto {{goal|25}}

|stadium = Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

|attendance =

|referee = Toshikazu Sano (Japan)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Bangladesh v India

|date = 30 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G6/BANVSIND.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IND}}

|goals1 = Chunnu {{goal|42}}

|goals2 = Ghosh {{goal|34}}
Panji {{goal|84}}

|stadium = Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

|attendance = 8,000

|referee = Liu Jingli (China)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Bangladesh v Indonesia

|date = 2 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G6/BANVSIDN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IDN}}

|goals1 = Kaiser {{goal|75}}
Chunnu {{goal|81}}

|goals2 = Nurdiansyah {{goal|11}}

|stadium = Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = Xia Changfa (China)

}}

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{{football box

|id = Bangladesh v Thailand

|date = 5 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G6/BANVSTHA.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|THA}}

|goals1 = Elias {{goal|76}}

|stadium = Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

|attendance = 7,000

|referee = Chen Shengcai (China)

}}

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{{football box

|id = India v Indonesia

|date = 6 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G6/INDVSIDN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IDN}}

|goals1 = Thapa {{goal|89}}

|goals2 = Sulaiman {{goal|20}}

|stadium = Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Farouk Mustafa (Iraq)

}}

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{{football box

|id = India v Thailand

|date = 9 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G6/INDVSTHA.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|THA}}

|goals1 = K. Dey {{goal|85}}

|goals2 = Narasak {{goal|76}}

|stadium = Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Shokor Abdulkader Abdul Latif (Iraq)

}}

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{{football box

|id = India v Bangladesh

|date = 12 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G6/INDVSBAN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BAN}}

|goals1 = Panji {{goal|36}}
Gonsalves {{goal|54}}

|goals2 = Bhadra {{goal|15}}

|stadium = Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

|attendance = 8,000

|referee = Salih Abdul Karim Saadi (Iraq)

}}

=Group 4A=

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style="background:#ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|HKG\|1959}} \|6	5	1	0	19	2	+17	11
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|CHN}} \|6	4	1	1	23	2	+21	9
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|MAC\|colonial}} \|6	2	0	4	4	15	−11	4
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|BRU}} \|6	0	0	6	2	29	−27	0

{{football box

|id = Macau v Brunei

|date = 17 February 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAC|colonial}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://www.11v11.com/matches/macao-v-brunei-darussalam-17-february-1985-239007/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BRU}}

|goals1 = Meng Kam Jong {{goal|76}}
Carvalhal {{goal|82}}

|stadium = Canidrome, Nossa Senhora de Fátima

|attendance = 495

|referee = Reynaldo Reyes (Philippines)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = Hong Kong v China

|date = 17 February 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|HKG|1959}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G7/HKGVSCHN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

|attendance = 20,935

|referee = Maidin Bin Singah (Singapore)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = Macau v China

|date = 20 February 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAC|colonial}}

|score = 0–4

|report = [https://www.11v11.com/matches/macao-v-china-pr-20-february-1985-239014/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}

|goals2 = Ng Chi Kit {{goal|44|o.g.}}{{cite web |url=http://bbs.goalhi.com/2511379.html |title=中国男足世界杯预选赛征战史（史前1930–2006） |accessdate=2012-02-24 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306083641/http://bbs.goalhi.com/2511379.html |archivedate=2016-03-06 |url-status=dead }}
Lin Qiang {{goal|51}}
Zuo Shusheng {{goal|52}}
Lin Lefeng {{goal|62}}

|stadium = Canidrome, Nossa Senhora de Fátima

|attendance = 1,048

|referee = S.Balasundram (Malaysia)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = Hong Kong v Brunei

|date = 23 February 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|HKG|1959}}

|score = 8–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G7/HKGVSBRU.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BRU}}

|goals1 = Mak King-Fun {{goal|2||51||79||85}}
Lai Wing Cheung {{goal|4}}
Lee Wai-Shan {{goal|30}}
Lau Wing Yip {{goal|74||87}}

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

|attendance = 12,401

|referee = Stephen Ovinis (Malaysia)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = China v Brunei

|date = 26 February 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}

|score = 8–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G7/CHNVSBRU.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BRU}}

|goals1 = Zhao Dayu {{goal|26||85||90}}
Zuo Shusheng {{goal|38||65}}
Li Hui {{goal|40}}
Liu Haiguang {{goal|44||47}}

|stadium = Canidrome, Nossa Senhora de Fátima

|attendance = 960

|referee = Pamon Saismutr (Thailand)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = Brunei v China

|date = 1 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRU}}

|score = 0–4

|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G7/BRUVSCHN.HTM Report]

|goals2 = Zhao Dayu {{goal|8||74}}
Liu Haiguang {{goal|15||80}}

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

|attendance = 2,019

|referee = Mohammed Jahirul Haq (Bangladesh)

}}

----

{{football box

| id = Brunei v Hong Kong

| date = 6 April 1985

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRU}}

| score = 1–5

| report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G7/BRUVSHKG.HTM Report]

| team2 = {{fb|HKG|1959}}

| goals1 = Zainuddin Kassim {{goal|49}}

| goals2 = Wan Chi Keung {{goal|4||82}}
Lai Wing-Cheung {{goal|7}}
Lau Wing Yip {{goal|38||83}}

| stadium = Sultan Hassal Bolkiah Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan

| referee = Sudarso Hardjowasito (Indonesia)

| event =

| time =

| round =

| score1 =

| score2 =

| attendance =

}}

----

{{football box

|id = Brunei v Macau

|date = 13 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRU}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fb|MAC|colonial}}

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G7/BRUVSHKG.HTM Report]

|goals1 = Ahmed Rahim {{goal|?}}

|goals2 = Carvalhal {{goal|?}}
Pinto {{goal|?}}

|stadium = Sultan Hassal Bolkiah Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan

|referee = Djadja Mudjahidin (Indonesia)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = Macau v Hong Kong

|date = 28 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAC|colonial}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://www.11v11.com/matches/macao-v-hong-kong-28-april-1985-239189/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|HKG|1959}}

|goals2 = Lau Wing Yip {{goal|80}}
Cheung Ka-Ping {{goal|88}}

|stadium = Canidrome, Nossa Senhora de Fátima

|attendance = 4,000

|referee = Somporn Patcharamukdakorn (Thailand)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = Hong Kong v Macau

|date = 4 May 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|HKG|1959}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G7/HKGVSMAC.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MAC|colonial}}

|goals1 = Lau Wing Yip {{goal|8||30}}

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

|attendance = 15,778

|referee = Kil Ki-Chul (South Korea)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = China v Macau

|date = 12 May 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}

|score = 6–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G7/CHNVSMAC.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MAC|colonial}}

|goals1 = Jia Xiuquan {{goal|10}}
Li Hui {{goal|12}}
Yang Zhaohui {{goal|27||50}}
Wang Huiliang {{goal|60}}
Zhao Dayu {{goal|67}}

|stadium = Workers Stadium, Beijing

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Shetty Sheena (India)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = China v Hong Kong

|date = 19 May 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G7/CHNVSHKG.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|HKG|1959}}

|goals1 = Li Hui {{goal|32}}

|goals2= Cheung Chi Tak {{goal|26}}
Ku Kam Fai {{goal|60}}

|stadium = Workers Stadium, Beijing

|attendance = 60,000

|referee = Melvyn J. Victor D'Souza (India)

}}

=Group 4B=

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|JPN\|1870}} \|4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	7
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|PRK}} \|4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	4
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|SIN}} \|4	0	1	3	2	11	−9	1

{{football box

|id = Singapore v North Korea

|date = 19 January 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SIN}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G8/SINVSKDR.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|PRK}}

|goals1 = Pak Kuan {{goal|?|pen.}}

|goals2 = Yu Song-chol {{goal|?|pen.}}

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore

|attendance =

|referee = Sudarso Harjowasito (Indonesia)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = Singapore v Japan

|date = 23 February 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SIN}}

|score = 1–3

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G8/SINVSJPN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|JPN|1870}}

|goals1 = Madon {{goal|39}}

|goals2 = Kimura {{goal|20}}
Hashiratani {{goal|47}}
Kato {{goal|84}}

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore

|attendance = 16,146

|referee = Soetoyo Hartasardjono (Indonesia)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = Japan v North Korea

|date = 21 March 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G8/JPNVSKDR.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|PRK}}

|goals1 = Hara {{goal|20}}

|stadium = National Stadium, Tokyo

|attendance = 25,000

|referee = Timothy Joseph (Malaysia)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = North Korea v Japan

|date = 30 April 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|PRK}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G8/KDRVSJPN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|JPN|1870}}

|stadium = Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

|attendance = 52,500

|referee = Samuel Chan Yam-Ming (Hong Kong)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = Japan v Singapore

|date = 18 May 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}

|score = 5–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G8/JPNVSSIN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|SIN}}

|goals1 = Mizunuma {{goal|48}}
Nishimura {{goal|57||59}}
Hara {{goal|79}}
Kimura {{goal|86}}

|stadium = National Stadium, Tokyo

|attendance = 28,000

|referee = Cha Kyung-Bok (South Korea)

}}

----

{{football box

|id = North Korea v Singapore

|date = 25 May 1985

|team1 = {{fb-rt|PRK}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G8/KDRVSSIN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{fb|SIN}}

|goals1 = Yun Jong-su {{goal|25}}
Han Hyong-Il {{goal|55}}

|stadium = Nampo Stadium, Nampo

|attendance = 25,000

|referee = Sukho Vuddhijoti (Thailand)

}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071122201945/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=68/preliminaries/preliminary=64/index.html FIFA.com Reports]
[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/86qual.html RSSSF Page]
[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1986/ASIA.HTM Results and scorers]

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style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|KSA}} \|2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|OMA}} \|colspan="8" align="center"\|Withdrew

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|IRQ\|1963}} \|4	3	0	1	7	6	+1	6
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|QAT}} \|4	2	0	2	6	3	+3	4
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|JOR}} \|4	1	0	3	3	7	−4	2
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|LBN\|1943}} \|colspan="8" align="center"\|Withdrew

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|BHR\|1972}} \|2	1	1	0	7	4	+3	3
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