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1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC).

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Tournament details
Dates3 September – 4 December 1985
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored51 (3.64 per match)
Attendance270,523 (19,323 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia John Kosmina
Australia Dave Mitchell
Israel Zahi Armeli (5 Goals)
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Four teams entered the competition. Two OFC members competed: Australia and New Zealand. They were joined by two non-OFC members, Israel and Chinese Taipei. 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 for a finals position. Australia lost, meaning that there were no OFC teams at the finals in Mexico.

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Australia 6 4 2 0 20 2 +18 10 Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs — 1–1 2–0 8–0
2   Israel 6 3 1 2 17 6 +11 7 1–2 — 3–0 5–0
3   New Zealand 6 3 1 2 13 7 +6 7 0–0 3–1 — 5–0
4   Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 1 36 −35 0 0–7 0–6 1–5 —
Source: RSSSF

Matches edit

Chinese Taipei  0–6  Israel
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania)
Israel  5–0  Chinese Taipei
Cohen   7'[2]
Armeli   18'
Ohana   56', 72', 79'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
New Zealand  0–0  Australia
Attendance: 14,286
Chinese Taipei  1–5  New Zealand
Sing-an   41'
Attendance: 5,152
Israel  1–2  Australia
Armeli   65' Mitchell   46'
Kosmina   50'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
New Zealand  5–0  Chinese Taipei
Boath   19'
Turner   32', 76'
Walker   57', 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
Australia  1–1  Israel
Ratcliffe   32' Cohen   47'
Attendance: 27,000
Chinese Taipei  0–7  Australia
Dunn   2', 89' (pen.)
Chiang   13' (o.g.)
Mitchell   57', 59', 87'
Arnold   68'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: John Cameron (New Zealand
New Zealand  3–1  Israel
Rufer   3'
Dunford   30'
Walker   67'		 Armeli   23'
Attendance: 10,600
Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)
Australia  8–0  Chinese Taipei
Odžakov   41', 56', 69'
Crino   52'
Kosmina   65' (pen.), 72', 88'
Gray   89'
Attendance: 2,694
Referee: Bill Munro (New Zealand)
Australia  2–0  New Zealand
Kosmina   12'
Mitchell   48'
Attendance: 21,910
Referee: Gerard Guerds (Netherlands)
Israel  3–0  New Zealand
Cohen   67'
Selecter   75'
Armeli   85'
Attendance: 4,500

Inter-confederation play-offs edit

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–OFC play-off)

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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Scotland   2–0   Australia 2–0 0–0

Goalscorers edit

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References edit

  1. ^ a b c All home matches of Chinese Taipei were played away instead.
  2. ^ Goal also listed as an own goal.

External links edit

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