1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 28 AFC teams entered the competition. However, Chinese Taipei were assigned to the Oceanian zone instead. The Asian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. Asia's automatic qualifying berths were taken by Iraq and Korea Republic.
Tournament structure
The 27 teams were divided into 2 zones, based on geographical considerations. Zone A had 13 teams (teams from West Asia) and Zone B had 14 teams (teams from East Asia). There would be three rounds of play in each zone:
First Round: The teams were divided into 4 groups of 3 or 4 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Second Round.
Second Round: The 4 teams in each zone were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round.
Final Round: The 2 teams in each zone played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Due to wars their countries were involved in, Iran, Iraq and Lebanon had to play all their home matches on neutral ground or away.
AFC Zone A (West)
First round
Group 1A
Group 1B
Group 2A
Group 2B
Second round
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First leg
Second leg
4–4 on aggregate, Iraq advanced to the Zone A Final Round on away goals.
Syria advanced to the Zone A Final Round.
Final round
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First leg
Second leg
Iraq won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
AFC Zone B (East)
First round
Group 3A
Group 3B
Group 4A
Group 4B
Second round
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First leg
Second leg
Korea Republic won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Zone B Final Round.
Japan won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Zone B Final Round.
Final round
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First leg
Second leg
Korea Republic won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1986 World Cup
Qualified teams
The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
7 goals
Lau Wing Yip
6 goals
Zhao Dayu
5 goals
Kazushi Kimura
4 goals
Liu Haiguang
Mak King-Fun
Bambang Nurdiansyah
Dede Sulaiman
Hussein Saeed
Hiromi Hara
Huh Jung-Moo
3 goals
Li Hui
Zuo Shusheng
Wan Chi Keung
Ahmed Radhi
Takashi Mizunuma
Akihiro Nishimura
Salah Al-Hasawi
Zainal Abidin Hassan
2 goals
Ibrahim Al-Hardan
Ibrahim Farhan
Ashrafuddin Chunnu
Yang Zhaohui
Lai Wing-Cheung
Krishanu Dey
Bikash Panji
Khalil Allawi
Abdul-Aziz Al-Anbari
Faisal Al-Dakhil
Alberto Carvalhal
Dollah Salleh
Mansoor Muftah
Byun Byung-Joo
Kim Joo-Sung
Lee Tae-Ho
Mahmoud Al-Sayed
Walid Abu Al-Sel
Adnan Al-Talyani
Fahad Khamees
1 goal
Rahman Hisham Abdullah
Yousif Al-Sobaei
Adnan Ali Deif
Ebrahim Isa
Ashish Bhadra
Kaiser Hamid
Elias Hossein
Zainudin Kassim
Ahmed Rahim
Jia Xiuquan
Lin Lefeng
Lin Qiang
Wang Huiliang
Cheung Chi Tak
Cheung Ka-Ping
Ku Kam Fai
Sze Wai-Shan
Camilo Gonsalves
Sisir Ghosh
Narender Thapa
Herry Kiswanto
Karim Allawi
Shaker Mahmoud
Haris Mohammed
Wamidh Munir
Karim Saddam
Koichi Hashiratani
Hisashi Kato
Jamal Abu Abed
Rateb Al-Dawud
Issam Said Saleh
Jamal Yaqoub
Meng Kam Jong
Daniel Pinto
Yunus Alif
Han Hyong-Il
Song Chul Yu
Yung Jong-Sung
Abdulnaser Abbas
Mohammed Khalifa Al-Ammari
Ahmed Issa Al-Mohannadi
Ali Mohammed Al-Saadah
Adel Malulla
Au-Yeong Pak Kuan
Yahya Madon
Cho Min-Kook
Choi Soon-Ho
Chung Jong-Soo
Jung Yong-Hwan
Kim Suk-Won
Park Chang-Sun
Abubakar Al-Mass
Adnan Ahmed Al-Sabbou
Tariq Abdullah Kassim
Wagdan Mahmoud Shadli
Radwan Al-Shaikh
Abdul Kader Kardaghli
Nizar Mahrous
Marwan Medrati
Thanis Areesa-ngarkul
Narasak Boonkleang
Vithoon Kijmongkolsak
Sakdarin Thongmee
1 own goal
Ng Chi Kit (playing against China)
Rupak Ray Sharma (playing against South Korea)
See also
China v Hong Kong (1985)
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
References
External links
FIFA.com Reports
RSSSF Page
Results and scorers
AFC
FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Football World Cup