1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

March 2024 March 2024 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 3 September – 4 December 1985 4 2 14 51 270523 AUS John Kosmina AUS Dave Mitchell ISR Zahi Armeli (5 Goals) 1982 1990 Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC). 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 (the name used by FIFA for Taiwan (Republic of China)) were unable to compete in the AFC competition due to political conflict with China (the People's Republic or Mainland 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 main WDL y RSSSF 2 AUS, ISR, NZL, TPE complete 4 2 0 20 2 3 1 2 17 6 3 1 2 13 7 0 0 6 1 36 1–1 2–0 8–0 1–2 3–0 5–0 0–0 3–1 5–0 0–7 0–6 1–5 AUS AUS NZL NZL TPE TPE ISR ISR Q Q green1 Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs Matches "Chinese Taipei v Israel" 3 September 1985 Chinese Taipei 0–6 Israel Turk 28 35 74 Armeli 39 Malmilian 53 90 Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan, IsraelAll home matches of Chinese Taipei were played away instead. 30,000 Mircea Salomir (Romania) "Israel v Chinese Taipei" 8 September 1985 Israel 5–0 Chinese Taipei Cohen 7Goal also listed as an own goal. Armeli 18Ohana 56 72 79 Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan, Israel 10,000 Ioan Igna (Romania) "New Zealand v Australia" 21 September 1985 New Zealand 0–0 Australia Mount Smart Stadium Auckland, New Zealand 14,286 Keith Hackett (England) "Chinese Taipei v New Zealand" 5 October 1985 Chinese Taipei 1–5 New Zealand Sing-an 41 Edge 13 Walker 25 Sumner 31 pen. 51 89 Mount Smart Stadium Auckland, New Zealand 5,152 Chris Bambridge (Australia) "Israel v Australia" 8 October 1985 Israel 1–2 Australia Armeli 65 Mitchell 46Kosmina 50 Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan, Israel 45,000 Luigi Agnolin (Italy) "New Zealand v Chinese Taipei" 12 October 1985 New Zealand 5–0 Chinese Taipei Boath 19Turner 32 76Walker 57 65 pen. Queen Elizabeth II Park Christchurch, New Zealand 5,200 Don Campbell (Australia) "Australia v Israel" 20 October 1985 Australia 1–1 Israel Ratcliffe 32 Cohen 47 Olympic Park Melbourne, Australia 27,000 José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal) "Chinese Taipei v Australia" 23 October 1985 Chinese Taipei 0–7 Australia Dunn 2 89 pen.Chiang 13 o.g.Mitchell 57 59 87Arnold 68 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide, Australia 2,000 John Cameron (New Zealand "New Zealand v Israel" 26 October 1985 New Zealand 3–1 Israel Rufer 3Dunford 30Walker 67 Armeli 23 Mount Smart Stadium Auckland, New Zealand 10,600 Egbert Mulder (Netherlands) "Australia v Chinese Taipei" 27 October 1985 Australia 8–0 Chinese Taipei Odžakov 41 56 69Crino 52Kosmina 65 pen. 72 88Gray 89 St George Stadium Sydney, Australia 2,694 Bill Munro (New Zealand) "Australia v New Zealand" 3 November 1985 Australia 2–0 New Zealand Kosmina 12Mitchell 48 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney, Australia 21,910 Gerard Guerds (Netherlands) "Israel v New Zealand" 10 November 1985 Israel 3–0 New Zealand Cohen 67Selecter 75 Armeli 85 Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan, Israel 4,500 Dieter Pauly (West Germany) Inter-confederation play-offs 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. Goalscorers 5 goals 20em yes AUS John Kosmina AUS Dave Mitchell ISR Zahi Armeli 4 goals 20em yes NZL Colin Walker 3 goals 20em yes AUS Žarko Odžakov ISR Eli Ohana ISR Rifaat Turk NZL Steve Sumner 2 goals 20em yes ISR Avi Cohen ISR Uri Malmilian NZL Grant Turner 1 goal 20em yes AUS Graham Arnold AUS Oscar Crino AUS Robbie Dunn AUS Ian Gray AUS David Ratcliffe TPE 1985 Chen Sing-an ISR Nissim Cohen ISR Moshe Selecter NZL Allan Boath NZL Malcolm Dunford NZL Declan Edge NZL Wynton Rufer 1 own goal 20em yes TPE 1985 Chun Keui Chiang (playing against Australia) References External links OFC 1986 Category:1985 in Oceanian men's international football Category:1985 in Australian men's soccer Category:1985 in New Zealand association football Category:1985 in Taiwanese football Category:1985–86 in Israeli football