1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 32 1 DEN Preben Elkjær (8 goals) 1982 1990 FIFA Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification. UEFA was allocated thirteen qualifying berths for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and one place in a play-off, however Italy were the defending champions and qualified automatically, leaving 12.5 spots open for competition between 32 teams. Europe's automatic qualifying berths were taken by Poland, West Germany, Portugal, England, Northern Ireland, France, Bulgaria, Hungary, Denmark, Soviet Union and Spain. Belgium and Scotland qualified through the UEFA play-off and UEFA–OFC intercontinental play-off respectively. Format The 32 teams were divided into 7 groups. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The number of teams and spots for each group were as follows: Groups 2, 3, 4 and 6 had 5 teams each. The group winners and runners-up would qualify. Groups 1, 5 and 7 had 4 teams each. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up of Groups 1 and 5 would advance to the UEFA Play-offs, while the runner-up of Group 7 would advance to the UEFA / OFC Intercontinental Play-off. In the play-offs, the 2 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying.(Originally the runners-up of Groups 1, 5 and 7 would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of this play-off group would qualify, while the runner-up would advance to the UEFA / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.Limburgsch dagblad, 8 december 1983 At request of among others the Dutch FA and Belgian FA this format was simplified.De Telegraaf, 21 mei 1984) Group play The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Zürich, Switzerland on 7 December 1983. During the draw teams were drawn from the 5 pots into the 7 groups. The seedings below were announced ten days before the draw. Pot APot BPot CPot DPot EFRG POL FRA 1974 ENG URS AUT ESPNIR BEL HUN SCO YUG CSK DENIRL WAL NED ROU 1965 SWE GDR GREBUL 1971 POR SUI ISL ALB 1946 TUR CYP 1960NOR FIN MLT LUX Summary #ccffcc Group winners and the runners-up from the five-team groups qualified directly for the 1986 FIFA World Cup #BBF3FF Runners-up advanced to the play-offs #ffffcc Runner-up advanced to the intercontinental play-off #ffcccc Other teams were eliminated Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7POLFRGENGFRA 1974HUNDENESP BEL POR NIR BUL 1971 NED URS SCO ALB 1946GRE SWETCHMLT ROU 1965FINTUR GDRYUGLUX AUTCYP 1960 SUIIRLNOR WALISL Group 1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 Group 2 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 Group 3 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 Group 4 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 Group 5 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 Group 6 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 Group 7 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 UEFA play-off 16 October 1985 BEL 1–0 NED Vercauteren 20 Brussels, Belgium Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Pietro D'Elia (Italy) 30,764 Report 20 November 1985 NED 2–1 BEL Houtman 60De Wit 72 Grün 85 Rotterdam, Netherlands De Kuip George Courtney (England) Report 48,96212391 Netherlands vs. Belgium 6 June 2022 2–2 on aggregate; Belgium won on away goals. Inter-confederation play-offs 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–OFC play-off) Goalscorers 8 goals 20em yes DEN Preben Elkjær 6 goals 20em yes GDR Rainer Ernst 5 goals 20em yes ENG Bryan Robson POR Fernando Gomes URS Oleh Protasov 4 goals 20em yes DEN Michael Laudrup GDR Ralf Minge ENG Mark Hateley FRA 1974 Michel Platini NED Wim Kieft ROU 1965 Gheorghe Hagi SWE Robert Prytz FRG Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 3 goals 20em yes ALB 1946 Bedri Omuri AUT Walter Schachner BEL Franky Vercauteren BUL 1971 Georgi Dimitrov TCH Petr Janečka ENG Gary Lineker ENG Tony Woodcock FIN Mika Lipponen FRA 1974 Dominique Rocheteau FRA 1974 Yannick Stopyra NIR Norman Whiteside POL Dariusz Dziekanowski POL Włodzimierz Smolarek POR Carlos Manuel ROU 1965 Rodion Cămătaru URS Georgi Kondratiev SWE Dan Corneliusson WAL Mark Hughes WAL Ian Rush FRG Klaus Allofs FRG Pierre Littbarski FRG Uwe Rahn 2 goals 20em yes BEL Enzo Scifo BUL 1971 Plamen Getov BUL 1971 Stoycho Mladenov BUL 1971 Nasko Sirakov DEN Klaus Berggreen DEN Søren Lerby GDR Andreas Thom ENG John Barnes FIN Jari Rantanen HUN Lajos Détári HUN Márton Esterházy HUN József Kiprich HUN Tibor Nyilasi IRL Frank Stapleton LUX Robby Langers MLT Leonard Farrugia NED Peter Houtman NED Dick Schoenaker NED Rob de Wit NOR Tom Sundby POL Zbigniew Boniek POR Diamantino Miranda SCO Davie Cooper SCO Mo Johnston SCO Paul McStay ESP Hipólito Rincón SWE Thomas Sunesson SUI André Egli FRG Matthias Herget FRG Rudi Völler YUG Fadil Vokrri 1 goal 20em yes ALB 1946 Mirel Josa ALB 1946 Agustin Kola ALB 1946 Arben Minga AUT Martin Gisinger AUT Peter Hrstic AUT Toni Polster AUT Herbert Prohaska AUT Gerald Willfurth BEL Nico Claesen BEL Georges Grün BEL Erwin Vandenbergh BEL Eddy Voordeckers BUL 1971 Rusi Gochev BUL 1971 Kostadin Kostadinov BUL 1971 Boycho Velitchkov CYP Paschalis Christophorou CYP Kostas Foti CYP Panayiotis Marangos TCH Jan Berger TCH Stanislav Griga TCH Vladimír Hruška TCH Karel Jarolím TCH Vladislav Lauda TCH Josef Novák TCH Ladislav Vízek DEN John Sivebæk GDR Michael Glowatzky GDR Ronald Kreer GDR Matthias Liebers GDR Uwe Zötzsche ENG Viv Anderson ENG Glenn Hoddle ENG Kenny Sansom ENG Chris Waddle FIN Ari Hjelm FIN Ari Valvee FRA 1974 Philippe Anziani FRA 1974 Patrick Battiston FRA 1974 Luis Fernández FRA 1974 Alain Giresse FRA 1974 José Touré GRE Nikos Anastopoulos GRE Kostas Antoniou GRE Tasos Mitropoulos GRE Dimitris Saravakos GRE Georgios Skartados HUN József Kardos HUN Antal Nagy HUN Antal Róth HUN László Szokolai ISL Magnús Bergs ISL Pétur Pétursson ISL Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson ISL Teitur Þórðarson IRL Tony Grealish IRL Kevin Sheedy IRL Mickey Walsh MLT Carmel Busuttil MLT Michael Degiorgio MLT Raymond Xuereb NED Erwin Koeman NED Marco van Basten NIR Gerry Armstrong NIR John O'Neill NIR Martin O'Neill NIR Jimmy Quinn NOR Pål Jacobsen NOR Hallvar Thoresen POL Marek Ostrowski POL Andrzej Pałasz POR Rui Jordão POR José Rafael ROU 1965 Marcel Coraș ROU 1965 Ion Geolgău ROU 1965 Gino Iorgulescu ROU 1965 Ștefan Iovan ROU 1965 Dorin Mateuț SCO Jim Bett SCO Kenny Dalglish SCO Frank McAvennie SCO Charlie Nicholas URS Fyodor Cherenkov URS Anatoliy Demyanenko URS Yuri Gavrilov URS Sergey Gotsmanov URS Hennadiy Lytovchenko ESP Emilio Butragueño ESP Francisco José Carrasco ESP Paco Clos ESP Andoni Goicoechea ESP Rafael Gordillo ESP Marcos Alonso Peña ESP Manuel Sarabia SWE Ingemar Erlandsson SWE Lars Larsson SWE Mats Magnusson SWE Torbjörn Nilsson SWE Glenn Strömberg SUI Umberto Barberis SUI Jean-Paul Brigger SUI Christian Matthey TUR Metin Tekin TUR İlyas Tüfekçi WAL Mickey Thomas FRG Thomas Berthold FRG Andreas Brehme FRG Karlheinz Förster FRG Felix Magath FRG Lothar Matthäus YUG Mehmed Baždarević YUG Milko Djurovski YUG Ivan Gudelj YUG Miloš Šestić YUG Haris Škoro 1 own goal 20em yes CYP Nikos Pantziaras (playing against the Netherlands) LUX Guy Hellers (playing against Bulgaria) NED Michel Valke (playing against Austria) POR Frederico Rosa (playing against Malta) ROU 1965 Gino Iorgulescu (playing against Northern Ireland) SWE Andreas Ravelli (playing against Czechoslovakia) References External links FIFA.com Reports RSSSF Page Results and scorers UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores at Scoreshelf.com UEFA 1986 Category:1984 in European men's international football Category:1985 in European men's international football