1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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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.
A total of 33 UEFA teams entered the competition, The European zone was allocated 13.5 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. 
Italy, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 12.5 spots open for competition between 32 teams.
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.
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[edit] UEFA Group 1
October 17, 1984, Brussels, Belgium - .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small}
Belgium 3 - 1 Albania 
October 17, 1984, Zabrze, Poland - 
Poland 3 - 1 Greece 
October 31, 1984, Mielec, Poland - Poland 2 - 2 Albania
December 19, 1984, Athens, Greece - Greece 0 - 0 Belgium
December 22, 1984, Tirana, Albania - Albania 2 - 0 Belgium
February 27, 1985, Athens, Greece - Greece 2 - 0 Albania
March 27, 1985, Brussels, Belgium - Belgium 2 - 0 Greece
May 1, 1985, Brussels, Belgium - Belgium 2 - 0 Poland
May 19, 1985, Athens, Greece - Greece 1 - 4 Poland
May 30, 1985, Tirana, Albania - Albania 0 - 1 Poland
September 11, 1985, Chorzow, Poland - Poland 0 - 0 Belgium
October 30, 1985, Tirana, Albania - Albania 1 - 1 Greece
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland |
8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | Belgium |
8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Albania |
4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 |
| 4 | Greece |
4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 |
Poland qualified. Belgium advanced to the UEFA Play-offs.
[edit] UEFA Group 2
May 23, 1984, Norrköping, Sweden - 
Sweden 4 - 0 Malta 
September 12, 1984, Stockholm, Sweden - Sweden 0 - 1 Portugal 
October 14, 1984, Porto, Portugal - Portugal 2 - 1 Czechoslovakia 
October 17, 1984, Cologne, Germany - 
West Germany 2 - 0 Sweden
October 31, 1984, Prague, Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakia 4 - 0 Malta
November 14, 1984, Lisbon, Portugal - Portugal 1 - 3 Sweden
December 16, 1984, Valletta, Malta - Malta 2 - 3 West Germany
February 10, 1985, Valletta, Malta - Malta 1 - 3 Portugal
February 24, 1985, Lisbon, Portugal - Portugal 1 - 2 West Germany
March 27, 1985, Saarbrücken, Germany - West Germany 6 - 0 Malta
April 21, 1985, Valletta, Malta - Malta 0 - 0 Czechoslovakia
April 30, 1985, Prague, Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakia 1 - 5 West Germany
June 5, 1985, Stockholm, Sweden - Sweden 2 - 0 Czechoslovakia
September 25, 1985, Stockholm, Sweden - Sweden 2 - 2 West Germany
September 25, 1985, Prague, Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakia 1 - 0 Portugal
October 12, 1985, Lisbon, Portugal - Portugal 3 - 2 Malta
October 16, 1985, Prague, Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakia 2 - 1 Sweden
October 16, 1985, Stuttgart, Germany - West Germany 0 - 1 Portugal
November 17, 1985, Munich, Germany - West Germany 2 - 2 Czechoslovakia
November 17, 1985, Valletta, Malta - Malta 1 - 2 Sweden
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany |
12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Portugal |
10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| 3 | Sweden |
9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia |
8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 |
| 5 | Malta |
1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -19 |
Germany and Portugal qualified.
[edit] UEFA Group 3
May 27, 1984, Pori, Finland - 
Finland 1 - 0 Northern Ireland 
September 12, 1984, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland 3 - 2 Romania .svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania_(1965-1989).svg.png){kind=small}
October 17, 1984, London, England - 
England 5 - 0 Finland
October 31, 1984, Antalya, Turkey - 
Turkey 1 - 2 Finland
November 14, 1984, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland 2 - 1 Finland
November 14, 1984, Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey 0 - 8 England
February 27, 1985, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland 0 - 1 England
April 3, 1985, Craiova, Romania - Romania 3 - 0 Turkey
May 1, 1985, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland 2 - 0 Turkey
May 1, 1985, Bucharest, Romania - Romania 0 - 0 England
May 22, 1985, Helsinki, Finland - Finland 1 - 1 England
June 6, 1985, Helsinki, Finland - Finland 1 - 1 Romania
August 28, 1985, Timişoara, Romania - Romania 2 - 0 Finland
September 11, 1985, İzmir, Turkey - Turkey 0 - 0 Northern Ireland
September 11, 1985, London, England - England 1 - 1 Romania
September 25, 1985, Tampere, Finland - Finland 1 - 0 Turkey
October 16, 1985, London, England - England 5 - 0 Turkey
October 16, 1985, Bucharest, Romania - Romania 0 - 1 Northern Ireland
November 13, 1985, İzmir, Turkey - Turkey 1 - 3 Romania
November 13, 1985, London, England - England 0 - 0 Northern Ireland
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England |
12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 19 |
| 2 | Northern Ireland |
10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Romania |
9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 4 | Finland |
8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 |
| 5 | Turkey |
1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 24 | -22 |
England and Northern Ireland qualified.
[edit] UEFA Group 4
September 29, 1984, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - 
Yugoslavia 0 - 0 Bulgaria 
October 13, 1984, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 
Luxembourg 0 - 4 France 
October 20, 1984, Leipzig, Germany - 
East Germany 2 - 3 Yugoslavia
November 17, 1984, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 0 - 5 East Germany
November 21, 1984, Paris, France - France 1 - 0 Bulgaria
December 5, 1984, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 4 - 0 Luxembourg
December 8, 1984, Paris, France - France 2 - 0 East Germany
March 27, 1985, Zenica, Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia 1 - 0 Luxembourg
April 3, 1985, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia 0 - 0 France
April 6, 1985, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 1 - 0 East Germany
May 1, 1985, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 0 - 1 Yugoslavia
May 2, 1985, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 2 - 0 France
May 18, 1985, Potsdam, Germany - East Germany 3 - 1 Luxembourg
June 1, 1985, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 2 - 1 Yugoslavia
September 11, 1985, Leipzig, Germany - East Germany 2 - 0 France
September 25, 1985, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 1 - 3 Bulgaria
September 28, 1985, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia 1 - 2 East Germany
October 30, 1985, Paris, France - France 6 - 0 Luxembourg
November 16, 1985, Paris, France - France 2 - 0 Yugoslavia
November 16, 1985, Karl Marx Stadt, Germany - East Germany 2 - 1 Bulgaria
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |
11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Bulgaria |
11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | East Germany |
10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 7 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia |
8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 |
| 5 | Luxembourg |
0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 27 | -25 |
France and Bulgaria qualified.
[edit] UEFA Group 5
May 2, 1984, Nicosia, Cyprus - 
Cyprus 1 - 2 Austria 
September 26, 1984, Budapest, Hungary - .png/22px-Flag_of_Hungary_(1957-1989).png){kind=small}
Hungary 3 - 1 Austria
October 17, 1984, Rotterdam, Netherlands - 
Netherlands 1 - 2 Hungary
November 14, 1984, Vienna, Austria - Austria 1 - 0 Netherlands
November 17, 1984, Limassol, Cyprus - Cyprus 1 - 2 Hungary
December 23, 1984, Nicosia, Cyprus - Cyprus 0 - 1 Netherlands
February 27, 1985, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Netherlands 7 - 1 Cyprus
April 3, 1985, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 2 - 0 Cyprus
April 17, 1985, Vienna, Austria - Austria 0 - 3 Hungary
May 1, 1985, Rotterdam, Netherlands - Netherlands 1 - 1 Austria
May 7, 1985, Graz, Austria - Austria 4 - 0 Cyprus
May 14, 1985, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 0 - 1 Netherlands
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary |
10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Netherlands |
7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Austria |
7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Cyprus |
0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -15 |
Hungary qualified. Netherlands advanced to the UEFA Play-offs.
[edit] UEFA Group 6
September 12, 1984, Dublin, Ireland - 
Republic of Ireland 1 - 0 USSR 
September 12, 1984, Oslo, Norway - 
Norway 0 - 1 Switzerland 
September 26, 1984, Copenhagen, Denmark - 
Denmark 1 - 0 Norway
October 10, 1984, Oslo, Norway - Norway 1 - 1 USSR
October 17, 1984, Berne, Switzerland - Switzerland 1 - 0 Denmark
October 17, 1984, Oslo, Norway - Norway 1 - 0 Republic of Ireland
November 14, 1984, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 3 - 0 Republic of Ireland
April 17, 1985, Berne, Switzerland - Switzerland 2 - 2 USSR
May 1, 1985, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 0 - 0 Norway
May 2, 1985, Moscow, USSR - USSR 4 - 0 Switzerland
June 2, 1985, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 3 - 0 Switzerland
June 5, 1985, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 4 - 2 USSR
September 11, 1985, Berne, Switzerland - Switzerland 0 - 0 Republic of Ireland
September 25, 1985, Moscow, USSR - USSR 1 - 0 Denmark
October 9, 1985, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 0 - 0 Switzerland
October 16, 1985, Oslo, Norway - Norway 1 - 5 Denmark
October 16, 1985, Moscow, USSR - USSR 2 - 0 Republic of Ireland
October 30, 1985, Moscow, USSR - USSR 1 - 0 Norway
November 13, 1985, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 1 - 4 Denmark
November 13, 1985, Lucerne, Switzerland - Switzerland 1 - 1 Norway
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark |
11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | USSR |
10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| 3 | Switzerland |
8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 |
| 4 | Republic of Ireland |
6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 |
| 5 | Norway |
5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 |
Denmark and USSR qualified.
[edit] UEFA Group 7
September 12, 1984, Reykjavík, Iceland - 
Iceland 1 - 0 Wales 
October 17, 1984, Glasgow, Scotland - 
Scotland 3 - 0 Iceland
October 17, 1984, Seville, Spain - 
Spain 3 - 0 Wales
November 14, 1984, Cardiff, Wales - Wales 2 - 1 Iceland
November 14, 1984, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 3 - 1 Spain
February 27, 1985, Seville, Spain - Spain 1 - 0 Scotland
March 27, 1985, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 0 - 1 Wales
April 30, 1985, Wrexham, Wales - Wales 3 - 0 Spain
May 28, 1985, Reykjavík, Iceland - Iceland 0 - 1 Scotland
June 12, 1985, Reykjavík, Iceland - Iceland 1 - 2 Spain
September 10, 1985, Cardiff, Wales - Wales 1 - 1 Scotland
September 25, 1985, Seville, Spain - Spain 2 - 1 Iceland
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | Scotland |
7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Wales |
7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | Iceland |
2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 |
Spain qualified. Scotland advanced to the UEFA / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.
[edit] UEFA Play-offs
October 16, 1985, Brussels, Belgium - Belgium 1 - 0 Netherlands
November 20, 1985, Rotterdam, Netherlands - Netherlands 2 - 1 Belgium
The aggregate score was tied 2-2, and Belgium qualified due to the away goals rule.
