1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

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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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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:

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

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

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'
Australia
)
Israel 1–2 Australia
Armeli 65'
Mitchell 46'
Kosmina
50'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
New Zealand 5–0 Chinese Taipei
Walker 57', 65' (pen.
)
Australia
)
Australia 1–1 Israel
Ratcliffe 32' Cohen 47'
Attendance: 27,000
Chinese Taipei 0–7 Australia
Mitchell 57', 59', 87'
Arnold
68'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: John Cameron (New Zealand
New Zealand 3–1 Israel
Walker
67'		 Armeli 23'
Attendance: 10,600
Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)
Australia 8–0 Chinese Taipei
Gray
89'
Attendance: 2,694
Referee: Bill Munro (New Zealand)
Australia 2–0 New Zealand
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

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

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Australia
    )

References

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

External links

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