1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC).

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Tournament details
DatesSeptember 3rd 1985 - December 4th 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)
OFC Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup

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 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
28', 35', 74' Turk
39' Armeli
53', 90' Malmilian
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania)
Israel 5–0 Chinese Taipei
Cohen 7'
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' 13' Edge
25' Walker
31', 51', 89' Sumner
Attendance: 5,152
Israel 1–2 Australia
Armeli 65' 46' Mitchell
50' Kosmina
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
New Zealand 5–0 Chinese Taipei
Boath 19'
Turner 32', 76'
Walker 57', 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
Australia 1–1 Israel
Ratcliffe 32' 47' Cohen
Attendance: 27,000
Chinese Taipei 0–7 Australia
Dunn 2', 89' (pen.)
Chiang 13' (o.g.)
Mitchell 57', 59', 87'
Arnold 68'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: John Cameron (New Zealand
New Zealand 3–1 Israel
Rufer 3'
Dunford 30'
Walker 67'		 23' Armeli
Attendance: 10,600
Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)
Australia 8–0 Chinese Taipei
Odžakov 41', 56', 69'
Crino 52'
Kosmina 65' (pen.), 72', 88'
Gray 89'
Attendance: 2,694
Referee: Bill Munro (New Zealand)
Australia 2–0 New Zealand
Kosmina 12'
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
  • Chinese Taipei Chun Keui Chiang (playing against Australia)

References
  1. All home matches of Chinese Taipei were played away instead.
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