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The 24 spots available in the 1986 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
  • Europe ( UEFA ): ''13.5 places'', 1 of them went to automatic qualifier Italy, while the other 12.5 places were contested by 32 teams. The winner of the 0.5 place would advance to the Intercontinental Play-offs (against a team from OFC).

  • South America ( CONMEBOL ): ''4 places'', contested by 10 teams.

  • North , Central America and Caribbean ( CONCACAF ): ''2 places'', 1 of them went to automatic qualifier Mexico, while the other 1 place was contested by 17 teams.

  • Africa ( CAF ): ''2 places'', contested by 29 teams.

  • Asia ( AFC ): ''2 places'', contested by 27 teams.

  • Oceania ( OFC ): ''0.5 place'', contested by 4 teams (including Israel and Chinese Taipei). The winner of the 0.5 place would advance to the Intercontinental Play-offs (against a team from UEFA).



CONTINENTAL ZONES

To see the dates and results of the qualification rounds for each continental zone, click on the following articles:
  • Europe (UEFA)

    • :Group 1 - Poland qualified. ''Belgium'' advanced to the UEFA Play-offs.

:Group 2 - West Germany and '''Portugal''' qualified.
:Group 3 - England and '''Northern Ireland''' qualified.
:Group 4 - France and '''Bulgaria''' qualified.
:Group 5 - Hungary qualified. ''Netherlands'' advanced to the UEFA Play-offs.
:Group 6 - Denmark and '''USSR''' qualified.
:Group 7 - Spain qualified. ''Scotland'' advanced to the UEFA / OFC Intercontinental Play-offs .
:Play-offs - Belgium qualified over Netherlands.
  • South America (CONMEBOL)

    • :Group 1 - Argentina qualified. ''Peru'' and ''Colombia'' advanced to the CONMEBOL Play-offs.

:Group 2 - Uruguay qualified. ''Chile'' advanced to the CONMEBOL Play-offs.
:Group 3 - Brazil qualified. ''Paraguay'' advanced to the CONMEBOL Play-offs.
:Play-offs - Paraguay qualified over Chile, Colombia and Peru.

  • Africa (CAF)

    • :Algeria and '''Morocco''' qualified. '''Lesotho''' also qualified but withdrew.

  • Asia (AFC)

    • :Iraq and '''South Korea''' qualified.

  • Oceania (OFC)

    • Australia



    INTERCONTINENTAL PLAY-OFFS

    The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.


    UEFA / OFC Intercontinental Play-off

    November 20 , 1985 , Glasgow , Scotland - 2 - 0

    December 4 , 1985 , Melbourne , Australia - 0 - 0

    Scotland qualified.


    QUALIFIED TEAMS


    (h) - qualified automatically as hosts

    (c) - qualified automatically as defending champions

    1 Includes appearances by pre-division Germany. This is their 9th appearance as West Germany.



    NOTES

    • For the first time, Oceania organized their own qualification tournament instead of joining Asia.

    • For the first time in the qualifiers, total goals scored was used as a tie-breaker for teams finishing level on points and goal difference.

    • Tragically, in their final group match against Wales, Scotland manager Jock Stein died of a heart attack suffered as the Scots equalised, which advanced them to the Intercontinental Play-offs.



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