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).

Two OFC teams entered the competition. Moreover, Israel and Chinese Taipei were also assigned to the Oceanian zone despite not being OFC members. The Oceanian zone was allocated 0.5 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

Standings

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winner advance to: UEFA–OFC play-off

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Australia 6 4 2 0 20 2 +18 10  Israel 6 3 1 2 17 6 +11 7  New Zealand 6 3 1 2 13 7 +6 7  Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 1 36 − 35 0

Australia  — 8–0 1–1 2–0 Chinese Taipei  0–7 — 0–6 1–5 Israel  1–2 5–0 — 3–0 New Zealand  0–0 5–0 3–1 —

Matches

Chinese Taipei  v  Israel

3 September 1985	Chinese Taipei	0–6	Israel	Tel Aviv, Israel[1]
			28', 35', 74' Turk  39' Armeli  53', 90' Malmilian	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania)

Israel  v  Chinese Taipei

8 September 1985	Israel	5–0	Chinese Taipei	Tel Aviv, Israel
	Cohen  7' Armeli  18' Ohana  56', 72', 79'			Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

New Zealand  v  Australia

21 September 1985	New Zealand	0–0	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
				Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 14,286 Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Chinese Taipei  v  New Zealand

5 October 1985	Chinese Taipei	1–5	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand[1]
	Sing-an  41'		13' Edge  25' Walker  31', 51', 89' Sumner	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)

Israel  v  Australia

8 October 1985	Israel	1–2	Australia	Tel Aviv, Israel
	Armeli  65'		46' Mitchell  50' Kosmina	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

New Zealand  v  Chinese Taipei

12 October 1985	New Zealand	5–0	Chinese Taipei	Christchurch, New Zealand
	Boath  19' Turner  32', 76' Walker  57', 65' (pen.)			Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Park Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)

Australia  v  Israel

20 October 1985	Australia	1–1	Israel	Melbourne, Australia
	Ratcliffe  32'		47' Cohen	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 27,000 Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

Chinese Taipei  v  Australia

23 October 1985	Chinese Taipei	0–7	Australia	Adelaide, Australia[1]
			Dunn  2', 89' (pen.) Chiang  13' (o.g.) Mitchell  57', 59', 87' Arnold  68'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: John Cameron (New Zealand

New Zealand  v  Israel

26 October 1985	New Zealand	3–1	Israel	Auckland, New Zealand
	Rufer  3' Dunford  30' Walker  67'		23' Armeli	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 10,600 Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)

Australia  v  Chinese Taipei

27 October 1985	Australia	8–0	Chinese Taipei	Sydney, Australia
	Odžakov  41', 56', 69' Crino  52' Kosmina  65' (pen.), 72', 88' Gray  89'			Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,694 Referee: Bill Munro (New Zealand)

Australia  v  New Zealand

3 November 1985	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Kosmina  12' Mitchell  48'			Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 21,910 Referee: Gerard Guerds (Netherlands)

Israel  v  New Zealand

10 November 1985	Israel	3–0	New Zealand	Tel Aviv, Israel
	Cohen  67' Selecter  75' Armeli  85'			Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

Intercontinental play-off

The winning team of the OFC qualification tournament will play UEFA Group 7 runners-up in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualifies for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Scotland	2–0	Australia	2–0	0–0

References

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

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