Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (

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). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article '' 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification''. A total of 28 AFC teams entered the competition. However,

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were assigned to the Oceanian zone instead. The Asian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. Asia's automatic qualifying berths were taken by

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

and Korea Republic.

Tournament Structure

The 27 teams were divided into 2 zones, based on geographical considerations. Zone A had 13 teams (teams from West Asia) and Zone B had 14 teams (teams from East Asia). There would be three rounds of play in each zone: *First Round: The teams were divided into 4 groups of 3 or 4 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Second Round. *Second Round: The 4 teams in each zone were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round. *Final Round: The 2 teams in each zone played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify for the

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. Due to wars their countries were involved in,

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and

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had to play all their home matches on neutral ground or away.

AFC Zone A (West)

First Round

Group 1A

Group 1B

Group 2A

Group 2B

Second Round

First Leg

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Second Leg

''4–4 on aggregate, Iraq advanced to the Zone A Final Round on away goals.'' ''Syria advanced to the Zone A Final Round.''

Final Round

First Leg

Second Leg

''Iraq won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.''

AFC Zone B (East)

First Round

Group 3A

Group 3B

Group 4A

Group 4B

Second Round

First Leg

Second Leg

''Korea Republic won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Zone B Final Round.'' ''

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won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Zone B Final Round.''

Final Round

First Leg

Second Leg

'' Korea Republic won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1986 World Cup''

Qualified teams

The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

;7 goals * Lau Wing Yip ;6 goals * Zhao Dayu ;5 goals * Kazushi Kimura ;4 goals *

Liu Haiguang Liu Haiguang (; born July 11, 1963) is a former Chinese international footballer who spent the majority of his career playing for the Shanghai Team, however he gained distinction when he joined Yugoslav club FK Partizan along with Jia Xiuquan ...

* Mak King-Fun *

Bambang Nurdiansyah Bambang Nurdiansyah (born 28 December 1960 in Banjarmasin, East Kalimantan, Indonesia) is an Indonesian football coach and former footballer. Playing career Before becoming a coach, he was a footballer, mostly with Pelita Jaya and Indonesia n ...

* Dede Sulaiman * Hussein Saeed * Hiromi Hara *

Huh Jung-Moo Huh Jung-moo (Korean: 허정무, Hanja: 許丁茂; born 13 January 1955) is a former South Korean football player and manager. Playing career Huh was one of the best South Korean college footballers before starting his semi-professional caree ...

;3 goals * Li Hui *

Zuo Shusheng Zuo Shusheng (; born 13 April 1958 in Tianjin) is a former Chinese international soccer player and manager. As a player, he played for Tianjin City FC (now currently known as Tianjin Teda F.C.) and Dutch team FC Zwolle before he retired. As a ...

Wan Chi Keung Wan Chi Keung (; May 1, 1956 – February 16, 2010) was a Hong Kong Association football player, actor and businessman. Known as "Asia's top striker" Wan was a key player for the Hong Kong national football team in the 1970s and 1980s. He played ...

Ahmed Radhi Ahmed Radhi Humaiesh Al-Salehi, ( ar, أحمد راضي هميش الصالحي, 21 April 1964 – 21 June 2020) was an Iraqi footballer who played as a forward. Regarded as one of Iraq and Asia's best players of all-time, Radhi scored the onl ...

Takashi Mizunuma is a former Japanese football player and manager and football commentator. He played for Japan national team. His son Kota Mizunuma is also a footballer. Club career Mizunuma was born in Saitama on May 28, 1960. After graduating from Hosei U ...

* Akihiro Nishimura * Salah Al-Hasawi * Zainal Abidin Hassan ;2 goals * Ibrahim Al-Hardan * Ibrahim Farhan * Ashrafuddin Chunnu *

Yang Zhaohui Yang Zhaohui is a Chinese football midfielder who played for China in the 1984 Asian Cup. He also played for Beijing Guoan F.C. Beijing Guoan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super L ...

* Lai Wing-Cheung *

Krishanu Dey Krishanu Dey ( bn, কৃশানু দে; 14 February 1962 – 20 March 2003) was an Indian footballer from Kolkata, India. He was an attacking midfielder and was known as the "Indian Maradona" among his fans due to his footballing skills a ...

* Bikash Panji *

Khalil Allawi Khalil Mohammed Allawi (born 6 September 1958) is an Iraqi football defender who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national t ...

* Abdul-Aziz Al-Anbari *

Faisal Al-Dakhil Faisal Ali Al-Dakhil (), also spelled Al-Dakheel ( ar, فيصل الدخيل) (born 13 August 1957) is a Kuwaiti footballer. Al-Dakhil was among the Kuwaiti players who won the 1980 Asian Cup. He played four matches for Kuwait at the 1980 Summe ...

* Alberto Carvalhal *

Dollah Salleh Dollah Salleh (born 10 October 1963) is a Malaysian football coach and former player. He is well-known to MSL fans as Pablo Dollah. One of Malaysia's most decorated players, he has also been manager of Malaysia's national team. Playing care ...

* Mansoor Muftah * Byun Byung-Joo * Kim Joo-Sung * Lee Tae-Ho * Mahmoud Al-Sayed *

Walid Abu Al-Sel Walid Abu Al-Sel ( ar, وليد أبو السل; born 1963) is a Syrian former football forward who played for Syria in the 1984 and 1988 editions of the AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contes ...

Adnan Al-Talyani Adnan Khamis Mohammed Obaid Al-Talyani Al Suwaidi ( ar, عدنان خميس محمد عبيد الطلياني السويدي) (born 30 October 1964) is a retired footballer from the United Arab Emirates who played as a forward in the UAE Foo ...

Fahad Khamees Fahad Khamees Mubarak ( ar, فهد خميس مبارك; born 24 January 1962) is an UAE, Emirati retired Association football, footballer who played as a striker for the UAE national football team and Al Wasl FC in Dubai. He played in the 199 ...

;1 goal * Rahman Hisham Abdullah * Yousif Al-Sobaei * Adnan Ali Deif * Ebrahim Isa * Ashish Bhadra *

Kaiser Hamid Mohammad Kaisar Hamid is a Bangladeshi former soccer player. He became well known in the 1980s and 1990s as a central defender for Mohammedan Sporting Club in Dhaka's domestic league and in the 1988–89 Asian Club Championship. He also repr ...

* Elias Hossein * Zainudin Kassim * Ahmed Rahim * Jia Xiuquan *

Lin Lefeng Lin Lefeng (; born October 16, 1955 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a Chinese former international football player. Since retiring he has worked for a number of Chinese football clubs where he has served as a coach, manager, general manager. Currently he ...

* Lin Qiang *

Wang Huiliang Wang Huiliang (; born 5 June 1960) is a Chinese former association football player. Playing career Wang Huiliang joined Guangdong Youth academy in 1974 and was promoted to Guangdong's first team squad in 1980. He was called up to the China nati ...

Cheung Chi Tak Cheung Chi Tak (, born 15 September 1958) is a former Hong Kong professional football player. His nickname was "Little Ghost" (). He is of Danish descent. Early career He made his professional debut in 1977 with Hong Kong Rangers FC. When his ...

* Cheung Ka-Ping *

Ku Kam Fai Ku Kam Fai (; born 27 January 1961) is a Hong Kong former professional footballer and the current head coach of South China. His nickname is Muk Tsui Fai (木嘴輝). He is widely regarded as one of the best defenders and sweepers in Hong Kon ...

* Sze Wai-Shan * Camilo Gonsalves *

Sisir Ghosh Sisir Ghosh is a former Indian professional footballer who played as a striker for local Kolkata clubs Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. He also represented the India national team. International career Ghosh made his competitive debut for the I ...

Narender Thapa Narender Thapa (22 September 1964 – 5 August 2022) was an Indian footballer who played as a forward. He represented the India national team at the 1984 Asian Cup, where the team finished bottom in the group stage. He also played for West ...

* Herry Kiswanto * Karim Allawi * Shaker Mahmoud *

Haris Mohammed Haris Mohammed Hassan (born 3 March 1958) is an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Al-Rasheed Club. Haris Mohammed was a skilful and creative right sided attacking midfielder, born an ...

* Wamidh Munir * Karim Saddam * Koichi Hashiratani * Hisashi Kato * Jamal Abu Abed * Rateb Al-Dawud * Issam Said Saleh * Jamal Yaqoub * Meng Kam Jong * Daniel Pinto *

Yunus Alif Ahmad Yunus bin Mohd Alif (born 27 May 1958 in Terengganu) or better known as Yunus Alif is a former Malaysian football player. He is currently the head coach of Malaysia FAM League club Real Mulia F.C. As a player, he spent the majority of hi ...

* Han Hyong-Il * Song Chul Yu * Yung Jong-Sung * Abdulnaser Abbas * Mohammed Khalifa Al-Ammari * Ahmed Issa Al-Mohannadi * Ali Mohammed Al-Saadah * Adel Malulla * Au-Yeong Pak Kuan * Yahya Madon * Cho Min-Kook * Choi Soon-Ho * Chung Jong-Soo *

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* Kim Suk-Won * Park Chang-Sun * Abubakar Al-Mass * Adnan Ahmed Al-Sabbou * Tariq Abdullah Kassim * Wagdan Mahmoud Shadli * Radwan Al-Shaikh * Abdul Kader Kardaghli *

Nizar Mahrous Nizar Hamed Mahrous ( ar, نزار محروس; 12 March 1963), known as Abu Hamed, is a Syrian football manager and former player who is the head coach of Erbil. =Managerial career= Career In May 2011, Mahrous was appointed manager of the Syria ...

* Marwan Medrati * Thanis Areesa-ngarkul * Narasak Boonkleang * Vithoon Kijmongkolsak * Sakdarin Thongmee ;1 own goal * Ng Chi Kit (playing against

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) * Rupak Ray Sharma (playing against

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)

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Tournament Structure

AFC Zone A (West)

First Round

Group 1A

Group 1B

Group 2A

Group 2B

Second Round

First Leg

Second Leg

Final Round

First Leg

Second Leg

AFC Zone B (East)

First Round

Group 3A

Group 3B

Group 4A

Group 4B

Second Round

First Leg

Second Leg

Final Round

First Leg

Second Leg

Qualified teams

Goalscorers

See also

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