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).

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's 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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia (A) 6 4 2 0 20 2 +18 10 — 1–1 2–0 8–0
 Israel 6 3 1 2 17 6 +11 7 1–2 — 3–0 5–0
 New Zealand 6 3 1 2 13 7 +6 7 0–0 3–1 — 5–0
 Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 1 36 −35 0 0–7 0–6 1–5 —
Source:
(A) Group winner; advanced to UEFA–OFC play-off.

Matches
3 September 1985 Chinese Taipei  0–6  Israel Ramat Gan, Israel[1]
 28', 35', 74' Turk
 39' Armeli
 53', 90' Malmilian		 Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania)
8 September 1985 Israel  5–0  Chinese Taipei Ramat Gan, Israel
Cohen  7'
Armeli  18'
Ohana  56', 72', 79'		 Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
21 September 1985 New Zealand  0–0  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 14,286
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)
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)
8 October 1985 Israel  1–2  Australia Ramat Gan, Israel
Armeli  65'  46' Mitchell
 50' Kosmina		 Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
10 November 1985 Israel  3–0  New Zealand Ramat Gan, Israel
Cohen  67'
Selecter  75'
Armeli  85'		 Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

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. 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

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