(c) – qualified automatically as defending champions Top goalscorers 8 goals Preben Elkjær 7 goals Jorge Orlando Aravena Plaza Lau Wing-Yip 6 goals Zhao Dayu Rainer Ernst 5 goals John Kosmina Dave Mitchell Bryan Robson Jose Roberto Figueroa Zahi Armeli Kazushi Kimura Fernando Gomes Oleh Protasov Bassam Jeridi Notes West Germany lost a World Cup qualifying match for the first time on 16 October 1985, when they were defeated 0–1 by Portugal in Stuttgart, in what was their 37th World Cup qualifier (including games played by Germany before World War II). The other two losses that the (now-reunified) German team suffered in the competition also took place on home soil: 1–5 to England in Munich in 2001, and 1–2 to North Macedonia in Duisburg in 2021. With only three losses in over 100 games, Germany remains the team with by far the lowest loss ratio in the FIFA World Cup qualification. Scotland manager Jock Stein died during their qualifier at Wales, suffering a heart attack immediately after the Scots scored a late equaliser. Iraq qualified to their only World Cup up to date. External links FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1986 World Cup Qualification RSSSF - 1986 World Cup Qualification Qualification FIFA World Cup qualification