1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC first round was part of the AFC qualifying tournament for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. 27 national teams were separated into an Eastern and Western zone where they were split into groups of 3 or 4, with the group winners progressing to the second round.

The teams which qualified for the second round were United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Syria, Bahrain, South Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Japan.

India entered the world cup qualifiers for the first time after 35 year wait. The last time they entered, they had directly qualified for the 1950 edition of the world cup.

Group 1B
Lebanon played 4 matches before withdrawing, their results were annulled.

Group 2B
Iran disqualified for refusing to play matches on neutral ground