1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

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The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification was the global preliminary competition through which national football teams contested for places at the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf FIFA World Cup qualification tournament
confederation AFC
CAF NERFINISHED
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC NERFINISHED
UEFA
defendingChampionAutomaticQualifiers Italy NERFINISHED
endTime 1985
forCompetition 1986 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED
hostAutomaticQualifiers Mexico NERFINISHED
hostTournamentCountry Mexico NERFINISHED
nextEdition 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification NERFINISHED
notableChange expansion of World Cup finals to 24 teams
numberOfConfederations 6
numberOfParticipatingTeams 121
organizer FIFA
previousEdition 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification NERFINISHED
qualificationFormat home-and-away group stage
inter-confederation play-offs
sport association football
startTime 1984
teamsQualifiedFromAFC Iraq NERFINISHED
South Korea NERFINISHED
teamsQualifiedFromCAF Algeria NERFINISHED
Cameroon NERFINISHED
Morocco NERFINISHED
teamsQualifiedFromCONCACAF Canada NERFINISHED
Mexico NERFINISHED
teamsQualifiedFromCONMEBOL Argentina NERFINISHED
Bolivia NERFINISHED
Brazil NERFINISHED
Paraguay NERFINISHED
Uruguay NERFINISHED
teamsQualifiedFromOFC Australia NERFINISHED
New Zealand NERFINISHED
teamsQualifiedFromUEFA Belgium NERFINISHED
Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Denmark NERFINISHED
England NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Hungary NERFINISHED
Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
Portugal NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
West Germany NERFINISHED
totalPlacesAtFinals 24

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Gerry Armstrong participantIn 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification