1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–OFC play-off)
| Event | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||||
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| Scotland won 2–0 on aggregate | |||||||
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| Date | 20 November 1985 | ||||||
| Venue | Hampden Park, Glasgow | ||||||
| Referee | Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia) | ||||||
| Attendance | 61,920 | ||||||
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| Date | 4 December 1985 | ||||||
| Venue | Olympic Park, Melbourne | ||||||
| Referee | José Roberto Ramiz Wright (Brazil) | ||||||
| Attendance | 32,000 | ||||||
The 1986 FIFA World Cup UEFA–OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the second-placed team from the UEFA Group 7, Scotland. The games were played on 20 November and 4 December 1985 in Glasgow and Melbourne respectively. Australia were hoping to play in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974 and Scotland were hoping for a fourth successive FIFA World Cup.
Scotland had qualified for the play-off by finishing second in their UEFA group, behind Spain. Scotland secured second place in dramatic circumstances with a 1–1 draw against Wales at Ninian Park, Cardiff. Davie Cooper scored a late equalising goal with a penalty kick to give Scotland the point they needed, but manager Jock Stein collapsed and died of a heart attack. This meant that assistant manager Alex Ferguson took charge of the team for the play-off.
Australia finished top of a single four-team group that comprised New Zealand, as well as Israel and Chinese Taipei, both of whom were at the time members of FIFA but were outside their own regional confederations.
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