Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC).
Two OFC teams entered the competition. Moreover, Israel and Chinese Taipei were also assigned to the Oceanian zone despite not being OFC members. The Oceanian zone was allocated 0.5 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.
Standings
edit| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Group winner advance to: | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Australia
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 10 | Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 8–0 | |
| 2 | Israel
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 7 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 3 | New Zealand
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 5–0 | ||
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 | 0–7 | 0–6 | 1–5 | — |
Source: RSSSF
Matches
edit| 3 September 1985 | Chinese Taipei | 0 – 6 | Israel | Tel Aviv, 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 | Tel Aviv, 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 Ocotber 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 | Tel Aviv, 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 | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Cohen 67' Selecter 75'Armeli 85' |
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany) |
Intercontinental play-off
editThe winning team of the OFC qualification tournament will play UEFA Group 7 ruunners-yp in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualifies for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Scotland 
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2–0 | Australia
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2–0 | 0–0 |