| Play-Offs | | date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | aggr. | | 16.10.85 | Brussels |  Belgium | 1-0 |  Netherlands | 1-0 | 2-2 | | 20.11.85 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 2-1 | Belgium | 0-0 | | Belgium qualify virtue of away goals rule | | 2nd Group 7 - winner Group 15 (Oceania) | | 20.11.85 | Glasgow |  Scotland | 2-0 |  Australia | | 2-0 | | 04.12.85 | Melbourne | Australia | 0-0 | Scotland | 0-0 |
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| Groups Round | | Qualify First and Second from Groups with 5 teams. | | First from Groups with 4 teams. | | Second placed from Groups with 4 teams to Play-Off. |
| Group 1 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Poland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10: | 6 | | 2. Belgium | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7: | 3 | | 3. Albania | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6: | 9 | | 4. Greece | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5: | 10 |
| Team | Po | Be | Al | Gr | | Poland | --- | 0:0 | 2:2 | 3:1 | | Belgium | 2:0 | --- | 3:1 | 2:0 | | Albania | 0:1 | 2:0 | --- | 1:1 | | Greece | 1:4 | 0:0 | 2:0 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 17.10.84 | Brussels | Belgium | 3-1 |  Albania | 0-0 | | 17.10.84 | Zabrze |  Poland | 3-1 |  Greece | 0-1 | | 31.10.84 | Mielec | Poland | 2-2 | Albania | 1-0 | | 19.12.84 | Athens | Greece | 0-0 | Belgium | 0-0 | | 22.12.84 | Tirana | Albania | 2-0 | Belgium | 0-0 | | 27.02.85 | Athens | Greece | 2-0 | Albania | 2-0 | | 27.03.85 | Brussels | Belgium | 2-0 | Greece | 0-0 | | 01.05.85 | Brussels | Belgium | 2-0 | Poland | 1-0 | | 19.05.85 | Athens | Greece | 1-4 | Poland | 0-1 | | 30.05.85 | Tirana | Albania | 0-1 | Poland | 0-1 | | 11.09.85 | Chorzow | Poland | 0-0 | Belgium | 0-0 | | 30.10.85 | Tirana | Albania | 1-1 | Greece | 1-0 |
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| Group 2 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. West Germany | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22: | 9 | | 2. Portugal | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12: | 10 | | 3. Sweden | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14: | 9 | | 4. Czechoslovakia | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11: | 12 | | 5. Malta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6: | 25 |
| Team | We | Po | Sw | Cz | Ma | | West Germany | --- | 0:1 | 2:0 | 2:2 | 6:0 | | Portugal | 1:2 | --- | 1:3 | 2:1 | 3:2 | | Sweden | 2:2 | 0:1 | --- | 2:0 | 4:0 | | Czechoslovakia | 1:5 | 1:0 | 2:1 | --- | 4:0 | | Malta | 2:3 | 1:3 | 1:2 | 0:0 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 23.05.84 | Norrkoping |  Sweden | 4-0 |  Malta | 2-0 | | 12.09.84 | Stockholm | Sweden | 0-1 |  Portugal | | | 14.10.84 | Porto | Portugal | 2-1 |  Czechoslovakia | 1-1 | | 17.10.84 | Koln |  West Germany | 2-0 | Sweden | 0-0 | | 31.10.84 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | 4-0 | Malta | 2-0 | | 14.11.84 | Lisboa | Portugal | 1-3 | Sweden | 1-3 | | 16.12.84 | La Valetta | Malta | 2-3 | West Germany | 1-1 | | 10.02.85 | La Valetta | Malta | 1-3 | Portugal | 0-2 | | 24.02.85 | Lisboa | Portugal | 1-2 | West Germany | 0-2 | | 27.03.85 | Saarbrucken | West Germany | 6-0 | Malta | 5-0 | | 21.04.85 | La Valetta | Malta | 0-0 | Czechoslovakia | 0-0 | | 30.04.85 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | 1-5 | West Germany | 0-4 | | 05.06.85 | Stockholm | Sweden | 2-0 | Czechoslovakia | 0-0 | | 25.09.85 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | 1-0 | Portugal | 1-0 | | 25.09.85 | Stockholm | Sweden | 2-2 | West Germany | 0-2 | | 12.10.85 | Lisboa | Portugal | 3-2 | Malta | 1-0 | | 16.10.85 | Stuttgart | West Germany | 0-1 | Portugal | 0-0 | | 16.10.85 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | 2-1 | Sweden | 1-1 | | 17.11.85 | La Valetta | Malta | 1-2 | Sweden | 0-1 | | 17.11.85 | Munchen | West Germany | 2-2 | Czechoslovakia | 1-0 |
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| Group 3 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. England | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 21: | 2 | | 2. Northern Ireland | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8: | 5 | | 3. Romania | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12: | 7 | | 4. Finland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7: | 12 | | 5. Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2: | 24 |
| Team | En | No | Ro | Fi | Tu | | England | --- | 0:0 | 1:1 | 5:0 | 5:0 | | Northern Ireland | 0:1 | --- | 3:2 | 2:1 | 2:0 | | Romania | 0:0 | 0:1 | --- | 2:0 | 3:0 | | Finland | 1:1 | 1:0 | 1:1 | --- | 1:0 | | Turkey | 0:8 | 0:0 | 1:3 | 1:2 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 27.05.84 | Pori |  Finland | 1-0 | Northern Ireland | 0-0 | | 12.09.84 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 3-2 |  Romania | 1-1 | | 17.10.84 | London |  England | 5-0 | Finland | 2-0 | | 31.10.84 | Antalya |  Turkey | 1-2 | Finland | 1-1 | | 14.11.84 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 2-1 | Finland | 1-1 | | 14.11.84 | Istanbul | Turkey | 0-8 | England | 0-3 | | 27.02.85 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 0-1 | England | 0-0 | | 03.04.85 | Craiova | Romania | 3-0 | Turkey | 3-0 | | 01.05.85 | Bucuresti | Romania | 0-0 | England | 0-0 | | 01.05.85 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 2-0 | Turkey | 1-0 | | 22.05.85 | Helsinki | Finland | 1-1 | England | 1-0 | | 06.06.85 | Helsinki | Finland | 1-1 | Romania | 1-1 | | 28.08.85 | Timisoara | Romania | 2-0 | Finland | 1-0 | | 11.09.85 | London | England | 1-1 | Romania | 1-0 | | 11.09.85 | Izmir | Turkey | 0-0 | Northern Ireland | 0-0 | | 25.09.85 | Tampere | Finland | 1-0 | Turkey | 1-0 | | 16.10.85 | London | England | 5-0 | Turkey | 4-0 | | 16.10.85 | Bucuresti | Romania | 0-1 | Northern Ireland | 0-1 | | 13.11.85 | London | England | 0-0 | Northern Ireland | 0-0 | | 13.11.85 | Izmir | Turkey | 1-3 | Romania | 0-2 |
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| Group 4 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. France | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15: | 2 | | 2. Bulgaria | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13: | 5 | | 3. East Germany | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13: | 6 | | 4. Yugoslavia | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5: | 7 | | 5. Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1: | 27 |
| Team | Fr | Bu | Ea | Yu | Lu | | France | --- | 1:0 | 2:0 | 2:0 | 6:0 | | Bulgaria | 2:0 | --- | 1:0 | 2:1 | 4:0 | | East Germany | 0:0 | 2:1 | --- | 1:1 | 3:0 | | Yugoslavia | 0:0 | 0:0 | 1:2 | --- | 1:0 | | Luxembourg | 0:4 | 1:3 | 0:5 | 0:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 29.09.84 | Beograde |  Yugoslavia | 0-0 |  Bulgaria | 0-0 | | 13.10.84 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0-4 |  France | 0-4 | | 20.10.84 | Leipzig |  East Germany | 1-1 | Yugoslavia | | | 17.11.84 | Esch sur Alzette | Luxembourg | 0-5 | East Germany | 0-0 | | 21.11.84 | Paris | France | 1-0 | Bulgaria | 0-0 | | 05.12.84 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 4-0 | Luxembourg | 2-0 | | 08.12.84 | Paris | France | 2-0 | East Germany | 1-0 | | 27.03.85 | Zenica | Yugoslavia | 1-0 | Luxembourg | 1-0 | | 03.04.85 | Sarajevo | Yugoslavia | 0-0 | France | 0-0 | | 06.04.85 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1-0 | East Germany | 0-0 | | 01.05.85 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0-1 | Yugoslavia | 0-0 | | 02.05.85 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 2-0 | France | 1-0 | | 18.05.85 | Potsdam | East Germany | 3-0 | Luxembourg | | | 01.06.85 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 2-1 | Yugoslavia | 1-1 | | 11.09.85 | Leipzig | East Germany | 0-0 | France | 0-0 | | 25.09.85 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1-3 | Bulgaria | 0-3 | | 28.09.85 | Beograde | Yugoslavia | 1-2 | East Germany | 0-0 | | 30.10.85 | Paris | France | 6-0 | Luxembourg | 4-0 | | 16.11.85 | Paris | France | 2-0 | Yugoslavia | 1-0 | | 16.11.85 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | East Germany | 2-1 | Bulgaria | |
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| Group 5 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Hungary | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12: | 4 | | 2. Netherlands | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11: | 5 | | 3. Austria | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9: | 8 | | 4. Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3: | 18 |
| Team | Hu | Ne | Au | Cy | | Hungary | --- | 0:1 | 3:1 | 2:0 | | Netherlands | 1:2 | --- | 1:1 | 7:1 | | Austria | 0:3 | 1:0 | --- | 4:0 | | Cyprus | 1:2 | 0:1 | 1:2 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 02.05.84 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 1-2 |  Austria | 0-1 | | 26.09.84 | Budapest |  Hungary | 3-1 | Austria | 0-1 | | 17.10.84 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 1-2 | Hungary | 1-1 | | 14.11.84 | Wien | Austria | 1-0 | Netherlands | 1-0 | | 17.11.84 | Limassol | Cyprus | 1-2 | Hungary | 1-0 | | 23.12.84 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 0-1 | Netherlands | 0-0 | | 27.02.85 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 7-1 | Cyprus | 3-1 | | 03.04.85 | Budapest | Hungary | 2-0 | Cyprus | 0-0 | | 17.04.85 | Wien | Austria | 0-3 | Hungary | 0-2 | | 01.05.85 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 1-1 | Austria | 0-0 | | 07.05.85 | Graz | Austria | 4-0 | Cyprus | 2-0 | | 14.05.85 | Budapest | Hungary | 0-1 | Netherlands | 0-0 |
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| Group 6 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Denmark | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17: | 6 | | 2. Soviet Union | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13: | 8 | | 3. Switzerland | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4: | 9 | | 4. Ireland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5: | 10 | | 5. Norway | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3: | 9 |
| Team | De | So | Ir | Sw | No | | Denmark | --- | 4:2 | 3:0 | 0:0 | 1:0 | | Soviet Union | 1:0 | --- | 2:0 | 4:0 | 1:0 | | Ireland | 1:4 | 1:0 | --- | 3:0 | 0:0 | | Switzerland | 1:0 | 2:2 | 0:0 | --- | - | | Norway | 1:5 | 1:1 | 1:0 | 0:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 12.09.84 | Oslo |  Norway | 0-1 |  Switzerland | 0-1 | | 12.09.84 | Dublin |  Ireland | 1-0 |  Soviet Union | 0-0 | | 26.09.84 | Kopenhagen |  Denmark | 1-0 | Norway | 0-0 | | 10.10.84 | Oslo | Norway | 1-1 | Soviet Union | 0-0 | | 17.10.84 | Bern | Switzerland | 1-0 | Denmark | 1-0 | | 17.10.84 | Oslo | Norway | 1-0 | Ireland | 1-0 | | 14.11.84 | Kopenhagen | Denmark | 3-0 | Ireland | 1-0 | | 17.04.85 | Bern | Switzerland | 2-2 | Soviet Union | 1-1 | | 01.05.85 | Dublin | Ireland | 0-0 | Norway | 0-0 | | 02.05.85 | Moscow | Soviet Union | 4-0 | Switzerland | 4-0 | | 02.06.85 | Dublin | Ireland | 3-0 | Switzerland | 2-0 | | 05.06.85 | Kopenhagen | Denmark | 4-2 | Soviet Union | 2-1 | | 11.09.85 | Moscow | Switzerland | 0-0 | Ireland | 0-0 | | 25.09.85 | Bern | Soviet Union | 1-0 | Denmark | 0-0 | | 09.10.85 | Kopenhagen | Denmark | 0-0 | Switzerland | 0-0 | | 16.10.85 | Oslo | Norway | 1-5 | Denmark | 1-0 | | 16.10.85 | Moscow | Soviet Union | 2-0 | Ireland | 0-0 | | 30.10.85 | Moscow | Soviet Union | 1-0 | Norway | 0-0 | | 13.11.85 | Dublin | Ireland | 1-4 | Denmark | 1-1 | | 13.11.85 | Luzren | Switzerland | 1-1 | Norway | 0-1 |
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| Group 7 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Spain | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9: | 8 | | 2. Scotland | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8: | 4 | | 3. Wales | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7: | 6 | | 4. Iceland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4: | 10 |
| Team | Sp | Sc | Wa | Ic | | Spain | --- | 1:0 | 3:0 | 2:1 | | Scotland | 3:1 | --- | 0:1 | 3:0 | | Wales | 3:0 | 1:1 | --- | 2:1 | | Iceland | 1:2 | 0:1 | 1:0 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 12.09.84 | Reykjavik |  Iceland | 1-0 |  Wales | 0-0 | | 17.10.84 | Sevilla |  Spain | 3-0 | Wales | 1-0 | | 17.10.84 | Glasgow | Scotland | 3-0 | Iceland | 2-0 | | 14.11.84 | Cardiff | Wales | 2-1 | Iceland | 1-0 | | 14.11.84 | Glasgow | Scotland | 3-1 | Spain | 2-0 | | 27.02.85 | Sevilla | Spain | 1-0 | Scotland | 0-0 | | 27.03.85 | Glasgow | Scotland | 0-1 | Wales | 0-1 | | 30.04.85 | Wrexham | Wales | 3-0 | Spain | 1-0 | | 28.05.85 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 0-1 | Scotland | 0-0 | | 12.06.85 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 1-2 | Spain | 1-0 | | 10.09.85 | Cardiff | Wales | 1-1 | Scotland | 1-0 | | 25.09.85 | Sevilla | Spain | 2-1 | Iceland | 1-1 |
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