Final Tables

CSF Mexico ’86 Qualifying	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group 1
Argentina (Q)	6	4	1	1	12	6	9
Peru (P)	6	3	2	1	8	4	8
Colombia (P)	6	2	2	2	6	6	6
Venezuela	6	0	1	5	5	15	1
Group 2
Uruguay (Q)	4	3	0	1	6	4	6
Chile (P)	4	2	1	1	10	5	5
Ecuador	4	0	1	3	4	11	1
Group 3
Brazil (Q)	4	2	2	0	6	2	6
Paraguay (P)	4	1	2	1	5	4	4
Bolivia	4	0	2	2	2	7	2

Note: (Q) Qualify for Finals. (P) To Playoff

Qualifying Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group 1
26.05.1985	Colombia	1	Peru	0
26.05.1985	Venezuela	2	Argentina	3
02.06.1985	Colombia	1	Argentina	3
02.06.1985	Venezuela	0	Peru	1
09.06.1985	Peru	0	Colombia	0
09.06.1985	Argentina	3	Venezuela	0
16.06.1985	Peru	4	Venezuela	1
16.06.1985	Argentina	1	Colombia	0
23.06.1985	Venezuela	2	Colombia	2
23.06.1985	Peru	1	Argentina	0
30.06.1985	Colombia	2	Venezuela	0
30.06.1985	Argentina	2	Peru	2
	Group 2
03.03.1985	Ecuador	1	Chile	1
10.03.1985	Uruguay	2	Ecuador	1
17.03.1985	Chile	6	Ecuador	2
24.03.1985	Chile	2	Uruguay	0
31.03.1985	Ecuador	0	Uruguay	2
07.04.1985	Uruguay	2	Chile	1
	Group 3
26.05.1985	Bolivia	1	Paraguay	1
02.06.1985	Bolivia	0	Brazil	2
09.06.1985	Paraguay	3	Bolivia	0
16.06.1985	Paraguay	0	Brazil	2
23.06.1985	Brazil	1	Paraguay	1
30.06.1985	Brazil	1	Bolivia	1

Playoff Group

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Match A
27.10.1985	Paraguay	3	Colombia	0
03.11.1985	Colombia	2	Paraguay	1
	(Paraguay 4-2 on agg)
	Match B
27.10.1985	Chile	4	Peru	2
03.11.1985	Peru	0	Chile	1
	(Chile 5-2 on agg)
	Playoff Final
10.11.1985	Paraguay	3	Chile	0
17.11.1985	Chile		Paraguay
	(Paraguay on agg)

Qualifiers

Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay Qualify for Finals in Mexico 1986.

Report

Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil – the three traditional powers in South American Futbol (Soccer) qualified for the Mexico ’86 Finals from the three groups as expected, although it was not without hiccups towards the end, with Argentina losing in Peru and just about managing to qualify from Group 1 with a 2-2 draw at home to the Peruvians in the Final fixture. Uruguay needed to beat Chile in their Final match to qualify, and did so, 2-1. Brazil meanwhile only drew their last two games at home to Paraguay and Bolivia 1-1. Paraguay won through from the four-team runners-up playoff for the fourth South American place at Mexico ’86.

Jorge Luis Burruchaga of Argentina, played with Nantes Atlantique in Brittany, France at the time. Atlantic civilisation is sometimes used as a wider way of identifying the Celtic peoples, including the Irish, along with other Atlantic civilisations to which the Celtic races were a part of in pre-history [Reference: 6-7]

References

Logos

[1] The Observer World Cup Stories with Panini Mexico ’86.

Magazines

[2] Panini Mexico ’86 Sticker Album.

[3] The Observer World Cup Stories with Panini Mexico ’86.

[4]Anon. (1986) “World Cup up-date” World Soccer January 1986. pg. 8-9

Images

[5] The Observer World Cup Stories with Panini Mexico ’86.

Websites

[6] Roaring water Press (2020) Bronze Age Copper Mining [Internet] Svailable from: https://roaringwaterjournal.com/tag/bronze-age-copper-mining/ [Accessed 30 October 2020]

Bibliography

[7] Barry Cunliffe (2020) The Atlantean Irish: Ireland’s Oriental and Maritime Heritage [Internet] Availavle from: https://www.lilliputpress.ie/product/the-atlantean-irish-irelands-oriental-and-maritime-heritage [Accessed 30 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kevin Smyth, Jim Naughton, Robert Gorby

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