World Cup 86

World Cup 86 is an international football tournament set to be held in Drawkland and Newmanistan. 180 teams are competing in the qualifiers to join the hosts in the proper.

Free Republics, the defending world champions, did not participate in World Cup 86 after a nuclear incident.

Host selection
The selection process was notable for the variety of competition formats and schedules proposed by bidders, following widespread discussions among football associations about the need to examine a range of options to deal with fixture congestion. This came as a reaction to the length of the World Cup 85 qualifiers, which had the longest qualifying period involving the most matches in the World Cup's history. The vote required three rounds to obtain a majority for the winning bid, held according to a ranked-ballot voting system. Eliminated options' votes were reallocated among the other candidates according to voter preferences specified on the ballot.

Four bids were submitted to host the tournament. Krytenia submitted two bids, one with Delaclava and another with Legalese. A Vilitan plan bid was also proposed, with Taeshan and Eastfield Lodge as primary hosts and Tequilo and Reçueçn as assistants. After several rounds of instant-runoff voting, Newmanistan and Drawkland were selected as hosts. Their bid featured double-matchday scorination and a slight decaying penalty for late rosters.

Teams

 * 1) This is an unofficial national team of The Royal Kingdom of Quebec, which previously appeared in nine World Cups and last reached the finals in World Cup 78.

Qualification
The 180 teams entering the qualifying phase were drawn into 18 seeded groups of ten. Group winners and the six best second-place teams qualified directly for the finals, while the remaining 12 second-place teams advanced to qualification playoffs. Participants in Cup of Harmony 78 are highlighted in yellow.
 * Qualified automatically
 * Qualified through playoffs
 * Cup of Harmony 78

Playoffs
Playoffs were contested as a home-and-away series, with winner decided by aggregate score, goals scored as the away team, and if tied after that, extra time and penalties. Team 1 played the first leg at home.

Draw
Teams were allocated to four pots on the basis of their KPB world ranking at the end of qualification. As hosts, Drawkland and Newmanistan were placed in pot one.