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
Four bids were submitted to host the tournament. Uniquely, 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.

Qualification
The 180 teams 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.

Teams
Thirty teams qualified for the World Cup finals from the 180 teams entering the qualifying phase. 24 teams will qualify from the main stage, while the remaining 6 teams will qualify through a 2-legged playoffs. The two co-hosts qualified automatically.

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. Teams in italics indicate teams that will be placed into that pot if they win their respective playoffs