Azov
Genting Highlands
| Eligible | Azov |
Genting Highlands |
| Players ranked 3-8 in 1986 candidates (6) | Arakhamia, Brustman, Litinskaya (did not arrive) | Litinskaya, Alexandria, Gaprindashvili |
| By Elo rating (4) | Galliamova | Zayats, Marić, Gurieli |
| From West European zonal 1A (1) | Forbes | |
| From West European zonal 1B (1) | Finegold | |
| From West European zonal 1C (0) | ||
| From Central European zonal 2 (1) | Lematschko | |
| From East European zonal 3 (4) | Voiska, Mádl | Wagner-Michel, Sziva |
| From Soviet zonal 4 (4) | Prudnikova, Uskova, Chelushkina | Demina |
| From Mediterranean zonal 5 (3) | Botsari, Bašagić | Makropoulou |
| From US zonal 6 (2) | Burtman | Rudolph |
| From Canadian zonal 7 (1) | Starr | |
| From Central American zonal 8 (1) | Salazar Varón | |
| From South American zonal 9 (1) | Amura | |
| From West Asian zonal 10 (1) | Battsetseg | |
| From South-East Asian zonal 11 (2) | Peng Zhaoqin | Xie Jun |
| From North-West African zonal 12 (1) | not played | |
| From East-Central African zonal 13 (1) | not played | |
| From Nordic zonal 14 (2) | Høiberg, Grétarsdóttir (did not arrive) | |
| Home player | ||
| Nominated by FIDE | Klímová-Richtrová (took African spot) | Akhsharumova (took African spot) |
| Replacements | Kachiani (replaced Litinskaya) | Dahl (replaced Grétarsdóttir) |