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1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

The Asian Football Confederation was allocated two assured qualifying berths for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. 26 teams were in the running for these spots; Bahrain, India, Maldives and South Yemen withdrew without playing a qualifying match.

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)South Korea Hwang Sun-Hong (7 goals)
Best player(s)South Korea Kim Joo-sung[1]
← 1986
1994 →

Asia's two automatic qualifying berths were taken by Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates.

Format edit

  • First round: The Maldives withdrew before the final draw, leaving 25 teams to be divided into 6 groups of 4 or 5 teams each. Nepal was moved from Group 5 to Group 4 after India's withdrawal. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, except in Group 4, where the teams played against each other twice in South Korea and Singapore. The group winners would advance to the final round.
  • Final round: The 6 teams played against each other once over a 16-day period based in Singapore. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.

First round edit

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

Group 1 edit

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  QAT  IRQ  JOR  OMA
  Qatar 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 9 — 1 – 0 1 – 0 3 – 0
  Iraq 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 8 2 – 2 — 4 – 0 3 – 1
  Jordan 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 5 1 – 1 0 – 1 — 2 – 0
  Oman 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2 0 – 0 1 – 1 0 – 2 —
Source: [citation needed]

Qatar advanced to the final round.

Group 2 edit

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  KSA  SYR  NYE  BHR
  Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 7 4 +3 7 — 5 – 4 1 – 0 X – X
  Syria 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 5 0 – 0 — 2 – 0 X – X
  North Yemen 4 0 0 4 0 5 −5 0 0 – 1 0 – 1 — X – X
  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X – X X – X X – X —
Source: [citation needed]

Saudi Arabia advanced to the final round.

Group 3 edit

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  UAE  KUW  PAK  SYE
  United Arab Emirates 4 3 0 1 12 4 +8 6 — 1 – 0 5 – 0 X – X
  Kuwait 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 6 3 – 2 — 2 – 0 X – X
  Pakistan 4 0 0 4 1 12 −11 0 1 – 4 0 – 1 — X – X
  South Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X – X X – X X – X —
Source: [citation needed]

United Arab Emirates advanced to the final round.

Group 4 edit

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  KOR  MAS  SIN    NEP  IND
  South Korea 6 6 0 0 25 0 +25 12 — 3 – 0 3 – 0 9 – 0 X – X
  Malaysia 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 7 0 – 3 — 1 – 0 3 – 0 X – X
  Singapore 6 2 1 3 12 9 +3 5 0 – 3 2 – 2 — 7 – 0 X – X
    Nepal 6 0 0 6 0 28 −28 0 0 – 4 0 – 2 0 – 3 — X – X
  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X – X X – X X – X X – X —
Source: [citation needed]

Korea Republic advanced to the final round.

Group 5 edit

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  CHN  IRN  BAN  THA
  China 6 5 0 1 13 3 +10 10 — 2 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 0
  Iran 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 10 3 – 2 — 1 – 0 3 – 0
  Bangladesh 6 1 0 5 4 9 −5 2 0 – 2 1 – 2 — 3 – 1
  Thailand 6 1 0 5 2 14 −12 2 0 – 3 0 – 3 1 – 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

China advanced to the final round.

Group 6 edit

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  PRK  JPN  IDN  HKG
  North Korea 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 9 — 2 – 0 2 – 1 4 – 1
  Japan 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 7 2 – 1 — 5 – 0 0 – 0
  Indonesia 6 1 3 2 5 10 −5 5 0 – 0 0 – 0 — 3 – 2
  Hong Kong 6 0 3 3 5 10 −5 3 1 – 2 0 – 0 1 – 1 —
Source: [citation needed]

Korea DPR advanced to the final round.

Final round edit

Standings edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 5 3 2 0 5 1 +4 8
  United Arab Emirates 5 1 4 0 4 3 +1 6
  Qatar 5 1 3 1 4 5 −1 5
  China 5 2 0 3 5 6 −1 4
  Saudi Arabia 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 4
  North Korea 5 1 1 3 2 4 −2 3
Source: [citation needed]

Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Results edit

United Arab Emirates  0–0  North Korea
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
China  2–1  Saudi Arabia
Mai Chao   63' (pen.), 70' (Report) Al-Bishi   24' (pen.)
South Korea  0–0  Qatar
Qatar  1–1  Saudi Arabia
Muftah   87' (Report) Al-Suwaiti   4'
Attendance: 15,000
South Korea  1–0  North Korea
Hwang Sun-Hong   18'
United Arab Emirates  2–1  China
K. Mubarak   87'
Al Talyani   88'		 Tang Yaodong   61'
South Korea  1–0  China
Kim Joo-Sung   67'
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
North Korea  2–0  Qatar
Kim Pung-Il   23'
Ghu Gyong-Sik   32'
Saudi Arabia  0–0  United Arab Emirates
(Report)
United Arab Emirates  1–1  Qatar
K. Mubarak   20' Sulaiti   37'
China  1–0  North Korea
Xie Yuxin   67'
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
South Korea  2–0  Saudi Arabia
Hwangbo Kwan   42'
Hwang Sun-Hong   89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 11,288
Qatar  2–1  China
Al-Soufi   87'
Muftah   87'		 Ma Lin   76'
United Arab Emirates  1–1  South Korea
Al Talyani   16' Hwangbo Kwan   8'
Saudi Arabia  2–0  North Korea
Al-Musaibeah   13'
Al-Suwaiti   57'		 (Report)

Qualified teams edit

The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
  South Korea Final round winners 25 October 1989 2 (1954, 1986)
  United Arab Emirates Final round runners-up 28 October 1989 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers edit

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes edit

  1. ^ 최우수선수에 金주성. Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 30 October 1989. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

External links edit

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