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1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Teams30 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
(13 goals)
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A total of 29 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

Format edit

There were two rounds of play:

  • First Round: The teams were divided into 6 groups of 4 or 5 teams each, although Myanmar and Nepal withdrew after playing no matches. The teams would play against each other twice. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
  • Final Round: The 6 teams would play against each other once in Qatar. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.

First round edit

Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Iraq 8 6 1 1 28 4 +24 13
2   China 8 6 0 2 18 4 +14 12
3   Yemen 8 3 2 3 12 13 −1 8
4   Jordan 8 2 3 3 12 15 −3 7
5   Pakistan 8 0 0 8 2 36 −34 0
Source: RSSSF

Iraq advanced to the Final Round.

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Iran 6 3 3 0 15 2 +13 9
2   Syria 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9
3   Oman 6 2 2 2 10 5 +5 6
4   Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 3 31 −28 0
5   Myanmar (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: RSSSF
(W) Withdrew

Iran advanced to the Final Round.

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   North Korea 8 7 1 0 19 6 +13 15
2   Qatar 8 5 1 2 22 8 +14 11
3   Singapore 8 5 0 3 12 12 0 10
4   Indonesia 8 1 0 7 6 19 −13 2
5   Vietnam 8 1 0 7 4 18 −14 2
Source: RSSSF


North Korea advanced to the Final Round.

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   South Korea 8 7 1 0 23 1 +22 15
2   Bahrain 8 3 3 2 9 6 +3 9
3   Lebanon 8 2 4 2 8 9 −1 8
4   Hong Kong 8 2 1 5 9 19 −10 5
5   India 8 1 1 6 8 22 −14 3
Source: RSSSF

South Korea advanced to the Final Round.

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 0 20 1 +19 10
2   Kuwait 6 3 2 1 21 4 +17 8
3   Malaysia 6 2 2 2 16 7 +9 6
4   Macau 6 0 0 6 1 46 −45 0
Source: RSSSF

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Japan 8 7 1 0 28 2 +26 15
2   United Arab Emirates 8 6 1 1 19 4 +15 13
3   Thailand 8 4 0 4 13 7 +6 8
4   Bangladesh 8 2 0 6 7 28 −21 4
5   Sri Lanka 8 0 0 8 0 26 −26 0
Source: RSSSF

Japan advanced to the final round.


Final round edit

With Iran, North Korea, and Iraq qualifying for the final round fears were expressed in the United States of those countries potentially turning up at their tournament, since the three nations at the time were under economic sanctions by the United States.[1]

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Saudi Arabia 5 2 3 0 8 6 +2 7
2   South Korea 5 2 2 1 9 4 +5 6
3   Japan 5 2 2 1 7 4 +3 6
4   Iraq 5 1 3 1 9 9 0 5
5   Iran 5 2 0 3 8 11 −3 4
6   North Korea 5 1 0 4 5 12 −7 2

Saudi Arabia and South Korea qualified.

North Korea  3–2  Iraq
Kim Kwang-min   63'
Kim Kyong-il   76'
Choi Won-Nam   80'		 Kadhim   8', 46'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
Saudi Arabia  0–0  Japan
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Iran  0–3  South Korea
Park Jung-bae   18'
Ha Seok-Ju   79'
Ko Jeong-Woon   81'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Schmidhuber (Germany)
North Korea  1–2  Saudi Arabia
Ryu Song-Gun   68' Mehalel   56'
Al-Muwallid   73'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
Japan  1–2  Iran
Nakayama   88' Hassanzadeh   45'
Daei   85'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Baldas (Italy)
Iraq  2–2  South Korea
Hussein   32'
Jafar   86'		 Kim Pan-Keun   40'
Hong Myung-Bo   67' (pen.)
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Quiniou (France)
North Korea  0–3  Japan
Miura   28', 69'
Nakayama   51'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Iraq  2–1  Iran
Radhi   20'
Kadhim   38'		 Daei   21'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
South Korea  1–1  Saudi Arabia
Shin Hong-Ki   63' Madani   90'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
Iraq  1–1  Saudi Arabia
Radhi   1' Owairan   36'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Quiniou (France)
Japan  1–0  South Korea
Miura   61'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Schmidhuber (Germany)
Iran  2–1  North Korea
Daei   49', 66' Choi Won-Nam   22'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Baldas (Italy)
South Korea  3–0  North Korea
Ko Jeong-Woon   49'
Hwang Seon-Hong   53'
Ha Seok-Ju   75'
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
Saudi Arabia  4–3  Iran
Al-Jaber   21'
Mehalel   27'
Al-Mousa   47'
Falatah   64'		 Fonounizadeh   43', 52'
Manafi   90'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
Iraq  2–2  Japan
Radhi   54'
Omran   90'		 Miura   5'
Nakayama   69'
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

See 1993 Japan v Iraq football match

To date, this was the last time Japan failed to qualify for a World Cup.


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
  Saudi Arabia Final round winners 28 October 1993 0 (debut)
  South Korea Final round runners-up 28 October 1993 3 (1954, 1986, 1990)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers edit

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

Awards edit

On 28 October 1993, the experts of FIFA and AFC selected the best players of the competition.

Most Outstanding Player[2]

Asian All Stars[3]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
  Shigetatsu Matsunaga   Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
  Hong Myung-bo
  Tetsuji Hashiratani
  Javad Zarincheh 		  Fuad Anwar
  Khaled Massad
  Shin Hong-gi
  Ruy Ramos 		  Kazuyoshi Miura
  Ali Daei

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "LIBYAN BAN RAISES CUP QUESTIONS". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ^ 辛홍기·洪명보 베스트11에. Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 30 October 1993. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ^ 辛홍기·洪명보「아시아베스트11」올라. Naver.com (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper. 30 October 1993. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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