1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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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.

A total of 30 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

There were two rounds of play:

  • First Round: The 30 teams were divided into 6 groups of 5 teams each, although Myanmar and Nepal withdrew after playing no match. 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.

Contents

[edit] First round

[edit] Group A

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Iraq 8 6 1 1 28 4 +24 13
2  China PR 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

Iraq advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group B

June 23, 1993, Tehran, Iran -  Iran 0 - 0 Oman 

June 23, 1993, Tehran, Iran -  Chinese Taipei 0 - 2 Syria 

June 25, 1993, Tehran, Iran -  Oman 0 - 0 Syria 

June 25, 1993, Tehran, Iran -  Iran 6 - 0 Chinese Taipei 

June 27, 1993, Tehran, Iran -  Oman 2 - 1 Chinese Taipei 

June 27, 1993, Tehran, Iran -  Iran 1 - 1 Syria 

July 2, 1993, Damascus, Syria -  Oman 0 - 1 Iran 

July 2, 1993, Damascus, Syria -  Syria 8 - 1 Chinese Taipei 

July 4, 1993, Damascus, Syria -  Syria 2 - 1 Oman 

July 4, 1993, Damascus, Syria -  Chinese Taipei 0 - 6 Iran 

July 7, 1993, Damascus, Syria -  Chinese Taipei 1 - 7 Oman 

July 7, 1993, Damascus, Syria -  Syria 1 - 1 Iran 

Rank 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Iran advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group C

April 9, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 3 - 1 Indonesia 

April 9, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  North Korea 3 - 0 Vietnam 

April 11, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  North Korea 2 - 1 Singapore 

April 11, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 4 - 0 Vietnam 

April 13, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  North Korea 4 - 0 Indonesia 

April 13, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Vietnam 2 - 3 Singapore 

April 16, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 4 - 1 Singapore 

April 16, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Vietnam 1 - 0 Indonesia 

April 18, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Indonesia 0 - 2 Singapore 

April 18, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 1 - 2 North Korea 

April 24, 1993, Singapore -  Indonesia 1 - 4 Qatar 

April 24, 1993, Singapore -  Vietnam 0 - 1 North Korea 

April 26, 1993, Singapore -  Singapore 1 - 3 North Korea 

April 26, 1993, Singapore -  Vietnam 0 - 4 Qatar 

April 28, 1993, Singapore -  Indonesia 1 - 2 North Korea 

April 28, 1993, Singapore -  Singapore 1 - 0 Vietnam 

April 30, 1993, Singapore -  Singapore 1 - 0 Qatar 

April 30, 1993, Singapore -  Indonesia 2 - 1 Vietnam 

May 2, 1993, Singapore -  Singapore 2 - 1 Indonesia 

May 2, 1993, Singapore -  North Korea 2 - 2 Qatar 

Rank 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

Korea DPR advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group D

May 7, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Lebanon 2 - 2 India 

May 7, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Hong Kong 2 - 1 Bahrain 

May 9, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Bahrain 0 - 0 South Korea 

May 9, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Lebanon 2 - 2 Hong Kong 

May 11, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  India 1 - 2 Hong Kong 

May 11, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Lebanon 0 - 1 South Korea 

May 13, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Lebanon 0 - 0 Bahrain 

May 13, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  India 0 - 3 South Korea 

May 15, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Hong Kong 0 - 3 South Korea 

May 15, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Bahrain 2 - 1 India 

June 5, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  South Korea 4 - 1 Hong Kong 

June 5, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  Bahrain 0 - 0 Lebanon 

June 7, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  India 0 - 3 Bahrain 

June 7, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  South Korea 2 - 0 Lebanon 

June 9, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  Hong Kong 1 - 2 Lebanon 

June 9, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  South Korea 7 - 0 India 

June 11, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  India 1 - 2 Lebanon 

June 11, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  Bahrain 3 - 0 Hong Kong 

June 13, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  South Korea 3 - 0 Bahrain 

June 13, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  Hong Kong 1 - 3 India 

Rank 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

Korea Republic advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group E

May 1, 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  Macau 0 - 6 Saudi Arabia 

May 1, 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  Malaysia 1 - 1 Kuwait 

May 3, 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  Macau 1 - 10 Kuwait 

May 3, 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  Malaysia 1 - 1 Saudi Arabia 

May 5, 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  Kuwait 0 - 0 Saudi Arabia 

May 5, 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  Malaysia 9 - 0 Macau 

May 14, 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Kuwait 2 - 0 Malaysia 

May 14, 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 8 - 0 Macau 

May 16, 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Kuwait 8 - 0 Macau 

May 16, 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 3 - 0 Malaysia 

May 18, 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Macau 0 - 5 Malaysia 

May 18, 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 2 - 0 Kuwait 

Rank 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
5  Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group F

April 8, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Japan 1 - 0 Thailand 

April 8, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Sri Lanka 0 - 4 United Arab Emirates 

April 11, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Japan 8 - 0 Bangladesh 

April 11, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Thailand 1 - 0 Sri Lanka 

April 13, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Sri Lanka 0 - 1 Bangladesh 

April 13, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Thailand 0 - 1 United Arab Emirates 

April 15, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Japan 5 - 0 Sri Lanka 

April 15, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Bangladesh 0 - 1 United Arab Emirates 

April 18, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Japan 2 - 0 United Arab Emirates 

April 18, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Thailand 4 - 1 Bangladesh 

April 28, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  Thailand 0 - 1 Japan 

April 28, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 3 - 0 Sri Lanka 

April 30, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  Bangladesh 1 - 4 Japan 

April 30, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 2 - 1 Thailand 

May 3, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 7 - 0 Bangladesh 

May 3, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  Sri Lanka 0 - 3 Thailand 

May 5, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  Bangladesh 1 - 4 Thailand 

May 5, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  Sri Lanka 0 - 6 Japan 

May 7, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  Bangladesh 3 - 0 Sri Lanka 

May 7, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 1 - 1 Japan 

Rank 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

Japan advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Final round

With both Iran and Iraq qualifying for the final round fears were expressed in the United States of those countries potentially turning up at their tournament, since both 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
October 15, 1993
 North Korea  3 – 2
  Iraq Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
Kim Gwang-Min Goal 63'
Kim Gyong-Il Goal 76'
Choi Won-Nam Goal 80'		 Khadum Goal 8', 46'
October 15, 1993
 Saudi Arabia  0 – 0
  Japan Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
October 16, 1993
 Iran  0 – 3
  South Korea Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Schmidhuber (Germany)
Park Jung-Bae Goal 18'
Ha Seok-Ju Goal 79'
Ko Jeong-Woon Goal 81'
October 18, 1993
 North Korea  1 – 2
  Saudi Arabia Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
Ryu Song-Gun Goal 68' Mehalel Goal 56'
Al-Muwallid Goal 73'
October 18, 1993
 Japan  1 – 2
  Iran Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Baldas (Italy)
Nakayama Goal 88' Hassanzadeh Goal 45'
Daei Goal 85'
October 19, 1993
 Iraq  2 – 2
  South Korea Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Quiniou (France)
Hussain Goal 32'
Jafar Goal 86'		 Kim Pan-Keun Goal 40'
Hong Myung-Bo Goal 67' (pen)
October 21, 1993
 North Korea  0 – 3
  Japan Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Miura Goal 28', 69'
Nakayama Goal 51'
October 22, 1993
 Iraq  2 – 1
  Iran Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
Radhi Goal 20'
Kadhum Goal 38'		 Daei Goal 21'
October 22, 1993
 South Korea  1 – 1
  Saudi Arabia Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
Shin Hong-Ki Goal 63' Madani Goal 90'
October 24, 1993
 Iraq  1 – 1
  Saudi Arabia Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Quiniou (France)
Radhi Goal 1' Owairan Goal 36'
October 25, 1993
 Japan  1 – 0
  South Korea Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Schmidhuber (Germany)
Miura Goal 61'
October 25, 1993
 Iran  2 – 1
  North Korea Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Baldas (Italy)
Daei Goal 49', 66' Choi Won-Nam Goal 22'
October 28, 1993
 South Korea  3 – 0
  North Korea Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
Ko Jeong-Woon Goal 49'
Hwang Seon-Hong Goal 53'
Ha Seok-Ju Goal 75'
October 28, 1993
 Saudi Arabia  4 – 3
  Iran Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
Al-Jaber Goal 21'
Mehalel Goal 27'
Al-Mousa Goal 47'
Falatah Goal 74'		 Fonounizadeh Goal 43', 52'
Manafi Goal 90'
October 28, 1993
 Iraq  2 – 2
  Japan Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Shnaished Goal 54'
Salman Goal 90'		 Miura Goal 5'
Nakayama Goal 80'

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hersh, Phil. LIBYAN BAN RAISES CUP QUESTIONS. Chicago Tribune. Jul 11, 1993. 3.
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