1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Tournament details
Teams	25 (from 1 confederation)

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.

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

Format

• First Round: The Maldives withdrew before the final draw, leaving 25 teams to be divided into 6 groups of 4 or 5 teams each. 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

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC First Round

Group 1

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qatar 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 9 Iraq 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 8 Jordan 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 5 Oman 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2

Iraq – 4 – 0 3 – 1 2 – 2 Jordan 0 – 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 1 Oman 1 – 1 0 – 2 – 0 – 0 Qatar 1 – 0 1 – 0 3 – 0 –

Qatar advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Syria 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 5 North Yemen 4 0 0 4 0 5 −5 0 Bahrain Withdrew

Bahrain – X – X X – X X – X North Yemen X – X – 0 – 1 0 – 1 Saudi Arabia X – X 1 – 0 – 5 – 4 Syria X – X 2 – 0 0 – 0 –

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts United Arab Emirates 4 3 0 1 12 4 +8 6 Kuwait 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Pakistan 4 0 0 4 1 12 −11 0 South Yemen Withdrew

Kuwait – 2 – 0 X – X 3 – 2 Pakistan 0 – 1 – X – X 1 – 4 South Yemen X – X X – X – X – X United Arab Emirates 1 – 0 5 – 0 X – X –

United Arab Emirates advanced to the Final Round.

Group 4

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts South Korea 6 6 0 0 25 0 +25 12 Malaysia 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 7 Singapore 6 2 1 3 12 9 +3 5 Nepal 6 0 0 6 0 28 −28 0 India Withdrew

India – X – X X – X X – X X – X South Korea X – X – 3 – 0 9 – 0 3 – 0 Malaysia X – X 0 – 3 – 3 – 0 1 – 0 Nepal X – X 0 – 4 0 – 2 – 0 – 3 Singapore X – X 0 – 3 2 – 2 7 – 0 –

Korea Republic advanced to the Final Round.

Group 5

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts China 6 5 0 1 13 3 +10 10 Iran 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 10 Bangladesh 6 1 0 5 4 9 −5 2 Thailand 6 1 0 5 2 14 −12 2

Bangladesh – 0 – 2 1 – 2 3 – 1 China 2 – 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 0 Iran 1 – 0 3 – 2 – 3 – 0 Thailand 1 – 0 0 – 3 0 – 3 –

China PR advanced to the Final Round.

Group 6

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts North Korea 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 9 Japan 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 7 Indonesia 6 1 3 2 5 10 −5 5 Hong Kong 6 0 3 3 5 10 −5 3

Hong Kong – 1 – 1 0 – 0 1 – 2 Indonesia 3 – 2 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 Japan 0 – 0 5 – 0 – 2 – 1 North Korea 4 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 0 –

Korea DPR advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Final Round

Standings

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

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

External links

• Asian Zone at FIFA.com