1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Teams 30 (from 1 confederation)

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 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

Group A

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Iraq 8611284+2413
2 China China 8602184+1412
3  Yemen 83231213-18
4  Jordan 82331215-37
5  Pakistan 8008236-340

Iraq advanced to the Final Round.




















Group B

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Iran 6330152+139
2  Syria 6330144+109
3  Oman 6222105+56
4  Chinese Taipei 6006331-280
5  Myanmar Withdrew

Iran advanced to the Final Round.












Group C

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  North Korea 8710196+1315
2  Qatar 8512228+1411
3  Singapore 85031212010
4  Indonesia 8107619-132
5  Vietnam 8107418-142

North Korea advanced to the Final Round.




















Group D

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Korea 8710231+2215
2  Bahrain 833296+39
3  Lebanon 824289-18
4  Hong Kong 8215919-105
5  India 8116822-143

South Korea advanced to the Final Round.




















Group E

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Saudi Arabia 6420201+1910
2  Kuwait 6321214+178
3  Malaysia 6222167+96
4  Macau 6006146-450
5    Nepal withdrew

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.












Group F

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 8710282+2615
2  United Arab Emirates 8611194+1513
3  Thailand 8404137+68
4  Bangladesh 8206728-214
5  Sri Lanka 8008026-260

Japan advanced to the Final Round.




















Final round

With all of 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 523086+27
2  South Korea 522194+56
3  Japan 522174+36
4  Iraq 51319905
5  Iran 520381134
6  North Korea 510451272

Saudi Arabia and South Korea qualified.

North Korea  3 – 2  Iraq
Kim Gwang-Min  63'
Kim Gyong-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  74'
Fonounizadeh  43', 52'
Manafi  90'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
Iraq  2 – 2  Japan
Shenaishil  54'
Salman  90'
Miura  5'
Nakayama  69'
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

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

Qualified teams

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

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 Saudi ArabiaFinal round winners28 October 19930 (debut)
 South KoreaFinal round runners-up28 October 19933 (1954, 1986, 1990)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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

See also

References

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