1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Hwang Sun-Hong (7 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Joo-sung [1]
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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.

Contents

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

Format

First round

Group 1

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts  QAT   IRQ   JOR   OMA
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 633083+59— 1 – 0 1 – 0 3 – 0
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg  Iraq 6321115+68 2 – 2 — 4 – 0 3 – 1
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 621357−25 1 – 1 0 – 1 — 2 – 0
Old Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 6024211−92 0 – 0 1 – 1 0 – 2 —
Source: [ citation needed ]

Qatar advanced to the final round.

Group 2

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts  KSA   SYR   NYE   BHR
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 431074+37— 5 – 4 1 – 0 X – X
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 421175+25 0 – 0 — 2 – 0 X – X
Flag of North Yemen.svg  North Yemen 400405−50 0 – 1 0 – 1 —X – X
Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg  Bahrain 00000000X – XX – XX – X—
Source: [ citation needed ]

Saudi Arabia advanced to the final round.

Group 3

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts  UAE   KUW   PAK   SYE
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 4301124+86— 1 – 0 5 – 0 X – X
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 430163+36 3 – 2 — 2 – 0 X – X
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4004112−110 1 – 4 0 – 1 —X – X
Flag of South Yemen.svg  South Yemen 00000000X – XX – XX – X—
Source: [ citation needed ]

United Arab Emirates advanced to the final round.

Group 4

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts  KOR   MAS   SIN     NEP   IND
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 6600250+2512— 3 – 0 3 – 0 9 – 0 X – X
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 63128807 0 – 3 — 1 – 0 3 – 0 X – X
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 6213129+35 0 – 3 2 – 2 — 7 – 0 X – X
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 6006028−280 0 – 4 0 – 2 0 – 3 —X – X
Flag of India.svg  India 00000000X – XX – XX – XX – X—
Source: [ citation needed ]

Korea Republic advanced to the final round.

Group 5

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts  CHN   IRN   BAN   THA
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6501133+1010— 2 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 0
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 6501125+710 3 – 2 — 1 – 0 3 – 0
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 610549−52 0 – 2 1 – 2 — 3 – 1
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 6105214−122 0 – 3 0 – 3 1 – 0 —
Source: [ citation needed ]

China advanced to the final round.

Group 6

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts  PRK   JPN   IDN   HKG
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 6411115+69— 2 – 0 2 – 1 4 – 1
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 623173+47 2 – 1 — 5 – 0 0 – 0
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 6132510−55 0 – 0 0 – 0 — 3 – 2
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 6033510−53 1 – 2 0 – 0 1 – 1 —
Source: [ citation needed ]

Korea DPR advanced to the final round.

Final round

Standings

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 532051+48
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 514043+16
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 513145−15
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 520356−14
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 512245−14
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 511324−23
Source: [ citation needed ]

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

Results

China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg2–1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Mai Chao Soccerball shade.svg63' (pen.), 70' (Report) Al-Bishi Soccerball shade.svg24' (pen.)
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Carlos Esposito (Argentina)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg0–0Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg1–1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Muftah Soccerball shade.svg87' (Report) Al-Suwaiti Soccerball shade.svg4'
National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg1–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Kim Joo-Sung Soccerball shade.svg67'
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg1–0Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
Xie Yuxin Soccerball shade.svg67'
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg2–0Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Hwangbo Kwan Soccerball shade.svg42'
Hwang Sun-Hong Soccerball shade.svg89'		 (Report)
National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 11,288
Referee: Carlos Esposito (Argentina)
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg2–1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Al-Soufi Soccerball shade.svg87'
Muftah Soccerball shade.svg87'		 Ma Lin Soccerball shade.svg76'
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)

Qualified teams

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

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup 1
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Final round winners25 October 19892 (1954, 1986)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Final round runners-up28 October 19890 (debut)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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

Notes

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

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