1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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.

Contents 1 Format 2 First round 2.1 Group 1 2.2 Group 2 2.3 Group 3 2.4 Group 4 2.5 Group 5 2.6 Group 6 3 Final round 3.1 Standings 3.2 Results 4 Notes 5 External links

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

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 2 – 2 1 – 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 PR 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 PR  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

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 PR 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.

Results

12 October 1989	United Arab Emirates	0 – 0	North Korea	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

12 October 1989	China PR	2 – 1	Saudi Arabia	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: Carlos Esposito (Argentina)
	Mai Chao  63' (pen.), 70'		Al-Bishi  24' (pen.)

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13 October 1989	South Korea	0 – 0	Qatar	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

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16 October 1989	Qatar	1 – 1	Saudi Arabia	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
	Muftah  87'		Al-Suwaiti  3'

16 October 1989	South Korea	1 – 0	North Korea	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)
	Hwang Sun-Hong  18'

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17 October 1989	United Arab Emirates	2 – 1	China PR	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
	K. Mubarak  87' Al Talyani  88'		Tang Yaodong  61'

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20 October 1989	South Korea	1 – 0	China PR	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
	Kim Joo-Sung  67'

20 October 1989	North Korea	2 – 0	Qatar	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)
	Kim Pung-Il  23' Ghu Gyong-Sik  32'

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21 October 1989	Saudi Arabia	0 – 0	United Arab Emirates	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)

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24 October 1989	United Arab Emirates	1 – 1	Qatar	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
	K. Mubarak  20'		Sulaiti  37'

24 October 1989	China PR	1 – 0	North Korea	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
	Xie Yuxin  67'

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25 October 1989	South Korea	2 – 0	Saudi Arabia	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: Carlos Esposito (Argentina)
	Hwangbo Kwan  42' Hwang Sun-Hong  89'

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28 October 1989	Qatar	2 – 1	China PR	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
	Al-Soufi  87' Muftah  87'		Ma Lin  76'

28 October 1989	United Arab Emirates	1 – 1	South Korea	Darulmakmur Stadium, Malaysia[1] Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
	Al Talyani  16'		Hwangbo Kwan  8'

28 October 1989	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	North Korea	Tianhe Stadium, China PR[2] Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)
	Mosaibeih  13' Al-Suwaiti  57'

Notes

External links

• Asian Zone at FIFA.com

1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers AFC First Round · Final Round CAF First Round · Second Round · Final Round CONCACAF Qualifying Round · Final Round CONMEBOL Group 1 · Group 2 · Group 3 OFC First Round · Final Round UEFA Group 1 · Group 2 · Group 3 · Group 4 · Group 5 · Group 6 · Group 7 Play-offs CONMEBOL v OFC Intercontinental Play-off