1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

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The AFC first round of 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification was decided by a draw which was conducted in Zürich, Switzerland, on 12 December 1987. The round began on 6 January 1989 and finished on 29 July 1989.

The top countries in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the final round, where the six remaining teams competed for the two places at the final tournament.

Format

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 but all games were held in South Korea and Singapore. The group winners would advance to the Final Round. Bahrain, India, and South Yemen withdrew after the draw, meaning a total of 22 teams competed.

Groups

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	QAT	IRQ	JOR	OMA
Qatar	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	9	—	1 – 0	1 – 0	3 – 0
Iraq	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	8	2 – 2	—	4 – 0	3 – 1
Jordan	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	5	1 – 1	0 – 1	—	2 – 0
Oman	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2	0 – 0	1 – 1	0 – 2	—

Source:

6 January 1989

Qatar	1–0	Jordan
Al-Soufi 21'

Doha, QatarAttendance: 2,859Referee: Lee Peng Ann (Singapore) 6 January 1989

Oman	1–1	Iraq
Mahmoud 37'		Sharif 18'

Muscat, OmanReferee: Pratumthong (Thailand)

13 January 1989

Oman	0–0	Qatar

Muscat, OmanReferee: Al-Nasir (Saudi Arabia) 13 January 1989

Jordan	0–1	Iraq
		Jafar 60'

Amman, JordanReferee: Mandi (Bahrain)

20 January 1989

Jordan	2–0	Oman
Al-Diabaz 32', 43'

Amman, JordanReferee: Nizar (Syria) 20 January 1989

Qatar	1–0	Iraq
Al-Soufi 21'

Doha, QatarAttendance: 3,243Referee: Zhong Bohong (China PR)

27 January 1989

Jordan	1–1	Qatar
Awad 90'		Al-Soufi 90'

Amman, JordanReferee: Syed Iqbal (India) 27 January 1989

Iraq	3–1	Oman
Shihab 33' Hashim 54' Radhi 85'		Nasser 90'

Baghdad, IraqReferee: Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

3 February 1989

Qatar	3–0	Oman
Joher 32' Al-Soufi 67', 81'

Doha, QatarReferee: Al-Jassas (Kuwait) 3 February 1989

Iraq	4–0	Jordan
Radhi 26', 42', 66', 80'

Baghdad, IraqReferee: Hi Yacob (Malaysia)

10 February 1989

Oman	0–2	Jordan
		Al-Dawoud 49' Awad 66'

Muscat, OmanReferee: Kil Ki-Chul (Korea Republic) 10 February 1989

Iraq	2–2	Qatar
Radhi 31' Saeed 75'		S. Aid 18' Khamis 85'

Baghdad, IraqReferee: Sano (Japan)

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	KSA	SYR	NYE	BHR
Saudi Arabia	4	3	1	0	7	4	+3	7	—	5 – 4	1 – 0	X – X
Syria	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	5	0 – 0	—	2 – 0	X – X
North Yemen	4	0	0	4	0	5	−5	0	0 – 1	0 – 1	—	X – X
Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X – X	X – X	X – X	—

Source:

10 March 1989

North Yemen	0 – 1	Syria
	(Report)	Mahrous 44'

Sana'a, North YemenAttendance: 45,000Referee: Hartasardjono (Indonesia)

15 March 1989

Saudi Arabia	5 – 4	Syria
Al-Bishi 13' Al-Jam'an 44', 75' Al-Thunayan 50' Abdullah 69'	(Report)	Jakalan 30' Al-Nasser 61' Helou 70' Mahrous 85'

Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaAttendance: 35,000Referee: Chen Shengcai (China PR)

20 March 1989

North Yemen	0 – 1	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)	Madani 79'

Sana'a, North YemenAttendance: 45,000Referee: Abd Rashid Wan Jaafar (Malaysia)

25 March 1989

Syria	2 – 0	North Yemen
El-Sel 41' Mahrous 48'	(Report)

Latakia, SyriaAttendance: 35,000Referee: Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

30 March 1989

Syria	0 – 0	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)

Latakia, SyriaAttendance: 50,000Referee: Takada (Japan)

5 April 1989

Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	North Yemen
Abdullah 44'	(Report)

Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaAttendance: 35,000Referee: Mohammed Saleh Alawi (Oman)

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	UAE	KUW	PAK	SYE
United Arab Emirates	4	3	1	12	4	+8	6	—	1 – 0	5 – 0	X – X
Kuwait	4	3	1	6	3	+3	6	3 – 2	—	2 – 0	X – X
Pakistan	4	0	4	1	12	−11	0	1 – 4	0 – 1	—	X – X
South Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X – X	X – X	X – X	—

Source:

6 January 1989

Pakistan	0 – 1	Kuwait
		Al-Hajeri 5'

Islamabad, PakistanReferee: Syed Iqbal (India)

13 January 1989

Kuwait	3 – 2	United Arab Emirates
Al-Sovayed 26' Al-Hasawi 75', 84'		Bakhit 54', 69'

Kuwait City, KuwaitReferee: Takada (Japan)

20 January 1989

United Arab Emirates	5 – 0	Pakistan
A. Ibrahim 1', 25' Khalid Ismaïl 64' Abdulrahman Mohamed 78' Abdulaziz Mohamed 85'

Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesReferee: Abu-Ali (Jordan)

27 January 1989

Kuwait	2 – 0	Pakistan
Al-Hadyah 42', 78'

Kuwait City, KuwaitReferee: Al-Sharif (Saudi Arabia)

3 February 1989

United Arab Emirates	1 – 0	Kuwait
Al-Talyani 62'

Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesReferee: Jassim Mohammed (Bahrain)

10 February 1989

Pakistan	1 – 4	United Arab Emirates
Sharafat 81'		Khalid Ismaïl 7' A. Ibrahim 26' Al-Talyani 27' Abdulaziz Mohamed 70'

Islamabad, PakistanReferee: Nazari (Iran)

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	KOR	MAS	SIN	NEP	IND
South Korea	6	6	0	0	25	0	+25	12	—	3 – 0	3 – 0	9 – 0	X – X
Malaysia	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	7	0 – 3	—	1 – 0	3 – 0	X – X
Singapore	6	2	1	3	12	9	+3	5	0 – 3	2 – 2	—	7 – 0	X – X
Nepal	6	0	0	6	0	28	−28	0	0 – 4	0 – 2	0 – 3	—	X – X
India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X – X	X – X	X – X	X – X	—

Source:

23 May 1989

Malaysia	2 – 0	Nepal
Azizol 2' Dollah Salleh 90' (pen.)

Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 9,974Referee: Asgari (Iran) 23 May 1989

South Korea	3 – 0	Singapore
Hwang Sun-Hong 7', 20' Chung Hae-won 89'

Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 9,974Referee: Antonio (Macau)

25 May 1989

Malaysia	1 – 0	Singapore
Dollah Salleh 61'

Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 8,360Referee: Chang Jicheng (China PR) 25 May 1989

South Korea	9 – 0	Nepal
Chung Yong-hwan 1' Lee Tae-ho 16' (pen.) Choi Sang-kook 24', 48' Kim Yong-se 29', 83' Lee Young-jin 38' Noh Soo-jin 46' Cho Min-kook 87'

Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 8,360Referee: Samuel (Hong Kong)

27 May 1989

Singapore	3 – 0	Nepal
Ahmad Satter 37', 44' Tay Peng Kee 53'

Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 20,217Referee: Somogod (Philippines) 27 May 1989

South Korea	3 – 0	Malaysia
Choi Soon-ho 5' Hwang Sun-hong 56', 79'

Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 20,217Referee: Sano (Japan)

3 June 1989

Singapore	2 – 2	Malaysia
Changatamilman 31' Salim 38'		Lim Teong Kim 19' Dollah Salleh 84'

National Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 11,967Referee: Hartasardjono (Indonesia) 3 June 1989

South Korea	4 – 0	Nepal
Lee Hak-jong 31' Park Kyung-hoon 41' Kim Yong-se 43' Lee Tae-ho 84'

National Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 11,967Referee: Mahasena (Sri Lanka)

5 June 1989

South Korea	3 – 0	Malaysia
Hwang Sun-hong 66' Cho Min-kook 83' Hwangbo Kwan 87'

National Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 7,425Referee: Al-Malood (Bahrain) 5 June 1989

Singapore	7 – 0	Nepal
Tokijan 4', 29', 44', 48' Salim 38' Devaraj 58', 63'

National Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 7,425Referee: Pratumthong (Thailand)

7 June 1989

Singapore	0 – 3	South Korea
		Kim Yong-se 8' Noh Soo-jin 61', 69'

National Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 7,000Referee: Al-Rahal (Jordan) 7 June 1989

Malaysia	3 – 0	Nepal
Dollah Salleh 10', 66' Gunalan 81'

National Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 7,000Referee: Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	CHN	IRN	BAN	THA
China	6	5	1	13	3	+10	10	—	2 – 0	2 – 0	2 – 0
Iran	6	5	1	12	5	+7	10	3 – 2	—	1 – 0	3 – 0
Bangladesh	6	1	5	4	9	−5	2	0 – 2	1 – 2	—	3 – 1
Thailand	6	1	5	2	14	−12	2	0 – 3	0 – 3	1 – 0	—

Source:

19 February 1989

Thailand	1 – 0	Bangladesh
Piyapong 10'

National Stadium, BangkokReferee: Somogod (Philippines)

23 February 1989

China	2 – 0	Bangladesh
Wang Baoshan 51' Mai Chao 57'

Tianhe Stadium, GuangzhouAttendance: 25,000Referee: Kim Gwang-Ho (Korea DPR) 23 February 1989

Thailand	0 – 3	Iran
		Bavi 12' Ghayeghran 28' Garousi 87'

National Stadium, BangkokAttendance: 25,000Referee: Chan (Hong Kong)

27 February 1989

Bangladesh	1 – 2	Iran
Aslam 70'		Bavi 44' Ansarifard 50'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, DhakaAttendance: 10,879Referee: Bin Saleh (Oman)

28 February 1989

Thailand	0 – 3	China
		Tang Yaodong 55' Ma Lin 62', 79'

National Stadium, BangkokAttendance: 4,174Referee: Abdul Latif (Iraq)

4 March 1989

Bangladesh	0 – 2	China
		Wang Baoshan 23' Ma Lin 62'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, DhakaAttendance: 11,946Referee: Murthi (Singapore)

8 March 1989

Bangladesh	3 – 1	Thailand
Iqbal 10' Sabbir 28' Rupu 76'		Prasert 79'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, DhakaAttendance: 8,352Referee: Mohammed Fodah (Saudi Arabia)

17 March 1989

Iran	1 – 0	Bangladesh
Marfavi 81'

Azadi Stadium, TehranAttendance: 50,000Referee: Al-Mullah (Qatar)

30 May 1989

Iran	3 – 0	Thailand
Pious 33', 64' Garousi 42'

Azadi Stadium, TehranAttendance: 55,000Referee: Chan (Hong Kong)

15 July 1989

China	2 – 0	Iran
Liu Haiguang 73' Zhang Xiaowen 87'

Shenyang People's Stadium, ShenyangAttendance: 25,000Referee: Takada (Japan)

22 July 1989

Iran	3 – 2	China
Garousi 15' Eftekhari 16' Pious 53'		Mai Chao 64' (pen.) Ma Lin 66'

Azadi Stadium, TehranAttendance: 90,000Referee: Al-Sharif (Syria)

29 July 1989

China	2 – 0	Thailand
Jia Xiuquan 2' Ma Lin 4'

Shenyang People's Stadium, ShenyangAttendance: 20,000Referee: Mandi (Bahrain)

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PRK	JPN	IDN	HKG
North Korea	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	9	—	2 – 0	2 – 1	4 – 1
Japan	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	7	2 – 1	—	5 – 0	0 – 0
Indonesia	6	1	3	2	5	10	−5	5	0 – 0	0 – 0	—	3 – 2
Hong Kong	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3	1 – 2	0 – 0	1 – 1	—

Source:

21 May 1989

Indonesia	0 – 0	North Korea

Senayan Stadium, JakartaReferee: Murthi (Singapore)

22 May 1989

Hong Kong	0 – 0	Japan

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong KongAttendance: 16,313Referee: Kil Ki-Chul (Korea Republic)

27 May 1989

Hong Kong	1 – 2	North Korea
Santos 60' (pen.)		Kim Kwang-min 3' Tak Yong-Bin 4'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong KongAttendance: 16,327Referee: Ismail Yacob (Malaysia)

28 May 1989

Indonesia	0 – 0	Japan

Senayan Stadium, JakartaAttendance: 80,000Referee: Salah Karim (Iraq)

4 June 1989

Hong Kong	1 – 1	Indonesia
Bredbury 31'		Mustamu 67'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong KongAttendance: 12,334Referee: Al-Mulla (United Arab Emirates) 4 June 1989

Japan	2 – 1	North Korea
Mizunuma 74' Oh Yong-Nam 88' (o.g.)		Yun Jong-Su 71'

Yoyogi National Stadium, TokyoAttendance: 35,000Referee: Mandi (Bahrain)

11 June 1989

Japan	5 – 0	Indonesia
Horiike 5' Maeda 16' Shinto 19' Hasegawa 24' Kurosaki 69'

Nishigaoka National Stadium, Kita, TokyoAttendance: 9,000Referee: Buaboocha (Thailand)

18 June 1989

Japan	0 – 0	Hong Kong

Universiade Memorial Stadium, KobeAttendance: 28,000Referee: Subramaniam Nathan (Malaysia)

25 June 1989

Indonesia	3 – 2	Hong Kong
Mustaqim 60' Kiswanto 74', 89'		Nang Yan Leung 11', 64'

Senayan Stadium, JakartaReferee: El-Nasir (Saudi Arabia) 25 June 1989

North Korea	2 – 0	Japan
Kim Pung-Il 36' Ri Hyok-chon 84'

Yanggakdo Stadium, PyongyangAttendance: 35,000Referee: Kunalan (Singapore)

2 July 1989

North Korea	4 – 1	Hong Kong
Ri Hyok-chon 18' Han Hyong-Il 29' Kim Pung-Il 80' Chu Gyong-Sik 86'		Bredbury 23'

Yanggakdo Stadium, PyongyangAttendance: 28,000Referee: Wang Xuezhi (China PR)

9 July 1989

North Korea	2 – 1	Indonesia
Chu Gyong-Sik 40' Han Hyong-Il 64'		Lolumbuman 73'

Yanggakdo Stadium, PyongyangAttendance: 35,000Referee: Nazari (Iran)

External links

Asian Zone at FIFA.com

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