1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Teams	25 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Hwang Sun-Hong (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Kim Joo-sung
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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.

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. Nepal was moved from Group 5 to Group 4 after India's withdrawal. 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

Team v t e	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:

Qatar advanced to the final round.

Group 2

Team v t e	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:

Saudi Arabia advanced to the final round.

Group 3

Team v t e	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:

United Arab Emirates advanced to the final round.

Group 4

Team v t e	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:

Korea Republic advanced to the final round.

Group 5

Team v t e	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:

China advanced to the final round.

Group 6

Team v t e	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:

Korea DPR advanced to the final round.

Final round

Standings

Team	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

Source:

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, SingaporeReferee: Rune Larsson (Sweden) 12 October 1989

China	2–1	Saudi Arabia
Mai Chao 63' (pen.), 70'	(Report)	Al-Bishi 24' (pen.)

National Stadium, SingaporeReferee: Carlos Esposito (Argentina)

13 October 1989

South Korea	0–0	Qatar

National Stadium, SingaporeReferee: Joël Quiniou (France)

16 October 1989

Qatar	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Muftah 87'	(Report)	Al-Suwaiti 4'

National Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 15,000Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia) 16 October 1989

South Korea	1–0	North Korea
Hwang Sun-hong 18'

National Stadium, SingaporeReferee: José Antonio García (Mexico)

17 October 1989

United Arab Emirates	2–1	China
K. Mubarak 87' Al Talyani 88'		Tang Yaodong 61'

National Stadium, SingaporeReferee: Joël Quiniou (France)

20 October 1989

South Korea	1–0	China
Kim Joo-sung 67'

National Stadium, SingaporeReferee: Rune Larsson (Sweden) 20 October 1989

North Korea	2–0	Qatar
Kim Pung-Il 23' Ghu Gyong-Sik 32'

National Stadium, SingaporeReferee: José Antonio García (Mexico)

21 October 1989

Saudi Arabia	0–0	United Arab Emirates
	(Report)

National Stadium, SingaporeReferee: Vincent Mauro (United States)

24 October 1989

United Arab Emirates	1–1	Qatar
K. Mubarak 20'		Sulaiti 37'

National Stadium, SingaporeReferee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia) 24 October 1989

China	1–0	North Korea
Xie Yuxin 67'

National Stadium, SingaporeReferee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

25 October 1989

South Korea	2–0	Saudi Arabia
Hwangbo Kwan 42' Hwang Sun-hong 89'	(Report)

National Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 11,288Referee: Carlos Esposito (Argentina)

28 October 1989

Qatar	2–1	China
Al-Soufi 87' Muftah 87'		Ma Lin 76'

National Stadium, SingaporeReferee: Vincent Mauro (United States) 28 October 1989

United Arab Emirates	1–1	South Korea
Al Talyani 16'		Hwangbo Kwan 8'

Jurong Stadium, SingaporeReferee: Joël Quiniou (France) 28 October 1989

Saudi Arabia	2–0	North Korea
Al-Musaibeah 13' Al-Suwaiti 57'	(Report)

Jalan Besar Stadium, SingaporeReferee: José Antonio García (Mexico)

Qualified teams

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup
South Korea	Final round winners	25 October 1989	2 (1954, 1986)
United Arab Emirates	Final round runners-up	28 October 1989	0 (debut)

Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

7 goals

Hwang Sun-hong

6 goals

5 goals

Dollah Salleh

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Oh Yong-Nam (playing against Japan)

Notes

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

External links

Asian Zone at FIFA.com

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