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

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

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

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:[citation needed]

Qatar advanced to the final round.

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:[citation needed]

Saudi Arabia advanced to the final round.

Group 3

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

United Arab Emirates advanced to the final round.

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:[citation needed]

Korea Republic advanced to the final round.

Group 5

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

China advanced to the final round.

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:[citation needed]

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 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:[citation needed]

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

Results

United Arab Emirates 0–0 North Korea
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
China 2–1 Saudi Arabia
Mai Chao 63' (pen.), 70' (Report) Al-Bishi 24' (pen.)
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Carlos Esposito (Argentina)
South Korea 0–0 Qatar
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
Qatar 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Muftah 87' (Report) Al-Suwaiti 4'
National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
South Korea 1–0 North Korea
Hwang Sun-Hong 18'
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: José Antonio García (Mexico)
United Arab Emirates 2–1 China
K. Mubarak 87'
Al Talyani 88'		 Tang Yaodong 61'
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
South Korea 1–0 China
Kim Joo-Sung 67'
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
North Korea 2–0 Qatar
Kim Pung-Il 23'
Ghu Gyong-Sik 32'
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: José Antonio García (Mexico)
Saudi Arabia 0–0 United Arab Emirates
(Report)
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
United Arab Emirates 1–1 Qatar
K. Mubarak 20' Sulaiti 37'
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
China 1–0 North Korea
Xie Yuxin 67'
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
South Korea 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Hwangbo Kwan 42'
Hwang Sun-Hong 89'		 (Report)
National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 11,288
Referee: Carlos Esposito (Argentina)
Qatar 2–1 China
Al-Soufi 87'
Muftah 87'		 Ma Lin 76'
National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
United Arab Emirates 1–1 South Korea
Al Talyani 16' Hwangbo Kwan 8'
Jurong Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
Saudi Arabia 2–0 North Korea
Al-Musaibeah 13'
Al-Suwaiti 57'		 (Report)
Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
Referee: 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 Cup1
 South Korea Final round winners 25 October 1989 2 (1954, 1986)
 United Arab Emirates Final round runners-up 28 October 1989 0 (debut)
1 Bold 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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