1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
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Teams30 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
(13 goals)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 29 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

Format

There were two rounds of play:

First round

Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Iraq 8 6 1 1 28 4 +24 13
2 China China 8 6 0 2 18 4 +14 12
3  Yemen 8 3 2 3 12 13 −1 8
4  Jordan 8 2 3 3 12 15 −3 7
5  Pakistan 8 0 0 8 2 36 −34 0
Source: RSSSF

Iraq advanced to the Final Round.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Iran 6 3 3 0 15 2 +13 9
2  Syria 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9
3  Oman 6 2 2 2 10 5 +5 6
4  Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 3 31 −28 0
5  Myanmar (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: RSSSF
(W) Withdrew

Iran advanced to the Final Round.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  North Korea 8 7 1 0 19 6 +13 15
2  Qatar 8 5 1 2 22 8 +14 11
3  Singapore 8 5 0 3 12 12 0 10
4  Indonesia 8 1 0 7 6 19 −13 2
5  Vietnam 8 1 0 7 4 18 −14 2
Source: RSSSF

North Korea advanced to the Final Round.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Korea 8 7 1 0 23 1 +22 15
2  Bahrain 8 3 3 2 9 6 +3 9
3  Lebanon 8 2 4 2 8 9 −1 8
4  Hong Kong 8 2 1 5 9 19 −10 5
5  India 8 1 1 6 8 22 −14 3
Source: RSSSF

South Korea advanced to the Final Round.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 0 20 1 +19 10
2  Kuwait 6 3 2 1 21 4 +17 8
3  Malaysia 6 2 2 2 16 7 +9 6
4  Macau 6 0 0 6 1 46 −45 0
Source: RSSSF

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 8 7 1 0 28 2 +26 15
2  United Arab Emirates 8 6 1 1 19 4 +15 13
3  Thailand 8 4 0 4 13 7 +6 8
4  Bangladesh 8 2 0 6 7 28 −21 4
5  Sri Lanka 8 0 0 8 0 26 −26 0
Source: RSSSF

Japan advanced to the final round.

Final round

With Iran, North Korea, and Iraq qualifying for the final round fears were expressed in the United States of those countries potentially turning up at their tournament, since the three nations at the time were under economic sanctions by the United States.[1]

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Saudi Arabia 5 2 3 0 8 6 +2 7
2  South Korea 5 2 2 1 9 4 +5 6
3  Japan 5 2 2 1 7 4 +3 6
4  Iraq 5 1 3 1 9 9 0 5
5  Iran 5 2 0 3 8 11 −3 4
6  North Korea 5 1 0 4 5 12 −7 2

Saudi Arabia and South Korea qualified.

North Korea 3–2 Iraq
Kim Kwang-min 63'
Kim Kyong-il 76'
Choi Won-Nam 80'		 Kadhim 8', 46'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Japan
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Iran 0–3 South Korea
Park Jung-bae 18'
Ha Seok-Ju 79'
Ko Jeong-Woon 81'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Schmidhuber (Germany)
North Korea 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Ryu Song-Gun 68' Mehalel 56'
Al-Muwallid 73'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
Japan 1–2 Iran
Nakayama 88' Hassanzadeh 45'
Daei 85'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Baldas (Italy)
Iraq 2–2 South Korea
Hussein 32'
Jafar 86'		 Kim Pan-Keun 40'
Hong Myung-Bo 67' (pen.)
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Quiniou (France)
North Korea 0–3 Japan
Miura 28', 69'
Nakayama 51'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Iraq 2–1 Iran
Radhi 20'
Kadhim 38'		 Daei 21'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
South Korea 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Shin Hong-Ki 63' Madani 90'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
Iraq 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Radhi 1' Owairan 36'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Quiniou (France)
Japan 1–0 South Korea
Miura 61'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Schmidhuber (Germany)
Iran 2–1 North Korea
Daei 49', 66' Choi Won-Nam 22'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Baldas (Italy)
South Korea 3–0 North Korea
Ko Jeong-Woon 49'
Hwang Seon-Hong 53'
Ha Seok-Ju 75'
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
Saudi Arabia 4–3 Iran
Al-Jaber 21'
Mehalel 27'
Al-Mousa 47'
Falatah 64'		 Fonounizadeh 43', 52'
Manafi 90'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
Iraq 2–2 Japan
Radhi 54'
Omran 90'		 Miura 5'
Nakayama 69'
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

See 1993 Japan v Iraq football match

To date, this was the last time both Japan and Iran failed to qualify for a World Cup.

Qualified teams

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

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 Saudi Arabia Final round winners 28 October 1993 0 (debut)
 South Korea Final round runners-up 28 October 1993 3 (1954, 1986, 1990)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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

Awards

On 28 October 1993, the experts of FIFA and AFC selected the best players of the competition.

Most Outstanding Player[2]

Asian All Stars[3]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Japan Shigetatsu Matsunaga Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
South Korea Hong Myung-bo
Japan Tetsuji Hashiratani
Iran Javad Zarincheh 		Saudi Arabia Fuad Anwar
Saudi Arabia Khaled Massad
South Korea Shin Hong-gi
Japan Ruy Ramos 		Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
Iran Ali Daei

See also

References

  1. ^ "LIBYAN BAN RAISES CUP QUESTIONS". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ^ 辛홍기·洪명보 베스트11에. Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 30 October 1993. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ^ 辛홍기·洪명보「아시아베스트11」올라. Naver.com (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper. 30 October 1993. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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