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THE QUALIFICATION
ROUNDS
Participating countries 116 Total matches 314
Total goals 734 Goals per game average 2.34
Europe
(UEFA Group 1)
19.Oct 88 Athens Greece 1-1 Denmark
19.Oct 88 Sofia Bulgaria 1-3 Romania
02.Nov 88 Bucharest Romania 3-0 Greece
02.Nov 88 Copenhagen Denmark 1-1 Bulgaria
26.Apr 89 Athens Greece 0-0 Romania
26.Apr 89 Sofia Bulgaria 0-2 Denmark
17.May 89 Bucharest Romania 1-0 Bulgaria
17.May 89 Copenhagen Denmark 7-1 Greece
11.Oct 89 Sofia Bulgaria 4-0 Greece
11.Oct 89 Copenhagen Denmark 3-0 Romania
15.Nov 89 Bucharest Romania 3-1 Denmark
15.Nov 89 Athens Greece 1-0 Bulgaria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Romania 6 4 1 1 10- 5 9
2.Denmark 6 3 2 1 15- 6 8
3.Greece 6 1 2 3 3-15 4
4.Bulgaria 6 1 1 4 6- 8 3
(UEFA Group 2)
19.Oct 88 London England 0-0 Sweden
19.Oct 88 Chorzów Poland 1-0 Albania
05.Nov 88 Tiranë Albania 1-2 Sweden
08.Mar 89 Tiranë Albania 0-2 England
26.Apr 89 London England 5-0 Albania
07.May 89 Stockholm Sweden 2-1 Poland
03.Jun 89 London England 3-0 Poland
06.Sep 89 Stockholm Sweden 0-0 England
08.Oct 89 Stockholm Sweden 3-1 Albania
11.Oct 89 Chorzów Poland 0-0 England
25.Oct 89 Chorzów Poland 0-2 Sweden
15.Nov 89 Tiranë Albania 1-2 Poland
The two best second placed teams in groups containing
four teams (Gr 1,2 and 4) qualified. England was one
of those.
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Sweden 6 4 2 0 9- 3 10
2.England 6 3 3 0 10- 0 9
3.Poland 6 2 1 3 4- 8 5
4.Albania 6 0 0 6 3-15 0
(UEFA Group 3)
31.Aug 88 Reykjavik Iceland 1-1 Soviet Union
12.Oct 88 Istanbul Turkey 1-1 Iceland
19.Oct 88 Kiev Soviet Union 2-0 Austria
19.Oct 88 Berlin East Germany 2-0 Iceland
02.Nov 88 Vienna Austria 3-2 Turkey
30.Nov 88 Istanbul Turkey 3-1 East Germany
12.Apr 89 Magdeburg East Germany 0-2 Turkey
26.Apr 89 Kiev Soviet Union 3-0 East Germany
10.May 89 Istanbul Turkey 0-1 Soviet Union
20.May 89 Leipzig East Germany 1-1 Austria
31.May 89 Moscow Soviet Union 1-1 Iceland
14.Jun 89 Reykjavik Iceland 0-0 Austria
23.Aug 89 Salzburg Austria 2-1 Iceland
06.Sep 89 Vienna Austria 0-0 Soviet Union
06.Sep 89 Reykjavik Iceland 0-3 East Germany
20.Sep 89 Reykjavik Iceland 2-1 Turkey
08.Oct 89 Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany 2-1 Soviet Union
25.Oct 89 Istanbul Turkey 3-0 Austria
15.Nov 89 Simferopol Soviet Union 2-0 Turkey
15.Nov 89 Vienna Austria 3-0 East Germany
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 8 4 3 1 11- 4 11
2.Austria 8 3 3 2 9- 9 9
3.Turkey 8 3 1 4 12-10 7
4.East Germany 8 3 1 4 9-13 7
5.Iceland 8 1 4 3 6-11 6
(UEFA Group 4)
31.Aug 88 Helsinki Finland 0-4 West Germany
14.Sep 88 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-0 Wales
19.Oct 88 Swansea Wales 2-2 Finland
19.Oct 88 München West Germany 0-0 Netherlands
26.Apr 89 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-1 West Germany
31.May 89 Cardiff Wales 0-0 West Germany
31.May 89 Helsinki Finland 0-1 Netherlands
06.Sep 89 Helsinki Finland 1-0 Wales
04.Oct 89 Dortmund West Germany 6-1 Finland
11.Oct 89 Wrexham Wales 1-2 Netherlands
15.Nov 89 Rotterdam Netherlands 3-0 Finland
15.Nov 89 Cologne West Germany 2-1 Wales
The two best second placed teams in groups containing
four teams (Gr 1,2 and 4) qualified. West Germany was
one of those.
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 6 4 2 0 8- 2 10
2.West Germany 6 3 3 0 13- 3 9
3.Finland 6 1 1 4 4-16 3
4.Wales 6 0 2 4 4- 8 2
(UEFA Group 5)
14.Sep 88 Oslo Norway 1-2 Scotland
28.Sep 88 Paris France 1-0 Norway
19.Oct 88 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 Yugoslavia
22.Oct 88 Nicosia Cyprus 1-1 France
02.Nov 88 Limassol Cyprus 0-3 Norway
19.Nov 88 Belgrade Yugoslavia 3-2 France
11.Dec 88 Rijeka Yugoslavia 4-0 Cyprus
08.Feb 89 Limassol Cyprus 2-3 Scotland
08.Mar 89 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 France
26.Apr 89 Glasgow Scotland 2-1 Cyprus
29.Apr 89 Paris France 0-0 Yugoslavia
21.May 89 Oslo Norway 3-1 Cyprus
14.Jun 89 Oslo Norway 1-2 Yugoslavia
05.Sep 89 Oslo Norway 1-1 France
06.Sep 89 Zagreb Yugoslavia 3-1 Scotland
11.Oct 89 Sarajevo Yugoslavia 1-0 Norway
11.Oct 89 Paris France 3-0 Scotland
28.Oct 89 Athens Cyprus 1-2 Yugoslavia
15.Nov 89 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 Norway
18.Nov 89 Toulouse France 2-0 Cyprus
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Yugoslavia 8 6 2 0 16- 6 14
2.Scotland 8 4 2 2 12-12 10
3.France 8 3 3 2 10- 7 9
4.Norway 8 2 2 4 10- 9 6
5.Cyprus 8 0 1 7 6-20 1
(UEFA Group 6)
21.May 88 Belfast Northern Ireland 3-0 Malta
14.Sep 88 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-0 Rep. of Ireland
19.Oct 88 Budapest Hungary 1-0 Northern Ireland
16.Nov 88 Seville Spain 2-0 Rep. of Ireland
11.Dec 88 La Valletta Malta 2-2 Hungary
21.Dec 88 Seville Spain 4-0 Northern Ireland
22.Jan 89 La Valletta Malta 0-2 Spain
08.Feb 89 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-2 Spain
08.Mar 89 Budapest Hungary 0-0 Rep. of Ireland
23.Mar 89 Seville Spain 4-0 Malta
12.Apr 89 Budapest Hungary 1-1 Malta
26.Apr 89 La Valletta Malta 0-2 Northern Ireland
26.Apr 89 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-0 Spain
28.May 89 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 2-0 Malta
04.Jun 89 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 2-0 Hungary
06.Sep 89 Belfast Northern Ireland 1-2 Hungary
11.Oct 89 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 3-0 Northern Ireland
11.Oct 89 Budapest Hungary 2-2 Spain
15.Nov 89 Seville Spain 4-0 Hungary
15.Nov 89 La Valletta Malta 0-2 Rep. of Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Spain 8 6 1 1 20- 3 13
2.Rep. of Ireland 8 5 2 1 10- 2 12
3.Hungary 8 2 4 2 8-12 8
4.Northern Ireland 8 2 1 5 6-12 5
5.Malta 8 0 2 6 3-18 2
(UEFA Group 7)
21.Sep 88 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-4 Switzerland
18.Oct 88 Esch-s-Alzette Luxembourg 0-2 Czechoslovakia
19.Oct 88 Brussels Belgium 1-0 Switzerland
16.Nov 88 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 0-0 Belgium
16.Nov 88 Porto Portugal 1-0 Luxembourg
15.Feb 89 Lisbon Portugal 1-1 Belgium
26.Apr 89 Lisbon Portugal 3-1 Switzerland
29.Apr 89 Brussels Belgium 2-1 Czechoslovakia
09.May 89 Prague Czechoslovakia 4-0 Luxembourg
01.Jun 89 Lille Luxembourg 0-5 Belgium
07.Jun 89 Berne Switzerland 0-1 Czechoslovakia
06.Sep 89 Brussels Belgium 3-0 Portugal
20.Sep 89 Neuchâtel Switzerland 1-2 Portugal
06.Oct 89 Prague Czechoslovakia 2-1 Portugal
11.Oct 89 Basel Switzerland 2-2 Belgium
11.Oct 89 Saarbrücken Luxembourg 0-3 Portugal
25.Oct 89 Prague Czechoslovakia 3-0 Switzerland
25.Oct 89 Brussels Belgium 1-1 Luxembourg
15.Nov 89 St Gallen Switzerland 2-1 Luxembourg
15.Nov 89 Lisbon Portugal 0-0 Czechoslovakia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Belgium 8 4 4 0 15- 5 12
2.Czechoslovakia 8 5 2 1 13- 3 12
3.Portugal 8 4 2 2 11- 8 10
4.Switzerland 8 2 1 5 10-14 5
5.Luxembourg 8 0 1 7 3-22 1
QUALIFIED FROM EUROPE:
Romania, Sweden, England, Soviet Union, Austria, Holland,
West Germany, Yugoslavia, Scotland, Spain, Rep. of Ireland,
Belgium and Czechoslovakia + Italy as host nation.
South America
(CONMEBOL Group 1)
20.Aug 89 La Paz Bolivia 2-1 Peru
27.Aug 89 Lima Peru 0-2 Uruguay
03.Sep 89 La Paz Bolivia 2-1 Uruguay
10.Sep 89 Lima Peru 1-2 Bolivia
17.Sep 89 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0 Bolivia
24.Sep 89 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0 Peru
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Uruguay 4 3 0 1 7- 2 6
2.Bolivia 4 3 0 1 6- 5 6
3.Peru 4 0 0 4 2- 8 0
(CONMEBOL Group 2)
20.Aug 89 Barranquilla Colombia 2-0 Ecuador
27.Aug 89 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Colombia
03.Sep 89 Guayaquil Ecuador 0-0 Colombia
10.Sep 89 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Ecuador
17.Sep 89 Barranquilla Colombia 2-1 Paraguay
24.Sep 89 Guayaquil Ecuador 3-1 Paraguay
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Colombia 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5
2.Paraguay 4 2 0 2 6- 7 4
3.Ecuador 4 1 1 2 4- 5 3
Colombia required to play off with the winner of
the Oceania/Israel pool for one spot in the World Cup.
15.Oct 89 Bogotá Colombia 1-0 Israel
30.Oct 89 Ramat Gan Israel 0-0 Colombia
(CONMEBOL Group 3)
30.Jul 89 Caracas Venezuela 0-4 Brazil
06.Aug 89 Caracas Venezuela 1-3 Chile
13.Aug 89 Santiago Chile 1-1 Brazil
20.Aug 89 São Paulo Brazil 6-0 Venezuela
27.Aug 89 Mendoza Chile 5-0 Venezuela
03.Sep 89 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2-0 Chile
(Abandoned at 1-0 when Chilean goalkeeper Robert
Rojas faked an injury pretending being hit by a flare
thrown from the crowd. Chilean officials and medical
staff joined in the acting and escorted the team off the
field hoping to fix a rematch, but TV pictures showed
that the flare didn't make contact with Rojas. Chile was
banned not only from the 1990 World Cup, but also from
qualifying for 1994. FIFA awarded Brazil a 2-0 win.)
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Brazil 4 3 1 0 13- 1 7
2.Chile 4 2 1 1 9- 4 5
3.Venezuela 4 0 0 4 1-18 0
QUALIFIED FROM SOUTH AMERICA:
Uruguay, Colombia and Brazil + Argentina as defending
champions.
North/Central America
(CONCACAF First round)
17.Apr 88 Georgetown Guyana 0-4 Trinidad/Tobago
08.May 88 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 1-0 Guyana
30.Apr 88 La Habana Cuba 0-1 Guatemala
15.May 88 San Marcos Guatemala 1-1 Cuba
12.May 88 Kingston Jamaica 1-0 Puerto Rico
29.May 88 San Juan Puerto Rico 1-2 Jamaica
19.Jun 88 St. John's Antigua 0-1 Dutch Antilles
29.Jul 88 Willemstad Dutch Antilles 3-1 Antigua
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17.Jul 88 San José Costa Rica 1-1 Panama
31.Jul 88 Panama Panama 0-2 Costa Rica
Canada, Honduras, El Salvador, USA and Mexico all
received a bye.
(CONCACAF Second round)
24.Jul 88 Kingston Jamaica 0-0 USA
13.Aug 88 St. Louis USA 5-1 Jamaica
09.Oct 88 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 1-0 Canada
15.Oct 88 Vancouver Canada 3-2 Guatemala
(Guatemala progressed on away goals rule.)
30.Oct 88 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 0-0 Honduras
13.Nov 88 Tegucigalpa Honduras 1-1 Trinidad/Tobago
(Trinidad/Tobago progressed on away goals rule.)
01.Oct 88 Willemstad Dutch Antilles 0-1 El Salvador
16.Oct 88 San Salvador El Salvador 5-0 Dutch Antilles
Mexico disqualified for fielding overaged players in a
youth tournament. Costa Rica had a walkover.
(CONCACAF Final round)
19.Mar 89 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 1-0 Costa Rica
02.Apr 89 San José Costa Rica 2-1 Guatemala
16.Apr 89 San José Costa Rica 1-0 USA
30.Apr 89 Torrance USA 1-0 Costa Rica
13.May 89 Torrance USA 1-1 Trinidad/Tobago
28.May 89 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 1-1 Costa Rica
11.Jun 89 San José Costa Rica 1-0 Trinidad/Tobago
17.Jun 89 New Britain USA 2-1 Guatemala
25.Jun 89 San Salvador El Salvador 2-4 Costa Rica
(Game stopped at 2-4, awarded 2-4 by FIFA.)
16.Jul 89 San José Costa Rica 1-0 El Salvador
30.Jul 89 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 2-0 El Salvador
13.Aug 89 Tegucigalpa El Salvador 0-0 Trinidad/Tobago
20.Aug 89 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 0-1 Trinidad/Tobago
03.Sep 89 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 2-1 Guatemala
17.Sep 89 Tegucigalpa El Salvador 0-1 USA
08.Oct 89 Guatemala Guatemala 0-0 USA
05.Nov 89 Fenton USA 0-0 El Salvador
19.Nov 89 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 USA
19.Nov 89 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala x-x El Salvador
21.Nov 89 Cd. Guatemala El Salvador x-x Guatemala
(The last two matches were cancelled by FIFA because of
the political situation in El Salvador.)
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Costa Rica 8 5 1 2 10- 6 11
2.USA 8 4 3 1 6- 3 11
3.Trinidad/Tobago 8 3 3 2 7- 5 9
4.Guatemala 6 1 1 4 4- 7 3
5.El Salvador 6 0 2 4 2- 8 2
QUALIFIED FROM NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica and USA.
Africa
(CAF First round)
07.Aug 88 Luanda Angola 0-0 Sudan
11.Nov 88 Durhan Sudan 1-2 Angola
Lesotho withdrew so Zimbabwe had a walkover.
Rwanda withdrew so Zambia had a walkover.
16.Jul 88 Kampala Uganda 1-0 Malawi
30.Jul 88 Lilongwe Malawi 3-1 Uganda
03.Jun 88 Tripoli Libya 3-0 Burkina Faso
03.Jul 88 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 2-0 Libya
07.Aug 88 Accra Ghana 0-0 Liberia
21.Aug 88 Monrovia Liberia 2-0 Ghana
05.Aug 88 Tunis Tunisia 5-0 Guinea
21.Aug 88 Conakry Guinea 3-0 Tunisia
Togo withdrew so Gabon had a walkover.
Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Ivory Coast,
Nigeria and Zaire all received byes.
(CAF Second round)
Group A
06.Jan 89 Annaba Algeria 3-0 Zimbabwe
08.Jan 89 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-0 Libya
20.Jan 89 Tripoli Libya 0-2 Algeria
(Game awarded 0-2 by FIFA. Libya withdrew and all
games involving them cancelled.)
22.Jan 89 Harare Zimbabwe 0-0 Ivory Coast
11.Jun 89 Abidjan Ivory Coast 0-0 Algeria
25.Jun 89 Harare Zimbabwe 1-2 Algeria
13.Aug 89 Abidjan Ivory Coast 5-0 Zimbabwe
25.Aug 89 Annaba Algeria 1-0 Ivory Coast
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Algeria 4 3 1 0 6- 1 7
2.Ivory Coast 4 1 2 1 5- 1 4
3.Zimbabwe 4 0 1 3 1-10 1
Group B
06.Jan 89 Cairo Egypt 2-0 Liberia
07.Jan 89 Nairobi Kenya 1-1 Malawi
21.Jan 89 Lilongwe Malawi 1-1 Egypt
22.Jan 89 Monrovia Liberia 0-0 Kenya
10.Jun 89 Nairobi Kenya 0-0 Egypt
11.Jun 89 Monrovia Liberia 1-0 Malawi
24.Jun 89 Lilongwe Malawi 1-0 Kenya
25.Jun 89 Monrovia Liberia 1-0 Egypt
11.Aug 89 Cairo Egypt 1-0 Malawi
12.Aug 89 Nairobi Kenya 1-0 Liberia
26.Aug 89 Cairo Egypt 2-0 Kenya
26.Aug 89 Lilongwe Malawi 0-0 Liberia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Egypt 6 3 2 1 6- 2 8
2.Liberia 6 2 2 2 2- 3 6
3.Malawi 6 1 3 2 3- 4 5
4.Kenya 6 1 3 2 2- 4 5
Group C
07.Jan 89 Enugu Nigeria 1-0 Gabon
08.Jan 89 Yaoundé Cameroon 1-1 Angola
22.Jan 89 Libreville Gabon 1-3 Cameroon
22.Jan 89 Luanda Angola 2-2 Nigeria
10.Jun 89 Enugu Nigeria 2-0 Cameroon
11.Jun 89 Luanda Angola 2-0 Gabon
25.Jun 89 Luanda Angola 1-2 Cameroon
25.Jun 89 Libreville Gabon 2-1 Nigeria
12.Aug 89 Lagos Nigeria 1-0 Angola
13.Aug 89 Yaoundé Cameroon 2-1 Gabon
27.Aug 88 Yaoundé Cameroon 1-0 Nigeria
27.Aug 89 Libreville Gabon 1-0 Angola
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Cameroon 6 4 1 1 9- 6 9
2.Nigeria 6 3 1 2 7- 5 7
3.Angola 6 1 2 3 6- 7 4
4.Gabon 6 2 0 4 5- 9 4
Group D
08.Jan 89 Rabat Morocco 1-0 Zambia
08.Jan 89 Kinshasa Zaire 3-1 Tunisia
22.Jan 89 Tunis Tunisia 2-1 Morocco
22.Jan 89 Lusaka Zambia 4-2 Zaire
11.Jun 89 Kinshasa Zaire 0-0 Morocco
11.Jun 89 Lusaka Zambia 1-0 Tunisia
25.Jun 89 Lusaka Zambia 2-1 Morocco
25.Jun 89 Tunis Tunisia 1-0 Zaire
13.Aug 89 Casablanca Morocco 0-0 Tunisia
13.Aug 89 Kinshasa Zaire 1-0 Zambia
27.Aug 89 Kenitra Morocco 1-1 Zaire
27.Aug 89 Tunis Tunisia 1-0 Zambia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Tunisia 6 3 1 2 5- 5 7
2.Zambia 6 3 0 3 7- 6 6
3.Zaire 6 2 2 2 7- 7 6
4.Morocco 6 1 3 2 4- 5 5
(CAF Final round)
08.Oct 89 Constantine Algeria 0-0 Egypt
17.Nov 89 Cairo Egypt 1-0 Algeria
08.Oct 89 Yaoundé Cameroon 2-0 Tunisia
19.Nov 89 Tunis Tunisia 0-1 Cameroon
QUALIFIED FROM AFRICA:
Egypt and Cameroon.
Asia
(AFC First round)
Sub-group A
06.Jan 89 Doha Qatar 1-0 Jordan
06.Jan 89 Muscat Oman 1-1 Iraq
13.Jan 89 Muscat Oman 0-0 Qatar
13.Jan 89 Amman Jordan 0-1 Iraq
20.Jan 89 Doha Qatar 1-0 Iraq
20.Jan 89 Amman Jordan 2-0 Oman
27.Jan 89 Amman Jordan 1-1 Qatar
27.Jan 89 Bagdad Iraq 3-1 Oman
03.Feb 89 Doha Qatar 3-0 Oman
03.Feb 89 Bagdad Iraq 4-0 Jordan
10.Feb 89 Muscat Oman 0-2 Jordan
10.Feb 89 Bagdad Iraq 2-2 Qatar
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Qatar 6 3 3 0 8- 3 9
2.Iraq 6 3 2 1 11- 5 8
3.Jordan 6 2 1 3 5- 7 5
4.Oman 6 0 2 4 2-11 2
Sub-group B
Bahrain withdrew.
10.Mar 89 Sanaa North Yemen 0-1 Syria
15.Mar 89 Jiddah Saudi Arabia 5-4 Syria
20.Mar 89 Sanaa North Yemen 0-1 Saudi Arabia
25.Mar 89 Latakia Syria 2-0 North Yemen
30.Mar 89 Latakia Syria 0-0 Saudi Arabia
05.Apr 89 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-0 North Yemen
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 7- 4 7
2.Syria 4 2 1 1 7- 5 5
3.North Yemen 4 0 0 4 0- 5 0
Sub-group C
South Yemen withdrew.
06.Jan 89 Islamabad Pakistan 0-1 Kuwait
13.Jan 89 Kuwait Kuwait 3-2 UAE
20.Jan 89 Sharjah UAE 5-0 Pakistan
27.Jan 89 Kuwait Kuwait 2-0 Pakistan
03.Feb 89 Sharjah UAE 1-0 Kuwait
10.Feb 89 Islamabad Pakistan 1-4 UAE
P W D L Gls Pts
1.UAE 4 3 0 1 12- 4 6
2.Kuwait 4 3 0 1 6- 3 6
3.Pakistan 4 0 0 4 1-12 0
Sub-group D
India withdrew.
23.May 89 Seoul Nepal 0-2 Malaysia
23.May 89 Seoul South Korea 3-0 Singapore
25.May 89 Seoul South Korea 9-0 Nepal
25.May 89 Seoul Malaysia 1-0 Singapore
27.May 89 Seoul Nepal 0-3 Singapore
27.May 89 Seoul South Korea 3-0 Malaysia
03.Jun 89 Singapore Singapore 2-2 Malaysia
03.Jun 89 Singapore Nepal 0-4 South Korea
05.Jun 89 Singapore Malaysia 0-3 South Korea
05.Jun 89 Singapore Singapore 7-0 Nepal
07.Jun 89 Singapore Singapore 0-3 South Korea
07.Jun 89 Singapore Malaysia 3-0 Nepal
P W D L Gls Pts
1.South Korea 6 6 0 0 25- 0 12
2.Malaysia 6 3 1 2 8- 8 7
3.Singapore 6 2 1 3 12- 9 5
4.Nepal 6 0 0 6 0-28 0
Sub-group E
19.Feb 89 Bangkok Thailand 1-0 Bangladesh
23.Feb 89 Beijing China 2-0 Bangladesh
23.Feb 89 Bangkok Thailand 0-3 Iran
27.Feb 89 Dhaka Bangladesh 1-2 Iran
28.Feb 89 Bangkok Thailand 0-3 China
04.Mar 89 Dhaka Bangladesh 0-2 China
08.Mar 89 Dhaka Bangladesh 3-1 Thailand
17.Mar 89 Tehran Iran 1-0 Bangladesh
30.May 89 Tehran Iran 3-0 Thailand
15.Jul 89 Shenyang China 2-0 Iran
22.Jul 89 Tehran Iran 3-2 China
29.Jul 89 Beijing China 2-0 Thailand
P W D L Gls Pts
1.China 6 5 0 1 13- 3 10
2.Iran 6 5 0 1 12- 5 10
3.Bangladesh 6 1 0 5 4- 9 2
4.Thailand 6 1 0 5 2-14 2
Sub-group F
21.May 89 Jakarta Indonesia 0-0 North Korea
22.May 89 Hongkong Hongkong 0-0 Japan
27.May 89 Hongkong Hongkong 1-2 North Korea
28.May 89 Jakarta Indonesia 0-0 Japan
04.Jun 89 Hongkong Hongkong 1-1 Indonesia
04.Jun 89 Tokyo Japan 2-1 North Korea
11.Jun 89 Hiroshima Japan 5-0 Indonesia
18.Jun 89 Kobe Japan 0-0 Hongkong
25.Jun 89 Pyongyang North Korea 2-0 Japan
25.Jun 89 Jakarta Indonesia 3-2 Hongkong
02.Jul 89 Pyongyang North Korea 4-1 Hongkong
09.Jul 89 Pyongyang North Korea 2-1 Indonesia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.North Korea 6 4 1 1 11- 5 9
2.Japan 6 2 3 1 7- 3 7
3.Indonesia 6 1 3 2 5-10 5
4.Hongkong 6 0 3 3 5-10 3
(AFC Final round)
12.Oct 89 Singapore UAE 0-0 North Korea
12.Oct 89 Singapore China 2-1 Saudi Arabia
13.Oct 89 Singapore South Korea 0-0 Qatar
16.Oct 89 Singapore Qatar 1-1 Saudi Arabia
16.Oct 89 Singapore South Korea 1-0 North Korea
17.Oct 89 Singapore UAE 2-1 China
20.Oct 89 Singapore South Korea 1-0 China
20.Oct 89 Singapore North Korea 2-0 Qatar
21.Oct 89 Singapore Saudi Arabia 0-0 UAE
24.Oct 89 Singapore UAE 1-1 Qatar
24.Oct 89 Singapore China 1-0 North Korea
25.Oct 89 Singapore South Korea 2-0 Saudi Arabia
28.Oct 89 Kuala Lumpur UAE 1-1 South Korea
28.Oct 89 Kuantan Saudi Arabia 2-0 North Korea
28.Oct 89 Singapore Qatar 2-1 China
P W D L Gls Pts
1.South Korea 5 3 2 0 5- 1 8
2.UAE 5 1 4 0 4- 3 6
3.Qatar 5 1 3 1 4- 5 5
4.China 5 2 0 3 5- 6 4
5.Saudi Arabia 5 1 2 2 4- 5 4
6.North Korea 5 1 1 3 2- 4 3
QUALIFIED FROM ASIA:
South Korea and UAE.
Oceania/Israel
(First round)
11.Dec 88 Wellington Taiwan 0-4 New Zealand
15.Dec 88 Wellington New Zealand 4-1 Taiwan
26.Nov 88 Nadi Fiji 1-0 Australia
03.Dec 88 Newcastle Australia 5-1 Fiji
Israel received a bye.
(Final round)
05.Mar 89 Ramat Gan Israel 1-0 New Zealand
12.Mar 89 Sydney Australia 4-1 New Zealand
19.Mar 89 Ramat Gan Israel 1-1 Australia
02.Apr 89 Auckland New Zealand 2-0 Australia
09.Apr 89 Auckland New Zealand 2-2 Israel
16.Apr 89 Sydney Australia 1-1 Israel
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Israel 4 1 3 0 5- 4 5
2.Australia 4 1 2 1 6- 5 4
3.New Zealand 4 1 1 2 5- 7 3
Israel required to play off with winner of South
American Group 2 for one spot in the World Cup.
15.Oct 89 Bogotá Colombia 1-0 Israel
30.Oct 89 Ramat Gan Israel 0-0 Colombia
QUALIFIED FROM OCEANIA/ISRAEL:
None
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