1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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.

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Qualification for
championships (AFC)

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. 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 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 1 – 3 — 4 – 0 2 – 2
 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 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 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:

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:

Korea Republic advanced to the Final Round.

Group 5
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  CHN  IRN  BAN  THA
 China PR 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:

China PR 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:

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
United Arab Emirates 0 – 0 North Korea
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
China PR 2 – 1 Saudi Arabia
Mai Chao  63' (pen.), 70' (Report) Al-Bishi  24' (pen.)
Referee: Carlos Esposito (Argentina)
South Korea 0 – 0 Qatar
Qatar 1 – 1 Saudi Arabia
Muftah  87' (Report) Al-Suwaiti  4'
Attendance: 15,000
South Korea 1 – 0 North Korea
Hwang Sun-Hong  18'
Referee: José Antonio García (Mexico)
United Arab Emirates 2 – 1 China PR
K. Mubarak  87'
Al Talyani  88'		 Tang Yaodong  61'
South Korea 1 – 0 China PR
Kim Joo-Sung  67'
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
North Korea 2 – 0 Qatar
Kim Pung-Il  23'
Ghu Gyong-Sik  32'
Referee: José Antonio García (Mexico)
Saudi Arabia 0 – 0 United Arab Emirates
(Report)
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
United Arab Emirates 1 – 1 Qatar
K. Mubarak  20' Sulaiti  37'
China PR 1 – 0 North Korea
Xie Yuxin  67'
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
South Korea 2 – 0 Saudi Arabia
Hwangbo Kwan  42'
Hwang Sun-Hong  89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 11,288
Referee: Carlos Esposito (Argentina)
Qatar 2 – 1 China PR
Al-Soufi  87'
Muftah  87'		 Ma Lin  76'
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
United Arab Emirates 1 – 1 South Korea
Al Talyani  16' Hwangbo Kwan  8'
Saudi Arabia 2 – 0 North Korea
Al-Musaibeah  13'
Al-Suwaiti  57'		 (Report)
Referee: José Antonio García (Mexico)

Goalscorers
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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