1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 6 January 1989 – 29 July 1989 |
Teams | 25 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 60 |
The AFC First Round of 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification was decided by a draw which was conducted in Zürich, Switzerland on 12 December 1987. The round began on 6 January 1989 and finished on 29 July 1989.
The top countries in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the final round, where the six remaining teams competed for the two places at the final tournament.
Format[]
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 but all games were held in South Korea and Singapore. The group winners would advance to the Final Round. Bahrain, India, and South Yemen withdrew after the draw, meaning a total of 22 teams competed.
Groups[]
Group 1[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | QAT | IRQ | JOR | OMA | |
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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 | — |
Oman | 0–2 | Jordan |
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49' 66' |
Group 2[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | KSA | SYR | NYE | BHR | |
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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 | — |
North Yemen | 0 – 1 | Syria |
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(Report) | Mahrous 44' |
Saudi Arabia | 5 – 4 | Syria |
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Al-Bishi 13' Al-Jam'an 44', 75' Al-Thunayan 50' Abdullah 69' |
(Report) | Jakalan 30' 61' Helou 70' Mahrous 85' |
North Yemen | 0 – 1 | Saudi Arabia |
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(Report) | Madani 79' |
Syria | 2 – 0 | North Yemen |
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El-Sel 41' Mahrous 48' |
(Report) |
Saudi Arabia | 1 – 0 | North Yemen |
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Abdullah 44' | (Report) |
Group 3[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | UAE | KUW | PAK | SYE | |
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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 | — |
Kuwait | 3 – 2 | United Arab Emirates |
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26' 75', 84' |
Bakhit 54', 69' |
United Arab Emirates | 5 – 0 | Pakistan |
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1', 25' Khalid Ismaïl 64' Abdulrahman Mohamed 78' Abdulaziz Mohamed 85' |
United Arab Emirates | 1 – 0 | Kuwait |
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Al-Taliyani 62' |
Pakistan | 1 – 4 | United Arab Emirates |
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81' | Khalid Ismaïl 7' 26' Al-Talyani 27' Abdulaziz Mohamed 70' |
Group 4[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | KOR | MAS | SIN | NEP | IND | |
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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 | — |
Malaysia | 2 – 0 | Nepal |
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Azizol 2' Dollah Salleh 90' (pen.) |
South Korea | 3 – 0 | Singapore |
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Hwang Sun-Hong 7', 20' Chung Hae-Won 90' |
Malaysia | 1 – 0 | Singapore |
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Dollah Salleh 61' |
South Korea | 9 – 0 | Nepal |
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Chung Yong-Hwan 2' Park Kyung-Hoon 16' (pen.) Choi Sang-Kuk 24', 29' Kim Joo-Sung 39', 48' Lee Young-jin 50' Noh Soo-Jin 84' Cho Min-Kook 89' |
Singapore | 3 – 0 | Nepal |
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37', 44' Tay Peng Kee 53' |
South Korea | 3 – 0 | Malaysia |
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Choi Soon-Ho 6' Hwang Sun-Hong 57', 79' |
Singapore | 2 – 2 | Malaysia |
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31' Salim 38' |
Lim Teong Kim 19' Dollah Salleh 84' |
South Korea | 4 – 0 | Nepal |
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Lee Kwang-Jong 34' Park Kyung-Hoon 43' Kim Joo-Sung 43' Lee Tae-Ho 83' |
South Korea | 3 – 0 | Malaysia |
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Hwang Sun-Hong 66' Cho Min-Kook 83' Hwangbo Kwan 86' |
Singapore | 0 – 3 | South Korea |
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Kim Joo-Sung 7' Noh Soo-Jin 61', 70' |
Malaysia | 3 – 0 | Nepal |
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Dollah Salleh 10', 66' 81' |
Group 5[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CHN | IRN | BAN | THA | |
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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 | — |
Thailand | 1 – 0 | Bangladesh |
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Pue-on 10' |
China PR | 2 – 0 | Bangladesh |
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Wang Baoshan 51' Mai Chao 57' |
Thailand | 0 – 3 | Iran |
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Bavi 12' Ghayeghran 28' Garousi 87' |
Bangladesh | 1 – 2 | Iran |
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Aslam 70' | Bavi 44' Ansarifard 50' |
Thailand | 0 – 3 | China PR |
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Tang Yaodong 55' Ma Lin 62', 79' |
Bangladesh | 0 – 2 | China PR |
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Wang Baoshan 23' Ma Lin 62' |
Bangladesh | 3 – 1 | Thailand |
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10' Sabbir 28' 76' |
79' |
Iran | 1 – 0 | Bangladesh |
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Marfavi 81' |
China PR | 2 – 0 | Iran |
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Liu Haiguang 73' Zhang Xiaowen 87' |
China PR | 2 – 0 | Thailand |
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Jia Xiuquan 2' Ma Lin 4' |
Group 6[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PRK | JPN | IDN | HKG | |
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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 | — |
Indonesia | 0 – 0 | North Korea |
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Hong Kong | 1 – 2 | North Korea |
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Santos 60' (pen.) | Kim Kwang-min 3' 4' |
Japan | 2 – 1 | North Korea |
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Mizunuma 74' 88' (o.g.) |
Yun Jong-Su 71' |
Indonesia | 3 – 2 | Hong Kong |
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60' Kiswanto 74', 89' |
11', 64' |
North Korea | 2 – 0 | Japan |
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36' 84' |
North Korea | 4 – 1 | Hong Kong |
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18' 29' 80' |
Bredbury 23' |
North Korea | 2 – 1 | Indonesia |
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40' 64' |
73' |
External links[]
- Asian Zone at FIFA.com
- 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)