1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
International football competition
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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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 25 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer |  Hwang Sun-Hong (7 goals) |
| Best player | Kim Joo-sung[1] |
← 1986 1994 → | |
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. Nepal was moved from Group 5 to Group 4 after India's withdrawal. 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
Group 1
Qatar advanced to the final round.
Group 2
Saudi Arabia advanced to the final round.
Group 3
United Arab Emirates advanced to the final round.
Group 4
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 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 | Withdrew | X – X | X – X | X – X | X – X | — |
Korea Republic advanced to the final round.
Group 5
China advanced to the final round.
Group 6
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 |
Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Results
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)
| South Korea | 0–0 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
| Qatar | 1–1 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
Muftah  87' |
(Report) | Al-Suwaiti 4' |
| South Korea | 1–0 | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Hwang Sun-hong 18' |
Referee: José Antonio García (Mexico)
| United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | China |
|---|---|---|
| K. Mubarak 87' Al Talyani 88' |
Tang Yaodong 61' |
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
| South Korea | 1–0 | China |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
| United Arab Emirates | 1–1 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| K. Mubarak 20' |
Sulaiti 37' |
Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
| China | 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) |
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
| United Arab Emirates | 1–1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Al Talyani 16' |
Hwangbo Kwan 8' |
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
| Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Musaibeah 13' Al-Suwaiti 57' |
(Report) |
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
Mohsen Garousi- Farshad Pious
Chu Gyong-Sik- Kim Pung-Il
Hwangbo Kwan- Noh Soo-jin
Nizar Mahrous
Abdul Razaq Ibrahim
- 2 goals
Tang Yaodong- Wang Baoshan
Tim Bredbury- Nang Yan Leung
Herry Kiswanto- Karim Bavi
Hussein Saeed
Mohamed Al-Diabaz- Khaled Khalil Awad
Ali Marwi- Salah Al-Hasawi
- Han Hyong-Il
- Ri Hyok-chon
Mansoor Muftah
Fahad Al-Bishi- Majed Abdullah
- Mohaisen Al-Jam'an
- Saadoun Al-Suwaiti
Darimosuvito Devaraj- Salim Moin
- Ahmad Satter
- Cho Min-kook
- Choi Sang-kook
- Lee Tae-ho
- Zuhair Bakhit
- Khalid Ismaïl
- Khaleel Mubarak
- 1 goal
Mohammad Aslam- Satyajit Das Rupu
- Wasim Iqbal
- Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir
- Jia Xiuquan
- Liu Haiguang
- Xie Yuxin
- Zhang Xiaowen
- Leslie Santos
- Inyong Lolumbuman
- Mustaqim
- Mustamu Yessy
- Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard
- Sayed Ali Eftekhari
- Sirous Ghayeghran
- Samad Marfavi
- Natiq Hashim
- Habib Jafar
- Ismail Mohammed Sharif
Kenta Hasegawa- Takumi Horiike
- Hisashi Kurosaki
- Osamu Maeda
- Takashi Mizunuma
- Katsuyoshi Shinto
- Rateb Al-Dawoud
- Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri
- Fahad Yousef Al-Sovayed
Kurapiah Gunalan- Azizol Abu Haniffah
- Lim Teong Kim
- Kim Gwang-Mon
- Tak Yong-Bin
- Yun Jong-Su
Mohamed Ali Hamoud- Nasser Khaleefa
Ali Sharafat- Saleh Eid Al-Mehaizaa
- Jumah Salem Joher
- Adel Mubarak Khamis
- Mansour Sulaiti
- Fahad Al-Musaibeah
- Ahmed Madani
- Yousuf Al-Thunayan
- Arj Changatamilman
- Tay Peng Kee
- Choi Soon-ho
- Chung Hae-won
- Chung Yong-hwan
- Kim Joo-sung
- Lee Hak-jong
- Lee Young-jin
- Park Kyung-hoon
- Walid Al-Nasser
- Walid Abou El-Sel
- Abdul Latif Helou
- Mohammed Jakalan
Prasert Changmool- Piyapong Pue-On
- Abdulaziz Mohamed
- Abdulrahman Mohamed
- 1 own goal
- Oh Yong-Nam (playing against Japan)