1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
International football competition
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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.
Teams30 (from 1 confederation)
Top scorer(s)
Kazuyoshi Miura
(13 goals)
Kazuyoshi Miura (13 goals)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 30 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) | Kazuyoshi Miura (13 goals) |
← 1990 1998 → | |
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: The teams were divided into 6 groups of 4 or 5 teams each, although Myanmar and Nepal withdrew after playing no matches. The teams would play against each other twice. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 6 teams would play against each other once in Qatar. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
First round
Group A
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 |
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)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
| Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
| South Korea | 1–1 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Shin Hong-gi 63' |
Madani 90' |
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
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)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Quiniou (France)
| Japan | 1–0 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Miura 61' |
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Schmidhuber (Germany)
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)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Baldas (Italy)
| South Korea | 3–0 | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Ko Jeong-woon 49' Hwang Sun-hong 53'Ha Seok-ju 75' |
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
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)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
See 1993 Japan v Iraq football match
To date, this was the last time Japan 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
Ali Daei
Takuya Takagi
Khalil Al-Malki
Saeed Al-Owairan
- 6 goals
Gao Hongbo
Laith Hussein- Saad Qais
- Ahmed Radhi
Ali Marwi
Azman Adnan
Ryu Song-Gun
Adnan Al Talyani- Abdulrazaq Ibrahim Balooshi
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Khamis Eid Rafe Thani
Hossain Joarder
Bhupinder Thakur- Hamid Derakhshan
- Masahiro Fukuda
Subhi Al-Gnimaz- Mohammad Muharam
- Hamed Al-Saleh
- Azizol Abu Haniffah
- Abdul Mubin Mokhtar
- Fahad Al Kuwari
- Mubarak Mustafa
- Majed Abdullah
- Fahad Al-Mehallel
Choi Moon-sik- Lee Gi-bum
Mohammad Afash- Abdul Latif Helou
- Mohamad Moustafa Kadir
- 2 goals
- Khamis Mubarak
- Karim Mohammed Rumi Rizvi
- Hao Haidong
- Li Bing
- Xu Hong
Au Wai Lun- Cheung Kam Wa
- Lee Kin Wo
- Sathyan Vatta Barambath
- Inivalappil Mani Vijayan
Sudirman- Hamid Estili
- Mehdi Fonounizadeh
- Naeem Saddam
- Munthir Khalaf
- Radhi Shenaishil
- Tetsuji Hashiratani
- Masami Ihara
- Jeris Tadrus
- Fayez Al-Felaij
- Wail Al Habashi
- Hamoud Al-Shemmari
- Abdullah Wabran
Rafi Joulfagi- Paramasivan Ravindran
- Cho In-Chol
- Kim Kwang-min
- Kim Kyong-il
Yousuf Saleh Al-Alawi- Rashid Al-Wahaibi
- Mohammed Abdul Noor
- Zamel Al Kuwari
- Sami Al-Jaber
- Ahmed Jamil Madani
Mohd Rafi Ali- Hong Myung-bo
- Kim Tae-young
- Ko Jeong-woon
- Park Jung-bae
- Nizar Mahrous
Songserm Maperm- Kiatisuk Senamuang
- Khamees Saad Mubarak
Mohamed Hassan Abdullah- Ahmed Abdul Karim Al-Brid
- Omar Mubarak
- Wagdan Mahmoud Shadli
- 1 goal
- Adel Abdulrahman Marzouq
- Juma Marzouq
- Samir Mubarak
- Ali Saad
- Kaiser Hamid
- Sayed Rumman Sabbir
- Wu Qunli
- Zhao Faqing
Chen Fu-Yuan- Chen Jiunn-Ming
- Yeh Ching-Tueng
- Loh Wai Chi
- Tam Siu Wai
- Wong Chi Keung
- Tajinder Kumar
- Rahmad Darmawan
- Singgih Pitono
- Alexander Saununu
- Putut Widjanarko
- Mehdi Abtahi
- Reza Hassanzadeh
- Javad Manafi
- Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
- Mahdi Kadhim
- Habib Jafar
- Ahmed Daham
- Jaffar Omran
- Akram Emmanuel
- Takumi Horiike
- Ruy Ramos
- Masaaki Sawanobori
- Mitsunori Yoshida
- Jamal Abu Abed
- Ahmad Al-Bashir
- Hisham Abed Al-Minem
- Aref Al-Shewaier
- Ayman Al Husaini
- Basel Abdul Rahim
- Fadi Alloush
- Hassan Ayoub
- Youssef Farhat
- Babkin Melikian
- Wael Nazha
- Jamal Taha
Daniel Pinto- A. Elangovan
- Zainal Abidin Hassan
- Pang Gwang-Chol
- Yong Jin-Li
- Yun Jong-Su
- Hamdan Abdulla Al-Moamari
- Mattar Al-Mukhaini
- Yunis Aman Al-Naseeb
- Nabil Al-Siyabi
Tahir Agha- Abdul Farooq
- Rayed Al-Boloushi
- Sultan Bakhit Al-Kuwari
- Yousef Khalaf
- Abdullah Al-Dosari
- Mansour Al-Mousa
- Mansour Al-Muainea
- Razali Saad
- Steven Tan
- Gu Sang-bum
- Hwangbo Kwan
- Hwang Sun-hong
- Jung Jae-kwon
- Kang Chul
- Kim Pan-keun
- Noh Jung-yoon
- Park Nam-yeol
- Seo Jung-won
- Shin Hong-gi
- Ali Cheikh Dib
- Jamal Kazem
- Munaf Ramadan
- Pongthorn Thiubthong
- Mohamed Ahmed
- Ali Thani Jumaa
- Ismail Rashid Ismail
- Fahad Khamees Mubarak
- Nasir Khamees Mubarak
Hà Vương Ngầu Nại- Lư Đình Tuấn
- Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
- Phan Thanh Hùng
- Ahmed Bareed
- Saleh Rabiah Ben
- Asam Duraiban
- Sharaf Mahfood
- 1 own goal
- Robby Darwis (playing against North Korea)
Awards
On 28 October 1993, the experts of FIFA and AFC selected the best players of the competition.
Most Outstanding Player[2]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shigetatsu Matsunaga |
Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Hong Myung-bo Tetsuji Hashiratani Javad Zarincheh |
Fuad Anwar Khaled Massad Shin Hong-gi Ruy Ramos |
Kazuyoshi Miura Ali Daei |