1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Asian Football Confederation

The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

was allocated two assured qualifying berths for the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

. 26 teams were in the running for these spots; Bahrain

Bahrain national football team

The Bahrain national football team is the national team of the Kingdom of Bahrain and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association; it was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. They have never reached the finals of the World Cup, but have twice come within one match of doing so...

, India

India national football team

The Indian national football team is the national football team of India and is governed by the All India Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated with FIFA, the international governing body for football. In 1954, AIFF became...

, Maldives

Maldives national football team

The Maldives national football team is the national team of the Maldives and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives. A member of the AFC, it qualified for the second stage of Asian qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, where it drew with South Korea at home 0–0.Maldives most significant...

and South Yemen

South Yemen national football team

The South Yemen national football team was the national team of South Yemen between 1965 and 1989. It took part in the Asian Cup finals in 1976, losing 0-8 to Iran and 0-1 to Iraq...

withdrew without playing a qualifying match.

Asia's two automatic qualifying berths were taken by Korea Republic

Korea Republic national football team

The Korea Republic national football team represents Korea Republic in international football and is controlled by the Korea Football Association. Korea Republic is the most successful Asian football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup having participated in eight World Cup tournaments,...

and the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates national football team

The United Arab Emirates national football team represents United Arab Emirates in association football and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association, the governing body for football in 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.

Group 1

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5

	6	3	3	0	8	3
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	6	3	2	1	11	5
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	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	5
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–	4 – 0	2 – 2	1 – 3
0 – 1	–	2 – 0	1 – 1
1 – 1	0 – 2	–	0 – 0
1 – 0	1 – 0	3 – 0	–

Qatar advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

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	4	3	1	0	7	4
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X – X	1 – 0	–	5 – 4
X – X	2 – 0	0 – 0	–

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

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	4	3	0	1	12	4
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	4	3	0	1	6	3
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–	2 – 0	X – X	3 – 2
0 – 1	–	X – X	1 – 4
X – X	X – X	–	X – X
1 – 0	5 – 0	X – X	–

United Arab Emirates advanced to the Final Round.

Group 4

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	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	7
	6	2	1	3	12	9
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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X – X	–	3 – 0	9 – 0	3 – 0
X – X	0 – 3	–	3 – 0	1 – 0
X – X	0 – 4	0 – 2	–	0 – 3
X – X	0 – 3	2 – 2	7 – 0	–

Korea Republic advanced to the Final Round.

Group 5

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	6	5	0	1	13	3
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	6	5	0	1	12	5
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	6	1	0	5	4	9	−5	2
	6	1	0	5	2	14	−12	2

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–	0 – 2	1 – 2	3 – 1
2 – 0	–	2 – 0	2 – 0
1 – 0	3 – 2	–	3 – 0
1 – 0	0 – 3	0 – 3	–

China PR advanced to the Final Round.

Group 6

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	6	4	1	1	11	5
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	6	2	3	1	7	3
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	6	1	3	2	5	10	−5	5
	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3

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–	1 – 1	0 – 0	1 – 2
3 – 2	–	0 – 0	0 – 0
0 – 0	5 – 0	–	2 – 1
4 – 1	2 – 1	2 – 0	–

Korea DPR advanced to the Final Round.

Standings

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	5	3	2	0	5	1
8
	5	1	4	0	4	3
6
	5	1	3	1	4	5	−1	5
	5	2	0	3	5	6	−1	4
	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	4
	5	1	1	3	2	4	−2	3

Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

Results

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External links

Asian Zone at FIFA.com

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