1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

June 2018 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 30 1 JPN Kazuyoshi Miura (13 goals) 1990 1998 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. 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 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round Group A main WDL Group A Q 2 IRQ IRQ 1991 CHN CHN China YEM YEM JOR JOR PAK PAK 6 1 1 28 4 6 0 2 18 4 3 2 3 12 13 2 3 3 12 15 0 0 8 2 36 #ccffcc A complete RSSSF Iraq advanced to the Final Round. Group B main WDL Group B Q 2 IRN IRN SYR SYR 1980 OMA OMA 1970 TPE TPE MYA MYA 1974 3 3 0 15 2 3 3 0 14 4 2 2 2 10 5 0 0 6 3 31 W Withdrew #ccffcc A complete RSSSF Iran advanced to the Final Round. Group C main WDL Group C Q 2 PRK PRK QAT QAT SIN SIN IDN IDN VIE VIE 7 1 0 19 6 5 1 2 22 8 5 0 3 12 12 1 0 7 6 19 1 0 7 4 18 #ccffcc A complete RSSSF North Korea advanced to the Final Round. Group D main WDL Group D Q 2 KOR KOR 1984 BHR BHR 1972 LIB LIB HKG HKG 1959 IND IND 7 1 0 23 1 3 3 2 9 6 2 4 2 8 9 2 1 5 9 19 1 1 6 8 22 #ccffcc A complete RSSSF South Korea advanced to the Final Round. Group E main WDL Group E Q 2 KSA KSA KUW KUW MAS MAS MAC MAC municipal 4 2 0 20 1 3 2 1 21 4 2 2 2 16 7 0 0 6 1 46 #ccffcc A complete RSSSF Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round. Group F main WDL Group F Q 2 JPN JPN 1947 UAE UAE THA THA BAN BAN SRI SRI 7 1 0 28 2 6 1 1 19 4 4 0 4 13 7 2 0 6 7 28 0 0 8 0 26 #ccffcc A complete 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.LIBYAN BAN RAISES CUP QUESTIONS https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-07-11-9307110225-story.html 2022-06-09 Chicago Tribune RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1SAU523086+272KOR 1984522194+563JPN 1947522174+364IRQ 1991513199055IRN5203811−346PRK5104512−72 Saudi Arabia and South Korea qualified. 15 October 1993 PRK 3–2 IRQ 1991 Kim Kwang-min 63Kim Kyong-il 76Choi Won-Nam 80 Kadhim 8 46 Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 20,000Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands) 15 October 1993 SAU 0–0 JPN 1947 Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 20,000Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland) 16 October 1993 IRN 0–3 KOR 1984 Park Jung-bae 18Ha Seok-ju 79Ko Jeong-woon 81 Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 10,000Referee: Schmidhuber (Germany) 18 October 1993 PRK 1–2 SAU Ryu Song-Gun 68 Mehalel 56Al-Muwallid 73 Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 15,000Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania) 18 October 1993 JPN 1947 1–2 IRN Nakayama 88 Hassanzadeh 45Daei 85 Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 10,000Referee: Baldas (Italy) 19 October 1993 IRQ 1991 2–2 KOR 1984 Hussein 32Jafar 86 Kim Pan-keun 40Hong Myung-bo 67 pen. Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 20,000Referee: Quiniou (France) 21 October 1993 PRK 0–3 JPN 1947 Miura 28 69Nakayama 51 Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 3,000Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland) 22 October 1993 IRQ 1991 2–1 IRN Radhi 20Kadhim 38 Daei 21 Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 30,000Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania) 22 October 1993 KOR 1984 1–1 SAU Shin Hong-gi 63 Madani 90 Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 35,000Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands) 24 October 1993 IRQ 1991 1–1 SAU Radhi 1 Owairan 36 Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 20,000Referee: Quiniou (France) 25 October 1993 JPN 1947 1–0 KOR 1984 Miura 61 Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 15,000Referee: Schmidhuber (Germany) 25 October 1993 IRN 2–1 PRK Daei 49 66 Choi Won-Nam 22 Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 5,000Referee: Baldas (Italy) 28 October 1993 KOR 1984 3–0 PRK Ko Jeong-woon 49Hwang Sun-hong 53Ha Seok-ju 75 Qatar SC Stadium, DohaAttendance: 4,000Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania) 28 October 1993 SAU 4–3 IRN Al-Jaber 21Mehalel 27Al-Mousa 47Falatah 64 Fonounizadeh 43 52Manafi 90 Khalifa International Stadium, DohaAttendance: 40,000Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands) 28 October 1993 IRQ 1991 2–2 JPN 1947 Radhi 54Omran 90 Miura 5Nakayama 69 Al-Ahly Stadium, DohaAttendance: 15,000Referee: 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 onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 KSA A1 Final round winners 28 October 1993 0 (debut) KOR 1984 A2 Final round runners-up 28 October 1993 1 3 (1954, 1986, 1990) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Goalscorers 13 goals 20em yes JPN 1947 Kazuyoshi Miura 8 goals 20em yes IRQ 1991 Alaa Kadhim KOR 1984 Ha Seok-ju THA Piyapong Pue-On 7 goals 20em yes IRN Ali Daei JPN 1947 Takuya Takagi QAT Khalil Al-Malki KSA Saeed Al-Owairan 6 goals 20em yes CHN Gao Hongbo IRQ 1991 Laith Hussein IRQ 1991 Saad Qais IRQ 1991 Ahmed Radhi KUW Ali Marwi MAS Azman Adnan PRK Ryu Song-Gun UAE Adnan Al Talyani UAE Abdulrazaq Ibrahim Balooshi 5 goals 20em yes IRN Ali Asghar Modir Roosta KUW Jasem Al Huwaidi PRK Choe Yong-Son 4 goals 20em yes CHN Cai Sheng JPN 1947 Masashi Nakayama PRK Choe Won-Nam QAT Mahmoud Soufi KSA Khaled Al-Muwallid KSA Hamzah Idris Falatah SIN Fandi Ahmad SIN Varadaraju Sundramoorthy 3 goals 20em yes BHR 1972 Khamis Eid Rafe Thani BAN Hossain Joarder IND Bhupinder Thakur IRN Hamid Derakhshan JPN 1947 Masahiro Fukuda JOR Subhi Al-Gnimaz JOR Mohammad Muharam KUW Hamed Al-Saleh MAS Azizol Abu Haniffah MAS Abdul Mubin Mokhtar QAT Fahad Al Kuwari QAT Mubarak Mustafa KSA Majed Abdullah KSA Fahad Al-Mehallel KOR 1984 Choi Moon-sik KOR 1984 Lee Gi-bum SYR 1980 Mohammad Afash SYR 1980 Abdul Latif Helou SYR 1980 Mohamad Moustafa Kadir 2 goals 20em yes BHR 1972 Khamis Mubarak BAN Karim Mohammed Rumi Rizvi CHN Hao Haidong CHN Li Bing CHN Xu Hong HKG colonial Au Wai Lun HKG colonial Cheung Kam Wa HKG colonial Lee Kin Wo IND Sathyan Vatta Barambath IND Inivalappil Mani Vijayan IDN Sudirman IRN Hamid Estili IRN Mehdi Fonounizadeh IRQ 1991 Naeem Saddam IRQ 1991 Munthir Khalaf IRQ 1991 Radhi Shenaishil JPN 1947 Tetsuji Hashiratani JPN 1947 Masami Ihara JOR Jeris Tadrus KUW Fayez Al-Felaij KUW Wail Al Habashi KUW Hamoud Al-Shemmari KUW Abdullah Wabran LIB Rafi Joulfagi MAS Paramasivan Ravindran PRK Cho In-Chol PRK Kim Kwang-min PRK Kim Kyong-il OMA 1985 Yousuf Saleh Al-Alawi OMA 1985 Rashid Al-Wahaibi OMA 1985 Mohammed Abdul Noor QAT Zamel Al Kuwari KSA Sami Al-Jaber KSA Ahmed Jamil Madani SIN Mohd Rafi Ali KOR 1984 Hong Myung-bo KOR 1984 Kim Tae-young KOR 1984 Ko Jeong-woon KOR 1984 Park Jung-bae SYR 1980 Nizar Mahrous THA Songserm Maperm THA Kiatisuk Senamuang UAE Khamees Saad Mubarak YEM Mohamed Hassan Abdullah YEM Ahmed Abdul Karim Al-Brid YEM Omar Mubarak YEM Wagdan Mahmoud Shadli 1 goal 20em yes BHR 1972 Adel Abdulrahman Marzouq BHR 1972 Juma Marzouq BHR 1972 Samir Mubarak BHR 1972 Ali Saad BAN Kaiser Hamid BAN Sayed Rumman Sabbir CHN Wu Qunli CHN Zhao Faqing TPE 1993 Chen Fu-Yuan TPE 1993 Chen Jiunn-Ming TPE 1993 Yeh Ching-Tueng HKG colonial Loh Wai Chi HKG colonial Tam Siu Wai HKG colonial Wong Chi Keung IND Tajinder Kumar IDN Rahmad Darmawan IDN Singgih Pitono IDN Alexander Saununu IDN Putut Widjanarko IRN Mehdi Abtahi IRN Reza Hassanzadeh IRN Javad Manafi IRN Majid Namjoo-Motlagh IRQ 1991 Mahdi Kadhim IRQ 1991 Habib Jafar IRQ 1991 Ahmed Daham IRQ 1991 Jaffar Omran IRQ 1991 Akram Emmanuel JPN 1947 Takumi Horiike JPN 1947 Ruy Ramos JPN 1947 Masaaki Sawanobori JPN 1947 Mitsunori Yoshida JOR Jamal Abu Abed JOR Ahmad Al-Bashir JOR Hisham Abed Al-Minem JOR Aref Al-Shewaier KUW Ayman Al Husaini KUW Basel Abdul Rahim LIB Fadi Alloush LIB Hassan Ayoub LIB Youssef Farhat LIB Babkin Melikian LIB Wael Nazha LIB Jamal Taha MAC colonial Daniel Pinto MAS A. Elangovan MAS Zainal Abidin Hassan PRK Pang Gwang-Chol PRK Yong Jin-Li PRK Yun Jong-Su OMA 1985 Hamdan Abdulla Al-Moamari OMA 1985 Mattar Al-Mukhaini OMA 1985 Yunis Aman Al-Naseeb OMA 1985 Nabil Al-Siyabi PAK Tahir Agha PAK Abdul Farooq QAT Rayed Al-Boloushi QAT Sultan Bakhit Al-Kuwari QAT Yousef Khalaf KSA Abdullah Al-Dosari KSA Mansour Al-Mousa KSA Mansour Al-Muainea SIN Razali Saad SIN Steven Tan KOR 1984 Gu Sang-bum KOR 1984 Hwangbo Kwan KOR 1984 Hwang Sun-hong KOR 1984 Jung Jae-kwon KOR 1984 Kang Chul KOR 1984 Kim Pan-keun KOR 1984 Noh Jung-yoon KOR 1984 Park Nam-yeol KOR 1984 Seo Jung-won KOR 1984 Shin Hong-gi SYR 1980 Ali Cheikh Dib SYR 1980 Jamal Kazem SYR 1980 Munaf Ramadan THA Pongthorn Thiubthong UAE Mohamed Ahmed UAE Ali Thani Jumaa UAE Ismail Rashid Ismail UAE Fahad Khamees Mubarak UAE Nasir Khamees Mubarak VIE Hà Vương Ngầu Nại VIE Lư Đình Tuấn VIE Nguyễn Hồng Sơn VIE Phan Thanh Hùng YEM Ahmed Bareed YEM Saleh Rabiah Ben YEM Asam Duraiban YEM Sharaf Mahfood 1 own goal 20em yes IDN 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 Playerhttps://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1993103000329119014&editNo=15&printCount=1&publishDate=1993-10-30&officeId=00032&pageNo=19&printNo=14903&publishType=00010 ko:辛홍기·洪명보 베스트11에 Naver.com Kyunghyang 1993-10-30 2022-05-16 ko IRN Ali Daei Asian All Starshttps://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1993103000099118016&editNo=15&printCount=1&publishDate=1993-10-30&officeId=00009&pageNo=18&printNo=8574&publishType=00010 ko:辛홍기·洪명보「아시아베스트11」올라 Naver.com Maeil Business Newspaper 1993-10-30 2022-05-16 ko GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsJPN 1947 Shigetatsu MatsunagaKSA Mohammed Al-KhilaiwiKOR 1984 Hong Myung-boJPN 1947 Tetsuji HashirataniIRN Javad ZarinchehKSA Fuad AnwarKSA Khaled MassadKOR 1984 Shin Hong-giJPN 1947 Ruy RamosJPN 1947 Kazuyoshi MiuraIRN Ali Daei See also 1993 Japan v Iraq football match 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) References AFC 1994 Category:1993 in Asian men's international football Category:South Korea at the 1994 FIFA World Cup Category:Saudi Arabia at the 1994 FIFA World Cup Category:1993–94 in Iraqi football Category:Football competitions in Doha Category:International association football competitions hosted by Qatar Category:Men's football competitions in Qatar Category:October 1993 sports events in Asia Category:20th century in Doha Category:1993–94 in Qatari football Category:1993–94 in Iranian football Category:1993 in Japanese men's football Category:1993 in North Korean football