1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

International football competition 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 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 main WDL Group 1 Q 2 n QAT QAT IRQ IRQ 1963 JOR JOR OMA OMA 1970 3 3 0 8 3 3 2 1 11 5 2 1 3 5 7 0 2 4 2 11 #cfc A y noflag FBR 4 – 0 3 – 1 2 – 2 0 – 1 2 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 0 1 – 0 1 – 0 3 – 0 complete Qatar v Jordan 6 January 1989 QAT 1–0 JOR Al-Soufi 21 Doha, Qatar 2,859 Lee Peng Ann (Singapore) Oman v Iraq 6 January 1989 OMA 1970 1–1 IRQ 1963 Mahmoud 37 Sharif 18 Muscat, Oman Pratumthong (Thailand) Oman v Qatar 13 January 1989 OMA 1970 0–0 QAT Muscat, Oman Al-Nasir (Saudi Arabia) Jordan v Iraq 13 January 1989 JOR 0–1 IRQ 1963 Jafar 60 Amman, Jordan Mandi (Bahrain) Jordan v Oman 20 January 1989 JOR 2–0 OMA 1970 Al-Diabaz 32 43 Amman, Jordan Nizar (Syria) Qatar v Iraq 20 January 1989 QAT 1–0 IRQ 1963 Al-Soufi 21 Doha, Qatar 3,243 Zhong Bohong (China PR) Jordan v Qatar 27 January 1989 JOR 1–1 QAT Awad 90 Al-Soufi 90 Amman, Jordan Syed Iqbal (India) Iraq v Oman 27 January 1989 IRQ 1963 3–1 OMA 1970 Shihab 33Hashim 54Radhi 85 Nasser 90 Baghdad, Iraq Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) Qatar v Oman 3 February 1989 QAT 3–0 OMA 1970 Al-Majid 32Al-Soufi 67 81 Doha, Qatar Al-Jassas (Kuwait) Iraq v Jordan 3 February 1989 IRQ 1963 4–0 JOR Radhi 26 42 66 80 Baghdad, Iraq Hi Yacob (Malaysia) Oman v Jordan 10 February 1989 OMA 1970 0–2 JOR Al-Dawoud 49Awad 66 Muscat, Oman Kil Ki-Chul (Korea Republic) Iraq v Qatar 10 February 1989 IRQ 1963 2–2 QAT Radhi 31Saeed 75 Al-Mehaizaa 18Khamis 85 Baghdad, Iraq Sano (Japan) Group 2 main WDL Group 2 Q 2 n KSA KSA SYR SYR 1980 NYE North Yemen BHR BHR 1972 3 1 0 7 4 2 1 1 7 5 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 #cfc A y noflag FBR X – X X – X X – X X – X 0 – 1 0 – 1 X – X 1 – 0 5 – 4 X – X 2 – 0 0 – 0 complete North Yemen v Syria 10 March 1989 North Yemen 0 – 1 (Report) SYR 1980 Mahrous 44 Sana'a, North Yemen 45,000 Hartasardjono (Indonesia) Saudi Arabia v Syria 15 March 1989 KSA 5 – 4 (Report) SYR 1980 Al-Bishi 13Al-Jam'an 44 75Al-Thunayan 50Abdullah 69 Jakalan 30Al-Nasser 61Helou 70Mahrous 85 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 35,000 Chen Shengcai (China PR) North Yemen v Saudi Arabia 20 March 1989 North Yemen 0 – 1 (Report) KSA Madani 79 Sana'a, North Yemen 45,000 Abd Rashid Wan Jaafar (Malaysia) Syria v North Yemen 25 March 1989 SYR 1980 2 – 0 (Report) North Yemen El-Sel 41Mahrous 48 Latakia, Syria 35,000 Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) Syria v Saudi Arabia 30 March 1989 SYR 1980 0 – 0 (Report) KSA Latakia, Syria 50,000 Takada (Japan) Saudi Arabia v North Yemen 5 April 1989 KSA 1 – 0 (Report) North Yemen Abdullah 44 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 35,000 Mohammed Saleh Alawi (Oman) Group 3 main WDL Group 3 Q n 2 UAE UAE KUW KUW PAK PAK SYE South Yemen 3 0 1 12 4 3 0 1 6 3 0 0 4 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 #cfc A y noflag FBR 2 – 0 X – X 3 – 2 0 – 1 X – X 1 – 4 X – X X – X X – X 1 – 0 5 – 0 X – X complete Pakistan v Kuwait 6 January 1989 PAK 0 – 1 KUW Al-Hajeri 5 Islamabad, Pakistan Syed Iqbal (India) Kuwait v UAE 13 January 1989 KUW 3 – 2 UAE Al-Sovayed 26Al-Hasawi 75 84 Bakhit 54 69 Kuwait City, Kuwait Takada (Japan) UAE v Pakistan 20 January 1989 UAE 5 – 0 PAK A. Ibrahim 1 25Khalid Ismaïl 64Abdulrahman Mohamed 78Abdulaziz Mohamed 85 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Abu-Ali (Jordan) Kuwait v Pakistan 27 January 1989 KUW 2 – 0 PAK Al-Hadyah 42 78 Kuwait City, Kuwait Al-Sharif (Saudi Arabia) UAE v Kuwait 3 February 1989 UAE 1 – 0 KUW Al-Talyani 62 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Jassim Mohammed (Bahrain) Pakistan v UAE 10 February 1989 PAK 1 – 4 UAE Sharafat 81 Khalid Ismaïl 7A. Ibrahim 26Al-Talyani 27Abdulaziz Mohamed 70 Islamabad, Pakistan Nazari (Iran) Group 4 main WDL Group 4 Q 2 n KOR KOR 1984 MAS MAS SIN SIN NEP NEP IND IND 6 0 0 25 0 3 1 2 8 8 2 1 3 12 9 0 0 6 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 #cfc A black1 Withdrew WD y noflag FBR X – X X – X X – X X – X 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 complete Malaysia v Nepal 23 May 1989 MAS 2 – 0 NEP Azizol 2Dollah Salleh 90 pen. Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 9,974 Asgari (Iran) Korea Republic v Singapore 23 May 1989 KOR 1984 3 – 0 SIN Hwang Sun-Hong 7 20Chung Hae-won 89 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 9,974 Antonio (Macau) Malaysia v Singapore 25 May 1989 MAS 1 – 0 SIN Dollah Salleh 61 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 8,360 Chang Jicheng (China PR) Korea Republic v Nepal 25 May 1989 KOR 1984 9 – 0 NEP Chung Yong-hwan 1Lee Tae-ho 16 pen.Choi Sang-kook 24 48Kim Yong-se 29 83Lee Young-jin 38Noh Soo-jin 46Cho Min-kook 87 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 8,360 Samuel (Hong Kong) Singapore v Nepal 27 May 1989 SIN 3 – 0 NEP Ahmad Satter 37 44Tay Peng Kee 53 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 20,217 Somogod (Philippines) Korea Republic v Malaysia 27 May 1989 KOR 1984 3 – 0 MAS Choi Soon-ho 5Hwang Sun-hong 56 79 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 20,217 Sano (Japan) Singapore v Malaysia 3 June 1989 SIN 2 – 2 MAS Changatamilman 31Salim 38 Lim Teong Kim 19Dollah Salleh 84 National Stadium, Singapore 11,967 Hartasardjono (Indonesia) Korea Republic v Nepal 3 June 1989 KOR 1984 4 – 0 NEP Lee Hak-jong 31Park Kyung-hoon 41Kim Yong-se 43Lee Tae-ho 84 National Stadium, Singapore 11,967 Mahasena (Sri Lanka) Korea Republic v Malaysia 5 June 1989 KOR 1984 3 – 0 MAS Hwang Sun-hong 66Cho Min-kook 83Hwangbo Kwan 87 National Stadium, Singapore 7,425 Al-Malood (Bahrain) Singapore v Nepal 5 June 1989 SIN 7 – 0 NEP Tokijan 4 29 44 48Salim 38Devaraj 58 63 National Stadium, Singapore 7,425 Pratumthong (Thailand) Singapore v Korea Republic 7 June 1989 SIN 0 – 3 KOR 1984 Kim Yong-se 8Noh Soo-jin 61 69 National Stadium, Singapore 7,000 Al-Rahal (Jordan) Malaysia v Nepal 7 June 1989 MAS 3 – 0 NEP Dollah Salleh 10 66Gunalan 81 National Stadium, Singapore 7,000 Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) Group 5 main WDL Group 5 Q 2 n CHN CHN IRN IRN BAN BAN THA THA 5 0 1 13 3 5 0 1 12 5 1 0 5 4 9 1 0 5 2 14 #cfc A y noflag FBR 0 – 2 1 – 2 3 – 1 2 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 0 1 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 0 1 – 0 0 – 3 0 – 3 complete Thailand v Bangladesh 19 February 1989 THA 1 – 0 BAN Piyapong 10 National Stadium, Bangkok Somogod (Philippines) China v Bangladesh 23 February 1989 CHN 2 – 0 BAN Wang Baoshan 51Mai Chao 57 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 25,000 Kim Gwang-Ho (Korea DPR) Thailand v Iran 23 February 1989 THA 0 – 3 IRN Bavi 12Ghayeghran 28Garousi 87 National Stadium, Bangkok 25,000 Chan (Hong Kong) Bangladesh v Iran 27 February 1989 BAN 1 – 2 IRN Aslam 70 Bavi 44Ansarifard 50 Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka 10,879 Bin Saleh (Oman) Thailand v China 28 February 1989 THA 0 – 3 CHN Tang Yaodong 55Ma Lin 62 79 National Stadium, Bangkok 4,174 Abdul Latif (Iraq) Bangladesh v China 4 March 1989 BAN 0 – 2 CHN Wang Baoshan 23Ma Lin 62 Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka 11,946 Murthi (Singapore) Bangladesh v Thailand 8 March 1989 BAN 3 – 1 THA Iqbal 10Sabbir 28Rupu 76 Prasert 79 Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka 8,352 Mohammed Fodah (Saudi Arabia) Iran v Bangladesh 17 March 1989 IRN 1 – 0 BAN Marfavi 81 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 50,000 Al-Mullah (Qatar) Iran v Thailand 30 May 1989 IRN 3 – 0 THA Pious 33 64Garousi 42 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 55,000 Chan (Hong Kong) China v Iran 15 July 1989 CHN 2 – 0 IRN Liu Haiguang 73Zhang Xiaowen 87 Shenyang People's Stadium, Shenyang 25,000 Takada (Japan) Iran v China 22 July 1989 IRN 3 – 2 CHN Garousi 15Eftekhari 16Pious 53 Mai Chao 64 pen.Ma Lin 66 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 90,000 Al-Sharif (Syria) China v Thailand 29 July 1989 CHN 2 – 0 THA Jia Xiuquan 2Ma Lin 4 Shenyang People's Stadium, Shenyang 20,000 Mandi (Bahrain) Group 6 main WDL Group 6 Q 2 n PRK PRK 1948 JPN JPN 1870 IDN IDN HKG HKG 1959 4 1 1 11 5 2 3 1 7 3 1 3 2 5 10 0 3 3 5 10 #cfc A y noflag FBR 1 – 1 0 – 0 1 – 2 3 – 2 0 – 0 0 – 0 0 – 0 5 – 0 2 – 1 4 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 0 complete Indonesia v Korea DPR 21 May 1989 IDN 0 – 0 PRK 1948 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta Murthi (Singapore) Hong Kong v Japan 22 May 1989 HKG 1959 0 – 0 JPN 1870 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 16,313 Kil Ki-Chul (Korea Republic) Hong Kong v Korea DPR 27 May 1989 HKG 1959 1 – 2 PRK 1948 Santos 60 pen. Kim Kwang-min 3Tak Yong-Bin 4 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 16,327 Ismail Yacob (Malaysia) Indonesia v Japan 28 May 1989 IDN 0 – 0 JPN 1870 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta 80,000 Salah Karim (Iraq) Hong Kong v Indonesia 4 June 1989 HKG 1959 1 – 1 IDN Bredbury 31 Mustamu 67 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 12,334 Al-Mulla (United Arab Emirates) Japan v Korea DPR 4 June 1989 JPN 1870 2 – 1 PRK 1948 Mizunuma 74Oh Yong-Nam 88 o.g. Yun Jong-Su 71 Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 35,000 Mandi (Bahrain) Japan v Indonesia 11 June 1989 JPN 1870 5 – 0 IDN Horiike 5Maeda 16Shinto 19Hasegawa 24Kurosaki 69 Nishigaoka National Stadium, Kita, Tokyo 9,000 Buaboocha (Thailand) Japan v Hong Kong 18 June 1989 JPN 1870 0 – 0 HKG 1959 Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe 28,000 Subramaniam Nathan (Malaysia) Indonesia v Hong Kong 25 June 1989 IDN 3 – 2 HKG 1959 Mustaqim 60Kiswanto 74 89 Nang Yan Leung 11 64 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta El-Nasir (Saudi Arabia) Korea DPR v Japan 25 June 1989 PRK 1948 2 – 0 JPN 1870 Kim Pung-Il 36Ri Hyok-chon 84 Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang 35,000 Kunalan (Singapore) Korea DPR v Hong Kong 2 July 1989 PRK 1948 4 – 1 HKG 1959 Ri Hyok-chon 18Han Hyong-Il 29Kim Pung-Il 80Chu Gyong-Sik 86 Bredbury 23 Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang 28,000 Wang Xuezhi (China PR) Korea DPR v Indonesia 9 July 1989 PRK 1948 2 – 1 IDN Chu Gyong-Sik 40Han Hyong-Il 64 Lolumbuman 73 Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang 35,000 Nazari (Iran) External links Asian Zone at FIFA.com 1 Category:South Korea at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Category:United Arab Emirates at the 1990 FIFA World Cup