1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
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
Group A
Iraq advanced to the Final Round.
Group B
Iran advanced to the Final Round.
Group C
North Korea advanced to the Final Round.
Group D
South Korea advanced to the Final Round.
Group E
Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.
Group F
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.
Saudi Arabia and South Korea qualified.
See 1993 Japan v Iraq football match
To date, this was the last time both Japan and Iran failed to qualify for a World Cup.
Qualified teams
The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
13 goals
Kazuyoshi Miura
8 goals
Alaa Kadhim
Ha Seok-Ju
Piyapong Pue-On
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
Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
Jasem Al Huwaidi
Choe Yong-Son
4 goals
Cai Sheng
Masashi Nakayama
Choe Won-Nam
Mahmoud Soufi
Khaled Al-Muwallid
Hamzah Idris Falatah
Fandi Ahmad
Varadaraju Sundramoorthy
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 Ki-Beom
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 Seon-Hong
Jung Jae-Kwon
Kang Chul
Kim Pan-Keun
Noh Jung-Yoon
Park Nam-Yeol
Seo Jung-Won
Shin Hong-Ki
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
Ali Daei
Asian All Stars
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
Qual
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FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)