1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
The Asian Football Confederation was allocated two assured qualifying berths for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. 26 teams were in the running for these spots; Bahrain, India, Maldives and South Yemen withdrew without playing a qualifying match.
Asia's two automatic qualifying berths were taken by Korea Republic and the 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. Nepal was moved from Group 5 to Group 4 after India's withdrawal. 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.
First round
Group 1
Qatar advanced to the final round.
Group 2
Saudi Arabia advanced to the final round.
Group 3
United Arab Emirates advanced to the final round.
Group 4
Korea Republic advanced to the final round.
Group 5
China PR advanced to the final round.
Group 6
Korea DPR advanced to the final round.
Final round
Standings
Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Results
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
7 goals
Hwang Sun-Hong
6 goals
Ma Lin
Ahmed Radhi
Mahmoud Yaseen Al-Soufi
5 goals
Dollah Salleh
4 goals
Mai Chao
Kim Yong-Se
Darimosuvito Tokijan
Adnan Al Talyani
3 goals
Mohsen Garousi
Farshad Pious
Chu Gyong-Sik
Kim Pung-Il
Hwangbo Kwan
Noh Soo-Jin
Nizar Mahrous
Abdul Razaq Ibrahim
2 goals
Tang Yaodong
Wang Baoshan
Tim Bredbury
Nang Yan Leung
Herry Kiswanto
Karim Bavi
Hussein Saeed
Mohamed Al-Diabaz
Khaled Khalil Awad
Ali Marwi
Salah Al-Hasawi
Han Hyong-Il
Ri Hyok-chon
Mansoor Muftah
Fahad Al-Bishi
Majed Abdullah
Mohaisen Al-Jam'an
Saadoun Al-Suwaiti
Darimosuvito Devaraj
Salim Moin
Ahmad Satter
Cho Min-Kook
Choi Sang-Kuk
Lee Tae-Ho
Zuhair Bakhit
Khalid Ismaïl
Khaleel Mubarak
1 goal
Mohamed Aslam
Badal Das
Wasim Iqbal
Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir
Jia Xiuquan
Liu Haiguang
Xie Yuxin
Zhang Xiaowen
Leslie Santos
Inyong Lolumbuman
Mustaqim
Mustamu Yessy
Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard
Sayed Ali Eftekhari
Sirous Ghayeghran
Samad Marfavi
Natiq Hashim
Habib Jafar
Ismail Mohammed Sharif
Kenta Hasegawa
Takumi Horiike
Hisashi Kurosaki
Osamu Maeda
Takashi Mizunuma
Katsuyoshi Shinto
Rateb Al-Dawoud
Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri
Fahad Yousef Al-Sovayed
Kurapiah Gunalan
Azizol Abu Haniffah
Lim Teong Kim
Kim Gwang-Mon
Tak Yong-Bin
Yun Jong-Su
Mohamed Ali Hamoud
Nasser Khaleefa
Ali Sharafat
Saleh Eid Al-Mehaizaa
Jumah Salem Joher
Adel Mubarak Khamis
Mansour Sulaiti
Fahad Al-Musaibeah
Ahmed Madani
Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Arj Changatamilman
Tay Peng Kee
Choi Soon-Ho
Chung Hae-Won
Chung Yong-Hwan
Kim Joo-sung
Lee Hak-Jong
Lee Young-Jin
Park Kyung-Hoon
Walid Al-Nasser
Walid Abou El-Sel
Abdul Latif Helou
Mohammed Jakalan
Prasert Changmool
Piyapong Pue-On
Abdulaziz Mohamed
Abdulrahman Mohamed
1 own goal
Oh Yong-Nam (playing against Japan)
Notes
External links
Asian Zone at FIFA.com
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