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 . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 30 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 2 places in the final tournament.
There were two rounds of play:
- First Round: The 30 teams were divided into 6 groups of 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.
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Group B
Iran advanced to the Final Round.
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Group C
North Korea advanced to the Final Round.
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Group D
South Korea advanced to the Final Round.
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Group E
Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.
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Group F
Japan advanced to the Final Round.
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Final round
With all of 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.Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | |
2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | |
5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 | |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 |
Saudi Arabia and South Korea qualified.
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See 1993 Japan v Iraq football match
To date, this is 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 on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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Goalscorers
;13 goals;8 goals
;7 goals
;6 goals
- Gao Hongbo
- Laith Hussein
- Saad Qais
- Ahmed Radhi
- Ali Al-Hadyah
- Azman Adnan
- Ryu Song-Gun
- Adnan Al Talyani
- Abdulrazaq Ibrahim Balooshi
;4 goals
- Cai Sheng
- Masashi Nakayama
- Choe Won-Nam
- Mahmoud Soufi
- Khaled Al-Muwallid
- Hamzah Idris Falatah
- Fandi Ahmad
- Varadaraju Sundramoorthy
- Khamis Eid Rafe Thani
- Hossain Joarder
- Sathyan Vatta Barambath
- 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
- Khamis Mubarak
- Karim Mohammed Rumi Rizvi
- Hao Haidong
- Li Bing
- Xu Hong
- Au Wai Lun
- Cheung Kam Wa
- Lee Kin Wo
- Bhupinder Thakur
- 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 Gwang-Min
- Kim Gyong-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
- 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
- Dhaleel Ur Rahman Khaleel
- Tajinder Kumar
- Inivalappil Mani Vijayan
- 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