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 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

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Qualified teams

The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.
TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1
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Goalscorers

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