1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Last updated October 14, 2025

The qualification matches for Group 1 of the European zone (UEFA) of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament took place between August 1992 and November 1993. The teams competed on a home-and-away basis with the winner and runner-up claiming 2 of the 12 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The group consisted of Estonia, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Scotland, and Switzerland.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	7	2	1	22	7	+15	16	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	—	2–2	1–0	3–1	6–1	2–0
2	Switzerland	10	6	3	1	23	6	+17	15	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	1–0	—	1–1	3–1	3–0	4–0
3	Portugal	10	6	2	2	18	5	+13	14		1–3	1–0	—	5–0	4–0	3–0
4	Scotland	10	4	3	3	14	13	+1	11		0–0	1–1	0–0	—	3–0	3–1
5	Malta	10	1	1	8	3	23	−20	3		1–2	0–2	0–1	0–2	—	0–0
6	Estonia	10	0	1	9	1	27	−26	1		0–3	0–6	0–2	0–3	0–1	—

Source: ^[2]

Results

16 August 1992

Estonia	0–6	Switzerland
	Report	Chapuisat 23', 68' Bregy 29' Knup 46', 66' Sforza 84'

Kadrioru, Tallinn

Attendance: 2,412

Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)

9 September 1992

Switzerland	3–1	Scotland
Knup 2', 71' Bregy 81'	Report	McCoist 13'

Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 7,662

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

14 October 1992

Italy	2–2	Switzerland
R. Baggio 83' Eranio 90+1'	Report	Ohrel 17' Chapuisat 21'

Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari

Attendance: 26,216

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

14 October 1992

Scotland	0–0	Portugal
	Report

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 22,583

Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

25 October 1992

Malta	0–0	Estonia
	Report

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,456

Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

18 November 1992

Scotland	0–0	Italy
	Report

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 33,029

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

18 November 1992

Switzerland	3–0	Malta
Bickel 2' Sforza 44' Chapuisat 89'	Report

Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 7,644

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

19 December 1992

Malta	1–2	Italy
Gregory 85'	Report	Vialli 59' Signori 62'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 14,191

Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

24 January 1993

Malta	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Rui Aguas 58'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: David Elleray (England)

17 February 1993

Scotland	3–0	Malta
McCoist 15', 68' Nevin 84'	Report

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 35,490

Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)

24 February 1993

Portugal	1–3	Italy
Couto 56'	Report	R. Baggio 2' Casiraghi 25' D. Baggio 73'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 30,761

Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

24 March 1993

Italy	6–1	Malta
D. Baggio 19' Signori 38' Vierchowod 48' Mancini 58', 89' Maldini 73'	Report	Busuttil 68' (pen.)

La Favorita, Palermo

Attendance: 33,720

Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)

31 March 1993

Switzerland	1–1	Portugal
Chapuisat 39'	Report	Semedo 44'

Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 29,095

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

14 April 1993

Italy	2–0	Estonia
R. Baggio 22' Signori 87'	Report

Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste

Attendance: 22,279

Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)

17 April 1993

Malta	0–2	Switzerland
	Report	Ohrel 31' Türkyilmaz 89'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 7,837

Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

28 April 1993

Portugal	5–0	Scotland
Rui Barros 5', 70' Cadete 45', 72' Futre 67'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

1 May 1993

Switzerland	1–0	Italy
Hottiger 56'	Report

Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Antonio Martin Navarrete (Spain)

12 May 1993

Estonia	0–1	Malta
	Report	Laferla 16'

Kadrioru, Tallinn

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

19 May 1993

Estonia	0–3	Scotland
	Report	Gallacher 43' Collins 59' Booth 73'

Kadrioru, Tallinn

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Tore Hollung (Norway)

2 June 1993

Scotland	3–1	Estonia
McClair 18' Nevin 27', 72' (pen.)	Report	Bragin 57'

Pittodrie, Aberdeen

Attendance: 14,307

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

19 June 1993

Portugal	4–0	Malta
Nogueira 1' Rui Costa 8' João Pinto 23' Cadete 85'	Report

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Jiří Ulrich (Czech Republic)

5 September 1993

Estonia	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Rui Costa 61' Folha 74'

Kadrioru, Tallinn

Attendance: 2,790

Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)

8 September 1993

Scotland	1–1	Switzerland
Collins 50'	Report	Bregy 70' (pen.)

Pittodrie, Aberdeen

Attendance: 21,500

Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

22 September 1993

Estonia	0–3	Italy
	Report	R. Baggio 20' (pen.), 73' Mancini 59'

Kadrioru, Tallinn

Attendance: 5,350

Referee: Jan Damgaard (Denmark)

13 October 1993

Portugal	1–0	Switzerland
João Pinto 8'	Report

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

13 October 1993

Italy	3–1	Scotland
Donadoni 3' Casiraghi 16' Eranio 80'	Report	Gallacher 18'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 61,178

Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

10 November 1993

Portugal	3–0	Estonia
Futre 2' Oceano 37' (pen.) Rui Águas 86'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 105,000

Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

17 November 1993

Italy	1–0	Portugal
D. Baggio 83'	Report

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

Attendance: 71,513

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

17 November 1993

Malta	0–2	Scotland
	Report	McKinlay 15' Hendry 74'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 8,900

Referee: Periklis Vassilakis (Greece)

17 November 1993

Switzerland	4–0	Estonia
Knup 32' Bregy 34' Ohrel 45' Chapuisat 61'	Report

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Zoran Petrović (FR Yugoslavia)

Notes

↑ Only 37 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions and Liechtenstein withdrew before the draw was made Additionally, Yugoslavia was suspended by FIFA due to United Nations sanctions stemming from the Yugoslav wars.
↑ Stokkermans, Karel; Henrique Jarreta, Sergio (30 December 2019). "World Cup 1994 Qualifying". RSSSF . Retrieved 18 June 2024.

External links

Group 1 Detailed Results at RSSSF

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[1] Only 37 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions and Liechtenstein withdrew before the draw was made Additionally, Yugoslavia was suspended by FIFA due to United Nations sanctions stemming from the Yugoslav wars.

[RSSSF_94qual-2] Stokkermans, Karel; Henrique Jarreta, Sergio (30 December 2019). "World Cup 1994 Qualifying". RSSSF . Retrieved 18 June 2024.

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