Tournament details | |
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Teams | 30 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (13 goals) |
AFC Asian Qualifiers |
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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.
There were two rounds of play:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 13 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 12 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 36 | −34 | 0 |
Iraq advanced to the Final Round.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 31 | −28 | 0 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Iran advanced to the Final Round.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 15 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 11 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 10 |
4 | ![]() | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 2 |
North Korea advanced to the Final Round.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 15 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 3 |
South Korea advanced to the Final Round.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 46 | −45 | 0 |
Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | +26 | 15 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 13 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 26 | −26 | 0 |
Japan advanced to the 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. [1]
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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.
North Korea ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Kim Kwang-min ![]() Kim Kyong-il ![]() Choi Won-Nam ![]() | Kadhim ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Iran ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Park Jung-bae ![]() Ha Seok-Ju ![]() Ko Jeong-Woon ![]() |
North Korea ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Ryu Song-Gun ![]() | Mehalel ![]() Al-Muwallid ![]() |
Japan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Nakayama ![]() | Hassanzadeh ![]() Daei ![]() |
Iraq ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Hussein ![]() Jafar ![]() | Kim Pan-Keun ![]() Hong Myung-Bo ![]() |
North Korea ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Miura ![]() Nakayama ![]() |
Iraq ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Radhi ![]() Kadhim ![]() | Daei ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Shin Hong-Ki ![]() | Madani ![]() |
Iraq ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Radhi ![]() | Owairan ![]() |
Japan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Miura ![]() |
Iran ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Daei ![]() | Choi Won-Nam ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Ko Jeong-Woon ![]() Hwang Seon-Hong ![]() Ha Seok-Ju ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Al-Jaber ![]() Mehalel ![]() Al-Mousa ![]() Falatah ![]() | Fonounizadeh ![]() Manafi ![]() |
Iraq ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Radhi ![]() Omran ![]() | Miura ![]() Nakayama ![]() |
See 1993 Japan v Iraq football match
To date, this was the last time Japan failed to qualify for a World Cup.
The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup 1 |
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![]() | Final round winners | 28 October 1993 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | Final round runners-up | 28 October 1993 | 3 (1954, 1986, 1990) |
On 28 October 1993, the experts of FIFA and AFC selected the best players of the competition.
Most Outstanding Player [2]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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