The qualification matches for Group 5 of the European zone (UEFA) of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament took place between May 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 Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, Russia, and Yugoslavia. [1]
In October 1992, FIFA suspended Yugoslavia as a result of the United Nations sanctions against that country stemming from the Yugoslav wars. [2] [3]
At the time the draw was made on 8 December 1991, Russia was known as the Soviet Union and competed at UEFA Euro 1992 as the Commonwealth of Independent States. Following the USSR's dissolution, Ukraine proposed to arrange a separate tournament for all successors of the Soviet Union. Georgia and Armenia supported the proposal but it was blocked by Russia. [4] The final decision on succession was taken on 1 June 1992 at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Stockholm. [4] [2] [5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 14 | Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | – | ||
| 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 12 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | – | |||
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | – | |||
| 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | – | |||
| 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | – | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Suspended due to UN Sanctions | – | – | – | – | – | — |
| Greece | 1 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sofianopoulos | Report |
| Luxembourg | 0 – 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Détári K. Kovács |
| Iceland | 0 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | P. Tsalouchidis |
| Russia | 2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Yuran Radchenko | Report |
| Greece | 2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dimitriadis Mitropoulos | Report |
| Hungary | 0 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Apostolakis |
| Luxembourg | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Birgisson | Report | Gudjohnsen |
| Russia | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dobrovolski | Report | Mitropoulos |
| Iceland | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sverrisson | Report | Kiriakov |
| Iceland | 2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sverrisson Gudjohnsen | Report |
| Iceland | 1 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ingólfsson | Report |
| Luxembourg | 1 – 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fanelli | Report | Machlas Apostolakis Saravakos |
| Hungary | 1 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Détári | Report |