1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Last updated February 24, 2025

The qualification matches for Group 6 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 Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Israel, and Sweden.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	10	6	3	1	19	8	+11	15	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	5–0
2	Bulgaria	10	6	2	2	19	10	+9	14	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	1–1	—	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–2
3	France	10	6	1	3	17	10	+7	13		2–1	1–2	—	2–0	2–1	2–3
4	Austria	10	3	2	5	15	16	−1	8		1–1	3–1	0–1	—	3–0	5–2
5	Finland	10	2	1	7	9	18	−9	5		0–1	0–3	0–2	3–1	—	0–0
6	Israel	10	1	3	6	10	27	−17	5		1–3	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–3	—

Source: ^[2]

Results

14 May 1992

Finland	0–3	Bulgaria
	Report	Balakov 62' Kostadinov 73', 87'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 8,602

Referee: Dušan Colić (FR Yugoslavia)

9 September 1992

Bulgaria	2–0	France
Stoichkov 21' (pen.) Balakov 29'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

9 September 1992

Finland	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Ingesson 77' (pen.)

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 13,617

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

7 October 1992

Sweden	2–0	Bulgaria
Dahlin 56' Pettersson 76'	Report

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 20,625

Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

14 October 1992

France	2–0	Austria
Papin 3' Cantona 77'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 39,186

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

28 October 1992

Austria	5–2	Israel
Herzog 41', 46' Polster 49' Stöger 56' A. Ogris 87'	Report	Zohar 53', 77'

Prater Stadium, Vienna

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: João Pinto Correia (Portugal)

11 November 1992

Israel	1–3	Sweden
Banin 42'	Report	Limpar 37' Dahlin 58' Ingesson 74'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 25,230

Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

14 November 1992

France	2–1	Finland
Papin 18' Cantona 31'	Report	Järvinen 54'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 28,630

Referee: Jozef Marko (Czechoslovakia)

2 December 1992

Israel	0–2	Bulgaria
	Report	Sirakov 56' Penev 83'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)

17 February 1993

Israel	0–4	France
	Report	Cantona 28' Blanc 62', 84' Roche 89'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

27 March 1993

Austria	0–1	France
	Report	Papin 58'

Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna

Attendance: 37,837

Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

14 April 1993

Austria	3–1	Bulgaria
Pfeifenberger 8' Kuhbauer 25' Polster 89'	Report	Ivanov 54'

Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

28 April 1993

France	2–1	Sweden
Cantona 42' (pen.), 81'	Report	Dahlin 14'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 34,134

Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

28 April 1993

Bulgaria	2–0	Finland
Stoichkov 15' (pen.) Yankov 43'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

12 May 1993

Bulgaria	2–2	Israel
Stoichkov 35' (pen.) Sirakov 60'	Report	R. Harazi 52' Rosenthal 53'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

13 May 1993

Finland	3–1	Austria
Paatelainen 17' Rajamäki 20' Hjelm 52'	Report	Zisser 89'

Paavo Nurmi Stadium, Turku

Attendance: 13,682

Referee: John Ferry (Northern Ireland)

19 May 1993

Sweden	1–0	Austria
J. Eriksson 50'	Report

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 27,775

Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

2 June 1993

Sweden	5–0	Israel
Brolin 17', 41', 65' Zetterberg 55' Landberg 89'	Report

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 22,042

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

16 June 1993

Finland	0–0	Israel
	Report

Lahti Stadium, Lahti

Attendance: 4,620

Referee: Volodymyr Pyanykh (Ukraine)

22 August 1993

Sweden	1–1	France
Dahlin 89'	Report	Sauzee 77'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 30,530

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

25 August 1993

Austria	3–0	Finland
Kühbauer 26' Pfeifenberger 41' Herzog 89' (pen.)	Report

Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)

8 September 1993

Finland	0–2	France
	Report	Blanc 47' Papin 55' (pen.)

Ratina Stadium, Tampere

Attendance: 7,200

Referee: Stephen Lodge (England)

8 September 1993

Bulgaria	1–1	Sweden
Stoichkov 21' (pen.)	Report	Dahlin 26'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

13 October 1993

France	2–3	Israel
Sauzée 32' Ginola 43'	Report	R. Harazi 21' Berkovich 83' Atar 90'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 32,700

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

13 October 1993

Bulgaria	4–1	Austria
Penev 6', 67' Stoichkov 33' (pen.) Letchkov 86'	Report	Herzog 51'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Marcello Nicchi (Italy)

13 October 1993

Sweden	3–2	Finland
Dahlin 27', 46' Larsson 40'	Report	Suominen 14' Litmanen 60'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 30,177

Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

27 October 1993

Israel	1–1	Austria
Rosenthal 3'	Report	Reinmayr 15'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 23,500

Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

10 November 1993

Austria	1–1	Sweden
Herzog 70'	Report	Mild 67'

Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

10 November 1993

Israel	1–3	Finland
R. Harazi 90'	Report	Hyryläinen 54' Paavola 72' Hjelm 85'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Daniel Roduit (Switzerland)

17 November 1993

France	1–2	Bulgaria
Cantona 31'	Report	Kostadinov 37', 90'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 48,402

Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Goalscorers

7 goals

Martin Dahlin

6 goals

Éric Cantona

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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 UN 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 6 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 UN 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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Goalscorers

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