1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

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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]

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Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Finland.svg Flag of Israel.svg
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 10631198+1115Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 5–0
2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 106221910+914 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–2
3Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 106131710+713 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–3
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 10325151618 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 5–2
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1021791895 0–1 0–3 0–2 3–1 0–0
6Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 101361027175 1–3 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–3
Source: [2]

Results

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Report Balakov Soccerball shade.svg62'
Kostadinov Soccerball shade.svg73', 87'
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,602
Referee: Dušan Colić (FR Yugoslavia)

Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg2–0Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Stoichkov Soccerball shade.svg21' (pen.)
Balakov Soccerball shade.svg29'
Report
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report Ingesson Soccerball shade.svg77' (pen.)
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,617
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–0Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Dahlin Soccerball shade.svg56'
Pettersson Soccerball shade.svg76'
Report
Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 20,625
Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg2–0Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Papin Soccerball shade.svg3'
Cantona Soccerball shade.svg77'
Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 39,186
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Austria  Flag of Austria.svg5–2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Herzog Soccerball shade.svg41', 46'
Polster Soccerball shade.svg49'
Stöger Soccerball shade.svg56'
A. Ogris Soccerball shade.svg87'
Report Zohar Soccerball shade.svg53', 77'
Prater Stadium, Vienna
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: João Pinto Correia (Portugal)

Israel  Flag of Israel.svg1–3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Banin Soccerball shade.svg42' Report Limpar Soccerball shade.svg37'
Dahlin Soccerball shade.svg58'
Ingesson Soccerball shade.svg74'
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg2–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Papin Soccerball shade.svg18'
Cantona Soccerball shade.svg31'
Report Järvinen Soccerball shade.svg54'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 28,630
Referee: Jozef Marko (Czechoslovakia)

Israel  Flag of Israel.svg0–2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Report Sirakov Soccerball shade.svg56'
Penev Soccerball shade.svg83'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)

Israel  Flag of Israel.svg0–4Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Report Cantona Soccerball shade.svg28'
Blanc Soccerball shade.svg62', 84'
Roche Soccerball shade.svg89'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

Austria  Flag of Austria.svg0–1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Report Papin Soccerball shade.svg58'

Austria  Flag of Austria.svg3–1Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Pfeifenberger Soccerball shade.svg8'
Kuhbauer Soccerball shade.svg25'
Polster Soccerball shade.svg89'
Report Ivanov Soccerball shade.svg54'
Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg2–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Cantona Soccerball shade.svg42' (pen.), 81' Report Dahlin Soccerball shade.svg14'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 34,134
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg2–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Stoichkov Soccerball shade.svg15' (pen.)
Yankov Soccerball shade.svg43'
Report

Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg2–2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Stoichkov Soccerball shade.svg35' (pen.)
Sirakov Soccerball shade.svg60'
Report R. Harazi Soccerball shade.svg52'
Rosenthal Soccerball shade.svg53'
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg3–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Paatelainen Soccerball shade.svg17'
Rajamäki Soccerball shade.svg20'
Hjelm Soccerball shade.svg52'
Report Zisser Soccerball shade.svg89'
Paavo Nurmi Stadium, Turku
Attendance: 13,682
Referee: John Ferry (Northern Ireland)

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–0Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
J. Eriksson Soccerball shade.svg50' Report
Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 27,775
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5–0Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Brolin Soccerball shade.svg17', 41', 65'
Zetterberg Soccerball shade.svg55'
Landberg Soccerball shade.svg89'
Report
Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 22,042
Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–0Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Report
Lahti Stadium, Lahti
Attendance: 4,620
Referee: Volodymyr Pyanykh (Ukraine)

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Dahlin Soccerball shade.svg89' Report Sauzee Soccerball shade.svg77'
Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 30,530
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg3–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Kühbauer Soccerball shade.svg26'
Pfeifenberger Soccerball shade.svg41'
Herzog Soccerball shade.svg89' (pen.)
Report
Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–2Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Report Blanc Soccerball shade.svg47'
Papin Soccerball shade.svg55' (pen.)
Ratina Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Stephen Lodge (England)
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg1–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Stoichkov Soccerball shade.svg21' (pen.) Report Dahlin Soccerball shade.svg26'

France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg2–3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Sauzée Soccerball shade.svg32'
Ginola Soccerball shade.svg43'
Report R. Harazi Soccerball shade.svg21'
Berkovich Soccerball shade.svg83'
Atar Soccerball shade.svg90'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 32,700
Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg4–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Penev Soccerball shade.svg6', 67'
Stoichkov Soccerball shade.svg33' (pen.)
Letchkov Soccerball shade.svg86'
Report Herzog Soccerball shade.svg51'
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Dahlin Soccerball shade.svg27', 46'
Larsson Soccerball shade.svg40'
Report Suominen Soccerball shade.svg14'
Litmanen Soccerball shade.svg60'
Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 30,177
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Israel  Flag of Israel.svg1–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Rosenthal Soccerball shade.svg3' Report Reinmayr Soccerball shade.svg15'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Austria  Flag of Austria.svg1–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Herzog Soccerball shade.svg70' Report Mild Soccerball shade.svg67'
Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg1–3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
R. Harazi Soccerball shade.svg90' Report Hyryläinen Soccerball shade.svg54', 85'
Hjelm Soccerball shade.svg73'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Daniel Roduit (Switzerland)
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg1–2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Cantona Soccerball shade.svg31' Report Kostadinov Soccerball shade.svg37', 90'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 48,402
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Goalscorers

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Notes

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

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