1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

The first round of AFC matches for 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 9 April to 7 July 1993, to determine the six teams which would play for the two available 1994 FIFA World Cup slots for AFC.[1]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Iraq 8 6 1 1 28 4 +24 13
2 China China 8 6 0 2 18 4 +14 12
3  Yemen 8 3 2 3 12 13 −1 8
4  Jordan 8 2 3 3 12 15 −3 7
5  Pakistan 8 0 0 8 2 36 −34 0
Source: [1]

Iraq advanced to the Final Round.

Jordan 1–1 Yemen
Subhi Al-Gnimaz 65' Wagdan Mahmoud Shadli 72'
Referee: Mohamed Al-Mulla Abdalaziz (United Arab Emirates)
Pakistan 0–5 China
Gao Hongbo 38'
Cai Sheng 55', 59', 82'
Hao Haidong 71'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ammar Ammar (Lebanon)
Jordan 1–1 Iraq
Jeris Tadrus 16' Khalaf 75'
Referee: Pirom Anprasert (Thailand)
Yemen 5–1 Pakistan
Omar Mubarak 20', 53'
Ahmed Bareed 77'
Wagdan Mahmoud Shadli 80'
Mohamed Hassan Abdullah 82'		 Tahir Agha 12'
Referee: Hossein Askari Milajerdi (Iran)
Jordan 0–3 China
Gao Hongbo 61'
Wu Qunli 66'
Cai Sheng 89'
Referee: Hossein Askari Milajerdi (Iran)
Yemen 1–6 Iraq
Asam Duraiban 16' Hussein 1'
A.Kadhim 22', 76'
M.Kadhim 35'
Radhi 55'
Qais 73'
Referee: Ammar Ammar (Lebanon)
Pakistan 0–8 Iraq
Hussein 12'
Qais 21', 70'
A.Kadhim 27', 75'
Radhi 44'
Khalaf 77'
Saddam 88'
Referee: Mohamed Al-Mulla Abdalaziz (United Arab Emirates)
Yemen 1–0 China
Saleh Rabiah Ben 62'
Attendance: 800
Jordan 3–1 Pakistan
Mohammad Muharam 8', 89'
Hisham Abdul-Munam 90'		 Abdul Farooq 80'
Iraq 1–0 China
Radhi 55'
Referee: Pirom Anprasert (Thailand)
Yemen 1–1 Jordan
Sharaf Mahfood 52' Aref Al-Shewaier 73'
China 3–0 Pakistan
Gao Hongbo 60', 89'
Hao Haidong 62'
Referee: Kim Jong Sik (North Korea)
Iraq 4–0 Jordan
Hussein 3', 17'
Kadhim 25'
Radhi 52'
Pakistan 0–3 Yemen
Ahmed Abdul Karim Al-Brid 39', 72'
Mohamed Hassan Abdullah 77'
Referee: An Bong-ki (South Korea)
China 4–1 Jordan
Li Bing 16', 76'
Gao Hongbo 50', 80'		 Jamal Abu Abed 56'
Referee: An Bong-ki (South Korea)
Iraq 3–0 Yemen
Saddam 46'
Qais 64'
Hussein 80'
Referee: Santos Jose Manuel (Macau)
Iraq 4–0 Pakistan
Qais 16', 67'
Shenaishil 37'
Daham 64'
Referee: Kim Jong Sik (North Korea)
Pakistan 0–5 Jordan
Subhi Al-Gnimaz 14', 70'
Jeris Tadrus 28'
Mohammad Muharam 43'
Ahmad Al-Bashir 44'
Referee: Santos Jose Manuel (Macau)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Iran 6 3 3 0 15 2 +13 9
2  Syria 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9
3  Oman 6 2 2 2 10 5 +5 6
4  Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 3 31 −28 0
5  Myanmar (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
(W) Withdrew

Iran advanced to the Final Round.

Iran 0–0 Oman

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Chinese Taipei 0–2 Syria
Mohammad Afash 15'
Mohamad Moustafa Kadir 42'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Oman 0–0 Syria

Tehran, Iran

Iran 6–0 Chinese Taipei
Hamid Estili 18'
Modir Roosta 40', 46', 50', 75'
Ali Daei 43'

Tehran, Iran

Oman 2–1 Chinese Taipei
Yousuf Saleh Al-Alawi 29'
Yunis Aman Al-Naseeb 35'		 Chen Fu-Yuan 78'

Tehran, Iran

Iran 1–1 Syria
Modir Roosta 63' Abdul Latif Helou 82'

Tehran, Iran

Oman 0–1 Iran
Hamid Derakhshan 36'

Tehran, Iran

Syria 8–1 Chinese Taipei
Abdul Latif Helou 3', 71'
Jamal Kazem 6'
Munaf Ramadan 12'
Ali Cheikh Dib 19' (pen.)
Mohammad Afash 23', 45'
Nizar Mahrous 80'		 Chen Jiunn-ming
Syria 2–1 Oman
Nizar Mahrous 45'
Mohamad Moustafa Kadir 62' (pen.)		 Hamdan Abdulla Al-Moamari 57'
Chinese Taipei 1–7 Oman
Yeh Ching-Tueng 66' Yousuf Saleh Al-Alawi 6'
Mohammed Abdul Noor 15', 88'
Rashid Al-Wahaibi 34', 82'
Mattar Al-Mukhaini 64'
Nabil Al-Siyabi 74'
Syria 1–1 Iran
Mohamad Moustafa Kadir 89' (pen.) Hamid Derakhshan 15'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  North Korea 8 7 1 0 19 6 +13 15
2  Qatar 8 5 1 2 22 8 +14 11
3  Singapore 8 5 0 3 12 12 0 10
4  Indonesia 8 1 0 7 6 19 −13 2
5  Vietnam 8 1 0 7 4 18 −14 2
Source: [1]

North Korea advanced to the Final Round.

Qatar 3–1 Indonesia
Mahmoud Soufi 51', 79'
Fahad Al Kuwari 55'		 Singgih Pitono 85'
North Korea 3–0 Vietnam
Yun Jong-Su 29'
Choe Yong-Son 85'
Ryu Song-Gun 86'
North Korea 2–1 Singapore
Cho In-Chol 64'
Choe Won-Nam 75'		 Sundramoorthy 33'
Qatar 4–0 Vietnam
Mubarak Fazli 34'
Mahmoud Soufi 37'
Yousef Khalaf 50'
Sultan Bakhit Al-Kuwari 60'
North Korea 4–0 Indonesia
Ryu Song-Gun 19'
Choe Yong-Son 42', 58'
Robby Darwis 77' (o.g.)
Qatar 4–1 Singapore
Mubarak Fazli 70', 90' (pen.)
Mahmoud Soufi 84'
Khalil Al-Malki 89'		 Fandi Ahmad 58'
Vietnam 1–0 Indonesia
Hà Vương Ngầu Nại 61'
Indonesia 0–2 Singapore
Mohd Rafi Ali 75'
Sundramoorthy 83'
Qatar 1–2 North Korea
Khalil Al-Malki 89' Ryu Song-Gun 49', 57'
Indonesia 1–4 Qatar
Sudirman 28' (pen.) Khalil Al-Malki 35', 61'
Fahad Al Kuwari 75'
Zamel Al Kuwari 83'
Vietnam 0–1 North Korea
Yong Jin-Li 61'
Singapore 1–3 North Korea
Razali Saad 72' Choe Won-Nam 26'
Choe Yong-Son 41', 76'
Vietnam 0–4 Qatar
Khalil Al-Malki 7'
Zamel Al Kuwari 13'
Fahad Al Kuwari 52' (pen.)
Rayed Al-Boloushi 65'
Indonesia 1–2 North Korea
Rahmad Darmawan 35' Pang Gwang-Chol 4'
Ryu Song-Gun 68'
Singapore 1–0 Vietnam
Mohd Rafi Ali 54'
Singapore 1–0 Qatar
Fandi Ahmad 80'
Indonesia 2–1 Vietnam
Putut Widjanarko 55'
Sudirman 75'		 Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 30'
Singapore 2–1 Indonesia
Fandi Ahmad 70'
Sundramoorthy 85'		 Alexander Saununu 2'
North Korea 2–2 Qatar
Cho In-Chol 40'
Kim Kyong-Il 55'		 Khalil Al-Malki 1', 86'

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Korea 8 7 1 0 23 1 +22 15
2  Bahrain 8 3 3 2 9 6 +3 9
3  Lebanon 8 2 4 2 8 9 −1 8
4  Hong Kong 8 2 1 5 9 19 −10 5
5  India 8 1 1 6 8 22 −14 3
Source: [1]

South Korea advanced to the Final Round.

Lebanon 2–2 India
Babkin Melikian 37'
Jamal Taha 53'		 Tejinder Kumar 68'
V. P. Sathyan 82'
Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)
Hong Kong 2–1 Bahrain
Cheung Kam Wa 20'
Au Wai Lun 57'		 Juma Marzouq 44'
Lebanon 2–2 Hong Kong
Rafi Joulfagi 43'
Fadi Alloush 80' (pen.)		 Tam Siu Wai 13'
Cheung Kam Wa 19'
India 1–2 Hong Kong
Bhupinder Thakur 54' Loh Wai Chi 15'
Lee Kin Wo 59'
Referee: Qazi Asif (Pakistan)
India 0–3 South Korea
Hong Myung-bo 19' (pen.)
Choi Moon-sik 70'
Ha Seok-ju 89'
Referee: Al-Hindyani (Kuwait)
Bahrain 0–0 Lebanon
India 0–3 Bahrain
Khamis Mubarak 20', 53'
Khamis Thani 54'
Referee: Shariff (Singapore)
South Korea 2–0 Lebanon
Ha Seok-ju 31'
Hwangbo Kwan 56'
Hong Kong 1–2 Lebanon
Lee Kin Wo 17' Youssef Farhat 38'
Wael Nazha 76'
South Korea 7–0 India
Lee Gi-bum 5', 25', 49'
Kim Tae-young 37', 70'
Park Jung-bae 39'
Ha Seok-ju 68'
Referee: Al-Yenbua'awy (Saudi Arabia)
India 1–2 Lebanon
Bhupinder Thakur 34' Hassan Ayoub 41'
Rafi Joulfagi 79'
Referee: Wei Jihong (China)
Bahrain 3–0 Hong Kong
Adel Abdulrahman Marzouq 1'
Samir Mubarak 46'
Khamis Thani 49'
South Korea 3–0 Bahrain
Kang Chul 51'
Park Nam-yeol 63'
Gu Sang-bum 85'
Hong Kong 1–3 India
Wong Chi Keung 66' I. M. Vijayan 6', 77'
Bhupinder Thakur 55'
Referee: Ali (Iraq)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 0 20 1 +19 10
2  Kuwait 6 3 2 1 21 4 +17 8
3  Malaysia 6 2 2 2 16 7 +9 6
4  Macau 6 0 0 6 1 46 −45 0
5    Nepal (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
(W) Withdrew

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

Malaysia 1–1 Kuwait
Azman Adnan 59' Ayman Al Husaini 8'
Macau 1–10 Kuwait
Daniel Pinto 76' Ali Marwi 22', 24', 55', 87'
Hamed Al-Saleh 61', 65'
Jasem Al Huwaidi 71', 72', 81'
Basel Abdul Rahim 84' (pen.)
Malaysia 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Abdul Mubin Mokhtar 31' Khaled Al-Muwallid 88' (pen.)
Kuwait 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Malaysia 9–0 Macau
Azman Adnan 6', 14', 74'
Azizol Abu Haniffah 32', 75'
A. Elangovan 42'
Abdul Mubin Mokhtar 47', 54'
Zainal Abidin Hassan 87'
Kuwait 2–0 Malaysia
Abdullah Saihan 11'
Ali Marwi 18'
Saudi Arabia 8–0 Macau
Hamzah Idris Falatah 8', 25', 85'
Khaled Al-Muwallid 22' (pen.)
Saeed Owairan 37', 56', 79'
Mansour Al-Muainea 40'
Kuwait 8–0 Macau
Ali Marwi 11'
Abdullah Saihan 44'
Jasem Al Huwaidi 52', 60'
Hamed Al-Saleh 54'
Wail Al Habashi 81'
Hamoud Al-Shemmari 84'
Fayez Al-Felaij 90'
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Malaysia
Majed Abdullah 9', 64'
Ahmad Jamil Madani 58'
Macau 0–5 Malaysia
Azman Adnan 10', 43'
Azizol Abu Haniffah 74'
Paramasivan Ravindran 77', 85'
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Kuwait
Saeed Owairan 23'
Majed Abdullah 89'

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 8 7 1 0 28 2 +26 15
2  United Arab Emirates 8 6 1 1 19 4 +15 13
3  Thailand 8 4 0 4 13 7 +6 8
4  Bangladesh 8 2 0 6 7 28 −21 4
5  Sri Lanka 8 0 0 8 0 26 −26 0
Source: [1]

Japan advanced to the Final Round.

Japan 1–0 Thailand
Japan 8–0 Bangladesh
Thailand 1–0 Sri Lanka
Kiatisuk 62'
Sri Lanka 0–1 Bangladesh
Rizvi Karim Rumi 69'
Thailand 0–1 United Arab Emirates
Abdulrazaq Balooshi 86'
Japan 5–0 Sri Lanka
Bangladesh 0–1 United Arab Emirates
Abdulrazaq Balooshi 56'
Thailand 4–1 Bangladesh
Songserm 20'
Piyapong 21', 58', 88'		 Mamun Joarder 84'
United Arab Emirates 2–1 Thailand
Abdulrazaq Balooshi 10' (pen.)
Adnan Al Talyani 63'		 Songserm 90'
United Arab Emirates 7–0 Bangladesh
Adnan Al Talyani 4', 65'
Abdulrazaq Balooshi 26', 59'
Fahad Khamees 28'
Nasir Khamees 38'
Mohamed Ahmed 74'
Sri Lanka 0–3 Thailand
Piyapong 27', 37', 71' (pen.)
Bangladesh 1–4 Thailand
Sayed Rumman Sabbir 72' Piyapong 20', 52'
Kiatisuk 26'
Pongthorn 54'
Bangladesh 3–0 Sri Lanka
Mamun Joarder 8', 78'
Kaiser Hamid 73' (pen.)

Teams qualified for final round

With all of 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Stokkermans, Karel; Henrique Jarreta, Sergio (December 30, 2019). "World Cup 1994 Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  2. ^ Hersh, Phil. LIBYAN BAN RAISES CUP QUESTIONS Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine. Chicago Tribune. 11 July 1993. 3.
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