Football World Cup 1994 / qualification

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Participant in qualifying for the 1994 World Cup

The qualifying matches for the men's soccer World Cup in 1994 took place from April 22, 1992 to November 17, 1993 . 141 member associations of FIFA started the World Cup qualification with their national team, only 22 of them remained at the end of the qualification. Germany as the defending champion, the USA as the host, completed the field of finalists. All qualification options include either the championship or the cup system.

For the world championship tournament in the USA in 1994 a total of 143 teams had registered, including

Qualified teams

Since Germany was the defending champion and the USA was the host of the 1994 World Cup finals , there were 22 free places in the finals for the remaining 141 teams; went away

12 to Europe Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Flag of Norway.svg Norway Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
  Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Flag of Romania.svg Romania Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium
  Flag of Greece.svg Greece Flag of Russia.svg Russia Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
to South America Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina *
to North and Central America Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico     *
3 to Africa Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
2 to Asia Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea    
¼ to Oceania *      
Defending champion: Flag of Germany.svg Germany     Host: Flag of the United States.svg United States

With the withdrawal of twelve teams and the suspension of Yugoslavia by FIFA, the number of teams participating in the qualifying matches dropped to 128.

Chile was also banned from the 1994 World Cup because of the Rojas affair .

Explanation of symbols

* At the end of the round, the team qualified for an intercontinental playoff match or qualified for the world championship finals via the playoff matches.
** The team qualified directly for the World Cup at the end of the round.

European Zone / UEFA

European zone

From all six groups, the group winners and runners-up qualified for the 1994 World Cup in the USA. In addition, defending champion Germany came as the thirteenth European team.

Group 1

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09.09.92
14.10.92
14.10.92
25.10.92
18.11.92
18.11.92
19.12.92
24.01.93
17.02.93
24.02.93
24.03.93
31.03.93
14.04.93
17.04.93

Estonia - Switzerland
Switzerland - Scotland
Italy - Switzerland
Scotland - Portugal
Malta - Estonia
Switzerland - Malta
Scotland - Italy
Malta - Italy
Malta - Portugal
Scotland - Malta
Portugal - Italy
Italy - Malta
Switzerland - Portugal
Italy - Estonia
Malta - Switzerland

0: 6
3: 1
2: 2
0: 0
0: 0
3: 0
0: 0
1: 2
0: 1
3: 0
1: 3
6: 1
1: 1
2: 0
0: 2
04/28/93
05/01/93
05/12/93
05/19/93
06/02/93
06/19/93
09/05/93
09/08/93
09/22/93
10/13/93
10/13/93
11/10/93
11/17/93
11/17/93
11/17/93

Portugal - Scotland
Switzerland - Italy
Estonia - Malta
Estonia - Scotland
Scotland - Estonia
Portugal - Malta
Estonia - Portugal
Scotland - Switzerland
Estonia - Italy
Italy - Scotland
Portugal - Switzerland
Portugal - Estonia
Switzerland - Estonia
Italy - Portugal
Malta - Scotland

5: 0
1: 0
0: 1
0: 3
3: 1
4: 0
0: 2
1: 1
0: 3
3: 1
1: 0
3: 0
4: 0
1: 0
0: 2
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Italy.svg Italy ** 22: 07 16: 04
2. Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland ** 23: 06 15: 05
3. Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 18: 05 14: 06
4th Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 14:13 11: 09
5. Flag of Malta.svg Malta 03:23 03:17
6th Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 01:27 01:19

Group 2

09.09.92
23.09.92
23.09.92
07.10.92
14.10.92
14.10.92
28.10.92
18.11.92
16.12.92
17.02.93
24.02.93
10.03.93
24.03.93
31.03.93
28.04.93

Norway - San Marino
Norway - Netherlands
Poland - Turkey
San Marino - Norway
England - Norway
Netherlands - Poland
Turkey - San Marino
England - Turkey
Turkey - Netherlands
England - San Marino
Netherlands - Turkey
San Marino - Turkey
Netherlands - San Marino
Turkey - England
Poland - San Marino

10: 0
2: 1
1: 0
0: 2
1: 1
2: 2
4: 1
4: 0
1: 3
6: 0
3: 1
0: 0
6: 0
0: 2
1: 0
04/28/93
04/28/93
05/19/93
05/29/93
06/02/93
06/09/93
09/08/93
09/22/93
09/22/93
10/13/93
10/13/93
10/27/93
11/10/93
11/17/93
11/17/93

Norway - Turkey
England - Netherlands
San Marino - Poland
Poland - England
Norway - England
Netherlands - Norway
England - Poland
Norway - Poland
San Marino - Netherlands
Netherlands - England
Poland - Norway
Turkey - Poland
Turkey - Norway
San Marino - England
Poland - Netherlands

3: 1
2: 2
0: 3
1: 1
2: 0
0: 0
3: 0
1: 0
0: 7
2: 0
0: 3
2: 1
2: 1
1: 7
1: 3
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Norway.svg Norway ** 25: 05 16: 04
2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands ** 29: 09 15: 05
3. Flag of England.svg England 26: 09 13: 07
4th Flag of Poland.svg Poland 10:15 08:12
5. Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 11:19 07:13
6th Flag of San Marino (1862–2011) .svg San Marino 02:46 01:19

Group 3

04/22/92
04/28/92
05/26/92
06/3/92
08/12/92
08/26/92
09/09/92
09/09/92
09/23/92
09/23/92
10/14/92
10/14/92
10/28/92
11/11/92
11/18/92
11/18/92
12/16 92
02/17/93
02/24/93
03/31/93
03/31/93

Spain - Albania
Northern Ireland - Lithuania
Ireland - Albania
Albania - Lithuania
Latvia - Lithuania
Latvia - Denmark
Ireland - Latvia
Northern Ireland - Albania
Lithuania - Denmark
Latvia - Spain
Denmark - Ireland
Northern Ireland - Spain
Lithuania - Latvia
Albania - Latvia
Northern Ireland - Denmark
Spain - Ireland
Spain - Latvia
Albania - Northern Ireland
Spain - Lithuania
Denmark - Spain
Ireland - Northern Ireland

3: 0
2: 2
2: 0
1: 0
1: 2
0: 0
4: 0
3: 0
0: 0
0: 0
0: 0
0: 0
1: 1
1: 1
0: 1
0: 0
5: 0
1: 2
5: 0
1: 0
3: 0
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04/14/93
04/28/93
04/28/93
05/15/93
05/25/93
05/26/93
06/02/93
06/02/93
06/02/93
06/09/93
06/16/93
08/25/93
09/08/93
09/08/93
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10/13/93
10/13/93
11/17/93
11/17/93

Denmark - Latvia
Lithuania - Albania
Ireland - Denmark
Spain - Northern Ireland
Latvia - Albania
Lithuania - Northern Ireland
Albania - Ireland
Latvia - Northern Ireland
Denmark - Albania
Lithuania - Spain
Latvia - Ireland
Lithuania - Ireland
Denmark - Lithuania
Albania - Denmark
Ireland - Lithuania
Northern Ireland - Latvia
Albania - Spain
Denmark - Northern
Ireland Ireland - Spain
Spain - Denmark
Northern Ireland - Ireland

2: 0
3: 1
1: 1
3: 1
0: 0
0: 1
1: 2
1: 2
4: 0
0: 2
0: 2
0: 1
4: 0
0: 1
2: 0
2: 0
1: 5
1: 0
1: 3
1: 0
1: 1
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Spain.svg Spain ** 27: 04 19: 05
2. Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland ** 19: 06 18: 06
3. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 15: 02 18: 06
4th Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 14:13 13:11
5. Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004) .svg Lithuania 08:21 07:17
6th Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 04:21 05:19
7th Flag of Albania.svg Albania 06:26 04:20

Group 4

04/22/92
05/06/92
05/20/92
06/3/92
06/16/92
09/02/92
09/09/92
09/23/92
10/14/92
10/14/92
11/14/92
11/18/92
11/29/92
02/13/93
03/24/93

Belgium - Cyprus
Romania - Faroe Islands
Romania - Wales
Faroe Islands - Belgium
Faroe Islands - Cyprus
Czechoslovakia - Belgium
Wales - Faroe Islands
Czechoslovakia - Faroe Islands
Cyprus - Wales
Belgium - Romania
Romania - Czechoslovakia
Belgium - Wales
Cyprus - Romania
Cyprus - Belgium
Cyprus - Czechoslovakia

1: 0
7: 0
5: 1
0: 3
0: 2
1: 2
6: 0
4: 0
0: 1
1: 0
1: 1
2: 0
1: 4
0: 3
1: 1
03/31/93
04/14/93
04/25/93
04/28/93
05/22/93
06/06/93
06/16/93
06/16/93
08/09/93
09/08/93
10/13/93
10/13/93
10/27/93
11/17/93
11/17/93

Wales - Belgium
Romania - Cyprus
Cyprus - Faroe Islands
Czechoslovakia - Wales
Belgium - Faroe Islands
Czechoslovakia - Romania
Faroe Islands - Wales
Faroe Islands - Czechoslovakia
Faroe Islands - Romania
Wales - Czechoslovakia
Romania - Belgium
Wales - Cyprus
Czechoslovakia - Cyprus
Wales - Romania
Belgium - Czechoslovakia

2: 0
2: 1
3: 1
1: 1
3: 0
5: 2
0: 3
0: 3
0: 4
2: 2
2: 1
2: 0
3: 0
1: 2
0: 0
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Romania.svg Romania ** 29:12 15: 05
2. Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium ** 16: 05 15: 05
3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia * 21: 09 13: 07
4th Flag of Wales (1959) .svg Wales 19:12 12: 08
5. Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006) .svg Cyprus 08:18 05:15
6th Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 01:38 00:20

* The Czechoslovak national football team continued to compete as a team after the state was split up at the turn of the year 1992/93 in 1993, under the name Selection of Czechs and Slovaks (Representation of Czechs and Slovaks, RCS). It was not until January 1994 that two separate teams appeared.

Group 5

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03.06.92
09.09.92
07.10.92
14.10.92
28.10.92
11.11.92
17.02.93
31.03.93
14.04.93

Greece - Iceland
Hungary - Iceland
Luxembourg - Hungary
Iceland - Greece
Russia - Iceland
Russia - Luxembourg
Greece - Hungary
Greece - Luxembourg
Hungary - Greece
Luxembourg - Russia

1: 0
1: 2
0: 3
0: 1
1: 0
2: 0
0: 0
2: 0
0: 1
0: 4

04/28/93
05/20/93
05/23/93
06/02/93
06/16/93
09/08/93
09/08/93
10/12/93
10/27/93
11/17/93

Russia - Hungary
Luxembourg - Iceland
Russia - Greece
Iceland - Russia
Iceland - Hungary
Iceland - Luxembourg
Hungary - Russia
Luxembourg - Greece
Hungary - Luxembourg
Greece - Russia

3: 0
1: 1
1: 1
1: 1
2: 0
1: 0
1: 3
1: 3
1: 0
1: 0

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Greece.svg Greece ** 10: 02 14: 02
2. Flag of Russia (1991–1993) .svg Russia ** 15: 04 12: 04
3. Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 07: 06 08: 08
4th Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 06:11 05:11
5. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Luxembourg 02:17 01:15
6th Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003);  Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006) .svg Yugoslavia suspended

Group 6

05/14/92
09/09/92
09/09/92
10/7/92
10/14/92
10/28/92
11/11/92
11/14/92
12/2/92
02/17/93
03/27/93
04/14/93
04/28/93
04/28/93
05/12/93

Finland - Bulgaria
Bulgaria - France
Finland - Sweden
Sweden - Bulgaria
France - Austria
Austria - Israel
Israel - Sweden
France - Finland
Israel - Bulgaria
Israel - France
Austria - France
Austria - Bulgaria
Bulgaria - Finland
France - Sweden
Bulgaria - Israel

0: 3
2: 0
0: 1
2: 0
2: 0
5: 2
1: 3
2: 1
0: 2
0: 4
0: 1
3: 1
2: 0
2: 1
2: 2
13.05.93
19.05.93
02.06.93
16.06.93
22.08.93
25.08.93
08.09.93
08.09.93
13.10.93
13.10.93
13.10.93
27.10.93
10.11.93
10.11.93
17.11.93

Finland - Austria
Sweden - Austria
Sweden - Israel
Finland - Israel
Sweden - France
Austria - Finland
Bulgaria - Sweden
Finland - France
France - Israel
Bulgaria - Austria
Sweden - Finland
Israel - Austria
Israel - Finland
Austria - Sweden
France - Bulgaria

3: 1
1: 0
5: 0
0: 0
1: 1
3: 0
1: 1
0: 2
2: 3
4: 1
3: 2
1: 1
1: 3
1: 1
1: 2

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden ** 19: 08 15: 05
2. Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria ** 19:10 14: 06
3. Flag of France.svg France 17:10 13: 07
4th Flag of Austria.svg Austria 15:16 08:12
5. Flag of Finland.svg Finland 09:18 05:15
6th Flag of Israel.svg Israel 10:27 05:15

South American Zone / CONMEBOL

South American Zone

The group winners and the runners-up in the group of five were directly qualified for the 1994 World Cup. The group runner-up in the group of four had to go to a playoff against the winner between the Oceania winner and the CONCACAF runner-up . The winner of this playoff was also qualified for the 1994 World Cup in the USA. Brazil suffered their first defeat in a qualifying match against Bolivia, Bolivia qualified for a World Cup for the first time after the previous two appearances did not require a qualification.

Group A

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08/01/93
08/08/93
08/08/93
08/15/93
08/18/93

Colombia - Paraguay
Peru - Argentina
Paraguay - Argentina
Peru - Colombia
Paraguay - Peru
Colombia - Argentina

0: 0
0: 1
1: 3
0: 1
2: 1
2: 1

08/22/93
08/22/93
08/29/93
08/29/93
09/05/93
09/05/93

Argentina - Peru
Paraguay - Colombia
Argentina - Paraguay
Colombia - Peru
Peru - Paraguay
Argentina - Colombia

2: 1
1: 1
0: 0
4: 0
2: 2
0: 5

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia ** 13: 02 10: 02
2. Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina * 07: 09 07: 05
3. Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013) .svg Paraguay 06: 07 06: 06
4th Flag of Peru.svg Peru 04:12 01:11

Group B

07/18/93
07/18/93
07/25/93
07/25/93
08/01/93
08/01/93
08/08/93
08/08/93
08/15/93
08/15/93

Ecuador - Brazil
Venezuela - Bolivia
Bolivia - Brazil
Venezuela - Uruguay
Venezuela - Brazil
Uruguay - Ecuador
Ecuador - Venezuela
Bolivia - Uruguay
Bolivia - Ecuador
Uruguay - Brazil

0: 0
1: 7
2: 0
0: 1
1: 5
0: 0
5: 0
3: 1
1: 0
1: 1

08/22/93
08/22/93
08/29/93
08/29/93
09/05/93
09/05/93
09/12/93
09/12/93
09/19/93
09/19/93

Bolivia - Venezuela
Brazil - Ecuador
Uruguay - Venezuela
Brazil - Bolivia
Brazil - Venezuela
Ecuador - Uruguay
Uruguay - Bolivia
Venezuela - Ecuador
Ecuador - Bolivia
Brazil - Uruguay

7: 0
2: 0
4: 0
6: 0
4: 0
0: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1: 1
2: 0

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil ** 20: 04 12: 04
2. Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia ** 22:11 11: 05
3. Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 10: 07 10: 06
4th Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 07: 07 05:11
5. State flag of Venezuela (1954-2006) .svg Venezuela 04:34 02:14

Intercontinental qualification:

07/31/1993 Flag of Canada.svg Canada - Flag of Australia.svg Australia 2: 1
08/15/1993 Flag of Australia.svg Australia * - Flag of Canada.svg Canada 2: 1   4: 1 in the penalty area.
10/31/1993 Flag of Australia.svg Australia - Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1: 1
11/17/1993 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina ** - Flag of Australia.svg Australia 1-0

North, Central American and Caribbean Zones / CONCACAF

North American Zone

First round: 14 teams from the Caribbean zone identified three participants for the second round . Six teams from the central zone fought for three second-round places. Canada and Mexico were seeded for the second round . The second round was played in two groups of four. The group winners and runners-up qualified for the CONCACAF finals .

The winner of the CONCACAF finals qualified for the 1994 World Cup in the USA. The group runner-up had to be relegated to the Oceania winner. The winner of this relegation had to contest another relegation against the second in South America group A. The winner also qualified for the 1994 World Cup .

First round :

Caribbean 1
04/26/1992 Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999) .svg Bermuda - Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 1-0
05/25/1992 Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti - Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999) .svg Bermuda 2: 1
04/19/1992 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010) .svg Netherlands Antilles - Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda 1: 1
04/26/1992 Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda - Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010) .svg Netherlands Antilles 3-0
06/04/1992 Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda - Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999) .svg Bermuda 0: 3
06/06/1992 Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999) .svg Bermuda * - Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda 2: 1
Caribbean 2
03/21/1992 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic - Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 1: 2
03/29/1992 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico - Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 1: 1
05/23/1992 Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica - Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 2: 1
05/30/1992 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico - Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 0: 1
04/19/1992 Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados - Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 1: 2
05/31/1992 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago - Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 3-0
07/05/1992 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago - Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 1: 2
08/16/1992 Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica * - Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 1: 1
Caribbean 3
03/22/1992 Flag of Saint Lucia (1979-2002) .svg Santa Lucia - Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg St. Vincent 1-0
03/29/1992 Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg St. Vincent * - Flag of Saint Lucia (1979-2002) .svg Santa Lucia 3: 1
04/24/1992 Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana - Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname 1: 2
05/25/1992 Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname - Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 1: 1
  Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg St. Vincent - Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba without a fight
08/02/1992 Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname - Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg St. Vincent 0-0
08/30/1992 Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg St. Vincent * - Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname 2: 1
Central zone
07/19/1992 Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala - Flag of Honduras (2008 Olympics) .svg Honduras 0-0
07/26/1992 Flag of Honduras (2008 Olympics) .svg Honduras * - Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 2-0
07/19/1992 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua - Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 0: 5
07/23/1992 Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador * - Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 5: 1
08/16/1992 Flag of Panama.svg Panama - Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 1-0
08/23/1992 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica * - Flag of Panama.svg Panama 5: 1

Second round :

Group A

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08.11.92
15.11.92
15.11.92
22.11.92
22.11.92

St. Vincent - Mexico
Costa Rica - Honduras
Mexico - Honduras
St. Vincent - Costa Rica
Mexico - Costa Rica
St. Vincent - Honduras

0: 4
2: 3
2: 0
0: 1
4: 0
0: 4

11/28/92
11/29/92
11/5/92
11/6/92
11/13/92
11/13/92

Honduras - St. Vincent
Costa Rica - Mexico
Honduras - Costa Rica
Mexico - St. Vincent
Honduras - Mexico
Costa Rica - St. Vincent

4: 0
2: 0
2: 1
11: 0
1: 1
5: 0

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico * 22: 03 9: 03
2. Flag of Honduras (2008 Olympics) .svg Honduras * 14: 06 9: 03
3. Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 11: 09 6: 06
4th Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg St. Vincent 00:29 0:12

Group B

18.10.92
18.10.92
25.10.92
25.10.92
01.11.92
01.11.92

Jamaica - Canada
Bermuda - El Salvador
El Salvador - Canada
Bermuda - Jamaica
Canada - Jamaica
El Salvador - Bermuda

1: 1
1: 0
1: 1
1: 1
1: 0
4: 1

08.11.92
08.11.92
15.11.92
22.11.92
06.12.92
06.12.92

Canada - El Salvador
Jamaica - Bermuda
Canada - Bermuda
Jamaica - El Salvador
Bermuda - Canada
El Salvador - Jamaica

2: 3
3: 2
4: 2
0: 2
0: 0
2: 1

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador * 12: 06 9: 3
2. Flag of Canada.svg Canada * 09: 07 7: 5
3. Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 06: 09 4: 8
4th Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999) .svg Bermuda 07:12 4: 8

CONCACAF finals:

04/04/93
04/04/93
04/11/93
04/11/93
04/18/93
04/18/93

El Salvador - Mexico
Honduras - Canada
Canada - El Salvador
Mexico - Honduras
Canada - Honduras
Mexico - El Salvador

2: 1
2: 2
2: 0
3: 0
3: 1
3: 1

04/25/93
04/25/93
05/02/93
05/02/93
05/09/93
05/09/93

Honduras - El Salvador
Mexico - Canada
El Salvador - Canada
Honduras - Mexico
Canada - Mexico
El Salvador - Honduras

2: 0
4: 0
1: 2
1: 4
1: 2
2: 1

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico ** 17: 05 10: 2
2. Flag of Canada.svg Canada * 10:10 07: 5
3. Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 06:11 04: 8
4th Flag of Honduras (2008 Olympics) .svg Honduras 07:14 03: 9

Intercontinental qualification:

07/31/1993 Flag of Canada.svg Canada - Flag of Australia.svg Australia 2: 1
08/15/1993 Flag of Australia.svg Australia * - Flag of Canada.svg Canada 2: 1   4: 1 in the penalty area.
10/31/1993 Flag of Australia.svg Australia - Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1: 1
10/17/1993 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina ** - Flag of Australia.svg Australia 1-0

Asian Zone / AFC

Asian zone

First round: 28 Asian teams played in six groups. The six group winners qualified for the final tournament . The final tournament was played on a neutral place. The group winners and the runners-up of the final tournament qualified for the 1994 World Cup in the USA.

First round :

Group A

 
05/22/93
05/22/93
05/24/93
05/24/93
05/26/93
05/26/93
05/28/93
05/28/93
05/30/93
05/30/93

Tournament in Jordan

Jordan - Yemen
Pakistan - China
Jordan - Iraq
Yemen - Pakistan
Jordan - China
Yemen - Iraq
Pakistan - Iraq
Yemen - China
Jordan - Pakistan
Iraq - China

 
1: 1
0: 5
1: 1
5: 1
0: 3
1: 6
0: 8
1: 0
3: 1
1: 0

 
06/12/93
06/12/93
06/14/93
06/14/93
06/16/93
06/16/93
06/18/93
06/18/93
06/20/93
06/20/93

Tournament in china

Yemen - Jordan
China - Pakistan
Iraq - Jordan
Pakistan - Yemen
China - Jordan
Iraq - Yemen
Iraq - Pakistan
China - Yemen
Pakistan - Jordan
China - Iraq

 
1: 1
3: 0
4: 0
0: 3
4: 1
3: 0
4: 0
1: 0
0: 5
2: 1

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Iraq (1991-2004) .svg Iraq * 28: 04 13: 03
2. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 18: 04 12: 04
3. Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 12:13 08: 08
4th Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 12:15 07: 09
5. Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 02:36 00:16

Group B

 
06/23/93
06/23/93
06/25/93
06/25/93
06/27/93
06/27/93

Tournament in Iran

Iran - Oman
Taiwan - Syria
Oman - Syria
Iran - Taiwan
Oman - Taiwan
Iran - Syria

 
0: 0
0: 2
0: 0
6: 0
2: 1
1: 1

 
07/02/93
07/02/93
07/04/93
07/04/93
07/17/93
07/17/93

Tournament in Syria

Oman - Iran
Syria - Taiwan
Syria - Oman
Taiwan - Iran
Taiwan - Oman
Syria - Iran

 
0: 1
8: 1
2: 1
0: 6
1: 7
1: 1

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Iran.svg Iran * 15: 02 9: 03
2. Flag of Syria.svg Syria 14: 04 9: 03
3. Flag of Oman (1985-1995) .png Oman 10: 05 6: 06
4th Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 03:31 0:12
5. Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010) .svg Myanmar waived

Group C

 
04/09/93
04/09/93
04/11/93
04/11/93
04/13/93
04/13/93
04/16/93
04/16/93
04/18/93
04/18/93

Tournament in Qatar

Qatar - Indonesia
North Korea - Vietnam
North Korea - Singapore
Qatar - Vietnam
North Korea - Indonesia
Vietnam - Singapore
Qatar - Singapore
Vietnam - Indonesia
Indonesia - Singapore
Qatar - North Korea

 
3: 1
3: 0
2: 1
4: 0
4: 0
2: 3
4: 1
1: 0
0: 2
1: 2

 
04/24/93
04/24/93
04/26/93
04/26/93
04/28/93
04/28/93
04/30/93
04/30/93
05/02/93
05/02/93

Tournament in Singapore

Indonesia - Qatar
Vietnam - North Korea
Singapore - North Korea
Vietnam - Qatar
Indonesia - North Korea
Singapore - Vietnam
Singapore - Qatar
Indonesia - Vietnam
Singapore - Indonesia
North Korea - Qatar

 
1: 4
0: 1
1: 3
0: 4
1: 2
1: 0
1: 0
2: 1
2: 1
2: 2
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea * 19: 06 15: 01
2. Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 22: 08 11: 05
3. Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 12:12 10: 06
4th Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 06:19 02:14
5. Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 04:18 02:14

Group D

 

05/07/93
05/07/93
05/09/93
05/09/93
05/11/93
05/11/93
05/13/93
05/13/93
05/15/93
05/15/93

Tournament in Lebanon

Lebanon - India
Hong Kong - Bahrain
Bahrain - South Korea
Lebanon - Hong Kong
India - Hong Kong
Lebanon - South Korea
Lebanon - Bahrain
India - South Korea
Hong Kong - South Korea
Bahrain - India

 

2: 2
2: 1
0: 0
2: 2
1: 2
0: 1
0: 0
0: 3
0: 3
2: 1

 

05.06.93
05.06.93
07.06.93
07.06.93
09.06.93
09.06.93
11.06.93
11.06.93
13.06.93
13.06.93

Tournament in South Korea

South Korea - Hong Kong
Bahrain - Lebanon
India - Bahrain
South Korea - Lebanon
Hong Kong - Lebanon
South Korea - India
India - Lebanon
Bahrain - Hong Kong
South Korea - Bahrain
Hong Kong - India

 

4: 1
0: 0
0: 3
2: 0
1: 2
7: 0
1: 2
3: 0
3: 0
1: 3

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea * 23: 01 15: 01
2. Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002) .svg Bahrain 09: 06 09: 07
3. Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 08: 09 08: 08
4th Flag of Hong Kong (1959–1997) .svg Hong Kong 09:19 05:11
5. Flag of India.svg India 08:22 03:13

Group E

 
05/01/93
05/01/93
05/03/93
05/03/93
05/05/93
05/05/93

Tournament in Malaysia

Macau - Saudi Arabia
Malaysia - Kuwait
Macau - Kuwait
Malaysia - Saudi Arabia
Kuwait - Saudi Arabia
Malaysia - Macau

 
0: 6
1: 1
1:10
1: 1
0: 0
9: 0

 
05/14/93
05/14/93
05/16/93
05/16/93
05/18/93
05/18/93

Tournament in Saudi Arabia

Kuwait - Malaysia
Saudi Arabia - Macau
Kuwait - Macau
Saudi Arabia - Malaysia
Macau - Malaysia
Saudi Arabia - Kuwait

 
2: 0
8: 0
8: 0
3: 0
0: 5
2: 0

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia * 20: 01 10: 02
2. Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 21: 04 08: 04
3. Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 16: 07 06: 06
4th Flag of the Government of Portuguese Macau (1976-1999) .svg Macau 01:46 00:12
5. Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal waived

Group F.

 

04/08/93
04/08/93
04/11/93
04/11/93
04/13/93
04/13/93
04/15/93
04/15/93
04/18/93
04/18/93

Tournament in Japan

Japan - Thailand
Sri Lanka - United Arab Emirates
Japan - Bangladesh
Thailand - Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka - Bangladesh
Thailand - United Arab Emirates
Japan - Sri Lanka
Bangladesh - United Arab Emirates
Japan - United Arab Emirates
Thailand - Bangladesh

 

1: 0
0: 4
8: 0
1: 0
0: 1
0: 1
5: 0
0: 1
2: 0
4: 1

 

04/28/93
04/28/93
04/30/93
04/30/93
05/03/93
05/03/93
05/05/93
05/05/93
07/05/93
07/05/93

Tournament in the UAE

Thailand - Japan
UA Emirates - Sri Lanka
Bangladesh - Japan
UA Emirates - Thailand
VA Emirates - Bangladesh
Sri Lanka - Thailand
Bangladesh - Thailand
Sri Lanka - Japan
Bangladesh - Sri Lanka
VA Emirates - Japan

 

0: 1
3: 0
1: 4
2: 1
7: 0
0: 3
1: 4
0: 6
3: 0
1: 1

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Japan.svg Japan * 28: 02 15: 01
2. Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ver. Arab. Emirates 19: 04 13: 03
3. Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 13: 07 08: 08
4th Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 07:28 04:12
5. Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 00:26 00:16

Final tournament:

date Venues Fixtures Results Goal scorers
Oct 15, 1993 Doha North Korea - Iraq 3: 2 (0: 1) Song Gun-rye 67, Kim Gyong-il 77, Won Nam-choe 82
<> Alaa Jebur 7.46
Oct 15, 1993 Doha Saudi Arabia - Japan 0-0
Oct 16, 1993 Doha South Korea - Iran 3: 0 (1: 0) Park Jung-Bae 18, Ha Seok-Joo 79, Ko Jung-Woon 81
18th Oct 1993 Doha Saudi Arabia - North Korea 2: 1 (0: 0) Fahad Mehalel 56, Khalid Al-Muwallid 73 <> Ryu Song-Gun 68
18th Oct 1993 Doha Japan - Iran 1: 2 (0: 0) Reza Hassanzadeh 45, Ali Daei 85 <> Masashi Nakayama 88
19th Oct 1993 Doha Iraq - South Korea 2: 2 (1: 1) Laith Hussain Shaaib 32, Habib Agal 86
<> Kim Pan-Keoun 40, Hong Myung-bo 67 pen.
Oct 21, 1993 Doha Japan - North Korea 3: 0 (1: 0) Kazuyoshi Miura 29, 70, Masashi Nakayama 52
Oct 22, 1993 Doha South Korea - Saudi Arabia 1: 1 (0: 0) Shin Hong-Ki 63 <> Ahmed Madani 90+
Oct 22, 1993 Doha Iraq - Iran 2: 1 (2: 1) Ahmed Radhi 20, Alaa Jabur 38 <> Ali Daei 21
Oct 24, 1993 Doha Iraq - Saudi Arabia 1: 1 (1: 1) Ahmed Radhi 2 <> Said al-Uwairan 36
25th Oct 1993 Doha Japan - South Korea 1: 0 (0: 0) Kazuyoshi miura 61
25th Oct 1993 Doha Iran - North Korea 2: 1 (0: 0) Ali Daei 49.66 <> Choe Won-Nam 22
28th Oct 1993 Doha South Korea - North Korea 3: 0 (0: 0) Ko Jung-Woon 49, Hwang Seon-Hong 53, Ha Seok-Joo 75
28th Oct 1993 Doha Saudi Arabia - Iran 4: 3 (2: 1) Sami al-Jabir 21, Fahad Mehalel 27, Mansour Al-Mousa 47,
Hamzah Falatah 74 <> Mehdi Fonoonizadeh 43, 52, Javad Manafi 90
28th Oct 1993 Doha Iraq - Japan 2: 2 (1: 1) Radhi Shnaished 54, Jaffar Omran Salman 90
<> Kazuyoshi Miura 5, Masashi Nakayama 80

Closing table

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia ** 8: 06 7: 3
2. Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea ** 9: 04 6: 4
3. Flag of Japan.svg Japan 7: 04 6: 4
4th Flag of Iraq (1991-2004) .svg Iraq 9: 09 5: 5
5. Flag of Iran.svg Iran 8:11 4: 6
6th Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 5:12 2: 8

African Zone / CAF

African zone

First round: 28 teams (of 36 originally registered) fought in nine groups for a place in the second round. The nine group winners qualified for the second round . The second round was played in three groups of three, the three group winners qualified for the 1994 World Cup in the USA.

First round:

Group 1

Uganda renounced

09.10.92
25.10.92
20.12.92
17.01.93
31.01.93
26.02.93

Algeria - Burundi
Burundi - Ghana
Ghana - Algeria
Burundi - Algeria
Ghana - Burundi
Algeria - Ghana

3: 1
1: 0
2: 0
0: 0
1: 0
2: 1
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria * 5: 4 5: 3
2. Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 4: 3 4: 4
3. Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 2: 4 3: 5
4th Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda

Group 2

11.10.92
18.10.92
25.10.92
25.10.92
 
 

Zaire - Liberia
Cameroon - Swaziland
Swaziland - Zaire
Liberia - Cameroon
Withdrawal from Liberia;
Games not rated

4: 2
5: 0
1: 0
0: 0
 
 

01/10/93
01/17/93
03/01/93
 
 

Zaire - Cameroon
Swaziland - Cameroon
Cameroon - Zaire
Zaire - Swaziland
not held
1: 2
0: 0
0: 0
-
 
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon * 7: 1 6: 2
2. Flag of Eswatini.svg Swaziland 1: 5 3: 3
3. Flag of Zaire.svg Zaire 1: 3 1: 5
4th Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia

Group 3

09.10.92
11.10.92
25.10.92
20.12.92
10.01.93
17.01.93

Zimbabwe - Togo
Egypt - Angola
Togo - Egypt
Zimbabwe - Egypt
Angola - Zimbabwe
Togo - Zimbabwe

1: 0
1: 0
1: 4
2: 1
1: 1
1: 2

01/18/93
01/31/93
01/31/93
02/28/93
04/15/93
 

Angola - Egypt
Egypt - Togo
Zimbabwe - Angola
Togo - Angola
Egypt - Zimbabwe
Angola - Togo

0: 0
3: 0
2: 1
0: 1
0: 0
-
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe * 8: 04 10: 02
2. Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 9: 3 08: 04
3. Flag of Angola.svg Angola 3: 4 04: 06
4th Flag of Togo.svg Togo 2:11 00:10

Group 4

Libya waived

10.10.92
25.10.92
20.12.92
16.01.93
31.01.93
27.02.93

Nigeria - South
Africa South Africa - Congo
Congo - Nigeria
South Africa - Nigeria
Congo - South Africa
Nigeria - Congo

4: 0
1: 0
0: 1
0: 0
0: 1
2: 0
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria * 7-0 7: 1
2. Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) .svg South Africa 2: 4 5: 3
3. Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Congo 0: 5 0: 8
4th Political system of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaPolitical system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya

Group 5

Sudan renounced

10.10.92
25.10.92
20.12.92
17.01.93
31.01.93
28.02.93

Ivory Coast - Botswana
Niger - Ivory Coast
Botswana - Niger
Botswana - Ivory
Coast Ivory Coast - Niger
Niger - Botswana

6: 0
0: 0
0: 1
0: 0
1: 0
2: 1
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast * 7-0 6: 2
2. Flag of Niger.svg Niger 3: 2 5: 3
3. Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 1: 9 1: 7
4th Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan

Group 6

11.10.92
11.10.92
25.10.92
25.10.92
20.12.92
20.12.92

Morocco - Ethiopia
Tunisia - Benin
Ethiopia - Tunisia
Benin - Morocco
Tunisia - Morocco
Ethiopia - Benin

5: 0
5: 1
0: 0
0: 1
1: 1
3: 1

01/17/93
01/17/93
01/31/93
01/31/93
02/28/93
02/28/93

Ethiopia - Morocco
Benin - Tunisia
Morocco - Benin
Tunisia - Ethiopia
Benin - Ethiopia
Morocco - Tunisia

0: 1
0: 5
5: 0
3: 0
1: 0
0: 0
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco * 13: 01 10: 02
2. Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 14: 02 09: 03
3. Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996) .svg Ethiopia 03:11 03: 09
4th Flag of Benin.svg Benin 03:19 02:10

Group 7

Mauritania waived

11.10.92
25.10.92
19.12.92
17.01.93
30.01.93
27.02.93

Gabon - Mozambique
Mozambique - Senegal
Gabon - Senegal
Mozambique - Gabon
Senegal - Mozambique
Senegal - Gabon

3: 1
0: 1
3: 2
1: 1
6: 1
1: 0
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal * 10: 04 6: 2
2. Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 07: 05 5: 3
3. Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 03:11 1: 7
4th Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017) .svg Mauritania

Group 8

11.10.92
11.10.92
25.10.92
25.10.92
19.12.92
20.12.92

Zambia - Tanzania
Madagascar - Namibia
Tanzania - Madagascar
Namibia - Zambia
Tanzania - Namibia
Madagascar - Zambia

2: 0
3: 0
0: 0
0: 4
2: 0
2: 0

01/16/93
 
 
01/17/93
01/30/93
02/27/93

Tanzania - Zambia
withdrawal from Tanzania;
Games not ranked

Namibia - Madagascar
Zambia - Namibia
Zambia - Madagascar

1: 3
 
 
0: 1
4: 0
3: 1

country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Zambia (1964-1996) .svg Zambia * 11: 03 6: 2
2. Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 07: 03 6: 2
3. Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 00:12 0: 8
4th Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania

Group 9

Mali and Gambia waived 12/20/92
02/27/93
Guinea - Kenya
Kenya - Guinea
4-0
2-0
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea * 4: 2 2: 2
2. Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2: 4 2: 2
4th Flag of Mali.svg Mali
4th Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia

Second round :

Group A

04/16/93
05/02/93
07/03/93

Algeria - Ivory
Coast Ivory Coast - Nigeria
Nigeria - Algeria

1: 1
2: 1
4: 1
07/18/93
09/25/93
10/8/93

Ivory Coast - Algeria
Nigeria - Ivory Coast
Algeria - Nigeria

1: 0
4: 1
1: 1
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria ** 10: 5 5: 3
2. Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 05: 6 5: 3
3. Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 03: 7 2: 6

Group B

04/18/93
07/04/93
07/17/93

Morocco - Senegal
Zambia - Morocco
Senegal - Morocco

1: 0
2: 1
1: 3
07.08.93
26.09.93
10.10.93

Senegal - Zambia
Zambia - Senegal
Morocco - Zambia

0: 0
4: 0
1: 0
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco ** 6: 3 6: 2
2. Flag of Zambia (1964-1996) .svg Zambia 6: 2 5: 3
3. Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 1: 8 1: 7

Group C

04/18/93
05/02/93
07/04/93

Cameroon - Guinea
Guinea - Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe - Cameroon

3: 1
3: 0
1: 0
07/18/93
09/26/93
10/10/93

Guinea - Cameroon
Zimbabwe - Guinea
Cameroon - Zimbabwe

0: 1
1: 0
3: 1
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon ** 7: 3 6: 2
2. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 3: 6 4: 4
3. Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 4: 5 2: 6

Oceanic Zone / OFC

Oceanic zone

From two groups, the two group winners qualified for the Oceania final . The Oceania winner was then determined in a round trip . The Oceania champion had to first in a playoff against the CONCACAF Second , the winner for the final round against the runners-up of the South American group A skilled. The winner of this final qualified for the 1994 World Cup in the USA.

Group A

07/11/92
09/04/1992
09/11/92
09/20/92
09/26/92
09/10/1992

Solomon Islands - Tahiti
Solomon Islands - Australia
Tahiti - Australia
Australia - Tahiti
Australia - Solomon Islands
Tahiti - Solomon Islands

1: 1
1: 2
0: 3
2: 0
6: 1
4: 2
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of Australia.svg Australia * 13: 02 8-0
2. TahitiTahiti Tahiti 05: 8 3: 5
3. Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands 05:13 1: 7
4th Samoa West 1949Western Samoa Western Samoa waived

Group B

07.06.92
27.06.92
01.07.92
12.09.92
19.09.92
26.09.92

New Zealand - Fiji
Vanuatu - New
Zealand New Zealand - Vanuatu
Fiji - Vanuatu
Fiji - New Zealand
Vanuatu - Fiji

3: 0
1: 4
8: 0
3: 0
0: 0
0: 3
country Gates Pt
1. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand * 15: 01 7: 1
2. Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 06: 03 5: 3
3. Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu 01:18 0: 8
Oceania finals
05/30/1993 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand - Flag of Australia.svg Australia 0: 1
06/06/1993 Flag of Australia.svg Australia * - Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3-0
Intercontinental qualification:
07/31/1993 Flag of Canada.svg Canada - Flag of Australia.svg Australia 2: 1
08/15/1993 Flag of Australia.svg Australia * - Flag of Canada.svg Canada 2: 1   4: 1 in the penalty area.
10/31/1993 Flag of Australia.svg Australia - Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1: 1
10/17/1993 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina ** - Flag of Australia.svg Australia 1-0

Web links

References and footnotes

  1. On April 27, 1993, a total of 18 Zambian national players were killed in a plane crash while traveling to the match originally scheduled for May 2nd.