1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Format

• First round: The Maldives withdrew before the final draw, leaving 25 teams to be divided into 6 groups of 4 or 5 teams each. Nepal was moved from Group 5 to Group 4 after India's withdrawal. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, except in Group 4, where the teams played against each other twice in South Korea and Singapore. The group winners would advance to the final round.
• Final round: The 6 teams played against each other once over a 16-day period based in Singapore. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.

First round

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

Group 1

Qatar advanced to the final round.

Group 2

Saudi Arabia advanced to the final round.

Group 3

United Arab Emirates advanced to the final round.

Group 4

Korea Republic advanced to the final round.

Group 5

China advanced to the final round.

Group 6

Korea DPR advanced to the final round.

Final round

Standings

Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Results

Al Talyani

Ghu Gyong-Sik

Hwang Sun-hong

Muftah Al-Suwaiti

Qualified teams

The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

:1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

;7 goals

• KOR Hwang Sun-hong

;6 goals

• CHN Ma Lin
• IRQ Ahmed Radhi
• QAT Mahmoud Yaseen Al-Soufi

;5 goals

• MAS Dollah Salleh

;4 goals

• CHN Mai Chao
• KOR Kim Yong-se
• SIN Darimosuvito Tokijan
• UAE Adnan Al Talyani

;3 goals

• IRN Mohsen Garousi
• IRN Farshad Pious
• PRK Chu Gyong-Sik
• PRK Kim Pung-Il
• KOR Hwangbo Kwan
• KOR Noh Soo-jin
• SYR Nizar Mahrous
• UAE Abdul Razaq Ibrahim

;2 goals

• CHN Tang Yaodong
• CHN Wang Baoshan
• HKG Tim Bredbury
• HKG Nang Yan Leung
• IDN Herry Kiswanto
• IRN Karim Bavi
• IRQ Hussein Saeed
• JOR Mohamed Al-Diabaz
• JOR Khaled Khalil Awad
• KUW Ali Marwi
• KUW Salah Al-Hasawi
• PRK Han Hyong-Il
• PRK Ri Hyok-chon
• QAT Mansoor Muftah
• KSA Fahad Al-Bishi
• KSA Majed Abdullah
• KSA Mohaisen Al-Jam'an
• KSA Saadoun Al-Suwaiti
• SIN Darimosuvito Devaraj
• SIN Salim Moin
• SIN Ahmad Satter
• KOR Cho Min-kook
• KOR Choi Sang-kook
• KOR Lee Tae-ho
• UAE Zuhair Bakhit
• UAE Khalid Ismaïl
• UAE Khaleel Mubarak

;1 goal

• BAN Mohammad Aslam
• BAN Satyajit Das Rupu
• BAN Wasim Iqbal
• BAN Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir
• CHN Jia Xiuquan
• CHN Liu Haiguang
• CHN Xie Yuxin
• CHN Zhang Xiaowen
• HKG Leslie Santos
• IDN Inyong Lolumbuman
• IDN Mustaqim
• IDN Mustamu Yessy
• IRN Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard
• IRN Sayed Ali Eftekhari
• IRN Sirous Ghayeghran
• IRN Samad Marfavi
• IRQ Natiq Hashim
• IRQ Habib Jafar
• IRQ Ismail Mohammed Sharif
• JPN Kenta Hasegawa
• JPN Takumi Horiike
• JPN Hisashi Kurosaki
• JPN Osamu Maeda
• JPN Takashi Mizunuma
• JPN Katsuyoshi Shinto
• JOR Rateb Al-Dawoud
• KUW Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri
• KUW Fahad Yousef Al-Sovayed
• MAS Kurapiah Gunalan
• MAS Azizol Abu Haniffah
• MAS Lim Teong Kim
• PRK Kim Gwang-Mon
• PRK Tak Yong-Bin
• PRK Yun Jong-Su
• OMA Mohamed Ali Hamoud
• OMA Nasser Khaleefa
• PAK Ali Sharafat
• QAT Saleh Eid Al-Mehaizaa
• QAT Jumah Salem Joher
• QAT Adel Mubarak Khamis
• QAT Mansour Sulaiti
• KSA Fahad Al-Musaibeah
• KSA Ahmed Madani
• KSA Yousuf Al-Thunayan
• SIN Arj Changatamilman
• SIN Tay Peng Kee
• KOR Choi Soon-ho
• KOR Chung Hae-won
• KOR Chung Yong-hwan
• KOR Kim Joo-sung
• KOR Lee Hak-jong
• KOR Lee Young-jin
• KOR Park Kyung-hoon
• SYR Walid Al-Nasser
• SYR Walid Abou El-Sel
• SYR Abdul Latif Helou
• SYR Mohammed Jakalan
• THA Prasert Changmool
• THA Piyapong Pue-On
• UAE Abdulaziz Mohamed
• UAE Abdulrahman Mohamed

;1 own goal

• PRK Oh Yong-Nam (playing against Japan)

Notes

References

1. link. Kyunghyang. (30 October 1989)