1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Format

There were two rounds of play:

• First Round: The teams were divided into 6 groups of 4 or 5 teams each, although Myanmar and Nepal withdrew after playing no matches. The teams would play against each other twice. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
• Final Round: The 6 teams would play against each other once in Qatar. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.

First round

Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

Group A

Iraq advanced to the Final Round.

Group B

Iran advanced to the Final Round.

Group C

North Korea advanced to the Final Round.

Group D

South Korea advanced to the Final Round.

Group E

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

Group F

Japan advanced to the final round.

Final round

With 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.

Saudi Arabia and South Korea qualified.

See 1993 Japan v Iraq football match

To date, this was the last time Japan failed to qualify for a World Cup.

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

;13 goals

• JPN Kazuyoshi Miura

;8 goals

• IRQ Alaa Kadhim
• KOR Ha Seok-ju
• THA Piyapong Pue-On

;7 goals

• IRN Ali Daei
• JPN Takuya Takagi
• QAT Khalil Al-Malki
• KSA Saeed Al-Owairan

;6 goals

• CHN Gao Hongbo
• IRQ Laith Hussein
• IRQ Saad Qais
• IRQ Ahmed Radhi
• KUW Ali Marwi
• MAS Azman Adnan
• PRK Ryu Song-Gun
• UAE Adnan Al Talyani
• UAE Abdulrazaq Ibrahim Balooshi

;5 goals

• IRN Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
• KUW Jasem Al Huwaidi
• PRK Choe Yong-Son

;4 goals

• CHN Cai Sheng
• JPN Masashi Nakayama
• PRK Choe Won-Nam
• QAT Mahmoud Soufi
• KSA Khaled Al-Muwallid
• KSA Hamzah Idris Falatah
• SIN Fandi Ahmad
• SIN Varadaraju Sundramoorthy

;3 goals

• BHR Khamis Eid Rafe Thani
• BAN Hossain Joarder
• IND Bhupinder Thakur
• IRN Hamid Derakhshan
• JPN Masahiro Fukuda
• JOR Subhi Al-Gnimaz
• JOR Mohammad Muharam
• KUW Hamed Al-Saleh
• MAS Azizol Abu Haniffah
• MAS Abdul Mubin Mokhtar
• QAT Fahad Al Kuwari
• QAT Mubarak Mustafa
• KSA Majed Abdullah
• KSA Fahad Al-Mehallel
• KOR Choi Moon-sik
• KOR Lee Gi-bum
• SYR Mohammad Afash
• SYR Abdul Latif Helou
• SYR Mohamad Moustafa Kadir

;2 goals

• BHR Khamis Mubarak
• BAN Karim Mohammed Rumi Rizvi
• CHN Hao Haidong
• CHN Li Bing
• CHN Xu Hong
• HKG Au Wai Lun
• HKG Cheung Kam Wa
• HKG Lee Kin Wo
• IND Sathyan Vatta Barambath
• IND Inivalappil Mani Vijayan
• IDN Sudirman
• IRN Hamid Estili
• IRN Mehdi Fonounizadeh
• IRQ Naeem Saddam
• IRQ Munthir Khalaf
• IRQ Radhi Shenaishil
• JPN Tetsuji Hashiratani
• JPN Masami Ihara
• JOR Jeris Tadrus
• KUW Fayez Al-Felaij
• KUW Wail Al Habashi
• KUW Hamoud Al-Shemmari
• KUW Abdullah Wabran
• LIB Rafi Joulfagi
• MAS Paramasivan Ravindran
• PRK Cho In-Chol
• PRK Kim Kwang-min
• PRK Kim Kyong-il
• OMA Yousuf Saleh Al-Alawi
• OMA Rashid Al-Wahaibi
• OMA Mohammed Abdul Noor
• QAT Zamel Al Kuwari
• KSA Sami Al-Jaber
• KSA Ahmed Jamil Madani
• SIN Mohd Rafi Ali
• KOR Hong Myung-bo
• KOR Kim Tae-young
• KOR Ko Jeong-woon
• KOR Park Jung-bae
• SYR Nizar Mahrous
• THA Songserm Maperm
• THA Kiatisuk Senamuang
• UAE Khamees Saad Mubarak
• YEM Mohamed Hassan Abdullah
• YEM Ahmed Abdul Karim Al-Brid
• YEM Omar Mubarak
• YEM Wagdan Mahmoud Shadli

;1 goal

• BHR Adel Abdulrahman Marzouq
• BHR Juma Marzouq
• BHR Samir Mubarak
• BHR Ali Saad
• BAN Kaiser Hamid
• BAN Sayed Rumman Sabbir
• CHN Wu Qunli
• CHN Zhao Faqing
• TPE Chen Fu-Yuan
• TPE Chen Jiunn-Ming
• TPE Yeh Ching-Tueng
• HKG Loh Wai Chi
• HKG Tam Siu Wai
• HKG Wong Chi Keung
• IND Tajinder Kumar
• IDN Rahmad Darmawan
• IDN Singgih Pitono
• IDN Alexander Saununu
• IDN Putut Widjanarko
• IRN Mehdi Abtahi
• IRN Reza Hassanzadeh
• IRN Javad Manafi
• IRN Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
• IRQ Mahdi Kadhim
• IRQ Habib Jafar
• IRQ Ahmed Daham
• IRQ Jaffar Omran
• IRQ Akram Emmanuel
• JPN Takumi Horiike
• JPN Ruy Ramos
• JPN Masaaki Sawanobori
• JPN Mitsunori Yoshida
• JOR Jamal Abu Abed
• JOR Ahmad Al-Bashir
• JOR Hisham Abed Al-Minem
• JOR Aref Al-Shewaier
• KUW Ayman Al Husaini
• KUW Basel Abdul Rahim
• LIB Fadi Alloush
• LIB Hassan Ayoub
• LIB Youssef Farhat
• LIB Babkin Melikian
• LIB Wael Nazha
• LIB Jamal Taha
• MAC Daniel Pinto
• MAS A. Elangovan
• MAS Zainal Abidin Hassan
• PRK Pang Gwang-Chol
• PRK Yong Jin-Li
• PRK Yun Jong-Su
• OMA Hamdan Abdulla Al-Moamari
• OMA Mattar Al-Mukhaini
• OMA Yunis Aman Al-Naseeb
• OMA Nabil Al-Siyabi
• PAK Tahir Agha
• PAK Abdul Farooq
• QAT Rayed Al-Boloushi
• QAT Sultan Bakhit Al-Kuwari
• QAT Yousef Khalaf
• KSA Abdullah Al-Dosari
• KSA Mansour Al-Mousa
• KSA Mansour Al-Muainea
• SIN Razali Saad
• SIN Steven Tan
• KOR Gu Sang-bum
• KOR Hwangbo Kwan
• KOR Hwang Sun-hong
• KOR Jung Jae-kwon
• KOR Kang Chul
• KOR Kim Pan-keun
• KOR Noh Jung-yoon
• KOR Park Nam-yeol
• KOR Seo Jung-won
• KOR Shin Hong-gi
• SYR Ali Cheikh Dib
• SYR Jamal Kazem
• SYR Munaf Ramadan
• THA Pongthorn Thiubthong
• UAE Mohamed Ahmed
• UAE Ali Thani Jumaa
• UAE Ismail Rashid Ismail
• UAE Fahad Khamees Mubarak
• UAE Nasir Khamees Mubarak
• VIE Hà Vương Ngầu Nại
• VIE Lư Đình Tuấn
• VIE Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
• VIE Phan Thanh Hùng
• YEM Ahmed Bareed
• YEM Saleh Rabiah Ben
• YEM Asam Duraiban
• YEM Sharaf Mahfood

;1 own goal

• IDN Robby Darwis (playing against North Korea)

Awards

On 28 October 1993, the experts of FIFA and AFC selected the best players of the competition.

Most Outstanding Player

• IRN Ali Daei

Asian All Stars

References

References

1. "LIBYAN BAN RAISES CUP QUESTIONS".
2. link. Kyunghyang. (1993-10-30)
3. link. Maeil Business Newspaper. (1993-10-30)