1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

The AFC first round of 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification was decided by a draw which was conducted in Zürich, Switzerland, on 12 December 1987. The round began on 6 January 1989 and finished on 29 July 1989.

The top countries in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the final round, where the six remaining teams competed for the two places at the final tournament.

Format

The Maldives withdrew before the final draw, leaving 25 teams to be divided into 6 groups of 4 or 5 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, except in Group 4, where the teams played against each other twice but all games were held in South Korea and Singapore. The group winners would advance to the Final Round. Bahrain, India, and South Yemen withdrew after the draw, meaning a total of 22 teams competed.

Groups

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		QAT	IRQ	JOR	OMA
Qatar	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	9		—	1 – 0	1 – 0	3 – 0
Iraq	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	8		2 – 2	—	4 – 0	3 – 1
Jordan	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	5		1 – 1	0 – 1	—	2 – 0
Oman	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2		0 – 0	1 – 1	0 – 2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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6 January 1989

Qatar	1–0	Jordan
Al-Soufi 21'

Doha, Qatar

Attendance: 2,859

Referee: Lee Peng Ann (Singapore)

6 January 1989

Oman	1–1	Iraq
Mahmoud 37'		Sharif 18'

Muscat, Oman

Referee: Pratumthong (Thailand)

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13 January 1989

Oman	0–0	Qatar

Muscat, Oman

Referee: Al-Nasir (Saudi Arabia)

13 January 1989

Jordan	0–1	Iraq
		Jafar 60'

Amman, Jordan

Referee: Mandi (Bahrain)

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20 January 1989

Jordan	2–0	Oman
Al-Diabaz 32', 43'

Amman, Jordan

Referee: Nizar (Syria)

20 January 1989

Qatar	1–0	Iraq
Al-Soufi 21'

Doha, Qatar

Attendance: 3,243

Referee: Zhong Bohong (China PR)

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27 January 1989

Jordan	1–1	Qatar
Awad 90'		Al-Soufi 90'

Amman, Jordan

Referee: Syed Iqbal (India)

27 January 1989

Iraq	3–1	Oman
Shihab 33' Hashim 54' Radhi 85'		Nasser 90'

Baghdad, Iraq

Referee: Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

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3 February 1989

Qatar	3–0	Oman
Joher 32' Al-Soufi 67', 81'

Doha, Qatar

Referee: Al-Jassas (Kuwait)

3 February 1989

Iraq	4–0	Jordan
Radhi 26', 42', 66', 80'

Baghdad, Iraq

Referee: Hi Yacob (Malaysia)

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10 February 1989

Oman	0–2	Jordan
		Al-Dawoud 49' Awad 66'

Muscat, Oman

Referee: Kil Ki-Chul (Korea Republic)

10 February 1989

Iraq	2–2	Qatar
Radhi 31' Saeed 75'		S. Aid 18' Khamis 85'

Baghdad, Iraq

Referee: Sano (Japan)

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KSA	SYR	NYE	BHR
Saudi Arabia	4	3	1	0	7	4	+3	7		—	5 – 4	1 – 0	X – X
Syria	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	5		0 – 0	—	2 – 0	X – X
North Yemen	4	0	0	4	0	5	−5	0		0 – 1	0 – 1	—	X – X
Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		X – X	X – X	X – X	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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10 March 1989

North Yemen	0 – 1	Syria
	(Report)	Mahrous 44'

Sana'a, North Yemen

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Hartasardjono (Indonesia)

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15 March 1989

Saudi Arabia	5 – 4	Syria
Al-Bishi 13' Al-Jam'an 44', 75' Al-Thunayan 50' Abdullah 69'	(Report)	Jakalan 30' Al-Nasser 61' Helou 70' Mahrous 85'

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Chen Shengcai (China PR)

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20 March 1989

North Yemen	0 – 1	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)	Madani 79'

Sana'a, North Yemen

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Abd Rashid Wan Jaafar (Malaysia)

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25 March 1989

Syria	2 – 0	North Yemen
El-Sel 41' Mahrous 48'	(Report)

Latakia, Syria

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

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30 March 1989

Syria	0 – 0	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)

Latakia, Syria

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Takada (Japan)

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5 April 1989

Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	North Yemen
Abdullah 44'	(Report)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mohammed Saleh Alawi (Oman)

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		UAE	KUW	PAK	SYE
United Arab Emirates	4	3	0	1	12	4	+8	6		—	1 – 0	5 – 0	X – X
Kuwait	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	6		3 – 2	—	2 – 0	X – X
Pakistan	4	0	0	4	1	12	−11	0		1 – 4	0 – 1	—	X – X
South Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		X – X	X – X	X – X	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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6 January 1989

Pakistan	0 – 1	Kuwait
		Al-Hajeri 5'

Islamabad, Pakistan

Referee: Syed Iqbal (India)

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13 January 1989

Kuwait	3 – 2	United Arab Emirates
Al-Sovayed 26' Al-Hasawi 75', 84'		Bakhit 54', 69'

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Referee: Takada (Japan)

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20 January 1989

United Arab Emirates	5 – 0	Pakistan
A. Ibrahim 1', 25' Khalid Ismaïl 64' Abdulrahman Mohamed 78' Abdulaziz Mohamed 85'

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Referee: Abu-Ali (Jordan)

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27 January 1989

Kuwait	2 – 0	Pakistan
Al-Hadyah 42', 78'

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Referee: Al-Sharif (Saudi Arabia)

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3 February 1989

United Arab Emirates	1 – 0	Kuwait
Al-Talyani 62'

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Referee: Jassim Mohammed (Bahrain)

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10 February 1989

Pakistan	1 – 4	United Arab Emirates
Sharafat 81'		Khalid Ismaïl 7' A. Ibrahim 26' Al-Talyani 27' Abdulaziz Mohamed 70'

Islamabad, Pakistan

Referee: Nazari (Iran)

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KOR	MAS	SIN	NEP	IND
South Korea	6	6	0	0	25	0	+25	12		—	3 – 0	3 – 0	9 – 0	X – X
Malaysia	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	7		0 – 3	—	1 – 0	3 – 0	X – X
Singapore	6	2	1	3	12	9	+3	5		0 – 3	2 – 2	—	7 – 0	X – X
Nepal	6	0	0	6	0	28	−28	0		0 – 4	0 – 2	0 – 3	—	X – X
India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		X – X	X – X	X – X	X – X	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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23 May 1989

Malaysia	2 – 0	Nepal
Azizol 2' Dollah Salleh 90' (pen.)

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 9,974

Referee: Asgari (Iran)

23 May 1989

South Korea	3 – 0	Singapore
Hwang Sun-Hong 7', 20' Chung Hae-won 89'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 9,974

Referee: Antonio (Macau)

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25 May 1989

Malaysia	1 – 0	Singapore
Dollah Salleh 61'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 8,360

Referee: Chang Jicheng (China PR)

25 May 1989

South Korea	9 – 0	Nepal
Chung Yong-hwan 1' Lee Tae-ho 16' (pen.) Choi Sang-kook 24', 48' Kim Yong-se 29', 83' Lee Young-jin 38' Noh Soo-jin 46' Cho Min-kook 87'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 8,360

Referee: Samuel (Hong Kong)

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27 May 1989

Singapore	3 – 0	Nepal
Ahmad Satter 37', 44' Tay Peng Kee 53'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 20,217

Referee: Somogod (Philippines)

27 May 1989

South Korea	3 – 0	Malaysia
Choi Soon-ho 5' Hwang Sun-hong 56', 79'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 20,217

Referee: Sano (Japan)

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3 June 1989

Singapore	2 – 2	Malaysia
Changatamilman 31' Salim 38'		Lim Teong Kim 19' Dollah Salleh 84'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 11,967

Referee: Hartasardjono (Indonesia)

3 June 1989

South Korea	4 – 0	Nepal
Lee Hak-jong 31' Park Kyung-hoon 41' Kim Yong-se 43' Lee Tae-ho 84'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 11,967

Referee: Mahasena (Sri Lanka)

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5 June 1989

South Korea	3 – 0	Malaysia
Hwang Sun-hong 66' Cho Min-kook 83' Hwangbo Kwan 87'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 7,425

Referee: Al-Malood (Bahrain)

5 June 1989

Singapore	7 – 0	Nepal
Tokijan 4', 29', 44', 48' Salim 38' Devaraj 58', 63'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 7,425

Referee: Pratumthong (Thailand)

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7 June 1989

Singapore	0 – 3	South Korea
		Kim Yong-se 8' Noh Soo-jin 61', 69'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Al-Rahal (Jordan)

7 June 1989

Malaysia	3 – 0	Nepal
Dollah Salleh 10', 66' Gunalan 81'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CHN	IRN	BAN	THA
China	6	5	0	1	13	3	+10	10		—	2 – 0	2 – 0	2 – 0
Iran	6	5	0	1	12	5	+7	10		3 – 2	—	1 – 0	3 – 0
Bangladesh	6	1	0	5	4	9	−5	2		0 – 2	1 – 2	—	3 – 1
Thailand	6	1	0	5	2	14	−12	2		0 – 3	0 – 3	1 – 0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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19 February 1989

Thailand	1 – 0	Bangladesh
Piyapong 10'

National Stadium, Bangkok

Referee: Somogod (Philippines)

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23 February 1989

China	2 – 0	Bangladesh
Wang Baoshan 51' Mai Chao 57'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Kim Gwang-Ho (Korea DPR)

23 February 1989

Thailand	0 – 3	Iran
		Bavi 12' Ghayeghran 28' Garousi 87'

National Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Chan (Hong Kong)

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27 February 1989

Bangladesh	1 – 2	Iran
Aslam 70'		Bavi 44' Ansarifard 50'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 10,879

Referee: Bin Saleh (Oman)

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28 February 1989

Thailand	0 – 3	China
		Tang Yaodong 55' Ma Lin 62', 79'

National Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 4,174

Referee: Abdul Latif (Iraq)

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4 March 1989

Bangladesh	0 – 2	China
		Wang Baoshan 23' Ma Lin 62'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 11,946

Referee: Murthi (Singapore)

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8 March 1989

Bangladesh	3 – 1	Thailand
Iqbal 10' Sabbir 28' Rupu 76'		Prasert 79'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 8,352

Referee: Mohammed Fodah (Saudi Arabia)

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17 March 1989

Iran	1 – 0	Bangladesh
Marfavi 81'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Al-Mullah (Qatar)

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30 May 1989

Iran	3 – 0	Thailand
Pious 33', 64' Garousi 42'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Chan (Hong Kong)

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15 July 1989

China	2 – 0	Iran
Liu Haiguang 73' Zhang Xiaowen 87'

Shenyang People's Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Takada (Japan)

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22 July 1989

Iran	3 – 2	China
Garousi 15' Eftekhari 16' Pious 53'		Mai Chao 64' (pen.) Ma Lin 66'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Al-Sharif (Syria)

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29 July 1989

China	2 – 0	Thailand
Jia Xiuquan 2' Ma Lin 4'

Shenyang People's Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mandi (Bahrain)

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		PRK	JPN	IDN	HKG
North Korea	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	9		—	2 – 0	2 – 1	4 – 1
Japan	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	7		2 – 1	—	5 – 0	0 – 0
Indonesia	6	1	3	2	5	10	−5	5		0 – 0	0 – 0	—	3 – 2
Hong Kong	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3		1 – 2	0 – 0	1 – 1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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21 May 1989

Indonesia	0 – 0	North Korea

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Referee: Murthi (Singapore)

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22 May 1989

Hong Kong	0 – 0	Japan

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 16,313

Referee: Kil Ki-Chul (Korea Republic)

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27 May 1989

Hong Kong	1 – 2	North Korea
Santos 60' (pen.)		Kim Kwang-min 3' Tak Yong-Bin 4'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 16,327

Referee: Ismail Yacob (Malaysia)

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28 May 1989

Indonesia	0 – 0	Japan

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Salah Karim (Iraq)

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4 June 1989

Hong Kong	1 – 1	Indonesia
Bredbury 31'		Mustamu 67'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 12,334

Referee: Al-Mulla (United Arab Emirates)

4 June 1989

Japan	2 – 1	North Korea
Mizunuma 74' Oh Yong-Nam 88' (o.g.)		Yun Jong-Su 71'

Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mandi (Bahrain)

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11 June 1989

Japan	5 – 0	Indonesia
Horiike 5' Maeda 16' Shinto 19' Hasegawa 24' Kurosaki 69'

Nishigaoka National Stadium, Kita, Tokyo

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Buaboocha (Thailand)

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18 June 1989

Japan	0 – 0	Hong Kong

Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Subramaniam Nathan (Malaysia)

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25 June 1989

Indonesia	3 – 2	Hong Kong
Mustaqim 60' Kiswanto 74', 89'		Nang Yan Leung 11', 64'

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Referee: El-Nasir (Saudi Arabia)

25 June 1989

North Korea	2 – 0	Japan
Kim Pung-Il 36' Ri Hyok-chon 84'

Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Kunalan (Singapore)

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2 July 1989

North Korea	4 – 1	Hong Kong
Ri Hyok-chon 18' Han Hyong-Il 29' Kim Pung-Il 80' Chu Gyong-Sik 86'		Bredbury 23'

Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Wang Xuezhi (China PR)

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9 July 1989

North Korea	2 – 1	Indonesia
Chu Gyong-Sik 40' Han Hyong-Il 64'		Lolumbuman 73'

Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Nazari (Iran)

External links

• Asian Zone at FIFA.com