Football
Men: World Cup 1990 in Italy

Qualifying
April 17 (1988)-November 19 (1989):
Europe South America North and Central America Africa Asia Oceania Intercontinental Playoffs

automatic qualified: Italy (hosts) and Argentina (holders)

Europe:

Final Standings:

Group 1:
1. Romania * 6-9 (10-5)
2. Denmark 6-8 (15-6)
3. Greece 6-4 (3-15)
4. Bulgaria 6-3 (6-8)

Group 2:
1. Sweden * 6-10 (9-3)
2. England * 6-9 (10-0)
3. Poland 6-5 (4-8)
4. Albania 6-0 (3-15)

Group 3:
1. Soviet Union * 8-11 (11-4)
2. Austria * 8-9 (9-9)
3. Turkey 8-7 (12-10)
4. East Germany 8-7 (9-13)
5. Iceland 8-6 (6-11) 		Group 4:
1. Netherlands * 6-10 (8-2)
2. West Germany * 6-9 (13-3)
3. Finland 6-3 (4-16)
4. Wales 6-2 (4-8)

Group 5:
1. Yugoslavia * 8-14 (16-6)
2. Scotland * 8-10 (12-12)
3. France 8-9 (10-7)
4. Norway 8-6 (10-9)
5. Cyprus 8-1 (6-20) 		Group 6:
1. Spain * 8-13 (20-3)
2. Ireland * 8-12 (10-2)
3. Hungary 8-8 (8-12)
4. Northern Ireland 8-5 (6-12)
5. Malta 8-2 (3-18)

Group 7:
1. Belgium * 8-12 (15-5)
2. Czechoslovakia * 8-12 (13-3)
3. Portugal 8-10 (11-8)
4. Switzerland 8-5 (10-14)
5. Luxemburg 8-1 (3-22)

South America:

Final Standings:

Group 1:
1. Uruguay * 4-6 (7-2)
2. Bolivia 4-6 (6-5)
3. Peru 4-0 (2-8) 		Group 2:
1. Colombia ** 4-5 (5-3)
2. Paraguay 4-4 (6-7)
3. Ecuador 4-3 (4-5) 		Group 3:
1. Brazil * 4-7 (11-1)
2. Chile 4-5 (9-2)
3. Venezuela 4-0 (1-18)

North and Central America:

1st Round:
Antigua & Barbuda - Dutch Antilles * 0-1 1-3 aet
Costa Rica * - Panama 1-1 2-0
Cuba - Guatemala * 0-1 1-1
Guyana - Trinidad & Tobago * 0-4 0-1
Jamaica * - Puerto Rico 1-0 2-1

2nd Round:
Costa Rica * - Mexico # walkover
Dutch Antilles - El Salvador * 0-1 0-5
Guatemala * - Canada 1-0 2-3
Jamaica - USA * 0-0 1-5
Trinidad & Tobago * - Honduras 0-0 1-1
# Mexico was disqualified for infringement of age rules

Final Round:

Final Standings:
1. Costa Rica * 8-11 (10-6)
2. USA * 8-11 (6-3)
3. Trinidad & Tobago 8-9 (7-5)
4. Guatemala 6-3 (4-7) #
5. El Salvador 6-2 (2-8) #
# matches between El Salvador and Guatemala were never played
due to lack of necessity and political situation in El Salvador

 Africa:

1st Round:
Angola * - Sudan 0-0 2-1
Gabon * - Togo walkover
Ghana - Liberia * 0-0 0-2
Libya * - Burkina Faso 3-0 0-2
Tunisia * - Guinea 5-0 0-3
Uganda - Malawi * 1-0 1-3
Zambia * - Rwanda walkover
Zimbabwe* - Lesoto walkover

2nd Round:

Final Standings:

Group A:
1. Algeria * 4-7 (6-1)
2. Ivory Coast 4-4 (5-1)
3. Zimbabwe 4-1 (1-10)
-. Libya withdrew #
# Libya withdrew after two matches
(actual record 2-0 (0-3))

Group B:
1. Egypt * 6-8 (6-2)
2. Liberia 6-6 (2-3)
3. Malawi 6-5 (3-4)
4. Kenya 6-5 (2-4) 		Group C:
1. Cameroon * 6-9 (9-6)
2. Nigeria 6-7 (7-5)
3. Angola 6-4 (6-7)
4. Gabon 6-4 (5-9)

Group D:
1. Tunisia * 6-7 (5-5)
2. Zambia 6-6 (7-6)
3. Zaire 6-6 (7-7)
4. Morocco 6-5 (4-5)

Final Round:
Algeria - Egypt * 0-0 0-1
Cameroon * - Tunisia 2-0 1-0

 Asia:

1st Round:

Final Standings:

Group A:
1. Qatar * 6-9 (8-3)
2. Iraq 6-8 (11-5)
3. Jordan 6-5 (5-7)
4. Oman 6-2 (2-11)

Group B:
1. Saudi Arabia * 4-7 (7-4)
2. Syria 4-5 (7-5)
3. North Yemen 4-0 (0-5)
-. Bahrain withdrew 		Group C:
1. UAE * 4-6 (12-4)
2. Kuwait 4-6 (6-3)
3. Pakistan 4-0 (1-12)
-. South Yemen withdrew

Group D (at Seoul/Singapore):
1. South Korea * 6-12 (25-0)
2. Malaysia 6-7 (8-8)
3. Singapore 6-5 (12-9)
4. Nepal 6-0 (0-28)
-. India withdrew 		Group E:
1. China * 6-10 (13-3)
2. Iran 6-10 (12-5)
3. Bangladesh 6-2 (4-9)
4. Thailand 6-2 (2-14)

Group F:
1. North Korea * 6-9 (11-5)
2. Japan 6-7 (7-3)
3. Indonesia 6-5 (5-10)
4. Hong Kong 6-3 (5-10)

Final Round (at Singapore #)

Final Standings:
1. South Korea * 5-8 (5-1)
2. UAE * 5-6 (4-3)
3. Qatar 5-5 (4-5)
4. China 5-4 (5-6)
5. Saudi Arabia 5-4 (4-5)
6. North Korea 5-3 (2-4)
# final round of matches also at Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan

 Oceania:

1st Round:
Fiji - Australia * 1-0 1-5
New Zealand * - Thailand 4-0 4-1 (return at Wellington)

Final Round:

Final Standings:
1. Israel ** 4-5 (5-4)
2. Australia 4-4 (6-5)
3. New Zealand 4-3 (5-7)

 Intercontinental Playoffs:

Columbia* - Israel 1-0 0-0