The 1990 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round was held from 21 to 23 September. They were the main play-offs of the 1990 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 1991 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Bold indicates team had qualified for the 1991 Davis Cup World Group.

Date: 21–23 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group qualifying round for spots in the 1991 World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface	Ref.
Belgium	4–1	South Korea	Brussels	Royal Léopold Club	Outdoor	Clay	[1]
Israel	5–0	China	Ramat HaSharon	Canada Stadium	Outdoor	Hard	[2]
Canada	3–2	Netherlands	Toronto	National Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Hard	[3]
Soviet Union	1–4	Spain	Moscow	Lenin Central Stadium	Indoor	Carpet	[4]
Sweden	5–0	Finland	Västerås	Rocklundahallen	Indoor	Carpet	[5]
Great Britain	0–5	France	London	Queen's Club	Outdoor	Grass	[6]
Mexico	5–0	Uruguay	Mexico City	Club Alemán de México	Outdoor	Hard	[7]
Yugoslavia	3–2	Switzerland	Split	Športski centar Gripe	Indoor	Clay	[8]

•  France,  Israel,  Mexico,  Spain,  Sweden and  Yugoslavia remain in the World Group in 1991.
•  Belgium and  Canada are promoted to the World Group in 1991.
•  China,  Finland,  Great Britain,  South Korea,  Soviet Union and  Uruguay remain in Zonal Group I in 1991.
•  Netherlands and   Switzerland are relegated to Zonal Group I in 1991.

Belgium 4	Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium[1] 24–26 August 1990 Clay		South Korea 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bart Wuyts Bae Nam-ju 3 6 3 6 6 0 6 1 6 2   2 Eduardo Masso Kim Jae-sik 6 3 6 1 6 3       3 Xavier Daufresne / Eduardo Masso Kim Jae-sik / Yoo Jin-sun 62 77 6 2 3 6 4 6     4 Eduardo Masso Bae Nam-ju 6 4 6 1 6 1       5 Bart Wuyts Kim Jae-sik 7 5 6 4

Israel 5	Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[2] 13–15 September 1990 Hard		China 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Amos Mansdorf Liu Xiaocheng 6 4 6 2 6 0       2 Gilad Bloom Lin Di 6 1 6 0 6 1       3 Amos Mansdorf / Shahar Perkiss Liu Xiaocheng / Zhang Jiaheng 6 4 6 4 7 5       4 Gilad Bloom Liu Xiaocheng 6 3 6 1         5 Raviv Weidenfeld Lin Di 6 3 6 3

Canada 3	National Tennis Centre, Toronto, Canada[3] 21–23 September 1990 Hard		Netherlands 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Chris Pridham Mark Koevermans 65 77 4 6 3 6       2 Grant Connell Paul Haarhuis 77 64 6 4 6 4       3 Grant Connell / Glenn Michibata Paul Haarhuis / Mark Koevermans 77 65 77 65 6 2       4 Chris Pridham Paul Haarhuis 6 4 3 6 0 6 5 7     5 Grant Connell Mark Koevermans 77 65 77 65 6 3

Soviet Union 1	Lenin Central Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union[4] 21–23 September 1990 Carpet (indoors)		Spain 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Chesnokov Sergi Bruguera 2 6 78 66 2 6 3 6     2 Andrei Cherkasov Emilio Sánchez 3 6 79 67 3 6 4 6     3 Vladimir Gabrichidze / Alexander Volkov Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez 6 4 3 6 3 6 6 4 3 6   4 Andrei Cherkasov Sergi Bruguera 6 4 79 67         5 Andrei Chesnokov Emilio Sánchez 63 77 5 7

Sweden 5	Rocklundahallen, Västerås, Sweden[5] 21–23 September 1990 Carpet (indoors)		Finland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stefan Edberg Aki Rahunen 6 1 6 1 77 65       2 Jonas Svensson Veli Paloheimo 6 1 6 1 6 1       3 Stefan Edberg / Peter Lundgren Veli Paloheimo / Olli Rahnasto 6 2 6 1 6 2       4 Stefan Edberg Veli Paloheimo 3 6 6 4 6 0       5 Jonas Svensson Aki Rahunen 6 4 6 0

Great Britain 0	Queen's Club, London, United Kingdom[6] 21–23 September 1990 Grass		France 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nick Brown Henri Leconte 3 6 65 77 2 6       2 Jeremy Bates Guy Forget 6 2 65 77 4 6 1 6     3 Jeremy Bates / Andrew Castle Guy Forget / Henri Leconte 1 6 4 6 4 6       4 Jeremy Bates Henri Leconte 65 77 0 6         5 Nick Brown Guy Forget 3 6 2 6

Mexico 5	Club Alemán de México, Mexico City, Mexico[7] 21–23 September 1990 Hard		Uruguay 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Leonardo Lavalle Diego Pérez 62 77 6 2 4 6 6 3 6 2   2 Jorge Lozano Marcelo Filippini 6 4 6 4 6 2       3 Luis Herrera / Jorge Lozano Marcelo Filippini / Diego Pérez 6 4 77 62 4 6 7 5     4 Jorge Lozano Victor Caldarelli 3 6 6 3 6 1       5 Oliver Fernández Marcelo Filippini 7 5 6 3

Yugoslavia 3	Športski centar Gripe, Split, Yugoslavia[8] 21–23 September 1990 Clay (indoors)		Switzerland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Goran Ivanišević Marc Rosset 6 4 4 6 62 77 6 3 6 2   2 Goran Prpić Jakob Hlasek 6 3 4 6 63 77 4 6     3 Goran Ivanišević / Goran Prpić Jakob Hlasek / Marc Rosset 3 6 6 3 6 4 6 2     4 Goran Ivanišević Claudio Mezzadri 6 1 6 4 6 2       5 Goran Prpić Marc Rosset 4 6 62 77

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