1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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Teams	30 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Kazuyoshi Miura (13 goals)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 29 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iraq	8	6	1	1	28	4	+24	13
2	China	8	6	0	2	18	4	+14	12
3	Yemen	8	3	2	3	12	13	−1	8
4	Jordan	8	2	3	3	12	15	−3	7
5	Pakistan	8	0	0	8	2	36	−34	0

Iraq advanced to the Final Round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	6	3	3	0	15	2	+13	9
2	Syria	6	3	3	0	14	4	+10	9
3	Oman	6	2	2	2	10	5	+5	6
4	Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	3	31	−28	0
5	Myanmar (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Iran advanced to the Final Round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Korea	8	7	1	0	19	6	+13	15
2	Qatar	8	5	1	2	22	8	+14	11
3	Singapore	8	5	0	3	12	12	0	10
4	Indonesia	8	1	0	7	6	19	−13	2
5	Vietnam	8	1	0	7	4	18	−14	2

North Korea advanced to the Final Round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	8	7	1	0	23	1	+22	15
2	Bahrain	8	3	3	2	9	6	+3	9
3	Lebanon	8	2	4	2	8	9	−1	8
4	Hong Kong	8	2	1	5	9	19	−10	5
5	India	8	1	1	6	8	22	−14	3

South Korea advanced to the Final Round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	6	4	2	0	20	1	+19	10
2	Kuwait	6	3	2	1	21	4	+17	8
3	Malaysia	6	2	2	2	16	7	+9	6
4	Macau	6	0	0	6	1	46	−45	0

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	8	7	1	0	28	2	+26	15
2	United Arab Emirates	8	6	1	1	19	4	+15	13
3	Thailand	8	4	0	4	13	7	+6	8
4	Bangladesh	8	2	0	6	7	28	−21	4
5	Sri Lanka	8	0	0	8	0	26	−26	0

Japan advanced to the 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.^[1]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	5	2	3	0	8	6	+2	7
2	South Korea	5	2	2	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Japan	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3	6
4	Iraq	5	1	3	1	9	9	0	5
5	Iran	5	2	0	3	8	11	−3	4
6	North Korea	5	1	0	4	5	12	−7	2

Saudi Arabia and South Korea qualified.

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See 1993 Japan v Iraq football match

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

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
Saudi Arabia	Final round winners	28 October 1993	0 (debut)
South Korea	Final round runners-up	28 October 1993	3 (1954, 1986, 1990)

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

13 goals

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6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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

Most Outstanding Player^[2]

• Ali Daei

Asian All Stars^[3]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Shigetatsu Matsunaga	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Hong Myung-bo Tetsuji Hashiratani Javad Zarincheh	Fuad Anwar Khaled Massad Shin Hong-gi Ruy Ramos	Kazuyoshi Miura Ali Daei

• 1993 Japan v Iraq football match
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)