| Tourney Name: | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) |
| Num Teams: | 30 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Top Scorer: | Kazuyoshi Miura (13 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1990 |
| Nextseason: | 1998 |
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:
See main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round.
Iraq advanced to the Final Round.
Iran advanced to the Final Round.
North Korea advanced to the Final Round.
South Korea advanced to the Final Round.
Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.
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]
| width=30 | Rank | width=165 style="text-align:left" | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
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| 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 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 | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (debut) | ||||
| 3 (1954, 1986, 1990) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Ali Daei
Takuya Takagi
Khalil Al-Malki
Gao Hongbo
Laith Hussein Saad Qais Ahmed Radhi
Ryu Song-Gun Cai Sheng Masashi Nakayama Choe Won-Nam Mahmoud Soufi
Khamis Eid Rafe Thani
Bhupinder Thakur Hamid Derakhshan Masahiro Fukuda
Subhi Al-Gnimaz Mohammad Muharam Fahad Al Kuwari Mubarak Mustafa
Choi Moon-sik Lee Gi-bum
Mohammad Afash Abdul Latif Helou Mohamad Moustafa Kadir Khamis Mubarak Hao Haidong Li Bing Xu Hong
Au Wai Lun Cheung Kam Wa Lee Kin Wo Sathyan Vatta Barambath Inivalappil Mani Vijayan
Sudirman Hamid Estili Mehdi Fonounizadeh Naeem Saddam Munthir Khalaf Radhi Shenaishil Tetsuji Hashiratani Masami Ihara Jeris Tadrus Cho In-Chol Kim Kwang-min Kim Kyong-il Zamel Al Kuwari Hong Myung-bo Kim Tae-young Ko Jeong-woon Park Jung-bae Nizar Mahrous
Songserm Maperm Kiatisuk Senamuang
Mohamed Hassan Abdullah Ahmed Abdul Karim Al-Brid Omar Mubarak Wagdan Mahmoud Shadli Adel Abdulrahman Marzouq Juma Marzouq Samir Mubarak Ali Saad Wu Qunli Zhao Faqing Loh Wai Chi Tam Siu Wai Wong Chi Keung Tajinder Kumar Rahmad Darmawan Singgih Pitono Alexander Saununu Putut Widjanarko Mehdi Abtahi Reza Hassanzadeh Javad Manafi Majid Namjoo-Motlagh Mahdi Kadhim Habib Jafar Ahmed Daham Jaffar Omran Akram Emmanuel Takumi Horiike Ruy Ramos Masaaki Sawanobori Mitsunori Yoshida Jamal Abu Abed Ahmad Al-Bashir Hisham Abed Al-Minem Aref Al-Shewaier
Daniel Pinto Pang Gwang-Chol Yong Jin-Li Yun Jong-Su
Tahir Agha Abdul Farooq Rayed Al-Boloushi Sultan Bakhit Al-Kuwari Yousef Khalaf Gu Sang-bum Hwangbo Kwan Hwang Sun-hong Jung Jae-kwon Kang Chul Kim Pan-keun Noh Jung-yoon Park Nam-yeol Seo Jung-won Shin Hong-gi Ali Cheikh Dib Jamal Kazem Munaf Ramadan Pongthorn Thiubthong Ahmed Bareed Saleh Rabiah Ben Asam Duraiban Sharaf Mahfood Robby Darwis (playing against North Korea)On 28 October 1993, the experts of FIFA and AFC selected the best players of the competition.
Most Outstanding Player[2]
Asian All Stars[3]