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     World Cup 1990 qualifications        
       Europe                             
       South America                      
       CONCACAF                           
       Africa                             
       Asia                               
       Oceania                            

= World Cup 1990 qualifications =

== Europe ==

33 teams entered, including ITA (hosts). Winners and runners-up of four groups of five teams and winners of three groups of four teams progress into the finals. From among the second teams of groups 1, 2 and 4 the two best qualify as well (sorting rules: points, better goal difference, more goals scored, play-off on neutral venue). Group 1 (1988-89) - BUL DAN GRE ROM §gr1 19.10. Athina GRE-DAN 1:1 (1:0) Mitropoulos 41 - Povisen 56 (Krchfiak CZE) 19.10. Sofia BUL-ROM 1:3 (1:1) Kolev 31 - Mateut 25, Camataru 79,89 (Listkiewicz POL) 02.11. Bukarest ROM-GRE 3:0 (2:0) Mateut 26, Hagi 40p, Sabau 84 (Forstinger AUT) 02.11. Kopenhaga DAN-BUL 1:1 (1:1) Elstrup 8 - Sadkov 38 (Smith SCO) 26.04. Athina GRE-ROM 0:0 (Schmidhuber GER) 26.04. Sofia BUL-DAN 0:2 (0:1) Povisen 41, B.Laudrup 89 (Delmer FRA) 17.05. Bukarest ROM-BUL 1:0 (1:0) Popescu 35 (Khusainov ZSR) 17.05. Kopenhaga DAN-GRE 7:1 (2:1) B.Laudrup 24, Bartram 47, K.Nielsen 55, Povisen 56, Vilfort 79, Andersen 85, M.Laudrup 89 k - Mavridis 39 (Hackett ENG) 11.10. Sofia BUL-GRE 4:0 (0:0) Iwanov 72, Bankov 76, Iskrenov 79, Stoichkov 88 (Blattmann SUI) 11.10. Kopenhaga DAN-ROM 3:0 (2:0) K.Nielsen 4, B.Laudrup 26, Povisen 85 (Bouillet FRA) 15.11. Athina GRE-BUL 1:0 (0:0) Noplias 49 (Petroviç JUG) 15.11. Bukarest ROM-DAN 3:1 (2:1) Balint 25, 61, Sabau 38 - Povisen 6 (Lanese ITA) 1.ROM^ 6 9 4 1 1 10- 5 2.DAN> 6 8 3 2 1 15- 6 3.GRE 6 4 1 2 3 3-15 4.BUL 6 3 1 1 4 6- 8 Group 2 (1988-89) - ALB ENG POL SWE §gr2 19.10. London ENG-SWE 0:0 (Bignet FRA) 19.10. Chorzów POL-ALB 1:0 (0:0) K.Warzycha 78 (Salomir ROM) 05.11 Tiranë ALB-SWE 1:2 (1:0) Shehu 33 - Holmquist 68, Ekström 71 (Namoglu TUR) 08.03 Tiranë ALB-ENG 0:2 (0:1) Barnes 16, Robson 63 (Blankenstein HOL) 26.04 London ENG-ALB 5:0 (2:0) Lineker 5, Beardsley 12, 64, Waddle 72, Gascoigne 88 (Halle NOR) 07.05 Stockholm SWE-POL 2:1 (0:0) Ljung 76, N. Larsson 90 - Tarasiewicz 87 (Röthlisberger SUI) 03.06 London ENG-POL 3:0 (1:0) Lineker 23, Barnes 72, Webb 83 (Agnolin ITA) 06.09 Stockholm SWE-ENG 0:0 (Forefinger AUT) 08.10 Stockholm SWE-ALB 3:1 (1:1) Magnusson 20, Ingesson 55, Engquist 89 - Kushta 8 (dosSantos POR) 11.10 Chorzów POL-ENG 0:0 (Soriano Aladren ESP) 25.10 Chorzów POL-SWE 0:2 (0:1) P.Larsson 34p, Ekström 60 (Ziller DDR) 15.11 Tiranë ALB-POL 1:2 (0:1) Kushta 63 - Tarasiewicz 45, Ziober 85 (Smith SCO) 1.SWE^ 6 10 4 2 0 9- 3 2.ENG> 6 9 3 3 0 10- 0 3.POL 6 5 2 1 3 4- 8 4.ALB 6 0 0 0 6 3-15 Group 3 (1988-89) - AUT DDR ISL TUR ZSR §gr3 31.08. Reykjavik ISL-ZSR 1:1 (1:0) Gretarsson 10 - Litovchenko 45 (Snoddy NIR) 12.10. Stambul TUR-ISL 1:1 (0:0) Onal 73 - O.Torfasson 62 (O.Ben Itzhak ISR) 19.10. Kiev ZSR-AUT 2:0 (0:0) Michailichenko 46, Zawarov 68 (Larsson SWE) 19.10. Berlin DDR-ISL 2:0 (1:0) Thorn 34,88 (Halle NOR) 02.11. Wien AUT-TUR 3:2 (2:0) Polster 38, Herzog 42,54 - Feyyaz 61, Tanju 81 (Lanese ITA) 30.11. Stambul TUR-DDR 3:1 (1:0) Tanju 23,63, Oguz 69 - Thorn 75 (Nemeth HUN) 12.04. Magdeburg DDR-TUR 0:2 (0:1) Tanju 21, Ridvan 88 (Damgaard DAN) 26.04. Kiev ZSR-DDR 3:0 (3:0) Dobrvolski 3, Litovchenko 20, Protasov 40 (Hope SCO) 10.05. Stambul TUR-ZSR 0:1 (0:1) Michailichenko 41 (Vautrot FRA) 20.05. Leipzig DDR-AUT 1:1 (0:1) Kirsten 86 - Polster 3 (Constantin BEL) 31.05. Moskva ZSR-ISL 1:1 (0:0) Dobrovolski 65p - Askelsson 86 (Keltanen FIN) 14.06. Reykjavik ISL-AUT 0:0 (King WAL) 23.08. Salzburg AUT-ISL 2:1 (0:0) Pfeiffenberger 47, Zsak 62 - Morgeirsson 48 (Mikkelsen DAN) 06.09. Wien AUT-ZSR 0:0 (Hackett ENG) 06.09. Reykjavik ISL-DDR 0:3 (0:0) Samrner 55, Ernst 63, Doll 65 (Cooper WAL) 20.09. Reykjavik ISL-TUR 2:1 (0:0) Petursson 56,72 - Feyyaz 85 (Perez Sanchez ESP) 08.10. K-M-Stadt DDR-ZSR 2:1 (0:0) Thorn 81, Sarnrner 83 - Litovchenko 74 (Helen SWE) 25.10. Stambul TUR-AUT 3:0 (1:0) Ridvan 12,52, Feyyaz 60 (Marko CZE) 15.11. Symferopol ZSR-TUR 2:0 (0:0) Protasov 68,79 (Pauly GER) 15.11. Wien AUT-DDR 3:0 (2:0) Polster 2,23p,61 (Werner POL) 1.ZSR^ 8 11 4 3 1 11- 4 2.AUT^ 8 9 3 3 2 9- 9 3.TUR 8 7 3 1 4 12-10 4.DDR 8 7 3 1 4 9-13 5.ISL 8 6 1 4 3 6-11 Group 4 (1988-89) - GER FIN HOL WAL §gr4 31.08. Helsinki FIN-GER 0:4 (0:2) Völler 6,15, Matthäus 52, Riedle 86 (Zhuk ZSR) 14.09. Amsterdam HOL-WAL 1:0 (0:0) Gullit 82 (Damgaard DAN) 19.10. Swansea WAL-FIN 2:2 (2:2) Saunders 24p, Lahtinen 40o - Ukkonen 9, Paatelainen 44 (Haraldsson ISL) 19.10. München GER-HOL 0:0 (D'Elia ITA) 26.04. Rotterdam HOL-GER 1:1 (0:0) van Basten 87 - Riedle 68 (Fredriksson SWE) 31.05. Cardiff WAL-GER 0:0 (Valente POR) 31.05. Helsinki FIN-HOL 0:1 (0:0) Kieft 87 (Werner POL) 06.09. Helsinki FIN-WAL 1:0 (0:0) Lipponen 50 (Kirschen DDR) 04.10. Dortmund GER-FIN 6:1 (1:0) Möller 12,80, Littbarski 46, Klinsmann 52, Völler 62, Matthäus 85p - Lipponen 75 (Snoddy NIR) 11.10. Wrexham WAL-HOL 1:2 (0:1) Bowen 89 - Rutjes 13, Bosman 79 (Kohl AUT) 15.11. Küln GER-WAL 2:1 (1:1) Völler 27, Häßler 48 - Alien 11 (Vautrot FRA) 15.11. Rotterdam HOL-FIN 3:0 (0:0) Bosman 57, E.Koeman 62, R.Koeman 69p (Nervik NOR) 1.HOL^ 6 10 4 2 0 8- 2 2.GER> 6 9 3 3 0 13- 3 3.FIN 6 3 1 1 4 4-16 4.WAL 6 2 0 2 4 4- 8 Group 5 (1988-89) - CYP FRA JUG NOR SCO §gr5 14.09. Oslo NOR-SCO 1:2 (1:1) Fjortoft 44 - McStay 14, Johnston 62 (Agnolin ITA) 28.09. Paris FRA-NOR 1:0 (0:0) Papin 84p (Habermann DDR) 19.10. Glasgow SCO-JUG 1:1 (1:1) Johnston 17 - Katanec 36 (Tritschler GER) 22.10. Nicosia CYP-FRA 1:1 (0:1) Pittas 78p - Xuereb 44 (Soriano Aladren ESP) 02.11. Limassol CYP-NOR 0:3 (0:0) Sorloth 56.78, Osvold 89 (Azzopardi MLT) 19.11. Belgrad JUG-FRA 3:2 (1:1) Spasić 11, Susić 76, Stojković 82 - Perez 3, Sauzee 68 (Fredriksson SWE) 11.12. Rijeka JUG-CYP 4:0 (3:0) Savičević 13,33,82, Hadžibegić 44p (Kolev BUL) 08.02. Limassol CYP-SCO 2:3 (1:1) Kolliandris 14, loannou 47 - Johnston 9, Gough 54, 90 (Kirschen DDR) 08.03. Glasgow SCO-FRA 2:0 (1:0) Johnston 28, 52 (Stiegler ČZE) 26.04. Glasgow SCO-CYP 2:1 (1:0) Johnston 26, McCoist 63 - Nicolau 62 (Haraldsson ISL) 29.04. Paris FRA-JUG 0:0 (Lanese ITA) 21.05. Oslo NOR-CYP 3:1 (3:1) Osvold 17, Sorloth 34, Bratseth 35 - Kolliandris 44 (Mikkelsen DAN) 14.06. Oslo NOR-JUG 1:2 (0:1) Fjortoft 89 - Stojković 21, Zl.Vujović 86 (Zhuk ZSR) 05.09. Oslo NOR-FRA 1:1 (0:1) Bratseth 84 - Papin 40p (Kolev BUL) 06.09. Zagreb JUG-SCO 3:1 (0:1) Katanec 52, Gillespie 58o, Zl.Vujović 59 - Durie 37 (van Langenhove BEL) 11.10. Sarajevo JUG-NOR 1:0 (1:0) Hadźibegić 44p (Namoglu TUR) 11.10. Paris FRA-SCO 3:0 (1:0) Deschamps 25, Cantona 61, Durand 89 (Röthlisberger SUI) 28.10. Athina CYP-JUG 1:2 (1:1) Pittas 38p - Stanojković 5, Pančev 49 (lgna ROM) 15.11. Glasgow SCO-NOR 1:1 (1:0) McCoist 44 -- Johnsen 89 (Listkiewicz POL) 18.11. Toulouse FRA-CYP 2:0 (1:0) Deschamps 25, Blanc 75 (Butenko ZSR) - the CYP-JUG match in Greece (CYP penalised for riots during CYP-SCO match) 1.JUG^ 8 14 6 2 0 16- 6 2.SCO^ 8 10 4 2 2 12-12 3.FRA 8 9 3 3 2 10- 7 4.NOR 8 6 2 2 4 10- 9 5.CYP 8 1 0 1 7 6-20 Group 6 (1988-89) - ESP HUN IRL MLT NIR §gr6 21.05. Belfast NIR-MLT 3:0 (3:0) Quinn 14, Penny 23, Clarke 25 (Valente POR) 14.09. Belfast NIR-IRL 0:0 (Vautrot FRA) 19.10. Budapest HUN-NIR 1:0 (0:0) Vincse 84 (Röthlisberger SUI) 16.11. Sevilla ESP-IRL 2:0 (0:0) Manolo 52, Butragueno 66 (Savchenko ZSR) 11.12. La Valetta MLT-HUN 2:2 (0:1) Busuttil 46, 90 - Vincse 5, Kiprich 56 (Germanakos GRE) 21.12. Sevilla ESP-NIR 4:0 (1:0) Rogan 30o, Butragueño 55, Michel 60p, McClelland 64o (van Langenhove BEL) 22.01. La Valetta MLT-ESP 0:2 (0:1) Michel 15p, Beguiristain 49 (Syme SCO) 08.02. Belfast NIR-ESP 0:2 (0:1) Andrinua 3. Manolo 84 (Pauly GER) 08.03. Budapest HUN-IRL 0:0 (Petrović JUG) 23.03. Sewilla ESP-MLT 4:0 (1:0) Michel 38,68p, Manolo 71,80 (Sandoz SUI) 12.04. Budapest HUN-MLT 1:1 (0:1) Boda 49p - Busuttil 7 (Frost ISR) 26.04. La Valetta MLT-NIR 0:2 (0:0) Clarke 55, O'Neill 73 (Petrescu ROM) 26.04. Dublin IRL-ESP 1:0 (1:0) Michel 15o (Brummeier AUT) 28.05. Dublin IRL-MLT 2:0 (1:0) Houghton 32, Moran 55 (dos Santos POR) 04.06. Dublin IRL-HUN 2:0 (1:0) McGrath 33, Cascarino 80 (Nervik NOR) 06.09. Belfast NIR-HUN 1:2 (0:2) Whiteside 89 - Kovacs 13, Bognar 44 (Fredriksson SWE) 11.10. Budapest HUN-ESP 2:2 (1:2) Pinter 38,82 - Salinas 30, Michel 35 (Courtney ENG) 11.10. Dublin IRL-NIR 3:0 (1:0) Whelan 42, Cascarino 48, Houghton 57 (D'Elia ITA) 15.11. Sevilla ESP-HUN 4:0 (3:0) Manolo 7, Butragueño 24, Juanito 40, Fernando 63 (Biguet FRA) 15.11. La Valetta MLT-IRL 0:2 (0:1) Aldridge 31, 68p (Uilenberg HOL) 1.ESP^ 8 13 6 1 1 20- 3 2.IRL^ 8 12 5 2 1 10- 2 3.HUN 8 8 2 4 2 8-12 4.NIR 8 5 2 1 5 6-12 5.MLT 8 2 0 2 6 3-18 Group 7 (1988-89) - BEL CZE LUX POR SUI §gr7 21.09. Luxembourg LUX-SUI 1:4 (0:3) Langers 80 - A.Sutter 1, Turkyilmaz 21p, 53, B.Sutler 28 (van Swieten HOL) 18.10. Esch LUX-CZE 0:2 (0:1) Hašek 25, Chovanec 35 (Colic JUG) 19.10. Brussels BEL-SUI 1:0 (1:0) Vervoort 30 (Syme SCO) 16.11. Bratislava CZE-BEL 0:0 (Midgley ENG) 16.11. Pórto POR-LUX 1:0 (1:0) Gomes 31 (Canlfield IRL) 15.02. Lisboa POR-BEL 1:1 (0:0) Paneira 53 - van der Linden 84 (Biguet FRA) 26.04. Lisboa POR-SUI 3:1 (0:0) Joao Pinto 48, Frederico 56, Paneira 69 - Zuffi 64 (Guim ENG) 29.04. Brussels BEL-CZE 2:1 (1:1) Degryse 29,77 - Luhovy 41 (Soriano Aladren ESP) 09.05. Praha CZE-LUX 4:0 (1:0) Griga 6, Skuhravý 76,84, Bilek 81 (Donnelly NIR) 01.06. Lille LUX-BEL 0:5 (0:1) van der Linden 13,52,62,89, Vervoort 64 (Aleksandrov BUL) 07.06. Bern SUI-CZE 0:1 (0:1) Skuhravý 22 (Kohl AUT) 06.09. Brussels BEL-POR 3:0 (1:0) Ceulemans 34, van der Linden 59,69 (Spirin ZSR) 20.09. Neuchâtel SUI-POR 1:2 (1:0) Turkyilmaz 28p - Futre 74p, Rui Aguas 77 (Koukoulias GRE) 06.10. Praha CZE-POR 2:1 (1:0) Bilek 11p,82 - Rui Aguas 74 (Schmidhuber GER) 11.10. S'brücken LUX-POR 0:3 (0:1) Rui Aguas 43,53, Rui Barros 72 (Purcell IRL) 11.10. Basel SUI-BEL 2:2 (0:0) Knup 50, Turkyilmaz 68 - Degryse 58, Geiger 73o (Hartmann HUN) 25.10. Praga CZE-SU1 3:0 (1:0) Skuhravý 17, Bilek 86, Moravčik 88 (Aho FIN) 25.10. Brussels BEL-LUX 1:1 (0:0) Versavel 7 - Hellers 88 (Haraldsson ISL) 15.11. Lisboa POR-CZE 0:0 (Syme SCO) 15.11. St.Gallen SUI-LUX 2:1 (0:1) Bonvin 54, Turkyilmaz 62 - Malget 14 (O.Ben Itzhak ISR) - the LUX-BEL match in France; the LUX-POR match in West Germany 1.BEL^ 8 12 4 4 0 15- 5 2.CZE^ 8 12 5 2 1 13- 3 3.POR 8 10 4 2 2 11- 8 4.SUI 8 5 2 1 5 10-14 5.LUX 8 1 0 1 7 3-22

== South America ==

10 teams entered, including ARG (champions). Winners of groups 8 and 10 progress into the finals, winner of group 9 plays winner of group 14 (Oceania) Group 8 (1989) - BOL PER URU §gr8 20.08. La Paz BOL-PER 2:1 (1:1) Melgar 44p, Ramallo 53 - del Solar 43 (Perez Hoyos COL) 27.08. Lima PER-URU 0:2 (0:0) R.Sosa 46, Alzamendi 69 (Esposito ARG) 03.09. La Paz BOL-URU 2:1 (1:0) Dominguez 38o, Peña 47 - R.Sosa 49 (Vergara Guerrero VEN) 10.09. Lima PER-BOL 1:2 (0:1) Gonzalez 53 - Ramallo 44, Sanchez 76 (Maciel PAR) 17.09. Montevideo URU-BOL 2:0 (2:0) R.Sosa 31, Francescoli 38 (Castro Makuc CHI) 24.09. Montevideo URU-PER 2:0 (1:0) R.Sosa 43,57 (Wright BRA) 1.URU^ 4 6 3 0 1 7- 2 2.BOL 4 6 3 0 1 6- 5 3.PER 4 0 0 0 4 2- 8 Group 9 (1989) - COL ECU PAR §gr9 20.08. B'quilla COL-ECU 2:0 (1:0) Iguaran 32,72 (Arppi Filho BRA) 27.08. Asunción PAR-COL 2:1 (0:0) Ferreira 48, Chilavert 90p - Iguaran 87 (Silva Arce CHI) 03.09. Guayaquil ECU-COL 0:0 (Calabria ARG) 10.09. Asunción PAR-ECU 2:1 (1:0) Cabanas 36, Ferreira 67 - Aviles 84 (Ramirez Calle PER) 17.09. B'quilla COL-PAR 2:1 (0:1) Iguaran 55, Hernandez 66 - Mendoza 44 (Cardellino URU) 24.09. Guayaquil ECU-PAR 3:1 (1:1) Aguinaga 26, Marsetti 71, Aviles 82 - Neffa 18 (Coelho BRA) 1.COL> 4 5 2 1 1 5- 3 2.PAR 4 4 2 0 2 6- 7 3.ECU 4 3 1 1 2 4- 5 - winner plays against Oceanian winner (see group 14) Group 10 (1989) - BRA CHI VEN §gr10 30.07. Caracas VEN-BRA 0:4 (0:1) Branco 5, Romario 65, Bebeto 79,81 (Ortube Vargas BOL) 06.08. Caracas VEN-CHI 1:3 (0:2) Fernandez 65 - Aravena 5,34, Zamorano 71 (Montalvan Miranda PER) 13.08. Santiago CHI-BRA 1:1 (0:0) Basay 90 - Gonzalez 63o (Diaz Palacio COL) 20.08. Sao Paulo BRA-VEN 6:0 (4:0) Careca 9,16,78,86, Silas 37, Acosta 38o (Filippi Cavani URU) 27.08. Mendoza CHI-VEN 5:0 (3:0) Letellier 24,34,68, Yanez 43, Vera 84 (Jacome Guerrero ECU) 03.09. R/Janeiro BRA-CHI 2:0 vo. Careca 49 Loustau ARG - the BRA-CHI match interrupted after 67 mins with BRA leading 1:0 due to misconduct of Chilean players; walkover awarded to BRA. CHI was also banned from the next World Cup - the CHI-VEN match in Argentina 1.BRA^ 4 7 3 1 0 13- 1 2.CHI 4 4 2 1 1 9- 4 3.VEN 4 0 0 0 4 1-18

== CONCACAF ==

16 teams entered, including rejected entry of BIZ (debts to FIFA). On 30 Jun 1988 FIFA's Executive Commitee banned MEX for two years for forging their U-21 players birth certificates. The two first cup-like rounds produced five participants of the final pool, two best progress. Group 11 §gr11 First Round (1988) (1) 17.04. Georgetown GUY-TRI 0:4 (0:2) Faustin, Alien, Skeene, Lake (Tribulo Monsón PUE) 08.05. Port of Sp.TRI-GUY 1:0 (0:0) Corneal (Success ANT) (2) 30.04. Havana CUB-GUA 0:1 (0:1) Davila (Martinez Mejia HON) 15.05. Sa nMarcos GUA-CUB 1:1 (0:1) Perez p - Gonzalez (Salas USA) (3) 12.05. Kingston JAM-PUE 1:0 (1:0) Brooks p (Melendez Gonzalez GUA) 29.05. San Juan PUE-JAM 1:2 (0:1) de la Campa - Anglin (2) (Pearson BAH) (4) 19.06. St. John's ANT-AHO 0:1 (0:0) Rovina (Hernandez Castro COS) 29.07. Willemstad AHO-ANT 3:1 (0:1,0:1,?) Rovina (2), Rossini - Edwards (Garza y Ochoa MEX) (5) 17.07. San José COS-PAN 1:1 (1:1) Jara - Mendieta (Rodriguez Medina SAL) 31.07. Panama PAN-COS 0:2 (0:1) Cayasso, Medford (Branche TRI) - byes: SAL, USA, HON, MEX, CAN Second Round (1988) (1) 01.10. Willemstad AHO-SAL 0:1 (0:0) Garcia (Branche TRI) 16.10. S.Salvador SAL-AHO 5:0 (2:0) Correas (2), Garcia, Zapata, Baltazar (Bucknor JAM) (2) 24.07. Kingston JAM-USA 0:0 (López HON) 13.08. St. Louis USA-JAM 5:1 (1:0) Bliss 18, Perez 68, Klopas 76,85, Krumpe 78 - Sterling 54 (Brummitt CAN) (3) 30.10. Port of Sp.TRI-HON 0:0 (Brizio Carter MEX) 13.11. T'cigalpa HON-TRI 1:1 (1:0) Flóres - Charles (Evangelista CAN) (4) - MEX banned, COS had a bye (5) 09.10. Guatemala GUA-CAN 1:0 (1:0) Perez 20p (Bratsis USA) 15.10. Vancouver CAN-GUA 3:2 (0:2) Mitchell 63, 83p, Bridge 88 - Paniagua 7, Castaneda 37 (Ulloa Morera COS) Third Round (1989) 19.03. Guatemala GUA-COS 1:0 (1:0) Chacón 39p (Evangelista CAN) 02.04. San José COS-GUA 2:1 (1:0) R.Flóres 42, Coronado 78 - Rodas 51 (Meachin CAN) 16.04. San José COS-USA 1:0 (1:0) Roden 14 (Garza y Ochoa MEX) 30.04. Torrance USA-COS 1:0 (0:0) Ramos 72 (Martinez Mejia MEX) 13.05. Torrance USA-TRI 1:1 (0:0) Tritschuh 48 - Charles 88 (Agnolin ITA) 28.05. Port of Sp.TRI-COS 1:1 (0:0) Jones - Coronado (Codesal Mendez MEX) 11.06. San José COS-TRI 1:0 (1:0) Cayasso 2 (Torres COL) 17.06. N.Britain USA-GUA 2:1 (1:1) Murray 3, Eichmann 67 - Chacón 22 (Arrowsmith CAN) 25.06. S.Salvador SAL-COS 2:4 (1:1) Rodriguez 24, Rives 63 - Cayasso 16, Hidalgo 46, L.Flóres 51, 75 (Brizio Carter MEX) 16.07. San José COS-SAL 1:0 (0:0) Fernandez 55 (Orellana Vimos ECU) 30.07. Port of Sp.TRI-SAL 2:0 (0:0) Lewis 50,61 (Evangelista CAN) 13.08. T'cigalpa SAL-TRI 0:0 (Tejada Perdomo HON) 20.08. Guatemala GUA-TRI 0:1 (0:0) Jamerson 57 (Brizio Carter MEX) 03.09. Port of Sp.TRI-GUA 2:1 (1:1) Jones 10, Jamerson 88 - Rodas 6 (Cachay Diaz PER) 17.09. T'cigalpa SAL-USA 0:1 (0:0) Perez 61 (Codesal Mendez MEX) 08.10. Guatemala GUA-USA 0:0 (Jacome Guerrero ECU) 05.11. Fenton USA-SAL 0:0 (Meachin CAN) 19.11. Port of Sp.TRI-USA 0:1 (0:0) Caligiuri 30 (Vergara Guerrero VEN) 19.11. Guatemala GUA-SAL [n/p] 21.11. Guatemala GUA-SAL [n/p] - both matches SAL-GUA scheduled in Guatemala, then agreed to not be played due to lack of importance; the SAL-TRI and SAL-USA matches in Honduras; the SAL-COS match interrupted after 84 mins, result affirmed. 1.COS^ 8 11 5 1 2 10- 6 2.USA^ 8 11 4 3 1 6- 3 3.TRI 8 9 3 3 2 7- 5 4.GUA 6 3 1 1 4 4- 7 5.SAL 6 2 0 2 4 2- 8

== Africa ==

26 teams entered, including rejected entries of MRS and MOZ (debts to FIFA). LES, RWA and TOG withdrew after seeding; LBA withdrew after playing one match in the second round, protesting after awarding a walkover to ALG. Winners of four groups of four teams fight out for two promotion places. Group 12 §gr12 First Round (1988) (1) 17.08. Luanda ANG-SUD 0:0 (Kabongo ZAI) 11.11. Durban SUD-ANG 1:2 (1:0) Oussana - Dias, Zaccarias (Mohamed Halane SOM) (2) - LES withdrew, ZIM had a walkover (3) - RWA withdrew, ZAM had a walkover (4) 16.07. Kampala UGA-MWI 1:0 (0:0) Mokiri (Tahir TAN) 30.07. Lillongwe MWI-UGA 3:1 (2:0) Chirwa, Kayira, Waya - Mokiri (Ochieng KEN) (5) 03.06. Tripolis LBA-BFA 3:0 (3:0) Bezan, Issawi p, El-Ghari (Ben Naceur TUN) 03.07. O'dougou BFA-LBA 2:0 (0:0) Gnimassou, Kadeba (Sene SEN) (6) 07.08. Acra GHA-LBR 0:0 (Linus Mba NGA) 21.08. Monrovia LBR-GHA 2:0 (1:0) Weah, Debah (Faye GAM) (7) 05.08. Tunis TUN-GUI 5:0 (2:0) Ben Yahia, Hichri (2), Mahjoubi, Rakbaoui (Hussam El Din EGY) 21.08. Conacri GUI-TUN 3:0 (1:0) Emerson (2), Toure (Hounnake-Kouassi TOG) (8) - TOG withdrew, GAB had a walkover - byes: ALG, CAM, EGY, IVC, KEN, MAR, NGA, ZAI Second Round (1989) Group A 06.01. Annaba ALG-ZIM 3:0 (2:0) Menad 10,26, Madjer 65 (Hafez EGY) 08.01. Abidjan IVC-LBA 1:0 (0:0) (Bantsimba CON) 20.01. Tripolis LBA-ALG 0:2 wo. (Joliini TUN) 22.01. Harare ZIM-IVC 0:0 (Kalombo MWI) 11.06. Abidjan IVC-ALG 0:0 (Ben Naceur TUN) 25.06. Harare ZIM-ALG 1:2 (0:1) Ndunduma 90 - Menad 38, Madjer 87 (Tesfaye ETH) 13.08. Abidjan IVC-ZIM 5:0 (1:0) Ben Salah 30,47, Akenon 71p, Amani Yao 81, Sekou Bamba 89 (Jasseh GAM) 25.08. Annaba ALG-IVC 1:0 (0:0) Madjer 56 (Sene SEN) 1.ALG^ 4 7 3 1 0 6- 1 2.IVC 4 4 1 2 1 5- 1 3.ZIM 4 1 0 1 3 1-10 - LBA withdrew after one match; their results were annulled grupa B 06.01. Cairo EGY-LBR 2:0 (2:0) Mayboub 25, Ramadan 44 (Naciri MAR) 07.01. Nairobi KEN-MWI 1:1 (0:1) Dawo 47 - Singo 2 (Abdulle SOM) 21.01. Lillongwe MWI-EGY 1:1 (0:0) Kayira - Rassoul (Hafidhi TAN) 22.01. Monrovia LBR-KEN 0:0 (Mba NGA) 10.06. Nairobi KEN-EGY 0:0 (Mondoka ZAM) 11.06. Monrovia LBR-MWI 1:0 (1:0) Weah (Laryea GHA) 24.06 Lillongwe MWI-KEN 1:0 (0:0) Kayira (Nkathazo ZIM) 25.06. Monrovia LBR-EGY 1:0 (1:0) Debah (N'Cho IVC) 11.08. Cairo EGY-MWI 1:0 (1:0) Rassoul 28 (Ahmed SOM) 12.08. Nairobi KEN-LBR 1:0 (1:0) Oniango Salam (Gasmalla SUD) 26.08. Cairo EGY-KEN 2:0 (0:0) Rassoul 58, J.Hossan 62 (Hafidhi TAN) 26.08. Lillongwe MWI-LBR 0:0 (0:0) (Mondoka ZAM) 1.EGY^ 6 8 3 2 1 6- 2 2.LBR 6 6 2 2 2 2- 3 3.MWI 6 6 1 3 2 3- 4 4.KEN 6 5 1 3 2 2- 4 Group C 07.01. Enugu NGA-GAB 1:0 (1:0) Odegbami 5 (Jasseh GAM) 08.01. Yaounde CAM-ANG 1:1 (0:1) Djonkep 75 - Saavedra 11 (Hounnake-Kouassi TOG) 22.01. Libreville GAB-CAM 1:3 (1:2) Manon - Oman Biyik (2), M'Bouh (B.Sarr SEN) 22.01. Luanda ANG-NGA 2:2 (1:0) Dias, Jesus - Cash, Obiku (Mondoka ZAM) 10.06. Enugu NGA-CAM 2:0 (1:0) Keshi, Siasia - (Hussam El Din EGY) 11.06. Luanda ANG-GAB 2:0 (2:0) Maluca (2) (N'Cho IVC) 25.06. Luanda ANG-CAM 1:2 (1:0) Paulao - Oman Biyik, Djonkep (Bantsimba CON) 25.06 Libreville GAB-NGA 2:1 (2:0) Ondeno, Minko - Siasia (Dormoh LBR) 12.08. Lagos NGA-ANG 1:0 (1:0) Keshi (Hounnake-Kouassi TOG) 13.08. Yaounde CAM-GAB 2:1 (2:0) Kana Biyik 32, M'Bouh 38 - Nzamba 78 (L.Sarr MTN) 27.08. Yaounde CAM-NGA 1:0 (1:0) Omam Biyik 31 (Jouini TUN) 27.08. Libreville GAB-ANG 1:0 (1:0) Minko 24 (Naciri MAR) 1.CAM^ 6 9 4 1 1 9- 6 2.NGA 6 7 3 1 2 7- 5 3.ANG 6 4 1 2 3 6- 7 4.GAB 6 4 2 0 4 5- 9 Group D 08.01. Rabat MAR-ZAM 1:0 (1:0) Fettah 39 (Bashir LBA) 08.01. Kinshasa ZAI-TUN 3:1 (2:1) Mapuata (2), Kabongo - Bousnina (Degefa ETH) 22.01. Tunis TUN-MAR 2:1 (2:1) Abdelli, Tarak - Bouderbala (I.Sarr MTN) 22.01. Lusaka ZAM-ZAI 4:2 (2:1) Msiska, Mankinka, Nyirenda, K.Bwalya p - Kabongo (2) (Picon-Ackong MRS) 11.06. Kinshasa ZAI-MAR 0:0 (Sene SEN) 11.06. Lusaka ZAM-TUN 1:0 (0:0) Mankinka (Cadressen MRS) 25.06. Lusaka ZAM-MAR 2:1 (1:0) Musonda, K.Bwalya - Timoumi (Kalombo MWI) 25.06. Tunis TUN-ZAI 1:0 (0:0) Maloul (Hansal ALG) 13.08. Casablanca MAR-TUN 0:0 (Diramba GAB) 13.08. Kinshasa ZAI-ZAM 1:0 (1:0) Kabongo (Hafez EGY) 27.08. Tunis TUN-ZAM 1:0 (0:0) Mahjoubi 75 (Traore MLI) 27.08. Kenitra MAR-ZAI 1:1 (0:0) Madih 58 - Makekoula 47 (Bergui ALG) 1.TUN^ 6 7 3 1 2 5- 5 2.ZAM 6 6 3 0 3 7- 6 3.ZAI 6 6 2 2 2 7- 7 4.MAR 6 5 1 3 2 4- 5 Second Round (1989) (1) 08.10. Constantin ALG-EGY 0:0 (Picon Ackong MRS) 17.11. Cairo EGY-ALG 1:0 (1:0) H.Hassan 4 (Ben Naceur TUN) (2) 08.10. Yaounde CAM-TUN 2:0 (0:0) M'Fede 54, Kunde 89 (Naciri MAR) 19.11. Tunis TUN-CAM 0:1 (0:1) Omam Biyik 14 (Sene SEN)

== Asia ==

28 teams entered, including ISR and TAI (allotted to Oceanian zone). MLD withdrew before seeding. BHR, IND, JLD withdrew after seeding and NEP moved from zone E do D. Winners of first round play in final group, two best progress. Group 13 §gr13 First Round (1989) Zone A 06.01. Doha QAT-JOR 1:0 (1:0) Al Soufi 21 (Lee Peng Ann SIN) 06.01. Muscat OMA-IRK 1:1 (1:1) Mahmoud 37 - I. Mohammed 18 (Pratumthong THA) 13.01. Muscat OMA-QAT 0:0 (Al-Nasir ARS) 13.01. Amman JOR-IRK 0:1 (0:0) Oreibi 60 (Mandi BHR) 20.01. Amman JOR-OMA 2:0 (2:0) Yadaje 32,43 (Nizar SYR) 20.01. Doha QAT-IRK 1:0 (0:0) Al Soufi 80 (Zhong Bohong CHN) 27.01. Amman JOR-OMA 1:1 (0:0) Awad 90 - Al Soufi 90 (Syed Iqbal IND) 27.01. Bagdad IRK-OMA 3:1 (1:0) Radhi 33, H.Said 54, Hashem 85 - Nasser 90 (Bujsaim EMI) 03.02. Doha QAT-OMA 3:0 (1:0) Jawher 32, Al Soufi 67,81 (Al-Jassas KUW) 03.02. Bagdad IRK-JOR 4:0 (2:0) Radhi 26,42,66,80 (Hi Yacob MAL) 10.02. Muscat OMA-JOR 0:2 (0:0) Budaiwi 49, Awad 66 (Kil Ki-chul KOR) 10.02. Bagdad 1RK-QAT 2:2 (1:1) Radhi 31, H.Said 75 S.Aid 18, Khamis 85 (Sano JAP) 1.QAT^ 6 9 3 3 0 8- 3 2.IRK 6 8 3 2 1 11- 5 3.JOR 6 5 2 1 3 5- 7 4.OMA 6 2 0 2 4 2-11 Zone B 10.03. Sana JEM-SYR 0:1 (0:0) Mahrous 54 (Hartasardjono INA) 15.03. Dhidda ARS-SYR 5:4 (2:1) Thunnayan, Haraiti, Majed Abdullah, Al-Jamaan (2) - Helo, Kurdagli, Giaglan, Anasser (Chen Shengcai CHN) 20.03. Sana JEM-ARS 0:1 (0:0) Jameel (Wan Jaafar MAL) 25.03. Latakia SYR-JEM 2:0 (1:0) A.Sell, Mahrous (Bujsaim EMI) 30.03. Latakia SYR-ARS 0:0 (Takada JAP) 05.04. Rijad ARS-JEM 1:0 (1:0) Majed Abdullah 44 (Bin Saleh OMA) 1.ARS^ 4 7 3 1 0 7- 4 2.SYR 4 5 2 1 1 7- 5 3.JEM 4 0 0 0 4 0- 5 - BHR withdrew after seeding Zone C 06.01. Islamabad PAK-KUW 0:1 (0:0) Al-Hajry 5 (Sycd Iqbal IND) 13.01. Al-Kuwait KUW-EMI 3:2 (1:0) Al-Sovayed 26, Al-Hasawi 75,84 - Bakheet 54,69 (Takada JAP) 20.01. Sharjah EMI-PAK 5:0 (2:0) A.Ibrahim 1,25, Ismail 64, E.Abdelrahman 78, Abdul Aziz 85 (Abu-Ali JOR) 27.01. Al-Kuwait KUW-PAK 2:0 (1:0) Marwi 42,78 (Al-Sharif ARS) 03.02. Sharjah EMI-KUW 1:0 (0:0) Al Taliyani 62 (Jassim Mohammed BHR) 10.02. Islamabad PAK-EMI 1:4 (0:3) Shali 81 - Ismail 7, A. Ibrahim 26, Al-Taliyani 27, Abdul Aziz 70 (Nazari IRN) 1.EMI^ 4 6 3 0 1 12- 4 2.KUW 4 6 3 0 1 6- 3 3.PAK 4 0 0 0 4 1-12 Zone D - tournaments in South Korea and Singapur 23.05. Seoul MAL-NEP 2:0 (0:0) Lee Him Kong 2, Dollah Salleh 90p (Asgari IRN) 23.05. KOR-SIN 3:0 (2:0) Hwang Seon-hong 7,20, Chung Hae-won 90 (Antonio MAC) 25.05. MAL-SIN 1:0 (0:0) Dollah Salleh 61 (Chang Jicheng CHN) 25.05. KOR-NEP 9:0 (5:0) Chung Yong-hwan 2, Park Kyung-hoon 16p, Choi Sang-kook 24,29, Kim Joo-sung 39,48, Lee Yong-jin 50, Noh Soo-jin 84, Cho Min-kook 89 (Samuel HKG) 27.05. STN-NEP 3:0 (2:0) Ahmad Satter 37,44, Tay Peng-Kee 53 (Somogod FIL) 27.05. KOR-MAL 3:0 (1:0) Choi Soon-ho 6, Hwan Seon-hong 57,79 (Sano JAP) 03.06. Singapur SIN-MAL 2:2 (2:1) Mani 31, Salim 38 - Teong Ling 19, Dollah Salleh 84 (Hartasardjono INA) 03.06. KOR-NEP 4:0 (3:0) Lee Kwak-jong 34, Park Kyung-hoon 43, Kirn Joo-sung 43, Lee Tae-ho 83 (Mahasena SRI) 05.06. KOR-MAL 3:0 (0:0) Hwang Seon-hong 66, Cho Min-kook 83, Hwang Bo-kwan 86 (Al-Malood BHR) 05.06. SIN-NEP 7:0 (4:0) Tokijan 4,29,44,48, Salim 38, Devaraj 58, 63 (Pratumthong THA) 07.06. S1N-KOR 0:3 (0:1) Kim Joo-sung 7, Noh Soo-jin 61,70 (Al-Rahal JOR) 07.06. MAL-NEP 3:0 (1:0) Dollah Salleh 10,66, Gunalan 81 (Bujsaim EMI) 1.KOR^ 6 12 6 0 0 25- 0 2.MAL 4 7 3 1 2 8- 8 3.SIN 6 5 2 1 3 12- 9 4.NEP 6 0 0 0 6 0-28 Zone E 19.02. Bangkok THA-BAN 1:0 (0:0) Piew-on 10 (Somogod FIL) 23.02. Beijing CHN-BAN 2:0 (0:0) Wang Baoshan, Mai Chao (Kim Gwang-ho KLD) 23.02. Bangkok THA-IRN 0:3 (0:2) Bavi 12, Ghayeghran, Garoosi (Chan HKG) 27.02. Dhaka BAN-IRN 1:2 (0:1) Aslam 70 - Karim 44, Ansari-far 50 (Bin Saleh OMA) 28.02. Bangkok THA-CHN 0:3 (0:0) Tang Yaodong 55, Ma Lin 62,79 (Abdul Latif IRL) 04.03. Dhaka BAN-CHN 0:2 (0:1) Wang Baoshan 23, Ma Lin 62 (Murthi SIN) 08.03. Dhaka BAN-THA 3:1 (2:0) Iqbal 10, Sabbir 28, Das Repu 76 - Changmool 79 (Mohammed Fodah ARS) 17.03. Teheran IRN-BAN 1:0 (0:0) Marfavi (Al-Mullah QAT) 30.05. Teheran IRN-THA 3:0 (2:0) Peyous (2), Garousi (Chan HKG) 15.07. Shenyang CHN-IRN 2:0 (0:0) Lin Haiguang, Zhang Xiaoweng (Takada JAP) 22.07. Teheran IRN-CHN 3:2 (3:0) Eftekhari, Peyous (2) - Mai Chao, Ma Lin (Al-Sharif SYR) 29.07. Beijing CHN-THA 2:0 (2:0) Jia Kiuguan, Mai Chao (Mandi BHR) 1.CHN^ 6 10 5 0 1 13- 3 2.IRN 4 10 5 0 1 12- 5 3.BAH 6 2 1 0 5 4- 9 4.THA 6 2 1 0 5 2-14 Zone F 21.05. Djakarta INA-KLD 0:0 (Murthi SIN) 22.05. Hongkong HKG-JAP 0:0 (Kil Ki-chul KOR) 27.05. Hongkong HKG-KLD 1:2 (0:2) Sarton p - Kim Chang-gyo, Tak Yong-sin (Hi Jacob MAL) 28.05. Djakarta INA-JAP 0:0 (Salah Karim IRK) 04.06. Hongkong HKG-1NA 1:1 (1:0) Bredbury - Mustamu (Al-MuUa EMI) 04.06. Tokio JAP-KLD 2:1 (0:0) Mizunuma, Yong Nam o - Yun Yong-su (Mandi BHR) 11.06. Hiroshima JAP-1NA 5:0 (4:0) Horiike, Maeda, Shintoh, Hasegawa, Kurosaki (Buaboocha THA) 18.06. Kobe JAP-HKG 0:0 (Subramaniam MAL) 25.06. Djakarta INA-HKG 3:2 (0:1) Mustagim, Kiswanto (2) - Leung Nang Yan (2) (El-Nasir ARS) 25.06. Phenian KLD-JAP 2:0 (1:0) Kim Pung-il, Lee Hyok-chon (Kunalan SIN) 02.07. Phenian KLD-HKG 4:1 (2:1) Lee Hyok-chon, Hang Hyong-il, Kim Pung-il, Chu Gyong-sik - Bredbury (Wang Xuezhi CHN) 09.07. Phenian KLD-INA 2:1 (1:0) Kim Pung-il, Tak Yong-sin - Mustamu (Nazari IRN) 1.KLD^ 6 9 4 1 1 11- 5 2.JAP 6 7 2 3 1 7- 3 3.INA 6 5 1 3 2 5-10 4.HKG 6 3 0 3 3 5-10 Second Round (1989) - tournament in Singapour 12.10. Singapur EMI-KLD 0:0 (Larsson SWE) 12.10. CHN-ARS 2:1 (0:1) Mai Chao 63p, 70 - Al-Bishi 24p (Esposito ARG) 13.10. KOR-QAT 0:0 (Quiniou FRA) 16.10. QAT-ARS 1:1 (0:1) Muftah 87 - Al-Suwaiti 3 (Petrović JUG) 16.10. KOR-KLD 1:0 (1:0) Hwang Seon-hong 18 (Garza y Ochoa MEX) 17.10. EMI-CHN 2:1 (0:0) K. Mubarak 87, Al Taliyam 88 - Tang Yaodong 61 (Quiniou FRA) 20.10. KOR-CHN 1:0 (0:0) Kim Joo-sung 67 (Larsson SWE) 20.10. KLD-QAT 2:0 (2:0) Kim Pung-il 23, Ghu Gyong-sik 32 (Garza y Ochoa MEX) 21.10. ARS-EMI 0:0 (Mauro USA) 24.10. EM1-QAT 1:1 (1:1) K.Mubarak 20 - Sulaiti 37 (Petrović JUG) 24.10. CHN-KLD 1:0 (0:0) Xie Yuxin 67 (Larsson SWE) 25.10. KOR-ARS 2:0 (1:0) Hwang Go-kwan 42, Hwang Seon-hong 89 (Esposito ARG) 28.10. QAT-CHN 2:1 (0:0) Al-Soufi 87, Muftah 87 - Ma Lin 76 (Mauro USA) 28.10. K.Lumpur EMI-KOR 1:1 (1:1) Al-Taliyani 16 - Hwang Go-kwan 8 (Quiniou FRA) 28.10. Canton ARS-KLD 2:0 (1:0) Mosaibeih 13, Al-Suwaiti 57 (Garza y Ochoa MEX) - the EMI-KOR match in Malaysia, the ARS-KLD match in China (time zone requirements) 1.KOR^ 5 8 3 2 0 5- 1 2.EMI 5 6 1 4 0 4- 3 3.QAT 5 5 1 3 1 4- 5 4.CHN 5 4 2 0 3 5- 6 5.ARS 5 4 1 2 2 4- 5 6.KLD 5 3 1 1 3 2- 4

== Oceania ==

3 teams entered, plus alloted TAI (formally in Asia) and ISR. Winner played the best team of group 9. Group 14 §gr14 First Round (1988) (1) 11.12. Wellington NZE-TAI 4:0 (2:0) Wright 36, McClellan 45, Barkley 57, Halligan 76 (Bambridge AUS) 15.12. Wellington NZE-TAI 4:1 (3:0) McClellan (3), Wright, Lund o (Power AUS) - both matches in New Zealand (2) 26.11. Nadi FID-AUS 1:0 (0:0) Madigi 66 (Fleet NZE) 03.12. Newcastle AUS-FID 5:1 (2:0) Yankos (2), Spink, Arnold, Trimboli - Delai (Wallace NZE) Second Round (1989) 05.03. Tel-Aviv ISR-NZE 1:0 (1:0) Rosenthal 7 (Muhmenthaler SUI) 12.03. Sydney AUS-NZE 4:1 (2:0) Crino 15, Arnold 42,55, Yankos 77 - Dunford 70 (Takada JAP) 19.03. Tel-Aviv ISR-AUS 1:1 (0:0) Ohana 67p - Yankos 72 (Neuner GER) 02.04. Auckland NZE-AUS 2:0 (1:0) Dunford 19, Wright 80 (Bin Singah SIN) 09.04. Auckland NZE-ISR 2:2 (2:2) Wright 19, Dunford 35 - Rosenthal 16, Klinger 37 (Buillet FRA) 16.04. Sydney AUS-ISR 1:1 (0:1) Trimboli 88 - Ohana 40 (Longhi ITA) 1.ISR> 4 5 1 3 0 5- 4 2.AUS 4 4 1 2 1 6- 5 3.NZE 4 3 1 1 2 5- 7 - play-off between winners of groups 9 and 14 15.10. Bogota COL-ISR 1:0 (0:0) Uzuriaga 73 (Vautrot FRA) 30.10. Tel-Aviv ISR-COL 0:0 (Codesal Mendez MEX)

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