FIFA World Cup qualification

1990: 278 of 278 matches played, 664 goals

Group stage

16 groups

Group 1

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Spain	8	6	1	1	+17	13
2	Republic of Ireland	8	5	2	1	+8	12
3	Hungary	8	2	4	2	−4	8
4	Northern Ireland	8	2	1	5	−6	5
5	Malta	8	0	2	6	−15	2

Group 2

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	6	4	2	0	+6	10
2	Germany	6	3	3	0	+10	9
3	Finland	6	1	1	4	−12	3
4	Wales	6	0	2	4	−4	2

Group 3

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Russia	8	4	3	1	+7	11
2	Austria	8	3	3	2	0	9
3	Turkey	8	3	1	4	+2	7
4	German DR	8	3	1	4	−4	7
5	Iceland	8	1	4	3	−5	6

Group 4

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Yugoslavia	8	6	2	0	+10	14
2	Scotland	8	4	2	2	0	10
3	France	8	3	3	2	+3	9
4	Norway	8	2	2	4	+1	6
5	Cyprus	8	0	1	7	−14	1

Group 5

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Belgium	8	4	4	0	+10	12
2	Czechoslovakia	8	5	2	1	+10	12
3	Portugal	8	4	2	2	+3	10
4	Switzerland	8	2	1	5	−4	5
5	Luxembourg	8	0	1	7	−19	1

Group 6

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Romania	6	4	1	1	+5	9
2	Denmark	6	3	2	1	+9	8
3	Greece	6	1	2	3	−12	4
4	Bulgaria	6	1	1	4	−2	3

Group 7

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	6	4	2	0	+6	10
2	England	6	3	3	0	+10	9
3	Poland	6	2	1	3	−4	5
4	Albania	6	0	0	6	−12	0

Group 8

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Qatar	6	3	3	0	+5	9
2	Iraq	6	3	2	1	+6	8
3	Jordan	6	2	1	3	−2	5
4	Oman	6	0	2	4	−9	2

Group 9

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	United Arab Emirates	4	3	1	+8	6
2	Kuwait	4	3	1	+3	6
3	Pakistan	4	0	4	−11	0

Group 10

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	China	6	5	1	+10	10
2	Iran	6	5	1	+7	10
3	Bangladesh	6	1	5	−5	2
4	Thailand	6	1	5	−12	2

Group 11

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	4	3	1	0	+3	7
2	Syria	4	2	1	1	+2	5
3	Yemen	4	0	0	4	−5	0

Group 12

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	North Korea	6	4	1	1	+6	9
2	Japan	6	2	3	1	+4	7
3	Indonesia	6	1	3	2	−5	5
4	Hong Kong	6	0	3	3	−5	3

Group 13

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	6	6	0	0	+25	12
2	Malaysia	6	3	1	2	0	7
3	Singapore	6	2	1	3	+3	5
4	Nepal	6	0	0	6	−28	0

Group 14

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	4	3	1	0	+11	7
2	Chile	4	2	1	1	+6	5
3	Venezuela	4	0	0	4	−17	0

Group 15

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Colombia	4	2	1	1	+2	5
2	Paraguay	4	2	0	2	−1	4
3	Ecuador	4	1	1	2	−1	3

Group 16

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	Uruguay	4	3	1	+5	6
2	Bolivia	4	3	1	+1	6
3	Peru	4	0	4	−6	0

Groups numbered by the date of their first match: the official letters are not in our data. 2 points a win, then goal difference and goals scored; head-to-head rules and deductions are not applied.

Other matches

0 still to play

Fri 17 Nov 1989

Sun 19 Nov 1989