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

Sun 8 Oct 1989

Thu 12 Oct 1989

United Arab Emirates0

Fri 13 Oct 1989

Sun 15 Oct 1989

Mon 16 Oct 1989

Tue 17 Oct 1989

United Arab Emirates2

Fri 20 Oct 1989

Sat 21 Oct 1989

United Arab Emirates0

Tue 24 Oct 1989

North Korea0

China1 FT

United Arab Emirates1

Wed 25 Oct 1989

Sat 28 Oct 1989

United Arab Emirates1

South Korea1

Mon 30 Oct 1989

Israel0

Colombia0