The AFC first round of
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
The FIFA World Cup qualification, qualification competition for the 1990 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA FIFA#Structure, confederations. Each confederation — the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Confederat ...
was decided by a draw which was conducted in
Zürich
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,
Switzerland
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, on 12 December 1987. The round began on 6 January 1989 and finished on 29 July 1989.
The top countries in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the final round, where the six remaining teams competed for the two places at the final tournament.
Format
The Maldives withdrew before the final draw, leaving 25 teams to be divided into 6 groups of 4 or 5 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, except in Group 4, where the teams played against each other twice but all games were held in South Korea and Singapore. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
Bahrain
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India
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, and
South Yemen
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withdrew after the draw, meaning a total of 22 teams competed.
Groups
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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External links
Asian Zoneat FIFA.com
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