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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 30 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

There were two rounds of play:

• First Round: The 30 teams were divided into 6 groups of 5 teams each, although Myanmar and Nepal withdrew after playing no match. The teams would play against each other twice. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
• Final Round: The 6 teams would play against each other once in Qatar. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.

First round

Group A

May 22, 1993, Amman, Jordan -  Jordan 1 - 1 Yemen 

May 22, 1993, Amman, Jordan -  Pakistan 0 - 5 China PR 

May 24, 1993, Amman, Jordan -  Jordan 1 - 1 Iraq 

May 24, 1993, Amman, Jordan -  Yemen 5 - 1 Pakistan 

May 26, 1993, Amman, Jordan -  Jordan 0 - 3 China PR 

May 26, 1993, Amman, Jordan -  Yemen 1 - 6 Iraq 

May 28, 1993, Amman, Jordan -  Pakistan 0 - 8 Iraq 

May 28, 1993, Amman, Jordan -  Yemen 1 - 0 China PR 

May 30, 1993, Amman, Jordan -  Jordan 3 - 1 Pakistan 

May 30, 1993, Amman, Jordan -  Iraq 1 - 0 China PR 

June 12, 1993, Chengdu, China -  Yemen 1 - 1 Jordan 

June 12, 1993, Chengdu, China -  China PR 3 - 0 Pakistan 

June 14, 1993, Chengdu, China -  Iraq 4 - 0 Jordan 

June 14, 1993, Chengdu, China -  Pakistan 0 - 3 Yemen 

June 16, 1993, Chengdu, China -  China PR 4 - 1 Jordan 

June 16, 1993, Chengdu, China -  Iraq 3 - 0 Yemen 

June 18, 1993, Chengdu, China -  Iraq 4 - 0 Pakistan 

June 18, 1993, Chengdu, China -  China PR 1 - 0 Yemen 

June 20, 1993, Chengdu, China -  Pakistan 0 - 5 Jordan 

June 20, 1993, Chengdu, China -  China PR 2 - 1 Iraq 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iraq	8	6	1	1	28	4	+24	13
2	China PR	8	6	0	2	18	4	+14	12
3	Yemen	8	3	2	3	12	13	-1	8
4	Jordan	8	2	3	3	12	15	-3	7
5	Pakistan	8	0	0	8	2	36	-34	0

Iraq advanced to the Final Round.

Group B

 Myanmar withdrew.

June 23, 1993, Tehran, Iran -  Iran 0 - 0 Oman 

June 23, 1993, Tehran, Iran -  Chinese Taipei 0 - 2 Syria 

June 25, 1993, Tehran, Iran -  Oman 0 - 0 Syria 

June 25, 1993, Tehran, Iran -  Iran 6 - 0 Chinese Taipei 

June 27, 1993, Tehran, Iran -  Oman 2 - 1 Chinese Taipei 

June 27, 1993, Tehran, Iran -  Iran 1 - 1 Syria 

July 2, 1993, Damascus, Syria -  Oman 0 - 1 Iran 

July 2, 1993, Damascus, Syria -  Syria 8 - 1 Chinese Taipei 

July 4, 1993, Damascus, Syria -  Syria 2 - 1 Oman 

July 4, 1993, Damascus, Syria -  Chinese Taipei 0 - 6 Iran 

July 7, 1993, Damascus, Syria -  Chinese Taipei 1 - 7 Oman 

July 7, 1993, Damascus, Syria -  Syria 1 - 1 Iran 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	6	3	3	0	15	2	+13	9
2	Syria	6	3	3	0	14	4	+10	9
3	Oman	6	2	2	2	10	5	+5	6
4	Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	3	31	-28	0

Iran advanced to the Final Round.

Group C

April 9, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 3 - 1 Indonesia 

April 9, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Korea DPR 3 - 0 Vietnam 

April 11, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Korea DPR 2 - 1 Singapore 

April 11, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 4 - 0 Vietnam 

April 13, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Korea DPR 4 - 0 Indonesia 

April 13, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Vietnam 2 - 3 Singapore 

April 16, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 4 - 1 Singapore 

April 16, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Vietnam 1 - 0 Indonesia 

April 18, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Indonesia 0 - 2 Singapore 

April 18, 1993, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 1 - 2 Korea DPR 

April 24, 1993, Singapore -  Indonesia 1 - 4 Qatar 

April 24, 1993, Singapore -  Vietnam 0 - 1 Korea DPR 

April 26, 1993, Singapore -  Singapore 1 - 3 Korea DPR 

April 26, 1993, Singapore -  Vietnam 0 - 4 Qatar 

April 28, 1993, Singapore -  Indonesia 1 - 2 Korea DPR 

April 28, 1993, Singapore -  Singapore 1 - 0 Vietnam 

April 30, 1993, Singapore -  Singapore 1 - 0 Qatar 

April 30, 1993, Singapore -  Indonesia 2 - 1 Vietnam 

May 2, 1993, Singapore -  Singapore 2 - 1 Indonesia 

May 2, 1993, Singapore -  Korea DPR 2 - 2 Qatar 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Korea DPR	8	7	1	0	19	6	+13	15
2	Qatar	8	5	1	2	22	8	+14	11
3	Singapore	8	5	0	3	12	12	0	10
4	Indonesia	8	1	0	7	6	19	-13	2
5	Vietnam	8	1	0	7	4	18	-14	2

Korea DPR advanced to the Final Round.

Group D

May 7, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Lebanon 2 - 2 India 

May 7, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Hong Kong 2 - 1 Bahrain 

May 9, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Bahrain 0 - 0 Korea Republic 

May 9, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Lebanon 2 - 2 Hong Kong 

May 11, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  India 1 - 2 Hong Kong 

May 11, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Lebanon 0 - 1 Korea Republic 

May 13, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Lebanon 0 - 0 Bahrain 

May 13, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  India 0 - 3 Korea Republic 

May 15, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Hong Kong 0 - 3 Korea Republic 

May 15, 1993, Beirut, Lebanon -  Bahrain 2 - 1 India 

June 5, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  Korea Republic 4 - 1 Hong Kong 

June 5, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  Bahrain 0 - 0 Lebanon 

June 7, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  India 0 - 3 Bahrain 

June 7, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  Korea Republic 2 - 0 Lebanon 

June 9, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  Hong Kong 1 - 2 Lebanon 

June 9, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  Korea Republic 7 - 0 India 

June 11, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  India 1 - 2 Lebanon 

June 11, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  Bahrain 3 - 0 Hong Kong 

June 13, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  Korea Republic 3 - 0 Bahrain 

June 13, 1993, Seoul, South Korea -  Hong Kong 1 - 3 India 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Korea Republic	8	7	1	0	23	1	+22	15
2	Bahrain	8	3	3	2	9	6	+3	9
3	Lebanon	8	2	4	2	8	9	-1	8
4	Hong Kong	8	2	1	5	9	19	-10	5
5	India	8	1	1	6	8	22	-14	3

Korea Republic advanced to the Final Round.

Group E

•  Nepal withdrew.

May 1, 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  Macau 0 - 6 Saudi Arabia 

May 1, 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  Malaysia 1 - 1 Kuwait 

May 3, 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  Macau 1 - 10 Kuwait 

May 3, 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  Malaysia 1 - 1 Saudi Arabia 

May 5, 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  Kuwait 0 - 0 Saudi Arabia 

May 5, 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  Malaysia 9 - 0 Macau 

May 14, 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Kuwait 2 - 0 Malaysia 

May 14, 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 8 - 0 Macau 

May 16, 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Kuwait 8 - 0 Macau 

May 16, 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 3 - 0 Malaysia 

May 18, 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Macau 0 - 5 Malaysia 

May 18, 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 2 - 0 Kuwait 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	6	4	2	0	20	1	+19	10
2	Kuwait	6	3	2	1	21	4	+17	8
3	Malaysia	6	2	2	2	16	7	+9	6
4	Macau	6	0	0	6	1	46	-45	0

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

Group F

April 8, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Japan 1 - 0 Thailand 

April 8, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Sri Lanka 0 - 4 United Arab Emirates 

April 11, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Japan 8 - 0 Bangladesh 

April 11, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Thailand 1 - 0 Sri Lanka 

April 13, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Sri Lanka 0 - 1 Bangladesh 

April 13, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Thailand 0 - 1 United Arab Emirates 

April 15, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Japan 5 - 0 Sri Lanka 

April 15, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Bangladesh 0 - 1 United Arab Emirates 

April 18, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Japan 2 - 0 United Arab Emirates 

April 18, 1993, Tokyo, Japan -  Thailand 4 - 1 Bangladesh 

April 28, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  Thailand 0 - 1 Japan 

April 28, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 3 - 0 Sri Lanka 

April 30, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  Bangladesh 1 - 4 Japan 

April 30, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 2 - 1 Thailand 

May 3, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 7 - 0 Bangladesh 

May 3, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  Sri Lanka 0 - 3 Thailand 

May 5, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  Bangladesh 1 - 4 Thailand 

May 5, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  Sri Lanka 0 - 6 Japan 

May 7, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  Bangladesh 3 - 0 Sri Lanka 

May 7, 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 1 - 1 Japan 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	8	7	1	0	28	2	+26	15
2	United Arab Emirates	8	6	1	1	19	4	+15	13
3	Thailand	8	4	0	4	13	7	+6	8
4	Bangladesh	8	2	0	6	7	28	-21	4
5	Sri Lanka	8	0	0	8	0	26	-26	0

Japan advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	5	2	3	0	8	6	+2	7
2	Korea Republic	5	2	2	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Japan	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3	6
4	Iraq	5	1	3	1	9	9	0	5
5	Iran	5	2	0	3	8	11	− 3	4
6	Korea DPR	5	1	0	4	5	12	− 7	2

October 15, 1993	Korea DPR	3 – 2	Iraq	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
	Kim Gwang-Min 63' Kim Gyong-Il 76' Choi Won-Nam 80'		Khadum 8', 46'

October 15, 1993	Saudi Arabia	0 – 0	Japan	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

October 16, 1993	Iran	0 – 3	Korea Republic	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Schmidhuber (Germany)
			Park Jung-Bae 18' Ha Seok-Ju 79' Ko Jeong-Woon 81'

October 18, 1993	Korea DPR	1 – 2	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
	Ryu Song-Gun 68'		Mehalel 56' Al-Muwallid 73'

October 18, 1993	Japan	1 – 2	Iran	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Baldas (Italy)
	Nakayama 88'		Hassanzadeh 45' Daei 85'

October 19, 1993	Iraq	2 – 2	Korea Republic	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Quiniou (France)
	Hussain 32' Jafar 86'		Kim Pan-Keun 40' Hong Myung-Bo 67' (pen)

October 21, 1993	Korea DPR	0 – 3	Japan	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
			Miura 28', 69' Nakayama 51'

October 22, 1993	Iraq	2 – 1	Iran	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
	Radhi 20' Kadhum 38'		Daei 21'

October 22, 1993	Korea Republic	1 – 1	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
	Shin Hong-Ki 63'		Madani 90'

October 24, 1993	Iraq	1 – 1	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Quiniou (France)
	Radhi 1'		Owairan 36'

October 25, 1993	Japan	1 – 0	Korea Republic	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Schmidhuber (Germany)
	Miura 61'

October 25, 1993	Iran	2 – 1	Korea DPR	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Baldas (Italy)
	Daei 49', 66'		Choi Won-Nam 22'

October 28, 1993	Korea Republic	3 – 0	Korea DPR	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Crăciunescu (Romania)
	Ko Jeong-Woon 49' Hwang Seon-Hong 53' Ha Seok-Ju 75'

October 28, 1993	Saudi Arabia	4 – 3	Iran	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)
	Al-Jaber 21' Mehalel 27' Al-Mousa 47' Falatah 74'		Fonoonizadeh 43', 52' Manafi 90'

October 28, 1993	Iraq	2 – 2	Japan	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
	Shnaished 54' Salman 90'		Miura 5' Nakayama 80'

See also

• Agony of Doha
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

References