1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article "1990 FIFA World Cup qualification".

A total of 27 AFC teams entered the competition. However, fb|MDV withdrew before the draw was made, and fb|TPE|football were assigned to the Oceanian zone instead. The Asian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 25) in the final tournament.

There were two rounds of play:
*First Round: The 25 teams were 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 in South Korea and Singapore. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
*Final Round: The 6 teams played against each other once in Singapore or Malaysia. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.

First Round

Group 1

January 6, 1989, Doha, Qatar - fb|QAT 1 - 0 fb-rt|JOR

January 6, 1989, Muscat, Oman - fb|OMA 1 - 1 fb-rt|IRQ|1963

January 13, 1989, Muscat, Oman - fb|OMA 0 - 0 fb-rt|QAT

January 13, 1989, Amman, Jordan - fb|JOR 0 - 1 fb-rt|IRQ|1963

January 20, 1989, Doha, Qatar - fb|QAT 1 - 0 fb-rt|IRQ|1963

January 20, 1989, Amman, Jordan - fb|JOR 2 - 0 fb-rt|OMA

January 27, 1989, Amman, Jordan - fb|JOR 1 - 1 fb-rt|QAT

January 27, 1989, Baghdad, Iraq - fb|IRQ|1963 3 - 1 fb-rt|OMA

February 3, 1989, Doha, Qatar - fb|QAT 3 - 0 fb-rt|OMA

February 3, 1989, Baghdad, Iraq - fb|IRQ|1963 4 - 0 fb-rt|JOR

February 10, 1989, Muscat, Oman - fb|OMA 0 - 2 fb-rt|JOR

February 10, 1989, Baghdad, Iraq - fb|IRQ|1963 2 - 2 fb-rt|QAT

"United Arab Emirates" advanced to the Final Round.

Group 4

fb|IND withdrew.

May 23, 1989, Seoul, South Korea - fb|NEP 0 - 2 fb|MAS

May 23, 1989, Seoul, South Korea - fb|KOR 3 - 0 fb|SIN

May 25, 1989, Seoul, South Korea - fb|KOR 9 - 0 fb|NEP

May 25, 1989, Seoul, South Korea - fb|MAS 1 - 0 fb|SIN

May 27, 1989, Seoul, South Korea - fb|NEP 0 - 3 fb|SIN

May 27, 1989, Seoul, South Korea - fb|KOR 3 - 0 fb|MAS

June 3, 1989, Singapore - fb|SIN 2 - 2 fb|MAS

June 3, 1989, Singapore - fb|NEP 0 - 4 fb|KOR

June 5, 1989, Singapore - fb|MAS 0 - 3 fb|KOR

June 5, 1989, Singapore - fb|SIN 7 - 0 fb|NEP

June 7, 1989, Singapore - fb|SIN 0 - 3 fb|KOR

June 7, 1989, Singapore - fb|MAS 3 - 0 fb|NEP

"Korea DPR" advanced to the Final Round.

Final Round

October 12, 1989, Singapore - fb|UAE 0 - 0 fb|PRK

October 12, 1989, Singapore - fb|CHN 2 - 1 fb|KSA

October 13, 1989, Singapore - fb|KOR 0 - 0 fb|QAT

October 16, 1989, Singapore - fb|QAT 1 - 1 fb|KSA

October 16, 1989, Singapore - fb|KOR 1 - 0 fb|PRK

October 17, 1989, Singapore - fb|UAE 2 - 1 fb|CHN

October 20, 1989, Singapore - fb|KOR 1 - 0 fb|CHN

October 20, 1989, Singapore - fb|PRK 2 - 0 fb|QAT

October 21, 1989, Singapore - fb|UAE 0 - 0 fb|KSA

October 24, 1989, Singapore - fb|UAE 1 - 1 fb|QAT

October 24, 1989, Singapore - fb|CHN 1 - 0 fb|PRK

October 25, 1989, Singapore - fb|KOR 2 - 0 fb|KSA

October 28, 1989, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - fb|UAE 1 - 1 fb|KOR

October 28, 1989, Kuantan, Malaysia - fb|KSA 2 - 0 fb|PRK

October 28, 1989, Singapore - fb|QAT 2 - 1 fb|CHN

Korea Republic and United Arab Emirates qualified.

ee also

*1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
*1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
*1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
*1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
*1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)