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1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The European (UEFA) zone of qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup saw 32 teams competing for 13 places at the finals. UEFA members Italy qualified automatically as hosts of the finals. The qualification process started on 21 May 1988 and ended on 18 November 1989.

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
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Format

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Teams were drawn into seven groups, four groups of five teams and three of four teams. All seven group-winners qualified automatically, with the runners-up in the four groups containing five teams (Groups 3, 5, 6 and 7) also qualifying. The two best second-placed teams in the three groups containing only four teams also qualified (Groups 1, 2 and 4), and the second-placed team with the worst record was eliminated.

Draw

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The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Zürich, Switzerland on 12 December 1987. During the draw teams were drawn from the 5 pots into the 7 groups. The seedings below were announced ten days before the draw. Teams qualified to the final tournament are in bold. The Seeded teams were the 5 European sides who reached the 1986 Quarter Finals plus Soviet Union and Denmark though there were still security issues with England due to their fan issues in the form of hooliganism which was a factor with all 3 of their away games in the 1990 qualifying campaign being televised live by the BBC

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D Pot E

  West Germany
   England
   Spain
   Soviet Union
   Denmark
  Belgium
   France

  Bulgaria
  Netherlands
   Poland
  East Germany
  Portugal
  Scotland
   Hungary

  Romania
   Sweden
   Wales
  Northern Ireland
  Austria
   Czechoslovakia
   Yugoslavia

  Republic of Ireland
   Greece
   Switzerland
  Finland
  Iceland
  Norway
  Albania

  Turkey
  Malta
  Luxembourg
  Cyprus

Summary

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  Group winners and runners up from groups of five qualified directly for 1990 FIFA World Cup. The two best runners-up from groups of four also qualified directly
  Other teams were eliminated
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7
 
Romania 		 
Sweden 		 
Soviet Union 		 
Netherlands 		 
Yugoslavia 		 
Spain 		 
Belgium
 
Denmark 		 
England 		 
Austria 		 
West Germany 		 
Scotland 		 
Republic of Ireland 		 
Czechoslovakia
 
Greece
 
Bulgaria 		 
Poland
 
Albania 		 
Turkey
 
East Germany
 
Iceland 		 
Finland
 
Wales 		 
France
 
Norway
 
Cyprus 		 
Hungary
 
Northern Ireland
 
Malta 		 
Portugal
 
Switzerland
 
Luxembourg

Results

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Group 1

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Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Romania 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 9
  Denmark 6 3 2 1 15 6 +9 8
  Greece 6 1 2 3 3 15 −12 4
  Bulgaria 6 1 1 4 6 8 −2 3
         
Bulgaria   — 0–2 4–0 1–3
Denmark   1–1 — 7–1 3–0
Greece   1–0 1–1 — 0–0
Romania   1–0 3–1 3–0 —

Group 2

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Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 6 4 2 0 9 3 +6 10
  England 6 3 3 0 10 0 +10 9
  Poland 6 2 1 3 4 8 −4 5
  Albania 6 0 0 6 3 15 −12 0
         
Albania   — 0–2 1–2 1–2
England   5–0 — 3–0 0–0
Poland   1–0 0–0 — 0–2
Sweden   3–1 0–0 2–1 —

Group 3

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Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Soviet Union 8 4 3 1 11 4 +7 11
  Austria 8 3 3 2 9 9 0 9
  Turkey 8 3 1 4 12 10 +2 7
  East Germany 8 3 1 4 9 13 −4 7
  Iceland 8 1 4 3 6 11 −5 6
           
Austria   — 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–2
East Germany   1–1 — 2–0 2–1 0–2
Iceland   0–0 0–3 — 1–1 2–1
Soviet Union   2–0 3–0 1–1 — 2–0
Turkey   3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 —

Group 4

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Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Netherlands 6 4 2 0 8 2 +6 10
  West Germany 6 3 3 0 13 3 +10 9
  Finland 6 1 1 4 4 16 −12 3
  Wales 6 0 2 4 4 8 −4 2
         
Finland   — 0–1 1–0 0–4
Netherlands   3–0 — 1–0 1–1
Wales   2–2 1–2 — 0–0
West Germany   6–1 0–0 2–1 —

Group 5

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Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Yugoslavia 8 6 2 0 16 6 +10 14
  Scotland 8 4 2 2 12 12 0 10
  France 8 3 3 2 10 7 +3 9
  Norway 8 2 2 4 10 9 +1 6
  Cyprus 8 0 1 7 6 20 −14 1
           
Cyprus   — 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–2
France   2–0 — 1–0 3–0 0–0
Norway   3–1 1–1 — 1–2 1–2
Scotland   2–1 2–0 1–1 — 1–1
Yugoslavia   4–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 —

Group 6

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Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Spain 8 6 1 1 20 3 +17 13
  Republic of Ireland 8 5 2 1 10 2 +8 12
  Hungary 8 2 4 2 8 12 −4 8
  Northern Ireland 8 2 1 5 6 12 −6 5
  Malta 8 0 2 6 3 18 −15 2
           
Hungary   — 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2
Malta   2–2 — 0–2 0–2 0–2
Northern Ireland   1–2 3–0 — 0–0 0–2
Republic of Ireland   2–0 2–0 3–0 — 1–0
Spain   4–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 —

Group 7

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Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Belgium 8 4 4 0 15 5 +10 12
  Czechoslovakia 8 5 2 1 13 3 +10 12
  Portugal 8 4 2 2 11 8 +3 10
   Switzerland 8 2 1 5 10 14 −4 5
  Luxembourg 8 0 1 7 3 22 −19 1
           
Belgium   — 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0
Czechoslovakia   0–0 — 4–0 2–1 3–0
Luxembourg   0–5 0–2 — 0–3 1–4
Portugal   1–1 0–0 1–0 — 3–1
Switzerland   2–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 —

Ranking of runners-up from groups of four

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  West Germany 6 3 3 0 13 3 +10 9
  England 6 3 3 0 10 0 +10 9
  Denmark 6 3 2 1 15 6 +9 8

Goalscorers

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7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
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