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1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Teams32 (from 1 confederation)
1986
1994

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.

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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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 Denmark Greece Romania
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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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 England Poland Sweden
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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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 East Germany Iceland Soviet Union Turkey
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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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 Netherlands Wales West Germany
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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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 France Norway Scotland Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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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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 Malta Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Spain
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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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 Czechoslovakia Luxembourg Portugal Switzerland
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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