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The Asian Football Confederation was allocated two assured qualifying berths for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. 26 teams were in the running for these spots; Bahrain, India, Maldives and South Yemen withdrew without playing a qualifying match.
Contents
Asia's two automatic qualifying berths were taken by Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates.
Format
Group 1
Qatar advanced to the Final Round.
Group 2
Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.
Group 3
United Arab Emirates advanced to the Final Round.
Group 4
Korea Republic advanced to the Final Round.
Group 5
China PR advanced to the Final Round.
Group 6
Korea DPR advanced to the Final Round.
Standings
Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
References
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA