1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Dates	22 April 1992 – 17 November 1993
Teams	36 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	182
Goals scored	500 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	3,661,334 (20,117 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Florin Răducioiu; (9 goals)
	← 1990 1998 →

A total of 39 UEFA teams entered

the Yugoslav wars. The European zone was allocated 13 from 24 places in the final tournament. Germany

, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 12 spots open for competition between 37 teams.

The 37 teams were divided into six groups, five of six teams each and one of seven teams (though Group 5 ended up with just five teams following Yugoslavia's suspension). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis with the group winners and runners-up qualifying for the final tournament.

San Marino and Faroe Islands competed in World Cup qualifiers for the first time, and Israel moved to UEFA after competing in Oceanian zone for 1986 and 1990 qualification, while Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia competed separately after playing as a part of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1990.

Seedings

The draw was made on 8 December 1991.^[1]

Pot 1
Italy
England
Spain
Belgium
Soviet Union
France

Pot 2
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Netherlands
Scotland
Austria
Republic of Ireland

Pot 3
Romania
Denmark
Poland
Hungary
Portugal
Sweden

Pot 4
Northern Ireland
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Norway
Greece
Wales

Pot 5
Turkey
Iceland
Finland
Albania
Malta
Cyprus

Pot 6
Luxembourg
San Marino
Faroe Islands
Israel
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania

Summary

Winner and runner-up of each group qualified directly for the 1994 FIFA World Cup

Other teams were eliminated

Suspended due to

UN Sanctions

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6
Italy Switzerland	Norway Netherlands	Spain Republic of Ireland	Romania Belgium	Greece Russia	Sweden Bulgaria
Portugal Scotland Malta Estonia	England Poland Turkey San Marino	Denmark Northern Ireland Lithuania Latvia Albania	Czechoslovakia Wales Cyprus Faroe Islands	Iceland Hungary Luxembourg	France Austria Finland Israel
				FR Yugoslavia

Groups

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	7	2	1	22	7	+15	16	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	—	2–2	1–0	3–1	6–1	2–0
2	Switzerland	10	6	3	1	23	6	+17	15	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	1–0	—	1–1	3–1	3–0	4–0
3	Portugal	10	6	2	2	18	5	+13	14		1–3	1–0	—	5–0	4–0	3–0
4	Scotland	10	4	3	3	14	13	+1	11		0–0	1–1	0–0	—	3–0	3–1
5	Malta	10	1	1	8	3	23	−20	3		1–2	0–2	0–1	0–2	—	0–0
6	Estonia	10	0	1	9	1	27	−26	1		0–3	0–6	0–2	0–3	0–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	10	7	2	1	25	5	+20	16	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	10–0
2	Netherlands	10	6	3	1	29	9	+20	15	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	0–0	—	2–0	2–2	3–1	6–0
3	England	10	5	3	2	26	9	+17	13		1–1	2–2	—	3–0	4–0	6–0
4	Poland	10	3	2	5	10	15	−5	8		0–3	1–3	1–1	—	1–0	1–0
5	Turkey	10	3	1	6	11	19	−8	7		2–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	—	4–1
6	San Marino	10	0	1	9	2	46	−44	1		0–2	0–7	1–7	0–3	0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	12	8	3	1	27	4	+23	19	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	—	0–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	5–0	3–0
2	Republic of Ireland	12	7	4	1	19	6	+13	18	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	1–3	—	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	2–0
3	Denmark	12	7	4	1	15	2	+13	18		1–0	0–0	—	1–0	4–0	2–0	4–0
4	Northern Ireland	12	5	3	4	14	13	+1	13		0–0	1–1	0–1	—	2–2	2–0	3–0
5	Lithuania	12	2	3	7	8	21	−13	7		0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	—	1–1	3–1
6	Latvia	12	0	5	7	4	21	−17	5		0–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	—	0–0
7	Albania	12	1	2	9	6	26	−20	4		1–5	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	10	7	1	2	29	12	+17	15	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	7–0
2	Belgium	10	7	1	2	16	5	+11	15	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	1–0	—	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–0
3	Czechs and Slovaks^[a]	10	4	5	1	21	9	+12	13		5–2	1–2	—	1–1	3–0	4–0
4	Wales	10	5	2	3	19	12	+7	12		1–2	2–0	2–2	—	2–0	6–0
5	Cyprus	10	2	1	7	8	18	−10	5		1–4	0–3	1–1	0–1	—	3–1
6	Faroe Islands	10	0	0	10	1	38	−37	0		0–4	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ During the qualification Czechoslovakia split into the independent states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The two states completed the qualifiers jointly under the name "Representation of Czechs and Slovaks".

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	8	6	2	0	10	2	+8	14	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	–
2	Russia	8	5	2	1	15	4	+11	12	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	1–1	—	1–0	3–0	2–0	–
3	Iceland	8	3	2	3	7	6	+1	8		0–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–0	–
4	Hungary	8	2	1	5	6	11	−5	5		0–1	1–3	1–2	—	1–0	–
5	Luxembourg	8	0	1	7	2	17	−15	1		1–3	0–4	1–1	0–3	—	–
6	FR Yugoslavia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Suspended due to UN Sanctions	–	–	–	–	–	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	10	6	3	1	19	8	+11	15	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	5–0
2	Bulgaria	10	6	2	2	19	10	+9	14	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	1–1	—	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–2
3	France	10	6	1	3	17	10	+7	13		2–1	1–2	—	2–0	2–1	2–3
4	Austria	10	3	2	5	15	16	−1	8		1–1	3–1	0–1	—	3–0	5–2
5	Finland	10	2	1	7	9	18	−9	5		0–1	0–3	0–2	3–1	—	0–0
6	Israel	10	1	3	6	10	27	−17	5		1–3	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–3	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Qualified teams

The following 13 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup¹
Germany	Defending champions	8 July 1990	12 (1934, 1938, 1954², 1958², 1962², 1966², 1970², 1974², 1978², 1982², 1986², 1990²)
Italy	Group 1 winners	17 November 1993	12 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
Switzerland	Group 1 runners-up	17 November 1993	6 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966)
Norway	Group 2 winners	13 October 1993	1 (1938)
Netherlands	Group 2 runners-up	17 November 1993	5 (1934, 1938, 1974, 1978, 1990)
Spain	Group 3 winners	17 November 1993	8 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
Republic of Ireland	Group 3 runners-up	17 November 1993	1 (1990)
Romania	Group 4 winners	17 November 1993	5 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1970, 1990)
Belgium	Group 4 runners-up	17 November 1993	8 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990)
Greece	Group 5 winners	23 May 1993	0 (debut)
Russia	Group 5 runners-up	2 June 1993	7 (1958³, 1962³, 1966³, 1970³, 1982³, 1986³, 1990³)
Sweden	Group 6 winners	10 November 1993	8 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990)
Bulgaria	Group 6 runners-up	17 November 1993	5 (1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

² Competed as West Germany. A separate team for East Germany also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in 1974.

³ Competed as Soviet Union.

Goalscorers

9 goals

Florin Răducioiu

8 goals

Ian Rush

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Jozef Chovanec (playing against Belgium)
Hlynur Birgisson (playing against Luxembourg)
Nicola Bacciocchi (playing against the Netherlands)

Notes

To date, this was the last time that England and France failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup.

References

^ New York Times, 8 December 1991, Nations Lining Up for the Big Drawing

External links

Detailed Match Results at RSSSF
Complete Results at FIFA.com
The forgotten story of 17 November 1993, Rob Smyth, The Guardian – article about the last qualifying matches for World Cup 1994

[table_note_RCS0.82396023619173-2] During the qualification Czechoslovakia split into the independent states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The two states completed the qualifiers jointly under the name "Representation of Czechs and Slovaks".

[1] New York Times, 8 December 1991, Nations Lining Up for the Big Drawing

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Seedings

Summary

Groups

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Qualified teams

Goalscorers

See also

Notes

References

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