The
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an (
UEFAThe Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
) zone of
qualificationThe qualification competition for the 1990 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC , CAF , CONCACAF , CONMEBOL , OFC , and UEFA — was allocated a certain number of the 24 places at the tournament...
for the
1990 FIFA World CupThe 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
saw 32 teams competing for 13 places at the finals. UEFA members
ItalyThe Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
qualified automatically as hosts of the finals. The qualification process started on 21 May 1988 and ended on 18 November 1989.
Format
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). One second-placed team was therefore eliminated.
Draw
The draw for the qualifying groups took place in
ZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
,
SwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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.
| Pot A |
Pot B |
Pot C |
Pot D |
Pot E |
|
|
|
|
|
Group 1
EWLINE
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
5 |
5
9 |
|
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
6 |
9
8 |
|
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
−12 |
4 |
|
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
−2 |
3 |
|
EWLINE
| width=165 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
– |
1 – 1 |
4 – 0 |
1 – 3 |
|
1 – 1 |
– |
7 – 1 |
3 – 0 |
|
1 – 0 |
1 – 1 |
– |
0 – 0 |
|
1 – 0 |
3 – 1 |
3 – 0 |
– |
|
Group 2
EWLINE
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
6
10 |
|
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
10
9 |
|
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
−4 |
5 |
|
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
−12 |
0 |
|
EWLINE
| width=165 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
– |
0 – 2 |
1 – 2 |
1 – 2 |
|
5 – 0 |
– |
3 – 0 |
0 – 0 |
|
1 – 0 |
0 – 0 |
– |
0 – 2 |
|
3 – 1 |
0 – 0 |
2 – 1 |
– |
|
Group 3
EWLINE
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
8 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
7
11 |
|
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
|
8 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
10 |
2
7 |
|
8 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
13 |
−4 |
7 |
|
8 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
11 |
−5 |
6 |
|
EWLINE
| width=165 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
– |
3 – 0 |
2 – 1 |
0 – 0 |
3 – 2 |
|
1 – 1 |
– |
2 – 0 |
2 – 1 |
0 – 2 |
|
0 – 0 |
0 – 3 |
– |
1 – 1 |
2 – 1 |
|
2 – 0 |
2 – 1 |
1 – 1 |
– |
2 – 0 |
|
3 – 0 |
3 – 1 |
1 – 1 |
0 – 1 |
– |
|
Group 4
EWLINE
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
6
10 |
|
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
13 |
3 |
10
9 |
|
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
16 |
−12 |
3 |
|
6 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
−4 |
2 |
|
EWLINE
| width=165 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
– |
0 – 1 |
1 – 0 |
0 – 4 |
|
3 – 0 |
– |
1 – 0 |
1 – 1 |
|
2 – 2 |
1 – 2 |
– |
0 – 0 |
|
6 – 1 |
0 – 0 |
2 – 1 |
– |
|
Group 5
EWLINE
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
6 |
10
14 |
|
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
10 |
|
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
3
9 |
|
8 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
9 |
1
6 |
|
8 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
20 |
−14 |
1 |
|
EWLINE
| width=165 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
– |
1 – 1 |
0 – 3 |
2 – 3 |
1 – 2 |
|
2 – 0 |
– |
1 – 0 |
3 – 0 |
0 – 0 |
|
3 – 1 |
1 – 1 |
– |
1 – 2 |
1 – 2 |
|
2 – 1 |
2 – 0 |
1 – 1 |
– |
1 – 1 |
|
4 – 0 |
3 – 2 |
1 – 0 |
3 – 1 |
– |
|
Group 6
EWLINE
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
20 |
3 |
17
13 |
|
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
8
12 |
|
8 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
12 |
−4 |
8 |
|
8 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
12 |
−6 |
5 |
|
8 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
18 |
−15 |
2 |
|
EWLINE
| width=165 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
– |
1 – 1 |
1 – 0 |
2 – 2 |
0 – 0 |
|
2 – 2 |
– |
0 – 2 |
0 – 2 |
0 – 2 |
|
1 – 2 |
3 – 0 |
– |
0 – 2 |
0 – 0 |
|
4 – 0 |
4 – 0 |
4 – 0 |
– |
2 – 0 |
|
2 – 0 |
2 – 0 |
3 – 0 |
1 – 0 |
– |
|
Group 7
EWLINE
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
8 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
5 |
10
12 |
|
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
13 |
3 |
10
12 |
|
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
8 |
3
10 |
|
8 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
14 |
−4 |
5 |
|
8 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
22 |
−19 |
1 |
|
EWLINE
| width=165 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
– |
2 – 1 |
1 – 1 |
3 – 0 |
1 – 0 |
|
0 – 0 |
– |
4 – 0 |
2 – 1 |
3 – 0 |
|
0 – 5 |
0 – 2 |
– |
0 – 3 |
1 – 4 |
|
1 – 1 |
0 – 0 |
1 – 0 |
– |
3 – 1 |
|
2 – 2 |
0 – 1 |
2 – 1 |
1 – 2 |
– |
|
External links
The source of this article is
wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the
GFDL.
