1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

• First round: The Maldives withdrew before the final draw, leaving 25 teams to be divided into 6 groups of 4 or 5 teams each. Nepal was moved from Group 5 to Group 4 after India's withdrawal. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, except in Group 4, where the teams played against each other twice in South Korea and Singapore. The group winners would advance to the final round. • Final round: The 6 teams played against each other once over a 16-day period based in Singapore. The group winner and runner-up would qualify. ==First round==

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 advanced to the final round. Group 6 Korea DPR advanced to the final round. ==Final round==

Standings Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ==Qualified teams==

The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament. :1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. ==Goalscorers==

;7 goals • Hwang Sun-hong ;6 goals • Ma Lin • Ahmed Radhi • Mahmoud Yaseen Al-Soufi ;5 goals • Dollah Salleh ;4 goals • Mai Chao • Kim Yong-se • Darimosuvito Tokijan • Adnan Al Talyani ;3 goals • Mohsen Garousi • Farshad Pious • Chu Gyong-Sik • Kim Pung-Il • Hwangbo Kwan • Noh Soo-jin • Nizar Mahrous • Abdul Razaq Ibrahim ;2 goals • Tang Yaodong • Wang Baoshan • Tim Bredbury • Nang Yan Leung • Herry Kiswanto • Karim Bavi • Hussein Saeed • Mohamed Al-Diabaz • Khaled Khalil Awad • Ali Marwi • Salah Al-Hasawi • Han Hyong-Il • Ri Hyok-chon • Mansoor Muftah • Fahad Al-Bishi • Majed Abdullah • Mohaisen Al-Jam'an • Saadoun Al-Suwaiti • Darimosuvito Devaraj • Salim Moin • Ahmad Satter • Cho Min-kook • Choi Sang-kook • Lee Tae-ho • Zuhair Bakhit • Khalid Ismaïl • Khaleel Mubarak ;1 goal • Mohammad Aslam • Satyajit Das Rupu • Wasim Iqbal • Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir • Jia Xiuquan • Liu Haiguang • Xie Yuxin • Zhang Xiaowen • Leslie Santos • Inyong Lolumbuman • Mustaqim • Mustamu Yessy • Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard • Sayed Ali Eftekhari • Sirous Ghayeghran • Samad Marfavi • Natiq Hashim • Habib Jafar • Ismail Mohammed Sharif • Kenta Hasegawa • Takumi Horiike • Hisashi Kurosaki • Osamu Maeda • Takashi Mizunuma • Katsuyoshi Shinto • Rateb Al-Dawoud • Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri • Fahad Yousef Al-Sovayed • Kurapiah Gunalan • Azizol Abu Haniffah • Lim Teong Kim • Kim Gwang-Mon • Tak Yong-Bin • Yun Jong-Su • Mohamed Ali Hamoud • Nasser Khaleefa • Ali Sharafat • Saleh Eid Al-Mehaizaa • Jumah Salem Joher • Adel Mubarak Khamis • Mansour Sulaiti • Fahad Al-Musaibeah • Ahmed Madani • Yousuf Al-Thunayan • Arj Changatamilman • Tay Peng Kee • Choi Soon-ho • Chung Hae-won • Chung Yong-hwan • Kim Joo-sung • Lee Hak-jong • Lee Young-jin • Park Kyung-hoon • Walid Al-Nasser • Walid Abou El-Sel • Abdul Latif Helou • Mohammed Jakalan • Prasert Changmool • Piyapong Pue-On • Abdulaziz Mohamed • Abdulrahman Mohamed ;1 own goal • Oh Yong-Nam (playing against Japan) ==Notes==