110 teams took part in the 1990 World Cup qualification rounds, divided into six Continental Zones. The 24 spots in the World Cup would be distributed as follows: The 1990 Football World Cup was designed by FIFA in 1984 to held in Italy becoming in the second contry to host the event two times . ...

• Europe (UEFA): 32 teams, competing for 13 places. Italy, the hosts, were automatically qualified, for a total of 14 places.
• South America (CONMEBOL): 9 teams, 2 places. Argentina, the defending champions, were automatically qualified, for a total of 3 places. Also, the last ranked winner would take part in an Intercontinental Play-off that could result in one more place for South America, for a total of 4.
• North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF): 15 teams, 2 places.
• Africa (CAF): 24 teams, 2 places.
• Asia (AFC): 25 teams, 2 places.
• Oceania (OFC): 5 teams. Israel and Chinese Taipei took part here, not in the Asian Zone. Best team would take part in an Intercontinental Play-off that could result in the only place for Oceania - or not.

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Overview

ITALIA 90 also attracted well over a hundred entries for the preliminary round, although the total was slightly down on last time. The first qualifying match was in the Caribbean as usual, where Trinidad and Tobago defeated Guyana 4-0 on 17 April 1988 ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

By an odd coincidence it would also be Trinidad and Tobago who would play the last game in the preliminary round twenty months later. With a World Cup place within their reach, the island team lost against the USA in Port of Spain. The only goal of the match was scored by Paul Caligiuri and it earned the USA their first World Cup appearance for 40 years. Costa Rica (under coach Bora Milutinovic) won the other CONCACAF place (with Mexico being banned from taking part). Port-of-Spain, population 49,000 (metro: 300,000) (2000), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest city. ... Paul Caligiuri (born May 9, 1964 in Westminster, California) is an American soccer player and coach, currently the head coach of the Cal Poly Pomona college soccer team. ... Velibor Bora Milutinović (born September 7, 1944 in Yugoslavia) is a football (soccer) coach, the only one to have coached five different teams at the World Cup: Mexico in 1986, Costa Rica in 1990, the United States in 1994, Nigeria in 1998, and China in 2002. ...

An unpleasant episode marred the South American preliminaries; during the match between Brazil and Chile a firework landed close to the Chilean goalkeeper Rojas who then feigned injury. His team refused to continue the match - they were a goal down at the time. But the scheme was quickly seen through, and the result was a long suspension for those involved and a ban for Chile from the World Cup 1994. In addition to Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia (for the first time since 1962) completed the South American contingent. Colombia had won through via a play-off against Israel, which produced just one goal in the two matches, Israel having come out on top in a group with the Oceania representatives Australia and New Zealand. The 1994 Football World Cup held in the USA was won by Brazil who beat Italy 3-2 on penalty kicks after the game and extra time ended 0-0. ... In 1962 the Football World Cup returned to the continent of South America. ...

Europe's breakdown this time was into four groups with five teams and three groups with four; basically the top two teams in each group would qualify, with the exception of the poorest second team from the groups of four. A defeat in their last match against Romania put Denmark in this unfortunate position, and so the tournament was deprived of one of the most attractive sides of the 1986 competition. England and Germany FR both ended up second in their groups and that was enough. There were few other surprises, except for the case of France, for whom a 1-1 against Cyprus in Nicosia on 22 October 1988 came back to haunt them and saw Scotland a point ahead in the final ranking. The 1986 Football World Cup was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. ... First International Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First... First International Switzerland 5 - 3 Germany (Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908) Largest win Germany 16 - 0 Russia (Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912) Worst defeat England 9 - 0 Germany (Oxford, England; 16 March 1909) World Cup Appearances 16 (First in 1934) Best result Winners, 1954, 1974, 1990 European Championship Appearances 9... Nicosia, Cyprus Nicosia with the Venetian Walls at the right For the Italian town, see Nicosia, Sicily Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia (Greek: Λευκωσία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) or Lefkoşa (Turkish), is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... First International Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Scotland 9 - 0 Wales (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 March 1878) Worst defeat Uruguay 7 - 0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1954) Best result Round 1, all European Championship Appearances 2 (First...

The usual long, drawn-out African qualifiers saw Egypt Egypt qualify for the first time since 1934, as well as Cameroon Cameroon (who had been undefeated in 1982 in Spain). In an evenly matched battle between six teams in the final round in Asia Korea Republic and UAE both emerged undefeated, with the Arabs' record of one win and four draws being enough to get them through. The 1934 Football World Cup was hosted by Mussolinis Italy. ... The 1982 Football World Cup was held in Spain. ... First International UAE 1 - 0 Qatar (Saudi Arabia; March 17, 1972) Largest win Brunei 0 - 12 UAE (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; May 14, 1993) Worst defeat Kuwait 7 - 0 UAE (Saudi Arabia; 22 March 1972) Kuwait 7 - 0 UAE (Iraq; March 31, 1979) World Cup Appearances 1 (First in 1990... For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). ...

Facts & Figures

The United Arab Emirates secured their berth in the final competition with four draws, one win and only four goals (two of them in their 2-1 win over China PR) in five matches in the Asian Final round. First International Philippines 2 - 1 China (Philippines; February 1, 1913) Finland 4 - 0 China PR (Helsinki, Finland; August 4, 1952) Largest win China PR 19 - 0 Guam (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; January 26, 2000) Worst defeat USA 5 - 0 China PR (Palo Alto, USA; April 4, 1992) World Cup...

Unfortunately, the enduring image of several qualifiers in the late 80s marred the image of football, distorting what the game is really about. After the Netherlands vs Germany FR match, just 11 short days after the tragedy in Hillsborough, Dutch riot police had to intervene in the streets of Rotterdam; similar scenes ensued when Chile met Brazil in Santiago in August of that year. The 1980s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1980 and 1989. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For other places named Rotterdam, see Rotterdam (disambiguation) Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), located in the province of Zuid Holland. ... Santiago is one of the names by which Saint James is known in the Hispanic world. ...

Continental Zones

To see the dates and results for each game in each Continental Zone, please click one of the following links:

Europe Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 World Cup qualification rounds for Europe. ...

South America Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 World Cup qualification rounds for South America. ...

North, Central America and Caribbean Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 World Cup qualification rounds for North, Central America and Caribbean. ...

Africa Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 World Cup qualification rounds for Africa. ...

Asia Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 World Cup qualification rounds for Asia. ...

Oceania Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 World Cup qualification rounds for Oceania. ...

Intercontinental Play-off

The teams would play against each other home-and-away. Team with most points would qualify.

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Colombia qualified.

Qualified teams

Team	Appearance	Streak	Previous appearance
Argentina (c)	10th	5	1986
Austria	6th	1	1982
Belgium	8th	3	1986
Brazil	14th	14	1986
Cameroon	2nd	1	1982
Colombia	2nd	1	1962
Costa Rica	1st	1	-
Czechoslovakia	8th	1	1982
Egypt	2nd	1	1934
England	9th	3	1986
Republic of Ireland	1st	1	-
Italy (h)	12th	8	1986
Korea Republic	3rd	2	1986
Netherlands	5th	1	1978
Romania	5th	1	1970
Scotland	7th	5	1986
Spain	8th	4	1986
Sweden	8th	1	1978
United Arab Emirates	1st	1	-
United States	4th	1	1950
Uruguay	9th	2	1986
USSR	7th	3	1986
West Germany	12th(1)	10	1986
Yugoslavia	8th	1	1982

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(c) - qualified automatically as defending champions

External links

• FIFA World Cup Official Site - 1990 World Cup Qualification
• RSSSF - 1990 World Cup Qualification