A total of 39 UEFA teams entered qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. However, Liechtenstein withdrew before the draw was made. The CIS, then Russia took the Soviet Union's spot after the Soviet Union dissolved while FIFA suspended Yugoslavia due to United Nations sanctions stemming from 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.
| Tournament details | |
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| 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 → | |
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
editThe draw was made on 8 December 1991.[1]
Summary
edit 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 |
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 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
editGroup 1
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Italy
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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
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10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | +17 | 15 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Portugal
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10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 14 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Scotland
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10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 11 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Malta
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10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 6 | Estonia
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 27 | −26 | 1 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
Source: [2]
Group 2
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Norway
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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
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10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 15 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 6–0 | ||
| 3 | England
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10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 9 | +17 | 13 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 4 | Poland
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10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 8 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Turkey
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10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 7 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | ||
| 6 | San Marino
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 46 | −44 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–7 | 1–7 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — |
Source: [2]
Group 3
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Spain
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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
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12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 18 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Denmark
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12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 18 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Northern Ireland
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12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 13 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 5 | Lithuania
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12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 7 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 6 | Latvia
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12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 7 | Albania
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12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 4 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |
Source: [2]
Group 4
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Romania
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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
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10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 15 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | RCS[a]
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10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 13 | 5–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Wales
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 12 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 5 | Cyprus
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10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 5 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 6 | Faroe Islands
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10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 38 | −37 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — |
Source: [3]
Notes:
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 (RCS).
Group 5
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Greece
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8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 14 | Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | – | |
| 2 | Russia
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 12 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | – | ||
| 3 | Iceland
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | – | ||
| 4 | Hungary
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | – | ||
| 5 | Luxembourg
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8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | – | ||
| 6 | FR Yugoslavia
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Suspended due to UN Sanctions | – | – | – | – | – | — |
Source: [2]
Group 6
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Sweden
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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
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10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 14 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 3 | France
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10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 13 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | ||
| 4 | Austria
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10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 8 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 5–2 | ||
| 5 | Finland
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10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 5 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 6 | Israel
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10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |
Source: [2]
Qualified teams
editThe following 13 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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 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
edit- 9 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Lyuboslav Penev
Pavel Kuka
Kim Vilfort
Les Ferdinand
Laurent Blanc
Kálmán Kovács
Steve Staunton
Ronen Harazi
Dino Baggio- Roberto Mancini
- Giuseppe Signori
Ainārs Linards
John Bosman- Ronald de Boer
Kevin Wilson
Jostein Flo- Gunnar Halle
- Gøran Sørloth
Marek Leśniak
Jorge Cadete
Ioan Lupescu
Sergei Yuran
Ally McCoist- Pat Nevin
Txiki Begiristain- Fernando Hierro
Tomas Brolin
Christophe Ohrel
Feyyaz Uçar- Hakan Şükür
- 2 goals
Sokol Kushta
Dietmar Kühbauer- Heimo Pfeifenberger
- Anton Polster
Philippe Albert- Krasimir Balakov
- Nasko Sirakov
- Radoslav Látal
- Václav Němeček
- Marek Poštulka
- Brian Laudrup
- Paul Ince
- Stuart Pearce
Ari Hjelm- Aki Hyryläinen
- Franck Sauzée
Stratos Apostolakis- Nikos Machlas
- Tasos Mitropoulos
- Lajos Détári
Arnór Guðjohnsen- Eyjólfur Sverrisson
- Paul McGrath
- Niall Quinn
- Ronny Rosenthal
- Itzik Zohar
- Pierluigi Casiraghi
- Stefano Eranio
Robertas Fridrikas- John de Wolf
- Wim Jonk
- Ronald Koeman
- Rob Witschge
- Jim Magilton
- Jimmy Quinn
- Gerry Taggart
- Lars Bohinen
- Jan Åge Fjørtoft
- Mini Jakobsen
- Roger Nilsen
- Wojciech Kowalczyk
- Rui Águas
- Rui Barros
- Rui Costa
- Paulo Futre
- João Domingos Pinto
- John Collins
- Kevin Gallacher
- José Mari Bakero
- José Luis Caminero
- Julen Guerrero
- Míchel
- Klas Ingesson
- Ciriaco Sforza
- Ertuğrul Sağlam
Ryan Giggs- Mark Hughes
- 1 goal
- Edmond Abazi
- Sulejman Demollari
- Ilir Kepa
- Altin Rraklli
- Andreas Ogris
- Hannes Reinmayr
- Peter Stöger
- Michael Zisser
- Alexandre Czerniatynski
- Marc Degryse
- Rudi Smidts
- Lorenzo Staelens
- Trifon Ivanov
- Yordan Letchkov
- Zlatko Yankov
Yiannos Ioannou- Nikos Papavasiliou
- Pambos Pittas
- Panayiotis Xiourouppas
- Pavel Hapal
- Ivan Hašek
- Miroslav Kadlec
- Ľubomír Moravčík
- Tomáš Skuhravý
- Petr Vrabec
- John Jensen
- Henrik Larsen
- Peter Møller
- Lars Olsen
- Flemming Povlsen
- Mark Strudal
- John Barnes
- Carlton Palmer
- Alan Shearer
Sergei Bragin
Uni Arge- Petri Järvinen
- Jari Litmanen
- Mika-Matti Paatelainen
- Marko Rajamäki
- Kim Suominen
- David Ginola
- Alain Roche
- Vasilis Dimitriadis
- Dimitris Saravakos
- Panagiotis Sofianopoulos
- Panagiotis Tsalouchidis
- László Klausz
- Haraldur Ingólfsson
- Hörður Magnússon
- Þorvaldur Örlygsson
- Tony Cascarino
- Alan Kernaghan
- Alan McLoughlin
- Kevin Sheedy
- John Sheridan
- Andy Townsend
- Reuven Atar
- Tal Banin
- Eyal Berkovic
- Roberto Donadoni
- Paolo Maldini
- Gianluca Vialli
- Pietro Vierchowod
- Oļegs Aleksejenko
- Virginijus Baltušnikas
- Stasys Baranauskas
- Arminas Narbekovas
- Eimantas Poderis
- Viačeslavas Sukristovas
- Andrėjus Tereškinas
Stefano Fanelli
Carmel Busuttil- Martin Gregory
- Kristian Laferla
- Ruud Gullit
- Marc Overmars
- John van den Brom
- Colin Clarke
- Mal Donaghy
- Iain Dowie
- Phil Gray
- Alan McDonald
- Ronny Johnsen
- Oyvind Leonhardsen
- Erik Mykland
- Dariusz Adamczuk
- Marek Koźmiński
- Jan Furtok
- Tomasz Wałdoch
- Krzysztof Warzycha
- Fernando Couto
- Oceano da Cruz
- António Folha
- António Nogueira
- José Orlando Semedo
- Ovidiu Hanganu
- Marius Lăcătuș
- Constantin Pană
- Gheorghe Popescu
- Aleksandr Borodiuk
- Igor Dobrovolski
- Andrei Kanchelskis
- Igor Kolyvanov
- Vasili Kulkov
- Andrei Piatnitski
- Dmitri Radchenko
- Igor Shalimov
Davide Gualtieri- Nicola Bacciocchi
- Scott Booth
- Colin Hendry
- Brian McClair
- Billy McKinlay
- Adolfo Aldana
- Thomas Christiansen
- Pep Guardiola
- Cristóbal Parralo
- Alfonso Pérez
- Toni
- Jan Eriksson
- Stefan Landberg
- Henrik Larsson
- Anders Limpar
- Håkan Mild
- Stefan Pettersson
- Pär Zetterberg
- Thomas Bickel
- Marc Hottiger
- Kubilay Türkyilmaz
- Bülent Korkmaz
- Hami Mandıralı
- Orhan Çıkırıkçı
- Clayton Blackmore
- Mark Bowen
- Eric Young
- 1 own goal
- Jozef Chovanec (playing against Belgium)
- Hlynur Birgisson (playing against Luxembourg)
- Nicola Bacciocchi (playing against the Netherlands)
See also
editNotes
edit- To date, this was the last time that England and France failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup.
References
edit- ^ New York Times, 8 December 1991, Nations Lining Up for the Big Drawing
- ^ a b c d e Stokkermans, Karel; Henrique Jarreta, Sergio (30 December 2019). "World Cup 1994 Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Jarreta, Sergio Henrique (30 December 2019). "World Cup 1994 Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
External links
edit- 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