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1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Dates22 April 1992 – 17 November 1993
Teams36 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played182
Goals scored500 (2.75 per match)
Attendance3,661,334 (20,117 per match)
Top scorer(s)Romania Florin Răducioiu
(9 goals)
← 1990
1998 →

UEFA European Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship

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.

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

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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

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  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

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Group 1

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Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
Pos Team
 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 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: [2]

Group 2

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Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
Pos Team
 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 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: [2]

Group 3

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Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3
Pos Team
 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 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: [2]

Group 4

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Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4
Pos Team
 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 1–0 — 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
3  RCS[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: [3]
Notes:
  1. ^ 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

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Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5
Pos Team
 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 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: [2]

Group 6

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Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
Pos Team
 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 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: [2]

Qualified teams

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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

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9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ New York Times, 8 December 1991, Nations Lining Up for the Big Drawing
  2. ^ a b c d e Stokkermans, Karel; Henrique Jarreta, Sergio (30 December 2019). "World Cup 1994 Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Jarreta, Sergio Henrique (30 December 2019). "World Cup 1994 Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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