1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

A total of 39 UEFA teams entered qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. However, Liechtenstein withdrew before the draw was made. Moreover, firstly the CIS, then Russia took the spot of Soviet Union after the Soviet Union was dissolved, and Yugoslavia were suspended by FIFA due to United Nations sanctions stemming from the Yugoslav wars. The European zone was allocated 13 places (out of 24) 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 after Yugoslavia were suspended). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would qualify.

Seedings

The draw was made on 8 December 1991.

Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3	Pool 4	Pool 5	Pool 6
Italy  England  Spain  Belgium  Soviet Union  France	Yugoslavia  Czechoslovakia  Netherlands  Scotland  Austria  Republic of Ireland	Romania  Denmark  Poland  Hungary  Portugal  Sweden	Northern Ireland  Bulgaria   Switzerland  Norway  Wales  Greece	Turkey  Iceland  Finland  Albania  Malta  Cyprus	Luxembourg  San Marino  Faroe Islands  Israel  Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 10 7 2 1 22 7 +15 16   Switzerland 10 6 3 1 23 6 +17 15  Portugal 10 6 2 2 18 5 +13 14  Scotland 10 4 3 3 14 13 +1 11  Malta 10 1 1 8 3 23 −20 3  Estonia 10 0 1 9 1 27 −26 1

Estonia  – 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–6 Italy  2–0 – 6–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 Malta  0–0 1–2 – 0–1 0–2 0–2 Portugal  3–0 1–3 4–0 – 5–0 1–0 Scotland  3–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 – 1–1 Switzerland   4–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 –

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Norway 10 7 2 1 25 5 +20 16  Netherlands 10 6 3 1 29 9 +20 15  England 10 5 3 2 26 9 +17 13  Poland 10 3 2 5 10 15 −5 8  Turkey 10 3 1 6 11 19 −8 7  San Marino 10 0 1 9 2 46 −44 1

England  – 2–2 1–1 3–0 6–0 4–0 Netherlands  2–0 – 0–0 2–2 6–0 3–1 Norway  2–0 2–1 – 1–0 10–0 3–1 Poland  1–1 1–3 0–3 – 1–0 1–0 San Marino  1–7 0–7 0–2 0–3 – 0–0 Turkey  0–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 4–1 –

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 12 8 3 1 27 4 +23 19  Republic of Ireland 12 7 4 1 19 6 +13 18  Denmark 12 7 4 1 15 2 +13 18  Northern Ireland 12 5 3 4 14 13 +1 13  Lithuania 12 2 3 7 8 21 −13 7  Latvia 12 0 5 7 4 21 −17 5  Albania 12 1 2 9 6 26 −20 4

Albania  – 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–5 Denmark  4–0 – 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 Latvia  0–0 0–0 – 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 Lithuania  3–1 0–0 1–1 – 0–1 0–1 0–2 Northern Ireland  3–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 – 1–1 0–0 Republic of Ireland  2–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 – 1–3 Spain  3–0 1–0 5–0 5–0 3–1 0–0 –

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Romania 10 7 1 2 29 12 +17 15  Belgium 10 7 1 2 16 5 +11 15  Czechoslovakia 10 4 5 1 21 9 +12 13  Wales 10 5 2 3 19 12 +7 12  Cyprus 10 2 1 7 8 18 −10 5  Faroe Islands 10 0 0 10 1 38 −37 0

Belgium  – 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 Cyprus  0–3 – 1–1 3–1 1–4 0–1 Czechoslovakia  1–2 3–0 – 4–0 5–2 1–1 Faroe Islands  0–3 0–2 0–3 – 0–4 0–3 Romania  2–1 2–1 1–1 7–0 – 5–1 Wales  2–0 2–0 2–2 6–0 1–2 –

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Greece 8 6 2 0 10 2 +8 14  Russia 8 5 2 1 15 4 +11 12  Iceland 8 3 2 3 7 6 +1 8  Hungary 8 2 1 5 6 11 −5 5  Luxembourg 8 0 1 7 2 17 −15 1  Yugoslavia Suspended by FIFA[1]

Greece  – 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 Hungary  0–1 – 1–2 1–0 1–3 Iceland  0–1 2–0 – 1–0 1–1 Luxembourg  1–3 0–3 1–1 – 0–4 Russia  1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 –

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Sweden 10 6 3 1 19 8 +11 15  Bulgaria 10 6 2 2 19 10 +9 14  France 10 6 1 3 17 10 +7 13  Austria 10 3 2 5 15 16 −1 8  Finland 10 2 1 7 9 18 −9 5  Israel 10 1 3 6 10 27 −17 5

Austria  – 3–1 3–0 0–1 5–2 1–1 Bulgaria  4–1 – 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 Finland  3–1 0–3 – 0–2 0–0 0–1 France  2–0 1–2 2–1 – 2–3 2–1 Israel  1–1 0–2 1–3 0–4 – 1–3 Sweden  1–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 5–0 –

See also

• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Notes

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

References

1. "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 13 December 2011.

External links

• 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