1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Tournament details
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 →

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

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

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

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	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	Czechs and Slovaks [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	—

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	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		–	–	–	–	–	—

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Qualified teams

The following 13 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup 1
Germany	Defending champions	8 July 1990	12 ( 1934, 1938, 1954 2, 1958 2, 1962 2, 1966 2, 1970 2, 1974 2, 1978 2, 1982 2, 1986 2, 1990 2)
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 ( 1958 3, 1962 3, 1966 3, 1970 3, 1982 3, 1986 3, 1990 3)
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

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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

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