| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 25 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) |  Hwang Sun-Hong (7 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Kim Joo-sung[1] |
← 1986 1994 → | |
| AFC Asian Qualifiers |
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The Asian Football Confederation was allocated two assured qualifying berths for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. 26 teams were in the running for these spots; Bahrain, India, Maldives and South Yemen withdrew without playing a qualifying match.
Asia's two automatic qualifying berths were taken by Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates.
- ^ 최우수선수에 金주성. Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 30 October 1989. Retrieved 29 January 2020.