1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4
The qualification matches for Group 4 of the European zone (UEFA) of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament took place between April 1992 and November 1993. The group teams competed on a home-and-away basis for 2 of the 12 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots. The group consisted of Belgium, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Faroe Islands, Romania, and Wales. On 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; the two nations completed the qualifiers as a single team under the name Representation of Czechs and Slovaks.[1]
Standings
| 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: [2]
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).
Results
| Faroe Islands | 0–3 | Belgium |
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| Report | Albert  30'Wilmots 65', 71' |
| Faroe Islands | 0–2 | Cyprus |
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| Report | Sotiriou 30' Papavasiliou 58' |
| Czechoslovakia | 1–2 | Belgium |
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| Kadlec 77' |
Report | Chovanec 45' (o.g.) Czerniatynski 83' |
| Czechoslovakia | 4–0 | Faroe Islands |
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| Nemeček 23' Kuka 84', 86'Dubovsky 90' (pen.) |
Report |
| Romania | 1–1 | Czechoslovakia |
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| Dumitrescu 49' |
Report | Nemeček 82' (pen.) |
| Cyprus | 1–1 | Representation of Czechs and Slovaks |
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| Sotiriou 47' |
Report | Moravčik 33' |
| Romania | 2–1 | Cyprus |
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| Dumitrescu 33', 55' |
Report | Sotiriou 23' |
| Cyprus | 3–1 | Faroe Islands |
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| Xiourouppas 7' Sotiriou 43'Ioannou 75' |
Report | Arge 82' |
| Representation of Czechs and Slovaks | 1–1 | Wales |
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| Látal 41' |
Report | Hughes 31' |
| Belgium | 3–0 | Faroe Islands |
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| Wilmots 33', 76' Scifo 50' (pen.) |
Report |
Attendance: 20,641
Referee: Brendan Shorte (Republic of Ireland)
| Representation of Czechs and Slovaks | 5–2 | Romania |
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| Vrabec 13' Látal 37'Dubovský 58', 84', 90' |
Report | Răducioiu 26', 55' |
| Faroe Islands | 0–3 | Representation of Czechs and Slovaks |
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| Report | Hašek 3' Poštulka 38', 44' |
| Faroe Islands | 0–4 | Romania |
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| Report | Răducioiu 23', 58', 60', 76' |
Goalscorers
- 9 goals
- 8 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Alexandre Czerniatynski- Marc Degryse
- Rudi Smidts
- Lorenzo Staelens
Yiannos Ioannou- Nikos Papavasiliou
- Pambos Pittas
- Panayiotis Xiourouppas
Pavel Hapal- Ivan Hašek
- Miroslav Kadlec
- Ľubomír Moravčík
- Tomáš Skuhravý
- Petr Vrabec
Uni Arge
Ovidiu Hanganu- Marius Lăcătuș
- Constantin Pană
- Gheorghe Popescu
Clayton Blackmore- Mark Bowen
- Eric Young
- 1 own goal
- Jozef Chovanec (against Belgium)
Notes
- ^ Pritchard, Dafydd; Wathan, Chris (17 November 1993). "When Romania broke Welsh hearts". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Jarreta, Sergio Henrique (30 December 2019). "World Cup 1994 Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
External links
- Group 4 Detailed Results at RSSSF