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1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

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The qualification matches for Group 5 of the European zone (UEFA) of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament took place between May 1992 and November 1993. The teams competed on a home-and-away basis with the winner and runner-up claiming 2 of the 12 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The group consisted of Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, Russia and Yugoslavia.[1]

In October 1992, FIFA suspended Yugoslavia as a result of the United Nations sanctions against that country stemming from the Yugoslav wars.[2]

At the time the draw was made on 8 December 1991, Russia was known as the Soviet Union and competed at UEFA Euro 1992 as the Commonwealth of Independent States. Following the USSR's dissolution, Ukraine proposed to arrange a separate tournament for all successors of the Soviet Union. Georgia and Armenia supported the proposal but it was blocked by Russia.[3] The final decision on succession was taken on 1 June 1992 at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Stockholm.[3][2]

Standings edit

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: [citation needed]

Results edit

Greece  1 – 0  Iceland
Sofianopoulos   25' Report
Attendance: 2,874
Hungary  1 – 2  Iceland
K. Kovács   3' Report Orlygsson   51'
Magnússon   73'
Attendance: 11,000
Luxembourg  0 – 3  Hungary
Report Détári   15'
K. Kovács   53', 78'
Attendance: 3,026
Iceland  0 – 1  Greece
Report P. Tsalouchidis   61'
Attendance: 4,973
Referee: Howard King (Wales)
Russia  1 – 0  Iceland
Yuran   65' Report
Attendance: 18,000
Russia  2 – 0  Luxembourg
Yuran   5'
Radchenko   24'		 Report
Attendance: 1,750
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)
Greece  0 – 0  Hungary
Report
Attendance: 35,367
Referee: Philip Don (England)
Greece  2 – 0  Luxembourg
Dimitriadis   30' (pen.)
Mitropoulos   65'		 Report
Attendance: 36,256
Hungary  0 – 1  Greece
Report Apostolakis   70' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Luxembourg  0 – 4  Russia
Report Kiriakov   11', 46'
Shalimov   58'
Kulkov   90'
Attendance: 3,180
Russia  3 – 0  Hungary
Kanchelskis   55'
Kolyvanov   60'
Yuran   85'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Luxembourg  1 – 1  Iceland
Birgisson   70' (o.g.) Report Gudjohnsen   40'
Attendance: 1,965
Russia  1 – 1  Greece
Dobrovolski   70' (pen.) Report Mitropoulos   45'
Attendance: 35,000
Iceland  1 – 1  Russia
Sverrisson   25' Report Kiriakov   38'
Attendance: 3,308
Iceland  2 – 0  Hungary
Sverrisson   13'
Gudjohnsen   77'		 Report
Attendance: 2,755
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
Hungary  1 – 3  Russia
Klausz   20' Report Piatnitski   14'
Kiriakov   53'
Borodiuk   89'
Attendance: 6,000
Iceland  1 – 0  Luxembourg
Ingólfsson   61' Report
Attendance: 3,969
Luxembourg  1 – 3  Greece
Fanelli   82' Report Machlas   31'
Apostolakis   63'
Saravakos   71'
Attendance: 2,538
Hungary  1 – 0  Luxembourg
Détári   20' Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)
Greece  1 – 0  Russia
Machlas   69' Report
Attendance: 40,151[5]

Goalscorers edit

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes edit

  1. ^ Only 37 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions and Liechtenstein withdrew before the draw was made Additionally, Yugoslavia was suspended by FIFA due to UN sanctions stemming from the Yugoslav wars.
  2. ^ a b Yugoslavia barred from European Championships. UPI. 31 May 1992
  3. ^ a b We hacked window to America (Прорубили окно в Америку). Komanda newspaper (by Fanat)
  4. ^ "Magyarország - Izland 1 : 2, 1992.06.03. (képek, adatok) • Világbajnokság 1994, selejtező • Magyarfutball.hu". www.magyarfutball.hu.
  5. ^ "Greece vs Russia, 17 November 1993, World Cup qualification". eu-football.info.

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