1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

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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.

Standings

Pos	Team	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	Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup	1–0	—	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–0
3	RCS	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	—

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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

22 April 1992

Belgium	1–0	Cyprus
Wilmots 24'	Report

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, BrusselsAttendance: 15,314Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

6 May 1992

Romania	7–0	Faroe Islands
Balint 4', 40', 78' Hagi 14' Lăcătuș 28' (pen.) Lupescu 44' Pană 55'	Report

Stadionul Steaua, BucharestAttendance: 10,000Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)

20 May 1992

Romania	5–1	Wales
Hagi 5', 35' Lupescu 7', 24' Balint 31'	Report	Rush 50'

Stadionul Steaua, BucharestAttendance: 23,000Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)

3 June 1992

Faroe Islands	0–3	Belgium
	Report	Albert 30' Wilmots 65', 71'

Svangaskarð, ToftirAttendance: 5,156Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

16 June 1992

Faroe Islands	0–2	Cyprus
	Report	Sotiriou 30' Papavasiliou 58'

Svangaskarð, ToftirAttendance: 4,129Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

2 September 1992

Czechoslovakia	1–2	Belgium
Kadlec 77'	Report	Chovanec 45' (o.g.) Czerniatynski 83'

Stadion Evžena Rošického, PragueAttendance: 10,500Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland) 9 September 1992

Wales	6–0	Faroe Islands
Rush 5', 64', 89' Saunders 28' Bowen 37' Blackmore 71'	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffAttendance: 7,000Referee: Jorge Coroado (Portugal)

23 September 1992

Czechoslovakia	4–0	Faroe Islands
Nemeček 23' Kuka 84', 86' Dubovsky 90' (pen.)	Report

Všešportový areál, KošiceAttendance: 16,278Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

14 October 1992

Belgium	1–0	Romania
Smidts 27'	Report

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, BrusselsAttendance: 21,000Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) 14 October 1992

Cyprus	0–1	Wales
	Report	Hughes 51'

Makario Stadium, NicosiaAttendance: 12,000Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

14 November 1992

Romania	1–1	Czechoslovakia
Dumitrescu 49'	Report	Nemeček 82' (pen.)

Stadionul Steaua, BucharestAttendance: 28,000Referee: Joe Worrall (England) 18 November 1992

Belgium	2–0	Wales
Staelens 53' Degryse 58'	Report

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, BrusselsAttendance: 21,000Referee: Jan Damgaard (Denmark)

29 November 1992

Cyprus	1–4	Romania
Pittas 39' (pen.)	Report	Popescu 4' Răducioiu 36' Hagi 73' Hanganu 86'

Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, LarnacaAttendance: 3,000Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

13 February 1993

Cyprus	0–3	Belgium
	Report	Scifo 2', 5' Albert 87'

Makario Stadium, NicosiaAttendance: 3,000Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

24 March 1993

Cyprus	1–1	Representation of Czechs and Slovaks
Sotiriou 47'	Report	Moravčik 33'

Tsirion Stadium, LimassolAttendance: 2,000Referee: José Mendes Pratás (Portugal) 31 March 1993

Wales	2–0	Belgium
Giggs 18' Rush 39'	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffAttendance: 27,002Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

14 April 1993

Romania	2–1	Cyprus
Dumitrescu 33', 55'	Report	Sotiriou 23'

Stadionul Steaua, BucharestAttendance: 17,000Referee: Alfred Wieser (Austria)

25 April 1993

Cyprus	3–1	Faroe Islands
Xiourouppas 7' Sotiriou 43' Ioannou 75'	Report	Arge 82'

Tsirion Stadium, LimassolAttendance: 4,000Referee: Haim Lipkovich (Israel) 28 April 1993

Representation of Czechs and Slovaks	1–1	Wales
Látal 41'	Report	Hughes 31'

Bazaly, OstravaAttendance: 7,000Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

22 May 1993

Belgium	3–0	Faroe Islands
Wilmots 33', 76' Scifo 50' (pen.)	Report

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, BrusselsAttendance: 20,641Referee: Brendan Shorte (Republic of Ireland)

2 June 1993

Representation of Czechs and Slovaks	5–2	Romania
Vrabec 13' Látal 37' Dubovský 58', 84', 90'	Report	Răducioiu 26', 55'

Všešportový areál, KošiceAttendance: 15,000Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) 6 June 1993

Faroe Islands	0–3	Wales
	Report	Saunders 22' Young 31' Rush 69'

Svangaskarð, ToftirAttendance: 4,209Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

16 June 1993

Faroe Islands	0–3	Representation of Czechs and Slovaks
	Report	Hašek 3' Poštulka 38', 44'

Svangaskarð, ToftirAttendance: 1,000Referee: Stephen Lodge (England)

8 September 1993

Wales	2–2	Representation of Czechs and Slovaks
Giggs 21' Rush 35'	Report	Kuka 16' Dubovský 67'

Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffAttendance: 37,558Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain) 8 September 1993

Faroe Islands	0–4	Romania
	Report	Răducioiu 23', 58', 60', 76'

Svangaskarð, ToftirAttendance: 2,724Referee: Vadym Shevchenko (Ukraine)

13 October 1993

Romania	2–1	Belgium
Răducioiu 67' (pen.) Dumitrescu 85'	Report	Scifo 88' (pen.)

Stadionul Steaua, BucharestAttendance: 28,000Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary) 13 October 1993

Wales	2–0	Cyprus
Saunders 70' Rush 86'	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffAttendance: 30,825Referee: Philip Don (England)

27 October 1993

Representation of Czechs and Slovaks	3–0	Cyprus
Dubovský 11' Hapal 23' Skuhravý 77'	Report

Všešportový areál, KošiceAttendance: 16,602Referee: Lube Spasov (Bulgaria)

17 November 1993

Wales	1–2	Romania
Saunders 61'	Report	Hagi 32' Răducioiu 83'

Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffAttendance: 40,000Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland) 17 November 1993

Belgium	0–0	Representation of Czechs and Slovaks
	Report

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, BrusselsAttendance: 21,000Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Goalscorers

9 goals

Florin Răducioiu

8 goals

Ian Rush

6 goals

Peter Dubovský

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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

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