1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 facts for kids
The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 was an exciting series of football matches. Teams played to earn a spot in the main 1990 FIFA World Cup tournament. Only the top teams from each group got to go. In this group, Czechoslovakia and Belgium were the two teams that successfully qualified. They earned their places in the big World Cup event.
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How Teams Reach the World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is a huge international football tournament. Many countries want to send their national teams to compete. Because so many teams want to play, they must first go through a "qualification" stage. This stage helps decide which teams are good enough to join the main event.
Teams are put into different groups. They play matches against the other teams in their group. Points are given for winning or drawing a game. The teams with the most points at the end of the qualification games get to move on.
Teams in Group 7
Group 7 of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification included five national football teams. These teams played against each other twice. Once they played at home and once away. The teams in this group were:
Each team played a total of eight matches. They tried to win as many games as possible to earn points. A win gave two points, a draw gave one point, and a loss gave zero points.
Final Standings and Qualifiers
After all the matches were played, the teams were ranked by their points. The table below shows how each team performed. The top two teams, Belgium and Czechoslovakia, earned their spots in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belgium |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 12 |
 Czechoslovakia |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 |
 Portugal |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 |
 Switzerland |
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | –4 | 5 |
 Luxembourg |
8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 22 | –19 | 1 |
- Pld means Played: The total number of games played by the team.
- W means Won: The number of games the team won.
- D means Drawn: The number of games that ended in a tie.
- L means Lost: The number of games the team lost.
- GF means Goals For: The total number of goals the team scored.
- GA means Goals Against: The total number of goals scored against the team.
- GD means Goal Difference: The difference between goals scored and goals against (GF - GA).
- Pts means Points: The total points earned by the team.
Top Goal Scorers of Group 7
Some players scored many goals during these qualification matches. Scoring goals is very important for a team to win games. Here are the players who scored the most goals in Group 7:
7 goals
5 goals
- Kubilay Türkyilmaz
4 goals
- Michal Bílek
- Tomáš Skuhravý
- Rui Águas
