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.

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Group 4 consisted of 6 of the 39 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Belgium, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Faroe Islands, Romania, and Wales. However, on 1 January 1993 Czechoslovakia was split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; the two nations continued to play as a single team and, under the title Representation of Czechs and Slovaks (RCS), completed the qualifiers.

Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 107122912+1715
 Belgium 10712165+1115
 Czechoslovakia 10451219+1213
 Wales 105231912+712
 Cyprus 10217818−105
 Faroe Islands 100010138−370

Results
Belgium 1–0 Cyprus
Wilmots  24' Report
Attendance: 15,314
Romania 7–0 Faroe Islands
Balint  4', 40', 78'
Hagi  14'
Lǎcǎtuş  28' (pen.)
Lupescu  44'
Pană  55'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Romania 5–1 Wales
Hagi  5', 35'
Lupescu  7', 24'
Balint  31'		 Report Rush  50'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
Faroe Islands 0–3 Belgium
Report Albert  30'
Wilmots  65', 71'
Attendance: 5,156
Faroe Islands 0–2 Cyprus
Report Sotiriou  30'
Papavasiliou  58'
Attendance: 4,129
Czechoslovakia 1–2 Belgium
Kadlec  77' Report Chovanec  45' (o.g.)
Czerniatynski  83'
Attendance: 10,500
Wales 6–0 Faroe Islands
Rush  5', 64', 89'
Saunders  28'
Bowen  37'
Blackmore  71'		 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jorge Coroado (Portugal)
Czechoslovakia 4–0 Faroe Islands
Nemeček  23'
Kuka  84', 86'
Dubovsky  90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 16,278
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Belgium 1–0 Romania
Smidts  27' Report
Attendance: 21,000
Cyprus 0–1 Wales
Report Hughes  51'
Attendance: 12,000
Romania 1–1 Czechoslovakia
Dumitrescu  49' Report Nemeček  82' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Joe Worrall (England)
Belgium 2–0 Wales
Staelens  53'
Degryse  58'		 Report
Attendance: 21,000
Cyprus 1–4 Romania
Pittas  39' (pen.) Report Popescu  4'
Răducioiu  36'
Hagi  73'
Hanganu  86'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Cyprus 0–3 Belgium
Report Scifo  2', 5'
Albert  87'
Attendance: 3,000
Cyprus 1–1 RCS
Sotiriou  47' Report Moravčik  33'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: José Mendes Pratás (Portugal)
Wales 2–0 Belgium
Giggs  18'
Rush  39'		 Report
Attendance: 27,002
Romania 2–1 Cyprus
Dumitrescu  33', 55' Report Sotiriou  23'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Alfred Wieser (Austria)
Cyprus 3–1 Faroe Islands
Xiourouppas  7'
Sotiriou  43'
Ioannou  75'		 Report Arge  82'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Haim Lipkovich (Israel)
RCS 1–1 Wales
Látal  41' Report Hughes  31'
Attendance: 7,000
Belgium 3–0 Faroe Islands
Wilmots  33', 76'
Scifo  50' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 20,641
Referee: Brendan Shorte (Republic of Ireland)
RCS 5–2 Romania
Vrabec  13'
Látal  37'
Dubovský  58', 84', 90'		 Report Răducioiu  26', 55'
Attendance: 15,000
Faroe Islands 0–3 Wales
Report Saunders  22'
Young  31'
Rush  69'
Attendance: 4,209
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Faroe Islands 0–3 RCS
Report Hašek  3'
Poštulka  38', 44'
Attendance: 1,000
Wales 2–2 RCS
Giggs  21'
Rush  35'		 Report Kuka  16'
Dubovský  67'
Attendance: 37,558
Faroe Islands 0–4 Romania
Report Răducioiu  23', 58', 60', 76'
Attendance: 2,724
Romania 2–1 Belgium
Răducioiu  67' (pen.)
Dumitrescu  85'		 Report Scifo  88' (pen.)
Attendance: 38,000
Wales 2–0 Cyprus
Saunders  70'
Rush  86'		 Report
Attendance: 30,825
Referee: Philip Don (England)
RCS 3–0 Cyprus
Dubovský  11'
Hapal  23'
Skuhravý  77'		 Report
Attendance: 16,602
Referee: Lube Spasov (Bulgaria)
Wales 1–2 Romania
Saunders  61' Report Hagi  32'
Răducioiu  83'
Attendance: 40,000
Belgium 0–0 RCS
Report
Attendance: 21,000

Goalscorers
9 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes
  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.
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