Qualified Teams
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup:
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance in finals |
Consecutive Streak |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | *Champions !Champions | 10 !10th | 051986 !5 | 02 !Winners (1978, 1986) |
| Austria | UEFA 2 !UEFA Group 3 Runners-up | 06 !6th | 011982 !1 | 06 !Third place (1954) |
| Belgium | UEFA 1 !UEFA Group 7 Winners | 08 !8th | 031986 !3 | 08 !Fourth place (1986) |
| Brazil | CONMEBOL 1 !CONMEBOL Group Winners | 14 !14th | 141986 !14 | 01 !Winners (1958, 1962, 1970) |
| Cameroon | CAF !CAF Final Round Winners | 02 !2nd | 011982 !1 | 12 !Group Stage (1982) |
| Colombia | CONMEBOL 3 !CONMEBOL v OFC Play-off Winners | 02 !2nd | 011962 !1 | 12 !Group Stage (1962) |
| Costa Rica | CONCACAF 1 !CONCACAF Championship Winners | 01 !1st | 01 !1 | – |
| Czechoslovakia | UEFA !UEFA Group 7 Runners-up | 08 !8th | 011982 !1 | 04 !Runners-up (1934, 1962) |
| Egypt | CAF !CAF Final Round Winners | 02 !2nd | 011934 !1 | 13 !First Round (1934) |
| England | UEFA 2 !UEFA Group 2 Runners-up | 09 !9th | 031986 !3 | 03 !Winners (1966) |
| Italy | *Host !Hosts | 12 !12th | 081986 !8 | 01 !Winners (1934, 1938, 1982) |
| South Korea | AFC 1 !AFC Final Round Winners | 03 !3rd | 021986 !2 | 11 !Group Stage (1954, 1986) |
| Netherlands | UEFA 1 !UEFA Group 4 Winners | 05 !5th | 011978 !1 | 04 !Runners-up (1974, 1978) |
| Republic of Ireland | UEFA 2 !UEFA Group 6 Runners-up | 01 !1st | 01 !1 | – |
| Romania | UEFA 1 !UEFA Group 1 Winners | 05 !5th | 011970 !1 | 10 !Group Stage (1930, 1934, 1938, 1970) |
| Scotland | UEFA 2 !UEFA Group 5 Runners-up | 07 !7th | 051986 !5 | 09 !Group Stage (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986) |
| Spain | UEFA 1 !UEFA Group 6 Winners | 08 !8th | 041986 !4 | 08 !Fourth place (1950) |
| Sweden | UEFA 1 !UEFA Group 2 Winners | 08 !8th | 011978 !1 | 05 !Runners-up (1958) |
| United Arab Emirates | AFC 2 !AFC Final Round Runners-up | 01 !1st | 01 !1 | – |
| United States | CONCACAF 2 !CONCACAF Championship Runners-up | 04 !4th | 011950 !1 | 06 !Third place (1930) |
| Uruguay | CONMEBOL 2 !CONMEBOL Group Winners | 09 !9th | 021986 !2 | 02 !Winners (1930, 1950) |
| Soviet Union | UEFA 1 !UEFA Group 3 Winners | 07 !7th | 031986 !3 | 08 !Fourth place (1966) |
| Yugoslavia | UEFA 1 !UEFA Group 5 Winners | 08 !8th | 011982 !1 | 07 !Fourth place (1930, 1962) |
| West Germany | UEFA 2 !UEFA Group 4 Runners-up | 12 !12th | 101986 !10 | 02 !Winners (1954, 1974) |
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