and, for the second time in a row, Iceland. Wales' qualifying campaign got off to a bad start, suffering consecutive away defeats to Iceland (1–0) and Spain (3–0), but they recovered with a 2–1 home win over Iceland, then a 1–0 win over Scotland at Hampden Park, followed by a surprise 3–0 win at home to Spain that featured two goals from Ian Rush and a memorable goal by Mark Hughes. That left Wales needing a win at home to Scotland in September 1985 to secure qualification; any other result would see them eliminated unless Spain failed to better Wales' result in their match against Iceland two weeks later. Hughes opened the scoring for Wales, but a penalty for Scotland, scored by Davie Cooper, gave them a 1–1 draw. Spain's 2–1 victory over Iceland meant they overtook both Wales and Scotland to qualify for the World Cup; Scotland and Wales finished level on points, but with Scotland having the advantage on goal difference. Italy 1990 The 1990 FIFA World Cup saw 32 UEFA nations (excluding host nation Italy) compete in qualifying for 13 places at the finals. The teams were placed in five seeding pots before being drawn into seven groups (four of five teams, three of four). The winners of each group plus the runners-up from the five-team groups and the two best runners-up from the four-team groups would qualify for the finals. Wales were seeded in pot C and drawn into Group 4 with West Germany, the Netherlands and Finland. Wales managed just two points in qualifying; after a 1–0 defeat away to the Netherlands in their opening game, they drew 2–2 with Finland and then 0–0 with West Germany, both at home. They then lost all three of the return matches, going down 1–0 away to Finland, 2–1 at home to the Netherlands and 2–1 away to West Germany on the final day. That loss to Finland meant Wales finished bottom of the group. United States 1994 A record 37 teams from the UEFA zone participated in qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Divided into six seeding pots, the teams were then drawn into six groups (five of six teams, one of seven), although the FR Yugoslavia team was suspended following the draw due to the Yugoslav Wars, leaving Group 5 with only five teams. The top two teams from each group would qualify for the