During the final match of the final qualification round for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Japan and Iraq played to a 2–2 draw in Doha, Qatar. If Japan had won the match, they would have qualified for the World Cup for the first time. Instead, Japan finished third in the AFC qualification and arch-rival South Korea qualified instead. The Japanese media refers to the match as the "Agony of Doha" (), whereas the South Korean media, due to the country's national football team only qualifying as a last minute result of this match, refers to it as the "Miracle of Doha" ().