The teams competed on a home-and-away basis with the winner and runner-up claiming 2 of the 12 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone.
[1] In October 1992, FIFA suspended Yugoslavia as a result of the United Nations sanctions against that country stemming from the Yugoslav wars.
[2][3] At the time the draw was made on 8 December 1991, Russia was known as the Soviet Union and competed at UEFA Euro 1992 as the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Following the USSR's dissolution, Ukraine proposed to arrange a separate tournament for all successors of the Soviet Union.
[4] The final decision on succession was taken on 1 June 1992 at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Stockholm.