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The Swedish international Mikael Appelgren secured the leading position in the 1990 World Ranking after winning the European Championships. In the final, Appelgren got a win against the experienced Polish star Andrzej Grubba. The Chinese international Wang Tao won the Asian Championships and finished year in the third position in the ranking.
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| # | Player/ Competition | EC | AC | WCU | E12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1 |  Mikael Appelgren |  | x | 4th | | x | x | x | x |  | x | x | x | x |
| 2 |  Andrzej Grubba | | x | 1/4 |  | x | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 3 |  Wang Tao | x | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 4 | Ma Wenge | x | | | x | x | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 5 |  Jörg Roßkopf | | x | x | 5th | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | x |
| 6 | Jean-Philippe Gatien | | x | GS | x | x | | x | | x | x | x | | x |
| 7 | Xie Chaojie | x | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 8 |  Kim Taek-soo | x | | 5th | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 9 | Jan-Ove Waldner | 1/4 | x | | | x | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 10 |  Paul Haldan | 1/4 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | x | x |
| 11 | Alan Cooke | 1/4 | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 12 |  Wang Yansheng | 1/4 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| 13 |  Kim Song-hui | x | x | GS | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 14 | Kim Guk-chol | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 15 | Yu Shentong | x | x | x | x | | x | | x | x | x | x | | x |
| 16 | Göran Wrana | R16 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 17 | Dmitry Mazunov | R16 | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| 18 | Zoran Primorac | R16 | x | x | 7th | x | x | | | x | x | x | x | x |
| 19 | Andrei Mazunov | R16 | x | x | GS | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 20 | Ilija Lupulesku | R16 | x | x | GS | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | x |
| 21 | Georg Böhm | R16 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 22 | Peter Franz | R16 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 23 |  Ding Yi | R16 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 24 | Lu Lin | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 25 |  Jean-Michel Saive | R32 | x | 1/4 | GS | x | x | x | x | x | | | x | |
| 26 | Zoran Kalinic | R32 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 27 | Dietmar Palmi | R32 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 28 | Skylet Andrew | R32 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 29 |  Petr Javurek | R32 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 30 | Vasile Florea | R32 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
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