World Cup 1998 Qualifying (original) (raw)

Qualified as hosts: France Qualified as holders: Brazil

Europe

Group winners and best number 2 (in "1-3-4-comparison") qualify; the other 8 runners-up will play knock-out matches for the four remaining place.

Europe Group 1 [Denmark] 24.04.96 Athinai Greece 2-0 Slovenia 1.DENMARK 8 5 2 1 14- 6 17 01.09.96 Kalamata Greece 3-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2.Croatia 8 4 3 1 17-12 15 01.09.96 Ljubljana Slovenia 0-2 Denmark 3.Greece 8 4 2 2 11- 4 14 08.10.96 Bologna Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-4 Croatia 4.Bosnia-Herzegovina 8 3 0 5 9-14 9 09.10.96 København Denmark 2-1 Greece 5.Slovenia 8 0 1 7 5-20 1 10.11.96 Ljubljana Slovenia 1-2 Bosnia-Herzegovina 10.11.96 Zagreb Croatia 1-1 Greece 29.03.97 Split Croatia 1-1 Denmark 02.04.97 Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina 0-1 Greece 02.04.97 Split Croatia 3-3 Slovenia 30.04.97 København Denmark 4-0 Slovenia 30.04.97 Thessaloniki Greece 0-1 Croatia 08.06.97 København Denmark 2-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina 20.08.97 Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-0 Denmark 06.09.97 Zagreb Croatia 3-2 Bosnia-Herzegovina 06.09.97 Ljubljana Slovenia 0-3 Greece 10.09.97 København Denmark 3-1 Croatia 10.09.97 Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 Slovenia 11.10.97 Ljubljana Slovenia 1-3 Croatia 11.10.97 Athinai Greece 0-0 Denmark

Europe Group 2 [England] 01.09.96 Chisinau Moldova 0-3 England 1.ENGLAND 8 6 1 1 15- 2 19
05.10.96 Chisinau Moldova 1-3 Italy 2.Italy 8 5 3 0 11- 1 18 09.10.96 London England 2-1 Poland 3.Poland 8 3 1 4 10-12 10 09.10.96 Perugia Italy 1-0 Georgia 4.Georgia 8 3 1 4 7- 9 10 09.11.96 Tbilisi Georgia 0-2 England 5.Moldova 8 0 0 8 2-21 0 10.11.96 Katowice Poland 2-1 Moldova 12.02.97 London England 0-1 Italy 29.03.97 Trieste Italy 3-0 Moldova 02.04.97 Chorzów Poland 0-0 Italy 30.04.97 Napoli Italy 3-0 Poland 30.04.97 London England 2-0 Georgia 31.05.97 Chorzów Poland 0-2 England 07.06.97 Batumi Georgia 2-0 Moldova 14.06.97 Chorzów Poland 4-1 Georgia 10.09.97 London England 4-0 Moldova 10.09.97 Tbilisi Georgia 0-0 Italy 24.09.97 Chisinau Moldova 0-1 Georgia 07.10.97 Chisinau Moldova 0-3 Poland 11.10.97 Tbilisi Georgia 3-0 Poland 11.10.97 Roma Italy 0-0 England

Europe Group 3 [Norway] 02.06.96 Oslo Norway 5-0 Azerbaijan 1.NORWAY 8 6 2 0 21- 2 20 31.08.96 Baku Azerbaijan 1-0 Switzerland 2.Hungary 8 3 3 2 10- 8 12 01.09.96 Budapest Hungary 1-0 Finland 3.Finland 8 3 2 3 11-12 11 06.10.96 Helsinki Finland 2-3 Switzerland 4.Switzerland 8 3 1 4 11-12 10 09.10.96 Oslo Norway 3-0 Hungary 5.Azerbaijan 8 1 0 7 3-22 3 10.11.96 Bern Switzerland 0-1 Norway 10.11.96 Baku Azerbaijan 0-3 Hungary 02.04.97 Baku Azerbaijan 1-2 Finland 30.04.97 Oslo Norway 1-1 Finland 30.04.97 Zürich Switzerland 1-0 Hungary 08.06.97 Helsinki Finland 3-0 Azerbaijan 08.06.97 Budapest Hungary 1-1 Norway 20.08.97 Helsinki Finland 0-4 Norway 20.08.97 Budapest Hungary 1-1 Switzerland 06.09.97 Baku Azerbaijan 0-1 Norway 06.09.97 Lausanne Switzerland 1-2 Finland 10.09.97 Oslo Norway 5-0 Switzerland 10.09.97 Budapest Hungary 3-1 Azerbaijan 11.10.97 Helsinki Finland 1-1 Hungary 11.10.97 Zürich Switzerland 5-0 Azerbaijan

Europe Group 4 [Austria] 01.06.96 Stockholm Sweden 5-1 Belarus 1.AUSTRIA 10 8 1 1 17- 4 25 31.08.96 Minsk Belarus 1-0 Estonia 2.Scotland 10 7 2 1 15- 3 23 31.08.96 Wien Austria 0-0 Scotland 3.Sweden 10 7 0 3 16- 9 21 01.09.96 Riga Latvia 1-2 Sweden 4.Latvia 10 3 1 6 10-14 10 05.10.96 Tallinn Estonia 1-0 Belarus 5.Estonia 10 1 1 8 4-16 4 05.10.96 Riga Latvia 0-2 Scotland 6.Belarus 10 1 1 8 5-21 4 09.10.96 Stockholm Sweden 0-1 Austria
09.10.96 Minsk Belarus 1-1 Latvia
09.11.96 Wien Austria 2-1 Latvia
10.11.96 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 Sweden
11.02.97 Monaco Estonia 0-0 Scotland
29.03.97 Kilmarnock Scotland 2-0 Estonia
02.04.97 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Austria
30.04.97 Riga Latvia 2-0 Belarus
30.04.97 Göteborg Sweden 2-1 Scotland
30.04.97 Wien Austria 2-0 Estonia
18.05.97 Kadriorg Estonia 1-3 Latvia
08.06.97 Minsk Belarus 0-1 Scotland
08.06.97 Riga Latvia 1-3 Austria
08.06.97 Tallinn Estonia 2-3 Sweden
20.08.97 Tallinn Estonia 0-3 Austria
20.08.97 Minsk Belarus 1-2 Sweden
06.09.97 Riga Latvia 1-0 Estonia
06.09.97 Wien Austria 1-0 Sweden
07.09.97 Aberdeen Scotland 4-1 Belarus
10.09.97 Minsk Belarus 0-1 Austria
10.09.97 Solna Sweden 1-0 Latvia
11.10.97 Wien Austria 4-0 Belarus
11.10.97 Solna Sweden 1-0 Estonia
11.10.97 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Latvia

Europe Group 5 [Bulgaria] 01.09.96 Ramat Gan Israel 2-1 Bulgaria 1.BULGARIA 8 6 0 2 18- 9 18 01.09.96 Moskva Russia 4-0 Cyprus 2.Russia 8 5 2 1 19- 5 17 08.10.96 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-2 Bulgaria 3.Israel 8 4 1 3 9- 7 13 09.10.96 Ramat Gan Israel 1-1 Russia 4.Cyprus 8 3 1 4 10-15 10 10.11.96 Limassol Cyprus 2-0 Israel 5.Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2-22 0 10.11.96 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-4 Russia 14.12.96 Limassol Cyprus 1-3 Bulgaria 15.12.96 Ramat Gan Israel 1-0 Luxembourg 29.03.97 Paralimni Cyprus 1-1 Russia 31.03.97 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-3 Israel 02.04.97 Sofia Bulgaria 4-1 Cyprus 30.04.97 Ramat Gan Israel 2-0 Cyprus 30.04.97 Moskva Russia 3-0 Luxembourg 08.06.97 Moskva Russia 2-0 Israel 08.06.97 Burgas Bulgaria 4-0 Luxembourg 20.08.97 Sofia Bulgaria 1-0 Israel 07.09.97 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-3 Cyprus 10.09.97 Sofia Bulgaria 1-0 Russia 11.10.97 Limassol Cyprus 2-0 Luxembourg 11.10.97 Moskva Russia 4-2 Bulgaria

Europe Group 6 [Spain] 24.04.96 Beograd Yugoslavia 3-1 Faroe Islands 1.SPAIN 10 8 2 0 26- 6 26 02.06.96 Beograd Yugoslavia 6-0 Malta 2.Yugoslavia 10 7 2 1 29- 7 23 31.08.96 Toftir Faroe Islands 1-2 Slovakia 3.Czech Republic 10 5 1 4 16- 6 16 04.09.96 Toftir Faroe Islands 2-6 Spain 4.Slovakia 10 5 1 4 18-14 16 18.09.96 Teplice Czech Republic 6-0 Malta 5.Faroe Islands 10 2 0 8 10-31 6 22.09.96 Bratislava Slovakia 6-0 Malta 6.Malta 10 0 0 10 2-37 0 06.10.96 Toftir Faroe Islands 1-8 Yugoslavia 09.10.96 Praha Czech Republic 0-0 Spain 23.10.96 Bratislava Slovakia 3-0 Faroe Islands 10.11.96 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-0 Czech Republic 13.11.96 Santa Cruz Spain 4-1 Slovakia 14.12.96 Valencia Spain 2-0 Yugoslavia 18.12.96 La Valletta Malta 0-3 Spain 12.02.97 Alicante Spain 4-0 Malta 31.03.97 La Valletta Malta 0-2 Slovakia 02.04.97 Praha Czech Republic 1-2 Yugoslavia 30.04.97 La Valletta Malta 1-2 Faroe Islands 30.04.97 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-1 Spain 08.06.97 Toftir Faroe Islands 2-1 Malta 08.06.97 Beograd Yugoslavia 2-0 Slovakia 08.06.97 Valladolid Spain 1-0 Czech Republic 20.08.97 Teplice Czech Republic 2-0 Faroe Islands 24.08.97 Bratislava Slovakia 2-1 Czech Republic 06.09.97 Toftir Faroe Islands 0-2 Czech Republic 10.09.97 Bratislava Slovakia 1-1 Yugoslavia 24.09.97 La Valletta Malta 0-1 Czech Republic 24.09.97 Bratislava Slovakia 1-2 Spain 11.10.97 La Valletta Malta 0-5 Yugoslavia 11.10.97 Praha Czech Republic 3-0 Slovakia
11.10.97 Gijón Spain 3-1 Faroe Islands

Europe Group 7 [Netherlands] 02.06.96 San Marino San Marino 0-5 Wales 1.NETHERLANDS 8 6 1 1 26- 4 19 31.08.96 Cardiff Wales 6-0 San Marino 2.Belgium 8 6 0 2 20-11 18 31.08.96 Brussel Belgium 2-1 Turkey 3.Turkey 8 4 2 2 21- 9 14 05.10.96 Cardiff Wales 1-3 Netherlands 4.Wales 8 2 1 5 20-21 7 09.10.96 San Marino San Marino 0-3 Belgium 5.San Marino 8 0 0 8 0-42 0 09.11.96 Eindhoven Netherlands 7-1 Wales 10.11.96 Istanbul Turkey 7-0 San Marino 14.12.96 Cardiff Wales 0-0 Turkey 14.12.96 Brussel Belgium 0-3 Netherlands 29.03.97 Cardiff Wales 1-2 Belgium 29.03.97 Amsterdam Netherlands 4-0 San Marino 02.04.97 Bursa Turkey 1-0 Netherlands 30.04.97 Istanbul Turkey 1-3 Belgium 30.04.97 San Marino San Marino 0-6 Netherlands 07.06.97 Brussel Belgium 6-0 San Marino 20.08.97 Istanbul Turkey 6-4 Wales 06.09.97 Rotterdam Netherlands 3-1 Belgium 10.09.97 San Marino San Marino 0-5 Turkey 11.10.97 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-0 Turkey 11.10.97 Brussel Belgium 3-2 Wales

Europe Group 8 [Romania] 24.04.96 Skopje FYR Macedonia 3-0 Liechtenstein 1.ROMANIA 10 9 1 0 37- 4 28 01.06.96 Reykjavik Iceland 1-1 FYR Macedonia 2.Ireland 10 5 3 2 22- 8 18 31.08.96 Bucuresti Romania 3-0 Lithuania 3.Lithuania 10 5 2 3 11- 8 17 31.08.96 Eschen Liechtenstein 0-5 Ireland 4.FYR Macedonia 10 4 1 5 22-18 13 05.10.96 Vilnius Lithuania 2-0 Iceland 5.Iceland 10 2 3 5 11-16 9 09.10.96 Reykjavik Iceland 0-4 Romania 6.Liechtenstein 10 0 0 10 3-52 0 09.10.96 Dublin Ireland 3-0 FYR Macedonia 09.10.96 Vilnius Lithuania 2-1 Liechtenstein 09.11.96 Eschen Liechtenstein 1-11 FYR Macedonia 10.11.96 Dublin Ireland 0-0 Iceland 14.12.96 Skopje FYR Macedonia 0-3 Romania 29.03.97 Bucuresti Romania 8-0 Liechtenstein 02.04.97 Skopje FYR Macedonia 3-2 Ireland 02.04.97 Vilnius Lithuania 0-1 Romania 30.04.97 Eschen Liechtenstein 0-2 Lithuania 30.04.97 Bucuresti Romania 1-0 Ireland 21.05.97 Dublin Ireland 5-0 Liechtenstein 07.06.97 Skopje FYR Macedonia 1-0 Iceland 11.06.97 Reykjavik Iceland 0-0 Lithuania 20.08.97 Eschen Liechtenstein 0-4 Iceland 20.08.97 Bucuresti Romania 4-2 FYR Macedonia 20.08.97 Dublin Ireland 0-0 Lithuania 06.09.97 Reykjavik Iceland 2-4 Ireland 06.09.97 Eschen Liechtenstein 1-8 Romania 06.09.97 Vilnius Lithuania 2-0 FYR Macedonia 10.09.97 Bucuresti Romania 4-0 Iceland 10.09.97 Vilnius Lithuania 1-2 Ireland 11.10.97 Dublin Ireland 1-1 Romania 11.10.97 Reykjavik Iceland 4-0 Liechtenstein 11.10.97 Skopje FYR Macedonia 1-2 Lithuania

Europe Group 9 [Germany] 31.08.96 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-1 Ukraine 1.GERMANY 10 6 4 0 23- 9 22 31.08.96 Yerevan Armenia 0-0 Portugal 2.Ukraine 10 6 2 2 10- 6 20 05.10.96 Belfast Northern Ireland 1-1 Armenia 3.Portugal 10 5 4 1 12- 4 19 05.10.96 Kyiv Ukraine 2-1 Portugal 4.Armenia 10 1 5 4 8-17 8 09.10.96 Tiranë Albania 0-3 Portugal 5.Northern Ireland 10 1 4 5 6-10 7 09.10.96 Yerevan Armenia 1-5 Germany 6.Albania 10 1 1 8 7-20 4 09.11.96 Tiranë Albania 1-1 Armenia 09.11.96 Nürnberg Germany 1-1 Northern Ireland 09.11.96 Porto Portugal 1-0 Ukraine 14.12.96 Belfast Northern Ireland 2-0 Albania 14.12.96 Lisboa Portugal 0-0 Germany 29.03.97 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-0 Portugal 29.03.97 Granada Albania 0-1 Ukraine
02.04.97 Kyiv Ukraine 2-1 Northern Ireland 02.04.97 Granada Albania 2-3 Germany
30.04.97 Yerevan Armenia 0-0 Northern Ireland 30.04.97 Bremen Germany 2-0 Ukraine 07.05.97 Kyiv Ukraine 1-1 Armenia 07.06.97 Porto Portugal 2-0 Albania 07.06.97 Kyiv Ukraine 0-0 Germany 20.08.97 Belfast Northern Ireland 1-3 Germany 20.08.97 Setúbal Portugal 3-1 Armenia 20.08.97 Kyiv Ukraine 1-0 Albania 06.09.97 Yerevan Armenia 3-0 Albania 06.09.97 Berlin Germany 1-1 Portugal 10.09.97 Zürich Albania 1-0 Northern Ireland 10.09.97 Dortmund Germany 4-0 Armenia 11.10.97 Hannover Germany 4-3 Albania 11.10.97 Yerevan Armenia 0-2 Ukraine
11.10.97 Lisboa Portugal 1-0 Northern Ireland

Europe Runners-Up Table [Scotland]

The 8 worst runners-up (w.r.t. results against countries who finished 1st, 3rd and 4th in the group) play off home and away for 4 places in France.
The best runners-up qualify automatically.

Final Classification of Group Runners' Up:

1.SCOTLAND 6 4 1 1 8- 2 13 2.Italy 6 3 3 0 5- 0 12 3.Belgium 6 4 0 2 11-11 12 4.Russia 6 3 2 1 12- 5 11 5.Croatia 6 3 2 1 11- 8 11 6.Yugoslavia 6 3 2 1 7- 5 11 7.Ireland 6 2 2 2 8- 6 8 8.Ukraine 6 2 2 2 5- 5 8 9.Hungary 6 1 3 2 4- 7 6

Scotland are qualified as best runners-up.

Europe Runners-Up Playoffs [Belgium, Croatia, Italy, Yugoslavia]

29.10.97 Zagreb Croatia 2-0 Ukraine 15.11.97 Kyiv Ukraine 1-1 Croatia

29.10.97 Moskva Russia 1-1 Italy 15.11.97 Napoli Italy 1-0 Russia

29.10.97 Dublin Ireland 1-1 Belgium 15.11.97 Brussel Belgium 2-1 Ireland

29.10.97 Budapest Hungary 1-7 Yugoslavia 15.11.97 Beograd Yugoslavia 5-0 Hungary

South America

South America [Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Chile] 24.04.96 Buenos Aires Argentina 3-1 Bolivia 1.ARGENTINA 16 8 6 2 23-13 30 24.04.96 Caracas Venezuela 0-2 Uruguay 2.PARAGUAY 16 9 2 5 21-14 29 24.04.96 Barranquilla Colombia 1-0 Paraguay 3.COLOMBIA 16 8 4 4 23-15 28 24.04.96 Guayaquil Ecuador 4-1 Peru 4.CHILE 16 7 4 5 32-18 25 02.06.96 Quito Ecuador 2-0 Argentina 5.Peru 16 7 4 5 19-20 25 02.06.96 Montevideo Uruguay 0-2 Paraguay 6.Ecuador 16 6 3 7 22-21 21 02.06.96 Barinas Venezuela 1-1 Chile 7.Uruguay 16 6 3 7 18-21 21 02.06.96 Lima Peru 1-1 Colombia 8.Bolivia 16 4 5 7 18-21 17 07.07.96 Lima Peru 0-0 Argentina 9.Venezuela 16 0 3 13 8-41 3 07.07.96 Santiago Chile 4-1 Ecuador 07.07.96 Barranquilla Colombia 3-1 Uruguay 07.07.96 La Paz Bolivia 6-1 Venezuela 01.09.96 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-1 Paraguay 01.09.96 Barranquilla Colombia 4-1 Chile 01.09.96 Quito Ecuador 1-0 Venezuela 01.09.96 La Paz Bolivia 0-0 Peru 09.10.96 San Cristóbal Venezuela 2-5 Argentina 08.10.96 Montevideo Uruguay 1-0 Bolivia 09.10.96 Quito Ecuador 0-1 Colombia 09.10.96 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Chile 10.11.96 La Paz Bolivia 2-2 Colombia 10.11.96 Asunción Paraguay 1-0 Ecuador 10.11.96 Lima Peru 4-1 Venezuela 12.11.96 Santiago Chile 1-0 Uruguay 15.12.96 La Paz Bolivia 0-0 Paraguay 15.12.96 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-1 Chile 15.12.96 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0 Peru 15.12.96 San Cristóbal Venezuela 0-2 Colombia 12.01.97 Mérida Venezuela 0-2 Paraguay 12.01.97 Montevideo Uruguay 0-0 Argentina 12.01.97 Lima Peru 2-1 Chile 12.01.97 La Paz Bolivia 2-0 Ecuador 12.02.97 Quito Ecuador 4-0 Uruguay 12.02.97 La Paz Bolivia 1-1 Chile 12.02.97 Barranquilla Colombia 0-1 Argentina 12.02.97 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Peru 02.04.97 La Paz Bolivia 2-1 Argentina 02.04.97 Montevideo Uruguay 3-1 Venezuela 02.04.97 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Colombia 02.04.97 Lima Peru 1-1 Ecuador 29.04.97 Santiago Chile 6-0 Venezuela 30.04.97 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-1 Ecuador 30.04.97 Asunción Paraguay 3-1 Uruguay 30.04.97 Barranquilla Colombia 0-1 Peru 08.06.97 Quito Ecuador 1-1 Chile 08.06.97 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-0 Peru 08.06.97 Montevideo Uruguay 1-1 Colombia 08.06.97 Valera Venezuela 1-1 Bolivia 05.07.97 Santiago Chile 4-1 Colombia 06.07.97 Asunción Paraguay 1-2 Argentina 06.07.97 Lima Peru 2-1 Bolivia 06.07.97 Maracaibo Venezuela 1-1 Ecuador 20.07.97 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-0 Venezuela 20.07.97 La Paz Bolivia 1-0 Uruguay 20.07.97 Barranquilla Colombia 1-0 Ecuador 20.07.97 Santiago Chile 2-1 Paraguay 20.08.97 Montevideo Uruguay 1-0 Chile 20.08.97 Barranquilla Colombia 3-0 Bolivia 20.08.97 Quito Ecuador 2-1 Paraguay 20.08.97 Barinas Venezuela 0-3 Peru 10.09.97 Santiago Chile 1-2 Argentina 10.09.97 Lima Peru 2-1 Uruguay 10.09.97 Barranquilla Colombia 1-0 Venezuela 10.09.97 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Bolivia 12.10.97 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-0 Uruguay 12.10.97 Santiago Chile 4-0 Peru 12.10.97 Asunción Paraguay 1-0 Venezuela 12.10.97 Guayaquil Ecuador 1-0 Bolivia 16.11.97 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-1 Colombia 16.11.97 Maldonado Uruguay 5-3 Ecuador 16.11.97 Lima Peru 1-0 Paraguay 16.11.97 Santiago Chile 3-0 Bolivia

North and Central America

30 entries. 24 of them play off in regions (Caribbean, Central America) in two preliminary rounds to produce 6 teams. These 6 join the 6 seeds (USA, Mexico, Canada, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica) in 3 groups of 4 teams each in Round 1. The top 2 from each group go into a final round where they play off against each other (home and away), producing 3 winners to go to France.

Caribbean Zone

1st round

24.03.96 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 3-2 Aruba 31.03.96 Oranjestad Aruba 1-3 Dominican Republic

Bahamas withdrew Saint Kitts-Nevis had a walkover

29.03.96 Georgetown Guyana 1-2 Grenada 07.04.96 St. Georges Grenada 6-0 Guyana

10.03.96 Roseau Dominica 3-3 Antigua 31.03.96 St. Johns Antigua 1-3 Dominica

2nd round

Bermuda withdrew Trinidad-Tobago had a walkover

04.05.96 Bayamon Puerto Rico 1-2 Saint Vincent 12.05.96 Kingstown Saint Vincent 7-0 Puerto Rico

12.05.96 Georgetown Cayman Islands 0-1 Cuba 14.05.96 Georgetown Cayman Islands 0-5 Cuba

05.05.96 Basseterre Saint Kitts-Nevis 5-1 Saint Lucia 19.05.96 Castries Saint Lucia 0-1 Saint Kitts-Nevis

12.05.96 Port-au-Prince Haiti 6-1 Grenada 18.05.96 St. Georges Grenada 0-1 Haiti

31.03.96 Paramaribo Surinam 0-1 Jamaica 21.04.96 Kingston Jamaica 1-0 Surinam

14.05.96 Roseau Dominica 0-1 Barbados 19.05.96 Bridgetown Barbados 1-0 Dominica

04.05.96 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 2-1 Dutch Antilles 11.05.96 Willemstad Dutch Antilles 0-0 Dominican Republic

3rd round

15.06.96 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 1-4 Trinidad-Tobago 23.06.96 Port of Spain Trinidad-Tobago 8-0 Dominican Republic

23.06.96 Bridgetown Barbados 0-1 Jamaica 30.06.96 Kingstown Jamaica 2-0 Barbados

10.06.96 Port of Spain Cuba 6-1 Haiti 30.06.96 Cap Haïtien Haiti 1-1 Cuba

23.06.96 Basseterre St Kitts-Nevis 2-2 Saint Vincent 30.06.96 Kingstown Saint Vincent 0-0 Saint Kitts-Nevis

Central American Zone

05.05.96 Diriamba Nicaragua 0-1 Guatemala 10.05.96 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 2-1 Nicaragua

02.06.96 Belize Belize 1-2 Panama 09.06.96 Panama Panama 4-1 Belize

Winners qualify for semifinal groups.

Semifinal Group 1 01.09.96 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 Costa Rica 1.USA 6 4 1 1 10- 5 13 06.10.96 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 1-1 Guatemala 2.Costa Rica 6 4 0 2 9- 5 12 03.11.96 Washington USA 2-0 Guatemala 3.Guatemala 6 2 2 2 6- 9 8 10.11.96 Richmond USA 2-0 Trinidad/Tobago 4.Trinidad and Tobago 6 0 1 5 3- 9 1 17.11.96 San José Costa Rica 3-0 Guatemala 24.11.96 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 USA 24.11.96 Los Angeles Guatemala 1-0 Costa Rica
01.12.96 San José Costa Rica 2-1 USA 08.12.96 Los Angeles Guatemala 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago 14.12.96 Palo Alto USA 2-1 Costa Rica 21.12.96 San José Costa Rica 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago 21.12.96 San Salvador Guatemala 2-2 USA

Semifinal Group 2 30.08.96 Edmonton Canada 3-1 Panama 1.Canada 6 5 1 0 10- 1 16 08.09.96 San Salvador Cuba 0-5 El Salvador 2.El Salvador 6 3 1 2 12- 6 10 22.09.96 Panama Cuba 3-1 Panama 3.Panama 6 1 2 3 8-11 5 06.10.96 Panama Panama 1-1 El Salvador 4.Cuba 6 1 0 5 4-16 3 10.10.96 Edmonton Canada 2-0 Cuba 13.10.96 Edmonton Cuba 0-2 Canada
27.10.96 Panama Panama 0-0 Canada 03.11.96 Vancouver Canada 1-0 El Salvador 10.11.96 San Salvador El Salvador 3-2 Panama 01.12.96 San Salvador El Salvador 3-0 Cuba 15.12.96 Panama Panama 3-1 Cuba 15.12.96 San Salvador El Salvador 0-2 Canada

Semifinal Group 3 15.09.96 Kingston Jamaica 3-0 Honduras 1.Jamaica 6 4 1 1 12- 3 13 15.09.96 Kingstown Saint Vincent 0-3 Mexico 2.Mexico 6 4 0 2 14- 6 12 21.09.96 San Pedro Sula Honduras 2-1 Mexico 3.Honduras 6 3 1 2 18-11 10 23.09.96 Kingstown Saint Vincent 1-2 Jamaica 4.Saint Vincent 6 0 0 6 6-30 0 13.10.96 Kingstown Saint Vincent 1-4 Honduras 16.10.96 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 2-1 Jamaica 26.10.96 Tegucigalpa Honduras 0-0 Jamaica 30.10.96 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 5-1 Saint Vincent 06.11.96 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 3-1 Honduras 10.11.96 Kingston Jamaica 5-0 Saint Vincent 17.11.96 Kingston Jamaica 1-0 Mexico 17.11.96 San Pedro Sula Honduras 11-3 Saint Vincent

Final Group [Mexico, USA, Jamaica] 02.03.97 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 4-0 Canada 1.MEXICO 10 4 6 0 23- 7 18 02.03.97 Kingston Jamaica 0-0 USA 2.USA 10 4 5 1 17- 9 17 16.03.97 Palo Alto USA 3-0 Canada 3.JAMAICA 10 3 5 2 7-12 14 16.03.97 San José Costa Rica 0-0 Mexico 4.Costa Rica 10 3 3 4 13-12 12 23.03.97 San José Costa Rica 3-2 USA 5.El Salvador 10 2 4 4 11-16 10 06.04.97 Vancouver Canada 0-0 El Salvador 6.Canada 10 1 3 6 5-20 6 13.04.97 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 6-0 Jamaica
20.04.97 Foxboro USA 2-2 Mexico
27.04.97 Vancouver Canada 0-0 Jamaica 04.05.97 San Salvador El Salvador 2-1 Costa Rica
11.05.97 San José Costa Rica 3-1 Jamaica
18.05.97 Kingston Jamaica 1-0 El Salvador 01.06.97 Edmonton Canada 1-0 Costa Rica
08.06.97 San Salvador El Salvador 0-1 Mexico
29.06.97 San Salvador El Salvador 1-1 USA
10.08.97 San José Costa Rica 0-0 El Salvador
07.09.97 Portland USA 1-0 Costa Rica
07.09.97 Kingston Jamaica 1-0 Canada
14.09.97 Kingston Jamaica 1-0 Costa Rica 14.09.97 San Salvador El Salvador 4-1 Canada
03.10.97 Washington USA 1-1 Jamaica 05.10.97 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 5-0 El Salvador
12.10.97 Edmonton Canada 2-2 Mexico
02.11.97 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 0-0 USA
09.11.97 Vancouver Canada 0-3 USA 09.11.97 San Salvador El Salvador 2-2 Jamaica
09.11.97 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 3-3 Costa Rica 16.11.97 Kingston Jamaica 0-0 Mexico
16.11.97 San José Costa Rica 3-1 Canada 16.11.97 Foxboro USA 4-2 El Salvador

Asia

Group winners split into 2 groups of 5 for Round 2. Final group winners qualify to France, two runners-up play for third place; the loser play off against the Oceania winner.

1st round

Group 1 16.03.97 Kuala Lumpur Taiwan 0-2 Saudi Arabia 1.Saudi Arabia 6 5 1 0 18- 1 16 16.03.97 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2-0 Bangladesh 2.Malaysia 6 3 2 1 5- 3 11 18.03.97 Kuala Lumpur Bangladesh 1-3 Taiwan 3.Taiwan 6 1 1 4 4-13 4 18.03.97 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 0-0 Saudi Arabia 4.Bangladesh 6 1 0 5 4-14 3 20.03.97 Kuala Lumpur Bangladesh 1-4 Saudi Arabia 20.03.97 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2-0 Taiwan 27.03.97 Jeddah Taiwan 0-0 Malaysia 27.03.97 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3-0 Bangladesh 29.03.97 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3-0 Malaysia 29.03.97 Jeddah Taiwan 1-2 Bangladesh 31.03.97 Jeddah Bangladesh 0-1 Malaysia 31.03.97 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 6-0 Taiwan

Group 2 02.06.97 Damascus Syria n/p Kyrgyzstan 1.Iran 6 5 1 0 39- 3 16 02.06.97 Damascus Maldives 0-17 Iran 2.Kyrgyzstan 5 3 0 2 12-11 9 04.06.97 Damascus Syria 12-0 Maldives 3.Syria 5 2 1 2 27- 5 7 04.06.97 Damascus Kyrgyzstan 0-7 Iran 4.Maldives 6 0 0 6 0-59 0 06.06.97 Damascus Syria 0-1 Iran 06.06.97 Damascus Kyrgyzstan 3-0 Maldives 09.06.97 Tehran Iran 3-1 Kyrgyzstan 09.06.97 Tehran Maldives 0-12 Syria 11.06.97 Tehran Iran 9-0 Maldives 11.06.97 Tehran Kyrgyzstan 2-1 Syria 13.06.97 Tehran Iran 2-2 Syria 13.06.97 Tehran Maldives 0-6 Kyrgyzstan

Group 3 08.04.97 Manama Jordan 0-0 UAE 1.UAE 4 3 1 0 7- 1 10 11.04.97 Manama Bahrain 1-2 UAE 2.Jordan 4 1 1 2 4- 4 4 14.04.97 Manama Bahrain 1-0 Jordan 3.Bahrain 4 1 0 3 3- 9 3 19.04.97 Sharjah Jordan 4-1 Bahrain 22.04.97 Sharjah UAE 3-0 Bahrain 26.04.97 Sharjah UAE 2-0 Jordan

Group 4 23.03.97 Muscat Nepal 1-1 Macao 1.Japan 6 5 1 0 31- 1 16 23.03.97 Muscat Oman 0-1 Japan 2.Oman 6 4 1 1 14- 2 13 25.03.97 Muscat Macao 0-10 Japan 3.Macao 6 1 1 4 3-28 4 25.03.97 Muscat Oman 1-0 Nepal 4.Nepal 6 0 1 5 2-19 1 27.03.97 Muscat Nepal 0-6 Japan 27.03.97 Muscat Oman 4-0 Macao 22.06.97 Tokyo Japan 10-0 Macao 22.06.97 Tokyo Nepal 0-6 Oman 25.06.97 Tokyo Japan 3-0 Nepal 25.06.97 Tokyo Macao 0-2 Oman 28.06.97 Tokyo Japan 1-1 Oman 28.06.97 Tokyo Macao 2-1 Nepal

Group 5 06.04.97 Jakarta Indonesia 8-0 Cambodia 1.Uzbekistan 6 5 1 0 20- 3 16 13.04.97 Manado Indonesia 0-0 Yemen 2.Yemen 6 2 2 2 10- 7 8 20.04.97 Phnom Penh Cambodia 0-1 Yemen 3.Indonesia 6 1 4 1 11- 6 7 27.04.97 Phnom Penh Cambodia 1-1 Indonesia 4.Cambodia 6 0 1 5 2-27 1 09.05.97 Sanaa Yemen 0-1 Uzbekistan 16.05.97 Sanaa Yemen 7-0 Cambodia 25.05.97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 6-0 Cambodia 01.06.97 Surabaya Indonesia 1-1 Uzbekistan 13.06.97 Sanaa Yemen 1-1 Indonesia 20.06.97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 3-0 Indonesia 29.06.97 Phnom Penh Cambodia 1-4 Uzbekistan 24.08.97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 5-1 Yemen

Group 6 23.02.97 Hongkong Hongkong 0-2 South Korea 1.South Korea 4 3 1 0 9- 1 10 02.03.97 Bangkok Thailand 1-3 South Korea 2.Thailand 4 1 1 2 5- 6 4 09.03.97 Bangkok Thailand 2-0 Hongkong 3.Hongkong 4 1 0 3 3-10 3 30.03.97 Hongkong Hongkong 3-2 Thailand 28.05.97 Taejon South Korea 4-0 Hongkong 01.06.97 Seoul South Korea 0-0 Thailand

Group 7 13.04.97 Beirut Lebanon 1-1 Singapore 1.Kuwait 4 4 0 0 10- 1 12 26.04.97 Singapore Singapore 0-1 Kuwait 2.Lebanon 4 1 1 2 4- 7 4 08.05.97 Kuwait Kuwait 2-0 Lebanon 3.Singapore 4 0 1 3 2- 8 1 24.05.97 Singapore Singapore 1-2 Lebanon 05.06.97 Kuwait Kuwait 4-0 Singapore 22.06.97 Beirut Lebanon 1-3 Kuwait

Group 8 04.05.97 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 1-4 China 1.China 6 5 1 0 13- 2 16 04.05.97 Dushanbe Tajikistan 4-0 Vietnam 2.Tajikistan 6 4 1 1 15- 2 13 11.05.97 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 2-1 Vietnam 3.Turkmenistan 6 2 0 4 8-13 6 11.05.97 Dushanbe Tajikistan 0-1 China 4.Vietnam 6 0 0 6 2-21 0 25.05.97 Ho Chi Minh Vietnam 1-3 China 25.05.97 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 1-2 Tajikistan 01.06.97 Beijing China 1-0 Turkmenistan 01.06.97 Ho Chi Minh Vietnam 0-4 Tajikistan 08.06.97 Beijing China 0-0 Tajikistan 08.06.97 Ho Chi Minh Vietnam 0-4 Turkmenistan 22.06.97 Beijing China 4-0 Vietnam 22.06.97 Dushanbe Tajikistan 5-0 Turkmenistan

Group 9 11.05.97 Almaty Kazakhstan 3-0 Pakistan 1.Kazakhstan 4 4 0 0 15- 2 12 23.05.97 Lahore Pakistan 2-6 Iraq 2.Iraq 4 2 0 2 14- 8 6 06.06.97 Baghdad Iraq 1-2 Kazakhstan 3.Pakistan 4 0 0 4 3-22 0 11.06.97 Lahore Pakistan 0-7 Kazakhstan 20.06.97 Baghdad Iraq 6-1 Pakistan 29.06.97 Almaty Kazakhstan 3-1 Iraq

Group 10 20.09.96 Doha Qatar 3-0 Sri Lanka 1.Qatar 3 3 0 0 14- 0 9 21.09.96 Doha India 2-0 Philippines 2.Sri Lanka 3 1 1 1 4- 4 4 23.09.96 Doha Qatar 5-0 Philippines 3.India 3 1 1 1 3- 7 4 24.09.96 Doha Sri Lanka 1-1 India 4.Philippines 3 0 0 3 0-10 0 26.09.96 Doha Philippines 0-3 Sri Lanka 27.09.96 Doha Qatar 6-0 India

2nd round

Group A [Saudi Arabia] 13.09.97 Dalian China 2-4 Iran 1.SAUDI ARABIA 8 4 2 2 8- 6 14 14.09.97 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 2-1 Kuwait 2.Iran 8 3 3 2 13- 8 12 19.09.97 Tehran Iran 1-1 Saudi Arabia 3.China 8 3 2 3 11-14 11 19.09.97 Doha Qatar 0-2 Kuwait 4.Qatar 8 3 1 4 7-10 10 26.09.97 Doha Qatar 1-1 China 5.Kuwait 8 2 2 4 7- 8 8 26.09.97 Kuwait Kuwait 1-1 Iran 03.10.97 Dalian China 1-0 Saudi Arabia 03.10.97 Tehran Iran 3-0 Qatar 10.10.97 Kuwait Kuwait 1-2 China 11.10.97 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-0 Qatar 17.10.97 Kuwait Kuwait 2-1 Saudi Arabia 17.10.97 Tehran Iran 4-1 China 24.10.97 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-0 Iran 24.10.97 Kuwait Kuwait 0-1 Qatar 31.10.97 Dalian China 2-3 Qatar 31.10.97 Tehran Iran 0-0 Kuwait 06.11.97 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-1 China 07.11.97 Doha Qatar 2-0 Iran 12.11.97 Dalian China 1-0 Kuwait 12.11.97 Doha Qatar 0-1 Saudi Arabia

Group B [South Korea] 06.09.97 Seoul South Korea 3-0 Kazakhstan 1.SOUTH KOREA 8 6 1 1 19- 7 19 07.09.97 Tokyo Japan 6-3 Uzbekistan 2.Japan 8 3 4 1 17- 9 13 12.09.97 Abu Dhabi UAE 4-0 Kazakhstan 3.UAE 8 2 3 3 9-12 9 12.09.97 Seoul South Korea 2-1 Uzbekistan 4.Uzbekistan 8 1 3 4 13-18 6 19.09.97 Abu Dhabi UAE 0-0 Japan 5.Kazakhstan 8 1 3 4 7-19 6 20.09.97 Almaty Kazakhstan 1-1 Uzbekistan 27.09.97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 2-3 UAE 28.09.97 Tokyo Japan 1-2 South Korea 04.10.97 Almaty Kazakhstan 1-1 Japan 04.10.97 Seoul South Korea 3-0 UAE 11.10.97 Almaty Kazakhstan 1-1 South Korea 11.10.97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 1-1 Japan 18.10.97 Almaty Kazakhstan 3-0 UAE 18.10.97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 1-5 South Korea 25.10.97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 4-0 Kazakhstan 26.10.97 Tokyo Japan 1-1 UAE 01.11.97 Seoul South Korea 0-2 Japan 02.11.97 Abu Dhabi UAE 0-0 Uzbekistan 08.11.97 Tokyo Japan 5-1 Kazakhstan 09.11.97 Abu Dhabi UAE 1-3 South Korea

Asia Playoff [Japan]

16.11.97 Johor Bahru Iran 2-3 Japan [asdet] Japan qualify, Iran to play off with Australia.

Oceania

10 entries. Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Tahiti byes to second round. Other six played in two groups; the winners of the Melanesian group as well as the winners of a playoff between the runners-up of the Melanesian and the winners of the Polynesian groups qualified for second round. This second round was played in two groups of 3 teams, the winners of which go to the final. Winners of the final are to play off against the fourth team from Asia for qualification to France.

1st round

Melanesian Group 16.09.96 Lae Papua New Guinea 1-1 Solomon Islands 1.Papua New Guinea 2 1 1 0 3- 2 4 18.09.96 Lae Solomon Islands 1-1 Vanuatu 2.Solomon Islands 2 0 2 0 2- 2 2 20.09.96 Lae Papua New Guinea 2-1 Vanuatu 3.Vanuatu 2 0 1 1 2- 3 1

Polynesian Group 11.11.96 Tonga Tonga 2-0 Cook Islands 1.Tonga 2 2 0 0 3- 0 6 13.11.96 Tonga Western Samoa 2-1 Cook Islands 2.Western Samoa 2 1 0 1 2- 2 3 15.11.96 Tonga Tonga 1-0 Western Samoa 3.Cook Islands 2 0 0 2 1- 4 0

Playoff (1st Polynesia vs. 2nd Melanesia)

15.02.97 Nuku'alofa Tonga 0-4 Solomon Islands
01.03.97 Honiara Solomon Islands 9-0 Tonga

2nd round

Group 1 11.06.97 Sydney Australia 13-0 Solomon Islands 1.Australia 4 4 0 0 26- 2 12 13.06.97 Sydney Australia 5-0 Tahiti 2.Solomon Islands 4 1 1 2 7-21 4 15.06.97 Sydney Solomon Islands 4-1 Tahiti 3.Tahiti 4 0 1 3 2-12 1 17.06.97 Sydney Solomon Islands 2-6 Australia 19.06.97 Sydney Tahiti 0-2 Australia 21.06.97 Sydney Tahiti 1-1 Solomon Islands

Group 2 31.05.97 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 1-0 New Zealand 1.New Zealand 4 3 0 1 13- 1 9 07.06.97 Ba Fiji 0-1 New Zealand 2.Fiji 4 2 0 2 4- 7 6 11.06.97 Auckland New Zealand 7-0 Papua New Guinea 3.Papua New Guinea 4 1 0 3 2-11 3 15.06.97 Suva Fiji 3-1 Papua New Guinea 18.06.97 Auckland New Zealand 5-0 Fiji 21.06.97 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 0-1 Fiji

3rd round

28.06.97 Auckland New Zealand 0-3 Australia
05.07.97 Sydney Australia 2-0 New Zealand

Australia play Asia number 4 for spot in France.

Playoff (1st Oceania vs. 4th Asia) [Iran]

22.11.97 Tehran Iran 1-1 Australia 29.11.97 Melbourne Australia 2-2 Iran

Africa

Four seeded teams and 16 winners of first round knock out matches play in five groups of four teams each for five qualifying places; only the group winners qualify.

1st round

02.06.96 Khartoum Sudan 2-0 Zambia 16.06.96 Lusaka Zambia 3-0 Sudan

01.06.96 Windhoek Namibia 2-0 Mozambique 16.06.96 Maputo Mozambique 1-1 Namibia

08.06.96 Dar Es Salaam Tanzania 0-0 Ghana 17.06.96 Accra Ghana 2-1 Tanzania

02.06.96 Mbabane Swaziland 0-1 Gabon 16.06.96 Libreville Gabon 2-0 Swaziland

01.06.96 Kampala Uganda 0-2 Angola 16.06.96 Luanda Angola 3-1 Uganda

02.06.96 Curepipe Mauritius 1-5 Zaire 16.06.96 Kinshasa Zaire 2-0 Mauritius

01.06.96 Blantyre Malawi 0-1 South Africa 15.06.96 Johannesburg South Africa 3-0 Malawi

02.06.96 Tananarive Madagascar 1-2 Zimbabwe 16.06.96 Harare Zimbabwe 2-2 Madagascar

01.06.96 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 3-2 Guinea 16.06.96 Conakry Guinea 3-1 Guinea-Bissau

02.06.96 Kigali Ruanda 1-3 Tunisia 16.06.96 Tunis Tunisia 2-0 Ruanda

02.06.96 Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville 2-0 Ivory Coast 16.06.96 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-1 Congo-Brazzaville

02.06.96 Nairobi Kenya 3-1 Algeria 14.06.96 Alger Algeria 1-0 Kenya

02.06.96 Bujumbura Burundi 1-0 Sierra Leone 15.06.96 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-1 Burundi [Burundi withdrew due to inability to organise transportation; Sierra Leone progressed to Group 5]

31.05.96 Nouakchott Mauritania 0-0 Burkina Faso 16.06.96 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 2-0 Mauritania

02.06.96 Lomé Togo 2-1 Senegal 15.06.96 Dakar Senegal 1-1 Togo

01.06.96 Banjul Gambia 2-1 Liberia 23.06.96 Accra Liberia 4-0 Gambia

Cameroon bye Egypt bye Morocco bye Nigeria bye

2nd round

Group 1 [Nigeria] 09.11.96 Lagos Nigeria 2-0 Burkina Faso 1.NIGERIA 6 4 1 1 10- 4 13 10.11.96 Conakry Guinea 3-1 Kenya 2.Guinea 6 4 0 2 10- 5 12 12.01.97 Nairobi Kenya 1-1 Nigeria 3.Kenya 6 3 1 2 11-12 10 12.01.97 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 0-2 Guinea 4.Burkina Faso 6 0 0 6 7-17 0 05.04.97 Lagos Nigeria 2-1 Guinea 06.04.97 Nairobi Kenya 4-3 Burkina Faso 27.04.97 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 1-2 Nigeria 27.04.97 Nairobi Kenya 1-0 Guinea 07.06.97 Lagos Nigeria 3-0 Kenya 08.06.97 Conakry Guinea 3-1 Burkina Faso 16.08.97 Bobo Dioulasso Burkina Faso 2-4 Kenya 17.08.97 Conakry Guinea 1-0 Nigeria

Group 2 [Tunisia] 08.11.96 Cairo Egypt 7-1 Namibia 1.TUNISIA 6 5 1 0 10- 1 16 10.11.96 Accra Liberia 0-1 Tunisia 2.Egypt 6 3 1 2 15- 5 10 11.01.97 Windhoek Namibia 0-0 Liberia 3.Liberia 6 1 1 4 2-10 4 12.01.97 Tunis Tunisia 1-0 Egypt 4.Namibia 6 1 1 4 6-17 4 06.04.97 Accra Liberia 1-0 Egypt
06.04.97 Windhoek Namibia 1-2 Tunisia 26.04.97 Windhoek Namibia 2-3 Egypt 27.04.97 Tunis Tunisia 2-0 Liberia 08.06.97 Monrovia Liberia 1-2 Namibia 08.06.97 Cairo Egypt 0-0 Tunisia 17.08.97 Cairo Egypt 5-0 Liberia 17.08.97 Tunis Tunisia 4-0 Namibia

Group 3 [South Africa]

NB: in June 1997, Zaire were renamed Democratic Republic of Congo; they are here indicated as Congo-Kinshasa for their matches after the change of name, while the Republic of Congo is denoted by Congo-Brazzaville throughout, in order to avoid confusion.

09.11.96 Johannesburg South Africa 1-0 Zaire 1.SOUTH AFRICA 6 4 1 1 7- 3 13 10.11.96 Pointe-Noire Congo-Brazzaville 1-0 Zambia 2.Congo-Brazzaville 6 3 1 2 5- 5 10 11.01.97 Lusaka Zambia 0-0 South Africa 3.Zambia 6 2 2 2 7- 6 8 12.01.97 Kinshasa Zaire 1-1 Congo-Brazzaville 4.Congo-Kinshasa 6 0 2 4 4- 9 2 06.04.97 Pointe-Noire Congo-Brazzaville 2-0 South Africa 09.04.97 Harare Zaire 2-2 Zambia
27.04.97 Lusaka Zambia 3-0 Congo-Brazzaville 27.04.97 Lomé Zaire 1-2 South Africa
08.06.97 Pointe-Noire Congo-Brazzaville 1-0 Congo-Kinshasa 08.06.97 Johannesburg South Africa 3-0 Zambia 16.08.97 Johannesburg South Africa 1-0 Congo-Brazzaville 16.08.97 Lusaka Zambia 2-0 Congo-Kinshasa

Group 4 [Cameroon] 10.11.96 Luanda Angola 2-1 Zimbabwe 1.CAMEROON 6 4 2 0 10- 4 14 10.11.96 Lomé Togo 2-4 Cameroon 2.Angola 6 2 4 0 7- 4 10 12.01.97 Harare Zimbabwe 3-0 Togo 3.Zimbabwe 6 1 1 4 6- 7 4 12.01.97 Yaoundé Cameroon 0-0 Angola 4.Togo 6 1 1 4 6-14 4 06.04.97 Luanda Angola 3-1 Togo 06.04.97 Yaoundé Cameroon 1-0 Zimbabwe 27.04.97 Harare Zimbabwe 0-0 Angola 27.04.97 Yaoundé Cameroon 2-0 Togo 08.06.97 Luanda Angola 1-1 Cameroon 08.06.97 Lomé Togo 2-1 Zimbabwe 17.08.97 Lomé Togo 1-1 Angola 17.08.97 Harare Zimbabwe 1-2 Cameroon

Group 5 [Morocco] 09.11.96 Rabat Morocco 4-0 Sierra Leone 1.MOROCCO 6 5 1 0 14- 2 16 10.11.96 Libreville Gabon 1-1 Ghana 2.Sierra Leone 5 2 1 2 4- 6 7 11.01.97 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-0 Gabon 3.Ghana 6 1 3 2 7- 7 6 12.01.97 Kumasi Ghana 2-2 Morocco 4.Gabon 5 0 1 4 1-11 1 05.04.97 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-1 Ghana 06.04.97 Libreville Gabon 0-4 Morocco [abandoned in 55' at 0-4; awarded 0-4] 26.04.97 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-1 Morocco 27.04.97 Accra Ghana 3-0 Gabon 07.06.97 Casablanca Morocco 1-0 Ghana 17.08.97 Casablanca Morocco 2-0 Gabon 17.08.97 Obuasi Ghana 0-2 Sierra Leone 26.10.97 Libreville Gabon n/p Sierra Leone [declared void after repeated travel problems of Sierra Leone]

Detailed Infos

Africa - Line-Ups
Oceania - Line-Ups

1998 Final Tournament

Overview File

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