FIFA World Cup 1998

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1998 Final tournament Main

Group A

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Brazil	3	2	0	1	6:3	3	6
2	Norway	3	1	2	0	5:4	1	5
3	Morocco	3	1	1	1	5:5	0	4
4	Scotland	3	0	1	2	2:6	-4	1

Group B

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	7:3	4	7
2	Chile	3	0	3	0	4:4	0	3
3	Austria	3	0	2	1	3:4	-1	2
4	Cameroon	3	0	2	1	2:5	-3	2

Group C

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	France	3	3	0	0	9:1	8	9
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	3:3	0	4
3	South Africa	3	0	2	1	3:6	-3	2
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	1	2	2:7	-5	1

Group D

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	5:5	0	6
2	Paraguay	3	1	2	0	3:1	2	5
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	8:4	4	4
4	Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	1:7	-6	1

Group E

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	7:2	5	5
2	Mexico	3	1	2	0	7:5	2	5
3	Belgium	3	0	3	0	3:3	0	3
4	South Korea	3	0	1	2	2:9	-7	1

Group F

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	6:2	4	7
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	4:2	2	7
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	2:4	-2	3
4	USA	3	0	0	3	1:5	-4	0

Group G

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Romania	3	2	1	0	4:2	2	7
2	England	3	2	0	1	5:2	3	6
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	1:3	-2	3
4	Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1:4	-3	1

Group H

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	7:0	7	9
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	4:2	2	6
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	3:9	-6	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	1:4	-3	0

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1/8-finals

1	Brazil	Chile	4 : 1
2	Nigeria	Denmark	1 : 4
3	Argentina	England	3 : 2
4	Yugoslavia	Netherlands	1 : 2
5	Croatia	Romania	1 : 0
6	Mexico	Germany	1 : 2
7	Italy	Norway	1 : 0
8	Paraguay	France	0 : 1

Quarter-finals

1	Brazil	Denmark	3 : 2
2	Argentina	Netherlands	1 : 2
3	Croatia	Germany	3 : 0
4	Italy	France	0 : 1

Semi-finals

1	Brazil	Netherlands	2 : 1
2	Croatia	France	1 : 2

Final

1

Brazil

France

0 : 3

3rd place

2

Netherlands

Croatia

1 : 2

1998 Qualification Africa Group Stage

Group 1

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Nigeria	6	4	1	1	10:4	6	13
2	Guinea	6	4	0	2	10:5	5	12
3	Kenya	6	3	1	2	11:12	-1	10
4	Burkina Faso	6	0	0	6	7:17	-10	0

Group 2

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Tunisia	6	5	1	0	10:1	9	16
2	Egypt	6	3	1	2	15:5	10	10
3	Liberia	6	1	1	4	2:10	-8	4
4	Namibia	6	1	1	4	6:17	-11	4

Group 3

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	South Africa	6	4	1	1	7:3	4	13
2	Congo	6	3	1	2	5:5	0	10
3	Zambia	6	2	2	2	7:6	1	8
4	D.R. Congo	6	0	2	4	4:9	-5	2

Group 4

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Cameroon	6	4	2	0	10:4	6	14
2	Angola	6	2	4	0	7:4	3	10
3	Zimbabwe	6	1	1	4	6:7	-1	4
4	Togo	6	1	1	4	6:14	-8	4

Group 5

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Morocco	6	5	1	0	14:2	12	16
2	Sierra Leone	5	2	1	2	4:6	-2	7
3	Ghana	6	1	3	2	7:7	0	6
4	Gabon	5	0	1	4	1:11	-10	1

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1998 Qualification Africa Preliminary

Final

1	Mauritania	Burkina Faso	0 : 2, 0 : 0
2	Namibia	Mozambique	1 : 1, 2 : 0
3	Malawi	South Africa	0 : 3, 0 : 1
4	Uganda	Angola	1 : 3, 0 : 2
5	Guinea Bissau	Guinea	1 : 3, 3 : 2
6	Gambia	Liberia	0 : 4, 2 : 1
7	Eswatini	Gabon	0 : 2, 0 : 1
8	Burundi	Sierra Leone	1 : 0, 1 : 0
9	Madagascar	Zimbabwe	2 : 2, 1 : 2
10	Congo	Ivory Coast	1 : 1, 2 : 0
11	Mauritius	D.R. Congo	0 : 2, 1 : 5
12	Rwanda	Tunisia	0 : 2, 1 : 3
13	Kenya	Algeria	0 : 1, 3 : 1
14	Togo	Senegal	1 : 1, 2 : 1
15	Sudan	Zambia	0 : 3, 2 : 0
16	Tanzania	Ghana	1 : 2, 0 : 0

1998 Qualification Asia First stage

Group 1

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	6	5	1	0	18:1	17	16
2	Malaysia	6	3	2	1	5:3	2	11
3	Chinese Taipei	6	1	1	4	4:13	-9	4
4	Bangladesh	6	1	0	5	4:14	-10	3

Group 2

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Iran	6	5	1	0	39:3	36	16
2	Kyrgyzstan	5	3	0	2	12:11	1	9
3	Syria	5	2	1	2	27:5	22	7
4	Maldives	6	0	0	6	0:59	-59	0

Group 3

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	United Arab Emirates	4	3	1	0	7:1	6	10
2	Jordan	4	1	1	2	4:4	0	4
3	Bahrain	4	1	0	3	3:9	-6	3

Group 4

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Japan	6	5	1	0	31:1	30	16
2	Oman	6	4	1	1	14:2	12	13
3	Macau	6	1	1	4	3:28	-25	4
4	Nepal	6	0	1	5	2:19	-17	1

Group 5

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Uzbekistan	6	5	1	0	20:3	17	16
2	Yemen	6	2	2	2	10:7	3	8
3	Indonesia	6	1	4	1	11:6	5	7
4	Cambodia	6	0	1	5	2:27	-25	1

Group 6

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	9:1	8	10
2	Thailand	4	1	1	2	5:6	-1	4
3	Hong Kong	4	1	0	3	3:10	-7	3

Group 7

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Kuwait	4	4	0	0	10:1	9	12
2	Lebanon	4	1	1	2	4:7	-3	4
3	Singapore	4	0	1	3	2:8	-6	1

Group 8

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	China	6	5	1	0	13:2	11	16
2	Tajikistan	6	4	1	1	15:2	13	13
3	Turkmenistan	6	2	0	4	8:13	-5	6
4	Vietnam	6	0	0	6	2:21	-19	0

Group 9

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Kazakhstan	4	4	0	0	15:2	13	12
2	Iraq	4	2	0	2	14:8	6	6
3	Pakistan	4	0	0	4	3:22	-19	0

Group 10

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Qatar	3	3	0	0	14:0	14	9
2	Sri Lanka	3	1	1	1	4:4	0	4
3	India	3	1	1	1	3:7	-4	4
4	Philippines	3	0	0	3	0:10	-10	0

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1998 Qualification Asia Play Offs

Final

1

Japan

Iran

3 : 2

1998 Qualification Asia Second stage

Group A

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	8	4	2	2	8:6	2	14
2	Iran	8	3	3	2	13:8	5	12
3	China	8	3	2	3	11:14	-3	11
4	Qatar	8	3	1	4	7:10	-3	10
5	Kuwait	8	2	2	4	7:8	-1	8

Group B

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	South Korea	8	6	1	1	19:7	12	19
2	Japan	8	3	4	1	17:9	8	13
3	United Arab Emirates	8	2	3	3	9:12	-3	9
4	Uzbekistan	8	1	3	4	13:18	-5	6
5	Kazakhstan	8	1	3	4	7:19	-12	6

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1998 Qualification Australia & Oceania First stage - main

Group 1

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Papua New Guinea	2	1	1	0	3:2	1	4
2	Solomon Islands	2	0	2	0	2:2	0	2
3	Vanuatu	2	0	1	1	2:3	-1	1

Group 2

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Tonga	2	2	0	0	3:0	3	6
2	Samoa	2	1	0	1	2:2	0	3
3	Cook Islands	2	0	0	2	1:4	-3	0

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1998 Qualification Australia & Oceania First stage - Play Offs

Final

1

Tonga

Solomon Islands

0 : 9, 0 : 4

1998 Qualification Australia & Oceania Play Offs

Final

1

Australia

New Zealand

2 : 0, 3 : 0

1998 Qualification Australia & Oceania Second stage

Group 1

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	26:2	24	12
2	Solomon Islands	4	1	1	2	7:21	-14	4
3	Tahiti	4	0	1	3	2:12	-10	1

Group 2

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	New Zealand	4	3	0	1	13:1	12	9
2	Fiji	4	2	0	2	4:7	-3	6
3	Papua New Guinea	4	1	0	3	2:11	-9	3

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1998 Qualification Europe Main

Group 1

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Denmark	8	5	2	1	14:6	8	17
2	Croatia	8	4	3	1	17:12	5	15
3	Greece	8	4	2	2	11:4	7	14
4	Bosnia & Herzegovina	8	3	0	5	9:14	-5	9
5	Slovenia	8	0	1	7	5:20	-15	1

Group 2

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	England	8	6	1	1	15:2	13	19
2	Italy	8	5	3	0	11:1	10	18
3	Poland	8	3	1	4	10:12	-2	10
4	Georgia	8	3	1	4	7:9	-2	10
5	Moldova	8	0	0	8	2:21	-19	0

Group 3

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Norway	8	6	2	0	21:2	19	20
2	Hungary	8	3	3	2	10:8	2	12
3	Finland	8	3	2	3	11:12	-1	11
4	Switzerland	8	3	1	4	11:12	-1	10
5	Azerbaijan	8	1	0	7	3:22	-19	3

Group 4

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Austria	10	8	1	1	17:4	13	25
2	Scotland	10	7	2	1	15:3	12	23
3	Sweden	10	7	0	3	16:9	7	21
4	Latvia	10	3	1	6	10:14	-4	10
5	Estonia	10	1	1	8	4:16	-12	4
6	Belarus	10	1	1	8	5:21	-16	4

Group 5

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Bulgaria	8	6	0	2	18:9	9	18
2	Russia	8	5	2	1	19:5	14	17
3	Israel	8	4	1	3	9:7	2	13
4	Cyprus	8	3	1	4	10:15	-5	10
5	Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	2:22	-20	0

Group 6

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Spain	10	8	2	0	26:6	20	26
2	Yugoslavia	10	7	2	1	29:7	22	23
3	Czech Republic	10	5	1	4	16:6	10	16
4	Slovakia	10	5	1	4	18:14	4	16
5	Faroe Islands	10	2	0	8	10:31	-21	6
6	Malta	10	0	0	10	2:37	-35	0

Group 7

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Netherlands	8	6	1	1	26:4	22	19
2	Belgium	8	6	0	2	20:11	9	18
3	Turkey	8	4	2	2	21:9	12	14
4	Wales	8	2	1	5	20:21	-1	7
5	San Marino	8	0	0	8	0:42	-42	0

Group 8

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Romania	10	9	1	0	37:4	33	28
2	Ireland	10	5	3	2	22:8	14	18
3	Lithuania	10	5	2	3	11:8	3	17
4	North Macedonia	10	4	1	5	22:18	4	13
5	Iceland	10	2	3	5	11:16	-5	9
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	0	10	3:52	-49	0

Group 9

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Germany	10	6	4	0	23:9	14	22
2	Ukraine	10	6	2	2	10:6	4	20
3	Portugal	10	5	4	1	12:4	8	19
4	Armenia	10	1	5	4	8:17	-9	8
5	Northern Ireland	10	1	4	5	6:10	-4	7
6	Albania	10	1	1	8	7:20	-13	4

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Final

1	Croatia	Ukraine	1 : 1, 2 : 0
2	Russia	Italy	0 : 1, 1 : 1
3	Ireland	Belgium	1 : 2, 1 : 1
4	Hungary	Yugoslavia	0 : 5, 1 : 7

1998 Qualification North & Central America Final Group

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Mexico	10	4	6	0	23:7	16	18
2	USA	10	4	5	1	17:9	8	17
3	Jamaica	10	3	5	2	7:12	-5	14
4	Costa Rica	10	3	3	4	13:12	1	12
5	El Salvador	10	2	4	4	11:16	-5	10
6	Canada	10	1	3	6	5:20	-15	6

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1998 Qualification North & Central America First stage

Quarter-finals

1	Cuba	Bye
2	Bye	Cayman Islands
3	Grenada	Guyana	6 : 0, 2 : 1
4	Bye	Haiti
5	Dominican Republic	Aruba	3 : 1, 3 : 2
6	Bye	Netherlands
8	Bye	Trinidad & Tobago
9	Barbados	Bye
10	Antigua and Barbuda	Dominica	1 : 3, 3 : 3
11	Suriname	Bye
12	Bye	Jamaica
13	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Bye
14	Bye	Saint Lucia
15	Puerto Rico	Bye
16	Bye	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
17	Nicaragua	Bye
20	Bye	Guatemala
21	Belize	Bye
24	Bye	Panama

Semi-finals

1	Cuba	Cayman Islands	5 : 0, 1 : 0
2	Grenada	Haiti	0 : 1, 1 : 6
3	Dominican Republic	Netherlands	0 : 0, 2 : 1
4	Bye	Trinidad & Tobago
5	Barbados	Dominica	1 : 0, 1 : 0
6	Suriname	Jamaica	0 : 1, 0 : 1
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Lucia	1 : 0, 5 : 1
8	Puerto Rico	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0 : 7, 1 : 2
9	Nicaragua	Bye
10	Bye	Guatemala
11	Belize	Bye
12	Bye	Panama

Final

1	Cuba	Haiti	1 : 1, 6 : 1
2	Dominican Republic	Trinidad & Tobago	0 : 8, 1 : 4
3	Barbados	Jamaica	0 : 2, 0 : 1
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0 : 0, 2 : 2
5	Nicaragua	Guatemala	1 : 2, 0 : 1
6	Belize	Panama	1 : 4, 1 : 2

1998 Qualification North & Central America Second stage

Group 1

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	USA	6	4	1	1	10:5	5	13
2	Costa Rica	6	4	0	2	9:5	4	12
3	Guatemala	6	2	2	2	6:9	-3	8
4	Trinidad & Tobago	6	0	1	5	3:9	-6	1

Group 2

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Canada	6	5	1	0	10:1	9	16
2	El Salvador	6	3	1	2	12:6	6	10
3	Panama	6	1	2	3	8:11	-3	5
4	Cuba	6	1	0	5	4:16	-12	3

Group 3

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Jamaica	6	4	1	1	12:3	9	13
2	Mexico	6	4	0	2	14:6	8	12
3	Honduras	6	3	1	2	18:11	7	10
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6	0	0	6	6:30	-24	0

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1998 Qualification South America

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Argentina	4	4	0	0	7:0	7	12
2	Uruguay	4	2	1	1	8:5	3	7
3	Brazil	4	2	1	1	7:4	3	7
4	Venezuela	4	2	1	1	5:2	3	7
5	Colombia	4	1	3	0	3:2	1	6
6	Ecuador	4	2	1	1	4:3	1	4
7	Paraguay	4	1	1	2	1:2	-1	4
8	Chile	4	1	1	2	3:6	-3	4
9	Peru	4	0	1	3	0:5	-5	1
10	Bolivia	4	0	0	4	2:11	-9	0

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