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                  Participating countries   174    Total matches             643
                  Total goals              1922    Goals per game average   2.99
    
    
    
    

    Europe

    (UEFA Group 1)
    24.Apr 96 Athens Greece 2-0 Slovenia 01.Sep 96 Kalamata Greece 3-0 Bos.-Herzegovina 01.Sep 96 Ljubljana Slovenia 0-2 Denmark 08.Oct 96 Bologna Bos.-Herzegovina 1-4 Croatia 09.Oct 96 Copenhagen Denmark 2-1 Greece 10.Nov 96 Ljubljana Slovenia 1-2 Bos.-Herzegovina 10.Nov 96 Zagreb Croatia 1-1 Greece 29.Mar 97 Split Croatia 1-1 Denmark 02.Apr 97 Sarajevo Bos.-Herzegovina 0-1 Greece 02.Apr 97 Split Croatia 3-3 Slovenia 30.Apr 97 Copenhagen Denmark 4-0 Slovenia 30.Apr 97 Thessaloniki Greece 0-1 Croatia 08.Jun 97 Copenhagen Denmark 2-0 Bos.-Herzegovina 20.Aug 97 Sarajevo Bos.-Herzegovina 3-0 Denmark 06.Sep 97 Zagreb Croatia 3-2 Bos.-Herzegovina 06.Sep 97 Ljubljana Slovenia 0-3 Greece 10.Sep 97 Copenhagen Denmark 3-1 Croatia 10.Sep 97 Sarajevo Bos.-Herzegovina 1-0 Slovenia 11.Oct 97 Ljubljana Slovenia 1-3 Croatia 11.Oct 97 Athens Greece 0-0 Denmark
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Denmark 8 5 2 1 14- 6 17 2.Croatia 8 4 3 1 17-12 15 3.Greece 8 4 2 2 11- 4 14 4.Bosnia-Herzegovina 8 3 0 5 9-14 9 5.Slovenia 8 0 1 7 5-20 1
    Croatia advanced to UEFA play-offs. See bottom of UEFA section.
    (UEFA Group 2)
    01.Sep 96 Chisinau Moldova 0-3 England 05.Oct 96 Chisinau Moldova 1-3 Italy 09.Oct 96 London England 2-1 Poland 09.Oct 96 Perugia Italy 1-0 Georgia 09.Nov 96 Tbilisi Georgia 0-2 England 10.Nov 96 Katowice Poland 2-1 Moldova 12.Feb 97 London England 0-1 Italy 29.Mar 97 Trieste Italy 3-0 Moldova 02.Apr 97 Chorzów Poland 0-0 Italy 30.Apr 97 Naples Italy 3-0 Poland 30.Apr 97 London England 2-0 Georgia 31.May 97 Chorzów Poland 0-2 England 07.Jun 97 Batumi Georgia 2-0 Moldova 14.Jun 97 Chorzów Poland 4-1 Georgia 10.Sep 97 London England 4-0 Moldova 10.Sep 97 Tbilisi Georgia 0-0 Italy 24.Sep 97 Chisinau Moldova 0-1 Georgia 07.Oct 97 Chisinau Moldova 0-3 Poland 11.Oct 97 Tbilisi Georgia 3-0 Poland 11.Oct 97 Rome Italy 0-0 England
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.England 8 6 1 1 15- 2 19 2.Italy 8 5 3 0 11- 1 18 3.Poland 8 3 1 4 10-12 10 4.Georgia 8 3 1 4 7- 9 10 5.Moldova 8 0 0 8 2-21 0
    Italy advanced to UEFA play-offs. See bottom of UEFA section.
    (UEFA Group 3)
    02.Jun 96 Oslo Norway 5-0 Azerbaijan 31.Aug 96 Baku Azerbaijan 1-0 Switzerland 01.Sep 96 Budapest Hungary 1-0 Finland 06.Oct 96 Helsinki Finland 2-3 Switzerland 09.Oct 96 Oslo Norway 3-0 Hungary 10.Nov 96 Berne Switzerland 0-1 Norway 10.Nov 96 Baku Azerbaijan 0-3 Hungary 02.Apr 97 Baku Azerbaijan 1-2 Finland 30.Apr 97 Oslo Norway 1-1 Finland 30.Apr 97 Zürich Switzerland 1-0 Hungary 08.Jun 97 Helsinki Finland 3-0 Azerbaijan 08.Jun 97 Budapest Hungary 1-1 Norway 20.Aug 97 Helsinki Finland 0-4 Norway 20.Aug 97 Budapest Hungary 1-1 Switzerland 06.Sep 97 Baku Azerbaijan 0-1 Norway 06.Sep 97 Lausanne Switzerland 1-2 Finland 10.Sep 97 Oslo Norway 5-0 Switzerland 10.Sep 97 Budapest Hungary 3-1 Azerbaijan 11.Oct 97 Helsinki Finland 1-1 Hungary 11.Oct 97 Zürich Switzerland 5-0 Azerbaijan
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Norway 8 6 2 0 21- 2 20 2.Hungary 8 3 3 2 10- 8 12 3.Finland 8 3 2 3 11-12 11 4.Switzerland 8 3 1 4 11-12 10 5.Azerbaijan 8 1 0 7 3-22 3
    Hungary advanced to UEFA play-offs. See bottom of UEFA section.
    (UEFA Group 4)
    01.Jun 96 Stockholm Sweden 5-1 Belarus 31.Aug 96 Minsk Belarus 1-0 Estonia 31.Aug 96 Vienna Austria 0-0 Scotland 01.Sep 96 Riga Latvia 1-2 Sweden 05.Oct 96 Tallinn Estonia 1-0 Belarus 05.Oct 96 Riga Latvia 0-2 Scotland 09.Oct 96 Stockholm Sweden 0-1 Austria 09.Oct 96 Minsk Belarus 1-1 Latvia 09.Nov 96 Vienna Austria 2-1 Latvia 10.Nov 96 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 Sweden 11.Feb 97 Monaco Estonia 0-0 Scotland 29.Mar 97 Kilmarnock Scotland 2-0 Estonia 02.Apr 97 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Austria 30.Apr 97 Riga Latvia 2-0 Belarus 30.Apr 97 Gothenburg Sweden 2-1 Scotland 30.Apr 97 Vienna Austria 2-0 Estonia 18.May 97 Kadriorg Estonia 1-3 Latvia 08.Jun 97 Minsk Belarus 0-1 Scotland 08.Jun 97 Riga Latvia 1-3 Austria 08.Jun 97 Tallinn Estonia 2-3 Sweden 20.Aug 97 Tallinn Estonia 0-3 Austria 20.Aug 97 Minsk Belarus 1-2 Sweden 06.Sep 97 Riga Latvia 1-0 Estonia 06.Sep 97 Vienna Austria 1-0 Sweden 07.Sep 97 Aberdeen Scotland 4-1 Belarus 10.Sep 97 Minsk Belarus 0-1 Austria 10.Sep 97 Stockholm Sweden 1-0 Latvia 11.Oct 97 Vienna Austria 4-0 Belarus 11.Oct 97 Stockholm Sweden 1-0 Estonia 11.Oct 97 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Latvia
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Austria 10 8 1 1 17- 4 25 2.Scotland 10 7 2 1 15- 3 23 3.Sweden 10 7 0 3 16- 9 21 4.Latvia 10 3 1 6 10-14 10 5.Estonia 10 1 1 8 4-16 4 6.Belarus 10 1 1 8 5-21 4
    Scotland was best runner-up in UEFA (results against 1st,3rd and 4th place teams count only) and was rewarded with a ticket to the World Cup without play-offs.
    (UEFA Group 5)
    01.Sep 96 Ramat Gan Israel 2-1 Bulgaria 01.Sep 96 Moscow Russia 4-0 Cyprus 08.Oct 96 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-2 Bulgaria 09.Oct 96 Ramat Gan Israel 1-1 Russia 10.Nov 96 Limassol Cyprus 2-0 Israel 10.Nov 96 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-4 Russia 14.Dec 96 Limassol Cyprus 1-3 Bulgaria 15.Dec 96 Ramat Gan Israel 1-0 Luxembourg 29.Mar 97 Paralimni Cyprus 1-1 Russia 31.Mar 97 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-3 Israel 02.Apr 97 Sofia Bulgaria 4-1 Cyprus 30.Apr 97 Ramat Gan Israel 2-0 Cyprus 30.Apr 97 Moscow Russia 3-0 Luxembourg 08.Jun 97 Moscow Russia 2-0 Israel 08.Jun 97 Burgas Bulgaria 4-0 Luxembourg 20.Aug 97 Sofia Bulgaria 1-0 Israel 07.Sep 97 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-3 Cyprus 10.Sep 97 Sofia Bulgaria 1-0 Russia 11.Oct 97 Limassol Cyprus 2-0 Luxembourg 11.Oct 97 Moscow Russia 4-2 Bulgaria
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Bulgaria 8 6 0 2 18- 9 18 2.Russia 8 5 2 1 19- 5 17 3.Israel 8 4 1 3 9- 7 13 4.Cyprus 8 3 1 4 10-15 10 5.Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2-22 0
    Russia advanced to UEFA play-offs. See bottom of UEFA section.
    (UEFA Group 6)
    24.Apr 96 Belgrade Yugoslavia 3-1 Faroe Islands 02.Jun 96 Belgrade Yugoslavia 6-0 Malta 31.Aug 96 Toftir Faroe Islands 1-2 Slovakia 04.Sep 96 Toftir Faroe Islands 2-6 Spain 18.Sep 96 Teplice Czech Republic 6-0 Malta 22.Sep 96 Bratislava Slovakia 6-0 Malta 06.Oct 96 Toftir Faroe Islands 1-8 Yugoslavia 09.Oct 96 Prague Czech Republic 0-0 Spain 23.Oct 96 Bratislava Slovakia 3-0 Faroe Islands 10.Nov 96 Belgrade Yugoslavia 1-0 Czech Republic 13.Nov 96 Santa Cruz Spain 4-1 Slovakia 14.Dec 96 Valencia Spain 2-0 Yugoslavia 18.Dec 96 La Valletta Malta 0-3 Spain 12.Feb 97 Alicante Spain 4-0 Malta 31.Mar 97 La Valletta Malta 0-2 Slovakia 02.Apr 97 Prague Czech Republic 1-2 Yugoslavia 30.Apr 97 La Valletta Malta 1-2 Faroe Islands 30.Apr 97 Belgrade Yugoslavia 1-1 Spain 08.Jun 97 Toftir Faroe Islands 2-1 Malta 08.Jun 97 Belgrade Yugoslavia 2-0 Slovakia 08.Jun 97 Valladolid Spain 1-0 Czech Republic 20.Aug 97 Teplice Czech Republic 2-0 Faroe Islands 24.Aug 97 Bratislava Slovakia 2-1 Czech Republic 06.Sep 97 Toftir Faroe Islands 0-2 Czech Republic 10.Sep 97 Bratislava Slovakia 1-1 Yugoslavia 24.Sep 97 La Valletta Malta 0-1 Czech Republic 24.Sep 97 Bratislava Slovakia 1-2 Spain 11.Oct 97 La Valletta Malta 0-5 Yugoslavia 11.Oct 97 Prague Czech Republic 3-0 Slovakia 11.Oct 97 Gijón Spain 3-1 Faroe Islands
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Spain 10 8 2 0 26- 6 26 2.Yugoslavia 10 7 2 1 29- 7 23 3.Czech Republic 10 5 1 4 16- 6 16 4.Slovakia 10 5 1 4 18-14 16 5.Faroe Islands 10 2 0 8 10-31 6 6.Malta 10 0 0 10 2-37 0
    Yugoslavia advanced to UEFA play-offs. See bottom of UEFA section.
    (UEFA Group 7)
    02.Jun 96 San Marino San Marino 0-5 Wales 31.Aug 96 Cardiff Wales 6-0 San Marino 31.Aug 96 Brussels Belgium 2-1 Turkey 05.Oct 96 Cardiff Wales 1-3 Netherlands 09.Oct 96 San Marino San Marino 0-3 Belgium 09.Nov 96 Eindhoven Netherlands 7-1 Wales 10.Nov 96 Istanbul Turkey 7-0 San Marino 14.Dec 96 Cardiff Wales 0-0 Turkey 14.Dec 96 Brussels Belgium 0-3 Netherlands 29.Mar 97 Cardiff Wales 1-2 Belgium 29.Mar 97 Amsterdam Netherlands 4-0 San Marino 02.Apr 97 Bursa Turkey 1-0 Netherlands 30.Apr 97 Istanbul Turkey 1-3 Belgium 30.Apr 97 San Marino San Marino 0-6 Netherlands 07.Jun 97 Brussels Belgium 6-0 San Marino 20.Aug 97 Istanbul Turkey 6-4 Wales 06.Sep 97 Rotterdam Netherlands 3-1 Belgium 10.Sep 97 San Marino San Marino 0-5 Turkey 11.Oct 97 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-0 Turkey 11.Oct 97 Brussels Belgium 3-2 Wales
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Netherlands 8 6 1 1 26- 4 19 2.Belgium 8 6 0 2 20-11 18 3.Turkey 8 4 2 2 21- 9 14 4.Wales 8 2 1 5 20-21 7 5.San Marino 8 0 0 8 0-42 0
    Belgium advanced to UEFA play-offs. See bottom of UEFA section.
    (UEFA Group 8)
    24.Apr 96 Skopje FYR Macedonia 3-0 Liechtenstein 01.Jun 96 Reykjavik Iceland 1-1 FYR Macedonia 31.Aug 96 Bucharest Romania 3-0 Lithuania 31.Aug 96 Eschen Liechtenstein 0-5 Rep. of Ireland 05.Oct 96 Vilnius Lithuania 2-0 Iceland 09.Oct 96 Reykjavik Iceland 0-4 Romania 09.Oct 96 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 3-0 FYR Macedonia 09.Oct 96 Vilnius Lithuania 2-1 Liechtenstein 09.Nov 96 Eschen Liechtenstein 1-11 FYR Macedonia 10.Nov 96 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 0-0 Iceland 14.Dec 96 Skopje FYR Macedonia 0-3 Romania 29.Mar 97 Bucharest Romania 8-0 Liechtenstein 02.Apr 97 Skopje FYR Macedonia 3-2 Rep. of Ireland 02.Apr 97 Vilnius Lithuania 0-1 Romania 30.Apr 97 Eschen Liechtenstein 0-2 Lithuania 30.Apr 97 Bucharest Romania 1-0 Rep. of Ireland 21.May 97 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 5-0 Liechtenstein 07.Jun 97 Skopje FYR Macedonia 1-0 Iceland 11.Jun 97 Reykjavik Iceland 0-0 Lithuania 20.Aug 97 Eschen Liechtenstein 0-4 Iceland 20.Aug 97 Bucharest Romania 4-2 FYR Macedonia 20.Aug 97 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 0-0 Lithuania 06.Sep 97 Reykjavik Iceland 2-4 Rep. of Ireland 06.Sep 97 Eschen Liechtenstein 1-8 Romania 06.Sep 97 Vilnius Lithuania 2-0 FYR Macedonia 10.Sep 97 Bucharest Romania 4-0 Iceland 10.Sep 97 Vilnius Lithuania 1-2 Rep. of Ireland 11.Oct 97 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-1 Romania 11.Oct 97 Reykjavik Iceland 4-0 Liechtenstein 11.Oct 97 Skopje FYR Macedonia 1-2 Lithuania
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Romania 10 9 1 0 37- 4 28 2.Rep. of Ireland 10 5 3 2 22- 8 18 3.Lithuania 10 5 2 3 11- 8 17 4.FYR Macedonia 10 4 1 5 22-18 13 5.Iceland 10 2 3 5 11-16 9 6.Liechtenstein 10 0 0 10 3-52 0
    Rep. of Ireland advanced to UEFA play-offs. See bottom of UEFA section.
    (UEFA Group 9)
    31.Aug 96 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-1 Ukraine 31.Aug 96 Yerevan Armenia 0-0 Portugal 05.Oct 96 Belfast Northern Ireland 1-1 Armenia 05.Oct 96 Kiev Ukraine 2-1 Portugal 09.Oct 96 Tiranë Albania 0-3 Portugal 09.Oct 96 Yerevan Armenia 1-5 Germany 09.Nov 96 Tiranë Albania 1-1 Armenia 09.Nov 96 Nürnberg Germany 1-1 Northern Ireland 09.Nov 96 Porto Portugal 1-0 Ukraine 14.Dec 96 Belfast Northern Ireland 2-0 Albania 14.Dec 96 Lisbon Portugal 0-0 Germany 29.Mar 97 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-0 Portugal 29.Mar 97 Granada Albania 0-1 Ukraine 02.Apr 97 Kiev Ukraine 2-1 Northern Ireland 02.Apr 97 Granada Albania 2-3 Germany 30.Apr 97 Yerevan Armenia 0-0 Northern Ireland 30.Apr 97 Bremen Germany 2-0 Ukraine 07.May 97 Kiev Ukraine 1-1 Armenia 07.Jun 97 Porto Portugal 2-0 Albania 07.Jun 97 Kiev Ukraine 0-0 Germany 20.Aug 97 Belfast Northern Ireland 1-3 Germany 20.Aug 97 Setúbal Portugal 3-1 Armenia 20.Aug 97 Kiev Ukraine 1-0 Albania 06.Sep 97 Yerevan Armenia 3-0 Albania 06.Sep 97 Berlin Germany 1-1 Portugal 10.Sep 97 Zürich Albania 1-0 Northern Ireland 10.Sep 97 Dortmund Germany 4-0 Armenia 11.Oct 97 Hannover Germany 4-3 Albania 11.Oct 97 Yerevan Armenia 0-2 Ukraine 11.Oct 97 Lisbon Portugal 1-0 Northern Ireland
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Germany 10 6 4 0 23- 9 22 2.Ukraine 10 6 2 2 10- 6 20 3.Portugal 10 5 4 1 12- 4 19 4.Armenia 10 1 5 4 8-17 8 5.Northern Ireland 10 1 4 5 6-10 7 6.Albania 10 1 1 8 7-20 4
    Ukraine advanced to UEFA play-offs. See bottom of UEFA section. UEFA play-offs 29.Oct 97 Zagreb Croatia 2-0 Ukraine 15.Nov 97 Kiev Ukraine 1-1 Croatia 29.Oct 97 Moscow Russia 1-1 Italy 15.Nov 97 Naples Italy 1-0 Russia 29.Oct 97 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-1 Belgium 15.Nov 97 Brussels Belgium 2-1 Rep. of Ireland 29.Oct 97 Budapest Hungary 1-7 Yugoslavia 15.Nov 97 Belgrade Yugoslavia 5-0 Hungary QUALIFIED FROM EUROPE: Denmark, England, Norway, Austria, Scotland, Bulgaria, Spain, Netherlands, Romania, Germany, Croatia, Italy, Belgium and Yugoslavia + France as host nation.

    South America

    (CONMEBOL league)
    24.Apr 96 Buenos Aires Argentina 3-1 Bolivia 24.Apr 96 Caracas Venezuela 0-2 Uruguay 24.Apr 96 Barranquilla Colombia 1-0 Paraguay 24.Apr 96 Guayaquil Ecuador 4-1 Peru 02.Jun 96 Quito Ecuador 2-0 Argentina 02.Jun 96 Montevideo Uruguay 0-2 Paraguay 02.Jun 96 Barinas Venezuela 1-1 Chile 02.Jun 96 Lima Peru 1-1 Colombia 07.Jul 96 Lima Peru 0-0 Argentina 07.Jul 96 Santiago Chile 4-1 Ecuador 07.Jul 96 Barranquilla Colombia 3-1 Uruguay 07.Jul 96 La Paz Bolivia 6-1 Venezuela 01.Sep 96 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-1 Paraguay 01.Sep 96 Barranquilla Colombia 4-1 Chile 01.Sep 96 Quito Ecuador 1-0 Venezuela 01.Sep 96 La Paz Bolivia 0-0 Peru 09.Oct 96 San Cristóbal Venezuela 2-5 Argentina 08.Oct 96 Montevideo Uruguay 1-0 Bolivia 09.Oct 96 Quito Ecuador 0-1 Colombia 09.Oct 96 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Chile 10.Nov 96 La Paz Bolivia 2-2 Colombia 10.Nov 96 Asunción Paraguay 1-0 Ecuador 10.Nov 96 Lima Peru 4-1 Venezuela 12.Nov 96 Santiago Chile 1-0 Uruguay 15.Dec 96 La Paz Bolivia 0-0 Paraguay 15.Dec 96 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-1 Chile 15.Dec 96 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0 Peru 15.Dec 96 San Cristóbal Venezuela 0-2 Colombia 12.Jan 97 Mérida Venezuela 0-2 Paraguay 12.Jan 97 Montevideo Uruguay 0-0 Argentina 12.Jan 97 Lima Peru 2-1 Chile 12.Jan 97 La Paz Bolivia 2-0 Ecuador 12.Feb 97 Quito Ecuador 4-0 Uruguay 12.Feb 97 La Paz Bolivia 1-1 Chile 12.Feb 97 Barranquilla Colombia 0-1 Argentina 12.Feb 97 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Peru 02.Apr 97 La Paz Bolivia 2-1 Argentina 02.Apr 97 Montevideo Uruguay 3-1 Venezuela 02.Apr 97 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Colombia 02.Apr 97 Lima Peru 1-1 Ecuador 29.Apr 97 Santiago Chile 6-0 Venezuela 30.Apr 97 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-1 Ecuador 30.Apr 97 Asunción Paraguay 3-1 Uruguay 30.Apr 97 Barranquilla Colombia 0-1 Peru 08.Jun 97 Quito Ecuador 1-1 Chile 08.Jun 97 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-0 Peru 08.Jun 97 Montevideo Uruguay 1-1 Colombia 08.Jun 97 Valera Venezuela 1-1 Bolivia 05.Jul 97 Santiago Chile 4-1 Colombia 06.Jul 97 Asunción Paraguay 1-2 Argentina 06.Jul 97 Lima Peru 2-1 Bolivia 06.Jul 97 Maracaibo Venezuela 1-1 Ecuador 20.Jul 97 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-0 Venezuela 20.Jul 97 La Paz Bolivia 1-0 Uruguay 20.Jul 97 Barranquilla Colombia 1-0 Ecuador 20.Jul 97 Santiago Chile 2-1 Paraguay 20.Aug 97 Montevideo Uruguay 1-0 Chile 20.Aug 97 Barranquilla Colombia 3-0 Bolivia 20.Aug 97 Quito Ecuador 2-1 Paraguay 20.Aug 97 Barinas Venezuela 0-3 Peru 10.Sep 97 Santiago Chile 1-2 Argentina 10.Sep 97 Lima Peru 2-1 Uruguay 10.Sep 97 Barranquilla Colombia 1-0 Venezuela 10.Sep 97 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Bolivia 12.Oct 97 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-0 Uruguay 12.Oct 97 Santiago Chile 4-0 Peru 12.Oct 97 Asunción Paraguay 1-0 Venezuela 12.Oct 97 Guayaquil Ecuador 1-0 Bolivia 16.Nov 97 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-1 Colombia 16.Nov 97 Maldonado Uruguay 5-3 Ecuador 16.Nov 97 Lima Peru 1-0 Paraguay 16.Nov 97 Santiago Chile 3-0 Bolivia
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Argentina 16 8 6 2 23-13 30 2.Paraguay 16 9 2 5 21-14 29 3.Colombia 16 8 4 4 23-15 28 4.Chile 16 7 4 5 32-18 25 5.Peru 16 7 4 5 19-20 25 6.Ecuador 16 6 3 7 22-21 21 7.Uruguay 16 6 3 7 18-21 21 8.Bolivia 16 4 5 7 18-21 17 9.Venezuela 16 0 3 13 8-41 3
    QUALIFIED FROM SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia and Chile + Brazil as defending champions.

    North/Central America

    (CONCACAF preliminary round)
    Caribbean Zone 1st round 24.Mar 96 Santo Domingo Dominican Rep. 3-2 Aruba 31.Mar 96 Oranjestad Aruba 1-3 Dominican Rep. Bahamas withdrew so Saint Kitts-Nevis had a walkover. 29.Mar 96 Georgetown Guyana 1-2 Grenada 07.Apr 96 St. Georges Grenada 6-0 Guyana 10.Mar 96 Roseau Dominica 3-3 Antigua 31.Mar 96 St. Johns Antigua 1-3 Dominica 2nd round Bermuda withdrew so Trinidad/Tobago had a walkover. 04.May 96 Bayamon Puerto Rico 1-2 St Vincent 12.May 96 Kingstown St Vincent 7-0 Puerto Rico 12.May 96 Georgetown Cayman Islands 0-1 Cuba 14.May 96 Georgetown Cayman Islands 0-5 Cuba 05.May 96 Basseterre St Kitts-Nevis 5-1 St Lucia 19.May 96 Castries St Lucia 0-1 St Kitts-Nevis 12.May 96 Port-au-Prince Haiti 6-1 Grenada 18.May 96 St. Georges Grenada 0-1 Haiti 31.Mar 96 Paramaribo Surinam 0-1 Jamaica 21.Apr 96 Kingston Jamaica 1-0 Surinam 14.May 96 Roseau Dominica 0-1 Barbados 19.May 96 Bridgetown Barbados 1-0 Dominica 04.May 96 Santo Domingo Dominican Rep. 2-1 Dutch Antilles 11.May 96 Willemstad Dutch Antilles 0-0 Dominican Rep. 3rd round 15.Jun 96 Santo Domingo Dominican Rep. 1-4 Trinidad/Tobago 23.Jun 96 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 8-0 Dominican Rep. (Trinidad/Tobago to semifinal groupstage) 23.Jun 96 Bridgetown Barbados 0-1 Jamaica 30.Jun 96 Kingstown Jamaica 2-0 Barbados (Jamaica to semifinal groupstage) 10.Jun 96 Port of Spain Cuba 6-1 Haiti 30.Jun 96 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-1 Cuba (Cuba to semifinal groupstage) 23.Jun 96 Basseterre St Kitts-Nevis 2-2 St Vincent 30.Jun 96 Kingston St Vincent 0-0 St Kitts-Nevis (St Vincent to semifinal groupstage) Central American Zone 05.May 96 Diriamba Nicaragua 0-1 Guatemala 10.May 96 Cd. Guatemala Guatemala 2-1 Nicaragua (Guatemala to semifinal groupstage) 02.Jun 96 Belize Belize 1-2 Panama 09.Jun 96 Panama Panama 4-1 Belize (Panama to semifinal groupstage)
    (CONCACAF semifinal groupstage)
    Group 1 01.Sep 96 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 Costa Rica 06.Oct 96 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 1-1 Guatemala 03.Nov 96 Washington USA 2-0 Guatemala 10.Nov 96 Richmond USA 2-0 Trinidad/Tobago 17.Nov 96 San José Costa Rica 3-0 Guatemala 24.Nov 96 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 0-1 USA 24.Nov 96 Los Angeles Guatemala 1-0 Costa Rica 01.Dec 96 San José Costa Rica 2-1 USA 08.Dec 96 Los Angeles Guatemala 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago 14.Dec 96 Palo Alto USA 2-1 Costa Rica 21.Dec 96 San José Costa Rica 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago 21.Dec 96 San Salvador Guatemala 2-2 USA
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.USA 6 4 1 1 10- 5 13 2.Costa Rica 6 4 0 2 9- 5 12 3.Guatemala 6 2 2 2 6- 9 8 4.Trinidad/Tobago 6 0 1 5 3- 9 1
    Group 2 30.Aug 96 Edmonton Canada 3-1 Panama 08.Sep 96 San Salvador Cuba 0-5 El Salvador 22.Sep 96 Panama Cuba 3-1 Panama 06.Oct 96 Panama Panama 1-1 El Salvador 10.Oct 96 Edmonton Canada 2-0 Cuba 13.Oct 96 Edmonton Cuba 0-2 Canada 27.Oct 96 Panama Panama 0-0 Canada 03.Nov 96 Vancouver Canada 1-0 El Salvador 10.Nov 96 San Salvador El Salvador 3-2 Panama 01.Dec 96 San Salvador El Salvador 3-0 Cuba 15.Dec 96 Panama Panama 3-1 Cuba 15.Dec 96 San Salvador El Salvador 0-2 Canada
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Canada 6 5 1 0 10- 1 16 2.El Salvador 6 3 1 2 12- 6 10 3.Panama 6 1 2 3 8-11 5 4.Cuba 6 1 0 5 4-16 3
    Group 3 15.Sep 96 Kingston Jamaica 3-0 Honduras 15.Sep 96 Kingstown St Vincent 0-3 Mexico 21.Sep 96 San Pedro Sula Honduras 2-1 Mexico 23.Sep 96 Kingstown St Vincent 1-2 Jamaica 13.Oct 96 Kingstown St Vincent 1-4 Honduras 16.Oct 96 Mexico City Mexico 2-1 Jamaica 27.Oct 96 Tegucigalpa Honduras 0-0 Jamaica 30.Oct 96 Mexico City Mexico 5-1 St Vincent 06.Nov 96 Mexico City Mexico 3-1 Honduras 10.Nov 96 Kingston Jamaica 5-0 St Vincent 17.Nov 96 Kingston Jamaica 1-0 Mexico 17.Nov 96 San Pedro Sula Honduras 11-3 St Vincent
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Jamaica 6 4 1 1 12- 3 13 2.Mexico 6 4 0 2 14- 6 12 3.Honduras 6 3 1 2 18-11 10 4.Saint Vincent 6 0 0 6 6-30 0
    (CONCACAF Final round)
    02.Mar 97 Mexico City Mexico 4-0 Canada 02.Mar 97 Kingston Jamaica 0-0 USA 16.Mar 97 Palo Alto USA 3-0 Canada 16.Mar 97 San José Costa Rica 0-0 Mexico 23.Mar 97 San José Costa Rica 3-2 USA 06.Apr 97 Vancouver Canada 0-0 El Salvador 13.Apr 97 Mexico City Mexico 6-0 Jamaica 20.Apr 97 Foxboro USA 2-2 Mexico 27.Apr 97 Vancouver Canada 0-0 Jamaica 04.May 97 San Salvador El Salvador 2-1 Costa Rica 11.May 97 San José Costa Rica 3-1 Jamaica 18.May 97 Kingston Jamaica 1-0 El Salvador 01.Jun 97 Edmonton Canada 1-0 Costa Rica 08.Jun 97 San Salvador El Salvador 0-1 Mexico 29.Jun 97 San Salvador El Salvador 1-1 USA 10.Aug 97 San José Costa Rica 0-0 El Salvador 07.Sep 97 Portland USA 1-0 Costa Rica 07.Sep 97 Kingston Jamaica 1-0 Canada 14.Sep 97 Kingston Jamaica 1-0 Costa Rica 14.Sep 97 San Salvador El Salvador 4-1 Canada 03.Oct 97 Washington USA 1-1 Jamaica 05.Oct 97 Mexico City Mexico 5-0 El Salvador 12.Oct 97 Edmonton Canada 2-2 Mexico 02.Nov 97 Mexico City Mexico 0-0 USA 09.Nov 97 Vancouver Canada 0-3 USA 09.Nov 97 San Salvador El Salvador 2-2 Jamaica 09.Nov 97 Mexico City Mexico 3-3 Costa Rica 16.Nov 97 Kingston Jamaica 0-0 Mexico 16.Nov 97 San José Costa Rica 3-1 Canada 16.Nov 97 Foxboro USA 4-2 El Salvador
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Mexico 10 4 6 0 23- 7 18 2.USA 10 4 5 1 17- 9 17 3.Jamaica 10 3 5 2 7-12 14 4.Costa Rica 10 3 3 4 13-12 12 5.El Salvador 10 2 4 4 11-16 10 6.Canada 10 1 3 6 5-20 6
    QUALIFIED FROM NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA: Mexico, USA and Jamaica.

    Africa

    (CAF First round)
    02.Jun 96 Khartoum Sudan 2-0 Zambia 16.Jun 96 Lusaka Zambia 3-0 Sudan 01.Jun 96 Windhoek Namibia 2-0 Mozambique 16.Jun 96 Maputo Mozambique 1-1 Namibia 08.Jun 96 Dar Es Salaam Tanzania 0-0 Ghana 17.Jun 96 Accra Ghana 2-1 Tanzania 02.Jun 96 Mbabane Swaziland 0-1 Gabon 16.Jun 96 Libreville Gabon 2-0 Swaziland 01.Jun 96 Kampala Uganda 0-2 Angola 16.Jun 96 Luanda Angola 3-1 Uganda 02.Jun 96 Curepipe Mauritius 1-5 Zaire 16.Jun 96 Kinshasa Zaire 2-0 Mauritius 01.Jun 96 Blantyre Malawi 0-1 South Africa 15.Jun 96 Johannesburg South Africa 3-0 Malawi 02.Jun 96 Tananarive Madagascar 1-2 Zimbabwe 15.Jun 96 Dakar Zimbabwe 2-2 Madagascar 01.Jun 96 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 3-2 Guinea 16.Jun 96 Conakry Guinea 3-1 Guinea-Bissau 02.Jun 96 Kigali Rwanda 1-3 Tunisia 16.Jun 96 Tunis Tunisia 2-0 Rwanda 02.Jun 96 Brazzaville Congo-Brazz. 2-0 Ivory Coast 16.Jun 96 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-1 Congo-Brazz. 02.Jun 96 Nairobi Kenya 3-1 Algeria 14.Jun 96 Alger Algeria 1-0 Kenya 02.Jun 96 Bujumbura Burundi 1-0 Sierra Leone 15.Jun 96 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-1 Burundi (Burundi later withdrew so Sierra Leone took their place.) 31.May 96 Nouakchott Mauritania 0-0 Burkina Faso 16.Jun 96 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 2-0 Mauritania 02.Jun 96 Lomé Togo 2-1 Senegal 15.Jun 96 Dakar Senegal 1-1 Togo 01.Jun 96 Benjul Gambia 2-1 Liberia 23.Jun 96 Accra Liberia 4-0 Gambia Cameroon ,Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria all had byes.
    (CAF Final round)
    Group 1 09.Nov 96 Lagos Nigeria 2-0 Burkina Faso 10.Nov 96 Conakry Guinea 3-1 Kenya 12.Jan 97 Nairobi Kenya 1-1 Nigeria 12.Jan 97 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 0-2 Guinea 05.Apr 97 Lagos Nigeria 2-1 Guinea 06.Apr 97 Nairobi Kenya 4-3 Burkina Faso 27.Apr 97 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 1-2 Nigeria 27.Apr 97 Nairobi Kenya 1-0 Guinea 07.Jun 97 Lagos Nigeria 3-0 Kenya 08.Jun 97 Conakry Guinea 3-1 Burkina Faso 16.Aug 97 Bobo Dioulasso Burkina Faso 2-4 Kenya 17.Aug 97 Conakry Guinea 1-0 Nigeria
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Nigeria 6 4 1 1 10- 4 13 2.Guinea 6 4 0 2 10- 5 12 3.Kenya 6 3 1 2 11-12 10 4.Burkina Faso 6 0 0 6 7-17 0
    Group 2 08.Nov 96 Cairo Egypt 7-1 Namibia 10.Nov 96 Accra Liberia 0-1 Tunisia 11.Jan 97 Windhoek Namibia 0-0 Liberia 12.Jan 97 Tunis Tunisia 1-0 Egypt 06.Apr 97 Accra Liberia 1-0 Egypt 06.Apr 97 Windhoek Namibia 1-2 Tunisia 26.Apr 97 Windhoek Namibia 2-3 Egypt 27.Apr 97 Tunis Tunisia 2-0 Liberia 08.Jun 97 Monrovia Liberia 1-2 Namibia 08.Jun 97 Cairo Egypt 0-0 Tunisia 17.Aug 97 Cairo Egypt 5-0 Liberia 17.Aug 97 Tunis Tunisia 4-0 Namibia
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Tunisia 6 5 1 0 10- 1 16 2.Egypt 6 3 1 2 15- 5 10 3.Liberia 6 1 1 4 2-10 4 4.Namibia 6 1 1 4 6-17 4
    Group 3 Note: In June 1997, Zaire were renamed Democratic Republic of Congo. They are here named Congo-Kinshasa throughout the campaign while the Republic of Congo is Congo-Brazzaville in order to avoid confusion. 09.Nov 96 Johannesburg South Africa 1-0 Congo-Kinshasa 10.Nov 96 Pointe-Noire Congo-Brazz. 1-0 Zambia 11.Jan 97 Lusaka Zambia 0-0 South Africa 12.Jan 97 Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa 1-1 Congo-Brazz. 06.Apr 97 Pointe-Noire Congo-Brazz. 2-0 South Africa 09.Apr 97 Harare Congo-Kinshasa 2-2 Zambia 27.Apr 97 Lusaka Zambia 3-0 Congo-Brazz. 27.Apr 97 Lomé Congo-Kinshasa 1-2 South Africa 08.Jun 97 Pointe-Noire Congo-Brazz. 1-0 Congo-Kinshasa 08.Jun 97 Johannesburg South Africa 3-0 Zambia 16.Aug 97 Johannesburg South Africa 1-0 Congo-Brazz. 16.Aug 97 Lusaka Zambia 2-0 Congo-Kinshasa
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.South Africa 6 4 1 1 7- 3 13 2.Congo-Brazzaville 6 3 1 2 5- 5 10 3.Zambia 6 2 2 2 7- 6 8 4.Congo-Kinshasa 6 0 2 4 4- 9 2
    Group 4 10.Nov 96 Luanda Angola 2-1 Zimbabwe 10.Nov 96 Lomé Togo 2-4 Cameroon 12.Jan 97 Harare Zimbabwe 3-0 Togo 12.Jan 97 Yaoundé Cameroon 0-0 Angola 06.Apr 97 Luanda Angola 3-1 Togo 06.Apr 97 Yaoundé Cameroon 1-0 Zimbabwe 27.Apr 97 Harare Zimbabwe 0-0 Angola 27.Apr 97 Yaoundé Cameroon 2-0 Togo 08.Jun 97 Luanda Angola 1-1 Cameroon 08.Jun 97 Lomé Togo 2-1 Zimbabwe 17.Aug 97 Lomé Togo 1-1 Angola 17.Aug 97 Harare Zimbabwe 1-2 Cameroon
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Cameroon 6 4 2 0 10- 4 14 2.Angola 6 2 4 0 7- 4 10 3.Zimbabwe 6 1 1 4 6- 7 4 4.Togo 6 1 1 4 6-14 4
    Group 5 09.Nov 96 Rabat Morocco 4-0 Sierra Leone 10.Nov 96 Libreville Gabon 1-1 Ghana 11.Jan 97 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-0 Gabon 12.Jan 97 Kumasi Ghana 2-2 Morocco 05.Apr 97 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-1 Ghana 06.Apr 97 Libreville Gabon 0-4 Morocco (Abandoned after 55' at 0-4. Result stayed.) 26.Apr 97 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-1 Morocco 27.Apr 97 Accra Ghana 3-0 Gabon 07.Jun 97 Casablanca Morocco 1-0 Ghana 17.Aug 97 Casablanca Morocco 2-0 Gabon 17.Aug 97 Obuasi Ghana 0-2 Sierra Leone 26.Oct 97 Libreville Gabon n/p Sierra Leone (Game not played because of travelling problems for SL.)
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Morocco 6 5 1 0 14- 2 16 2.Sierra Leone 5 2 1 2 4- 6 7 3.Ghana 6 1 3 2 7- 7 6 4.Gabon 5 0 1 4 1-11 1
    QUALIFIED FROM AFRICA: Nigeria, Tunisia, South Africa, Cameroon and Morocco.

    Asia

    (AFC First round groupstage)
    Group 1 16.Mar 97 Kuala Lumpur Taiwan 0-2 Saudi Arabia 16.Mar 97 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2-0 Bangladesh 18.Mar 97 Kuala Lumpur Bangladesh 1-3 Taiwan 18.Mar 97 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 0-0 Saudi Arabia 20.Mar 97 Kuala Lumpur Bangladesh 1-4 Saudi Arabia 20.Mar 97 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2-0 Taiwan 27.Mar 97 Jeddah Taiwan 0-0 Malaysia 27.Mar 97 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3-0 Bangladesh 29.Mar 97 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3-0 Malaysia 29.Mar 97 Jeddah Taiwan 1-2 Bangladesh 31.Mar 97 Jeddah Bangladesh 0-1 Malaysia 31.Mar 97 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 6-0 Taiwan
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Saudi Arabia 6 5 1 0 18- 1 16 2.Malaysia 6 3 2 1 5- 3 11 3.Taiwan 6 1 1 4 4-13 4 4.Bangladesh 6 1 0 5 4-14 3
    Group 2 02.Jun 97 Damascus Syria n/p Kyrgyzstan 02.Jun 97 Damascus Maldives 0-17 Iran 04.Jun 97 Damascus Syria 12-0 Maldives 04.Jun 97 Damascus Kyrgyzstan 0-7 Iran 06.Jun 97 Damascus Syria 0-1 Iran 06.Jun 97 Damascus Kyrgyzstan 3-0 Maldives 09.Jun 97 Tehran Iran 3-1 Kyrgyzstan 09.Jun 97 Tehran Maldives 0-12 Syria 11.Jun 97 Tehran Iran 9-0 Maldives 11.Jun 97 Tehran Kyrgyzstan 2-1 Syria 13.Jun 97 Tehran Iran 2-2 Syria 13.Jun 97 Tehran Maldives 0-6 Kyrgyzstan
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Iran 6 5 1 0 39- 3 16 2.Kyrgyzstan 5 3 0 2 12-11 9 3.Syria 5 2 1 2 27- 5 7 4.Maldives 6 0 0 6 0-59 0
    Group 3 08.Apr 97 Manama Jordan 0-0 UAE 11.Apr 97 Manama Bahrain 1-2 UAE 14.Apr 97 Manama Bahrain 1-0 Jordan 19.Apr 97 Sharjah Jordan 4-1 Bahrain 22.Apr 97 Sharjah UAE 3-0 Bahrain 26.Apr 97 Sharjah UAE 2-0 Jordan
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.UAE 4 3 1 0 7- 1 10 2.Jordan 4 1 1 2 4- 4 4 3.Bahrain 4 1 0 3 3- 9 3
    Group 4 23.Mar 97 Muscat Nepal 1-1 Macao 23.Mar 97 Muscat Oman 0-1 Japan 25.Mar 97 Muscat Macao 0-10 Japan 25.Mar 97 Muscat Oman 1-0 Nepal 27.Mar 97 Muscat Nepal 0-6 Japan 27.Mar 97 Muscat Oman 4-0 Macao 22.Jun 97 Tokyo Japan 10-0 Macao 22.Jun 97 Tokyo Nepal 0-6 Oman 25.Jun 97 Tokyo Japan 3-0 Nepal 25.Jun 97 Tokyo Macao 0-2 Oman 28.Jun 97 Tokyo Japan 1-1 Oman 28.Jun 97 Tokyo Macao 2-1 Nepal
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Japan 6 5 1 0 31- 1 16 2.Oman 6 4 1 1 14- 2 13 3.Macao 6 1 1 4 3-28 4 4.Nepal 6 0 1 5 2-19 1
    Group 5 06.Apr 97 Jakarta Indonesia 8-0 Cambodia 13.Apr 97 Manado Indonesia 0-0 Yemen 20.Apr 97 Phnom Penh Cambodia 0-1 Yemen 27.Apr 97 Phnom Penh Cambodia 1-1 Indonesia 09.May 97 Sanaa Yemen 0-1 Uzbekistan 16.May 97 Sanaa Yemen 7-0 Cambodia 25.May 97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 6-0 Cambodia 01.Jun 97 Surabaya Indonesia 1-1 Uzbekistan 13.Jun 97 Sanaa Yemen 1-1 Indonesia 20.Jun 97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 3-0 Indonesia 29.Jun 97 Phnom Penh Cambodia 1-4 Uzbekistan 24.Aug 97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 5-1 Yemen
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Uzbekistan 6 5 1 0 20- 3 16 2.Yemen 6 2 2 2 10- 7 8 3.Indonesia 6 1 4 1 11- 6 7 4.Cambodia 6 0 1 5 2-27 1
    Group 6 23.Feb 97 Hongkong Hongkong 0-2 South Korea 02.Mar 97 Bangkok Thailand 1-3 South Korea 09.Mar 97 Bangkok Thailand 2-0 Hongkong 30.Mar 97 Hongkong Hongkong 3-2 Thailand 28.May 97 Taejon South Korea 4-0 Hongkong 01.Jun 97 Seoul South Korea 0-0 Thailand
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.South Korea 4 3 1 0 9- 1 10 2.Thailand 4 1 1 2 5- 6 4 3.Hongkong 4 1 0 3 3-10 3
    Group 7 13.Apr 97 Borj Hamm Lebanon 1-1 Singapore 26.Apr 97 Singapore Singapore 0-1 Kuwait 08.May 97 Kuwait Kuwait 2-0 Lebanon 24.May 97 Singapore Singapore 1-2 Lebanon 05.Jun 97 Kuwait Kuwait 4-0 Singapore 22.Jun 97 Borj Hamm Lebanon 1-3 Kuwait
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Kuwait 4 4 0 0 10- 1 12 2.Lebanon 4 1 1 2 4- 7 4 3.Singapore 4 0 1 3 2- 8 1
    Group 8 04.May 97 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 1-4 China 04.May 97 Dushanbe Tajikistan 4-0 Vietnam 11.May 97 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 2-1 Vietnam 11.May 97 Dushanbe Tajikistan 0-1 China 25.May 97 Ho Chi Minh Vietnam 1-3 China 25.May 97 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 1-2 Tajikistan 01.Jun 97 Beijing China 1-0 Turkmenistan 01.Jun 97 Ho Chi Minh Vietnam 0-4 Tajikistan 08.Jun 97 Beijing China 0-0 Tajikistan 08.Jun 97 Ho Chi Minh Vietnam 0-4 Turkmenistan 22.Jun 97 Beijing China 4-0 Vietnam 22.Jun 97 Dushanbe Tajikistan 5-0 Turkmenistan
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.China 6 5 1 0 13- 2 16 2.Tajikistan 6 4 1 1 15- 4 13 3.Turkmenistan 6 2 0 4 8-13 6 4.Vietnam 6 0 0 6 2-21 0
    Group 9 11.May 97 Almaty Kazakhstan 3-0 Pakistan 23.May 97 Lahore Pakistan 2-6 Iraq 06.Jun 97 Baghdad Iraq 1-2 Kazakhstan 11.Jun 97 Lahore Pakistan 0-7 Kazakhstan 20.Jun 97 Baghdad Iraq 6-1 Pakistan 29.Jun 97 Almaty Kazakhstan 3-1 Iraq
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Kazakhstan 4 4 0 0 15- 2 12 2.Iraq 4 2 0 2 14- 8 6 3.Pakistan 4 0 0 4 3-22 0
    Group 10 20.Sep 96 Doha Qatar 3-0 Sri Lanka 21.Sep 96 Doha India 2-0 Philippines 23.Sep 96 Doha Qatar 5-0 Philippines 24.Sep 96 Doha Sri Lanka 1-1 India 26.Sep 96 Doha Philippines 0-3 Sri Lanka 27.Sep 96 Doha Qatar 6-0 India
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Qatar 3 3 0 0 14- 0 9 2.Sri Lanka 3 1 1 1 4- 4 4 3.India 3 1 1 1 3- 7 4 4.Philippines 3 0 0 3 0-10 0
    (AFC Final round)
    Group A 13.Sep 97 Dalian China 2-4 Iran 14.Sep 97 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 2-1 Kuwait 19.Sep 97 Tehran Iran 1-1 Saudi Arabia 19.Sep 97 Doha Qatar 0-2 Kuwait 26.Sep 97 Doha Qatar 1-1 China 26.Sep 97 Kuwait Kuwait 1-1 Iran 03.Oct 97 Dalian China 1-0 Saudi Arabia 03.Oct 97 Tehran Iran 3-0 Qatar 10.Oct 97 Kuwait Kuwait 1-2 China 11.Oct 97 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-0 Qatar 17.Oct 97 Kuwait Kuwait 2-1 Saudi Arabia 17.Oct 97 Tehran Iran 4-1 China 24.Oct 97 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-0 Iran 24.Oct 97 Kuwait Kuwait 0-1 Qatar 31.Oct 97 Dalian China 2-3 Qatar 31.Oct 97 Tehran Iran 0-0 Kuwait 06.Nov 97 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-1 China 07.Nov 97 Doha Qatar 2-0 Iran 12.Nov 97 Dalian China 1-0 Kuwait 12.Nov 97 Doha Qatar 0-1 Saudi Arabia
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Saudi Arabia 8 4 2 2 8- 6 14 2.Iran 8 3 3 2 13- 8 12 3.China 8 3 2 3 11-14 11 4.Qatar 8 3 1 4 7-10 10 5.Kuwait 8 2 2 4 7- 8 8
    Iran to face the runner-up in the other group (Japan) in a play-off. Group B 06.Sep 97 Seoul South Korea 3-0 Kazakhstan 07.Sep 97 Tokyo Japan 6-3 Uzbekistan 12.Sep 97 Abu Dhabi UAE 4-0 Kazakhstan 12.Sep 97 Seoul South Korea 2-1 Uzbekistan 19.Sep 97 Abu Dhabi UAE 0-0 Japan 20.Sep 97 Almaty Kazakhstan 1-1 Uzbekistan 27.Sep 97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 2-3 UAE 28.Sep 97 Tokyo Japan 1-2 South Korea 04.Oct 97 Almaty Kazakhstan 1-1 Japan 04.Oct 97 Seoul South Korea 3-0 UAE 11.Oct 97 Almaty Kazakhstan 1-1 South Korea 11.Oct 97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 1-1 Japan 18.Oct 97 Almaty Kazakhstan 3-0 UAE 18.Oct 97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 1-5 South Korea 25.Oct 97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 4-0 Kazakhstan 26.Oct 97 Tokyo Japan 1-1 UAE 01.Nov 97 Seoul South Korea 0-2 Japan 02.Nov 97 Abu Dhabi UAE 0-0 Uzbekistan 08.Nov 97 Tokyo Japan 5-1 Kazakhstan 09.Nov 97 Abu Dhabi UAE 1-3 South Korea
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.South Korea 8 6 1 1 19- 7 19 2.Japan 8 3 4 1 17- 9 13 3.UAE 8 2 3 3 9-12 9 4.Uzbekistan 8 1 3 4 13-18 6 5.Kazakhstan 8 1 3 4 7-19 6
    Japan to face the runner-up in the other group (Iran) in a play-off. Asian play-off 16.Nov 97 Johor Bahru Iran 2-3 Japan Japan qualify to World Cup. Iran to play off with Australia for one spot in the World Cup. Asia #4/Oceania winner play-off 22.Nov 97 Tehran Iran 1-1 Australia 29.Nov 97 Melbourne Australia 2-2 Iran (Iran won on away goals rule) QUALIFIED FROM ASIA: Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Japan and Iran.

    Oceania

    (OFC First round)
    Melanesian Group 16.Sep 96 Lae Papua New Guinea 1-1 Solomon Islands 18.Sep 96 Lae Solomon Islands 1-1 Vanuatu 20.Sep 96 Lae Papua New Guinea 2-1 Vanuatu
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Papua New Guinea 2 1 1 0 3- 2 4 2.Solomon Islands 2 0 2 0 2- 2 2 3.Vanuatu 2 0 1 1 2- 3 1
    Polynesian Group 11.Nov 96 Tonga Tonga 2-0 Cook Islands 13.Nov 96 Tonga Western Samoa 2-1 Cook Islands 15.Nov 96 Tonga Tonga 1-0 Western Samoa
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Tonga 2 2 0 0 3- 0 6 2.Western Samoa 2 1 0 1 2- 2 3 3.Cook Islands 2 0 0 2 1- 4 0
    Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Tahiti receive byes to second round. Play-off (1st Polynesia vs 2nd Melanesia) 15.Feb 97 Nuku'alofa Tonga 0-4 Solomon Islands 01.Mar 97 Honiara Solomon Islands 9-0 Tonga
    (OFC Second round)
    Group 1 11.Jun 97 Sydney Australia 13-0 Solomon Islands 13.Jun 97 Sydney Australia 5-0 Tahiti 15.Jun 97 Sydney Solomon Islands 4-1 Tahiti 17.Jun 97 Sydney Solomon Islands 2-6 Australia 19.Jun 97 Sydney Tahiti 0-2 Australia 21.Jun 97 Sydney Tahiti 1-1 Solomon Islands
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Australia 4 4 0 0 26- 2 12 2.Solomon Islands 4 1 1 2 7-21 4 3.Tahiti 4 0 1 3 2-12 1
    Group 2 31.May 97 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 1-0 New Zealand 07.Jun 97 Ba Fiji 0-1 New Zealand 11.Jun 97 Auckland New Zealand 7-0 Papua New Guinea 15.Jun 97 Suva Fiji 3-1 Papua New Guinea 18.Jun 97 Auckland New Zealand 5-0 Fiji 21.Jun 97 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 0-1 Fiji
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.New Zealand 4 3 0 1 13- 1 9 2.Fiji 4 2 0 2 4- 7 6 3.Papua New Guinea 4 1 0 3 2-11 3
    (OFC Final round)
    28.Jun 97 Auckland New Zealand 0-3 Australia 05.Jul 97 Sydney Australia 2-0 New Zealand Australia progress to intercontinental play-off with loser of Asian play-off for one spot in the World Cup. Asia #4/Oceania winner play-off 22.Nov 97 Tehran Iran 1-1 Australia 29.Nov 97 Melbourne Australia 2-2 Iran (Iran won on away goals rule) QUALIFIED FROM OCEANIA: None


     

     

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