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1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round

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The 1998 FIFA World Cup European qualification playoffs were a set of home-and-away playoffs to decide the final four places granted to national football teams from European nations (more precisely, UEFA members) for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

The playoffs were decided by the standard FIFA method of aggregate score, with away goals and, if necessary, extra time with the possibility of a penalty shootout at the end of the second leg. The winner of each playoff was awarded a place in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Qualified teams

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By the rules of the UEFA qualifying tournament, the first-place finishers in each of the nine groups received automatic berths, along with the best second-place team that had earned the most points against the top four teams in their individual group.

The eight remaining second-place teams were competed in this round: An open draw was held on 13 October 1997 at FIFA headquarters in Zürich.

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 4  Scotland 6 4 1 1 8 2 +6 13 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup
2 2  Italy 6 3 3 0 5 0 +5 12 Advance to second round (play-offs)
3 7  Belgium 6 4 0 2 11 11 0 12
4 5  Russia 6 3 2 1 12 5 +7 11
5 1  Croatia 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11
6 6  FR Yugoslavia 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11
7 8  Republic of Ireland 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 8
8 9  Ukraine 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
9 3  Hungary 6 1 3 2 4 7 −3 6
Source: [1]

Matches

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Croatia  3–1  Ukraine 2–0 1–1
Russia  1–2  Italy 1–1 0–1
Republic of Ireland  2–3  Belgium 1–1 1–2
Hungary  1–12  FR Yugoslavia 1–7 0–5
Croatia 2–0 Ukraine
Bilić 11'
Vlaović 49'		 Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Ukraine 1–1 Croatia
Shevchenko 5' Report Bokšić 27'
Attendance: 77,500

Croatia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Russia 1–1 Italy
Cannavaro 52' (o.g.) Report Vieri 49'
Attendance: 15,000
Italy 1–0 Russia
Casiraghi 53' Report
Attendance: 69,207

Italy won 2–1 on aggregate.

Hungary 1–7 FR Yugoslavia
Illés 88' Report Brnović 2'
Đukić 6'
Savićević 10'
Mijatović 26', 41', 51'
Milošević 63'
Attendance: 13,175
FR Yugoslavia 5–0 Hungary
Milošević 18'
Mijatović 44', 45' (pen.), 71', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 48,498
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)

Yugoslavia won 12–1 on aggregate.

Republic of Ireland 1–1 Belgium
Irwin 7' Report Nilis 29'
Attendance: 32,305
Belgium 2–1 Republic of Ireland
Oliveira 25'
Nilis 70'		 Report Houghton 58'
Attendance: 35,320

Belgium won 3–2 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

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There were 25 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.

7 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
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