1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
UEFA European Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA).

A total of 50 UEFA teams entered the competition; Andorra, which joined FIFA and UEFA in November 1996 while the qualifiers were underway, could not enter. The European zone was allocated 15 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. France, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition between 49 teams.

The 49 teams were divided into nine groups, four groups of six teams and five groups of five teams. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up would be ranked according to their records against the 1st, 3rd and 4th-placed team in their groups, and the team with the best record would also qualify. The other runners-up would advance to the UEFA Play-offs.

In the play-offs, the 8 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.

First round

First round was group play. The draw was made on 12 December 1995, and was based on the November 1995 FIFA World Rankings.[1][2]

The teams were divided into six pools as shown in table below (November 1995 rankings shown in brackets). The national teams which eventually qualified for the final tournament are presented in bold and the national teams who took part in the play-offs are presented in italic.

Drawing pools
Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3

 Germany (2)
 Spain (3)
 Italy (4)
 Russia (5)
 Norway (6)
 Denmark (8)
 Netherlands (10)
 Sweden (11)
 Romania (12)

 Bulgaria (14)
  Switzerland (15)
 Portugal (16)
 Czech Republic (18)
 England (20)
 Republic of Ireland (21)
 Scotland (25)
 Belgium (26)
 Greece (29)

 Turkey (31)
 Poland (33)
 Slovakia (35)
 Austria (38)
 Croatia (39)
 Israel (40)
 Finland (41)
 Lithuania (45)
 Northern Ireland (46)

Pool 4 Pool 5 Pool 6

 Iceland (48)
 Latvia (54)
 Wales (57)
 Hungary (60)
 Cyprus (70)
 Ukraine (71)
 Slovenia (75)
 Georgia (77)
 Yugoslavia (80)

 Albania (87)
 Belarus (88)
 Malta (89)
 Macedonia (90)

 Luxembourg (98)
 Moldova (107)
 Armenia (112)
 Faroe Islands (116)
 Estonia (126)
 Azerbaijan (136)
 San Marino (142)
 Liechtenstein (151)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (not ranked)

Summary

  Winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified directly for the 1998 FIFA World Cup
  The remaining runners-up advanced to the second round (play-offs)
  Other teams were eliminated after the first round
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9

Denmark
England
Norway
Austria
Bulgaria
Spain
Netherlands
Romania
Germany

Croatia
Italy
Hungary
Scotland
Russia
Yugoslavia
Belgium
Republic of Ireland
Ukraine

Greece

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Slovenia
Poland

Georgia

Moldova
Finland

Switzerland

Azerbaijan
Sweden

Latvia

Estonia

Belarus
Israel

Cyprus

Luxembourg
Czech Republic

Slovakia

Faroe Islands

Malta
Turkey

Wales

San Marino
Lithuania

Macedonia

Iceland

Liechtenstein
Portugal

Armenia

Northern Ireland

Albania

Group 1

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 8 5 2 1 14 6 +8 17
 Croatia 8 4 3 1 17 12 +5 15
 Greece 8 4 2 2 11 4 +7 14
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3 0 5 9 14 −5 9
 Slovenia 8 0 1 7 5 20 −15 1
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Denmark Greece Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina  – 1–4 3–0 0–1 1–0
Croatia  3–2 – 1–1 1–1 3–3
Denmark  2–0 3–1 – 2–1 4–0
Greece  3–0 0–1 0–0 – 2–0
Slovenia  1–2 1–3 0–2 0–3 –

Group 2

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 8 6 1 1 15 2 +13 19
 Italy 8 5 3 0 11 1 +10 18
 Poland 8 3 1 4 10 12 −2 10
 Georgia 8 3 1 4 7 9 −2 10
 Moldova 8 0 0 8 2 21 −19 0
  England Georgia (country) Italy Moldova Poland
England  – 2–0 0–1 4–0 2–1
Georgia  0–2 – 0–0 2–0 3–0
Italy  0–0 1–0 – 3–0 3–0
Moldova  0–3 0–1 1–3 – 0–3
Poland  0–2 4–1 0–0 2–1 –

Group 3

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 8 6 2 0 21 2 +19 20
 Hungary 8 3 3 2 10 8 +2 12
 Finland 8 3 2 3 11 12 −1 11
  Switzerland 8 3 1 4 11 12 −1 10
 Azerbaijan 8 1 0 7 3 22 −19 3
  Azerbaijan Finland Hungary Norway Switzerland
Azerbaijan  – 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–0
Finland  3–0 – 1–1 0–4 2–3
Hungary  3–1 1–0 – 1–1 1–1
Norway  5–0 1–1 3–0 – 5–0
Switzerland  5–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 –

Group 4

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Austria 10 8 1 1 17 4 +13 25
 Scotland 10 7 2 1 15 3 +12 23
 Sweden 10 7 0 3 16 9 +7 21
 Latvia 10 3 1 6 10 14 −4 10
 Estonia 10 1 1 8 4 16 −12 4
 Belarus 10 1 1 8 5 21 −16 4
  Austria Belarus Estonia Latvia Scotland Sweden
Austria  – 4–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Belarus  0–1 – 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2
Estonia  0–3 1–0 – 1–3 0–0 2–3
Latvia  1–3 2–0 1–0 – 0–2 1–2
Scotland  2–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 – 1–0
Sweden  0–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 –

Group 5

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bulgaria 8 6 0 2 18 9 +9 18
 Russia 8 5 2 1 19 5 +14 17
 Israel 8 4 1 3 9 7 +2 13
 Cyprus 8 3 1 4 10 15 −5 10
 Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2 22 −20 0
  Bulgaria Cyprus Israel Luxembourg Russia
Bulgaria  – 4–1 1–0 4–0 1–0
Cyprus  1–3 – 2–0 2–0 1–1
Israel  2–1 2–0 – 1–0 1–1
Luxembourg  1–2 1–3 0–3 – 0–4
Russia  4–2 4–0 2–0 3–0 –

Group 6

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 10 8 2 0 26 6 +20 26
 Yugoslavia 10 7 2 1 29 7 +22 23
 Czech Republic 10 5 1 4 16 6 +10 16
 Slovakia 10 5 1 4 18 14 +4 16
 Faroe Islands 10 2 0 8 10 31 −21 6
 Malta 10 0 0 10 2 37 −35 0
  Czech Republic Faroe Islands Malta Slovakia Spain Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czech Republic  – 2–0 6–0 3–0 0–0 1–2
Faroe Islands  0–2 – 2–1 1–2 2–6 1–8
Malta  0–1 1–2 – 0–2 0–3 0–5
Slovakia  2–1 3–0 6–0 – 1–2 1–1
Spain  1–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 – 2–0
Yugoslavia  1–0 3–1 6–0 2–0 1–1 –

Group 7

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 8 6 1 1 26 4 +22 19
 Belgium 8 6 0 2 20 11 +9 18
 Turkey 8 4 2 2 21 9 +12 14
 Wales 8 2 1 5 20 21 −1 7
 San Marino 8 0 0 8 0 42 −42 0
  Belgium Netherlands San Marino Turkey Wales
Belgium  – 0–3 6–0 2–1 3–2
Netherlands  3–1 – 4–0 0–0 7–1
San Marino  0–3 0–6 – 0–5 0–5
Turkey  1–3 1–0 7–0 – 6–4
Wales  1–2 1–3 6–0 0–0 –

Group 8

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 10 9 1 0 37 4 +33 28
 Republic of Ireland 10 5 3 2 22 8 +14 18
 Lithuania 10 5 2 3 11 8 +3 17
 Macedonia 10 4 1 5 22 18 +4 13
 Iceland 10 2 3 5 11 16 −5 9
 Liechtenstein 10 0 0 10 3 52 −49 0
  Iceland Liechtenstein Lithuania North Macedonia Republic of Ireland Romania
Iceland  – 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 0–4
Liechtenstein  0–4 – 0–2 1–11 0–5 1–8
Lithuania  2–0 2–1 – 2–0 1–2 0–1
Macedonia  1–0 3–0 1–2 – 3–2 0–3
Republic of Ireland  0–0 5–0 0–0 3–0 – 1–1
Romania  4–0 8–0 3–0 4–2 1–0 –

Group 9

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 10 6 4 0 23 9 +14 22
 Ukraine 10 6 2 2 10 6 +4 20
 Portugal 10 5 4 1 12 4 +8 19
 Armenia 10 1 5 4 8 17 −9 8
 Northern Ireland 10 1 4 5 6 10 −4 7
 Albania 10 1 1 8 7 20 −13 4
  Albania Armenia Germany Northern Ireland Portugal Ukraine
Albania  – 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–3 0–1
Armenia  3–0 – 1–5 0–0 0–0 0–2
Germany  4–3 4–0 – 1–1 1–1 2–0
Northern Ireland  2–0 1–1 1–3 – 0–0 0–1
Portugal  2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 – 1–0
Ukraine  1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 –

Ranking of second-placed teams

Record against the 1st, 3rd and 4th-placed team in their groups.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Scotland 6 4 1 1 8 2 +6 13
 Italy 6 3 3 0 5 0 +5 12
 Belgium 6 4 0 2 11 11 0 12
 Russia 6 3 2 1 12 5 +7 11
 Croatia 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11
 Yugoslavia 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11
 Republic of Ireland 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 8
 Ukraine 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
 Hungary 6 1 3 2 4 7 −3 6

Play-offs

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)

Matches

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  Yugoslavia 1–7 0–5

Qualified teams

The following 15 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 France Hosts 2 July 1992 9 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986)
 Denmark Group 1 winners 11 October 1997 1 (1986)
 England Group 2 winners 11 October 1997 10 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990)
 Norway Group 3 winners 6 September 1997 2 (1938, 1994)
 Austria Group 4 winners 11 October 1997 6 (1934, 1954, 1958, 1978, 1982, 1990)
 Bulgaria Group 5 winners 10 September 1997 6 (1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1994)
 Spain Group 6 winners 11 October 1997 9 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
 Netherlands Group 7 winners 11 October 1997 6 (1934, 1938, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994)
 Romania Group 8 winners 18 August 1997 6 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1970, 1990, 1994)
 Germany Group 9 winners 11 October 1997 13 (1934, 1938, 19542, 19582, 19622, 19662, 19702, 19742, 19782, 19822, 19862, 19902, 1994)
 Scotland Best runners-up 11 October 1997 7 (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
 Croatia Play-off winners 15 November 1997 0 (debut)
 Italy Play-off winners 15 November 1997 13 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
 Belgium Play-off winners 15 November 1997 9 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
 Yugoslavia Play-off winners 15 November 1997 8 (19303, 19503, 19543, 19583, 19623, 19743, 19823, 19903)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
2 Competed as West Germany. A separate team for East Germany also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in 1974.
3 Competed as Yugoslavia.

Goalscorers

14 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes

  • To date, this was the last time that Portugal failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup.

References

  1. ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – November 1995 (UEFA)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 November 1995. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ "The 1998 FIFA World Cup - Preliminary Draw in Paris". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 30 November 1995. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

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