XVI WORLD CUP (FRANCE 1998)

QUALIFYING STAGE

(From 10-03-1996 to 29-11-1997)

 

ENTRANTS: 172 teams from 5 continents

CONTINENTAL ZONES: 6

CONFEDERATIONS: 6

EUROPE/ASIA - UEFA (50): Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales, Yugoslavia / Israel.

SOUTH AMERICA - CONMEBOL (10): Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA - CONCACAF (30): Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Dutch Antilles, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, USA.

ASIA - AFC (36): Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.

OCEANIA - OFC (10): Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Vanuatu, Western Samoa.

AFRICA - CAF (36): Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

 

 

GROUP 1 - EUROPE

 

GROUP 2 - EUROPE

24-06-96

Greece - Slovenia (Athína)

2-0 (0-0)

1-09-96

Moldova - England (Chişinău)

0-3 (0-2)

1-09-96

Greece - Bosnia-Herzegovina (Kalamáta)

3-0 (1-0)

5-10-96

Moldova - Italy (Chişinău)

1-3 (1-1)

1-09-96

Slovenia - Denmark (Ljubljana)

0-2 (0-0)

9-10-96

England - Poland (London)

2-1 (2-1)

8-10-96

Bosnia-Herzegovina - Croatia (Bologna)

1-4 (1-2)

9-10-96

Italy - Georgia (Perugia)

1-0 (1-0)

9-10-96

Denmark - Greece (København)

2-1 (1-1)

9-11-96

Georgia - England (Tbilisi)

0-2 (0-2)

10-11-96

Slovenia - Bosnia-Herzeg. (Ljubljana)

1-2 (1-2)

10-11-96

Poland - Moldova (Katowice)

2-1 (1-0)

10-11-96

Croatia - Greece (Zagreb)

1-1 (1-1)

12-02-97

England - Italy (London)

0-1 (0-1)

29-03-97

Croatia - Denmark (Split)

1-1 (0-0)

29-03-97

Italy - Moldova (Trieste)

3-0 (2-0)

2-04-97

Bosnia-Herzegovina - Greece (Sarajevo)

0-1 (0-0)

2-04-97

Poland - Italy (Chorzów)

0-0 (0-0)

2-04-97

Croatia - Slovenia (Split)

3-3 (2-1)

30-04-97

Italy - Poland (Napoli)

3-0 (2-0)

30-04-97

Denmark - Slovenia (København)

4-0 (2-0)

30-04-97

England - Georgia (London)

2-0 (1-0)

30-04-97

Greece - Croatia (Thessaloníkê)

0-1 (0-0)

31-05-97

Poland - England (Chorzów)

0-2 (0-1)

8-06-97

Denmark - Bosnia-Herzeg. (København)

2-0 (0-0)

7-06-97

Georgia - Moldova (Batumi)

2-0 (1-0)

20-08-97

Bosnia-Herzeg. - Denmark (Sarajevo)

3-0 (3-0)

14-06-97

Poland - Georgia (Katowice)

4-1 (2-1)

6-09-97

Croatia - Bosnia-Herzegovina (Zagreb)

3-2 (2-1)

10-09-97

England - Moldova (London)

4-0 (1-0)

6-09-97

Slovenia - Greece (Ljubljana)

0-3 (0-0)

10-09-97

Georgia - Italy (Tbilisi)

0-0 (0-0)

10-09-97

Denmark - Croatia (København)

3-1 (3-1)

24-09-97

Moldova - Georgia (Chişinău)

0-1 (0-1)

10-09-97

Bosnia-Herzeg. - Slovenia (Sarajevo)

1-0 (1-0)

7-10-97

Moldova - Poland (Chişinău)

0-3 (0-1)

11-10-97

Slovenia - Croatia (Ljubljana)

1-3 (0-2)

11-10-97

Georgia - Poland (Tbilisi)

3-0 (0-0)

11-10-97

Greece - Denmark (Athína)

0-0 (0-0)

11-10-97

Italy - England (Roma)

0-0 (0-0)

QUALIFIED: Denmark.

QUALIFIED: England.

 

 

GROUP 3 - EUROPE

 

GROUP 4 - EUROPE

2-06-96

Norway - Azerbaijan (Oslo)

5-0 (2-0)

1-06-96

Sweden - Belarus (Stockholm)

5-1 (2-0)

31-08-96

Azerbaijan - Switzerland (Baku)

1-0 (1-0)

31-08-96

Belarus - Estonia (Minsk)

1-0 (1-0)

1-09-96

Hungary - Finland (Budapest)

1-0 (1-0)

31-08-96

Austria - Scotland (Wien)

0-0 (0-0)

6-10-96

Finland - Switzerland (Helsinki)

2-3 (1-2)

1-09-96

Latvia - Sweden (Rīga)

1-2 (0-2)

9-10-96

Norway - Hungary (Oslo)

3-0 (0-0)

5-10-96

Estonia - Belarus (Tallinn)

1-0 (0-0)

10-11-96

Switzerland - Norway (Bern)

0-1 (0-1)

5-10-96

Latvia - Scotland (Rīga)

0-2 (0-1)

10-11-96

Azerbaijan - Hungary (Baku)

0-3 (0-1)

9-10-96

Sweden - Austria (Stockholm)

0-1 (0-1)

2-04-97

Azerbaijan - Finland (Baku)

1-2 (0-1)

9-10-96

Belarus - Latvia (Minsk)

1-1 (0-1)

30-04-97

Norway - Finland (Oslo)

1-1 (0-0)

9-11-96

Austria - Latvia (Wien)

2-1 (1-1)

30-04-97

Switzerland - Hungary (Zürich)

1-0 (0-0)

10-11-96

Scotland - Sweden (Glasgow)

1-0 (1-0)

8-06-97

Finland - Azerbaijan (Helsinki)

3-0 (0-0)

11-02-97

Estonia - Scotland (Monaco)

0-0 (0-0)

8-06-97

Hungary - Norway (Budapest)

1-1 (1-1)

29-03-97

Scotland - Estonia (Kilmarnock)

2-0 (1-0)

20-08-97

Finland - Norway (Helsinki)

0-4 (0-2)

2-04-97

Scotland - Austria (Glasgow)

2-0 (1-0)

20-08-97

Hungary - Switzerland (Budapest)

1-1 (0-0)

30-04-97

Latvia - Belarus (Rīga)

2-0 (1-0)

6-09-97

Azerbaijan - Norway (Baku)

0-1 (0-1)

30-04-97

Sweden - Scotland (Göteborg)

2-1 (1-0)

6-09-97

Switzerland - Finland (Lausanne)

1-2 (0-1)

30-04-97

Austria - Estonia (Wien)

2-0 (0-0)

10-09-97

Norway - Switzerland (Oslo)

5-0 (0-0)

18-05-97

Estonia - Latvia (Tallinn)

1-3 (1-0)

10-09-97

Hungary - Azerbaijan (Budapest)

3-1 (2-0)

8-06-97

Belarus - Scotland (Minsk)

0-1 (0-0)

11-10-97

Finland - Hungary (Helsinki)

1-1 (0-0)

8-06-97

Latvia - Austria (Rīga)

1-3 (0-0)

11-10-97

Switzerland - Azerbaijan (Zürich)

5-0 (3-0)

8-06-97

Estonia - Sweden (Tallinn)

2-3 (0-1)

QUALIFIED: Norway.

20-08-97

Estonia - Austria (Tallinn)

0-3 (0-0)

 

20-08-97

Belarus - Sweden (Minsk)

1-2 (1-0)

6-09-97

Latvia - Estonia (Rīga)

1-0 (0-0)

6-09-97

Austria - Sweden (Wien)

1-0 (0-0)

7-09-97

Scotland - Belarus (Aberdeen)

4-1 (1-0)

10-09-97

Belarus - Austria (Minsk)

0-1 (0-0)

10-09-97

Sweden - Latvia (Stockholm)

1-0 (0-0)

11-10-97

Austria - Belarus (Wien)

4-0 (4-0)

11-10-97

Sweden - Estonia (Stockholm)

1-0 (1-0)

11-10-97

Scotland - Latvia (Glasgow)

2-0 (1-0)

QUALIFIED: Austria, Scotland*.

* Qualified as the best runner-up in the European Zone.

 

 

GROUP 5 - EUROPE

 

GROUP 6 - EUROPE

1-09-96

Israel - Bulgaria (Tel Aviv)

2-1 (1-1)

24-04-96

Yugoslavia - Faroe Islands (Beograd)

3-1 (3-0)

1-09-96

Russia - Cyprus (Moskva)

4-0 (2-0)

2-06-96

Yugoslavia - Malta (Beograd)

6-0 (3-0)

8-10-96

Luxembourg - Bulgaria (Luxembourg)

1-2 (1-2)

31-08-96

Faroe Islands - Slovakia (Toftír)

1-2 (0-1)

9-10-96

Israel - Russia (Tel Aviv)

1-1 (0-0)

4-09-96

Faroe Islands - Spain (Toftír)

2-6 (0-1)

10-11-96

Cyprus - Israel (Lemesós)

2-0 (2-0)

18-09-96

Czech Republic - Malta (Teplice)

6-0 (2-0)

10-11-96

Luxembourg - Russia (Luxembourg)

0-4 (0-2)

22-09-96

Slovakia - Malta (Bratislava)

6-0 (3-0)

14-12-96

Cyprus - Bulgaria (Lemesós)

1-3 (1-2)

6-10-96

Faroe Islands - Yugoslavia (Toftír)

1-8 (1-5)

15-12-96

Israel - Luxembourg (Tel Aviv)

1-0 (1-0)

9-10-96

Czech Republic - Spain (Praha)

0-0 (0-0)

29-03-97

Cyprus - Russia (Paralímni)

1-1 (1-1)

23-10-96

Slovakia - Faroe Islands (Bratislava)

3-0 (2-0)

31-03-97

Luxembourg - Israel (Luxembourg)

0-3 (0-1)

10-11-96

Yugoslavia - Czech Republic (Beograd)

1-0 (1-0)

2-04-97

Bulgaria - Cyprus (Sofija)

4-1 (3-0)

13-11-96

Spain - Slovakia (Santa Cruz)

4-1 (1-1)

30-04-97

Israel - Cyprus (Tel Aviv)

2-0 (1-0)

14-12-96

Spain - Yugoslavia (Valencia)

2-0 (2-0)

30-04-97

Russia - Luxembourg (Moskva)

3-0 (1-0)

18-12-96

Malta - Spain (Ta’Qali)

0-3 (0-3)

8-06-97

Russia - Israel (Moskva)

2-0 (2-0)

12-02-97

Spain - Malta (Alicante)

4-0 (2-0)

8-06-97

Bulgaria - Luxembourg (Burgas)

4-0 (1-0)

31-03-97

Malta - Slovakia (Ta’Qali)

0-2 (0-1)

20-08-97

Bulgaria - Israel (Sofija)

1-0 (0-0)

2-04-97

Czech Republic - Yugoslavia (Praha)

1-2 (0-1)

7-09-97

Luxembourg - Cyprus (Luxembourg)

1-3 (1-1)

30-04-97

Malta - Faroe Islands (Ta’Qali)

1-2 (1-0)

10-09-97

Bulgaria - Russia (Sofija)

1-0 (0-0)

30-04-97

Yugoslavia - Spain (Beograd)

1-1 (0-1)

11-10-97

Cyprus - Luxembourg (Lemesós)

2-0 (0-0)

8-06-97

Faroe Islands - Malta (Toftír)

2-1 (2-0)

11-10-97

Russia - Bulgaria (Moskva)

4-2 (2-0)

8-06-97

Yugoslavia - Slovakia (Beograd)

2-0 (1-0)

QUALIFIED: Bulgaria.

8-06-97

Spain - Czech Republic (Valladolid)

1-0 (1-0)

 

20-08-97

Czech Republic - Faroe Islands (Teplice)

2-0 (2-0)

24-08-97

Slovakia - Czech Republic (Bratislava)

2-1 (1-1)

6-09-97

Faroe Islands - Czech Republic (Toftír)

0-2 (0-2)

10-09-97

Slovakia - Yugoslavia (Bratislava)

1-1 (0-0)

24-09-97

Malta - Czech Republic (Ta’Qali)

0-1 (0-1)

24-09-97

Slovakia - Spain (Bratislava)

1-2 (0-0)

11-10-97

Malta - Yugoslavia (Ta’Qali)

0-5 (0-3)

11-10-97

Czech Republic - Slovakia (Praha)

3-0 (0-0)

11-10-97

Spain - Faroe Islands (Gijón)

3-1 (2-1)

QUALIFIED: Spain.

 

 

GROUP 7 - EUROPE

 

GROUP 8 - EUROPE

2-06-96

San Marino - Wales (Serravalle)

0-5 (0-3)

24-04-96

Macedonia - Liechtenstein (Skopje)

3-0 (1-0)

31-08-96

Wales - San Marino (Cardiff)

6-0 (4-0)

1-06-96

Iceland - Macedonia (Reykjavík)

1-1 (0-0)

31-08-96

Belgium - Turkey (Bruxelles)

2-1 (2-0)

31-08-96

Romania - Lithuania (Bucureşti)

3-0 (1-0)

5-10-96

Wales - Netherlands (Cardiff)

1-3 (1-0)

31-08-96

Liechtenstein - Ireland (Eschen)

0-5 (0-4)

9-10-96

San Marino - Belgium (Serravalle)

0-3 (0-2)

5-10-96

Lithuania - Iceland (Vilnius)

2-0 (1-0)

9-11-96

Netherlands - Wales (Eindhoven)

7-1 (4-1)

9-10-96

Iceland - Romania (Reykjavík)

0-4 (0-1)

10-11-96

Turkey - San Marino (İstanbul)

7-0 (2-0)

9-10-96

Ireland - Macedonia (Dublin)

3-0 (1-0)

14-12-96

Wales - Turkey (Cardiff)

0-0 (0-0)

9-10-96

Lithuania - Liechtenstein (Vilnius)

2-1 (1-0)

14-12-96

Belgium - Netherlands (Bruxelles)

0-3 (0-2)

9-11-96

Liechtenstein - Macedonia (Eschen)

1-11 (0-6)

29-03-97

Wales - Belgium (Cardiff)

1-2 (0-2)

10-11-96

Ireland - Iceland (Dublin)

0-0 (0-0)

29-03-97

Netherlands - San Marino (Amsterdam)

4-0 (1-0)

14-12-96

Macedonia - Romania (Skopje)

0-3 (0-2)

2-04-97

Turkey - Netherlands (Bursa)

1-0 (0-0)

29-03-97

Romania - Liechtenstein (Bucureşti)

8-0 (3-0)

30-04-97

Turkey - Belgium (İstanbul)

1-3 (1-3)

2-04-97

Macedonia - Ireland (Skopje)

3-2 (2-1)

30-04-97

San Marino - Netherlands (Serravalle)

0-6 (0-1)

2-04-97

Lithuania - Romania (Vilnius)

0-1 (0-0)

7-06-97

Belgium - San Marino (Bruxelles)

6-0 (5-0)

30-04-97

Liechtenstein - Lithuania (Eschen)

0-2 (0-0)

20-08-97

Turkey - Wales (İstanbul)

6-4 (3-3)

30-04-97

Romania - Ireland (Bucureşti)

1-0 (1-0)

6-09-97

Netherlands - Belgium (Rotterdam)

3-1 (1-0)

21-05-97

Ireland - Liechtenstein (Dublin)

5-0 (3-0)

10-09-97

San Marino - Turkey (Serravalle)

0-5 (0-2)

7-06-97

Macedonia - Iceland (Skopje)

1-0 (0-0)

11-10-97

Netherlands - Turkey (Amsterdam)

0-0 (0-0)

11-06-97

Iceland - Lithuania (Reykjavík)

0-0 (0-0)

11-10-97

Belgium - Wales (Bruxelles)

3-2 (3-0)

20-08-97

Liechtenstein - Iceland (Eschen)

0-4 (0-2)

QUALIFIED: Netherlands.

20-08-97

Romania - Macedonia (Bucureşti)

4-2 (2-0)

 

20-08-97

Ireland - Lithuania (Dublin)

0-0 (0-0)

6-09-97

Iceland - Ireland (Reykjavík)

2-4 (1-1)

6-09-97

Liechtenstein - Romania (Eschen)

1-8 (0-6)

6-09-97

Lithuania - Macedonia (Vilnius)

2-0 (1-0)

10-09-97

Romania - Iceland (Bucureşti)

4-0 (2-0)

10-09-97

Lithuania - Ireland (Vilnius)

1-2 (0-1)

11-10-97

Ireland - Romania (Dublin)

1-1 (0-0)

11-10-97

Iceland - Liechtenstein (Reykjavík)

4-0 (0-0)

11-10-97

Macedonia - Lithuania (Skopje)

1-2 (1-0)

QUALIFIED: Romania.

 

 

GROUP 9 - EUROPE

 

RUNNERS-UP PLAY-OFF - EUROPE

31-08-96

Northern Ireland - Ukraine (Belfast)

0-1 (0-0)

29-10-97

Croatia - Ukraine (Zagreb)

2-0 (1-0)

31-08-96

Armenia - Portugal (Erevan)

0-0 (0-0)

15-11-97

Ukraine - Croatia (Kyïv)

1-1 (1-1)

5-10-96

Northern Ireland - Armenia (Belfast)

1-1 (1-1)

 

 

 

5-10-96

Ukraine - Portugal (Kyïv)

2-1 (1-0)

29-10-97

Russia - Italy (Moskva)

1-1 (0-0)

9-10-96

Albania - Portugal (Tiranë)

0-3 (0-1)

15-11-97

Italy - Russia (Napoli)

1-0 (0-0)

9-10-96

Armenia - Germany (Erevan)

1-5 (0-3)

 

 

 

9-11-96

Albania - Armenia (Tiranë)

1-1 (0-0)

29-10-97

Ireland - Belgium (Dublin)

1-1 (1-1)

9-11-96

Germany - North. Ireland (Nürnberg)

1-1 (1-1)

15-11-97

Belgium - Ireland (Bruxelles)

2-1 (1-0)

9-11-96

Portugal - Ukraine (Porto)

1-0 (0-0)

 

 

 

14-12-96

Northern Ireland - Albania (Belfast)

2-0 (2-0)

29-10-97

Hungary - Yugoslavia (Budapest)

1-7 (0-5)

14-12-96

Portugal - Germany (Lisboa)

0-0 (0-0)

15-11-97

Yugoslavia - Hungary (Beograd)

5-0 (3-0)

29-03-97

Northern Ireland - Portugal (Belfast)

0-0 (0-0)

QUALIFIED: Croatia, Italy, Belgium, Yugoslavia.

29-03-97

Albania - Ukraine (Granada)

0-1 (0-1)

 

2-04-97

Ukraine - Northern Ireland (Kyïv)

2-1 (1-1)

2-04-97

Albania - Germany (Granada)

2-3 (0-0)

30-04-97

Armenia - Northern Ireland (Erevan)

0-0 (0-0)

30-04-97

Germany - Ukraine (Bremen)

2-0 (0-0)

7-05-97

Ukraine - Armenia (Kyïv)

1-1 (1-0)

7-06-97

Portugal - Albania (Porto)

2-0 (1-0)

7-06-97

Ukraine - Germany (Kyïv)

0-0 (0-0)

20-08-97

Northern Ireland - Germany (Belfast)

1-3 (0-0)

20-08-97

Portugal - Armenia (Setúbal)

3-1 (2-0)

20-08-97

Ukraine - Albania (Kyïv)

1-0 (0-0)

6-09-97

Armenia - Albania (Erevan)

3-0 (0-0)

6-09-97

Germany - Portugal (Berlin)

1-1 (0-0)

10-09-97

Albania - Northern Ireland (Zürich)

1-0 (0-0)

10-09-97

Germany - Armenia (Dortmund)

4-0 (0-0)

11-10-97

Germany - Albania (Hannover)

4-3 (0-0)

11-10-97

Armenia - Ukraine (Erevan)

0-2 (0-1)

11-10-97

Portugal - Northern Ireland (Lisboa)

1-0 (1-0)

QUALIFIED: Germany.

 

 

GROUP 10 - SOUTH AMERICA

24-04-96

Argentina - Bolivia (Buenos Aires)

3-1 (2-1)

 

2-04-97

Bolivia - Argentina (La Paz)

2-1 (1-1)

24-04-96

Venezuela - Uruguay (Caracas)

0-2 (0-0)

 

2-04-97

Uruguay - Venezuela (Montevideo)

3-1 (1-0)

24-04-96

Colombia - Paraguay (Barranquilla)

1-0 (0-0)

 

2-04-97

Paraguay - Colombia (Asunción)

2-1 (1-0)

24-04-96

Ecuador - Peru (Guayaquil)

4-1 (0-0)

 

2-04-97

Peru - Ecuador (Lima)

1-1 (0-0)

2-06-96

Ecuador - Argentina (Quito)

2-0 (0-0)

 

29-04-97

Chile - Venezuela (Santiago)

6-0 (3-0)

2-06-96

Uruguay - Paraguay (Montevideo)

0-2 (0-1)

 

30-04-97

Argentina - Ecuador (Buenos Aires)

2-1 (2-0)

2-06-96

Venezuela - Chile (Barinas)

1-1 (1-0)

 

30-04-97

Paraguay - Uruguay (Asunción)

3-1 (1-0)

2-06-96

Peru - Colombia (Lima)

1-1 (0-0)

 

30-04-97

Colombia - Peru (Barranquilla)

0-1 (0-0)

6-07-96

Chile - Ecuador (Santiago)

4-1 (1-0)

 

8-06-97

Ecuador - Chile (Quito)

1-1 (1-0)

7-07-96

Peru - Argentina (Lima)

0-0 (0-0)

 

8-06-97

Argentina - Peru (Buenos Aires)

2-0 (1-0)

7-07-96

Colombia - Uruguay (Barranquilla)

3-1 (2-0)

 

8-06-97

Uruguay - Colombia (Montevideo)

1-1 (1-0)

7-07-96

Bolivia - Venezuela (La Paz)

6-1 (2-0)

 

8-06-97

Venezuela - Bolivia (Valera)

1-1 (0-0)

1-09-96

Argentina - Paraguay (Buenos Aires)

1-1 (1-1)

 

5-07-97

Chile - Colombia (Santiago)

4-1 (3-0)

1-09-96

Colombia - Chile (Barranquilla)

4-1 (3-0)

 

6-07-97

Paraguay - Argentina (Asunción)

1-2 (0-2)

1-09-96

Ecuador - Venezuela (Quito)

1-0 (1-0)

 

6-07-97

Peru - Bolivia (Lima)

2-1 (1-0)

1-09-96

Bolivia - Peru (La Paz)

0-0 (0-0)

 

6-07-97

Venezuela - Ecuador (Maracaibo)

1-1 (0-0)

8-10-96

Uruguay - Bolivia (Montevideo)

1-0 (0-0)

 

20-07-97

Argentina - Venezuela (Buenos Aires)

2-0 (1-0)

9-10-96

Venezuela - Argentina (San Cristóbal)

2-5 (1-1)

 

20-07-97

Bolivia - Uruguay (La Paz)

1-0 (0-0)

9-10-96

Ecuador - Colombia (Quito)

0-1 (0-0)

 

20-07-97

Colombia - Ecuador (Barranquilla)

1-0 (0-0)

9-10-96

Paraguay - Chile (Asunción)

2-1 (1-1)

 

20-07-97

Chile - Paraguay (Santiago)

2-1 (1-0)

10-11-96

Bolivia - Colombia (La Paz)

2-2 (2-1)

 

20-08-97

Uruguay - Chile (Montevideo)

1-0 (1-0)

10-11-96

Paraguay - Ecuador (Asunción)

1-0 (1-0)

 

20-08-97

Colombia - Bolivia (Barranquilla)

3-0 (2-0)

10-11-96

Peru - Venezuela (Lima)

4-1 (2-0)

 

20-08-97

Ecuador - Paraguay (Quito)

2-1 (0-1)

12-11-96

Chile - Uruguay (Santiago)

1-0 (0-0)

 

20-08-97

Venezuela - Peru (Barinas)

0-3 (0-1)

15-12-96

Bolivia - Paraguay (La Paz)

0-0 (0-0)

 

10-09-97

Chile - Argentina (Santiago)

1-2 (1-1)

15-12-96

Argentina - Chile (Buenos Aires)

1-1 (0-0)

 

10-09-97

Peru - Uruguay (Lima)

2-1 (0-1)

15-12-96

Uruguay - Peru (Montevideo)

2-0 (2-0)

 

10-09-97

Colombia - Venezuela (Barranquilla)

1-0 (0-0)

15-12-96

Venezuela - Colombia (San Cristóbal)

0-2 (0-1)

 

10-09-97

Paraguay - Bolivia (Asunción)

2-1 (2-0)

12-01-97

Venezuela - Paraguay (Mérida)

0-2 (0-1)

 

12-10-97

Argentina - Uruguay (Buenos Aires)

0-0 (0-0)

12-01-97

Uruguay - Argentina (Montevideo)

0-0 (0-0)

 

12-10-97

Chile - Peru (Santiago)

4-0 (1-0)

12-01-97

Peru - Chile (Lima)

2-1 (2-0)

 

12-10-97

Paraguay - Venezuela (Asunción)

1-0 (0-0)

12-01-97

Bolivia - Ecuador (La Paz)

2-0 (2-0)

 

12-10-97

Ecuador - Bolivia (Guayaquil)

1-0 (1-0)

12-02-97

Ecuador - Uruguay (Quito)

4-0 (1-0)

 

16-11-97

Argentina - Colombia (Buenos Aires)

1-1 (0-1)

12-02-97

Bolivia - Chile (La Paz)

1-1 (1-1)

 

16-11-97

Uruguay - Ecuador (Maldonado)

5-3 (2-1)

12-02-97

Colombia - Argentina (Barranquilla)

0-1 (0-1)

 

16-11-97

Peru - Paraguay (Lima)

1-0 (1-0)

12-02-97

Paraguay - Peru (Asunción)

2-1 (2-1)

 

16-11-97

Chile - Bolivia (Santiago)

3-0 (2-0)

QUALIFIED: Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Chile.

 

 

GROUP 11 - NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA

 

GROUP 12 - ASIA

PRELIMINARY ROUND

FIRST ROUND

Caribbean Zone

Subgroup 1 (Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA / Jeddah, S.A.)

First Round

16-03-97

Taiwan - Saudi Arabia (Kuala Lumpur)

0-2 (0-2)

10-03-96

Dominica - Antigua (Roseau)

3-3 (2-2)

16-03-97

Malaysia - Bangladesh (Kuala Lumpur)

2-0 (1-0)

31-03-96

Antigua - Dominica (St. John's)

1-3 (0-1)

18-03-97

Bangladesh - Taiwan (Kuala Lumpur)

1-3 (0-0)

 

 

 

18-03-97

Malaysia - Saudi Arabia (Kuala Lumpur)

0-0 (0-0)

24-03-96

Dominican Rep. - Aruba (Sto. Domingo)

3-2 (1-0)

20-03-97

Bangladesh - Saudi Arabia (Kuala L.)

1-4 (1-2)

31-03-96

Aruba - Dominican Rep. (Oranjestad)

1-3 (1-1)

20-03-97

Malaysia - Taiwan (Kuala Lumpur)

2-0 (2-0)

 

 

 

27-03-97

Taiwan - Malaysia (Jeddah)

0-0 (0-0)

29-03-96

Guyana - Grenada (Georgetown)

1-2 (1-0)

27-03-97

Saudi Arabia - Bangladesh (Jeddah)

3-0 (2-0)

7-04-96

Grenada - Guayana (St. George’s)

6-0 (2-0)

29-03-97

Saudi Arabia - Malaysia (Jeddah)

3-0 (0-0)

 

 

 

29-03-97

Taiwan - Bangladesh (Jeddah)

1-2 (0-1)

Bahamas withdrew before the competition and St. Kitts&Nevis qualified.

31-03-97

Bangladesh - Malaysia (Jeddah)

0-1 (0-1)

Second Round

31-03-97

Saudi Arabia - Taiwan (Jeddah)

6-0 (4-0)

31-03-96

Surinam - Jamaica (Paramaribo)

0-1 (0-0)

Subgroup 2 (Damascus, SYRIA / Tehran, IRAN)

21-04-96

Jamaica - Surinam (Kingston)

1-0 (0-0)

2-06-97

Syria - Kyrgyzstan (Damascus)

3-0 (*)

 

 

 

2-06-97

Maldives - Iran (Damascus)

0-17 (0-6)

4-05-96

Dominican Rep. - Dutch A. (S.Domingo)

2-1 (1-1)

4-06-97

Syria - Maldives (Damascus)

12-0 (7-0)

11-05-96

D. Antilles - Dominican R. (Willemstad)

0-0 (0-0)

4-06-97

Kyrgyzstan - Iran (Damascus)

0-7 (0-1)

 

 

 

6-06-97

Syria - Iran (Damascus)

0-1 (0-0)

4-05-96

Puerto Rico - St. Vincent (Bayamón)

1-2 (0-1)

6-06-97

Kyrgyzstan - Maldives (Damascus)

3-0 (3-0)

12-05-96

St. Vincent - Puerto Rico (Kingstown)

7-0 (5-0)

9-06-97

Iran - Kyrgyzstan (Tehran)

3-1 (1-1)

 

 

 

9-06-97

Maldives - Syria (Tehran)

0-12 (0-1)

5-05-96

St. Kitts&Nevis - St. Lucia (Basseterre)

5-1 (4-0)

11-06-97

Iran - Maldives (Tehran)

9-0 (7-0)

19-05-96

St. Lucia - St. Kitts&Nevis (Castries)

0-1 (0-0)

11-06-97

Kyrgyzstan - Syria (Tehran)

2-1 (0-0)

 

 

 

13-06-97

Iran - Syria (Tehran)

2-2 (2-2)

12-05-96

Cayman Islands - Cuba (Georgetown)

0-1 (0-1)

13-06-97

Maldives - Kyrgyzstan (Tehran)

0-6 (0-3)

14-05-96

Cuba - Cayman Islands (Georgetown)

5-0 (1-0)

Kyrgyzstan didn’t show up in time and Syria received a w.o. (3-0).

 

 

 

Subgroup 3 (Manama, BAHRAIN / Sharjah, UAE)

12-05-96

Haiti - Grenada (Port-au-Prince)

6-1 (2-0)

8-04-97

Jordan - UAE (Manama)

0-0 (0-0)

18-05-96

Grenada - Haiti (St. George’s)

0-1 (0-0)

11-04-97

Bahrain - UAE (Manama)

1-2 (0-1)

 

 

 

14-04-97

Bahrain - Jordan (Manama)

1-0 (1-0)

14-05-96

Dominica - Barbados (Roseau)

0-1 (0-0)

19-04-97

Jordan - Bahrain (Sharjah)

4-1 (2-1)

19-05-96

Barbados - Dominica (Bridgetown)

1-0 (0-0)

22-04-97

UAE - Bahrain (Sharjah)

3-0 (1-0)

 

 

 

26-04-97

UAE - Jordan (Sharjah)

2-0 (1-0)

Bermuda withdrew before the competition and Trinidad&T. qualified.

Subgroup 4 (Muscat, OMAN / Tokyo, JAPAN)

Third Round

23-03-97

Nepal - Macao (Muscat)

1-1 (1-1)

10-06-96

Cuba - Haiti (Port of Spain)

6-1 (2-0)

23-03-97

Oman - Japan (Muscat)

0-1 (0-1)

30-06-96

Haiti - Cuba (Cap Haïtien)

1-1 (1-0)

25-03-97

Macao - Japan (Muscat)

0-10 (0-3)

 

 

 

25-03-97

Oman - Nepal (Muscat)

1-0 (0-0)

15-06-96

Dominican R. - Trinidad&T. (Sto. Dom.)

1-4 (0-2)

27-03-97

Nepal - Japan (Muscat)

0-6 (0-1)

23-06-96

Trinidad&T. - Dominican R. (Pt. Spain)

8-0 (6-0)

27-03-97

Oman - Macao (Muscat)

4-0 (2-0)

 

 

 

22-06-97

Japan - Macao (Tokyo)

10-0 (6-0)

23-06-96

Barbados - Jamaica (Bridgetown)

0-1 (0-0)

22-06-97

Nepal - Oman (Tokyo)

0-6 (0-3)

30-06-96

Jamaica - Barbados (Kingston)

2-0 (1-0)

25-06-97

Japan - Nepal (Tokyo)

3-0 (1-0)

 

 

 

25-06-97

Macao - Oman (Tokyo)

0-2 (0-1)

23-06-96

St. Kitts&N. - St. Vincent (Basseterre)

2-2 (1-2)

28-06-97

Japan - Oman (Tokyo)

1-1 (1-0)

30-06-96

St. Vincent - St. Kitts&N. (Kingstown)

0-0 (0-0)

28-06-97

Macao - Nepal (Tokyo)

2-1 (1-0)

Central American Zone

Subgroup 5

5-05-96

Nicaragua - Guatemala (Diriamba)

0-1 (0-1)

6-04-97

Indonesia - Cambodia (Jakarta)

8-0 (6-0)

10-05-96

Guatemala - Nicaragua (Guatemala)

2-1 (0-0)

13-04-97

Indonesia - Yemen (Jakarta)

0-0 (0-0)

 

 

 

20-04-97

Cambodia - Yemen (Phnom Penh)

0-1 (0-1)

2-06-96

Belize - Panama (Belize City)

1-2 (1-0)

27-04-97

Cambodia - Indonesia (Phnom Penh)

1-1 (0-0)

9-06-96

Panama - Belize (Panamá)

4-1 (1-0)

9-05-97

Yemen - Uzbekistan (Sana’a)

0-1 (0-1)

 

 

 

16-05-97

Yemen - Cambodia (Sana’a)

7-0 (3-0)

BYES: Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica.

25-05-97

Uzbekistan - Cambodia (Tashkent)

6-0 (4-0)

North American Zone

1-06-97

Indonesia - Uzbekistan (Jakarta)

1-1 (1-0)

BYES: Canada, USA, Mexico.

13-06-97

Yemen - Indonesia (Sana’a)

1-1 (1-0)

SEMIFINAL ROUND

20-06-97

Uzbekistan - Indonesia (Tashkent)

3-0 (2-0)

Subgroup 1

29-06-97

Cambodia - Uzbekistan (Phnom Penh)

1-4 (1-3)

1-09-96

Trinidad&T. - Costa Rica (Port of Spain)

0-1 (0-0)

24-08-97

Uzbekistan - Yemen (Tashkent)

5-1 (1-1)

6-10-96

Trinidad&T. - Guatemala (Port/Spain)

1-1 (1-1)

Subgroup 6

3-11-96

USA - Guatemala (Washington)

2-0 (0-0)

22-02-97

Hong Kong - South Korea (Hong Kong)

0-2 (0-0)

10-11-96

USA - Trinidad&Tobago (Richmond)

2-0 (0-0)

2-03-97

Thailand - South Korea (Bangkok)

1-3 (0-1)

17-11-96

Costa Rica - Guatemala (San José)

3-0 (0-0)

9-03-97

Thailand - Hong Kong (Bangkok)

2-0 (1-0)

24-11-96

Trinidad&Tobago - USA (Port of Spain)

0-1 (0-1)

30-03-97

Hong Kong - Thailand (Hong Kong)

3-2 (1-1)

24-11-96

Guatemala - Costa Rica (Los Angeles)

1-0 (1-0)

28-05-97

South Korea - Hong Kong (Daejeon)

4-0 (2-0)

1-12-96

Costa Rica - USA (San José)

2-1 (1-0)

1-06-97

South Korea - Thailand (Seoul)

0-0 (0-0)

8-12-96

Guatemala - Trinidad&T. (Los Angeles)

2-1 (1-1)

Subgroup 7

14-12-96

USA - Costa Rica (Palo Alto)

2-1 (1-0)

13-04-97

Lebanon - Singapore (Beirut)

1-1 (0-0)

21-12-96

Costa Rica - Trinidad&Tobago (Cartago)

2-1 (1-1)

26-04-97

Singapore - Kuwait (Singapore)

0-1 (0-1)

21-12-96

Guatemala - USA (San Salvador)

2-2 (2-1)

8-05-97

Kuwait - Lebanon (Kuwait)

2-0 (1-0)

Subgroup 2

24-05-97

Singapore - Lebanon (Singapore)

1-2 (0-1)

30-08-96

Canada - Panama (Edmonton)

3-1 (2-0)

5-06-97

Kuwait - Singapore (Kuwait)

4-0 (3-0)

8-09-96

Cuba - El Salvador (San Salvador)

0-5 (0-1)

22-06-97

Lebanon - Kuwait (Beirut)

1-3 (0-2)

22-09-96

Cuba - Panama (Panamá)

3-1 (1-0)

Subgroup 8

6-10-96

Panama - El Salvador (Panamá)

1-1 (1-0)

4-05-97

Turkmenistan - China (Ashgabat)

1-4 (0-2)

10-10-96

Canada - Cuba (Edmonton)

2-0 (1-0)

4-05-97

Tajikistan - Vietnam (Dushanbe)

4-0 (2-0)

13-10-96

Cuba - Canada (Edmonton)

0-2 (0-1)

11-05-97

Turkmenistan - Vietnam (Ashgabat)

2-1 (1-0)

27-10-96

Panama - Canada (Panamá)

0-0 (0-0)

11-05-97

Tajikistan - China (Dushanbe)

0-1 (0-0)

3-11-96

Canada - El Salvador (Vancouver)

1-0 (0-0)

25-05-97

Vietnam - China (Ho Chi Minh)

1-3 (1-3)

10-11-96

El Salvador - Panama (San Salvador)

3-2 (1-1)

25-05-97

Turkmenistan - Tajikistan (Ashgabat)

1-2 (1-1)

1-12-96

El Salvador - Cuba (San Salvador)

3-0 (2-0)

1-06-97

China - Turkmenistan (Beijing)

1-0 (0-0)

15-12-96

Panama - Cuba (Panamá)

3-1 (1-0)

1-06-97

Vietnam - Tajikistan (Ho Chi Minh)

0-4 (0-2)

15-12-96

El Salvador - Canada (San Salvador)

0-2 (0-0)

8-06-97

China - Tajikistan (Beijing)

0-0 (0-0)

Subgroup 3

8-06-97

Vietnam - Turkmenistan (Ho Chi Minh)

0-4 (0-2)

15-09-96

Jamaica - Honduras (Kingston)

3-0 (2-0)

22-06-97

China - Vietnam (Beijing)

4-0 (2-0)

15-09-96

St. Vincent - Mexico (Kingstown)

0-3 (0-1)

22-06-97

Tajikistan - Turkmenistan (Dushanbe)

5-0 (4-0)

21-09-96

Honduras - Mexico (San Pedro Sula)

2-1 (0-0)

Subgroup 9

23-09-96

St. Vincent - Jamaica (Kingstown)

1-2 (0-2)

11-05-97

Kazakhstan - Pakistan (Almaty)

3-0 (1-0)

13-10-96

St. Vincent - Honduras (Kingstown)

1-4 (0-3)

23-05-97

Pakistan - Iraq (Lahore)

2-6 (1-2)

16-10-96

Mexico - Jamaica (México D.F.)

2-1 (1-0)

6-06-97

Iraq - Kazakhstan (Baghdad)

1-2 (1-1)

26-10-96

Honduras - Jamaica (San Pedro Sula)

0-0 (0-0)

11-06-97

Pakistan - Kazakhstan (Lahore)

0-7 (0-3)

30-10-96

Mexico - St. Vincent (México D.F.)

5-1 (2-0)

20-06-97

Iraq - Pakistan (Baghdad)

6-1 (2-0)

6-11-96

Mexico - Honduras (México D.F.)

3-1 (3-0)

29-06-97

Kazakhstan - Iraq (Almaty)

3-1 (2-0)

10-11-96

Jamaica - St. Vincent (Kingston)

5-0 (2-0)

Subgroup 10 (Doha, QATAR)

17-11-96

Jamaica - Mexico (Kingston)

1-0 (0-0)

20-09-96

Qatar - Sri Lanka

3-0 (1-0)

17-11-96

Honduras - St. Vincent (San Pedro)

11-3 (5-1)

21-09-96

India - Philippines

2-0 (0-0)

FINAL STAGE

23-09-96

Qatar - Philippines

5-0 (5-0)

2-03-97

Mexico - Canada (México D.F.)

4-0 (0-0)

24-09-96

Sri Lanka - India

1-1 (1-1)

2-03-97

Jamaica - USA (Kingston)

0-0 (0-0)

26-09-96

Philippines - Sri Lanka

0-3 (0-1)

16-03-97

USA - Canada (Palo Alto)

3-0 (2-0)

27-09-96

Qatar - India

6-0 (3-0)

16-03-97

Costa Rica - Mexico (San José)

0-0 (0-0)

SECOND ROUND

23-03-97

Costa Rica - USA (San José)

3-2 (2-1)

Subgroup A

6-04-97

Canada - El Salvador (Vancouver)

0-0 (0-0)

13-09-97

China - Iran (Dalian)

2-4 (1-0)

13-04-97

Mexico - Jamaica (México D.F.)

6-0 (3-0)

14-09-97

Saudi Arabia - Kuwait (Riyadh)

2-1 (1-1)

20-04-97

USA - Mexico (Foxboro)

2-2 (1-1)

19-09-97

Iran - Saudi Arabia (Tehran)

1-1 (0-1)

27-04-97

Canada - Jamaica (Vancouver)

0-0 (0-0)

19-09-97

Qatar - Kuwait (Doha)

0-2 (0-1)

4-05-97

El Salvador - Costa Rica (San Salvador)

2-1 (1-0)

26-09-97

Qatar - China (Doha)

1-1 (1-0)

11-05-97

Costa Rica - Jamaica (San José)

3-1 (1-0)

26-09-97

Kuwait - Iran (Kuwait)

1-1 (1-0)

18-05-97

Jamaica - El Salvador (Kingston)

1-0 (1-0)

3-10-97

China - Saudi Arabia (Dalian)

1-0 (0-0)

1-06-97

Canada - Costa Rica (Edmonton)

1-0 (0-0)

3-10-97

Iran - Qatar (Tehran)

3-0 (2-0)

8-06-97

El Salvador - Mexico (San Salvador)

0-1 (0-0)

10-10-97

Kuwait - China (Kuwait)

1-2 (1-1)

29-06-97

El Salvador - USA (San Salvador)

1-1 (0-0)

11-10-97

Saudi Arabia - Qatar (Riyadh)

1-0 (0-0)

10-08-97

Costa Rica - El Salvador (San José)

0-0 (0-0)

17-10-97

Kuwait - Saudi Arabia (Kuwait)

2-1 (0-1)

7-09-97

USA - Costa Rica (Portland)

1-0 (0-0)

17-10-97

Iran - China (Tehran)

4-1 (2-0)

7-09-97

Jamaica - Canada (Kingston)

1-0 (0-0)

24-10-97

Saudi Arabia - Iran (Riyadh)

1-0 (0-0)

14-09-97

Jamaica - Costa Rica (Kingston)

1-0 (0-0)

24-10-97

Kuwait - Qatar (Kuwait)

0-1 (0-1)

14-09-97

El Salvador - Canada (San Salvador)

4-1 (1-1)

31-10-97

China - Qatar (Dalian)

2-3 (1-1)

3-10-97

USA - Jamaica (Washington)

1-1 (0-0)

31-10-97

Iran - Kuwait (Tehran)

0-0 (0-0)

5-10-97

Mexico - El Salvador (México D.F.)

5-0 (3-0)

6-11-97

Saudi Arabia - China (Riyadh)

1-1 (1-1)

12-10-97

Canada - Mexico (Edmonton)

2-2 (0-1)

7-11-97

Qatar - Iran (Doha)

2-0 (1-0)

2-11-97

Mexico - USA (México D.F.)

0-0 (0-0)

12-11-97

China - Kuwait (Dalian)

1-0 (1-0)

9-11-97

Canada - USA (Vancouver)

0-3 (0-1)

12-11-97

Qatar - Saudi Arabia (Doha)

0-1 (0-0)

9-11-97

El Salvador - Jamaica (San Salvador)

2-2 (0-0)

Subgroup B

9-11-97

Mexico - Costa Rica (México D.F.)

3-3 (2-0)

6-09-97

South Korea - Kazakhstan (Seoul)

3-0 (1-0)

16-11-97

Jamaica - Mexico (Kingston)

0-0 (0-0)

7-09-97

Japan - Uzbekistan (Tokyo)

6-3 (4-0)

16-11-97

Costa Rica - Canada (San José)

3-1 (2-0)

12-09-97

UAE - Kazakhstan (Abu Dhabi)

4-0 (1-0)

16-11-97

USA - El Salvador (Foxboro)

4-2 (2-0)

12-09-97

South Korea - Uzbekistan (Seoul)

2-1 (1-0)

QUALIFIED: Mexico, USA, Jamaica.

19-09-97

UAE - Japan (Abu Dhabi)

0-0 (0-0)

 

20-09-97

Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan (Almaty)

1-1 (0-0)

27-09-97

Uzbekistan - UAE (Tashkent)

2-3 (1-0)

28-09-97

Japan - South Korea (Tokyo)

1-2 (0-0)

4-10-97

Kazakhstan - Japan (Almaty)

1-1 (0-1)

4-10-97

South Korea - UAE (Seoul)

3-0 (1-0)

11-10-97

Kazakhstan - South Korea (Almaty)

1-1 (0-1)

11-10-97

Uzbekistan - Japan (Tashkent)

1-1 (1-0)

18-10-97

Kazakhstan - UAE (Almaty)

3-0 (0-0)

18-10-97

Uzbekistan - South Korea (Tashkent)

1-5 (0-3)

25-10-97

Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan (Tashkent)

4-0 (3-0)

26-10-97

Japan - UAE (Tokyo)

1-1 (1-1)

1-11-97

South Korea - Japan (Seoul)

0-2 (0-2)

2-11-97

UAE - Uzbekistan (Abu Dhabi)

0-0 (0-0)

8-11-97

Japan - Kazakhstan (Tokyo)

5-1 (3-0)

9-11-97

UAE - South Korea (Abu Dhabi)

1-3 (0-2)

Runners-up Play-Off

16-11-97

Japan - Iran (Johor Bahru [Malaysia])

3-2 (1-0)

The loser of this play-off advances to an AFC / OFC Play-Off with the winner of Oceania Group 13.

AFC / OFC PLAY-OFF

22-11-97

Iran - Australia (Tehran)

1-1 (1-1)

29-11-97

Australia - Iran (Melbourne)

2-2 (2-0)

QUALIFIED: Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Japan, Iran.

 

 

GROUP 13 - OCEANIA

 

GROUP 14 - AFRICA

FIRST ROUND

FIRST ROUND

Melanesian Group (Lae, PAPUA NEW GUINEA)

31-05-96

Mauritania - Burkina Faso (Nouakchott)

0-0 (0-0)

16-09-96

Papua New Guinea - Solomon Islands

1-1 (1-0)

16-06-96

Burkina F. - Mauritania (Ouagadougou)

2-0 (1-0)

18-09-96

Solomon Islands - Vanuatu

1-1 (1-1)

 

 

 

20-09-96

Papua New Guinea - Vanuatu

2-1 (0-1)

1-06-96

Malawi - South Africa (Blantyre)

0-1 (0-1)

Polynesian Group (Nuku'alofa, TONGA)

15-06-96

South Africa - Malawi (Johannesburg)

3-0 (3-0)

11-11-96

Tonga - Cook Islands

2-0 (1-0)

 

 

 

13-11-96

Western Samoa - Cook Islands

2-1 (2-0)

1-06-96

Namibia - Mozambique (Windhoek)

2-0 (1-0)

15-11-96

Tonga - Western Samoa

1-0 (1-0)

16-06-96

Mozambique - Namibia (Maputo)

1-1 (1-0)

The winner of the Polynesian Group advances to a play-off with the runner-up of the Melanesian Group.

 

 

 

1-06-96

Uganda - Angola (Kampala)

0-2 (0-1)

Polynesian-Melanesian Play-Off

16-06-96

Angola - Uganda (Luanda)

3-1 (2-1)

15-02-97

Tonga - Solomon Islands (Nuku'alofa)

0-4 (0-1)

 

 

 

1-03-97

Solomon Islands - Tonga (Honiara)

9-0 (4-0)

1-06-96

Guinea-Bissau - Guinea (Bissau)

3-2 (2-0)

BYES: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Tahiti.

16-06-96

Guinea - Guinea-Bissau (Conakry)

3-1 (1-0)

SECOND ROUND

 

 

 

Subgroup 1 (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)

1-06-96

Sudan - Zambia (Khartoum)

2-0 (1-0)

11-06-97

Australia - Solomon Islands

13-0 (4-0)

16-06-96

Zambia - Sudan (Lusaka)

3-0 (2-0)

13-06-97

Australia - Tahiti

5-0 (3-0)

 

 

 

15-06-97

Solomon Islands - Tahiti

4-1 (2-0)

1-06-96

Gambia - Liberia (Banjul)

2-1 (1-1)

17-06-97

Solomon Islands - Australia

2-6 (0-3)

23-06-96

Liberia - Gambia (Accra)

4-0 (1-0)

19-06-97

Tahiti - Australia

0-2 (0-1)

 

 

 

21-06-97

Tahiti - Solomon Islands

1-1 (1-1)

2-06-96

Kenya - Algeria (Nairobi)

3-1 (0-0)

Subgroup 2 (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)

14-06-96

Algeria - Kenya (Algiers)

1-0 (0-0)

31-05-97

Papua N.G. - New Zealand (Port Moresby)

1-0 (0-0)

 

 

 

7-06-97

Fiji - New Zealand (Ba)

0-1 (0-0)

2-06-96

Togo - Senegal (Lomé)

2-1 (1-0)

11-06-97

New Zealand - Papua N.G. (Auckland)

7-0 (5-0)

15-06-96

Senegal - Togo (Dakar)

1-1 (1-0)

15-06-97

Fiji - Papua New Guinea (Suva)

3-1 (2-0)

 

 

 

18-06-97

New Zealand - Fiji (Auckland)

5-0 (1-0)

2-06-96

Madagascar - Zimbabwe (Antananarivo)

1-2 (1-0)

21-06-97

Papua New Guinea - Fiji (Port Moresby)

0-1 (0-1)

16-06-96

Zimbabwe - Madagascar (Harare)

2-2 (0-1)

FINAL ROUND

 

 

 

28-06-97

New Zealand - Australia (Auckland)

0-3 (0-2)

2-06-96

Burundi - Sierra Leone (Bujumbura)

1-0 (0-0)

5-07-97

Australia - New Zealand (Sydney)

2-0 (1-0)

16-06-96

Sierra Leone - Burundi (Freetown)

0-1 (0-1)

The winner of this group advances to an AFC / OFC Play-Off with the fourth-placed team of Asia Group 12 (see above).

Burundi withdrew after the second game due to inability to organize transportation for further matches, and Sierra Leone qualified instead.

QUALIFIED: .

 

 

 

 

2-06-96

Swaziland - Gabon (Mbabane)

0-1 (0-1)

16-06-96

Gabon - Swaziland (Libreville)

2-0 (1-0)

 

 

 

2-06-96

Mauritius - Zaire (Port Louis)

1-5 (0-2)

16-06-96

Zaire - Mauritius (Kinshasa)

2-0 (1-0)

 

 

 

2-06-96

Rwanda - Tunisia (Kigali)

1-3 (0-1)

16-06-96

Tunisia - Rwanda (Tunis)

2-0 (1-0)

 

 

 

2-06-96

Congo - Ivory Coast (Brazzaville)

2-0 (1-0)

16-06-96

Ivory Coast - Congo (Abidjan)

1-1 (1-0)

 

 

 

8-06-96

Tanzania - Ghana (Dar es Salaam)

0-0 (0-0)

17-06-96

Ghana - Tanzania (Kumasi)

2-1 (0-0)

 

 

 

BYES: Cameroon, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria.

FINAL ROUND

Subgroup 1

9-11-96

Nigeria - Burkina Faso (Lagos)

2-0 (0-0)

10-11-96

Guinea - Kenya (Conakry)

3-1 (2-1)

12-01-97

Kenya - Nigeria (Nairobi)

1-1 (1-0)

12-01-97

Burkina Faso - Guinea (Ouagadougou)

0-2 (0-2)

5-04-97

Nigeria - Guinea (Lagos)

2-1 (0-0)

6-04-97

Kenya - Burkina Faso (Nairobi)

4-3 (0-2)

27-04-97

Burkina Faso - Nigeria (Ouagadougou)

1-2 (0-1)

27-04-97

Kenya - Guinea (Nairobi)

1-0 (1-0)

7-06-97

Nigeria - Kenya (Lagos)

3-0 (2-0)

8-06-97

Guinea - Burkina Faso (Conakry)

3-1 (2-1)

16-08-97

Burkina Faso - Kenya (Bobo Dioulasso)

2-4 (1-2)

17-08-97

Guinea - Nigeria (Conakry)

1-0 (0-0)

Subgroup 2

8-11-96

Egypt - Namibia (Cairo)

7-1 (4-1)

10-11-96

Liberia - Tunisia (Accra)

0-1 (0-0)

11-01-97

Namibia - Liberia (Windhoek)

0-0 (0-0)

12-01-97

Tunisia - Egypt (Tunis)

1-0 (1-0)

6-04-97

Liberia - Egypt (Accra)

1-0 (1-0)

6-04-97

Namibia - Tunisia (Windhoek)

1-2 (0-1)

26-04-97

Namibia - Egypt (Windhoek)

2-3 (0-0)

27-04-97

Tunisia - Liberia (Tunis)

2-0 (0-0)

8-06-97

Liberia - Namibia (Monrovia)

1-2 (1-1)

8-06-97

Egypt - Tunisia (Cairo)

0-0 (0-0)

17-08-97

Egypt - Liberia (Cairo)

5-0 (2-0)

17-08-97

Tunisia - Namibia (Tunis)

4-0 (2-0)

Subgroup 3

9-11-96

South Africa - Zaire (Johannesburg)

1-0 (0-0)

10-11-96

Congo - Zambia (Pointe-Noire)

1-0 (0-0)

11-01-97

Zambia - South Africa (Lusaka)

0-0 (0-0)

12-01-97

Zaire - Congo (Kinshasa)

1-1 (1-1)

6-04-97

Congo - South Africa (Pointe-Noire)

2-0 (0-0)

9-04-97

Zaire - Zambia (Harare)

2-2 (1-1)

27-04-97

Zambia - Congo (Lusaka)

3-0 (1-0)

27-04-97

Zaire - South Africa (Lomé)

1-2 (1-1)

8-06-97

Congo - DR Congo* (Pointe-Noire)

1-0 (0-0)

8-06-97

South Africa - Zambia (Johannesburg)

3-0 (2-0)

16-08-97

South Africa - Congo (Johannesburg)

1-0 (1-0)

16-08-97

Zambia - DR Congo (Lusaka)

2-0 (1-0)

* On May 16, 1997, under the new government of the guerrilla leader Laurent Kabila, Zaire is renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Subgroup 4

10-11-96

Angola - Zimbabwe (Luanda)

2-1 (1-0)

10-11-96

Togo - Cameroon (Lomé)

2-4 (0-2)

12-01-97

Zimbabwe - Togo (Harare)

3-0 (2-0)

12-01-97

Cameroon - Angola (Yaoundé)

0-0 (0-0)

6-04-97

Angola - Togo (Luanda)

3-1 (2-1)

6-04-97

Cameroon - Zimbabwe (Yaoundé)

1-0 (0-0)

27-04-97

Zimbabwe - Angola (Harare)

0-0 (0-0)

27-04-97

Cameroon - Togo (Yaoundé)

2-0 (0-0)

8-06-97

Angola - Cameroon (Luanda)

1-1 (0-0)

8-06-97

Togo - Zimbabwe (Lomé)

2-1 (2-0)

17-08-97

Togo - Angola (Lomé)

1-1 (0-1)

17-08-97

Zimbabwe - Cameroon (Harare)

1-2 (0-0)

Subgroup 5

9-11-96

Morocco - Sierra Leone (Rabat)

4-0 (1-0)

10-11-96

Gabon - Ghana (Libreville)

1-1 (0-0)

11-01-97

Sierra Leone - Gabon (Freetown)

1-0 (0-0)

12-01-97

Ghana - Morocco (Kumasi)

2-2 (0-1)

5-04-97

Sierra Leone - Ghana (Freetown)

1-1 (0-1)

6-04-97

Gabon - Morocco (Libreville)

0-4 (0-4)*

26-04-97

Sierra Leone - Morocco (Freetown)

0-1 (0-1)

27-04-97

Ghana - Gabon (Accra)

3-0 (1-0)

7-06-97

Morocco - Ghana (Casablanca)

1-0 (0-0)

8-06-97

Gabon - Sierra Leone (Libreville)

— (**)

16-08-97

Morocco - Gabon (Casablanca)

2-0 (2-0)

17-08-97

Ghana - Sierra Leone (Obuasi)

0-2 (0-1)

** Game originally postponed to 26-10-1997 and finally declared void after repeated travel problems of Sierra Leone (and also because neither team could already qualify for the Final Stage).

QUALIFIED: Nigeria, Tunisia, S. Africa, Cameroon, Morocco.

 

 

BYES: France (host), Brazil (title holder).

 

 

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