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class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>Final positions (fourth round)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_positions_(fourth_round)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-CONMEBOL" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#CONMEBOL"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>CONMEBOL</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-CONMEBOL-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Final_positions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_positions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>Final positions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_positions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-OFC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#OFC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>OFC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-OFC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Final_positions_(third_round)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_positions_(third_round)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5.1</span> <span>Final positions (third round)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_positions_(third_round)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-UEFA" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#UEFA"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>UEFA</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-UEFA-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Final_positions_(first_round)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_positions_(first_round)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6.1</span> <span>Final positions (first round)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_positions_(first_round)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Play-offs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Play-offs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6.2</span> <span>Play-offs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Play-offs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Inter-confederation_play-offs:_AFC_v_OFC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inter-confederation_play-offs:_AFC_v_OFC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Inter-confederation play-offs: AFC v OFC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inter-confederation_play-offs:_AFC_v_OFC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Top_goalscorers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Top_goalscorers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Top goalscorers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Top_goalscorers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header 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</div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvalifikacije_za_Svjetsko_prvenstvo_u_nogometu_1998." title="Kvalifikacije za Svjetsko prvenstvo u nogometu 1998. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Kvalifikacije za Svjetsko prvenstvo u nogometu 1998." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvalifikace_na_Mistrovstv%C3%AD_sv%C4%9Bta_ve_fotbale_1998" title="Kvalifikace na Mistrovství světa ve fotbale 1998 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kvalifikace na Mistrovství světa ve fotbale 1998" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu%C3%9Fball-Weltmeisterschaft_1998/Qualifikation" title="Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1998/Qualifikation – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1998/Qualifikation" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clasificaci%C3%B3n_para_la_Copa_Mundial_de_F%C3%BAtbol_de_1998" title="Clasificación para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1998 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Clasificación para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1998" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tours_pr%C3%A9liminaires_%C3%A0_la_Coupe_du_monde_de_football_1998" title="Tours préliminaires à la Coupe du monde de football 1998 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tours préliminaires à la Coupe du monde de football 1998" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%EB%85%84_FIFA_%EC%9B%94%EB%93%9C%EC%BB%B5_%EC%98%88%EC%84%A0" title="1998년 FIFA 월드컵 예선 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="1998년 FIFA 월드컵 예선" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualificazioni_al_campionato_mondiale_di_calcio_1998" title="Qualificazioni al campionato mondiale di calcio 1998 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Qualificazioni al campionato mondiale di calcio 1998" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9C_1998" title="מוקדמות מונדיאל 1998 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מוקדמות מונדיאל 1998" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD_1998_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB%D2%93%D1%8B_%D3%99%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%B1%D1%96%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%96_(%D1%96%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%83_%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%96)" title="Футболдан 1998 жылғы әлем біріншілігі (іріктеу турнирі) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Футболдан 1998 жылғы әлем біріншілігі (іріктеу турнирі)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVI_pasaulio_futbolo_%C4%8Dempionato_atranka" title="XVI pasaulio futbolo čempionato atranka – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="XVI pasaulio futbolo čempionato atranka" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998-as_labdar%C3%BAg%C3%B3-vil%C3%A1gbajnoks%C3%A1g-selejtez%C5%91" title="1998-as labdarúgó-világbajnokság-selejtező – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="1998-as labdarúgó-világbajnokság-selejtező" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelayakan_Piala_Dunia_FIFA_1998" title="Kelayakan Piala Dunia FIFA 1998 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kelayakan Piala Dunia FIFA 1998" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wereldkampioenschap_voetbal_1998_(kwalificatie)" title="Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 1998 (kwalificatie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 1998 (kwalificatie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_FIFA%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%82%AB%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E4%BA%88%E9%81%B8" title="1998 FIFAワールドカップ・予選 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1998 FIFAワールドカップ・予選" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistrzostwa_%C5%9Awiata_w_Pi%C5%82ce_No%C5%BCnej_1998_(eliminacje)" title="Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej 1998 (eliminacje) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej 1998 (eliminacje)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliminat%C3%B3rias_da_Copa_do_Mundo_FIFA_de_1998" title="Eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo FIFA de 1998 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo FIFA de 1998" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83_1998_(%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80)" title="Чемпионат мира по футболу 1998 (отборочный турнир) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Чемпионат мира по футболу 1998 (отборочный турнир)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D1%83_%D1%84%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83_1998." title="Квалификације за Светско првенство у фудбалу 1998. – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Квалификације за Светско првенство у фудбалу 1998." data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuoden_1998_jalkapallon_maailmanmestaruuskilpailujen_karsinnat" title="Vuoden 1998 jalkapallon maailmanmestaruuskilpailujen karsinnat – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Vuoden 1998 jalkapallon maailmanmestaruuskilpailujen karsinnat" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" 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dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive 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class="infobox-label">Top scorer(s)</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"><img alt="Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Karim_Bagheri" title="Karim Bagheri">Karim Bagheri</a><br />(19 goals)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1994 FIFA World Cup qualification">1994</a> </div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2002 FIFA World Cup qualification">2002</a> → </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">International football competition</div> <p>The <b>1998 FIFA World Cup qualification</b> competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> <a href="/wiki/FIFA#Structure" title="FIFA">confederations</a>. Each confederation — the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a> (Asia), <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a> (Africa), <a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a> (North, Central America and Caribbean), <a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</a> (South America), <a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">OFC</a> (Oceania), and <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> (Europe) — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998 FIFA World Cup</a>. 174 teams entered the qualification rounds, while two places were reserved for <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a> as host nation and defending champions, respectively. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualified_teams">Qualified teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Qualified teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1998_world_cup_qualification.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1998_world_cup_qualification.png/700px-1998_world_cup_qualification.png" decoding="async" width="700" height="324" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1998_world_cup_qualification.png/1050px-1998_world_cup_qualification.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/1998_world_cup_qualification.png 2x" data-file-width="1357" data-file-height="628" /></a><figcaption><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000ff; color:white;"> </span> Country qualified for World Cup</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffcc00; color:black;"> </span> Country failed to qualify</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#000000; color:white;"> </span> Country did not enter World Cup</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#e0e0e0; color:black;"> </span> Country not a FIFA member</div></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team </th> <th>Method of<br />qualification </th> <th>Date of<br />qualification </th> <th>Finals<br />appearance </th> <th>Last<br />appearance </th> <th>Consecutive<br />finals<br />appearances </th> <th>Previous best<br />performance </th> <th><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFA World Rankings">FIFA ranking</a><br />at start of event<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a></span></td> <td>Host</td> <td>2 July 1992</td> <td>10th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>Third place (<a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1958 FIFA World Cup">1958</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a>)</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994 FIFA World Cup</a> winners</td> <td>17 July 1994</td> <td>16th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>16</td> <td><b>Winners</b> (<a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1958 FIFA World Cup">1958</a>, <a href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1962 FIFA World Cup">1962</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1970 FIFA World Cup">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a>)</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)#Group_1" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">CAF final round group 1</a> winners</td> <td>7 June 1997</td> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>Round of 16 (<a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a>)</td> <td>74 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_national_football_team" title="Tunisia national football team">Tunisia</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)#Group_2" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">CAF final round group 2</a> winners</td> <td>8 June 1997</td> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>Group stage (<a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978</a>)</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Morocco_national_football_team" title="Morocco national football team">Morocco</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)#Group_5" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">CAF final round group 5</a> winners</td> <td>8 June 1997</td> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>Round of 16 (<a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a>)</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_soccer_team" title="South Africa national soccer team">South Africa</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)#Group_3" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">CAF final round group 3</a> winners</td> <td>16 August 1997</td> <td>1st</td> <td>—</td> <td>1</td> <td>—</td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cameroon_national_football_team" title="Cameroon national football team">Cameroon</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)#Group_4" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">CAF final round group 4</a> winners</td> <td>17 August 1997</td> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>Quarter-finals (<a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a>)</td> <td>49 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_national_football_team" title="Romania national football team">Romania</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_8" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8">UEFA group 8</a> winners</td> <td>18 August 1997</td> <td>7th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>Quarter-finals (<a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a>)</td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_national_football_team" title="Norway national football team">Norway</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_3" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3">UEFA group 3</a> winners</td> <td>6 September 1997</td> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>*First round (<a href="/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1938 FIFA World Cup">1938</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a>)</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_football_team" title="Bulgaria national football team">Bulgaria</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_5" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5">UEFA group 5</a> winners</td> <td>10 September 1997</td> <td>7th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>Fourth place (<a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a>)</td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONMEBOL)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)">CONMEBOL</a> winners</td> <td>10 September 1997</td> <td>12th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>7</td> <td><b>Winners</b> (<a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a>)</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Colombia_national_football_team" title="Colombia national football team">Colombia</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONMEBOL)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)">CONMEBOL</a> 3rd place</td> <td>10 September 1997</td> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>Round of 16 (<a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a>)</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Paraguay_national_football_team" title="Paraguay national football team">Paraguay</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONMEBOL)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)">CONMEBOL</a> 2nd place</td> <td>10 September 1997</td> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>Round of 16 (<a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a>)</td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_1" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1">UEFA group 1</a> winners</td> <td>11 October 1997</td> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>Round of 16 (<a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a>)</td> <td>27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_2" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2">UEFA group 2</a> winners</td> <td>11 October 1997</td> <td>10th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a></td> <td>1</td> <td><b>Winners</b> (<a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1966 FIFA World Cup">1966</a>)</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria_national_football_team" title="Austria national football team">Austria</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_4" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4">UEFA group 4</a> winners</td> <td>11 October 1997</td> <td>7th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>Third place (<a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1954 FIFA World Cup">1954</a>)</td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team">Spain</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_6" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6">UEFA group 6</a> winners</td> <td>11 October 1997</td> <td>10th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>Fourth place (<a href="/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1950 FIFA World Cup">1950</a>)</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team">Netherlands</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_7" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7">UEFA group 7</a> winners</td> <td>11 October 1997</td> <td>7th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>Runners-up (<a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978</a>)</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_9" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9">UEFA group 9</a> winners</td> <td>11 October 1997</td> <td>14th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>12</td> <td><b>Winners</b> (<a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1954 FIFA World Cup">1954</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a>)</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_4" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4">UEFA group 4</a> runners-up</td> <td>11 October 1997</td> <td>8th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>Group stage (<a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1954 FIFA World Cup">1954</a>, <a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1958 FIFA World Cup">1958</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a>)</td> <td>41 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico_national_football_team" title="Mexico national football team">Mexico</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CONCACAF_fourth_round" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round">CONCACAF fourth round</a> winners</td> <td>12 October 1997</td> <td>11th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>Quarter-finals (<a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1970 FIFA World Cup">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a>)</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)#Group_B" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)">AFC final round group B</a> winners</td> <td>18 October 1997</td> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>Group stage (<a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1954 FIFA World Cup">1954</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a>)</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States men's national soccer team">United States</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CONCACAF_fourth_round" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round">CONCACAF fourth round</a> 2nd place</td> <td>9 November 1997</td> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>Third place (<a href="/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1930 FIFA World Cup">1930</a>)</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia national football team">Saudi Arabia</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)#Group_A" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)">AFC final round group A</a> winners</td> <td>12 November 1997</td> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>Round of 16 (<a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a>)</td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team" title="Croatia national football team">Croatia</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">UEFA play-off</a> winners</td> <td>15 November 1997</td> <td>1st</td> <td>—</td> <td>1</td> <td>—</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">UEFA play-off</a> winners</td> <td>15 November 1997</td> <td>14th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>10</td> <td><b>Winners</b> (<a href="/wiki/1934_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1934 FIFA World Cup">1934</a>, <a href="/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1938 FIFA World Cup">1938</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">1982</a>)</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">UEFA play-off</a> winners</td> <td>15 November 1997</td> <td>10th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>Fourth place (<a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a>)</td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro_national_football_team" title="Serbia and Montenegro national football team">FR Yugoslavia</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">UEFA play-off</a> winners</td> <td>15 November 1997</td> <td>9th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>Fourth place (<a href="/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1930 FIFA World Cup">1930</a>, <a href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1962 FIFA World Cup">1962</a>)</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_football_team" title="Japan national football team">Japan</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)#Play-off" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)">AFC play-off</a> winners</td> <td>16 November 1997</td> <td>1st</td> <td>—</td> <td>1</td> <td>—</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_national_football_team" title="Jamaica national football team">Jamaica</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CONCACAF_fourth_round" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round">CONCACAF fourth round</a> 3rd place</td> <td>16 November 1997</td> <td>1st</td> <td>—</td> <td>1</td> <td>—</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile_national_football_team" title="Chile national football team">Chile</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONMEBOL)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)">CONMEBOL</a> 4th place</td> <td>16 November 1997</td> <td>7th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">1982</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>Third place (<a href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1962 FIFA World Cup">1962</a>)</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC%E2%80%93OFC_play-off)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–OFC play-off)">AFC v OFC play-off</a> winners</td> <td>29 November 1997</td> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>Group stage (<a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978</a>)</td> <td>42 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li>Norway was eliminated from the group stage of the 1994 World Cup, while they exited the 1938 tournament in the first round of what was then a pure knockout tournament.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualification_process">Qualification process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Qualification process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The distribution by confederation for the 1998 FIFA World Cup was: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a> (Asia): 3 or 4 places</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a> (Africa): 5 places</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a> (North America): 3 places</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</a> (South America): 4 places (+ Brazil qualified automatically as <a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994 FIFA World Cup</a> winners for a total of 5 places)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">OFC</a> (Oceania): 0 or 1 place(s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> (Europe): 14 places (+ France qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 15 places)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Confederation_qualification">Confederation qualification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Confederation qualification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AFC">AFC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: AFC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)</a></div> <p>A total of 36 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 3.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. </p><p>There were three rounds of play: </p> <ul><li><b>First round</b>: The 36 teams were divided into 10 groups of 3 or 4 teams each. The teams played against each other twice, except in Group 10, where the teams played against each other once. The group winners would advance to the final round.</li> <li><b>Final round</b>: The 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up would advance to the AFC play-off.</li> <li><b>Play-off</b>: The two teams played against each other once in Malaysia. The winner would qualify. The loser would advance to the AFC–OFC intercontinental play-offs.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Legend </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>Countries that qualified for the 1998 World Cup </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#BBF3FF"> <td>Countries that advanced to the <a href="#Play-off_for_3rd_place">Play-off for third place</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_positions_(final_Round)"><span id="Final_positions_.28final_Round.29"></span>Final positions (final Round)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Final positions (final Round)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)#Final_round" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) § Final round</a></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)#Group_A" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)">Group A</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)#Group_B" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)">Group B</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:165px; text-align:left;">Team </th> <th width="20">Pld </th> <th width="20">Pts </th></tr> <tr style="background:#CCFFCC;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia national football team">Saudi Arabia</a></span> </td> <td>8</td> <td><b>14</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#BBF3FF;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a></span> </td> <td>8</td> <td><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a></span> </td> <td>8</td> <td><b>11</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Qatar_national_football_team" title="Qatar national football team">Qatar</a></span> </td> <td>8</td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_national_football_team" title="Kuwait national football team">Kuwait</a></span> </td> <td>8</td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:165px; text-align:left;">Team </th> <th width="20">Pld </th> <th width="20">Pts </th></tr> <tr style="background:#CCFFCC;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a></span> </td> <td>8</td> <td><b>19</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#BBF3FF;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_football_team" title="Japan national football team">Japan</a></span> </td> <td>8</td> <td><b>13</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team" title="United Arab Emirates national football team">United Arab Emirates</a></span> </td> <td>8</td> <td><b>9</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_national_football_team" title="Uzbekistan national football team">Uzbekistan</a></span> </td> <td>8</td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_national_football_team" title="Kazakhstan national football team">Kazakhstan</a></span> </td> <td>8</td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Play-off_for_3rd_place">Play-off for 3rd place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Play-off for 3rd place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)#Play-off" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) § Play-off</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:265px; text-align:right;">Team 1 </th> <th width="100">Score </th> <th style="width:265px; text-align:left;">Team 2 </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)#Play-off" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)">2–3 (a.e.t.)</a></b></td> <td style="width:265px; text-align:left;"><b><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_football_team" title="Japan national football team">Japan</a></span></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CAF">CAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: CAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)</a></div> <p>A total of 38 CAF teams entered the competition. However, <a href="/wiki/Malian_Football_Federation" title="Malian Football Federation">Mali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nigerien_Football_Federation" title="Nigerien Football Federation">Niger</a> both withdrew before the draw was made. The African Zone was allocated five places (out of 32) in the final tournament. </p><p>There would be two rounds of play: </p> <ul><li><b>First round</b>: Cameroon, Nigeria, Morocco and Egypt, the four highest-ranked teams according to <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>, received byes and advanced to the final round directly. The remaining 32 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the final round.</li> <li><b>Final round</b>: The 20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Legend </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>Countries that qualified for the 1998 World Cup </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_positions_(final_round)_2"><span id="Final_positions_.28final_round.29_2"></span>Final positions (final round)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Final positions (final round)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)#Final_round" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) § Final round</a></div> <table style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <th><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)#Group_1" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">Group 1</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)#Group_2" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">Group 2</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)#Group_3" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">Group 3</a> </th></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="180" style="text-align:left;">Team </th> <th width="20">Pld </th> <th width="20">Pts </th></tr> <tr style="background:#ccffcc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>13</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guinea_national_football_team" title="Guinea national football team">Guinea</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kenya_national_football_team" title="Kenya national football team">Kenya</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/23px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/35px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/45px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso_national_football_team" title="Burkina Faso national football team">Burkina Faso</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>0</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="180" style="text-align:left;">Team </th> <th width="20">Pld </th> <th width="20">Pts </th></tr> <tr style="background:#ccffcc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_national_football_team" title="Tunisia national football team">Tunisia</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Egypt_national_football_team" title="Egypt national football team">Egypt</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Liberia_national_football_team" title="Liberia national football team">Liberia</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_football_team" title="Namibia national football team">Namibia</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="180" style="text-align:left;">Team </th> <th width="20">Pld </th> <th width="20">Pts </th></tr> <tr style="background:#ccffcc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_soccer_team" title="South Africa national soccer team">South Africa</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>13</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Congo_national_football_team" title="Congo national football team">Congo</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Zambia_national_football_team" title="Zambia national football team">Zambia</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%281997%E2%80%932003%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%281997%E2%80%932003%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%281997%E2%80%932003%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%281997%E2%80%932003%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%281997%E2%80%932003%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%281997%E2%80%932003%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/DR_Congo_national_football_team" title="DR Congo national football team">DR Congo</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>2</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)#Group_4" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">Group 4</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)#Group_5" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">Group 5</a> </th></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="180" style="text-align:left;">Team </th> <th width="20">Pld </th> <th width="20">Pts </th></tr> <tr style="background:#ccffcc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cameroon_national_football_team" title="Cameroon national football team">Cameroon</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>14</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola_national_football_team" title="Angola national football team">Angola</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/46px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_national_football_team" title="Zimbabwe national football team">Zimbabwe</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Togo_national_football_team" title="Togo national football team">Togo</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="180" style="text-align:left;">Team </th> <th width="20">Pld </th> <th width="20">Pts </th></tr> <tr style="background:#ccffcc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Morocco_national_football_team" title="Morocco national football team">Morocco</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_national_football_team" title="Sierra Leone national football team">Sierra Leone</a></span> </td> <td>5</td> <td><b>7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ghana_national_football_team" title="Ghana national football team">Ghana</a></span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/20px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/31px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/40px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Gabon_national_football_team" title="Gabon national football team">Gabon</a></span> </td> <td>5</td> <td><b>1</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: CONCACAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONCACAF)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1997_USA_v_Mexico_-_John_Harkes_(3898356480).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/1997_USA_v_Mexico_-_John_Harkes_%283898356480%29.jpg/220px-1997_USA_v_Mexico_-_John_Harkes_%283898356480%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="326" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/1997_USA_v_Mexico_-_John_Harkes_%283898356480%29.jpg/330px-1997_USA_v_Mexico_-_John_Harkes_%283898356480%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/1997_USA_v_Mexico_-_John_Harkes_%283898356480%29.jpg/440px-1997_USA_v_Mexico_-_John_Harkes_%283898356480%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1176" data-file-height="1744" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Harkes" title="John Harkes">John Harkes</a> playing for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States men's national soccer team">United States</a> in a fourth round qualifying match against <a href="/wiki/Mexico_national_football_team" title="Mexico national football team">Mexico</a> on April 20, 1997</figcaption></figure> <p>A total of 30 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Mexico, the US, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Canada, the six highest-ranked teams according to <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>, received <a href="/wiki/Bye_(sports)" title="Bye (sports)">byes</a> and advanced to the third round directly. The remaining 24 teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical locations, as follows: </p> <ul><li>Caribbean Zone: The 20 teams played in three rounds of knockout matches on a home-and-away basis to determine four winners advancing to the third round.</li> <li>Central American Zone: The four teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the third round.</li></ul> <p>In the third round, the 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. They played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the final round. </p><p>In the final round, the six teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top three teams would qualify. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Legend </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>Countries that qualified for the 1998 World Cup </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_positions_(fourth_round)"><span id="Final_positions_.28fourth_round.29"></span>Final positions (fourth round)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Final positions (fourth round)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CONCACAF_fourth_round" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="165">Team </th> <th width="20">Pld </th> <th width="20">Pts </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico_national_football_team" title="Mexico national football team">Mexico</a></span> </td> <td>10</td> <td><b>18</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States men's national soccer team">United States</a></span> </td> <td>10</td> <td><b>17</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_national_football_team" title="Jamaica national football team">Jamaica</a></span> </td> <td>10</td> <td><b>14</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica_national_football_team" title="Costa Rica national football team">Costa Rica</a></span> </td> <td>10</td> <td><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/23px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/35px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/46px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1005" data-file-height="567" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/El_Salvador_national_football_team" title="El Salvador national football team">El Salvador</a></span> </td> <td>10</td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada men's national soccer team">Canada</a></span> </td> <td>10</td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: CONMEBOL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONMEBOL)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)</a></div> <p>A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a>, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 4 spots open for competition between 9 teams. </p><p>The rules were very simple. The 9 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top 4 teams would qualify. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Legend </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>Countries that qualified for the 1998 World Cup </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_positions">Final positions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Final positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="165" style="text-align:left;">Team </th> <th width="25">Pld </th> <th width="25">Pts </th></tr> <tr style="background:#ccffcc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a></span> </td> <td>16</td> <td><b>30</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ccffcc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Paraguay_national_football_team" title="Paraguay national football team">Paraguay</a></span> </td> <td>16</td> <td><b>29</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ccffcc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Colombia_national_football_team" title="Colombia national football team">Colombia</a></span> </td> <td>16</td> <td><b>28</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ccffcc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile_national_football_team" title="Chile national football team">Chile</a></span> </td> <td>16</td> <td><b>25</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Peru_national_football_team" title="Peru national football team">Peru</a></span> </td> <td>16</td> <td><b>25</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_Ecuador_%281900%E2%80%932009%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador_%281900%E2%80%932009%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_Ecuador_%281900%E2%80%932009%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ecuador_%281900%E2%80%932009%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_Ecuador_%281900%E2%80%932009%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ecuador_%281900%E2%80%932009%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ecuador_national_football_team" title="Ecuador national football team">Ecuador</a></span> </td> <td>16</td> <td><b>21</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" title="Uruguay national football team">Uruguay</a></span> </td> <td>16</td> <td><b>21</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/34px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="750" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bolivia_national_football_team" title="Bolivia national football team">Bolivia</a></span> </td> <td>16</td> <td><b>17</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281930%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281930%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281930%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281930%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281930%E2%80%932006%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281930%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Venezuela_national_football_team" title="Venezuela national football team">Venezuela</a></span> </td> <td>16</td> <td><b>3</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="OFC">OFC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: OFC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(OFC)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)</a></div> <p>A total of 10 teams entered the competition. The Oceanian zone was allocated 0.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. </p><p>There were three rounds of play: </p> <ul><li><b>First round</b>: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tahiti, the four best ranked teams according to <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>, received byes and advanced to the second round directly. The remaining 6 teams were divided into 2 groups of 3 teams each, namely the <b>Melanesian Group</b> and the <b>Polynesian Group</b>, based on geographical considerations. The teams played against each other once. The winner of the Melanesian Group would advance to the second round. The runner-up of the Melanesian Group and the winner of the Polynesian Group would advance to the first round play-off. In the <b>play-off</b>, they played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the second round.</li> <li><b>Second round</b>: The 6 teams were divided into 2 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other twice. The group winners would advance to the final round.</li> <li><b>Final round</b>: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the AFC / OFC intercontinental play-off.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_positions_(third_round)"><span id="Final_positions_.28third_round.29"></span>Final positions (third round)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Final positions (third round)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(OFC)#Final_round" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) § Final round</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:right; width:250px">Team 1 </th> <th style="width:80px"><a href="/wiki/Aggregate_score" class="mw-redirect" title="Aggregate score"><abbr title="Aggregate score">Agg.</abbr></a><span class="sr-only" style="border: 0; clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); clip-path: polygon(0px 0px, 0px 0px, 0px 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; position: absolute; width: 1px; white-space: nowrap;">Tooltip Aggregate score</span> </th> <th style="text-align:left; width:250px">Team 2 </th> <th style="width:80px">1st leg </th> <th style="width:80px">2nd leg </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_men%27s_national_football_team" title="New Zealand men's national football team">New Zealand</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">0–5 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national soccer team">Australia</a></span></b> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_OFC_third_round" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC third round">0–3</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_OFC_third_round" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC third round">0–2</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UEFA">UEFA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: UEFA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)</a></div> <p>A total of 50 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 15 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a>, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition between 49 teams. </p><p>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 remaining runners-up would advance to the UEFA Play-offs. </p><p>In the <b>play-offs</b>, the 8 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Legend </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td>Countries that qualified for the 1998 World Cup </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#BBF3FF"> <td>Countries that advanced to the <a href="#Play-offs">Play-offs</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_positions_(first_round)"><span id="Final_positions_.28first_round.29"></span>Final positions (first round)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Final positions (first round)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)#First_round" title="1998 FIFA World 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class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">17 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team" title="Croatia national football team">Croatia</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece_national_football_team" title="Greece national football team">Greece</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_national_football_team" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_national_football_team" title="Slovenia national football team">Slovenia</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-soccer365_UEFA_1998_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer365_UEFA_1998-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 1em;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_2" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2">Group 2</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">19 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_national_football_team" title="Poland national football team">Poland</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_national_football_team" title="Georgia national football team">Georgia</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Moldova_national_football_team" title="Moldova national football team">Moldova</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-soccer365_UEFA_1998_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer365_UEFA_1998-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 1em;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_3" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3">Group 3</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_3" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Talk:1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_3" title="Talk:1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_3" title="Special:EditPage/1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_national_football_team" title="Norway national football team">Norway</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">20 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team">Hungary</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland_national_football_team" title="Finland national football team">Finland</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_football_team" title="Switzerland national football team">Switzerland</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national football team">Azerbaijan</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-soccer365_UEFA_1998_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer365_UEFA_1998-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_4" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4">Group 4</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_4" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Talk:1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_4" title="Talk:1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_4" title="Special:EditPage/1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria_national_football_team" title="Austria national football team">Austria</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">25 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">23 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden men's national football team">Sweden</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Latvia_national_football_team" title="Latvia national football team">Latvia</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Estonia_national_football_team" title="Estonia national football team">Estonia</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belarus_national_football_team" title="Belarus national football team">Belarus</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-soccer365_UEFA_1998_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer365_UEFA_1998-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 1em;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_5" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5">Group 5</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_5" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Talk:1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_5" title="Talk:1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_5" title="Special:EditPage/1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_football_team" title="Bulgaria national football team">Bulgaria</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team" title="Russia national football team">Russia</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">17 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel_national_football_team" title="Israel national football team">Israel</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_national_football_team" title="Cyprus national football team">Cyprus</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_national_football_team" title="Luxembourg national football team">Luxembourg</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-soccer365_UEFA_1998_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer365_UEFA_1998-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 1em;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_6" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6">Group 6</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_6" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Talk:1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_6" title="Talk:1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_6" title="Special:EditPage/1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team">Spain</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">26 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro_national_football_team" title="Serbia and Montenegro national football team">FR Yugoslavia</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">23 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_national_football_team" title="Czech Republic national football team">Czech Republic</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_national_football_team" title="Slovakia national football team">Slovakia</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands_national_football_team" title="Faroe Islands national football team">Faroe Islands</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malta_national_football_team" title="Malta national football team">Malta</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-soccer365_UEFA_1998_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer365_UEFA_1998-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_7" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7">Group 7</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team">Netherlands</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">19 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey_national_football_team" title="Turkey national football team">Turkey</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/31px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/San_Marino_national_football_team" title="San Marino national football team">San Marino</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-soccer365_UEFA_1998_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer365_UEFA_1998-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 1em;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_8" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8">Group 8</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_8" title="1998 FIFA 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_national_football_team" title="Romania national football team">Romania</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">28 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland national football team">Republic of Ireland</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_national_football_team" title="Lithuania national football team">Lithuania</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_national_football_team" title="North Macedonia national football team">Macedonia</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland_national_football_team" title="Iceland national football team">Iceland</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/35px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/46px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_national_football_team" title="Liechtenstein national football team">Liechtenstein</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-soccer365_UEFA_1998_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer365_UEFA_1998-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 1em;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_9" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9">Group 9</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_9" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Talk:1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_9" title="Talk:1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_9" title="Special:EditPage/1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">22 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine_national_football_team" title="Ukraine national football team">Ukraine</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">20 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team">Portugal</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenia_national_football_team" title="Armenia national football team">Armenia</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_Albania_%281992%E2%80%932002%29.svg/21px-Flag_of_Albania_%281992%E2%80%932002%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_Albania_%281992%E2%80%932002%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Albania_%281992%E2%80%932002%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_Albania_%281992%E2%80%932002%29.svg/42px-Flag_of_Albania_%281992%E2%80%932002%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Albania_national_football_team" title="Albania national football team">Albania</a></span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-soccer365_UEFA_1998_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer365_UEFA_1998-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Play-offs">Play-offs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Play-offs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:right; width:250px">Team 1 </th> <th style="width:80px"><a href="/wiki/Aggregate_score" class="mw-redirect" title="Aggregate score"><abbr title="Aggregate score">Agg.</abbr></a><span class="sr-only" style="border: 0; clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); clip-path: polygon(0px 0px, 0px 0px, 0px 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; position: absolute; width: 1px; white-space: nowrap;">Tooltip Aggregate score</span> </th> <th style="text-align:left; width:250px">Team 2 </th> <th style="width:80px">1st leg </th> <th style="width:80px">2nd leg </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team" title="Croatia national football team">Croatia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></b> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">3–1 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine_national_football_team" title="Ukraine national football team">Ukraine</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)#Croatia_v_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">2–0</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)#Ukraine_v_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">1–1</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team" title="Russia national football team">Russia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">1–2 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a></span></b> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)#Russia_v_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">1–1</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)#Italy_v_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">0–1</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland national football team">Republic of Ireland</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">2–3 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a></span></b> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)#Republic_of_Ireland_v_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">1–1</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)#Belgium_v_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">1–2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"><a href="/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team">Hungary</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">1–12 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro_national_football_team" title="Serbia and Montenegro national football team">FR Yugoslavia</a></span></b> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)#Hungary_v_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">1–7</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_play-off)#Yugoslavia_v_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)">0–5</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inter-confederation_play-offs:_AFC_v_OFC">Inter-confederation play-offs: AFC v OFC</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Inter-confederation play-offs: AFC v OFC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC%E2%80%93OFC_play-off)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–OFC play-off)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–OFC play-off)</a></div> <p>It was a <a href="/wiki/Two-legged_tie" title="Two-legged tie">two-legged</a> home-and-away tie between the winners of the <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(OFC)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)">Oceania qualifying tournament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national soccer team">Australia</a>, and the losing team in the AFC play-off from the <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)">Asian qualifying tournament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a>. The games were played on 22 and 29 November 1997 in <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> respectively. Australia was hoping to play in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974</a> and Iran in <a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978</a>. The second game is known in Iran as the Saga of Melbourne. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:right; width:250px">Team 1 </th> <th style="width:80px"><a href="/wiki/Aggregate_score" class="mw-redirect" title="Aggregate score"><abbr title="Aggregate score">Agg.</abbr></a><span class="sr-only" style="border: 0; clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); clip-path: polygon(0px 0px, 0px 0px, 0px 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; position: absolute; width: 1px; white-space: nowrap;">Tooltip Aggregate score</span> </th> <th style="text-align:left; width:250px">Team 2 </th> <th style="width:80px">1st leg </th> <th style="width:80px">2nd leg </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span></span></b> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">3–3 (<a href="/wiki/Away_goals_rule" title="Away goals rule">a</a>) </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazuyoshi_Miura" title="Kazuyoshi Miura">Kazuyoshi Miura</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro"><img alt="Serbia and Montenegro" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Predrag_Mijatovi%C4%87" title="Predrag Mijatović">Predrag Mijatović</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>12 goals</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile"><img alt="Chile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Marcelo Salas">Marcelo Salas</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Hermosillo" title="Carlos Hermosillo">Carlos Hermosillo</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>6 goals</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador"><img alt="El Salvador" 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UEFA Group 5">Group 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_6" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6">Group 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_7" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7">Group 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_8" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8">Group 8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_9" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9">Group 9</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_second_round" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round">Second round (play-offs)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-offs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1930 FIFA World Cup">Uruguay 1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1934 FIFA World Cup">Italy 1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1938 FIFA World Cup">France 1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1950 FIFA World Cup">Brazil 1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1954 FIFA World Cup">Switzerland 1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1958 FIFA World Cup">Sweden 1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1962 FIFA World Cup">Chile 1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1966 FIFA World Cup">England 1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1970 FIFA World Cup">Mexico 1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">West Germany 1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World 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qualification">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1950 FIFA World Cup qualification">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1954 FIFA World Cup qualification">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1958 FIFA World Cup qualification">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1962 FIFA World Cup qualification">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1966 FIFA World Cup qualification">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1970 FIFA World Cup qualification">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1974 FIFA World Cup qualification">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1978 FIFA World Cup qualification">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1982 FIFA World Cup qualification">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1986 FIFA World Cup qualification">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1990 FIFA World Cup qualification">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1994 FIFA World Cup qualification">1994</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2002 FIFA World Cup qualification">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2006 FIFA World Cup qualification">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2010 FIFA World Cup qualification">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2014 FIFA World Cup qualification">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2018 FIFA World Cup qualification">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification">2026</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_finals" title="List of FIFA World Cup finals">Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1930 FIFA World Cup final">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1934 FIFA World Cup final">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1938 FIFA World Cup final">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_v_Brazil_(1950_FIFA_World_Cup)" title="Uruguay v Brazil (1950 FIFA World Cup)">1950</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1954 FIFA World Cup final">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1958 FIFA World Cup final">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1962 FIFA World Cup final">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1966 FIFA World Cup final">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1970 FIFA World Cup final">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1974 FIFA World Cup final">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1978 FIFA World Cup final">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1982 FIFA World Cup final">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1986 FIFA World Cup final">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1990 FIFA World Cup final">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1994 FIFA World Cup final">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1998 FIFA World Cup final">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2002 FIFA World Cup final">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2006 FIFA World Cup final">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2010 FIFA World Cup final">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2014 FIFA World Cup final">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2018 FIFA World Cup final">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2022 FIFA World Cup final">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2026 FIFA World Cup final">2026</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Squads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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title="1978 FIFA World Cup squads">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1982 FIFA World Cup squads">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1986 FIFA World Cup squads">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1990 FIFA World Cup squads">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1994 FIFA World Cup squads">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1998 FIFA World Cup squads">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2002 FIFA World Cup squads">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2006 FIFA World Cup squads">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2010 FIFA World Cup squads">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2014 FIFA World Cup squads">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2018 FIFA World Cup 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title="2022 FIFA World Cup seeding">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Broadcasters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2002 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2010 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2018 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2022 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2026 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2026</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">Bids</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_bids" title="2014 FIFA World Cup bids">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids" title="2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids" title="2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids">2022</a></li> <li><a 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