1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA).
A total of 50 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 15 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.
France, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition between 49 teams.
The 49 teams were divided into nine groups, four groups of six teams and five groups of five teams. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up would be ranked according to their records against the 1st, 3rd and 4th-placed team in their groups, and the team with the best record would also qualify. The other runners-up would advance to the UEFA Play-offs.
In the Play-offs, the 8 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.
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[edit] Group 1
Key:
- Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.
- Teams highlighted in orange qualified for the Play-offs.
[edit] Table
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | |
| 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | |
| 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -15 |
[edit] Results
April 24, 1996, Athens, Greece -
Greece 2 - 0 Slovenia ![]()
September 1, 1996, Kalamata, Greece -
Greece 3 - 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]()
September 1, 1996, Ljubljana, Slovenia -
Slovenia 0 - 2 Denmark ![]()
October 8, 1996, Bologna, Italy -
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 - 4 Croatia ![]()
October 9, 1996, Copenhagen, Denmark -
Denmark 2 - 1 Greece ![]()
November 10, 1996, Ljubljana, Slovenia -
Slovenia 1 - 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]()
November 10, 1996, Zagreb, Croatia -
Croatia 1 - 1 Greece ![]()
March 29, 1997, Split, Croatia -
Croatia 1 - 1 Denmark ![]()
April 2, 1997, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina -
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 - 1 Greece ![]()
April 2, 1997, Split, Croatia -
Croatia 3 - 3 Slovenia ![]()
April 30, 1997, Copenhagen, Denmark -
Denmark 4 - 0 Slovenia ![]()
April 30, 1997, Thessaloniki, Greece -
Greece 0 - 1 Croatia ![]()
June 8, 1997, Copenhagen, Denmark -
Denmark 2 - 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]()
August 20, 1997, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina -
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 - 0 Denmark ![]()
September 6, 1997, Zagreb, Croatia -
Croatia 3 - 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]()
September 6, 1997, Ljubljana, Slovenia -
Slovenia 0 - 3 Greece ![]()
September 10, 1997, Copenhagen, Denmark -
Denmark 3 - 1 Croatia ![]()
September 10, 1997, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina -
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 - 0 Slovenia ![]()
October 11, 1997, Ljubljana, Slovenia -
Slovenia 1 - 3 Croatia ![]()
October 11, 1997, Athens, Greece -
Greece 0 - 0 Denmark ![]()
[edit] Group 2
[edit] Table
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 13 | |
| 2 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | |
| 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -2 | |
| 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 21 | -19 |
[edit] Results
September 1, 1996, Chişinău, Moldova -
Moldova 0 - 3 England ![]()
October 5, 1996, Chişinău, Moldova -
Moldova 1 - 3 Italy ![]()
October 9, 1996, London, England -
England 2 - 1 Poland ![]()
October 9, 1996, Perugia, Italy -
Italy 1 - 0 Georgia ![]()
November 9, 1996, Tbilisi, Georgia -
Georgia 0 - 2 England ![]()
November 10, 1996, Katowice, Poland -
Poland 2 - 1 Moldova ![]()
February 12, 1997, London, England -
England 0 - 1 Italy ![]()
March 29, 1997, Trieste, Italy -
Italy 3 - 0 Moldova ![]()
April 2, 1997, Chorzów, Poland -
Poland 0 - 0 Italy ![]()
April 30, 1997, Naples, Italy -
Italy 3 - 0 Poland ![]()
April 30, 1997, London, England -
England 2 - 0 Georgia ![]()
May 31, 1997, Chorzów, Poland -
Poland 0 - 2 England ![]()
June 7, 1997, Batumi, Georgia -
Georgia 2 - 0 Moldova ![]()
June 14, 1997, Chorzów, Poland -
Poland 4 - 1 Georgia ![]()
September 10, 1997, London, England -
England 4 - 0 Moldova ![]()
September 10, 1997, Tbilisi, Georgia -
Georgia 0 - 0 Italy ![]()
September 24, 1997, Chişinău, Moldova -
Moldova 0 - 1 Georgia ![]()
October 7, 1997, Chişinău, Moldova -
Moldova 0 - 3 Poland ![]()
October 11, 1997, Tbilisi, Georgia -
Georgia 3 - 0 Poland ![]()
October 11, 1997, Rome, Italy -
Italy 0 - 0 England ![]()
[edit] Group 3
[edit] Table
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 19 | |
| 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | |
| 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | |
| 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -1 | |
| 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 | -19 |
[edit] Results
June 2, 1996, Oslo, Norway -
Norway 5 - 0 Azerbaijan ![]()
August 31, 1996, Baku, Azerbaijan -
Azerbaijan 1 - 0 Switzerland ![]()
September 1, 1996, Budapest, Hungary -
Hungary 1 - 0 Finland ![]()
October 6, 1996, Helsinki, Finland -
Finland 2 - 3 Switzerland ![]()
October 9, 1996, Oslo, Norway -
Norway 3 - 0 Hungary ![]()
November 10, 1996, Berne, Switzerland -
Switzerland 0 - 1 Norway ![]()
November 10, 1996, Baku, Azerbaijan -
Azerbaijan 0 - 3 Hungary ![]()
April 2, 1997, Baku, Azerbaijan -
Azerbaijan 1 - 2 Finland ![]()
April 30, 1997, Oslo, Norway -
Norway 1 - 1 Finland ![]()
April 30, 1997, Zürich, Switzerland -
Switzerland 1 - 0 Hungary ![]()
June 8, 1997, Helsinki, Finland -
Finland 3 - 0 Azerbaijan ![]()
June 8, 1997, Budapest, Hungary -
Hungary 1 - 1 Norway ![]()
August 20, 1997, Helsinki, Finland -
Finland 0 - 4 Norway ![]()
August 20, 1997, Budapest, Hungary -
Hungary 1 - 1 Switzerland ![]()
September 6, 1997, Baku, Azerbaijan -
Azerbaijan 0 - 1 Norway ![]()
September 6, 1997, Lausanne, Switzerland -
Switzerland 1 - 2 Finland ![]()
September 10, 1997, Oslo, Norway -
Norway 5 - 0 Switzerland ![]()
September 10, 1997, Budapest, Hungary -
Hungary 3 - 1 Azerbaijan ![]()
October 11, 1997, Helsinki, Finland -
Finland 1 - 1 Hungary ![]()
October 11, 1997, Zürich, Switzerland -
Switzerland 5 - 0 Azerbaijan ![]()
[edit] Group 4
[edit] Table
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 13 | |
| 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 12 | |
| 3 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 7 | |
| 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -4 | |
| 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -12 | |
| 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -16 |
[edit] Results
June 1, 1996, Stockholm, Sweden -
Sweden 5 - 1 Belarus ![]()
August 31, 1996, Minsk, Belarus -
Belarus 1 - 0 Estonia ![]()
August 31, 1996, Vienna, Austria -
Austria 0 - 0 Scotland ![]()
September 1, 1996, Riga, Latvia -
Latvia 1 - 2 Sweden ![]()
October 5, 1996, Tallinn, Estonia -
Estonia 1 - 0 Belarus ![]()
October 5, 1996, Riga, Latvia -
Latvia 0 - 2 Scotland ![]()
October 9, 1996, Stockholm, Sweden -
Sweden 0 - 1 Austria ![]()
October 9, 1996, Minsk, Belarus -
Belarus 1 - 1 Latvia ![]()
November 9, 1996, Vienna, Austria -
Austria 2 - 1 Latvia ![]()
November 10, 1996, Glasgow, Scotland -
Scotland 1 - 0 Sweden ![]()
February 11, 1997, Monaco -
Estonia 0 - 0 Scotland ![]()
- This match was a replay ordered by FIFA after Estonia failed to arrive for the original fixture on October 9, 1996, which was abandoned after 3 seconds.
March 29, 1997, Kilmarnock, Scotland -
Scotland 2 - 0 Estonia ![]()
April 2, 1997, Glasgow, Scotland -
Scotland 2 - 0 Austria ![]()
April 30, 1997, Riga, Latvia -
Latvia 2 - 0 Belarus ![]()
April 30, 1997, Gothenburg, Sweden -
Sweden 2 - 1 Scotland ![]()
April 30, 1997, Vienna, Austria -
Austria 2 - 0 Estonia ![]()
May 18, 1997, Tallinn, Estonia -
Estonia 1 - 3 Latvia ![]()
June 8, 1997, Minsk, Belarus -
Belarus 0 - 1 Scotland ![]()
June 8, 1997, Riga, Latvia -
Latvia 1 - 3 Austria ![]()
June 8, 1997, Tallinn, Estonia -
Estonia 2 - 3 Sweden ![]()
August 20, 1997, Tallinn, Estonia -
Estonia 0 - 3 Austria ![]()
August 20, 1997, Minsk, Belarus -
Belarus 1 - 2 Sweden ![]()
September 6, 1997, Riga, Latvia -
Latvia 1 - 0 Estonia ![]()
September 6, 1997, Vienna, Austria -
Austria 1 - 0 Sweden ![]()
September 7, 1997, Aberdeen, Scotland -
Scotland 4 - 1 Belarus ![]()
September 10, 1997, Minsk, Belarus -
Belarus 0 - 1 Austria ![]()
September 10, 1997, Stockholm, Sweden -
Sweden 1 - 0 Latvia ![]()
October 11, 1997, Vienna, Austria -
Austria 4 - 0 Belarus ![]()
October 11, 1997, Stockholm, Sweden -
Sweden 1 - 0 Estonia ![]()
October 11, 1997, Glasgow, Scotland -
Scotland 2 - 0 Latvia ![]()
[edit] Group 5
[edit] Table
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | |
| 2 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 14 | |
| 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | |
| 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | |
| 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 22 | -20 |
[edit] Results
September 1, 1996, Ramat Gan, Israel -
Israel 2 - 1 Bulgaria ![]()
September 1, 1996, Moscow, Russia -
Russia 4 - 0 Cyprus ![]()
October 8, 1996, Luxembourg, Luxembourg -
Luxembourg 1 - 2 Bulgaria ![]()
October 9, 1996, Ramat Gan, Israel -
Israel 1 - 1 Russia ![]()
November 10, 1996, Limassol, Cyprus -
Cyprus 2 - 0 Israel ![]()
November 10, 1996, Luxembourg, Luxembourg -
Luxembourg 0 - 4 Russia ![]()
December 14, 1996, Limassol, Cyprus -
Cyprus 1 - 3 Bulgaria ![]()
December 15, 1996, Ramat Gan, Israel -
Israel 1 - 0 Luxembourg ![]()
March 29, 1997, Paralimni, Cyprus -
Cyprus 1 - 1
Russia
March 31, 1997, Luxembourg, Luxembourg -
Luxembourg 0 - 3 Israel ![]()
April 2, 1997, Sofia, Bulgaria -
Bulgaria 4 - 1 Cyprus ![]()
April 30, 1997, Ramat Gan, Israel -
Israel 2 - 0 Cyprus ![]()
April 30, 1997, Moscow, Russia -
Russia 3 - 0 Luxembourg ![]()
June 8, 1997, Moscow, Russia -
Russia 2 - 0 Israel ![]()
June 8, 1997, Burgas, Bulgaria -
Bulgaria 4 - 0 Luxembourg ![]()
August 20, 1997, Sofia, Bulgaria -
Bulgaria 1 - 0 Israel ![]()
September 7, 1997, Luxembourg, Luxembourg -
Luxembourg 1 - 3 Cyprus ![]()
September 10, 1997, Sofia, Bulgaria -
Bulgaria 1 - 0 Russia ![]()
October 11, 1997, Limassol, Cyprus -
Cyprus 2 - 0 Luxembourg ![]()
October 11, 1997, Moscow, Russia -
Russia 4 - 2 Bulgaria ![]()
[edit] Group 6
[edit] Table
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 20 | |
| 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 22 | |
| 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 10 | |
| 4 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | |
| 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 31 | -21 | |
| 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 37 | -35 |
[edit] Results
April 24, 1996, Belgrade, Yugoslavia -
Yugoslavia 3 - 1 Faroe Islands ![]()
June 2, 1996, Belgrade, Yugoslavia -
Yugoslavia 6 - 0 Malta ![]()
August 31, 1996, Toftir, Faroe Islands -
Faroe Islands 1 - 2 Slovakia ![]()
September 4, 1996, Toftir, Faroe Islands -
Faroe Islands 2 - 6 Spain ![]()
September 18, 1996, Teplice, Czech Republic -
Czech Republic 6 - 0 Malta ![]()
September 22, 1996, Bratislava, Slovakia -
Slovakia 6 - 0 Malta ![]()
October 6, 1996, Toftir, Faroe Islands -
Faroe Islands 1 - 8 Yugoslavia ![]()
October 9, 1996, Prague, Czech Republic -
Czech Republic 0 - 0 Spain ![]()
October 23, 1996, Bratislava, Slovakia -
Slovakia 3 - 0 Faroe Islands ![]()
November 10, 1996, Belgrade, Yugoslavia -
Yugoslavia 1 - 0 Czech Republic ![]()
November 13, 1996, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain -
Spain 4 - 1 Slovakia ![]()
December 14, 1996, Valencia, Spain -
Spain 2 - 0 Yugoslavia ![]()
December 18, 1996, Valletta, Malta -
Malta 0 - 3 Spain ![]()
February 12, 1997, Alicante, Spain -
Spain 4 - 0 Malta ![]()
March 31, 1997, Valletta, Malta -
Malta 0 - 2 Slovakia ![]()
April 2, 1997, Prague, Czech Republic -
Czech Republic 1 - 2 Yugoslavia ![]()
April 30, 1997, Valletta, Malta -
Malta 1 - 2 Faroe Islands ![]()
April 30, 1997, Belgrade, Yugoslavia -
Yugoslavia 1 - 1 Spain ![]()
June 8, 1997, Toftir, Faroe Islands -
Faroe Islands 2 - 1 Malta ![]()
June 8, 1997, Belgrade, Yugoslavia -
Yugoslavia 2 - 0 Slovakia ![]()
June 8, 1997, Valladolid, Spain -
Spain 1 - 0 Czech Republic ![]()
August 20, 1997, Teplice, Czech Republic -
Czech Republic 2 - 0 Faroe Islands ![]()
August 24, 1997, Bratislava, Slovakia -
Slovakia 2 - 1 Czech Republic ![]()
September 6, 1997, Toftir, Faroe Islands -
Faroe Islands 0 - 2 Czech Republic ![]()
September 10, 1997, Bratislava, Slovakia -
Slovakia 1 - 1 Yugoslavia ![]()
September 24, 1997, Valletta, Malta -
Malta 0 - 1 Czech Republic ![]()
September 24, 1997, Bratislava, Slovakia -
Slovakia 1 - 2 Spain ![]()
October 11, 1997, Valletta, Malta -
Malta 0 - 5 Yugoslavia ![]()
October 11, 1997, Prague, Czech Republic -
Czech Republic 3 - 0 Slovakia ![]()
October 11, 1997, Gijón, Spain -
Spain 3 - 1 Faroe Islands ![]()
[edit] Group 7
[edit] Table
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 22 | |
| 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | |
| 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 12 | |
| 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | |
| 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 42 | -42 |
[edit] Results
June 2, 1996, City of San Marino, Republic of San Marino -
San Marino 0 - 5 Wales ![]()
August 31, 1996, Cardiff, Wales -
Wales 6 - 0 San Marino ![]()
August 31, 1996, Brussels, Belgium -
Belgium 2 - 1 Turkey ![]()
October 5, 1996, Cardiff, Wales -
Wales 1 - 3 Netherlands ![]()
October 9, 1996, City of San Marino, Republic of San Marino -
San Marino 0 - 3 Belgium ![]()
November 9, 1996, Eindhoven, Netherlands -
Netherlands 7 - 1 Wales ![]()
November 10, 1996, Istanbul, Turkey -
Turkey 7 - 0 San Marino ![]()
December 14, 1996, Cardiff, Wales -
Wales 0 - 0 Turkey ![]()
December 14, 1996, Brussels, Belgium -
Belgium 0 - 3 Netherlands ![]()
March 29, 1997, Cardiff, Wales -
Wales 1 - 2 Belgium ![]()
March 29, 1997, Amsterdam, Netherlands -
Netherlands 4 - 0 San Marino ![]()
April 2, 1997, Bursa, Turkey -
Turkey 1 - 0 Netherlands ![]()
April 30, 1997, Istanbul, Turkey -
Turkey 1 - 3 Belgium ![]()
April 30, 1997, City of San Marino, Republic of San Marino -
San Marino 0 - 6 Netherlands ![]()
June 7, 1997, Brussels, Belgium -
Belgium 6 - 0 San Marino ![]()
August 20, 1997, Istanbul, Turkey -
Turkey 6 - 4 Wales ![]()
September 6, 1997, Rotterdam, Netherlands -
Netherlands 3 - 1 Belgium ![]()
September 10, 1997, City of San Marino, Republic of San Marino -
San Marino 0 - 5 Turkey ![]()
October 11, 1997, Amsterdam, Netherlands -
Netherlands 0 - 0 Turkey ![]()
October 11, 1997, Brussels, Belgium -
Belgium 3 - 2 Wales ![]()
[edit] Group 8
[edit] Table
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 33 | |
| 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 14 | |
| 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | |
| 4 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 4 | |
| 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -5 | |
| 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 52 | -49 |
[edit] Results
April 24, 1996, Skopje, Macedonia -
FYR Macedonia 3 - 0 Liechtenstein ![]()
June 1, 1996, Reykjavík, Iceland -
Iceland 1 - 1 FYR Macedonia ![]()
August 31, 1996, Bucharest, Romania -
Romania 3 - 0 Lithuania ![]()
August 31, 1996, Eschen, Liechtenstein -
Liechtenstein 0 - 5 Republic of Ireland ![]()
October 5, 1996, Vilnius, Lithuania -
Lithuania 2 - 0 Iceland ![]()
October 9, 1996, Reykjavík, Iceland -
Iceland 0 - 4 Romania ![]()
October 9, 1996, Dublin, Ireland -
Republic of Ireland 3 - 0 FYR Macedonia ![]()
October 9, 1996, Vilnius, Lithuania -
Lithuania 2 - 1 Liechtenstein ![]()
November 9, 1996, Eschen, Liechtenstein -
Liechtenstein 1 - 11 FYR Macedonia ![]()
November 10, 1996, Dublin, Ireland -
Republic of Ireland 0 - 0 Iceland ![]()
December 14, 1996, Skopje, Macedonia -
FYR Macedonia 0 - 3 Romania ![]()
March 29, 1997, Bucharest, Romania -
Romania 8 - 0 Liechtenstein ![]()
April 2, 1997, Skopje, Macedonia -
FYR Macedonia 3 - 2 Republic of Ireland ![]()
April 2, 1997, Vilnius, Lithuania -
Lithuania 0 - 1 Romania ![]()
April 30, 1997, Eschen, Liechtenstein -
Liechtenstein 0 - 2 Lithuania ![]()
April 30, 1997, Bucharest, Romania -
Romania 1 - 0 Republic of Ireland ![]()
May 21, 1997, Dublin, Ireland -
Republic of Ireland 5 - 0 Liechtenstein ![]()
June 7, 1997, Skopje, Macedonia -
FYR Macedonia 1 - 0 Iceland ![]()
June 11, 1997, Reykjavík, Iceland -
Iceland 0 - 0 Lithuania ![]()
August 20, 1997, Eschen, Liechtenstein -
Liechtenstein 0 - 4 Iceland ![]()
August 20, 1997, Bucharest, Romania -
Romania 4 - 2 FYR Macedonia ![]()
August 20, 1997, Dublin, Ireland -
Republic of Ireland 0 - 0 Lithuania ![]()
September 6, 1997, Reykjavík, Iceland -
Iceland 2 - 4 Republic of Ireland ![]()
September 6, 1997, Eschen, Liechtenstein -
Liechtenstein 1 - 8 Romania ![]()
September 6, 1997, Vilnius, Lithuania -
Lithuania 2 - 0 FYR Macedonia ![]()
September 10, 1997, Bucharest, Romania -
Romania 4 - 0 Iceland ![]()
September 10, 1997, Vilnius, Lithuania -
Lithuania 1 - 2 Republic of Ireland ![]()
October 11, 1997, Dublin, Ireland -
Republic of Ireland 1 - 1 Romania ![]()
October 11, 1997, Reykjavík, Iceland -
Iceland 4 - 0 Liechtenstein ![]()
October 11, 1997, Skopje, Macedonia -
FYR Macedonia 1 - 2 Lithuania ![]()
[edit] Group 9
[edit] Table
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 12 | |
| 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
| 3 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | |
| 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -9 | |
| 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -4 | |
| 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -13 |
[edit] Results
August 31, 1996, Belfast, Northern Ireland -
Northern Ireland 0 - 1 Ukraine ![]()
August 31, 1996, Yerevan, Armenia -
Armenia 0 - 0 Portugal ![]()
October 5, 1996, Belfast, Northern Ireland -
Northern Ireland 1 - 1 Armenia ![]()
October 5, 1996, Kiev, Ukraine -
Ukraine 2 - 1 Portugal ![]()
October 9, 1996, Tirana, Albania -
Albania 0 - 3 Portugal ![]()
October 9, 1996, Yerevan, Armenia -
Armenia 1 - 5 Germany ![]()
November 9, 1996, Tirana, Albania -
Albania 1 - 1 Armenia ![]()
November 9, 1996, Nuremberg, Germany -
Germany 1 - 1 Northern Ireland ![]()
November 9, 1996, Porto, Portugal -
Portugal 1 - 0 Ukraine ![]()
December 14, 1996, Belfast, Northern Ireland -
Northern Ireland 2 - 0 Albania ![]()
December 14, 1996, Lisbon, Portugal -
Portugal 0 - 0 Germany ![]()
March 29, 1997, Belfast, Northern Ireland -
Northern Ireland 0 - 0 Portugal ![]()
March 29, 1997, Granada, Spain -
Albania 0 - 1 Ukraine ![]()
April 2, 1997, Kiev, Ukraine -
Ukraine 2 - 1 Northern Ireland ![]()
April 2, 1997, Granada, Spain -
Albania 2 - 3 Germany ![]()
April 30, 1997, Yerevan, Armenia -
Armenia 0 - 0 Northern Ireland ![]()
April 30, 1997, Bremen, Germany -
Germany 2 - 0 Ukraine ![]()
May 7, 1997, Kiev, Ukraine -
Ukraine 1 - 1 Armenia ![]()
June 7, 1997, Porto, Portugal -
Portugal 2 - 0 Albania ![]()
June 7, 1997, Kiev, Ukraine -
Ukraine 0 - 0 Germany ![]()
August 20, 1997, Belfast, Northern Ireland -
Northern Ireland 1 - 3 Germany ![]()
August 20, 1997, Setúbal, Portugal -
Portugal 3 - 1 Armenia ![]()
August 20, 1997, Kiev, Ukraine -
Ukraine 1 - 0 Albania ![]()
September 6, 1997, Yerevan, Armenia -
Armenia 3 - 0 Albania ![]()
September 6, 1997, Berlin, Germany -
Germany 1 - 1 Portugal ![]()
September 10, 1997, Zürich, Switzerland -
Albania 1 - 0 Northern Ireland ![]()
September 10, 1997, Dortmund, Germany -
Germany 4 - 0 Armenia ![]()
October 11, 1997, Hannover, Germany -
Germany 4 - 3 Albania ![]()
October 11, 1997, Yerevan, Armenia -
Armenia 0 - 2 Ukraine ![]()
October 11, 1997, Lisbon, Portugal -
Portugal 1 - 0 Northern Ireland ![]()
[edit] Ranking of runners-up
Record against the 1st, 3rd and 4th-placed team in their groups.
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 |
[edit] Play-offs
October 29, 1997, Zagreb, Croatia -
Croatia 2 - 0 Ukraine ![]()
November 15, 1997, Kyiv, Ukraine -
Ukraine 1 - 1 Croatia ![]()
Croatia qualified by the aggregate score of 3-1.
October 29, 1997, Moscow, Russia -
Russia 1 - 1 Italy ![]()
November 15, 1997, Naples, Italy -
Italy 1 - 0 Russia ![]()
Italy qualified by the aggregate score of 2-1.
October 29, 1997, Dublin, Ireland -
Republic of Ireland 1 - 1 Belgium ![]()
November 15, 1997, Brussels, Belgium -
Belgium 2 - 1 Republic of Ireland ![]()
Belgium qualified by the aggregate score of 3-2.
October 29, 1997, Budapest, Hungary -
Hungary 1 - 7 Yugoslavia ![]()
November 15, 1997, Belgrade, Yugoslavia -
Yugoslavia 5 - 0 Hungary ![]()
Yugoslavia qualified by the aggregate score of 12-1.
[edit] See also
- 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
- 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
- 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
- 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
- 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

