World Cup 1998 Qualifying

Qualified as hosts: France
Qualified as holders: Brazil

Europe

Group winners and best number 2 (in "1-3-4-comparison") qualify; the other 
8 runners-up will play knock-out matches for the four remaining place.

Europe Group 1 [Denmark]
24.04.96  Athinai         Greece             2-0 Slovenia            1.DENMARK              8  5  2  1 14- 6 17
01.09.96  Kalamata        Greece             3-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina  2.Croatia              8  4  3  1 17-12 15
01.09.96  Ljubljana       Slovenia           0-2 Denmark             3.Greece               8  4  2  2 11- 4 14
08.10.96  Bologna         Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-4 Croatia             4.Bosnia-Herzegovina   8  3  0  5  9-14  9
09.10.96  København       Denmark            2-1 Greece              5.Slovenia             8  0  1  7  5-20  1
10.11.96  Ljubljana       Slovenia           1-2 Bosnia-Herzegovina
10.11.96  Zagreb          Croatia            1-1 Greece
29.03.97  Split           Croatia            1-1 Denmark
02.04.97  Sarajevo        Bosnia-Herzegovina 0-1 Greece
02.04.97  Split           Croatia            3-3 Slovenia
30.04.97  København       Denmark            4-0 Slovenia
30.04.97  Thessaloniki    Greece             0-1 Croatia
08.06.97  København       Denmark            2-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
20.08.97  Sarajevo        Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-0 Denmark
06.09.97  Zagreb          Croatia            3-2 Bosnia-Herzegovina
06.09.97  Ljubljana       Slovenia           0-3 Greece 
10.09.97  København       Denmark            3-1 Croatia 
10.09.97  Sarajevo        Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 Slovenia
11.10.97  Ljubljana       Slovenia           1-3 Croatia
11.10.97  Athinai         Greece             0-0 Denmark

Europe Group 2 [England]
01.09.96  Chisinau        Moldova            0-3 England             1.ENGLAND              8  6  1  1 15- 2 19          
05.10.96  Chisinau        Moldova            1-3 Italy               2.Italy                8  5  3  0 11- 1 18
09.10.96  London          England            2-1 Poland              3.Poland               8  3  1  4 10-12 10
09.10.96  Perugia         Italy              1-0 Georgia             4.Georgia              8  3  1  4  7- 9 10
09.11.96  Tbilisi         Georgia            0-2 England             5.Moldova              8  0  0  8  2-21  0
10.11.96  Katowice        Poland             2-1 Moldova
12.02.97  London          England            0-1 Italy
29.03.97  Trieste         Italy              3-0 Moldova
02.04.97  Chorzów         Poland             0-0 Italy
30.04.97  Napoli          Italy              3-0 Poland
30.04.97  London          England            2-0 Georgia
31.05.97  Chorzów         Poland             0-2 England
07.06.97  Batumi          Georgia            2-0 Moldova
14.06.97  Chorzów         Poland             4-1 Georgia
10.09.97  London          England            4-0 Moldova
10.09.97  Tbilisi         Georgia            0-0 Italy
24.09.97  Chisinau        Moldova            0-1 Georgia
07.10.97  Chisinau        Moldova            0-3 Poland
11.10.97  Tbilisi         Georgia            3-0 Poland
11.10.97  Roma            Italy              0-0 England

Europe Group 3 [Norway]
02.06.96  Oslo            Norway             5-0 Azerbaijan          1.NORWAY               8  6  2  0 21- 2 20
31.08.96  Baku            Azerbaijan         1-0 Switzerland         2.Hungary              8  3  3  2 10- 8 12
01.09.96  Budapest        Hungary            1-0 Finland             3.Finland              8  3  2  3 11-12 11
06.10.96  Helsinki        Finland            2-3 Switzerland         4.Switzerland          8  3  1  4 11-12 10
09.10.96  Oslo            Norway             3-0 Hungary             5.Azerbaijan           8  1  0  7  3-22  3
10.11.96  Bern            Switzerland        0-1 Norway
10.11.96  Baku            Azerbaijan         0-3 Hungary
02.04.97  Baku            Azerbaijan         1-2 Finland
30.04.97  Oslo            Norway             1-1 Finland
30.04.97  Zürich          Switzerland        1-0 Hungary
08.06.97  Helsinki        Finland            3-0 Azerbaijan
08.06.97  Budapest        Hungary            1-1 Norway
20.08.97  Helsinki        Finland            0-4 Norway
20.08.97  Budapest        Hungary            1-1 Switzerland
06.09.97  Baku            Azerbaijan         0-1 Norway
06.09.97  Lausanne        Switzerland        1-2 Finland
10.09.97  Oslo            Norway             5-0 Switzerland
10.09.97  Budapest        Hungary            3-1 Azerbaijan
11.10.97  Helsinki        Finland            1-1 Hungary
11.10.97  Zürich          Switzerland        5-0 Azerbaijan

Europe Group 4 [Austria]
01.06.96  Stockholm       Sweden             5-1 Belarus             1.AUSTRIA             10  8  1  1 17- 4 25
31.08.96  Minsk           Belarus            1-0 Estonia             2.Scotland            10  7  2  1 15- 3 23
31.08.96  Wien            Austria            0-0 Scotland            3.Sweden              10  7  0  3 16- 9 21
01.09.96  Riga            Latvia             1-2 Sweden              4.Latvia              10  3  1  6 10-14 10
05.10.96  Tallinn         Estonia            1-0 Belarus             5.Estonia             10  1  1  8  4-16  4
05.10.96  Riga            Latvia             0-2 Scotland            6.Belarus             10  1  1  8  5-21  4
09.10.96  Stockholm       Sweden             0-1 Austria            
09.10.96  Minsk           Belarus            1-1 Latvia            
09.11.96  Wien            Austria            2-1 Latvia            
10.11.96  Glasgow         Scotland           1-0 Sweden           
11.02.97  Monaco          Estonia            0-0 Scotland         
29.03.97  Kilmarnock      Scotland           2-0 Estonia          
02.04.97  Glasgow         Scotland           2-0 Austria         
30.04.97  Riga            Latvia             2-0 Belarus           
30.04.97  Göteborg        Sweden             2-1 Scotland          
30.04.97  Wien            Austria            2-0 Estonia          
18.05.97  Kadriorg        Estonia            1-3 Latvia           
08.06.97  Minsk           Belarus            0-1 Scotland         
08.06.97  Riga            Latvia             1-3 Austria           
08.06.97  Tallinn         Estonia            2-3 Sweden           
20.08.97  Tallinn         Estonia            0-3 Austria          
20.08.97  Minsk           Belarus            1-2 Sweden           
06.09.97  Riga            Latvia             1-0 Estonia           
06.09.97  Wien            Austria            1-0 Sweden           
07.09.97  Aberdeen        Scotland           4-1 Belarus         
10.09.97  Minsk           Belarus            0-1 Austria          
10.09.97  Solna           Sweden             1-0 Latvia            
11.10.97  Wien            Austria            4-0 Belarus          
11.10.97  Solna           Sweden             1-0 Estonia           
11.10.97  Glasgow         Scotland           2-0 Latvia          

Europe Group 5 [Bulgaria]
01.09.96  Ramat Gan       Israel             2-1 Bulgaria            1.BULGARIA             8  6  0  2 18- 9 18
01.09.96  Moskva          Russia             4-0 Cyprus              2.Russia               8  5  2  1 19- 5 17
08.10.96  Luxembourg      Luxembourg         1-2 Bulgaria            3.Israel               8  4  1  3  9- 7 13
09.10.96  Ramat Gan       Israel             1-1 Russia              4.Cyprus               8  3  1  4 10-15 10
10.11.96  Limassol        Cyprus             2-0 Israel              5.Luxembourg           8  0  0  8  2-22  0
10.11.96  Luxembourg      Luxembourg         0-4 Russia
14.12.96  Limassol        Cyprus             1-3 Bulgaria
15.12.96  Ramat Gan       Israel             1-0 Luxembourg
29.03.97  Paralimni       Cyprus             1-1 Russia
31.03.97  Luxembourg      Luxembourg         0-3 Israel
02.04.97  Sofia           Bulgaria           4-1 Cyprus
30.04.97  Ramat Gan       Israel             2-0 Cyprus
30.04.97  Moskva          Russia             3-0 Luxembourg
08.06.97  Moskva          Russia             2-0 Israel
08.06.97  Burgas          Bulgaria           4-0 Luxembourg
20.08.97  Sofia           Bulgaria           1-0 Israel
07.09.97  Luxembourg      Luxembourg         1-3 Cyprus
10.09.97  Sofia           Bulgaria           1-0 Russia
11.10.97  Limassol        Cyprus             2-0 Luxembourg
11.10.97  Moskva          Russia             4-2 Bulgaria

Europe Group 6 [Spain]
24.04.96  Beograd         Yugoslavia         3-1 Faroe Islands       1.SPAIN               10  8  2  0 26- 6 26
02.06.96  Beograd         Yugoslavia         6-0 Malta               2.Yugoslavia          10  7  2  1 29- 7 23
31.08.96  Toftir          Faroe Islands      1-2 Slovakia            3.Czech Republic      10  5  1  4 16- 6 16
04.09.96  Toftir          Faroe Islands      2-6 Spain               4.Slovakia            10  5  1  4 18-14 16
18.09.96  Teplice         Czech Republic     6-0 Malta               5.Faroe Islands       10  2  0  8 10-31  6
22.09.96  Bratislava      Slovakia           6-0 Malta               6.Malta               10  0  0 10  2-37  0
06.10.96  Toftir          Faroe Islands      1-8 Yugoslavia
09.10.96  Praha           Czech Republic     0-0 Spain
23.10.96  Bratislava      Slovakia           3-0 Faroe Islands
10.11.96  Beograd         Yugoslavia         1-0 Czech Republic
13.11.96  Santa Cruz      Spain              4-1 Slovakia
14.12.96  Valencia        Spain              2-0 Yugoslavia
18.12.96  La Valletta     Malta              0-3 Spain
12.02.97  Alicante        Spain              4-0 Malta
31.03.97  La Valletta     Malta              0-2 Slovakia
02.04.97  Praha           Czech Republic     1-2 Yugoslavia
30.04.97  La Valletta     Malta              1-2 Faroe Islands
30.04.97  Beograd         Yugoslavia         1-1 Spain
08.06.97  Toftir          Faroe Islands      2-1 Malta
08.06.97  Beograd         Yugoslavia         2-0 Slovakia
08.06.97  Valladolid      Spain              1-0 Czech Republic
20.08.97  Teplice         Czech Republic     2-0 Faroe Islands
24.08.97  Bratislava      Slovakia           2-1 Czech Republic
06.09.97  Toftir          Faroe Islands      0-2 Czech Republic
10.09.97  Bratislava      Slovakia           1-1 Yugoslavia
24.09.97  La Valletta     Malta              0-1 Czech Republic
24.09.97  Bratislava      Slovakia           1-2 Spain
11.10.97  La Valletta     Malta              0-5 Yugoslavia
11.10.97  Praha           Czech Republic     3-0 Slovakia      
11.10.97  Gijón           Spain              3-1 Faroe Islands

Europe Group 7 [Netherlands]
02.06.96  San Marino      San Marino         0-5 Wales               1.NETHERLANDS          8  6  1  1 26- 4 19
31.08.96  Cardiff         Wales              6-0 San Marino          2.Belgium              8  6  0  2 20-11 18
31.08.96  Brussel         Belgium            2-1 Turkey              3.Turkey               8  4  2  2 21- 9 14
05.10.96  Cardiff         Wales              1-3 Netherlands         4.Wales                8  2  1  5 20-21  7
09.10.96  San Marino      San Marino         0-3 Belgium             5.San Marino           8  0  0  8  0-42  0
09.11.96  Eindhoven       Netherlands        7-1 Wales
10.11.96  Istanbul        Turkey             7-0 San Marino
14.12.96  Cardiff         Wales              0-0 Turkey
14.12.96  Brussel         Belgium            0-3 Netherlands
29.03.97  Cardiff         Wales              1-2 Belgium
29.03.97  Amsterdam       Netherlands        4-0 San Marino
02.04.97  Bursa           Turkey             1-0 Netherlands
30.04.97  Istanbul        Turkey             1-3 Belgium
30.04.97  San Marino      San Marino         0-6 Netherlands
07.06.97  Brussel         Belgium            6-0 San Marino
20.08.97  Istanbul        Turkey             6-4 Wales
06.09.97  Rotterdam       Netherlands        3-1 Belgium
10.09.97  San Marino      San Marino         0-5 Turkey
11.10.97  Amsterdam       Netherlands        0-0 Turkey
11.10.97  Brussel         Belgium            3-2 Wales

Europe Group 8 [Romania]
24.04.96  Skopje          FYR Macedonia      3-0 Liechtenstein       1.ROMANIA             10  9  1  0 37- 4 28
01.06.96  Reykjavik       Iceland            1-1 FYR Macedonia       2.Ireland             10  5  3  2 22- 8 18
31.08.96  Bucuresti       Romania            3-0 Lithuania           3.Lithuania           10  5  2  3 11- 8 17
31.08.96  Eschen          Liechtenstein      0-5 Ireland             4.FYR Macedonia       10  4  1  5 22-18 13
05.10.96  Vilnius         Lithuania          2-0 Iceland             5.Iceland             10  2  3  5 11-16  9
09.10.96  Reykjavik       Iceland            0-4 Romania             6.Liechtenstein       10  0  0 10  3-52  0
09.10.96  Dublin          Ireland            3-0 FYR Macedonia
09.10.96  Vilnius         Lithuania          2-1 Liechtenstein
09.11.96  Eschen          Liechtenstein     1-11 FYR Macedonia
10.11.96  Dublin          Ireland            0-0 Iceland
14.12.96  Skopje          FYR Macedonia      0-3 Romania
29.03.97  Bucuresti       Romania            8-0 Liechtenstein
02.04.97  Skopje          FYR Macedonia      3-2 Ireland
02.04.97  Vilnius         Lithuania          0-1 Romania
30.04.97  Eschen          Liechtenstein      0-2 Lithuania
30.04.97  Bucuresti       Romania            1-0 Ireland
21.05.97  Dublin          Ireland            5-0 Liechtenstein
07.06.97  Skopje          FYR Macedonia      1-0 Iceland
11.06.97  Reykjavik       Iceland            0-0 Lithuania
20.08.97  Eschen          Liechtenstein      0-4 Iceland
20.08.97  Bucuresti       Romania            4-2 FYR Macedonia
20.08.97  Dublin          Ireland            0-0 Lithuania
06.09.97  Reykjavik       Iceland            2-4 Ireland
06.09.97  Eschen          Liechtenstein      1-8 Romania
06.09.97  Vilnius         Lithuania          2-0 FYR Macedonia
10.09.97  Bucuresti       Romania            4-0 Iceland
10.09.97  Vilnius         Lithuania          1-2 Ireland
11.10.97  Dublin          Ireland            1-1 Romania
11.10.97  Reykjavik       Iceland            4-0 Liechtenstein
11.10.97  Skopje          FYR Macedonia      1-2 Lithuania

Europe Group 9 [Germany]
31.08.96  Belfast         Northern Ireland   0-1 Ukraine             1.GERMANY             10  6  4  0 23- 9 22
31.08.96  Yerevan         Armenia            0-0 Portugal            2.Ukraine             10  6  2  2 10- 6 20
05.10.96  Belfast         Northern Ireland   1-1 Armenia             3.Portugal            10  5  4  1 12- 4 19
05.10.96  Kyiv            Ukraine            2-1 Portugal            4.Armenia             10  1  5  4  8-17  8
09.10.96  Tiranë          Albania            0-3 Portugal            5.Northern Ireland    10  1  4  5  6-10  7
09.10.96  Yerevan         Armenia            1-5 Germany             6.Albania             10  1  1  8  7-20  4
09.11.96  Tiranë          Albania            1-1 Armenia
09.11.96  Nürnberg        Germany            1-1 Northern Ireland
09.11.96  Porto           Portugal           1-0 Ukraine
14.12.96  Belfast         Northern Ireland   2-0 Albania
14.12.96  Lisboa          Portugal           0-0 Germany
29.03.97  Belfast         Northern Ireland   0-0 Portugal
29.03.97  Granada         Albania            0-1 Ukraine          
02.04.97  Kyiv            Ukraine            2-1 Northern Ireland
02.04.97  Granada         Albania            2-3 Germany       
30.04.97  Yerevan         Armenia            0-0 Northern Ireland
30.04.97  Bremen          Germany            2-0 Ukraine
07.05.97  Kyiv            Ukraine            1-1 Armenia
07.06.97  Porto           Portugal           2-0 Albania
07.06.97  Kyiv            Ukraine            0-0 Germany
20.08.97  Belfast         Northern Ireland   1-3 Germany
20.08.97  Setúbal         Portugal           3-1 Armenia
20.08.97  Kyiv            Ukraine            1-0 Albania
06.09.97  Yerevan         Armenia            3-0 Albania
06.09.97  Berlin          Germany            1-1 Portugal
10.09.97  Zürich          Albania            1-0 Northern Ireland
10.09.97  Dortmund        Germany            4-0 Armenia
11.10.97  Hannover        Germany            4-3 Albania
11.10.97  Yerevan         Armenia            0-2 Ukraine  
11.10.97  Lisboa          Portugal           1-0 Northern Ireland

Europe Runners-Up Table [Scotland]

The 8 worst runners-up (w.r.t. results against countries who finished 1st, 
3rd and 4th in the group) play off home and away for 4 places in France.  
The best runners-up qualify automatically.

Final Classification of Group Runners' Up:

 1.SCOTLAND             6  4  1  1  8- 2 13
 2.Italy                6  3  3  0  5- 0 12
 3.Belgium              6  4  0  2 11-11 12
 4.Russia               6  3  2  1 12- 5 11
 5.Croatia              6  3  2  1 11- 8 11
 6.Yugoslavia           6  3  2  1  7- 5 11
 7.Ireland              6  2  2  2  8- 6  8
 8.Ukraine              6  2  2  2  5- 5  8
 9.Hungary              6  1  3  2  4- 7  6

Scotland are qualified as best runners-up.

Europe Runners-Up Playoffs [Belgium, Croatia, Italy, Yugoslavia]

29.10.97  Zagreb          Croatia            2-0 Ukraine
15.11.97  Kyiv            Ukraine            1-1 Croatia

29.10.97  Moskva          Russia             1-1 Italy
15.11.97  Napoli          Italy              1-0 Russia

29.10.97  Dublin          Ireland            1-1 Belgium
15.11.97  Brussel         Belgium            2-1 Ireland

29.10.97  Budapest        Hungary            1-7 Yugoslavia
15.11.97  Beograd         Yugoslavia         5-0 Hungary

South America

South America [Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Chile]
24.04.96  Buenos Aires    Argentina          3-1 Bolivia             1.ARGENTINA           16  8  6  2 23-13 30
24.04.96  Caracas         Venezuela          0-2 Uruguay             2.PARAGUAY            16  9  2  5 21-14 29
24.04.96  Barranquilla    Colombia           1-0 Paraguay            3.COLOMBIA            16  8  4  4 23-15 28
24.04.96  Guayaquil       Ecuador            4-1 Peru                4.CHILE               16  7  4  5 32-18 25
02.06.96  Quito           Ecuador            2-0 Argentina           5.Peru                16  7  4  5 19-20 25
02.06.96  Montevideo      Uruguay            0-2 Paraguay            6.Ecuador             16  6  3  7 22-21 21
02.06.96  Barinas         Venezuela          1-1 Chile               7.Uruguay             16  6  3  7 18-21 21
02.06.96  Lima            Peru               1-1 Colombia            8.Bolivia             16  4  5  7 18-21 17
07.07.96  Lima            Peru               0-0 Argentina           9.Venezuela           16  0  3 13  8-41  3
07.07.96  Santiago        Chile              4-1 Ecuador
07.07.96  Barranquilla    Colombia           3-1 Uruguay
07.07.96  La Paz          Bolivia            6-1 Venezuela
01.09.96  Buenos Aires    Argentina          1-1 Paraguay
01.09.96  Barranquilla    Colombia           4-1 Chile
01.09.96  Quito           Ecuador            1-0 Venezuela
01.09.96  La Paz          Bolivia            0-0 Peru
09.10.96  San Cristóbal   Venezuela          2-5 Argentina
08.10.96  Montevideo      Uruguay            1-0 Bolivia
09.10.96  Quito           Ecuador            0-1 Colombia
09.10.96  Asunción        Paraguay           2-1 Chile
10.11.96  La Paz          Bolivia            2-2 Colombia
10.11.96  Asunción        Paraguay           1-0 Ecuador
10.11.96  Lima            Peru               4-1 Venezuela
12.11.96  Santiago        Chile              1-0 Uruguay
15.12.96  La Paz          Bolivia            0-0 Paraguay
15.12.96  Buenos Aires    Argentina          1-1 Chile
15.12.96  Montevideo      Uruguay            2-0 Peru
15.12.96  San Cristóbal   Venezuela          0-2 Colombia
12.01.97  Mérida          Venezuela          0-2 Paraguay
12.01.97  Montevideo      Uruguay            0-0 Argentina
12.01.97  Lima            Peru               2-1 Chile
12.01.97  La Paz          Bolivia            2-0 Ecuador
12.02.97  Quito           Ecuador            4-0 Uruguay
12.02.97  La Paz          Bolivia            1-1 Chile
12.02.97  Barranquilla    Colombia           0-1 Argentina
12.02.97  Asunción        Paraguay           2-1 Peru
02.04.97  La Paz          Bolivia            2-1 Argentina
02.04.97  Montevideo      Uruguay            3-1 Venezuela
02.04.97  Asunción        Paraguay           2-1 Colombia
02.04.97  Lima            Peru               1-1 Ecuador
29.04.97  Santiago        Chile              6-0 Venezuela
30.04.97  Buenos Aires    Argentina          2-1 Ecuador
30.04.97  Asunción        Paraguay           3-1 Uruguay
30.04.97  Barranquilla    Colombia           0-1 Peru
08.06.97  Quito           Ecuador            1-1 Chile
08.06.97  Buenos Aires    Argentina          2-0 Peru
08.06.97  Montevideo      Uruguay            1-1 Colombia
08.06.97  Valera          Venezuela          1-1 Bolivia
05.07.97  Santiago        Chile              4-1 Colombia
06.07.97  Asunción        Paraguay           1-2 Argentina
06.07.97  Lima            Peru               2-1 Bolivia
06.07.97  Maracaibo       Venezuela          1-1 Ecuador
20.07.97  Buenos Aires    Argentina          2-0 Venezuela
20.07.97  La Paz          Bolivia            1-0 Uruguay
20.07.97  Barranquilla    Colombia           1-0 Ecuador
20.07.97  Santiago        Chile              2-1 Paraguay
20.08.97  Montevideo      Uruguay            1-0 Chile
20.08.97  Barranquilla    Colombia           3-0 Bolivia
20.08.97  Quito           Ecuador            2-1 Paraguay
20.08.97  Barinas         Venezuela          0-3 Peru
10.09.97  Santiago        Chile              1-2 Argentina
10.09.97  Lima            Peru               2-1 Uruguay
10.09.97  Barranquilla    Colombia           1-0 Venezuela
10.09.97  Asunción        Paraguay           2-1 Bolivia
12.10.97  Buenos Aires    Argentina          0-0 Uruguay
12.10.97  Santiago        Chile              4-0 Peru
12.10.97  Asunción        Paraguay           1-0 Venezuela
12.10.97  Guayaquil       Ecuador            1-0 Bolivia
16.11.97  Buenos Aires    Argentina          1-1 Colombia
16.11.97  Maldonado       Uruguay            5-3 Ecuador
16.11.97  Lima            Peru               1-0 Paraguay
16.11.97  Santiago        Chile              3-0 Bolivia

North and Central America

30 entries. 24 of them play off in regions (Caribbean, Central America)
in two preliminary rounds to produce 6 teams. These 6 join the 6 seeds 
(USA, Mexico, Canada, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica) in 3 groups
of 4 teams each in Round 1. The top 2 from each group go into a final
round where they play off against each other (home and away), producing
3 winners to go to France.

Caribbean Zone

1st round

24.03.96  Santo Domingo   Dominican Republic 3-2 Aruba
31.03.96  Oranjestad      Aruba              1-3 Dominican Republic

Bahamas withdrew
Saint Kitts-Nevis had a walkover

29.03.96  Georgetown      Guyana             1-2 Grenada
07.04.96  St. Georges     Grenada            6-0 Guyana

10.03.96  Roseau          Dominica           3-3 Antigua
31.03.96  St. Johns       Antigua            1-3 Dominica

2nd round

Bermuda withdrew
Trinidad-Tobago had a walkover

04.05.96  Bayamon         Puerto Rico        1-2 Saint Vincent
12.05.96  Kingstown       Saint Vincent      7-0 Puerto Rico

12.05.96  Georgetown      Cayman Islands     0-1 Cuba
14.05.96  Georgetown      Cayman Islands     0-5 Cuba

05.05.96  Basseterre      Saint Kitts-Nevis  5-1 Saint Lucia
19.05.96  Castries        Saint Lucia        0-1 Saint Kitts-Nevis

12.05.96  Port-au-Prince  Haiti              6-1 Grenada
18.05.96  St. Georges     Grenada            0-1 Haiti

31.03.96  Paramaribo      Surinam            0-1 Jamaica
21.04.96  Kingston        Jamaica            1-0 Surinam

14.05.96  Roseau          Dominica           0-1 Barbados
19.05.96  Bridgetown      Barbados           1-0 Dominica

04.05.96  Santo Domingo   Dominican Republic 2-1 Dutch Antilles
11.05.96  Willemstad      Dutch Antilles     0-0 Dominican Republic

3rd round

15.06.96  Santo Domingo   Dominican Republic 1-4 Trinidad-Tobago
23.06.96  Port of Spain   Trinidad-Tobago    8-0 Dominican Republic

23.06.96  Bridgetown      Barbados           0-1 Jamaica
30.06.96  Kingstown       Jamaica            2-0 Barbados

10.06.96  Port of Spain   Cuba               6-1 Haiti
30.06.96  Cap Haïtien     Haiti              1-1 Cuba

23.06.96  Basseterre      St Kitts-Nevis     2-2 Saint Vincent
30.06.96  Kingstown       Saint Vincent      0-0 Saint Kitts-Nevis

Central American Zone

05.05.96  Diriamba        Nicaragua          0-1 Guatemala
10.05.96  Cd. Guatemala   Guatemala          2-1 Nicaragua

02.06.96  Belize          Belize             1-2 Panama
09.06.96  Panama          Panama             4-1 Belize

Winners qualify for semifinal groups.

Semifinal Group 1
01.09.96  Port of Spain   Trinidad/Tobago    0-1 Costa Rica          1.USA                  6  4  1  1 10- 5 13
06.10.96  Port of Spain   Trinidad/Tobago    1-1 Guatemala           2.Costa Rica           6  4  0  2  9- 5 12
03.11.96  Washington      USA                2-0 Guatemala           3.Guatemala            6  2  2  2  6- 9  8
10.11.96  Richmond        USA                2-0 Trinidad/Tobago     4.Trinidad and Tobago  6  0  1  5  3- 9  1
17.11.96  San José        Costa Rica         3-0 Guatemala
24.11.96  Port of Spain   Trinidad/Tobago    0-1 USA
24.11.96  Los Angeles     Guatemala          1-0 Costa Rica       
01.12.96  San José        Costa Rica         2-1 USA
08.12.96  Los Angeles     Guatemala          2-1 Trinidad/Tobago 
14.12.96  Palo Alto       USA                2-1 Costa Rica
21.12.96  San José        Costa Rica         2-1 Trinidad/Tobago
21.12.96  San Salvador    Guatemala          2-2 USA              

Semifinal Group 2
30.08.96  Edmonton        Canada             3-1 Panama              1.Canada               6  5  1  0 10- 1 16
08.09.96  San Salvador    Cuba               0-5 El Salvador         2.El Salvador          6  3  1  2 12- 6 10
22.09.96  Panama          Cuba               3-1 Panama              3.Panama               6  1  2  3  8-11  5
06.10.96  Panama          Panama             1-1 El Salvador         4.Cuba                 6  1  0  5  4-16  3
10.10.96  Edmonton        Canada             2-0 Cuba
13.10.96  Edmonton        Cuba               0-2 Canada            
27.10.96  Panama          Panama             0-0 Canada
03.11.96  Vancouver       Canada             1-0 El Salvador
10.11.96  San Salvador    El Salvador        3-2 Panama
01.12.96  San Salvador    El Salvador        3-0 Cuba
15.12.96  Panama          Panama             3-1 Cuba
15.12.96  San Salvador    El Salvador        0-2 Canada

Semifinal Group 3
15.09.96  Kingston        Jamaica            3-0 Honduras            1.Jamaica              6  4  1  1 12- 3 13
15.09.96  Kingstown       Saint Vincent      0-3 Mexico              2.Mexico               6  4  0  2 14- 6 12
21.09.96  San Pedro Sula  Honduras           2-1 Mexico              3.Honduras             6  3  1  2 18-11 10
23.09.96  Kingstown       Saint Vincent      1-2 Jamaica             4.Saint Vincent        6  0  0  6  6-30  0
13.10.96  Kingstown       Saint Vincent      1-4 Honduras
16.10.96  Cd. de Mexico   Mexico             2-1 Jamaica
26.10.96  Tegucigalpa     Honduras           0-0 Jamaica
30.10.96  Cd. de Mexico   Mexico             5-1 Saint Vincent
06.11.96  Cd. de Mexico   Mexico             3-1 Honduras
10.11.96  Kingston        Jamaica            5-0 Saint Vincent
17.11.96  Kingston        Jamaica            1-0 Mexico
17.11.96  San Pedro Sula  Honduras          11-3 Saint Vincent

Final Group [Mexico, USA, Jamaica]
02.03.97  Cd. de Mexico   Mexico             4-0 Canada              1.MEXICO              10  4  6  0 23- 7 18
02.03.97  Kingston        Jamaica            0-0 USA                 2.USA                 10  4  5  1 17- 9 17
16.03.97  Palo Alto       USA                3-0 Canada              3.JAMAICA             10  3  5  2  7-12 14
16.03.97  San José        Costa Rica         0-0 Mexico              4.Costa Rica          10  3  3  4 13-12 12
23.03.97  San José        Costa Rica         3-2 USA                 5.El Salvador         10  2  4  4 11-16 10
06.04.97  Vancouver       Canada             0-0 El Salvador         6.Canada              10  1  3  6  5-20  6
13.04.97  Cd. de Mexico   Mexico             6-0 Jamaica      
20.04.97  Foxboro         USA                2-2 Mexico   
27.04.97  Vancouver       Canada             0-0 Jamaica 
04.05.97  San Salvador    El Salvador        2-1 Costa Rica     
11.05.97  San José        Costa Rica         3-1 Jamaica      
18.05.97  Kingston        Jamaica            1-0 El Salvador
01.06.97  Edmonton        Canada             1-0 Costa Rica     
08.06.97  San Salvador    El Salvador        0-1 Mexico       
29.06.97  San Salvador    El Salvador        1-1 USA         
10.08.97  San José        Costa Rica         0-0 El Salvador      
07.09.97  Portland        USA                1-0 Costa Rica    
07.09.97  Kingston        Jamaica            1-0 Canada     
14.09.97  Kingston        Jamaica            1-0 Costa Rica
14.09.97  San Salvador    El Salvador        4-1 Canada   
03.10.97  Washington      USA                1-1 Jamaica 
05.10.97  Cd. de Mexico   Mexico             5-0 El Salvador   
12.10.97  Edmonton        Canada             2-2 Mexico   
02.11.97  Cd. de Mexico   Mexico             0-0 USA  
09.11.97  Vancouver       Canada             0-3 USA
09.11.97  San Salvador    El Salvador        2-2 Jamaica    
09.11.97  Cd. de Mexico   Mexico             3-3 Costa Rica
16.11.97  Kingston        Jamaica            0-0 Mexico  
16.11.97  San José        Costa Rica         3-1 Canada
16.11.97  Foxboro         USA                4-2 El Salvador  

Asia

Group winners split into 2 groups of 5 for Round 2. Final group winners
qualify to France, two runners-up play for third place; the loser play
off against the Oceania winner.

1st round

Group 1
16.03.97  Kuala Lumpur    Taiwan             0-2 Saudi Arabia        1.Saudi Arabia         6  5  1  0 18- 1 16
16.03.97  Kuala Lumpur    Malaysia           2-0 Bangladesh          2.Malaysia             6  3  2  1  5- 3 11
18.03.97  Kuala Lumpur    Bangladesh         1-3 Taiwan              3.Taiwan               6  1  1  4  4-13  4
18.03.97  Kuala Lumpur    Malaysia           0-0 Saudi Arabia        4.Bangladesh           6  1  0  5  4-14  3
20.03.97  Kuala Lumpur    Bangladesh         1-4 Saudi Arabia
20.03.97  Kuala Lumpur    Malaysia           2-0 Taiwan
27.03.97  Jeddah          Taiwan             0-0 Malaysia
27.03.97  Jeddah          Saudi Arabia       3-0 Bangladesh
29.03.97  Jeddah          Saudi Arabia       3-0 Malaysia
29.03.97  Jeddah          Taiwan             1-2 Bangladesh
31.03.97  Jeddah          Bangladesh         0-1 Malaysia
31.03.97  Jeddah          Saudi Arabia       6-0 Taiwan

Group 2
02.06.97  Damascus        Syria              n/p Kyrgyzstan          1.Iran                 6  5  1  0 39- 3 16
02.06.97  Damascus        Maldives          0-17 Iran                2.Kyrgyzstan           5  3  0  2 12-11  9
04.06.97  Damascus        Syria             12-0 Maldives            3.Syria                5  2  1  2 27- 5  7
04.06.97  Damascus        Kyrgyzstan         0-7 Iran                4.Maldives             6  0  0  6  0-59  0
06.06.97  Damascus        Syria              0-1 Iran
06.06.97  Damascus        Kyrgyzstan         3-0 Maldives
09.06.97  Tehran          Iran               3-1 Kyrgyzstan
09.06.97  Tehran          Maldives          0-12 Syria
11.06.97  Tehran          Iran               9-0 Maldives
11.06.97  Tehran          Kyrgyzstan         2-1 Syria
13.06.97  Tehran          Iran               2-2 Syria
13.06.97  Tehran          Maldives           0-6 Kyrgyzstan

Group 3
08.04.97  Manama          Jordan             0-0 UAE                 1.UAE                  4  3  1  0  7- 1 10
11.04.97  Manama          Bahrain            1-2 UAE                 2.Jordan               4  1  1  2  4- 4  4
14.04.97  Manama          Bahrain            1-0 Jordan              3.Bahrain              4  1  0  3  3- 9  3
19.04.97  Sharjah         Jordan             4-1 Bahrain
22.04.97  Sharjah         UAE                3-0 Bahrain
26.04.97  Sharjah         UAE                2-0 Jordan

Group 4
23.03.97  Muscat          Nepal              1-1 Macao               1.Japan                6  5  1  0 31- 1 16
23.03.97  Muscat          Oman               0-1 Japan               2.Oman                 6  4  1  1 14- 2 13
25.03.97  Muscat          Macao             0-10 Japan               3.Macao                6  1  1  4  3-28  4
25.03.97  Muscat          Oman               1-0 Nepal               4.Nepal                6  0  1  5  2-19  1
27.03.97  Muscat          Nepal              0-6 Japan
27.03.97  Muscat          Oman               4-0 Macao
22.06.97  Tokyo           Japan             10-0 Macao
22.06.97  Tokyo           Nepal              0-6 Oman
25.06.97  Tokyo           Japan              3-0 Nepal
25.06.97  Tokyo           Macao              0-2 Oman
28.06.97  Tokyo           Japan              1-1 Oman
28.06.97  Tokyo           Macao              2-1 Nepal

Group 5
06.04.97  Jakarta         Indonesia          8-0 Cambodia            1.Uzbekistan           6  5  1  0 20- 3 16
13.04.97  Manado          Indonesia          0-0 Yemen               2.Yemen                6  2  2  2 10- 7  8
20.04.97  Phnom Penh      Cambodia           0-1 Yemen               3.Indonesia            6  1  4  1 11- 6  7
27.04.97  Phnom Penh      Cambodia           1-1 Indonesia           4.Cambodia             6  0  1  5  2-27  1
09.05.97  Sanaa           Yemen              0-1 Uzbekistan
16.05.97  Sanaa           Yemen              7-0 Cambodia
25.05.97  Tashkent        Uzbekistan         6-0 Cambodia
01.06.97  Surabaya        Indonesia          1-1 Uzbekistan
13.06.97  Sanaa           Yemen              1-1 Indonesia
20.06.97  Tashkent        Uzbekistan         3-0 Indonesia
29.06.97  Phnom Penh      Cambodia           1-4 Uzbekistan
24.08.97  Tashkent        Uzbekistan         5-1 Yemen

Group 6
23.02.97  Hongkong        Hongkong           0-2 South Korea         1.South Korea          4  3  1  0  9- 1 10
02.03.97  Bangkok         Thailand           1-3 South Korea         2.Thailand             4  1  1  2  5- 6  4
09.03.97  Bangkok         Thailand           2-0 Hongkong            3.Hongkong             4  1  0  3  3-10  3
30.03.97  Hongkong        Hongkong           3-2 Thailand 
28.05.97  Taejon          South Korea        4-0 Hongkong 
01.06.97  Seoul           South Korea        0-0 Thailand

Group 7
13.04.97  Beirut          Lebanon            1-1 Singapore           1.Kuwait               4  4  0  0 10- 1 12
26.04.97  Singapore       Singapore          0-1 Kuwait              2.Lebanon              4  1  1  2  4- 7  4
08.05.97  Kuwait          Kuwait             2-0 Lebanon             3.Singapore            4  0  1  3  2- 8  1
24.05.97  Singapore       Singapore          1-2 Lebanon
05.06.97  Kuwait          Kuwait             4-0 Singapore
22.06.97  Beirut          Lebanon            1-3 Kuwait

Group 8
04.05.97  Ashgabat        Turkmenistan       1-4 China               1.China                6  5  1  0 13- 2 16
04.05.97  Dushanbe        Tajikistan         4-0 Vietnam             2.Tajikistan           6  4  1  1 15- 2 13
11.05.97  Ashgabat        Turkmenistan       2-1 Vietnam             3.Turkmenistan         6  2  0  4  8-13  6
11.05.97  Dushanbe        Tajikistan         0-1 China               4.Vietnam              6  0  0  6  2-21  0 
25.05.97  Ho Chi Minh     Vietnam            1-3 China
25.05.97  Ashgabat        Turkmenistan       1-2 Tajikistan
01.06.97  Beijing         China              1-0 Turkmenistan
01.06.97  Ho Chi Minh     Vietnam            0-4 Tajikistan
08.06.97  Beijing         China              0-0 Tajikistan
08.06.97  Ho Chi Minh     Vietnam            0-4 Turkmenistan
22.06.97  Beijing         China              4-0 Vietnam
22.06.97  Dushanbe        Tajikistan         5-0 Turkmenistan

Group 9
11.05.97  Almaty          Kazakhstan         3-0 Pakistan            1.Kazakhstan           4  4  0  0 15- 2 12
23.05.97  Lahore          Pakistan           2-6 Iraq                2.Iraq                 4  2  0  2 14- 8  6
06.06.97  Baghdad         Iraq               1-2 Kazakhstan          3.Pakistan             4  0  0  4  3-22  0
11.06.97  Lahore          Pakistan           0-7 Kazakhstan
20.06.97  Baghdad         Iraq               6-1 Pakistan
29.06.97  Almaty          Kazakhstan         3-1 Iraq

Group 10
20.09.96  Doha            Qatar              3-0 Sri Lanka           1.Qatar                3  3  0  0 14- 0  9
21.09.96  Doha            India              2-0 Philippines         2.Sri Lanka            3  1  1  1  4- 4  4
23.09.96  Doha            Qatar              5-0 Philippines         3.India                3  1  1  1  3- 7  4
24.09.96  Doha            Sri Lanka          1-1 India               4.Philippines          3  0  0  3  0-10  0
26.09.96  Doha            Philippines        0-3 Sri Lanka
27.09.96  Doha            Qatar              6-0 India   

2nd round

Group A [Saudi Arabia]
13.09.97  Dalian          China              2-4 Iran                1.SAUDI ARABIA         8  4  2  2  8- 6 14
14.09.97  Riyadh          Saudi Arabia       2-1 Kuwait              2.Iran                 8  3  3  2 13- 8 12
19.09.97  Tehran          Iran               1-1 Saudi Arabia        3.China                8  3  2  3 11-14 11
19.09.97  Doha            Qatar              0-2 Kuwait              4.Qatar                8  3  1  4  7-10 10
26.09.97  Doha            Qatar              1-1 China               5.Kuwait               8  2  2  4  7- 8  8
26.09.97  Kuwait          Kuwait             1-1 Iran
03.10.97  Dalian          China              1-0 Saudi Arabia
03.10.97  Tehran          Iran               3-0 Qatar
10.10.97  Kuwait          Kuwait             1-2 China
11.10.97  Riyadh          Saudi Arabia       1-0 Qatar
17.10.97  Kuwait          Kuwait             2-1 Saudi Arabia
17.10.97  Tehran          Iran               4-1 China
24.10.97  Riyadh          Saudi Arabia       1-0 Iran
24.10.97  Kuwait          Kuwait             0-1 Qatar
31.10.97  Dalian          China              2-3 Qatar
31.10.97  Tehran          Iran               0-0 Kuwait
06.11.97  Riyadh          Saudi Arabia       1-1 China
07.11.97  Doha            Qatar              2-0 Iran
12.11.97  Dalian          China              1-0 Kuwait
12.11.97  Doha            Qatar              0-1 Saudi Arabia

Group B [South Korea]
06.09.97  Seoul           South Korea        3-0 Kazakhstan          1.SOUTH KOREA          8  6  1  1 19- 7 19
07.09.97  Tokyo           Japan              6-3 Uzbekistan          2.Japan                8  3  4  1 17- 9 13
12.09.97  Abu Dhabi       UAE                4-0 Kazakhstan          3.UAE                  8  2  3  3  9-12  9
12.09.97  Seoul           South Korea        2-1 Uzbekistan          4.Uzbekistan           8  1  3  4 13-18  6
19.09.97  Abu Dhabi       UAE                0-0 Japan               5.Kazakhstan           8  1  3  4  7-19  6
20.09.97  Almaty          Kazakhstan         1-1 Uzbekistan
27.09.97  Tashkent        Uzbekistan         2-3 UAE
28.09.97  Tokyo           Japan              1-2 South Korea
04.10.97  Almaty          Kazakhstan         1-1 Japan
04.10.97  Seoul           South Korea        3-0 UAE
11.10.97  Almaty          Kazakhstan         1-1 South Korea
11.10.97  Tashkent        Uzbekistan         1-1 Japan
18.10.97  Almaty          Kazakhstan         3-0 UAE
18.10.97  Tashkent        Uzbekistan         1-5 South Korea
25.10.97  Tashkent        Uzbekistan         4-0 Kazakhstan
26.10.97  Tokyo           Japan              1-1 UAE
01.11.97  Seoul           South Korea        0-2 Japan
02.11.97  Abu Dhabi       UAE                0-0 Uzbekistan
08.11.97  Tokyo           Japan              5-1 Kazakhstan
09.11.97  Abu Dhabi       UAE                1-3 South Korea

Asia Playoff [Japan]

16.11.97  Johor Bahru     Iran               2-3 Japan           [asdet]
Japan qualify, Iran to play off with Australia.

Oceania

10 entries. Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Tahiti byes to second round. 
Other six played in two groups; the winners of the Melanesian group as 
well as the winners of a playoff between the runners-up of the Melanesian 
and the winners of the Polynesian groups qualified for second round. This 
second round was played in two groups of 3 teams, the winners of which go 
to the final.  Winners of the final are to play off against the fourth 
team from Asia for qualification to France.

1st round

Melanesian Group
16.09.96  Lae             Papua New Guinea   1-1 Solomon Islands     1.Papua New Guinea     2  1  1  0  3- 2  4
18.09.96  Lae             Solomon Islands    1-1 Vanuatu             2.Solomon Islands      2  0  2  0  2- 2  2
20.09.96  Lae             Papua New Guinea   2-1 Vanuatu             3.Vanuatu              2  0  1  1  2- 3  1

Polynesian Group
11.11.96  Tonga           Tonga              2-0 Cook Islands        1.Tonga                2  2  0  0  3- 0  6
13.11.96  Tonga           Western Samoa      2-1 Cook Islands        2.Western Samoa        2  1  0  1  2- 2  3
15.11.96  Tonga           Tonga              1-0 Western Samoa       3.Cook Islands         2  0  0  2  1- 4  0

Playoff (1st Polynesia vs. 2nd Melanesia)

15.02.97  Nuku'alofa      Tonga              0-4 Solomon Islands  
01.03.97  Honiara         Solomon Islands    9-0 Tonga            

2nd round

Group 1
11.06.97  Sydney          Australia         13-0 Solomon Islands     1.Australia            4  4  0  0 26- 2 12
13.06.97  Sydney          Australia          5-0 Tahiti              2.Solomon Islands      4  1  1  2  7-21  4
15.06.97  Sydney          Solomon Islands    4-1 Tahiti              3.Tahiti               4  0  1  3  2-12  1
17.06.97  Sydney          Solomon Islands    2-6 Australia
19.06.97  Sydney          Tahiti             0-2 Australia
21.06.97  Sydney          Tahiti             1-1 Solomon Islands

Group 2
31.05.97  Port Moresby    Papua New Guinea   1-0 New Zealand         1.New Zealand          4  3  0  1 13- 1  9
07.06.97  Ba              Fiji               0-1 New Zealand         2.Fiji                 4  2  0  2  4- 7  6
11.06.97  Auckland        New Zealand        7-0 Papua New Guinea    3.Papua New Guinea     4  1  0  3  2-11  3
15.06.97  Suva            Fiji               3-1 Papua New Guinea
18.06.97  Auckland        New Zealand        5-0 Fiji
21.06.97  Port Moresby    Papua New Guinea   0-1 Fiji

3rd round

28.06.97  Auckland        New Zealand        0-3 Australia        
05.07.97  Sydney          Australia          2-0 New Zealand 

Australia play Asia number 4 for spot in France.

Playoff (1st Oceania vs. 4th Asia) [Iran]

22.11.97  Tehran          Iran               1-1 Australia
29.11.97  Melbourne       Australia          2-2 Iran

Africa

Four seeded teams and 16 winners of first round knock out matches play in 
five groups of four teams each for five qualifying places; only the group 
winners qualify.

1st round

02.06.96  Khartoum        Sudan              2-0 Zambia
16.06.96  Lusaka          Zambia             3-0 Sudan

01.06.96  Windhoek        Namibia            2-0 Mozambique
16.06.96  Maputo          Mozambique         1-1 Namibia

08.06.96  Dar Es Salaam   Tanzania           0-0 Ghana
17.06.96  Accra           Ghana              2-1 Tanzania

02.06.96  Mbabane         Swaziland          0-1 Gabon
16.06.96  Libreville      Gabon              2-0 Swaziland

01.06.96  Kampala         Uganda             0-2 Angola
16.06.96  Luanda          Angola             3-1 Uganda

02.06.96  Curepipe        Mauritius          1-5 Zaire
16.06.96  Kinshasa        Zaire              2-0 Mauritius

01.06.96  Blantyre        Malawi             0-1 South Africa
15.06.96  Johannesburg    South Africa       3-0 Malawi

02.06.96  Tananarive      Madagascar         1-2 Zimbabwe
16.06.96  Harare          Zimbabwe           2-2 Madagascar

01.06.96  Bissau          Guinea-Bissau      3-2 Guinea
16.06.96  Conakry         Guinea             3-1 Guinea-Bissau

02.06.96  Kigali          Ruanda             1-3 Tunisia
16.06.96  Tunis           Tunisia            2-0 Ruanda

02.06.96  Brazzaville     Congo-Brazzaville  2-0 Ivory Coast
16.06.96  Abidjan         Ivory Coast        1-1 Congo-Brazzaville

02.06.96  Nairobi         Kenya              3-1 Algeria
14.06.96  Alger           Algeria            1-0 Kenya

02.06.96  Bujumbura       Burundi            1-0 Sierra Leone
15.06.96  Freetown        Sierra Leone       0-1 Burundi         [Burundi withdrew due to inability to
                                                                  organise transportation; Sierra Leone
                                                                  progressed to Group 5]

31.05.96  Nouakchott      Mauritania         0-0 Burkina Faso
16.06.96  Ouagadougou     Burkina Faso       2-0 Mauritania

02.06.96  Lomé            Togo               2-1 Senegal
15.06.96  Dakar           Senegal            1-1 Togo

01.06.96  Banjul          Gambia             2-1 Liberia
23.06.96  Accra           Liberia            4-0 Gambia      

Cameroon           bye
Egypt              bye
Morocco            bye
Nigeria            bye

2nd round

Group 1 [Nigeria]
09.11.96  Lagos           Nigeria            2-0 Burkina Faso        1.NIGERIA              6  4  1  1 10- 4 13
10.11.96  Conakry         Guinea             3-1 Kenya               2.Guinea               6  4  0  2 10- 5 12
12.01.97  Nairobi         Kenya              1-1 Nigeria             3.Kenya                6  3  1  2 11-12 10
12.01.97  Ouagadougou     Burkina Faso       0-2 Guinea              4.Burkina Faso         6  0  0  6  7-17  0
05.04.97  Lagos           Nigeria            2-1 Guinea
06.04.97  Nairobi         Kenya              4-3 Burkina Faso
27.04.97  Ouagadougou     Burkina Faso       1-2 Nigeria
27.04.97  Nairobi         Kenya              1-0 Guinea
07.06.97  Lagos           Nigeria            3-0 Kenya
08.06.97  Conakry         Guinea             3-1 Burkina Faso
16.08.97  Bobo Dioulasso  Burkina Faso       2-4 Kenya
17.08.97  Conakry         Guinea             1-0 Nigeria

Group 2 [Tunisia]
08.11.96  Cairo           Egypt              7-1 Namibia             1.TUNISIA              6  5  1  0 10- 1 16
10.11.96  Accra           Liberia            0-1 Tunisia             2.Egypt                6  3  1  2 15- 5 10
11.01.97  Windhoek        Namibia            0-0 Liberia             3.Liberia              6  1  1  4  2-10  4
12.01.97  Tunis           Tunisia            1-0 Egypt               4.Namibia              6  1  1  4  6-17  4
06.04.97  Accra           Liberia            1-0 Egypt       
06.04.97  Windhoek        Namibia            1-2 Tunisia
26.04.97  Windhoek        Namibia            2-3 Egypt
27.04.97  Tunis           Tunisia            2-0 Liberia
08.06.97  Monrovia        Liberia            1-2 Namibia
08.06.97  Cairo           Egypt              0-0 Tunisia
17.08.97  Cairo           Egypt              5-0 Liberia
17.08.97  Tunis           Tunisia            4-0 Namibia

Group 3 [South Africa]

NB: in June 1997, Zaire were renamed Democratic Republic of Congo; they are 
here indicated as Congo-Kinshasa for their matches after the change of name, 
while the Republic of Congo is denoted by Congo-Brazzaville throughout, in 
order to avoid confusion.

09.11.96  Johannesburg    South Africa       1-0 Zaire               1.SOUTH AFRICA         6  4  1  1  7- 3 13 
10.11.96  Pointe-Noire    Congo-Brazzaville  1-0 Zambia              2.Congo-Brazzaville    6  3  1  2  5- 5 10 
11.01.97  Lusaka          Zambia             0-0 South Africa        3.Zambia               6  2  2  2  7- 6  8
12.01.97  Kinshasa        Zaire              1-1 Congo-Brazzaville   4.Congo-Kinshasa       6  0  2  4  4- 9  2
06.04.97  Pointe-Noire    Congo-Brazzaville  2-0 South Africa
09.04.97  Harare          Zaire              2-2 Zambia           
27.04.97  Lusaka          Zambia             3-0 Congo-Brazzaville
27.04.97  Lomé            Zaire              1-2 South Africa     
08.06.97  Pointe-Noire    Congo-Brazzaville  1-0 Congo-Kinshasa
08.06.97  Johannesburg    South Africa       3-0 Zambia
16.08.97  Johannesburg    South Africa       1-0 Congo-Brazzaville
16.08.97  Lusaka          Zambia             2-0 Congo-Kinshasa

Group 4 [Cameroon]
10.11.96  Luanda          Angola             2-1 Zimbabwe            1.CAMEROON             6  4  2  0 10- 4 14
10.11.96  Lomé            Togo               2-4 Cameroon            2.Angola               6  2  4  0  7- 4 10
12.01.97  Harare          Zimbabwe           3-0 Togo                3.Zimbabwe             6  1  1  4  6- 7  4
12.01.97  Yaoundé         Cameroon           0-0 Angola              4.Togo                 6  1  1  4  6-14  4
06.04.97  Luanda          Angola             3-1 Togo 
06.04.97  Yaoundé         Cameroon           1-0 Zimbabwe
27.04.97  Harare          Zimbabwe           0-0 Angola
27.04.97  Yaoundé         Cameroon           2-0 Togo 
08.06.97  Luanda          Angola             1-1 Cameroon
08.06.97  Lomé            Togo               2-1 Zimbabwe
17.08.97  Lomé            Togo               1-1 Angola
17.08.97  Harare          Zimbabwe           1-2 Cameroon

Group 5 [Morocco]
09.11.96  Rabat           Morocco            4-0 Sierra Leone        1.MOROCCO              6  5  1  0 14- 2 16
10.11.96  Libreville      Gabon              1-1 Ghana               2.Sierra Leone         5  2  1  2  4- 6  7
11.01.97  Freetown        Sierra Leone       1-0 Gabon               3.Ghana                6  1  3  2  7- 7  6
12.01.97  Kumasi          Ghana              2-2 Morocco             4.Gabon                5  0  1  4  1-11  1
05.04.97  Freetown        Sierra Leone       1-1 Ghana
06.04.97  Libreville      Gabon              0-4 Morocco         [abandoned in 55' at 0-4; awarded 0-4]
26.04.97  Freetown        Sierra Leone       0-1 Morocco
27.04.97  Accra           Ghana              3-0 Gabon
07.06.97  Casablanca      Morocco            1-0 Ghana
17.08.97  Casablanca      Morocco            2-0 Gabon
17.08.97  Obuasi          Ghana              0-2 Sierra Leone
26.10.97  Libreville      Gabon              n/p Sierra Leone    [declared void after repeated travel
                                                                  problems of Sierra Leone]

Detailed Infos

Africa - Line-Ups
Oceania - Line-Ups

1998 Final Tournament

Overview File


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Authors: Karel Stokkermans and Sergio Henrique Jarreta
Last updated: 12 Dec 2002

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