1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 24 April 1996 – 15 November 1997 49 1 {{#expr:5053 + 5000 + 4020 + 1500 + 40262 + 24000 + 3200 + 33865 + 15365 + 33000 + 41278 + 10730 + 41592 + 36500 + 16518 + 4689 + 41381 + 18000 + 64272 + 5500 + 9500 + 4085 + 74663 + 14012 + 48000 + 8000 + 75056 + 17677 + 32000 + 71208 + 35237 + 25000 + 12500 + 1022 + 74102 + 51117 + 5300 + 8000 + 65892 + 15000 + 14012 + 15000 + 14500 + 7217 + 22480 + 22000 + 30000 + 19000 + 22782 + 17300 + 25300 + 13417 + 35520 + 40000 + 8000 + 15000 + 22603 + 8112 + 31617 + 7600 + 30014 + 27600 + 7500 + 9200 + 9500 + 1500 + 36859 + 7300 + 15700 + 46738 + 3766 + 17996 + 43259 + 27500 + 40302 + 4200 + 2500 + 9200 + 12000 + 2500 + 2200 + 9000 + 48500 + 2500 + 20160 + 7000 + 20251 + 48500 + 47613 + 18702 + 13200 + 8500 + 3775 + 32000 + 5660 + 10500 + 6500 + 24400 + 3199 + 6607 + 33000 + 9200 + 32000 + 19000 + 22000 + 32000 + 3022 + 55000 + 19000 + 4000 + 16325 + 11617 + 1445 + 4200 + 15099 + 2236 + 1017 + 19223 + 5442 + 46577 + 13500 + 37000 + 3200 + 28000 + 4202 + 17137 + 49253 + 8188 + 24544 + 22044 + 6400 + 8322 + 22500 + 2700 + 22500 + 13667 + 1622 + 25000 + 1107 + 5428 + 1613 + 33024 + 15150 + 34560 + 1353 + 26210 + 19654 + 36953 + 12500 + 47000 + 14650 + 17000 + 2832 + 21350 + 24000 + 9710 + 48000 + 947 + 48000 + 18233 + 11500 + 3051 + 9000 + 3900 + 8000 + 3064 + 31671 + 8000 + 2700 + 32620 + 14000 + 3000 + 7000 + 11000 + 18000 + 812 + 33200 + 10000 + 4025 + 12000 + 32620 + 1651 + 5100 + 3981 + 6000 + 5256 + 7000 + 34500 + 4000 + 550 + 9358 + 6015 + 51385 + 8357 + 42000 + 16000 + 40718 + 19106 + 7000 + 50000 + 7935 + 1200 + 9400 + 9780 + 85000 + 33242 + 5000 + 47000 + 63000 + 14000 + 12037 + 38000 + 16000 + 75841 + 5000 + 43000 + 2650 + 44522 + 75000 + 31847 + 28000 + 77500 + 15000 + 69207 + 13175 + 48498 + 32305 + 35320 | top_scorer = FRY Predrag Mijatović(14 goals) | prevseason = 1994 | nextseason = 2002 }} 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification FIFA Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). A total of 50 UEFA teams entered the competition; Andorra, which joined FIFA and UEFA in November 1996 while the qualifiers were underway, could not enter. The European zone was allocated 15 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. France, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition between 49 teams. The 49 teams were divided into nine groups, four groups of six teams and five groups of five teams. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up would be ranked according to their records against the 1st, 3rd and 4th-placed team in their groups, and the team with the best record would also qualify. The other runners-up would advance to the UEFA Play-offs. In the play-offs, the 8 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify. First round First round was group play. The draw was made on 12 December 1995, and was based on the November 1995 FIFA World Rankings.FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – November 1995 (UEFA) https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=25/uefa.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180203124525/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=25/uefa.html dead February 3, 2018 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 21 November 1995 3 February 2018The 1998 FIFA World Cup - Preliminary Draw in Paris https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=1995/m=11/news=the-1998-fifa-world-cup-preliminary-draw-paris-70114.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180207010520/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=1995/m=11/news=the-1998-fifa-world-cup-preliminary-draw-paris-70114.html dead February 7, 2018 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 30 November 1995 6 February 2018 Seeding The teams were divided into five pools as shown in table below (November 1995 rankings shown in brackets). + Pot 1 Team Rank Position in the November 1995 FIFA World Rankings GER 2 ESP 3 ITA 4 RUS 5 NOR 6 DEN 8 NED 10 SWE 11 ROU 12+ Pot 2 Team Rank Position in the November 1995 FIFA World Rankings BUL 14 SUI 15 POR 16 CZE 18 ENG 20 IRL 21 SCO 25 BEL 26 GRE 29+ Pot 3 Team Rank Position in the November 1995 FIFA World Rankings TUR 31 POL 33 SVK 35 AUT 38 CRO 39 ISR 40 FIN 41 LTU 1988 45 NIR 46+ Pot 4 Team Rank Position in the November 1995 FIFA World Rankings ISL 48 LVA 54 WAL 57 HUN 60 CYP 1960 70 UKR 1992 71 SVN 75 GEO 1990 77 FRY 80+ Pot 5 Team Rank Position in the November 1995 FIFA World Rankings ALB 1992 87 BLR 1995 88 MLT 89 MKD Macedonia 90 LUX 98 MLD 1990 107 ARM 112 FRO 116 EST 126 AZE 136 SMR 1862 142 LIE 151 BIH 1992 NR Summary #BBF3BB Winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified directly for the 1998 FIFA World Cup #BBF3FF The remaining runners-up advanced to the second round (play-offs) #FFBBBB Other teams were eliminated after the first round Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5Group 6Group 7Group 8Group 9DENENGNORAUTBULESPNEDROUGERCROITAHUNSCORUSFRYBELIRLUKR 1992GREBIH 1992SVNPOLGEO 1990MDA 1990FINSUIAZESWELVAESTBLR 1995ISRCYP 1960LUXCZESVKFROMLTTURWALSMR 1862LTU 1988MKD MacedoniaISLLIEPORARMNIRALB 1992 Group 1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 Group 2 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 Group 3 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 Group 4 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 Group 5 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 Group 6 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 Group 7 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 Group 8 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8 Group 9 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9 Ranking of second-placed teams As some groups had six teams and others had five, the matches vs the fifth and sixth place teams were discarded for the purposes of the ranking, though discarding results against the sixth placed team would have been sufficient. main WDL Qualification Q y SCO 4 SCO ITA 2 ITA BEL 7 BEL RUS 5 RUS CRO 1 CRO FRY 6 FRY IRL 8 IRL UKR 9 UKR 1992 HUN 3 HUN 4 1 1 8 2 3 3 0 5 0 4 0 2 11 11 3 2 1 12 5 3 2 1 11 8 3 2 1 7 5 2 2 2 8 6 2 2 2 5 5 1 3 2 4 7 Q PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO green1 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup blue1 Advance to second round (play-offs) complete FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/1998/ soccer365.me 9 May 2024 15 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241215135348/https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/1998/ dead Second round 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round CRO 3–1 UKR 1992 2–0 1–1 RUS 1–2 ITA 1946 1–1 0–1 IRL 2–3 BEL 1–1 1–2 HUN 1–12 FRY 1–7 0–5 |} Qualified teams The following 15 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 FRA 1974 0 Hosts 2 July 1992 2 9 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986) DEN 1 Group 1 winners 11 October 1997 1 (1986) ENG 2 Group 2 winners 11 October 1997 2 9 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990) NOR 3 Group 3 winners 6 September 1997 2 (1938, 1994) AUT 4 Group 4 winners 11 October 1997 1 6 (1934, 1954, 1958, 1978, 1982, 1990) BUL 5 Group 5 winners 10 September 1997 6 (1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1994) ESP 6 Group 6 winners 11 October 1997 9 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994) NED 7 Group 7 winners 11 October 1997 6 (1934, 1938, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994) ROU 8 Group 8 winners 18 August 1997 6 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1970, 1990, 1994) GER 9 Group 9 winners 11 October 1997 1 13 (1934, 1938, 19542, 19582, 19622, 19662, 19702, 19742, 19782, 19822, 19862, 19902, 1994) SCO 10 Best runners-up 11 October 1997 7 (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990) CRO PO1 Play-off winners 15 November 1997 1 0 (debut) ITA PO2 Play-off winners 15 November 1997 1 13 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994) BEL PO3 Play-off winners 15 November 1997 1 9 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994) FRY PO4 Play-off winners 15 November 1997 1 8 (19303, 19503, 19543, 19583, 19623, 19743, 19823, 19903) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. 2 Competed as West Germany. A separate team for East Germany also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in 1974. 3 Competed as Yugoslavia. Top goalscorers 667 228 FRY Predrag Mijatović FRY Savo Milošević ROU Gheorghe Popescu TUR Hakan Şükür AUT Toni Polster IRL Tony Cascarino NED Dennis Bergkamp SWE Kennet Andersson FRY Dejan Savićević BEL Luís Oliveira BUL Emil Kostadinov GER Oliver Bierhoff ROU Viorel Moldovan SCO Kevin Gallacher Below are full goalscorer lists for all groups and the play-offs: 22em Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Play-offs Notes To date, this was the last time that Portugal failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup, and the only time Italy qualified for a FIFA World Cup through the playoffs (having lost in 2018, 2022 and 2026). References External links UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores at Scoreshelf.com UEFA 1998 Category:1996 in European men's international football Category:1997 in European men's international football