1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

June 2025 August 2023 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) March 24th 1996 – November 16th 1997 28Bahamas and Bermuda withdrew before playing any matches. 1 98 295 2065454 Mexico Carlos Hermosillo(11 Goals) 1994 2002 FIFA 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, CONCACAF zone ran from March 1996 to November 1997 in order to determine the three CONCACAF representatives at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification. A total of 30 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Mexico, the USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Canada, the six highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the third round directly. The remaining 24 teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical locations. Format 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. Bahamas and Bermuda withdrew before playing one game. 18 countries stay in the race. 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. 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. In the final round, the six teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top three teams would qualify. Preliminary round DOM 6–3 Aruba 3–2 3–1 Guyana 1–8 Grenada 1–2 0–6 SKN w/o Bahamas — — Dominica 6–4 ATG 3–3 3–1 |} Group A Dominican Republic v Aruba March 24, 1996 DOM 3–2 ARU Rodríguez 28Mariano 50Peña 73 Davelaar 60Malmberg 84 Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo 5,000 Timothy Joseph (Saint Lucia) https://web.archive.org/web/20120917082603/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8074/report.html Aruba v Dominican Republic March 31, 1996 ARU 1–3 DOM Davelaar 38 pen. Rodríguez 5 pen.Aquino 62Queliz 87 Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad 1,137 Gilberto Alcalá Pineda (Mexico) https://web.archive.org/web/20120827041820/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8075/report.html Dominican Republic won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the first round. Group B Guyana v Grenada March 29, 1996 GUY 1–2 GRN Joseph 13 Charles 54Roberts 63 Bourda Cricket Ground, Georgetown 1,000 Christiaan Eiloof (Suriname) https://web.archive.org/web/20120901103913/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8076/report.html Grenada v Guyana April 7, 1996 GRN 6–0 GUY Charles 33François 40 47Fletcher 48 71 82 Grenada National Stadium, Saint George's 4,000 Billy Doctrove (Dominica) https://web.archive.org/web/20120901103915/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8077/report.html Grenada won 8–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round. Group C The Bahamas withdrew, so Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced to the first round automatically. Group D Dominica v Antigua and Barbuda March 10, 1996 DMA 3–3 ATG Dominique 8Dangler 42Marshall 89 Clarke 15Edwards 28 75 Windsor Park, Roseau 4,500 Mark Forde (Barbados) https://web.archive.org/web/20120917080140/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8078/report.html Antigua and Barbuda v Dominica March 31, 1996 ATG 1–3 DMA Edwards 59 Greenaway 23Morancie 60Edmond 66 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's 900 Evaroy Babb (Guyana) https://web.archive.org/web/20121027211816/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8079/report.html Dominica won 6–4 on aggregate and advanced to the first round. First round DOM 2–1 ANT 2–1 0–0 Haiti 7–1 Grenada 6–1 1–0 CAY old 0–6 Cuba 0–1 0–5 SKN 6–1 LCA 1979 5–1 1–0 PUR 1–9 VIN 1–2 0–7 Dominica 0–2 Barbados 0–1 0–1 Surinam 0–2 Jamaica 0–1 0–1 TRI w/o Bermuda 1910 — — |} Group 1 Dominican Republic v Netherlands Antilles May 4, 1996 DOM 2–1 ANT Jiménez 35Zapata 68 Gersley 40 Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo 2,000 Victorino Rodríguez Portillo (El Salvador) https://web.archive.org/web/20120917080145/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8080/report.html May 11, 1996 Netherlands Antilles v Dominican Republic ANT 0–0 DOM Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad 1,111 Carlos Mendizabal Euceda (Guatemala) https://web.archive.org/web/20120917082608/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8081/report.html Dominican Republic won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Group 2 Haiti v Grenada May 12, 1996 HAI 6–1 GRN Chevalier 11 Pierre 35 58 Chauvet 62 64 73 Modeste 85 Stade Capois, Cap Haitien 5,500 Robin Murray (Trinidad and Tobago) https://web.archive.org/web/20120827194735/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8086/report.html Grenada v Haiti May 18, 1996 GRN 0–1 HAI Pierre 49 Queen's Park (Grenada), St. George's 1,200 Victor Moore (Barbados) https://web.archive.org/web/20120828060741/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8083/report.html Haiti won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Group 3 Cayman Islands v Cuba May 12, 1996 CAY old 0–1 CUB Darcourt 10 Truman Bodden, George Town 2,000 Argelio Sabillon (Honduras) https://web.archive.org/web/20120608035719/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8084/report.html Cuba v Cayman Islands May 14, 1996 CUB 5–0 CAY old Cruzata 19 Sebrango 63 Darcourt 68 81 Moré 83 Truman Bodden, George Town (Cayman Islands) 1,200 Pascual Rebolledo Cárdenas (Mexico) https://web.archive.org/web/20120616082611/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8085/report.html Cuba won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Group 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis v Saint Lucia May 5, 1996 SKN 5–1 LCA 1979 Kelley 5 86 Sargeant 22 44 Gumbs 41 Jean 51 Warner Park, Basseterre 1,500 Robin Murray (Trinidad and Tobago) https://web.archive.org/web/20120827194735/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8086/report.html Saint Lucia v Saint Kitts and Nevis May 19, 1996 LCA 1979 0–1 SKN Kelley 50 Mindoo Philip Park, Castries 500 Harry Leocadio Davelaar (Antigua and Barbuda) https://web.archive.org/web/20120827194740/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8087/report.html Saint Kitts and Nevis won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Group 5 Puerto Rico v Saint Vincent May 4, 1996 PUR 1–2 VIN Lugris 70 pen. Huggins 18Hinds 58 Estadio Efrain Carcayo Alicea, Bayamón 200 Manuel Villar (Aruba) https://web.archive.org/web/20120913084154/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8088/report.html Saint Vincent v Puerto Rico May 12, 1996 VIN 7–0 PUR Jack 3 13 25Mussenden 35 o.g.Hinds 37 59Charles 64 Amos Vale Stadium, Kingstown 2,000 Lancelotte Livingston (Jamaica) https://web.archive.org/web/20120913084159/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8089/report.html Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 9-1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Group 6 Dominica v Barbados May 14, 1996 DMA 0–1 BRB Proverbs 63 Windsor Park, Roseau 3,000 Charles Barrett (Jamaica) https://web.archive.org/web/20120929073204/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8090/report.html Barbados v Dominica May 19, 1996 BRB 1–0 DMA Goodridge 67 Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown 2,500 Austin Eric Harewood (Trinidad and Tobago) https://web.archive.org/web/20120922194746/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8091/report.html Barbados won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Group 7 Surinam v Jamaica March 31, 1996 SUR 0–1 JAM Whitmore 56 Flora Stadion, Paramaribo 2,500 Vanroy Burnes (Antigua and Barbuda) https://web.archive.org/web/20120902010022/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8092/report.html Jamaica v Surinam April 21, 1996 JAM 1–0 SUR P. Davis 73 Independence Park, Kingston 6,100 Ronald Gutíerrez Castro (Costa Rica) https://web.archive.org/web/20120902022507/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8093/report.html Jamaica won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Group 8 Bermuda withdrew, so Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the second round automatically. Second round |- !colspan=6|Caribbean Zone CUB 7–2 Haiti 6–1 1–1 DOM 1–12 TRI 1–4 0–8 Barbados 0–3 Jamaica 0–1 0–2 SKN 2–2 (a) VIN 2–2 0–0 |- !colspan=6|Central American Zone Nicaragua 1–3 Guatemala 0–1 1–2 Belize 1981 2–6 Panama 1–2 1–4 |} Caribbean Zone Group A Cuba v Haiti June 23, 1996 CUB 6–1 HAI Sebrango 18 Pedraza 44 Darcourt 61 70 71 Moré 81 R. Pierre 84 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) 2,000 Mario Efrain Escobar (Guatemala) https://web.archive.org/web/20120823111944/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8094/report.html Haiti v Cuba June 30, 1996 HAI 1–1 CUB Chauvet 21 Cruz 79 pen. Stade Capois, Cap Haitien 4,500 Ramon Luis Mendez Vega (Costa Rica) https://web.archive.org/web/20120823102112/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8095/report.html Cuba won 7–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round. Group B Dominican Republic v Trinidad and Tobago June 15, 1996 DOM 1–4 TRI Jiménez 59 Latapy 37 67 Aquino 39 o.g. Eve 84 Estadio Olímpico, Santo Domingo 1,500 Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico) https://web.archive.org/web/20120828181032/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8100/report.html Trinidad and Tobago v Dominican Republic June 23, 1996 TRI 8–0 DOM John 1 23 80 Yorke 8 Eve 16 42 Rougier 19 Latapy 89 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain 8,000 Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica) https://web.archive.org/web/20120723044233/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8101/report.html Trinidad and Tobago won 12–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round. Group C Barbados v Jamaica June 23, 1996 BRB 0–1 JAM Boyd 90 Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown 5,000 Arturo Angeles (United States) https://web.archive.org/web/20120922194752/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8098/report.html Jamaica v Barbados June 30, 1996 JAM 2–0 BRB Whitmore 23 Boyd 72 Independence Park, Kingston 15,000 Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago) https://web.archive.org/web/20120929072319/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8099/report.html Jamaica won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round. Group D SKN v VIN June 23, 1996 SKN 2–2 VIN Gumbs 38 Bedford 88 Hinds 12 Velox 35 Warner Park, Basseterre 3,000 Mark Forde (Barbados) https://web.archive.org/web/20121017130513/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8096/report.html VIN v SKN June 30, 1996 VIN 0–0 SKN Amos Vale Stadium, Kingstown 2,500 Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) https://web.archive.org/web/20120914113335/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8097/report.html 2–2 on aggregate. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won on the away goals rule and advanced to the third round. Central American Zone Group E Nicaragua v Guatemala May 5, 1996 NCA 0–1 GUA Plata 27 Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba 2,500 Tim Wayland (United States) https://web.archive.org/web/20120824105746/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8102/report.html Guatemala v Nicaragua May 10, 1996 GUA 2–1 NCA Plata 62 67 Jerez 87 Guatemala City 25,000 Dino Bucci (Canada) https://web.archive.org/web/20120824113330/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8103/report.html Guatemala won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round. Group F Belize v Panama June 2, 1996 BLZ 1–2 PAN McCaulay 28 Guevara 57 Dely Valdés 61 National Stadium, Belize City 2,000 Rafael Rodriguez Medina (El Salvador) https://web.archive.org/web/20120901103921/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8104/report.html Panama v Belize June 9, 1996 PAN 4–1 BLZ Dely Valdés 14 46 61 Mendieta 88 Casey 60 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City 17,500 Donald Campos (Nicaragua) https://web.archive.org/web/20120901103927/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=892/matches/match=8105/report.html Panama won 6-2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round. Third round 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round Group 1 Group 1 Group 2 Group 2 Group 3 Group 3 Fourth round 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round Qualified teams The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 MEX 1 Fourth round winners 12 October 1997 10 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994) USA 2 Fourth round runners-up 9 November 1997 5 (1930, 1934, 1950, 1990, 1994) JAM 3 Fourth round third place 16 November 1997 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Goalscorers main 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 0 Notes References CONCACAF Category:FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) Qual Qual Q1 Q1 Q1 Category:1996 in North American men's international football Category:1997 in North American men's international football