Tournament details | |
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Dates | March 24th 1996 – November 16th 1997 |
Teams | 28 [lower-alpha 1] (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 98 |
Goals scored | 295 (3.01 per match) |
Attendance | 2,065,454 (21,076 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (11 Goals) |
CONCACAF Qualifiers |
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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.
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.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dominican Republic ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | 3–2 | 3–1 |
Guyana ![]() | 1–8 | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–6 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis ![]() | w/o | ![]() | — | — |
Dominica ![]() | 6–4 | ![]() | 3–3 | 3–1 |
Dominican Republic ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Rodríguez ![]() Mariano ![]() Peña ![]() | Report | Davelaar ![]() Malmberg ![]() |
Dominican Republic won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Grenada won 8–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
The Bahamas withdrew, so Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced to the first round automatically.
Dominica ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Dominique ![]() Dangler ![]() Marshall ![]() | Report | Clarke ![]() Edwards ![]() |
Dominica won 6–4 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dominican Republic ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Haiti ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() | 6–1 | 1–0 |
Cayman Islands ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–5 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | 5–1 | 1–0 |
Puerto Rico ![]() | 1–9 | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–7 |
Dominica ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Suriname ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | w/o | ![]() | — | — |
Dominican Republic ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Jiménez ![]() Zapata ![]() | Report | Gersley ![]() |
Dominican Republic won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Haiti won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Cayman Islands ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Darcourt ![]() |
Cuba ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Cruzata ![]() Sebrango ![]() Darcourt ![]() Moré ![]() | Report |
Cuba won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Saint Kitts and Nevis ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Kelley ![]() Sargeant ![]() Gumbs ![]() | Report | Jean ![]() |
Saint Lucia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Kelley ![]() |
Saint Kitts and Nevis won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Puerto Rico ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Lugris ![]() | Report | Huggins ![]() Hinds ![]() |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Jack ![]() Mussenden ![]() Hinds ![]() Charles ![]() | Report |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 9-1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Barbados ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Goodridge ![]() | Report |
Barbados won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Jamaica won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Bermuda withdrew, so Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the second round automatically.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
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Caribbean Zone | |||||
Cuba ![]() | 7–2 | ![]() | 6–1 | 1–1 | |
Dominican Republic ![]() | 1–12 | ![]() | 1–4 | 0–8 | |
Barbados ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis ![]() | 2–2 (a) | ![]() | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
Central American Zone | |||||
Nicaragua ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
Belize ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–4 |
Cuba ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Sebrango ![]() Pedraza ![]() Darcourt ![]() Moré ![]() | Report | R. Pierre ![]() |
Cuba won 7–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Dominican Republic ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Jiménez ![]() | Report | Latapy ![]() Aquino ![]() Eve ![]() |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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John ![]() Yorke ![]() Eve ![]() Rougier ![]() Latapy ![]() | Report |
Trinidad and Tobago won 12–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Jamaica won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Saint Kitts and Nevis ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Gumbs ![]() Bedford ![]() | Report | Hinds ![]() Velox ![]() |
2–2 on aggregate. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won on the away goals rule and advanced to the third round.
Guatemala won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Panama won 6-2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | Advanced to the fourth round | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 8 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 16 | Advanced to the fourth round | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 3–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 13 | Advanced to the fourth round | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 12 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 5–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 10 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 11–3 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 30 | −24 | 0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 18 | Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–0 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 17 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 14 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 12 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | ||
5 | ![]() | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 10 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | ||
6 | ![]() | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 6 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup 1 |
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![]() | Fourth round winners | 12 October 1997 | 10 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 , 1978, 1986 , 1994) |
![]() | Fourth round runners-up | 9 November 1997 | 5 (1930, 1934, 1950, 1990, 1994 ) |
![]() | Fourth round third place | 16 November 1997 | 0 (debut) |
There were 295 goals scored in 98 matches, for an average of 3.01 goals per match.
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