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]
Africa - Line-Ups
Oceania - Line-Ups
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