World Cup 1998 qualifications
World Cup 1998 qualifications
Europe
50 teams entered, including ISR and FRA (hosts). Qualifications in 9
groups, 5 groups of 5 teams and 4 groups of 6 teams. Group winners and best
number 2 (in "1-3-4-comparison") qualify; the other 8 runners-up to play
drawn knock-out matches for the four remaining places.
Group 1 - BHC CRO DAN GRE SLA
24.04. Athinai      GRE-SLA 2:0 (0:0) Batista 56, Nikolaidis 66 (Pedersen NOR)
01.09. Kalamata     GRE-BHC 3:0 (1:0) Ouzonnidis 41, Apostolakis 77,
                                      Nikolaidis 87 (Benkö AUT)
01.09. Ljubljana    SLA-DAN 0:2 (0:0) A.Nielsen 78, Schjönberg 89 (Meier SUI)
08.10. Bologna      BHC-CRO 1:4 (1:2) Salihamidziæ 25 - Biliæ 14, Vlaoviæ
                                      32, Bok¹iæ 64, 85 (Uzunov BUL)
09.10. København    DAN-GRE 2:1 (1:1) Zagorakis 25o, B.Laudrup 52 - Donis
                                      35 (Durkin ENG)
10.11. Ljubljana    SLA-BHC 1:2 (1:2) Zahoviæ 41p - Boliæ 6, Kodro 33
                                      (Agius MLT)
10.11. Zagreb       CRO-GRE 1:1 (1:1) ©uker 45 - Nikolaidis 9
                                      (van der Ende HOL)
29.03. Split        CRO-DAN 1:1 (0:0) ©uker 50 - B.Laudrup 82 (Ceccarini ITA)
02.04. Sarajevo     BHC-GRE 0:1 (0:0) Frantzeskos 74 (Sars FRA)
02.04. Split        CRO-SLA 3:3 (2:1) Prosinecki 33, Boban 43, 60 - Gliha
                                      45,65,67 (Durkin ENG)
30.04. København    DAN-SLA 4:0 (2:0) A.Nielsen 4,56, P.Pedersen 27,
                                      B.Laudrup 51 (Krug GER)
30.04. Thessaloniki GRE-CRO 0:1 (0:0) ©uker 74 (López Nieto ESP)
08.06. København    DAN-BHC 2:0 (0:0) Rieper 69, Molnar 90 (Ihring SLK)
20.08. Sarajevo     BHC-DAN 3:0 (2:0) Mujèin 19, Boliæ 25p,35p (Pereira POR)
06.09. Zagreb       CRO-BHC 3:2 (2:1) Biliæ 27, Mariæ 40, Boban 80 - Bajliæ
                                      18, Salihamidziæ 85 (Dallas SCO)
06.09. Ljubljana    SLA-GRE 0:3 (0:0) Aleksandris 54, Kostantinidis 89,
                                      Machias 90 (Ihring SLK)
10.09. København    DAN-CRO 3:1 (3:1) B.Laudrup 19, M.Laudrup 36, Molnar
                                      41 - ©uker 44 (Puhl HUN)
10.09. Split        BHC-SLA 1:0 (1:0) Boliæ 23 (Bezubiak RUS)
                                      [match played in Croatia]
11.10. Ljubljana    SLA-CRO 1:3 (0:2) Zahoviæ 72 - ©uker 11, Soldo 40,
                                      Bok¹iæ 53 (Anclon BEL)
11.10. Athinai      GRE-DAN 0:0       (Veissière FRA)
1.DEN^  8  17  5  2  1  14- 6
2.CRO>  8  15  4  3  1  17-12
3.GRE   8  14  4  2  2  11- 4
4.BHC   8   9  3  0  5   9-14
5.SLA   8   1  0  1  7   5-20
Group 2 - ENG GEO ITA MOL POL
01.09. Chisinau     MOL-ENG 0:3 (0:2) Barmby 23, Gascoigne 24, Shearer 63
                                      (Benkö AUT)
05.10. Chisinau     MOL-ITA 1:3 (1:1) Curtianu 12 - Ravanelli 9,84p,
                                      Casiraghi 69 (Grabber AUT)
09.10. London       ENG-POL 2:1 (2:1) Shearer 25,38 - Citko 7 (Krug GER)
09.10. Perugia      ITA-GEO 1:0 (1:0) Ravanelli 43 (Blareau BEL)
09.11. Tbilisi      GEO-ENG 0:2 (0:2) Sheringham 13, Ferdinand 37
                                      (Coroado POR)
10.11. Katowice     POL-MOL 2:1 (1:0) Ba³uszyñski 4, K.Warzycha 77p -
                                      Kleshenko 83p (Vorgias GRE)
12.02. London       ENG-ITA 0:1 (0:1) Zola 19 (Puhl HUN)
29.03. Trieste      ITA-MOL 3:0 (2:0) Maldini 25, Zola 45, Vieri 50
                                      (Veissière FRA)
02.04. Chorzów      POL-ITA 0:0       (Nielsen DAN)
30.04. Napoli       ITA-POL 3:0 (2:0) Di Matteo 24, Maldini 38, R.Baggio
                                      62 (Encinar ESP)
30.04. London       ENG-GEO 2:0 (1:0) Sheringham 43, Shearer 90 (Harrel FRA)
31.05. Chorzów      POL-ENG 0:2 (0:1) Shearer 5, Sheringham 90 (Meier SUI)
07.06. Batumi       GEO-MOL 2:0 (1:0) S.Arveladze 28, Kinkladze 52p (Agius MLT)
14.06. Chorzów      POL-GEO 4:1 (2:1) Ledwoñ 32, Trzeciak 34, Bukalski 71p,
                                      K.Nowak 90 - S.Arveladze 24 (Nilsson SWE)
10.09. London       ENG-MOL 4:0 (1:0) Scholes 29, I.Wright 46,89, Gascoigne 90
                                      (Benkö AUT)
10.09. Tbilisi      GEO-ITA 0:0       (Pedersen NOR)
24.09. Chisinau     MOL-GEO 0:1 (0:1) Ketsbaia 9 (Koren ISR)
07.10. Chisinau     MOL-POL 0:3 (0:1) Juskowiak 25,56,60 (Mitroviæ SLA)
11.10. Tbilisi      GEO-POL 3:0 (0:0) A.Arveladze 55, Tsshadadze 68, Ketsbaia
                                      74 (Michel SLK)
11.10. Roma         ITA-ENG 0:0       (van der Ende HOL)
1.ENG^  8  19  6  1  1  15- 2
2.ITA>  8  18  5  3  0  11- 1
3.POL   8  10  3  1  4  10-12
4.GEO   8  10  3  1  4   7- 9
5.MOL   8   0  0  0  8   2-21
Group 3 - AZE FIN HUN NOR SUI
02.06. Oslo         NOR-AZE 5:0 (2:0) Solbakken 9,47, Solskjær 37,89, Strandli
                                      60 (Snoddy NIR)
31.08. Baku         AZE-SUI 1:0 (1:0) Rzaev 28 (Wójcik POL)
01.09. Budapest     HUN-FIN 1:0 (1:0) Orosz 16 (Strampe GER)
06.10. Helsinki     FIN-SUI 2:3 (1:2) Sumiala 41p, Koikkä 77 - Lombardo 14,
                                      Sforza 34, Yakin 54 (Orrason ISL)
09.10. Oslo         NOR-HUN 3:0 (0:0) Rekdal 83,89,90p (Dallas SCO)
10.11. Bern         SUI-NOR 0:1 (0:0) Leonhardsen 72 (Díaz Vega ESP)
10.11. Baku         AZE-HUN 0:3 (0:1) Nyilas 42,70p, Urban 53 (Potjak CRO)
02.04. Baku         AZE-FIN 1:2 (0:1) Suleimanov 79p - Litmanen 25,
                                      Paatelainen 66 (Poll ENG)
30.04. Oslo         NOR-FIN 1:1 (0:0) Solskjær 73 - Sumiala 60
                                      (Merk GER)
30.04. Zürich       SUI-HUN 1:0 (0:0) Turkyilmaz 83 (Sundell SWE)
08.06. Helsinki     FIN-AZE 3:0 (0:0) Vanhala 59, Litmanen 64, Sumiala 81
                                      (Hamer LUX)
08.06. Budapest     HUN-NOR 1:1 (1:1) Z.Kovacs 22 - Rodi 8 (Elleray ENG)
20.08. Helsinki     FIN-NOR 0:4 (0:2) Solbakken 8, Rodi 12, J.Flo 48, T.A.Flo
                                      84 (Zhuk BIA)
20.08. Budapest     HUN-SUI 1:1 (0:0) Klausz 53 - Chapuisat 90 (Piraux BEL)
06.09. Baku         AZE-NOR 0:1 (0:1) T.A.Flo 43 (Benkö AUT)
06.09. Lausanne     SUI-FIN 1:2 (0:1) Kunz 90 - Litmanen 16, Sumiala 80
                                      (Branschi ITA)
10.09. Oslo         NOR-SUI 5:0 (0:0) Jakobsen 46, Solbakken 50, Eggen 65,
                                      Ostenstadt 74, T.A.Flo 85 (Krug GER)
10.09. Budapest     HUN-AZE 3:1 (2:0) Klausz 8, Halmai 44, Illés 89 -
                                      Lytechkin 74 (Uzunov BUL)
11.10. Helsinki     FIN-HUN 1:1 (0:0) Sumiala 62 - Sebök 90 (Heynemann GER)
11.10. Zürich       SUI-AZE 5:0 (3:0) Turkyilmaz 12,23p,69p, Yakin 43,
                                      Chapuisat 51 (Rowbotham SCO)
1.NOR^  8  20  6  2  0  21- 2
2.HUN>  8  12  3  3  2  10- 8
3.FIN   8  11  3  2  3  11-12
4.SUI   8  10  3  1  4  11-12
5.AZE   8   3  1  9  7   3-22
Group 4 - AUT BIA EST LOT SCO SWE
01.06. Stockholm    SWE-BIA 5:1 (2:0) K.Andersson 20,62p, Dahlin 32,
                                      P.Andersson 77, H.Larsson 87 -
                                      Belkevich 75 (Harrel FRA)
31.08. Minsk        BIA-EST 1:0 (1:0) V.Makovski 35 (Husainov RUS)
31.08. Wien         AUT-SCO 0:0       (Piraux BEL)
01.09. Riga         LOT-SWE 1:2 (0:2) Rimkus 56 - Dahlin 18, K.Andersson 21
                                      (Vagner HUN)
05.10. Tallinn      EST-BIA 1:0 (0:0) Hohlow-Simton 52 (O'Hanlon IRL)
05.10. Riga         LOT-SCO 0:2 (0:1) Collins 18, Jackson 78 (Ulrich CZE)
09.10. Stockholm    SWE-AUT 0:1 (0:1) Herzog 11 (Krondl CZE)
09.10. Minsk        BIA-LOT 1:1 (0:1) V.Makovski 78 - Zemlinskijs 16
                                      (Kvarachelia GEO)
09.11. Wien         AUT-LOT 2:1 (1:1) Polster 43, Herzog 73 - Rimkus 45
                                      (Mitroviæ SLA)
10.11. Glasgow      SCO-SWE 1:0 (1:0) McGinlay 9 (Encinar ESP)
11.02. Monaco       EST-SCO 0:0       (Radoman JUG) [in France]
29.03. Kilmarnock   SCO-EST 2:0 (1:0) Boyd 25, Meet 53o (Heynemann GER)
02.04. Glasgow      SCO-AUT 2:0 (1:0) Gallacher 24, 77 (Levnikov RUS)
30.04. Riga         LOT-BIA 2:0 (1:0) Szevliakovs 38,83 (Ancion BEL)
30.04. Göteborg     SWE-SCO 2:1 (1:0) K.Andersson 43,65 - Gallacher 83
                                      (Collina ITA)
30.04. Wien         AUT-EST 2:0 (0:0) Vastic 48, Stöger 87 (Koho FIN)
18.05. Kadriorg     EST-LOT 1:3 (1:0) Zelinski 5 - Babiczevs 53, Jelisjejevs
                                      80, Lemsalu 87o (Cvitikoviæ CRO)
08.06. Minsk        BIA-SCO 0:1 (0:0) G.McAllister 50p (Çukar TUR)
08.06. Riga         LOT-AUT 1:3 (0:0) Astafejvs 83 - Heraf 55, Polster 81,
                                      Stöger 87
08.06. Tallinn      EST-SWE 2:3 (0:1) Oper 75, Kristal 85 - Dahlin 13,
                                      Zetterberg 53p, K.Andersson 71
                                      (Wójcik POL)
20.08. Tallinn      EST-AUT 0:3 (0:0) Polster 47,70,90 (Fassolis GRE)
20.08. Minsk        BIA-SWE 1:2 (1:0) Gurenko 38 - K.Andersson 76, Zetterberg
                                      83 (Gallagher ENG)
06.09. Riga         LOT-EST 1:0 (0:0) Zemlinjskis 87p (Guntadze GEO)
06.09. Wien         AUT-SWE 1:0 (1:0) Herzog 76 (López Nieto ESP)
07.09. Aberdeen     SCO-BIA 4:1 (1:0) Gallacher 41,56, Hopkin 54,87 -
                                      Kachuro 87p (van der Ende HOL)
10.09. Minsk        BIA-AUT 0:1 (0:0) Pfeiffenberger 50 (Muhmenthaler SUI)
10.09. Solna        SWE-LOT 1:0 (0:0) Jonsson 87 (Merk GER)
11.10. Wien         AUT-BIA 4:0 (4:0) Polster 3,16p, Stöger 6,43 (Huzu ROM)
11.10. Glasgow      SCO-LOT 2:0 (1:0) Gallacher 43, Durie 80 (Piller HUN)
11.10. Solna        SWE-EST 1:0 (1:0) Zetterberg 24 (Ormandzhiev BUL)
1.AUT^ 10  25  8  1  1  17- 4
2.SCO^ 10  23  7  2  1  15- 3
3.SWE  10  23  7  0  3  16- 9
4.LOT  10  10  3  1  6  10-14
5.EST  10   4  1  1  8   4-16
6.BIA  10   4  1  1  8   5-21
Group 5 - BUL CYP ISR LUX RUS
01.09. Tel Aviv     ISR-BUL 2:1 (1:1) R.Harazi 34, Banin 62p - Balakov 2p
                                      (Trentalange ITA)
01.09. Moskva       RUS-CYP 4:0 (2:0) Nikiforov 7,50, Kolyvanov 34,
                                      Beschastnych 82 (Nilsson SWE)
08.10. Luxembourg   LUX-BUL 1:2 (1:2) Langers 20 - Balakov 14p, Kostadinov
                                      37 (Kollari ALB)
09.10. Tel Aviv     ISR-RUS 1:1 (0:0) G.Bromer 62 - Kolyvanov 80 (Batta FRA)
10.11. Limassol     CYP-ISR 2:0 (2:0) Gogiæ 8,14 (Constantin ROM)
10.11. Luxembourg   LUX-RUS 0:4 (0:2) Tikhonov 34, Kanchelskis 39,
                                      Beschastnych 58, Karpine 81
                                      (Hirviniemi FIN)
14.12. Limassol     CYP-BUL 1:3 (1:2) Pittas 29 - Balakov 23,34, Illev 70
                                      (Rowbotham SCO)
15.12. Tel Aviv     ISR-LUX 1:0 (1:0) Ohana 39 (Ashman WAL)
29.03. Paralimni    CYP-RUS 1:1 (1:1) Gogiæ 31 - Simutenkov 32 (Roca ESP)
31.03. Luxembourg   LUX-ISR 0:3 (0:1) Zohar 11,80, Banin 56 (Temmink HOL)
02.04. Sofia        BUL-CYP 4:1 (3:0) Borimirov 2, Kostadinov 36,45, Jordanov
                                      66 - Okkas 61 (Muhmenthaler SUI)
30.04. Tel Aviv     ISR-CYP 2:0 (1:0) Ohana 3,72 (Melnychuk UKR)
30.04. Moskva       RUS-ISR 3:0 (1:0) Kechinov 20, Grishin 55, Simutenkov 57
                                      (Rowbotham SCO)
08.06. Moskva       RUS-ISR 2:0 (2:0) Radimov 8, Kosolapov 38 (Grabber AUT)
08.06. Burgas       BUL-LUX 4:0 (1:0) Stoichkov 43p, Kostadinov 47, Balakov
                                      50p, Lechkov 82 (Batista POR)
20.08. Sofia        BUL-ISR 1:0 (0:0) Penev 68 (Piller HUN)
07.09. Luxembourg   LUX-CYP 1:3 (1:1) Amodio 7 - I.Ioannou 55,79,
                                      Papavasillou 6 (Orrason CZE)
10.09. Sofia        BUL-RUS 1:0 (0:0) T.Ivanov 55 (Krondl CZE)
11.10. Limassol     CYP-LUX 2:0 (0:0) Papavasillou 80, Spoljatiæ 85
                                      (Pairetto ITA)
11.10. Moskva       RUS-BUL 4:2 (2:0) Alenichev 13,53, Kolyvanov 40p, Yuran
                                      52p - Gruev 68, Kostadinov 78
                                      (Pregja ALB)
1.BUL^  8  18  6  0  2  18- 9
2.RUS>  8  17  5  2  1  19- 5
3.ISR   8  13  4  1  3   9- 7
4.CYP   8  10  3  1  4  10-15
5.LUX   8   0  0  0  8   2-22
Group 6 - CZE ESP FAR JUG MLT SLK
24.04. Beograd      JUG-FAR 3:1 (3:0) Savièeviæ 3,30, Milo¹eviæ 38 -
                                      J.Petersen 53 (Beck LIE)
02.06. Beograd      JUG-MLT 6:0 (3:0) Milo¹eviæ 2,68, Mijatoviæ 39,
                                      Stojkoviæ 45, Savièeviæ 71p, 73
                                      (Albrecht GER)
31.08. Toftir       FAR-SLK 1:2 (0:0) Muller 60 - Moravèik 58, Dubovský 59
                                      (Hauge NOR)
04.09. Toftir       FAR-ESP 2:6 (0:1) T.Jonsson 46, Arge 90 - Luis Enrique 37,
                                      Alfonso 63,83,86, Johansson (70s),
                                      Hierro 85 (Leduc FRA)
18.09. Teplice      CZE-MLT 6:0 (2:0) Berger 10,61p, Nedved 23, Kubik 77,
                                      ©micer 83, Frýdek 86 (Beu¹an CRO)
22.09. Bratislava   SLK-MLT 6:0 (3:0) Tittel 13,82, ©imon 16, Zeman 37,
                                      Timko 56, Dubovský 59 (Bikas GRE)
06.10. Toftir       FAR-JUG 1:8 (1:5) Muller 28 - Milo¹eviæ 8,38,45,
                                      Jokanoviæ 12,58, Mijatoviæ 30,
                                      Jugoviæ 80, Stojkoviæ 90 (Frisk SWE)
09.10. Praha        CZE-ESP 0:0       (Irvine NIR)
23.10. Bratislava   SLK-FAR 3:0 (2:0) Dubovský 20, Janèula 44, ©imon 57p
                                      (Proliæ BHC)
10.11. Beograd      JUG-CZE 1:0 (1:0) Mijatoviæ 18 (Jol HOL)
13.11. Santa Cruz   ESP-SLK 4:1 (1:1) Pizzi 30, Amor 46, Luis Enrique 57,
                                      Hierro 61 - Tittel 39 (Merk GER)
14.12. Valencia     ESP-JUG 2:0 (2:0) Guardiola 19p, Raul 37 (Muhmenthaler SUI)
18.12. La Valletta  MLT-ESP 0:3 (0:3) Guerrero 8,25,33 (Levnikov RUS)
12.02. Alicante     ESP-MLT 4:0 (1:0) Guardiola 25, Alfonso 40,46, Pizzi 90
                                      (Ludge ENG)
31.03. La Valletta  MLT-SLK 0:2 (0:1) Janèula 30, Tittel 90 (Kowalczyk POL)
02.04. Praha        CZE-JUG 1:2 (0:1) Bejbl 75 - Mijatoviæ 28, Milo¹eviæ 90
                                      (Batta FRA)
30.04. La Valletta  MLT-FAR 1:2 (1:0) Sultana 8 - O.Hansen 60p, T.Jonsson 90
                                      (Koren ISR)
30.04. Beograd      JUG-ESP 1:1 (0:1) Mijatoviæ 87p - Hierro 19p (Pedersen NOR)
08.06. Toftir       FAR-MLT 2:1 (2:0) Arge 6, T.Jonsson 41 - Agius 47p
                                      (O'Hanlon IRL)
08.06. Beograd      JUG-SLK 2:0 (1:0) Savièeviæ 17, Mijatoviæ 75
                                      (Mikkelsen DAN)
08.06. Valladolid   ESP-CZE 1:0 (1:0) Hierro 40p (Dallas SCO)
20.08. Teplice      CZE-FAR 2:0 (2:0) Kuka 14p, Kozel 27 (Dubinskas LIT)
24.08. Bratislava   SLK-CZE 2:1 (1:1) Janèula 45, Majoro¹ 55 - ©micer 14
                                      (Ceccarini ITA)
06.09. Toftir       FAR-CZE 0:2 (0:2) ©micer 16, Kuka 32p (Saules FRA)
10.09. Bratislava   SLK-JUG 1:1 (0:0) Majoro¹ 65 - Mihajloviæ 80 (Frisk SWE)
24.09. La Valletta  MLT-CZE 0:1 (0:1) Bejbl 32 (Anclon BEL)
24.09. Bratislava   SLK-ESP 1:2 (0:0) Majoro¹ 75 - Kiko 47, Amor 76
                                      (Vagner HUN)
11.10. La Valletta  MLT-JUG 0:5 (0:3) Milo¹eviæ 8, Mihajloviæ 30, Savièeviæ 44,
                                      Mijatoviæ 55, Jugoviæ 74 (Gallagher ENG)
11.10. Praha        CZE-SLK 3:0 (0:0) ©micer 53, Siegl 70, Novotný 73
                                      (Meier SUI)
11.10. Gijón        ESP-FAR 3:1 (2:1) Luis Enrique 19,84, Oli 25 - J.Hansen
                                      44 (Granat POL)
1.ESP^ 10  26  8  2  0  26- 6
2.JUG> 10  23  7  2  1  29- 7
3.CZE  10  16  5  1  4  16- 6
4.SLK  10  16  5  1  4  18-14
5.FAR  10   6  2  0  8  10-31
6.MLT  10   0  0  0 10   2-37
Group 7 - BEL HOL SMA TUR WAL
02.06. San Marino   SMA-WAL 0:5 (0:3) Melville 19, M.Hughes 31,42, Giggs 51,
                                      Pembridge 85 (Michel SLK)
31.08. Cardiff      WAL-SMA 6:0 (4:0) Saunders 2,75, M.Hughes 24,54, Melville
                                      34, Robinson 45 (Hamer LUX)
31.08. Brussel      BEL-TUR 2:1 (2:0) Degryse 11, Oliveira 36 - Sergen 56
                                      (Elleray ENG)
05.10. Cardiff      WAL-HOL 1:3 (1:0) Saunders 17 - van Hooijdonk 72,75,
                                      R.de Boer 79 (López Nieto ESP)
09.10. San Marino   SMA-BEL 0:3 (0:2) Verheyen 11, Nilis 20,49 (Oganesian ARM)
09.11. Eindhoven    HOL-WAL 7:1 (4:1) Bergkamp 22,73,79, R.de Boer 33, Jonk
                                      34, F.de Boer 45, Cocu 62 - Saunders
                                      40 (Klein ISR)
10.11. Istanbul     TUR-SMA 7:0 (2:0) Oktay 24,38,50,60, Hakan 55,65,
                                      Ertugrul 88 (Pereira POR)
14.12. Cardiff      WAL-TUR 0:0       (Huzu ROM)
14.12. Brussel      BEL-HOL 0:3 (0:2) Bergkamp 24, Seedorf 28, Jonk 89p
                                      (Pairetto ITA)
29.03. Cardiff      WAL-BEL 1:2 (0:2) Speed 67 - Crasson 24, Staelens 44
                                      (Heynemann GER)
29.03. Amsterdam    HOL-SMA 4:0 (1:0) Kluivert 44, F.de Boer 58,90, van
                                      Hooijdonk 89 (Klein ISR)
02.04. Bursa        TUR-HOL 1:0 (0:0) Hakan 52 (Díaz Vega ESP)
30.04. Istanbul     TUR-BEL 1:3 (1:3) Oktay 35 - Oliveira 21,31,45
                                      (Heynemann GER)
30.04. San Marino   SMA-HOL 0:6 (0:1) Bergkamp 40,90, Winter 63, van
                                      Hooijdonk 70, F.de Boer 74, Bosman 85
                                      (Georgiou CYP)
07.06. Brussel      BEL-SMA 6:0 (5:0) Stalens 16,84, van Meir 26, E.Mpenza
                                      27,45, Oliveira 33 (Jirku CZE)
20.08. Istanbul     TUR-WAL 6:4 (3:3) Hakan 5,37,72,83, S.Saffer 7, Oguz 60 -
                                      Blake 18, Savage 22, Saunders 34,
                                      Melville 52 (Kowalczyk POL)
06.09. Rotterdam    HOL-BEL 3:1 (1:0) Stam 32, Kluivert 53, Bergkamp 84 -
                                      Staelens 67p (Nielsen DAN)
10.09. San Marino   SMA-TUR 0:5 (0:2) Gobbi 28o, Arif 29,51, Hakan 75, Hami
                                      78 (Tatulian UKR)
11.10. Brussel      BEL-WAL 3:2 (3:0) Staelens 4p, Claessens 32, Wilmots 39 -
                                      Pembridge 52p, Giggs 61 (Pereira POR)
11.10. Amsterdam    HOL-TUR 0:0       (Sundell SWE)
1.HOL^  8  19  6  1  1  26- 4
2.BEL>  8  18  6  0  2  20-11
3.TUR   8  14  4  2  2  21- 9
4.WAL   8   7  2  1  5  20-21
5.SMA   8   0  0  0  8   0-42
Group 8 - IRL ISL LIE LIT MCA ROM
24.04. Skopje       NCA-LIE 3:0 (1:0) Milosevski 5, Babunski 49,
                                      Zacharievski 90 (Loizou CYP)
01.06. Reykjavik    ISL-MCA 1:1 (0:0) A.Gudjohnsen 54 - Memed 60 (Luinge HOL)
31.08. Eschen       LIE-IRL 0:5 (0:4) Townsend 5, K.O'Neill 7, N.Quinn 11,
                                      61, Harte 19 (Shmolik BIA)
31.08. Bucuresti    ROM-LIT 3:0 (1:0) Moldovan 20, Petrescu 65, Gãlca 77
                                      (Melnychuk UKR)
05.10. Vilnius      LIT-ISL 2:0 (1:0) Jankauskas 22p, Slekys 74 (Sandra BEL)
09.10. Reykjavik    ISL-ROM 0:4 (0:1) Munteanu 21, Hagi 60, Gh.Popescu 75,
                                      Petrescu 81 (Detruche SUI)
09.10. Dublin       IRL-MCA 3:0 (1:0) McAteer 8, Cascarino 46,70 (Mikulski POL)
09.10. Vilnius      LIT-LIE 2:1 (1:0) Jankauskas 43, Narbekovas 55 - Zech 53
                                      (Memedov AZE)
09.11. Eschen       LIE-MCA1:11 (1:8) S.Schadler 34 - Glavevski 8,13,60,
                                      Hristov 23, Stojkovski 38,44,
                                      T.Micevski 45,49, Ciri 9,43,
                                      V.Micevski 90 (Lipkovich ISR)
10.11. Dublin       IRL-ISL 0:0       (Ormandzhiev BUL)
14.12. Skopje       MCA-ROM 0:3 (0:2) Gh.Popescu 36,45,90p (Philippi LUX)
29.03. Bucuresti    ROM-LIE 8:0 (3:0) Moldovan 10, Gh.Popescu 28,30,58,82,
                                      Hagi 47, Petrescu 49, Craioveanu 71
                                      (Lajoks LOT)
02.04. Skopje       MCA-IRL 3:2 (2:1) Stojkovski 29p,44p, Hristov 60 -
                                      McLoughlin 8, G.Kelly 78 (Trentalange ITA)
02.04. Vilnius      LIT-ROM 0:1 (0:0) Moldovan 74 (Steinhorn GER)
30.04. Eschen       LIE-LIT 0:2 (0:0) Razanauskas 65, Skarbalius 90 (Pregja ALB)
30.04. Bucuresti    ROM-IRL 1:0 (1:0) A.Ille 32 (van der Ende HOL)
21.05. Dublin       IRL-LIE 5:0 (3:0) Connolly 28,35,41, Cascarino 60,78
                                      (Butenko RUS)
07.06. Skopje       MCA-ISL 1:0 (0:0) Hristov 53 (Zhuk BIA)
11.06. Reykjavik    ISL-LIT 0:0       (Irvine NIR)
20.08. Eschen       LIE-ISL 0:4 (0:2) Danielsson 28, Gunnarsson 41, Jonsson
                                      68, Gudmundsson 63 (Timofeev EST)
20.08. Dublin       IRL-LIT 0:0       (Coroado POR)
20.08. Bucuresti    ROM-MCA 4:2 (2:0) Moldovan 36p,62, Gãlca 42, Dumitrescu
                                      65 - Dzokiæ 52,90 (Tukat TUR)
06.09. Reykjavik    ISL-IRL 2:4 (1:1) Gunnarsson 44, H.Sigurdsson 47 -
                                      Connolly 13, Keane 53,65, Kennedy 79
                                      (Kolusiæ CRO)
06.09. Eschen       LIE-ROM 1:8 (0:4) M.Frisk 64 - Moldovan 6, Craioveanu
                                      10,32, Dobos 36, Munteanu 46,47,69,
                                      Barbu 55 (Micallef MLT)
06.09. Vilnius      LIT-MCA 2:0 (1:0) Ivanauskas 26, Preik¹aitis 88
                                      (Batista POR)
10.09. Bucuresti    ROM-ISL 4:0 (2:0) Hagi 8,81p, Petrescu 40, Gãlca 65
                                      (Elleray ENG)
10.09. Vilnius      LIT-IRL 1:2 (0:1) Ziskas 52 - Cascarino 17,71 (Batista POR)
11.10. Dublin       IRL-ROM 1:1 (0:0) Cascarino 83 - Hagi 53 (Levnikov RUS)
11.10. Reykjavik    ISL-LIE 4:0 (0:0) T.Gudjonsson 55, T.Gudmundsson 59,
                                      A.Gudjohnsen 68, B.Gudjonsson 73
                                      (Howells WAL)
11.10. Skopje       MCA-LIT 1:2 (1:0) Sakirj 45 - Buitkus 69,83 (Liba CZE)
1.ROM^ 10  28  9  1  0  37- 4
2.IRL> 10  18  5  3  2  22- 8
3.LIT  10  17  5  2  3  11- 8
4.MCA  10  13  4  1  5  22-18
5.ISL  10   9  2  3  5  11-16
6.LIE  10   0  0  0 10   3-52
Group 9 - ALB ARM GER NIR POR UKR
31.08. Belfast      NIR-UKR 0:1 (0:0) Rebrov 80 (Sars FRA)
31.08. Yerevan      ARM-POR 0:0       (Ihring SLK)
05.10. Belfast      NIR-ARM 1:1 (1:1) Lennon 29 - Assadurian 8 (Danilovski MCA)
05.10. Kyiv         UKR-POR 2:1 (1:0) Popov 4, Maksimov 88 - João Pinto
                                      83 (Nielsen DAN)
09.10. Tiranë       ALB-POR 0:3 (0:1) Figo 10, Helder 75, Rui Costa 88
                                      (Sarvan TUR)
09.10. Yerevan      ARM-GER 1:5 (0:3) Mikaelian 85 - Häßler 20,39, Klinsmann
                                      26, Bobic 69, Kuntz 81 (Collina ITA)
09.11. Tiranë       ALB-ARM 1:1 (0:0) Fraholli 58 - T.Petrosyan 89 (Stuhlik AUT)
09.11. Nürnberg     GER-NIR 1:1 (1:1) Möller 41 - Taggart 39 (Çakar TUYR)
09.11. Pórto        POR-UKR 1:0 (0:0) F.Couto 58 (Sundell SWE)
14.12. Belfast      NIR-ALB 2:0 (2:0) Dowie 12,21 (Georgiou CYP)
14.12. Lisboa       POR-GER 0:0       (Puhl HUN)
29.03. Granada      ALB-UKR 0:1 (0:1) Rebrov 40 (McDermott IRL)
                                      [match played in Spain]
29.03. Belfast      NIR-POR 0:0       (Cesari ITA)
02.04. Kyiv         UKR-NIR 2:1 (1:1) Kosovskyi 3, Shevchenko 71 - Dowie 15p
                                      (Krondl CZE)
02.04. Granada      ALB-GER 2:3 (0:0) Kola 61p,90p - Kirsten 64,80,84
                                      (Piraux BEL) [match played in Spain]
30.04. Yerevan      ARM-NIR 0:0       (Nilsson SWE)
30.04. Bremen       GER-UKR 2:0 (0:0) Bierhoff 63, Bassler 72 (Frisk SWE)
07.05. Kyiv         UKR-ARM 1:1 (1:0) Shevchenko 6 - A.Petrosyan 73
                                      (Uzunov BUL)
07.06. Pórto        POR-ALB 2:0 (1:0) João Pinto 14, Figo 71 (Hauge NOR)
07.06. Kyiv         UKR-GER 0:0       (Vagner HUN)
20.08. Belfast      NIR-GER 1:3 (0:0) Hughes 60, Bierhoff 73,78,79 (Encinar ESP)
20.08. Setúbal      POR-ARM 3:1 (2:0) Domingos 23, Figo 31, P.Barbosa 64 -
                                      Assadurian 46 (Lica ROM)
20.08. Kyiv         UKR-ALB 1:0 (0:0) Rebrov 87 (Michel SLK)
06.09. Yerevan      ARM-ALB 3:0 (0:0) Vardayan 60, Assadruian 46, Avalyan 88p
                                      (Radoman JUG)
06.09. Berlin       GER-POR 1:1 (0:0) Kirsten 81 - P.Barbosa 71 (Batta FRA)
10.09. Zürich       ALB-NIR 1:0 (0:0) Hashi 69 (Philippi LUX)
                                      [match played in Switzerland]
10.09. Dortmund     GER-ARM 4:0 (0:0) Klinsmann 70,84, Häßler 86, Kirsten 90
                                      (Mikkelsen DAN)
11.10. Yerevan      ARM-UKR 0:2 (0:1) Shevchenko 31, Maksimov 58 (Díaz Vega ESP)
11.10. Hannover     GER-ALB 4:3 (0:0) Helmer 64, Bierhoff 73,90, Marshall
                                      86 - Kohler 55o, Tare 80, Vata 88
                                      (Pedersen NOR)
11.10. Lisboa       POR-NIR 1:0 (1:0) S.Conceicão (Mikkelsen DAN)
1.GER^ 10  22  6  4  0  23- 9
2.UKR> 10  20  6  2  2  10- 6
3.POR  10  19  5  4  1  12- 4
4.ARM  10   8  1  5  4   8-17
5.NIR  10   7  1  4  5   6-10
6.ALB  10   4  1  1  8   7-20
Europe Runners-Up Table
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.SCO^  6  13  4  1  1   8- 2
2.ITA   6  12  3  3  0   5- 0
3.BEL   6  12  4  0  2  11-11
4.RUS   6  11  3  2  1  12- 5
5.CRO   6  11  3  2  1  11- 8
6.JUG   6  11  3  2  1   7- 5
7.IRL   6   8  2  2  2   8- 6
8.UKR   6   8  2  2  2   5- 5
9.HUN   6   6  1  3  2   4- 7
Europe Runners-Up Playoffs
29.10. Zagreb       CRO-UKR 2:0 (1:0) Biliæ 11, Vlaoviæ 49 (Sars FRA)
15.11. Kyiv         UKR-CRO 1:1 (1:1) Shevchenko 4 - Bok¹iæ 27 (Pedersen NOR)
29.10. Moskva       RUS-ITA 1:1 (0:0) Juran 51 - Vieri 49 (Mikkelsen DAN)
15.11. Napoli       ITA-RUS 1:0 (0:0) Casiraghi 53 (Mummenthaler SUI)
29.10. Dublin       IRL-BEL 1:1 (1:1) Irwin 7 - Nilis 30 (Vagner HUN)
15.11. Brussels     BEL-IRL 2:1 (1:0) Oliveira 25, Nilis 68 - Houghton 58
                                      (Benkö AUT)
29.10. Budapest     HUN-JUG 1:7 (0:5) Brnoviæ 2, Djukiæ 6, Savièeviæ 10,
                                      Mijatoviæ 26,41,51, Milo¹eviæ 63 -
                                      Illés 88 (Tokat TUR)
15.11. Beograd      JUG-HUN 5:0 (3:0) Milo¹eviæ 18, Mijatoviæ 44,45p,71,88
                                      (Pereira POR)
South America
10 teams entered, including BRA (defending champions). One group of nine
teams, two rounds, four best qualify
ARG BOL CHI COL ECU PAR PER URU VEN
24.04. Buenos Aires ARG-BOL 3:1 (2:1) Ortega 7,18, Batistuta 49 - Baldivieso
                                      42 (Vanten CHI)
24.04. Barranquilla COL-PAR 1:0 (0:0) Aspirilla 54 (Castrilli ARG)
24.04. Guayaquil    ECU-PER 4:1 (0:0) E.Hortado 55,89, Tenorio 66, Gavica 80 -
                                      Palacios 62 (Estoceres URU)
24.04. Caracas      VEN-URU 0:2 (0:0) Otero 54, Poyet 61 (Noriega PER)
02.06. Quito        ECU-ARG 2:0 (0:0) Montano 52, E.Hortado 89 (Hoyos COL)
02.06. Lima         PER-COL 1:1 (0:0) Palacios 49 - Aristizabal 57 (Iñiguez ECU)
02.06. Montevideo   URU-PAR 0:2 (0:1) Arce 10, A.Rojas 89 (de Freitas BRA)
02.06. Barinas      VEN-CHI 1:1 (1:0) Guerra 7 - Margas 90 (Chávez PAR)
07.07. La Paz       BOL-VEN 6:1 (2:0) Sandy 3, Etcheverry 27p, Baldivieso 49,
                                      Coimbra 67, B.Súarez 77, Paniagua 80 -
                                      Tortolero 65p (Varela URU)
07.07. Santiago     CHI-ECU 4:1 (1:0) Zamorano 21,85, Salas 75, Estay 83 -
                                      Aguinaga 74 (Duran BOL)
07.07. Barranquilla COL-URU 3:1 (2:0) Asprilla 10, Valderrama 22, de Avila
                                      77 - Cedres 55 (Ruscio ARG)
07.07. Lima         PER-ARG 0:0       (Mendonça BRA)
01.09. Buenos Aires ARG-PAR 1:1 (1:1) Batistuta 26 - Chilavert 42 (da Silva BRA)
01.09. La Paz       BOL-PER 0:0       (Alvarenga PAR)
01.09. Barranquilla COL-CHI 4:1 (3:0) Asprilla 3,31,47, Bermúdes 43 - Zamorano
                                      53p (Sidrack BRA)
01.09. Quito        ECU-VEN 1:0 (1:0) Aguinaga 4 (Mella CHI)
09.10. Quito        ECU-COL 0:1 (0:0) Asprilla 72 (Elizondo ARG)
09.10. Asunción     PAR-CHI 2:1 (1:1) Gamarra 24, Rivarola 63 - Margas 22
                                      (Acosta COL)
09.10. Montevideo   URU-BOL 1:0 (0:0) J.Pen~a 64o (Cardullo VEN)
09.10. S. Cristóbal VEN-ARG 2:5 (1:1) Savarese 7, Dodamel 87 - Ortega 35,
                                      Sorin 68, Simeone 78, Morales 86,
                                      Albomoz 90 (Takoz URU)
10.11. La Paz       BOL-COL 2:2 (1:1) Sandy 15, Moreno 44 - Sema 40p,
                                      Rincón 55 (Villamonte PER)
10.11. Asunción     PAR-ECU 1:0 (1:0) Bennez 24 (Giménez ARG)
10.11. Lima         PER-VEN 4:1 (2:0) Reynoso 5, Julinho 22, Palacios 49,
                                      82 - Vera 77 (Betancourt BOL)
12.11. Santiago     CHI-URU 1:0 (0:0) Salas 60 (Andrade ECU)
15.12. Buenos Aires ARG-CHI 1:1 (0:0) Batistuta 70p - Cornejo 49 (Valenzano PAR)
15.12. La Paz       BOL-PAR 0:0       (Parra URU)
15.12. Montevideo   URU-PER 2:0 (2:0) Montero 2, Bengoechea 38 (Paez COL)
15.12. S. Cristóbal VEN-COL 0:2 (0:1) Bermúdez 7, Valenciano 50 (Martinez CHI)
12.01. La Paz       BOL-ECU 2:0 (2:0) Moreno 7, Etcheverry 12 (Acosta COL)
12.01. Lima         PER-CHI 2:1 (2:0) Maestri 15, Palacios 35 - Zamorano 83
                                      (Varela URU)
12.01. Montevideo   URU-ARG 0:0       (de Freitas BRA)
12.01. Mérida       VEN-PAR 0:2 (0:1) Benitez 5, Enciso 62 (Sánchez ARG)
12.02. La Paz       BOL-CHI 1:1 (1:1) Soria 27 - P.González 45 (Noriega PER)
12.02. Barranquilla COL-ARG 0:1 (0:1) C.López 10 (da Silva BRA)
12.02. Quito        ECU-URU 4:0 (1:0) Aguinaga 4, Delgado 69,77, Chala 88
                                      (Castrilli ARG)
12.02. Asunción     PAR-PER 2:1 (2:1) Rivarola 12, A.Rojas 40 - Pereda 33
                                      (Vanten CHI)
02.04. La Paz       BOL-ARG 2:1 (1:1) Sandy 8, Ochaizpur 49 - Gorosito 42p
                                      (Sidrack BRA)
02.04. Asunción     PAR-COL 2:1 (1:0) Gamarra 6, Soto 88 - Serna 87p
                                      (Mendonça BRA)
02.04. Lima         PER-ECU 1:1 (0:0) Palacios 61 - Aguinaga 80p (Rendón COL)
02.04. Montevideo   URU-VEN 3:1 (1:0) de los Santos 30, Montero 47, Otero 60 -
                                      Castellin 55 (Betancourt BOL)
30.04. Buenos Aires ARG-ECU 2:1 (2:0) Ortega 17, Crespo 32 - Aguinaga 60
                                      (Caballero PAR)
30.04. Barranquilla COL-PER 0:1 (0:0) Pereda 61 (de Freitas BRA)
30.04. Santiago     CHI-VEN 6:0 (3:0) Zamorano 19,26,31,47,89, Reyes 66
                                      (Carter MEX)
30.04. Asunción     PAR-URU 3:1 (1:0) A.Rojas 37, Cardozo 73p, Soto 83 -
                                      D.Silva 87 (da Silva BRA)
08.06. Buenos Aires ARG-PER 2:0 (1:0) Crespo 43, Simeone 47 (Cerdeira BRA)
08.06. Quito        ECU-CHI 1:1 (1:0) Graziani 43 - Salas 53 (Tellez MEX)
08.06. Montevideo   URU-COL 1:1 (1:0) D.Silva 7 - Ricard 51 (Dacildo BRA)
08.06. Valera       VEN-BOL 1:1 (0:0) Savarese 63 - R.Castillo 73 (Zuluaga COL)
06.07. Santiago     CHI-COL 4:1 (3:0) Salas 16,26,41, Zamorano 90p - Ricard 52
                                      (Cardullo VEN)
06.07. Asunción     PAR-ARG 1:2 (0:2) Acun~a 58p - Gallardo 30, Veron 41
                                      (de Freitas BRA)
06.07. Lima         PER-BOL 2:1 (1:0) Carthy 10, J.Soto 51 - Cristaldo 54
                                      (Mendonça BRA)
06.07. Maracaibo    VEN-ECU 1:1 (0:0) Miranda 82 - L.Hortado 55 (Angeles USA)
20.07. Buenos Aires ARG-VEN 2:0 (1:0) Crespo 30, Paz 56 (Mendonça BRA)
20.07. La Paz       BOL-URU 1:0 (0:0) Etcheverry 75 (Carter MEX)
20.07. Barranquilla COL-ECU 1:0 (0:0) de Avila 86 (Freitas BRA)
20.07. Santiago     CHI-PAR 2:1 (1:0) Zamorano 9p, 51 - Brizuela 61 (Abreu VEN)
20.08. Montevideo   URU-CHI 1:0 (1:0) Otero 22 (da Silva BRA)
20.08. Barranquilla COL-BOL 3:0 (2:0) de Avila 1, Valderrama 30p, Asprilla 75
                                      (Cerdeiro BRA)
20.08. Quito        ECU-PAR 2:1 (0:1) Aguinaga 54, Graziani 77 - Baez 5
                                      (Sequeira COS)
20.08. Barinas      VEN-PER 0:3 (0:1) Marengo 14, Julinho 56, Maestri 60
                                      (Prendergast JAM)
10.09. Santiago     CHI-ARG 1:2 (1:1) Salas 34 - Gallardo 25, C.López 85
                                      (Docildo BRA)
10.09. Barranquilla COL-VEN 1:0 (0:0) Cabrera 67 (Pimentel BRA)
10.09. Asunción     PAR-BOL 2:1 (2:0) Benitez 27, Gamarra 36 - B.Súarez 57
                                      (Tellez MEX)
10.09. Lima         PER-URU 2:1 (0:1) Palacios 59, Carthy 61 - Recoba 44
                                      (Baharmast USA)
12.10. Buenos Aires ARG-URU 0:0       (Cerdeira BRA)
12.10. Santiago     CHI-PER 4:0 (1:0) Salas 13,82,90, Reyes 59 (de Freitas BRA)
12.10. Guayaquil    ECU-BOL 1:0 (1:0) Graziani 27 (Carter MEX)
12.10. Asunción     PAR-VEN 1:0 (0:0) Torres 69 (Baharmast USA)
16.11. Buenos Aires ARG-COL 1:1 (0:1) Caceres 69 - Valderrama 10 (de Freitas BRA)
16.11. Santiago     CHI-BOL 3:0 (2:0) Barrera 24, Salas 31, Carreño 85
                                      (Mendonça BRA)
16.11. Lima         PER-PAR 1:0 (1:0) J.Soto 36 (Dacildo BRA)
16.11. Maldonado    URU-ECU 5:3 (2:1) Saralegui 3,12, Abreu 48,50, Aguilera
                                      63 - Graziani 2,60,65 (Mendoza MEX)
1.ARG^ 16  30  8  6  2  23-13
2.PAR^ 16  29  9  2  5  21-14
3.COL^ 16  28  8  4  4  23-15
4.CHI^ 16  25  7  4  5  32-18
5.PER  16  25  7  4  5  19-20
6.ECU  16  21  6  3  7  22-21
7.URU  16  21  6  3  7  18-21
8.BOL  16  17  4  5  7  18-21
9.VEN  16   3  0  3 13   8-41
North and Central America
30 entries, BAH and BER withdrew without playing. After three rounds six
best teams to play USA, MEX, CAN, SAL, HON and COS in 3 groups of 4 teams
each. Best two of each group advance to final group of 6, 3 best qualify.
Caribbean Zone
1st round (1996)
10.03. Rosseau      DCA-ANT 3:3 (2:2) Dominic 8, Dungler 42, Marshall 80 -
                                      Clarke 15, Edwards 28,74 (Forde BAR)
31.03. St. Johns    ANT-DCA 1:3 (1:1) Edwards 59 - Greenway 22, Morancie 61,
                                      Jeffrey 69 (Babb GUY)
29.03. Georgetown   GUY-GRN 1:2 (1:0) Joseph 13 - Charles 52, Roberts 62
                                      (Elloof SUR)
07.04. St. Georges  GRN-GUY 6:0 (2:0) Charles 32, Francis 39, Andre 46o,
                                      Fletcher 50,73,82 (Doctrove DOM)
24.03. S. Domingo   DOM-ARU 3:2 (1:0) Rodriguez 29, Peña 50,82 -
                                      Develaar 64, Malmberg 86 (Joseph LUC)
31.03. Oranjestad   ARU-DOM 1:3 (1:1) Develaar 37p - Jimenez 8p, Rodriguez
                                      75, Pérez 82 (Pineda MEX)
BAH withdrew, KIT had a walkover
2nd round (1996)
BER withdrew, TRI had a walkover
04.05. Bayamon      PUE-SVG 1:2 (0:1) Legrins 80p - Huggins 19, Hinds 55
                                      (Villar-Polo ARU)
12.05. Kingstown    SVG-POR 7:0 (5:0) Jack 3,23,34, Hinds 15,59, Jose 40,
                                      Childs 64 (Livingston JAM)
12.05. Georgetown   CAY-CUB 0:1 (0:1) Dacourt 10 (Sabillon HON)
14.05. Georgetown   CAY-CUB 0:5 (0:1) Dacourt 15,60, Rodriguez 50,
                                      Hennington 55, Rojas 80 (Cardeñas MEX)
05.05. Basseterre   KIT-LUC 5:1 (4:0) Allers 5,88, Sergeant 20,40, Cumbs 37 -
                                      John 53 (Murray TRI)
19.05. Castries     LUC-KIT 0:1 (0:0) Allers 50 (Develaar ARU)
12.05. P-au-Price   HAI-GRN 6:1 (2:0) Chevalier 13, Goldman 26,57, Chauvet
                                      63,65,78 - Charles 88 (Weyland USA)
18.05. St. Georges  GRN-HAI 0:1 (0:0) Goldman 51 (Moore BAR)
31.03. Paramaribo   SUR-JAM 0:1 (0:0) Whitmore 56 (Burnes ANT)
21.04. Kingston     JAM-SUR 1:0 (0:0) P.Davis 75 (Castro COS)
14.05. Roseau       DCA-BAR 0:1 (0:0) Hunte 60 (Barrett JAM)
19.05. Bridgetown   BAR-DCA 1:0 (0:0) Goodridge 75 (Harewood TRI)
04.05. S.Domingo    DCA-AHO 2:1 (1:1) Jimenez 38, Cuevas 75 - Gisberta 45
                                      (Portillo SAL)
11.05. Willemstad   AHO-DCA 0:0       (Enceda GUA)
3rd round (1996)
15.06. S.Domingo    DCA-TRI 1:4 (0:2) Serrata 60 - Latapy 15,69, Gómez 43o,
                                      Yorke 80 (Brizio Carter MEX)
23.06. P.of Spain   TRI-DCA 8:0 (6:0) John 1,24,78, Yorke 8, Marcelle 14,
                                      Rougier 19, Eve 42, Latapy 89 
                                      (Badilla Sequeira CRC)
23.06. Bridgetown   BAR-JAM 0:1 (0:0) Boyd 89 (Angeles USA)
30.06. Kingstown    JAM-BAR 2:0 (1:0) Whitmore 23, Boyd 79 (Ramdhan TRI)
10.06. P.of Spain   CUB-HAI 6:1 (2:0) Rodriguez 18, Pedrosa 44, Martinez 61,70,71,
                                      Henninghon 84 - Rosemond 84 (Escobar López GUA)
30.06. Cap Haïtien  HAI-CUB 1:1 (1:1) Chauvet 31 - Almando 35p (Méndez Vega CRC)
23.06. Basseterre   KIT-SVG 2:2 (1:2) Cumbs 37, Bedford 89 - Hinds 9,
                                      Velos 35 (Forde BRB)
30.06. Kingstown    SVG-KIT 0:0       (Prendergast JAM)
Centramerican Zone
05.05. Diriamba        NCA-GUA 0:1 (0:1) Plata 30 (Weyland USA)
10.05. Cd. Guatemala   GUA-NCA 2:1 (0:0) Plata 62,66 - Orellana 86 (Bucci CAN)
02.06. Belize          BIZ-PAN 1:2 (1:1) McCallen 29 - Guevara 13, Dely
                                         Valdes 62 (Medina SAL)
09.06. Panama          PAN-BIZ 4:1 (1:0) Dely Valdes 15,46,62, Mendieta 88 -
                                         Garcia 60 (Guido NIC)
Winners qualify for semifinal groups.
Semifinal Group 1 - COS GUA TRI USA
01.09. Port of Spain   TRI-COS 0:1 (0:1) Gómez 34 (Chaves HON)
06.10. Port of Spain   TRI-GUA 1:1 (1:1) Dixon 39 - Ramirez 24 (Forde BAR)
03.11. Washington      USA-GUA 2:0 (0:0) Wynalda 53, McBride 89 (Barrett JAM)
10.11. Richmond        USA-TRI 2:0 (0:0) Dooley 53, Wynalda 84 (Carter MEX)
17.11. San José        COS-GUA 3:0 (0:0) Delgado 51, Medford 75, Gómez 77
                                         (Sabillon HON)
24.11. Port of Spain   TRI-USA 0:1 (0:1) Moore 34 (Forde BAR)
24.11. Los Angeles     GUA-COS 1:0 (1:0) Plata 34p (Medina SAL) [in USA]
01.12. San José        COS-USA 2:1 (1:0) Wanchope 38, López 83 - Jones 90
                                         (Prendergast JAM)
08.12. Los Angeles     GUA-TRI 2:1 (1:1) Rodas 27,60 - Eve 30 (Laidlaw CAN)
                                         [in USA]
14.12. Palo Alto       USA-COS 2:1 (1:0) McBride 17, Lassiter 60 - Gómez 75
                                         (Borja MEX)
21.12. San José        COS-TRI 2:1 (0:1) Wanchope 49,56 - Eve 7 (Cardeñas MEX)
21.12. San Salvador    GUA-USA 2:2 (2:1) Funes 9, Plata 43 - Radosavljevic
                                         7, Hejduk 49 (Seifert CAN)
                                         [in Salvador]
1.USA^  6  13  4  1  1  10- 5
2.COS^  6  12  4  0  2   9- 5
3.GUA   6   8  2  2  2   6- 9
4.TRI   6   1  0  1  5   3- 9
Semifinal Group 2 - CAN CUB PAN SAL
30.08. Edmonton        CAN-PAN 3:1 (2:0) Aunger 40, Peschisolido 42,
                                         Corrazin 87 - Dely Valdes 50 (Suazo
                                         HON)
08.09. San Salvador    CUB-SAL 0:5 (0:1) Rivera 22,80, Diaz Arce 49,81,
                                         Cienfuegos 83 (Centeno HON)
22.09. Panama          CUB-PAN 3:1 (1:0) Cebrango 43,73, Bobadilla 88 -
                                         Dely Valdes 60 (Ovares COS)
06.10. Panama          PAN-SAL 1:1 (1:0) Cubillas 44 - Diaz Arce 51 (Burnes
                                         ANT)
10.10. Edmonton        CAN-CUB 2:0 (1:0) Bunbury 29, Peschisolido 54
                                         (Ramdhan TRI)
13.10. Edmonton        CUB-CAN 0:2 (0:1) Peschisolido 19, Dasovic 79
                                         (Euceda GUA)
27.10. Panama          PAN-CAN 0:0       (González GUA)
03.11. Vancouver       CAN-SAL 1:0 (0:0) Bunbury 65p (Castro COS)
10.11. San Salvador    SAL-PAN 3:2 (1:1) Diaz Arce 43, Irañeta 70, Trigueros
                                         89 - Dely Valdes 12,87 (Boulos USA)
01.12. San Salvador    SAL-CUB 3:0 (2:0) Renderos 30, Diaz Arce 31, Rodriguez
                                         49 (Angeles USA)
15.12. Panama          PAN-CUB 3:1 (1:0) Mendieta 15, Guevara 56, Dely Valdes
                                         59 - More 67 (Casear TRI)
15.12. San Salvador    SAL-CAN 0:2 (0:0) Watson 62, Bunbury 78 (Carter MEX)
1.CAN^  6  16  5  1  0  10- 1
2.SAL^  6  10  3  1  2  12- 6
3.PAN   6   5  1  2  3   8-11
4.CUB   6   3  1  0  5   4-16
Semifinal Group 3 - HON JAM MEX SVG
15.09. Kingston        JAM-HON 3:0 (2:0) Boyd 15,51, Whitmore 41 (Vega COS)
15.09. Kingstown       SVG-MEX 0:3 (0:1) Pelaez 15,49, Alvarez 89 (Medina SAL)
21.09. San Pedro Sula  HON-MEX 2:1 (0:0) Pavon 50, Benneth 82p - R.Ramirez 84
                                         (Dominguez USA)
23.09. Kingstown       SVG-JAM 1:2 (0:2) Harry 81p - Young 21,40 (Cameron SUR)
13.10. Kingstown       SVG-HON 1:4 (0:3) Chewin 61 - Suazo 6,61, Santamaria
                                         22,43 (Martinez CAN)
16.10. Cd. de Mexico   MEX-JAM 2:1 (1:0) Zague 41, Hermosillo 53 - Boyd 73
                                         (Ramdhan TRI)
26.10. Tegucigalpa     HON-JAM 0:0       (Dominguez USA)
30.10. Cd. de Mexico   MEX-SVG 5:1 (2:0) Galindo 20,28p, Zague 48, Hermosillo
                                         73, Walker 82o - Velos 89 (Parra CAN)
06.11. Cd. de Mexico   MEX-HON 3:1 (3:0) Galindo 31, Hermosillo 35, Zague 45 -
                                         Renau 70 (Sequiera COS)
10.11. Kingston        JAM-SVG 5:0 (2:0) Whitmore 10,13, Young 64, Cargill 66,
                                         Malcolm 85 (Weyland USA)
17.11. San Pedro Sula  HON-SVG11:3 (5:1) Zapata 2, Suazo 11,30,51, Cruz 20,
                                         Membreno 37, Nuñez 47,67,89, Benneth
                                         63, Renau 76 - Jack 37, Guy 71,
                                         Sam 74 (Ugalde COS)
17.11. Kingston        JAM-MEX 1:0 (0:0) Goodison 82 (López GUA)
1.JAM^  6  13  4  1  1  12- 3
2.MEX^  6  12  4  0  2  14- 6
3.HON   6  10  3  1  2  18-11
4.SVG   6   0  0  0  6   6-30
Final Group - CAN COS JAM MEX SAL USA
02.03. Kingston        JAM-USA 0:0       (Suazo HON)
02.03. Cd. de Mexico   MEX-CAN 4:0 (0:0) Hermosillo 50,80, Galindo 59p,
                                         Zague 87 (Sabillon HON)
16.03. San José        COS-MEX 0:0       (Noriega PER)
16.03. Palo Alto       USA-CAN 3:0 (2:0) Wynalda 8, Pope 14p, Stewart 89
                                         (Oliveto ARG)
23.03. San José        COS-USA 3:2 (2:1) Medford 10, Solis 32, Gómez 78 -
                                         Wynalda 32, Lassiter 68 (López GUA)
06.04. Vancouver       CAN-SAL 0:0       (Yanten CHI)
13.04. Cd. de Mexico   MEX-JAM 6:0 (3:0) Galindo 10p, Hermosillo 17,39,46,
                                         del Olmo 57, Hernández 85 (da Silva
                                         BRA)
20.04. Foxboro         USA-MEX 2:2 (1:1) Pope 35, N.Ramirez 74o - Hermosillo
                                         1, Hernández 54 (Ramdhan TRI)
27.04. Vancouver       CAN-JAM 0:0       (Valenzano PAR)
04.05. San Salvador    SAL-COS 2:1 (1:0) Diaz Arce 19, Montes 53 - Arnitez
                                         57 (Ruiz Acosta COL)
11.05. San José        COS-JAM 3:1 (1:0) Wanchope 32,70, Oviedo 89 - Williams
                                         60 (Varela URU)
18.05. Kingston        JAM-SAL 1:0 (1:0) Williams 23 (de Freitas BRA)
01.06. Edmonton        CAN-COS 1:0 (0:0) Berduscio 68 (Turcios HON)
08.06. San Salvador    SAL-MEX 0:1 (0:0) L.Garcia 64 (Cordero ARG)
29.06. San Salvador    SAL-USA 1:1 (0:0) Diaz Arce 60 - Lassiter 51
                                         (Betancourt BOL)
10.08. San José        COS-SAL 0:0       (Trucios HON)
07.09. Kingston        JAM-CAN 1:0 (0:0) Burton 52 (Acosta COL) [in USA]
07.09. Portland        USA-COS 1:0 (0:0) Ramos 79 (Parra URU)
14.09. Kingston        JAM-COS 1:0 (0:0) Burton 55 (Ramdhan TRI)
14.09. San Salvador    SAL-CAN 4:1 (1:1) de Melo 15, Renderos 53, Cienfuegos
                                         56, Diaz Arce 87 - Bunbury 30
                                         (López GUA)
03.10. Washington      USA-JAM 1:1 (0:0) Wynalda 49p - Burton 50 (Vanten CHI)
05.10. Cd. de Mexico   MEX-SAL 5:0 (3:0) Galindo 30,38, Garcia Aspe 35,
                                         Zague 47, L.Garcia 82 (Martinez CHI)
12.10. Edmonton        CAN-MEX 2:2 (0:1) Corazzin 56, Bunbury 65 - Alfaro
                                         8, R.Ramirez 85 (Euceda GUA)
02.11. Cd. de Mexico   MEX-USA 0:0       (Castrilli ARG)
09.11. Vancouver       CAN-USA 0:3 (0:1) Reyna 5, Wegerle 81,89 (Rendón COL)
09.11. Cd. de Mexico   MEX-COS 3:3 (2:0) Chavez 1, Galindo 41, Hermosillo
                                         68 - Medford 52, Soto 71, Wanchope
                                         86 (Bujsaim EMI)
09.11. San Salvador    SAL-JAM 2:2 (0:0) de Melo 47, Guerra 88 - Burton 51,
                                         Stewart 78 (Cerdeira BRA)
16.11. San José        COS-CAN 3:1 (2:0) Smith 8, Llana 16, Marin 89p -
                                         Fletcher 47 (da Silva BRA)
16.11. Kingston        JAM-MEX 0:0       (Villamonte PER)
16.11. Foxboro         USA-SAL 4:2 (2:0) McBride 21,28, Henderson 49,
                                         Radosavljevic 82 - de Melo 60,
                                         Diaz Arce 63p (Colina ITA)
1.MEX^ 10  18  4  6  0  23- 7
2.USA^ 10  17  4  5  2  17- 9
3.JAM^ 10  14  3  5  4   7-12
4.COS  10  12  3  3  4  13-12
5.SAL  10  10  2  4  4  11-16
6.CAN  10   6  1  3  6   5-20
Asia
36 teams entered, split into 10 groups (two rounds or tournament), winners
qualify into final pools of which winners qualify; second teams to have
a two-legged play-off, of which the loser plays against the winner of
Oceania zone for the fourth place.
1st round
Group 1 - ARS BAN MAL TAI
16.03. Kuala Lumpur    TAI-ARS 0:2 (0:2) Al-Shahrani 38, Al-Dossary 45
                                         (Umemoto JAP)
16.03. Kuala Lumpur    MAL-BAN 2:0 (0:1) A.Andnan 43, K.Idris 80 (Wei Jihong
                                         CHN)
18.03. Kuala Lumpur    BAN-TAI 1:3 (0:1) Jwal Rana 53 - Un Wen Han 30,
                                         Huang Che Ming 62, Cheo Kuei Jen
                                         77 (Al-Hindyani KUW)
18.03. Kuala Lumpur    MAL-ARS 0:0       (Umemoto JAP)
20.03. Kuala Lumpur    BAN-ARS 1:4 (2:1) Al-Muwallid 20, Al-Temawi 25, Al-
                                         Shabrani 65, Al-Michalel 73 -
                                         Jwal Rana 41 (Fong HKG)
20.03. Kuala Lumpur    MAL-TAI 2:0 (2:0) Z.Ahmad 17, Sulong 17 (Ibrahim EMI)
27.03. Jeddah          TAI-MAL 0:0       (Ayad LBN)
27.03. Jeddah          ARS-BAN 3:0 (2:0) Al-Souwayed 2, O.Al-Dossary 43,
                                         A.Al-Dossary 79 (Al-Kaabi OMA)
29.03. Jeddah          ARS-MAL 3:0 (0:0) Al-Muwallid 59,86, O.Al-Dossary 87
                                         (Un-Prasert THA)
29.03. Jeddah          TAI-BAN 1:2 (0:1) Lee Hu Sen 51 - Al-Amin 45, Ahmed 81
                                         (Abu Loom JOR)
31.03. Jeddah          BAN-MAL 0:1 (0:1) Al-Abedine 32 (Un-Prasert THA)
31.03. Jeddah          ARS-TAI 6:0 (4:0) Al-Jaber 3,17,63, Al-Muwallid 5,
                                         O.Al-Dossary 43, Al-Zahrani 46
                                         (Kim KOR)
1.ARS^  6  16  5  1  0  18- 1
2.MAL   6  11  3  2  1   5- 3
3.TAI   6   4  1  1  4   4-13
4.BAN   6   3  1  0  5   4-14
Group 2 - IRN KIR MLD SYR
02.06. Damascus        SYR-KIR 3:0 wo.   (KIR was late on the pitch)
02.06. Damascus        MLD-IRN0:17 (0:6) Bagheri 10,13,16,62,64,68,85, Azizi
                                         12,37, Estili 30,49,55, Shahroudi 56,
                                         Mahdavikia 64, Daei 76,89, Minavand
                                         88 (An Bong-ki KOR)
04.06. Damascus        SYR-MLD12:0 (7:0) Byazid 7,14, Jokhadar 9,37,90,
                                         Rifai 11, Jabban 12, Srour 31, Zaber
                                         50, Al-Boushi 72,79, Kurdughli 78
                                         (Saleh EMI)
04.06. Damascus        KIR-IRN 0:7 (0:1) Bagheri 36,53, Daei 58, Majidi 69,
                                         88, Minavand 77, Mousavi 83
                                         (Maidin SIN)
06.06. Damascus        SYR-IRN 0:1 (0:0) Daei 65 (Okada JAP)
06.06. Damascus        KIR-MLD 3:0 (3:0) Kosonov 3, Merzikin 23, Bosobov 25
                                         (Wang Xuezhi CHN)
09.06. Tehran          IRN-KIR 3:1 (1:1) Azizi 3,79, Bagheri 52 - Bostov 19
                                         (Um-Prasert THA)
09.06. Tehran          MLD-SYR0:12 (0:1) Arif 23,50,56, Ali Dib 57, Taleb 62,
                                         Zaidan 66,88,90, Rihawyi 69, Abri
                                         82,90, Tallal 86 (Abdullah MAL)
11.06. Tehran          IRN-MLD 9:0 (7:0) Mansourian 15,45, Bagheri 22,39,
                                         Daei 33,44, Mahdavikia 35, Shahroudi
                                         68, Azizi 88 (Sanhoub JEM)
11.06. Tehran          KIR-SYR 2:1 (0:0) Sardarov 77, Kotzov 90 - Al-Boushi
                                         85 (Un-Prasert THA)
13.06. Tehran          IRN-SYR 2:2 (2:2) Shahroudi 10, Mansourian 29 -
                                         Al-Boushi 12, Biyazid 40 (Abdullah
                                         MAL)
13.06. Tehran          MLD-KIR 0:6 (0:3) Merzikin 14, Smerdkov 23, Kotzov
                                         25, Khidine 75,90, Panov 85
                                         (Al-Damisi JOR)
1.IRN^  6  16  5  1  0  39- 3
2.SYR   6  10  3  1  2  30- 5
3.KIR   6   9  3  0  3  12-14
4.MLD   6   0  0  0  6   0-59
Group 3 - BHR EMI JOR
08.04. Manama          JOR-EMI 0:0       (Al-Mehanah ARS)
11.04. Manama          BHR-EMI 1:2 (0:1) Derwish 89 - Adel Mohamed 20,62
                                         (Lu Jun CHN)
14.04. Manama          BHR-JOR 1:0 (1:0) K.Al-Dossary 29 (Hammal SYR)
19.04. Sharjah         JOR-BHR 4:1 (2:1) Shajran 13, Qassem 33, Al-Khatib 46,
                                         Abou Abid 89 - Rashid 44 (Redha IRK)
22.04. Sharjah         EMI-BHR 3:0 (1:0) H.S.Mubarak 14, K.S.Mubarak 49,60
                                         (Ota JAP)
26.04. Sharjah         EMI-JOR 2:0 (1:0) Al-Taliyani 28, K.S.Mubarak 90
                                         (Asghari IRN)
1.EMI^  4  10  3  1  0   7- 1
2.JOR   4   4  1  1  2   4- 4
3.BHR   4   3  1  0  3   3- 9
Group 4 - JAP MAC NEP OMA
23.03. Muscat          NEP-MAC 1:1 (1:1) Cheong Chong Man 12 - Khadka 22
                                         (Salman IRK)
23.03. Muscat          OMA-JAP 0:1 (0:1) Omura 10 (Haji Yaakub MAL)
25.03. Muscat          MAC-JAP0:10 (0:3) Takagi 14,33,60, Ihara 43, Miura
                                         53,87p,90, Nanami 65, Morishima
                                         78,80 (Wang Xuezhi CHN)
25.03. Muscat          OMA-NEP 1:0 (0:0) Shaban 75 (Shaikho SYR)
27.03. Muscat          NEP-JAP 0:6 (0:1) Morishima 24, Takagi 47,54,90,
                                         Omura 76, Honda 79 (Nadzhafalev UZB)
27.03. Muscat          OMA-MAC 4:0 (2:0) Shaban 31, Mubarak 41,56, Nour 83
                                         (Salman IRK)
22.06. Tokyo           JPN-MAC10:0 (6:0) Nakata 17,61, Nishizawa 20, Miura
                                         23,29,44p,57,62,79, Nanami 42
                                         (Mostafanezhad IRN)
22.06. Tokyo           NEP-OMA 0:6 (0:3) Shakya 1o, Al-Boushaidi 13, Ali
                                         Hassan 17,50, Al-Alraimi 73,
                                         Al-Mahrouqi 78 (Sun Baolje CHN)
25.06. Tokyo           JPN-NEP 3:0 (1:0) Nishizawa 44, Miura 72,87 (Yapa SRI)
25.06. Tokyo           MAC-OMA 0:2 (0:1) Al-Araimi 44, Ali Hassan 89 (Al-Rifaee SYR)
28.06. Tokyo           JAP-OMA 1:1 (1:0) Nakata 5 - Samir 64 (Subramaniam MYS)
28.06. Tokyo           MAC-NEP 2:1 (0:1) Cheong Chong Man 78, Martins 90 -
                                         Amatya 19 (Yapa SRI)
1.JPN^  6  16  5  1  0  31- 1
2.OMA   6  13  4  1  1  14- 2
3.MAC   6   4  1  1  4   3-28
4.NEP   6   1  0  1  5   2-19
Group 5 - INA JEM KAM UZB
06.04. Jakarta         IND-KAM 8:0 (6:0) Putra 1, Lubis 6,52, Putiray 12,
                                         44, 70, Wabia 31,36 (Maldin SIN)
13.04. Manado          INA-JEM 0:0       (Suhramaniam MAL)
20.04. Phnom Penh      KAM-JEM 0:1 (0:1) Dariban 40 (Ng Yim Kin HKG)
27.04. Phnom Penh      KAM-INA 1:1 (0:0) Hok Sok-tra 65 - Putra 80 (Li CHN)
09.05. Sanaa           JEM-UZB 0:1 (0:1) Hasanov 39p (Swarkeh JOR)
16.05. Sanaa           JEM-KAM 7:0 (3:0) Hafidh 6,14,45,83p, Sharaf 48, Faei
                                         55, Said 64 (Dulu SYR)
25.05. Tashkent        UZB-KAM 6:0 (4:0) Shirshov 5, Hasanov 15, Lebedev 34,
                                         75, Fyodorov 43, Irismetov 59
                                         (Kalpakov KIR)
01.06. Surabaya        INA-UZB 1:1 (1:0) Sudirman 34 - Shatzkih 70 (Kim ? KOR)
13.06. Sanaa           JEM-INA 1:1 (1:1) Hafidh 32p - Putro 59 (Al-Hasni OMA)
20.06. Tashkent        UZB-INA 3:0 (2:0) Shatzkih 11, Maxadov 32,84 (Moradi
                                         IRN)
29.06. Phnom Penh      KAM-UZB 1:4 (1:3) Reath 11 - Bazarov 9,30,80,
                                         Mogametov 45 (Baloch PAK)
24.08. Tashkent        UZB-JEM 5:1 ( : ) (no goalscorers info) (Al-Aalaq BHR)
1.UZB^  6  16  5  1  0  20- 3
2.JEM   6   8  2  2  2  10- 7
3.INA   6   7  1  4  1  11- 6
4.CAM   6   1  0  1  5   2-27
Group 6 - HKG KOR THA
23.02. Hongkong        HKG-KOR 0:2 (0:0) Seo Jung-won 61, Choi Moon-sik 75
                                         (Ogawa JAP)
02.03. Bangkok         THA-KOR 1:3 (0:1) Piapong Pue-on 49 - Roh Sang-rae 13,
                                         Ha Seok-yu 75, Choi Moon-sik 86
                                         (Lu Jun CHN)
09.03. Bangkok         THA-HKG 2:0 (1:0) Piandit 23, Sritong-in 78
                                         (Al-Dokhail ARS)
30.03. Hongkong        HKG-THA 3:2 (1:1) Lee Kin-wo 21, Cheung Sin-chung 47,
                                         Au Wai-lun 82 - Sritong-in 45,
                                         Chalermsan 69 (Abdullah MAL)
28.05. Taejon          KOR-HKG 4:0 (2:0) Yoo Sang-chul 25p, Choi Yong-soo
                                         40, 70, Park Kun-ha 85 (Issa IRK)
01.06. Seoul           KOR-THA 0:0       (Al Sharif SYR)
1.KOR^  4  10  3  1  0   9- 1
2.THA   4   4  1  1  2   5- 6
3.HKG   4   3  1  0  3   3- 10
Group 7 - KUW LBN SIN
13.04. Beirut          LBN-SIN 1:1 (0:0) Nazha 48p - Zalkarnaen 88 (Sagaev
                                         TRK)
26.04. Singapore       SIN-KUW 0:1 (0:1) Al-Saqer 28 (Park KOR)
08.05. Kuwait          KUW-LBN 2:0 (1:0) Al-Houwaidi 37, Al-Ahmad 74 (Bujsaim
                                         EMI)
24.05. Singapore       SIN-LBA 1:2 (0:1) Tan 58p - Shehal 35, Melikjan 70
                                         (Um-Prasert THA)
05.06. Kuwait          KUW-SIN 4:0 (1:0) Seehan Wabrane 28, Al-Ahmad 34,
                                         Al-Houwaidi 43, Bashar Hindy 78
                                         (Abou Alo SYR)
22.06. Beirut          LBN-KUW 1:3 (1:2) Shehal 29 - Al-Outaibi 9, Al-Salah
                                         31,74 (Okada JAP)
1.KUW^  4  12  4  0  0  10- 1
2.LBN   4   4  1  1  2   4- 7
3.SIN   4   1  0  1  3   2- 8
Group 8 - CHN TAD TRK VIE
04.05. Dushanbe        TAD-VIE 4:0 (2:0) Alidodov 8, Muminov 16p, Dzhabarov
                                         51,82 (Kulakov KAZ)
04.05. Ashgabat        TRK-CHN 1:4 (0:2) Meredov 90 - Peng Weiguo 25,46, Gao
                                         Feng 80, Li Bing 85 (Abdulla EMI)
11.05. Dushanbe        TAD-CHN 0:1 (0:0) Hao Haidong 66 (Kaabi IRN)
11.05. Ashgabat        TRK-VIE 2:1 (1:0) Abagaev 40, Galyan 53 - Nugyen Gong
                                         Vinh 71 (Shrestha NEP)
25.05. Ashgabat        TRK-TAD 1:2 (1:1) Tchvadze 15 - Knazev 43,53 (Khan IND)
25.05. Ho Chi Minh     VIE-CHN 1:3 (1:3) Le Hyunh Duc 36 - Li Bing 21, Fan
                                         Zhyi 30, Hao Haidong 45 (Jindamal
                                         THA)
01.06. Beijing         CHN-TRK 1:0 (0:0) Li Jinyu 85 (Umemoto JAP)
01.06. Ho Chi Minh     VIE-TAD 0:4 (0:2) Muminov 6, La Xhuan Tang 24o, Avakov
                                         68, Ashurmamedov 75 (Asri INA)
08.06. Beijing         CHN-TAD 0:0       (Khudeir IRK)
08.06. Ho Chi Minh     VIE-TRK 0:4 (0:2) Abagaev 15,59,63p, Broshin 20
                                         (U Kyaw Kyaw MYA)
22.06. Beijing         CHN-VIE 4:0 (2:0) Fan Zhyi 6, Hao Haidong 44, Ma
                                         Mingyu 64, Su Maozhen 67 (Chang
                                         Sok-jin KLD)
22.06. Dushanbe        TAD-TRK 5:0 (4:0) Abakov 2,25,33, Dzhabarov 12,
                                         Muminov 85 (Lutfulin UZB)
1.CHN^  6  16  5  1  0  13- 2
2.TAD   6  13  4  1  1  15- 2
3.TRK   6   6  2  0  4   8-13
4.VIE   6   0  0  0  6   2-21
Group 9 -IRK KAZ PAK
11.05. Almaty          KAZ-PAK 3:0 (1:0) Esmagambetov 3,62, Jablochkin 50
                                         (Sapaev TRK)
23.05. Lahore          PAK-IRK 2:6 (1:2) Azitar 12, Jahara 58 - Hassam Naji
                                         1,61, Jathir 34,60, Laith 57, Radhi
                                         Amalesh 70 (Senaweera SRI)
06.06. Baghdad         IRK-KAZ 1:2 (1:1) Saadum 8 - Klishin 41, Loginov 47
                                         (Wei Jihong CHN)
11.06. Lahore          PAK-KAZ 0:7 (0:3) Esmagambetov 18, Klishin 33, Loginov
                                         36, Mazbaev 53, Zaibarev 65,69,72
                                         (Al-Dashti KUW)
20.06. Baghdad         IRK-PAK 6:1 (2:0) Laith 12,27,70, Abbas 73, Fawazi 77,
                                         Saadum 90 - Umer 60 (Ammar LBN)
29.06. Almaty          KAZ-IRK 3:1 (2:0) Mazbaev 4, Loginov 36, Klishin 61 -
                                         Saadum 56 (Jindamal THA)
1.KAZ^  4  12  4  0  0  15- 2
2.IRK   4   6  2  0  2  14- 8
3.PAK   4   0  0  0  4   3-22
Group 10 - FIL IND QAT SRI
[tournament in 1996 in Qatar, one round only]
20.09. Doha            QAT-SRI 3:0 (1:0) M.Soufi 34, Al-Enazi 55, M.Mubarak
                                         82p (Ordabaev KAZ)
21.09. Doha            IND-PHI 2:0 (0:0) Viyayan 84, Coutinho 89 (Shukair ARS)
23.09. Doha            QAT-PHI 5:0 (5:0) Al-Enazi 19,42, M.Soufi 30, A.Khamis
                                         31, A.Hassan 39 (Shakir IRK)
24.09. Doha            SRI-IND 1:1 (1:1) Chapman 39 - Silva 19 (Ammar LBN)
26.09. Doha            PHI-SRI 0:3 (0:1) Staiwall 22, Pereira 55,80p
                                         (Ordabaev KAZ)
27.09. Doha            QAT-IND 6:0 (3:0) Al-Enazi 27,40, Z.Al-Kowari 41,
                                         Bakhit 47, M.Soufi 53, M.Mubarak
                                         61 (Shukair ARS)
1.QAT^  3   9  3  1  0  14- 0
2.SRI   3   4  1  1  1   4- 4
3.IND   3   4  1  1  1   3- 7
4.PHI   3   0  0  0  3   0-10
2nd round
Group A - ARS CHN IRN KUW QAT
13.09. Dalian          CHN-IRN 2:4 (1:0) Fan Zhiyi 43p, Li Ming 54 - Bagheri
                                         61p, Mahdavikia 64,84, Modir Rosta
                                         86 (Park KOR)
14.09. Riyadh          ARS-KUW 2:1 (1:1) Al-Mehalel 45, Al-Thumiyan 54 -
                                         Seehan Wabrane 18 (Bujsaim EMI)
19.09. Tehran          IRN-ARS 1:1 (0:1) Bagheri 63 - Al-Souwayed 35 (Okada
                                         JAP)
19.09. Doha            QAT-KUW 0:2 (0:1) Al-Houwaidi 27, Seehan Wabrane 89
                                         (Al-Sharif SYR)
26.09. Kuwait          KUW-IRN 1:1 (1:0) Al-Houwaidi 20 - Bagheri 90 (Jindamal
                                         THA)
26.09. Doha            QAT-CHN 1:1 (1:0) Kamil 9 - Hao Haidong 67 (Salman IRK)
03.10. Dalian          CHN-ARS 1:0 (0:0) Zhang Enhua 69 (Um-Prasert THA)
03.10. Tehran          IRN-QAT 3:0 (2:0) Daei 34, Bagheri 45,58 (Magassa MLI)
10.10. Kuwait          KUW-CHN 1:2 (1:1) Al-Houwaidi 25 - Hao Haidong 3, Den
                                         Peng 89 (Lennie AUS)
11.10. Riyadh          ARS-QAT 1:0 (0:0) Al-Mehalel 66 (Ghandour EGY)
17.10. Tehran          IRN-CHN 4:1 (2:0) Mansourian 3, Modir Rosta 44,
                                         Bagheri 64, Daei 68 - Mao Yijun
                                         (Ayad LBN)
17.10. Kuwait          KUW-ARS 2:1 (0:1) Bashar Hindy 48, J.Mubarak 67 -
                                         Al-Muwallid 31 (Belqola MAR)
24.10. Riyadh          ARS-IRN 1:0 (0:0) Al-Muwallid 89 (Brizio Carter MEX)
24.10. Kuwait          KUW-QAT 0:1 (0:1) A.Khamis 10 (Abdullah MAL)
31.10. Dalian          CHN-QAT 2:3 (1:1) Gao Feng 22, Fan Zhiyi 82 - Al-Naemi
                                         45, Al-Enazi 55, Z.Al-Kowari 60
                                         (Nagalingam SIN)
31.10. Tehran          IRN-KUW 0:0       (Um-Prasert THA)
06.11. Riyadh          ARS-CHN 1:1 (1:1) Al-Muwallid 4 - Hao Haidong 12
                                         (Elleray ENG)
07.11. Doha            QAT-IRN 2:0 (1:0) Al-Enazi 34,72 (Elizondo ARG)
12.11. Dalian          CHN-KUW 1:0 (1:0) Ma Mingyu 32 (Angeles USA)
12.11. Doha            QAT-ARS 0:1 (0:0) Al-Souwayed 63 (Nielsen DAN)
1.ARS^  8  14  4  2  2   8- 6
2.IRN   8  12  3  3  2  13- 8
3.CHN   8  11  3  2  3  11-14
4.QAT   8  10  3  1  4   7-10
5.KUW   8   8  2  2  4   7- 8
Group B - EMI JAP KAZ KOR UZB
06.09. Seoul           KOR-KAZ 3:0 (1:0) Choi Yong-soo 24,68,76 (Maldin SIN)
07.09. Tokyo           JAP-UZB 6:3 (4:0) Miura 5p,24,68,81, Nakata 40, Jo 45 -
                                         Shkvirin 50, Fyodorov 70, Shatzkih
                                         76 (Al-Zeid ARS)
12.09. Abu Dhabi       EMI-KAZ 4:0 (1:0) Ahmed Hassan 17, Adel Mohammed 49,
                                         Bakhir Zuhair 77, Al-Taliyani 85
                                         (Um-Prasert THA)
12.09. Seoul           KOR-UZB 2:1 (1:0) Choi Yong-soo 15, Lee Sang-yoon
                                         87 - Shatzkih 77 (Wei Jihong CHN)
19.09. Abu Dhabi       EMI-JAP 0:0       (Abdullah MAL)
20.09. Almaty          KAZ-UZB 1:1 (0:0) Baltev 84p - Shatzkih 85 (Ayad LBN)
27.09. Tashkent        UZB-EMI 2:3 (0:0) Shirshov 56, Bazarov 90 - Bakhir
                                         Zuhair 56, K.S.Mubarak 64,
                                         Al-Taliyani 85 (Moradi IRN)
28.09. Tokyo           JAP-KOR 1:2 (0:0) Yamaguchi 65 - Ko Jeong-won 83,
                                         Lee Ming-soon 86 (Manei KUW)
04.10. Almaty          KAZ-JAP 1:1 (0:1) Zubarev 90 - Akita 22 (Fares SYR)
04.10. Seoul           KOR-EMI 3:0 (1:0) Ha Seok-ju 7, Yoo Sang-chul 72, Lee
                                         Sang-yoon 84 (Bouchardeau NGR)
11.10. Almaty          KAZ-KOR 1:1 (0:1) Yevteev 51 - Choi Yong-soo 6
                                         (Abu Loom JOR)
11.10. Tashkent        UZB-JAP 1:1 (1:0) Kambaralev 31 = Lopes 88 (Al-Aalaq
                                         BHR)
18.10. Almaty          KAZ-EMI 3:0 (0:0) Sparishev 55, Yevteev 65, Yurist
                                         73 (Haji Yaakub MAL)
18.10. Tashkent        UZB-KOR 1:5 (0:3) Fyodorov 64p - Choi Yong-soo 10,41,
                                         Yoo Sang-chul 38, Ko Jeong-won 58,
                                         Kim Do-hoon 70 (Khudeir IRK)
25.10. Tashkent        UZB-KAZ 4:0 (3:0) Shkvirin 20,33, Fyodorov 43, Kasimov
                                         73 (Al-Agni OMA)
26.10. Tokyo           JAP-EMI 1:1 (1:1) Lopes 4 - H.S.Mubarak 36 (Sequeira
                                         COS)
01.11. Seoul           KOR-JAP 0:2 (0:2) Nanami 2, Lopes 37 (Baharmast USA)
02.11. Abu Dhabi       EMI-UZB 0:0       (Dalu SYR)
08.11. Tokyo           JAP-KAZ 5:1 (3:0) Akita 11, Nakata 15, Nakayama 44,
                                         Ihura 66, Takagi 88 - Yevteev 73
                                         (van der Ende HOL)
09.11. Abu Dhabi       EMI-KOR 1:3 (0:2) Zahair Bakhit 58 - Lee Sang-yoon 11,
                                         Kim Do-hoon 42,67 (Ceccarini ITA)
1.KOR^  8  19  6  1  1  19- 7
2.JAP   8  13  3  4  1  17- 9
3.EMI   8   9  2  3  3   9-12
4.UZB   8   6  1  3  4  13-18
5.KAZ   8   6  1  3  4   7-13
Asia Playoff
16.11. Johor Bahru     JAP-IRN 3:2 (1:0,2:2,2:2) Nakayama 41, Jo 75, Okano
                                         119 - Azizi 46, Daei 59 (Vega ESP)
Oceania
10 entries. AUS, FID, NZE and THI 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. The 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 (1996)
Melanesian Group - PAP SOL VAN
16.09. Lae             PAP-SOL 1:1 (1:0) Richard 15 - Rukumana 71 (Brazzale AUS)
18.09. Lae             SOL-VAN 1:1 (1:1) Berry 16 - Naukoot 37 (Raveino THI)
20.09. Lae             PAP-VAN 2:1 (0:1) Furigi 89, Karong 89 - Gare 27
                                         (Brazzale AUS)
1.PAP^  2   4  1  1  0   3- 2
2.SOL   2   2  0  2  0   2- 2
3.VAN   2   1  0  1  1   2- 3
Polynesian Group - COO SAM TON
11.11. Tonga           TON-COO 2:0 (1:0) Moleni 20,67 (S.Khan FID)
13.11. Tonga           SAM-COO 2:1 (2:0) Tapunuu 10, Michael 20 - Mani 88
                                         (Pondo PAP)
15.11. Tonga           TON-SAM 1:0 (1:0) Tolutua 7 (Fox NZE)
1.TON^  2   6  2  0  0   3- 0
2.SAM   2   3  1  0  1   2- 2
3.COO   2   0  0  0  2   1- 4
Playoff (1st Polynesia vs. 2nd Melanesia)
15.02. Nuku'alofa      TON-SOL 0:4 (0:1) Kiriau 34, Seni 73, Berry 85, Peli 87 
                                         (Rugg NZE)
01.03. Honiara         SOL-TON 9:0 (4:0) Berry 3,41,57, Rukumana 12, Wabor 37,  
                                         Seni 61,63,74, Kiriau 66 (Raveino THI)
2nd round
Group 1 - AUS SOL THI
11.06. Sydney          AUS-SOL13:0 (4:0) Mori 2,15,37,55,82, Aloisi 34,54,83,
                                         88,89, Foster 69, Tapai 80, Bosnich
                                         90p (Grimshaw NZE)
13.06. Sydney          AUS-THI 5:0 (3:0) A.Vidmar 17, Trimboli 39,44, Arnold
                                         46, Bingley 66 (Precious NZE)
15.06. Sydney          SOL-THI 4:1 (2:0) Seni 38, Berry 40,81, Toata 90 -
                                         Ladivion 84 (S.Khan FID)
17.06. Sydney          SOL-AUS 2:6 (1:2) Peli 29, Suri 66 - Slater 16, Arnold
                                         17, Kaierea 33o, Tapai 48,52,
                                         A.Vidmar 75p (Precious NZE)
19.06. Sydney          THI-AUS 0:2 (0:1) Zelic 17, Trimboli 86 (S.Khan FID)
21.06. Sydney          THI-SOL 1:1 (1:1) Kwaomae 42 - Rousseau 44 (Grimshaw
                                         NZE)
1.AUS^  4  12  4  0  0  26- 2
2.SOL   4   4  1  1  2   7-21
3.THI   4   1  0  1  3   2-12
Group 2 - FID PAP NZE
31.05. Port Moresby    PAP-NZE 1:0 (0:0) Moyap 75 (Vaacob MAL)
07.06. Ba              FID-NZE 0:1 (0:0) Jackson 82p (Brazzale AUS)
11.06. Auckland        NZE-PAP 7:0 (5:0) Coveny 10,16,35, Rufer 26,30,
                                         Elliott 40, Stevens 75 (Lennie AUS)
15.06. Suva            FID-PAP 3:1 (2:0) Peters 20, Masi 25, Dugunca 88 -
                                         Waiwai 60 (Lennie AUS)
18.06. Auckland        NZE-FID 5:0 (1:0) Rufer 18,78, Coveny 66, Viljoen 84,
                                         van Steeden 85 (S.Khan FID)
21.06. Port Moresby    PAP-FID 0:1 (0:1) Alipate Driu 28 (Um-Prasert THA)
1.NZE^  4   9  3  0  1  13- 1
2.FID   4   3  2  0  2   4- 7
3.PAP   4   0  1  0  3   2-11
3rd round
28.06. Auckland        NZE-AUS 0:3 (0:2) Aloisi 19, A.Vidmar 42, Foster 67
                                         (Okada JAP)
05.07. Sydney          AUS-NZE 2:0 (1:0) Zelic 6, Arnold 53 (Al-Sharif SYR)
Australia play Asia number 4 for spot in France.
Playoff (1st Oceania vs. 4th Asia)
22.11. Tehran          IRN-AUS 1:1 (1:1) Azizi 40 - Kewell 19 (Pairetto ITA)
29.11. Melbourne       AUS-IRN 2:2 (1:0) Kewell 32, A.Vidmar 48 - Bagheri
                                         77, Azizi 80 (Puhl HUN)
Africa
38 teams entered, MLI and NGR withdrew before draw. 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. BUR withdrew
after first round and was replaced by SLE.
1st round (1996)
31.05. Nouakchott      MTN-BFA 0:0       (Faye GAM)
16.06. Ouagadougou     BFA-MTN 2:0 (1:0) Ouedraogo 45, Br.Traoré 79
                                         (Abikanlou BEM)
01.06. Windhoek        NAM-MOZ 2:0 (1:0) Hoeseb 25, Ortmann 88 (Silva ANG)
16.06. Maputo          MOZ-NAM 1:1 (1:0) Macamo 25 - Ortmann 64 (Jaky MAD)
01.06. Kampala         UGA-ANG 0:2 (0:1) Paulão 35p,60p (Abdulkabir TAN)
16.06. Luanda          ANG-UGA 3:1 (2:1) Paulão 18,31, Paulo Silva 60 -
                                         Ibrahim 40 (Hatimbula ZAM)
01.06. Bissau          GBI-GUI 3:2 (2:0) Nony 34,38, Co 88 - Titi Camara 53,54
                                         (Ndoye SEN)
16.06. Conakry         GUI-GBI 3:1 (1:0) W.Soumah 33,59, Bangoura 61 -
                                         Sebastien 47 (Kamoute MLI)
01.06. Blantyre        MWI-SAF 0:1 (0:1) Tinkler 20 (Masembe UGA)
15.06. Johannesburg    SAF-MWI 3:0 (3:0) Bartlett 4,41, Fish 38 (Senai BOT)
01.06. Banjul          GAM-LBR 2:1 (1:1) Corr 15p, Silah 62 - Debbah 33p
                                         (Camara GUI)
23.06. Accra           LBR-GAM 4:0 (1:0) Clarke 24, Weah 78, Makor 85,
                                         Debbah 90 [in Ghana] (Kamara SLE)
02.06. Khartoum        SUD-ZAM 2:0 (1:0) A.Mustapha 12, El-Nour 52 (Bita KEN)
16.06. Lusaka          ZAM-SUD 3:0 (2:0) Lota 13,82, Mwewa 40 (Mabuza SUA)
02.06. Mbabane         SWA-GAB 0:1 (0:1) Oygandaga 6 (Tangwarima ZIM)
16.06. Libreville      GAB-SWA 2:0 (1:0) Makaya 28, Yala 60 (Yengo CON)
02.06. Curepipe        MRS-ZAI 1:5 (0:3) Mocude 61 - Enseka 1, Ngonge 15p,
                                         Ntonduela 58, Ekakia 77,82 (Hubert
                                         REU)
16.06. Kinshasa        ZAI-MRS 2:0 (1:0) Ngonge 45, Ntonduela 90 (Diramba GAB)
02.06. Tananarive      MAD-ZIM 1:2 (1:0) Tiana 26 - Sawu 70,90 (Lim Kee Chong
                                         MRS)
16.06. Harare          ZIM-MAD 2:2 (0:1) Zviripayi 52, Takawira 69 - Rado 23,
                                         Haja 79 (McLeod SAF)
02.06. Kigali          RWA-TUN 1:3 (0:1) Mupenzi 49 - Sellimi 43,47, Ben
                                         Slimane 57 (Buenkadila ZAI)
16.06. Tunis           TUN-RWA 2:0 (1:0) Ben Rekhissa 17, Sellimi 47p
                                         (Kouradji ALG)
02.06. Brazzaville     CON-IVC 2:0 (1:0) Niere 40, Imboula 68 (Aka CAM)
16.06. Abidjan         IVC-CON 1:1 (1:0) Dao 38 - Imboula 80 (Ghandour EGY)
02.06. Nairobi         KEN-ALG 3:1 (0:0) Kwarula 55, Motengo 63p, Otieno 87 -
                                         Zerrouki 78 (Tibebu ETH)
14.06. Alger           ALG-KEN 1:0 (0:0) Tasfaout 81 (Ferid TUN)
02.06. Bujumbura       BUR-SLE 1:0 (0:0) Wembo 87 (Salih SUD)
15.06. Freetown        SLE-BUR 0:1 (0:1) Mbyi 30 (Olaniyan NGA)
NOTE: BUR withdrew due to inability to organise transportation; SLE
progressed to Group 5
02.06. Lomé            TOG-SEN 2:1 (1:0) Oyawole 3, Noussoundje 85 - O.
                                         Traoré 80 (Okoampah GHA)
15.06. Dakar           SEN-TOG 1:1 (1:0) Mamadou Diallo 29 - Akpalo 85
                                         (Gassama MTN)
08.06. Dar Es Salaam   TAN-GHA 0:0       (Ndukize BUR)
17.06. Accra           GHA-TAN 2:1 (0:0) Johnson 70, Ahinful 80 - M.Hussein
                                         71 (Bouchardeau NGR)
byes: CAM, EGY, MAR, NIG
2nd round (1996-97)
Group 1 - BFA GUI KEN NIG
09.11. Lagos           NGA-BFA 2:0 (0:0) Amokachi 46,86 (Yengo CON)
10.11. Conakry         GUI-KEN 3:1 (2:1) Titi Camara 20, F.Camara 35,
                                         W.Soumah 35 - Ogada 13 (Kouradji ALG)
12.01. Nairobi         KEN-NGA 1:1 (1:0) Simiyu 25 - Okechukwu 51 (Al-Zeid
                                         ARS)
12.01. Ouagadougou     BFA-GUI 0:2 (0:2) Oulare 18, W.Soumah 43 (Sinko IVC)
05.04. Lagos           NGA-GUI 2:1 (0:0) Amokachi 65,78 - Titi Camara 87
                                         (Belqola MAR)
06.04. Nairobi         KEN-BFA 4:3 (0:2) Okoth 51,68,82, Were 71 - M.Zongo
                                         10,75, Sanou 37p (Yengo CON)
27.04. Ouagadougou     BFA-NGA 1:2 (0:1) B.Zongo 76 - Diarra 41o, Amunike 58
                                         (Ferid TUN)
27.04. Nairobi         KEN-GUI 1:0 (1:0) Otieno 44 (Masembe UGA)
07.06. Lagos           NGA-KEN 3:0 (2:0) Oliseh 12, Amunike 43, Oruma 81
                                         (Lim Kee Chong MRS)
08.06. Conakry         GUI-BFA 3:1 (2:1) F.Camara 10p, Palenfou 24o, Oulare
                                         56 - M.Zongo 9 (Yengo CON)
16.08. Bobo Dioulasso  BFA-KEN 2:4 (1:2) M.Zongo 26, Sanou 80 - Suleiman 8,
                                         Were 44, Soungouti 70,77 (Codija BEN)
17.08. Conakry         GUI-NGA 1:0 (0:0) F.Camara 64 (Quartey GHA)
1.NGA^  6  13  4  1  1  10- 4
2.GUI   6  12  4  0  2  10- 5
3.KEN   6  10  3  1  2  11-12
4.BFA   6   0  0  0  6   7-17
Group 2 - EGY LBR NAM TUN
08.11. Cairo           EGY-NAM 7:1 (4:1) Maber 1,15,72, Ab.Hassan 11,
                                         I.Hassam 35, H.Hassan 74,81 -
                                         Shivute 25 (Magassa MLI)
10.11. Accra           LBR-TUN 0:1 (0:1) Jelassi 87 [in Ghana] (Diramba GAB)
11.01. Windhoek        NAM-LBR 0:0       (Mathabela SAF)
12.01. Tunis           TUN-EGY 1:0 (1:0) Beya 10 (Okada JAP)
06.04. Accra           LBR-EGY 1:0 (1:0) Weah 29 [in Ghana] (Sinko IVC)
06.04. Windhoek        NAM-TUN 1:2 (0:1) Hoeseh 75 - Hichri 15, Badra 68
                                         (Jaky MAD)
26.04. Windhoek        NAM-EGY 2:3 (0:0) Uutoni 60, Hoeseh 87p - Kashaba 74p,
                                         H.Hassan 87,88 (Aka CAM)
27.04. Tunis           TUN-LBR 2:0 (0:0) Sellimi 61, Badra 78 (Camara GUI)
08.06. Monrovia        LIB-NAM 1:2 (1:1) Daye 7 - Shivute 36, Khob 80
                                         (Diramba GAB)
08.06. Cairo           EGY-TUN 0:0       (Daho ALG)
16.08. Tunis           TUN-NAM 4:0 (2:0) Beya 15,57, Somayeh 31, Limam 71
                                         (Salih SUD)
17.08. Cairo           EGY-LIB 5:0 (2:0) Kashaba 20p, Hanafi 24, Sabri 46,
                                         Kamouna 68, Emam Hazem 78 (Tibebu
                                         ETH)
1.TUN^  6  16  5  1  0  10- 1
2.EGY   6  10  3  1  2  15- 5
3.LIB   6   4  1  1  4   2-10
4.NAM   6   4  1  1  4   6-17
Group 3 - CON SAF ZAI ZAM
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. Johannesburg    SAF-ZAI 1:0 (0:0) Masinga 72 (Belqola MAR)
10.11. Pointe-Noire    CON-ZAM 1:0 (0:0) Niere 86 (Masembe UGA)
11.01. Lusaka          ZAM-SAF 0:0       (Fares SYR)
12.01. Kinshasa        ZAI-CON 1:1 (1:1) Lembi 13 - C.Bongo 4 (Bouchardeau
                                         NGR)
06.04. Pointe-Noire    CON-SAF 2:0 (0:0) Mouhani 60,65 (Magassa MLI)
09.04. Harare          ZAI-ZAM 2:2 (1:1) Nsunda 29, Bazamba 50 - K.Malitoli
                                         21, Tembo 81 [Lim Kee Chong MRS]
27.04. Lusaka          ZAM-CON 3:0 (1:0) Lota 40, Miti 85, K.Bwalya 89
                                         (Magassa MLI)
27.04. Lomé            ZAI-SAF 1:2 (1:1) Tumba 26 - Khumalo 22, Masinga 71
                                         [in Togo] (Obafemi NGA)
08.06. Pointe-Noire    CON-ZAI 1:0 (0:0) Mouhani 65 (Camara GUI)
08.06. Johannesburg    SAF-ZAM 3:0 (2:0) Mkhalele 9, Masinga 16, Williams
                                         74 (Ghandour EGY)
16.08. Johannesburg    SAF-CON 1:0 (1:0) Masinga 14 (Masembe UGA)
16.08. Lusaka          ZAM-CON 2:0 (1:0) Kamwandi 35,56 (Senai BOT)
1.SAF^  6  13  4  1  1   7- 3
2.CON   6  10  3  1  2   5- 5
3.ZAM   6   8  2  2  2   7- 6
4.ZAI   6   2  0  2  4   4- 9
Group 4 - ANG CAM TOG ZIM
10.11. Luanda          ANG-ZIM 2:1 (1:0) Akwa 42, Paulão 54 - A.Ndlovu 60
                                         (Ghandour EGY)
10.11. Lomé            TOG-CAM 2:4 (0:2) Noussoundje 51, T.Salou 83p - Tchami
                                         18,30, Mboma 53, Misse-Misse 68
                                         (Lim Kee Chong MRS)
12.01. Yaoundé         CAM-ANG 0:0       (Belqola MAR)
12.01. Harare          ZIM-TOG 3:0 (2:0) Chibari 23, Takawira 29p,49 (Yengo
                                         CON)
06.04. Luanda          ANG-TOG 3:1 (2:1) Paulão 28, Akwa 44p, Sousa 61 -
                                         Oyawole 20 (Okoumpah GHA)
06.04. Yaoundé         CAM-ZIM 1:0 (0:0) Embe 80 (Diramba GAB)
27.04. Yaoundé         CAM-TOG 2:0 (0:0) Tchoutang 85, Mboma 89 (Bouchardeau
                                         NGR)
27.04. Harare          ZIM-ANG 0:0       (McLeod SAF)
08.06. Luanda          ANG-CAM 1:1 (0:0) Akwa 55 - Mboma 54 (Masembe UGA)
08.06. Lomé            TOG-ZIM 2:1 (2:0) B.Salou 8,20 - Takawira 71p (Sinko I
                                         VC)
17.08. Lomé            TOG-ANG 1:1 (0:1) Lantam 47 - I.Silva 44 (Magassa UGA)
17.08. Harare          ZIM-CAM 1:2 (0:0) Murewa 88 - Mboma 87,89 (Ghandour EGY)
1.CAM^  6  14  4  2  0  10- 4
2.ANG   6  10  2  4  0   7- 4
3.ZIM   6   4  1  1  4   6- 7
4.TOG   6   4  1  1  4   6-14
Group 5 - MAR GAB GHA SLE
09.11.  Rabat           MAR-SLE 4:0 (1:0) Hababi 18, Raghib 52,54, Fertout
                                          57 (Olaniyan NGA)
10.11.  Libreville      GAB-GHA 1:1 (0:0) Nguema 65 - Abedi Pelé 66 (McLeod
                                          SAF)
11.01.  Freetown        SLE-GAB 1:0 (0:0) Abu Kanu 46 (Olanyian NGA)
12.01.  Kumasi          GHA-MAR 2:2 (0:1) Johnson 85, Kuffour 89 - Bassir
                                          41, Hadji 80 (Bujsaim EMI)
05.04.  Freetown        SLE-GHA 1:1 (0:1) L.Conteh 88 - A.Camara 23o
                                          (Bouchardeau NGR)
06.04.  Libreville      GAB-MAR 0:4 (0:4) Bassir 10,12, Bahja 44,45
                                          [abandoned in 53 min] (Masembe UGA)
26.04.  Freetown        SLE-MAR 0:1 (0:1) Bassir 41 (Ndoye SEN)
27.04.  Accra           GHA-GAB 3:0 (1:0) Abougye 40, Gargo 59,65p (Shinnawi
                                          EGY)
07.06.  Casablanca      MAR-GHA 1:0 (0:0) Raghib 58 (Magassa MLI)
08.06.  Libreville      GAB-SLE           [did not take place] (Bouchardeau
                                          NGR)
17.08.  Casablanca      MAR-GAB 2:0 (2:0) Naybet 25, Bahja 45p (Moussa EGY)
17.08.  Obuasi          GHA-SLE 0:2 (0:1) A.Camara 15, Moh.Callon 46
                                          (Mbengue CAM)
1.MOROCCO              6  5  1  0 14- 2 16
2.Sierra Leone         5  2  1  2  4- 6  7
3.Ghana                6  1  3  2  7- 7  6
4.Gabon                5  0  1  4  1-11  1
1.MAR^  6  16  5  1  0  14- 2
2.SLE   5   7  2  1  2   4- 6
3.GHA   6   6  1  3  2   7- 7
4.GAB   5   1  0  1  4   1-11