1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, CONCACAF zone ran from March 1996 to November 1997 in order to determine the three CONCACAF representatives at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Tournament details
DatesMarch 24th 1996 - November 16th 1997
Teams28[1] (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played98
Goals scored295 (3.01 per match)
Attendance2,065,454 (21,076 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Carlos Hermosillo (11 Goals)
CONCACAF Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
CCCF–NAFC era

CONCACAF era
Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

A total of 30 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Mexico, the USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Canada, the six highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the third round directly. The remaining 24 teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical locations.

Format
  • Caribbean Zone: The 20 teams played in three rounds of knockout matches on a home-and-away basis to determine four winners advancing to the third round. Bahamas and Bermuda withdrew before playing one game. 18 countries stay in the race.
  • Central American Zone: The four teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the third round.

In the third round, the 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. They played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the final round.

In the final round, the six teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top three teams would qualify.

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dominican Republic  6–3  Aruba 3–2 3–1
Guyana  1–8  Grenada 1–2 0–6
Saint Kitts and Nevis  w/o  Bahamas — —
Dominica  6–4  Antigua and Barbuda 3–3 3–1

Group A
Dominican Republic 3 – 2 Aruba
Rodríguez 28'
Mariano 50'
Peña 73'		 (report) Davelaar 60'
Malmberg 84'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Saint Lucia Timothy Joseph
Aruba 1 – 3 Dominican Republic
Davelaar 38' (pen.) (report) Rodríguez 5' (pen.)
Aquino 62'
Queliz 87'
Attendance: 1,137
Referee: Mexico Gilberto Alcalá Pineda

Dominican Republic won 6-3 on aggregate.

Group B
Guyana 1 – 2 Grenada
Joseph 13' (report) Charles 54'
Roberts 63'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Suriname Christiaan Eiloof
Grenada 6 – 0 Guyana
Charles 33'
François 40', 47'
Fletcher 48', 71', 82'		 (report)
Attendance: 4,000

Grenada won 8-1 on aggregate.

Group C

The Bahamas withdrew, so Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced to the first round automatically.

Group D
Dominica 3 – 3 Antigua and Barbuda
Dominique 8'
Dangler 42'
Marshall 89'		 (report) Clarke 15'
Edwards 28', 75'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Barbados Mark Forde
Antigua and Barbuda 1 – 3 Dominica
Edwards 59' (report) Greenaway 23'
Morancie 60'
Edmond 66'
Attendance: 900
Referee: Guyana Evaroy Babb

Dominica won 6-4 on aggregate.

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dominican Republic  2–1  Netherlands Antilles 2–1 0–0
Haiti  7–1  Grenada 6–1 1–0
Cayman Islands  0–6  Cuba 0–1 0–5
Saint Kitts and Nevis  6–1  Saint Lucia 5–1 1–0
Puerto Rico  1–9  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–2 0–7
Dominica  0–2  Barbados 0–1 0–1
Suriname  0–2  Jamaica 0–1 0–1
Trinidad and Tobago  w/o  Bermuda — —

Group 1
Dominican Republic 2 – 1 Netherlands Antilles
Jiménez 35'
Zapata 68'		 (report) Gersley 40'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: El Salvador Victorino Rodríguez Portillo
Netherlands Antilles 0 – 0 Dominican Republic
(report)
Attendance: 1,111
Referee: Guatemala Carlos Mendizabal Euceda

Dominican Republic won 2-1 on aggregate.

Group 2
Haiti 6 – 1 Grenada
Wilson Chevalier 11'
Golman Pierre 35', 58'
Isaac Chauvet 62', 64', 73'		 (report) Patrick Modeste 85'
Stade Capois, Cap Haitien
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Robin Murray
Grenada 0 – 1 Haiti
(report) Golman Pierre 49'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Barbados Victor Moore

Haiti won 7-1 on aggregate.

Group 3
Cayman Islands 0 – 1 Cuba
(report) Lázaro Darcourt 10'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Honduras Argelio Sabillon
Cuba 5 – 0 Cayman Islands
Alexander Cruzata 19'
Eduardo Sebrango 63'
Lázaro Darcourt 68', 81'
Lester Moré 83'		 (report)
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Mexico Pascual Rebolledo Cárdenas

Note:Both matches were played in Cayman Islands.

Cuba won 6-0 on aggregate.

Group 4
Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 – 1 Saint Lucia
Dwight Allers Kelley 5', 86'
Vernon Sargeant 22', 44'
Keith Gumbs 41'		 (report) Earl Jean 51'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Robin Murray
Saint Lucia 0 – 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis
(report) Dwight Allers Kelley 50'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Netherlands Antilles Harry Leocadio Davelaar

Saint Kitts and Nevis won 6-1 on aggregate.

Group 5
Puerto Rico 1 – 2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Lugris 70' (pen.) (report) Huggins 18'
Hinds 58'
Estadio Efrain Carcayo Alicea, Bayamón
Attendance: 200
Referee: Aruba Manuel Villar
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 – 0 Puerto Rico
Jack 3', 13', 25'
Mussenden 35' (o.g.)
Hinds 37', 59'
Charles 64'		 (report)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jamaica Lancelotte Livingston

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 9-1 on aggregate.

Group 6
Dominica 0 – 1 Barbados
(report) Roger Proverbs 63'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jamaica Charles Barrett
Barbados 1 – 0 Dominica
Gregory Goodridge 67' (report)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Austin Eric Harewood

Barbados won 2-0 on aggregate.

Group 7
Suriname 0 – 1 Jamaica
(report) Whitmore 56'
Flora Stadion, Paramaribo
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Antigua and Barbuda Vanroy Burnes
Jamaica 1 – 0 Suriname
P. Davis 73' (report)
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Costa Rica Ronald Gutíerrez Castro

Jamaica won 2-0 on aggregate.

Group 8

Bermuda withdrew, so Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the second round automatically.

Second round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Caribbean Zone
Cuba  7–2  Haiti 6–1 1–1
Dominican Republic  1–12  Trinidad and Tobago 1–4 0–8
Barbados  0–3  Jamaica 0–1 0–2
Saint Kitts and Nevis  2–2 (a)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2–2 0–0
Central American Zone
Nicaragua  1–3  Guatemala 0–1 1–2
Belize  2–6  Panama 1–2 1–4

Group A
Cuba 6 – 1 Haiti
Eduardo Sebrango 18'
Mario Pedraza 44'
Lázaro Darcourt 61', 70', 71'
Lester More 81'		 (report) Rosemond Pierre 84'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Guatemala Mario Efrain Escobar

This match was played on neutral ground instead of in Cuba.

Haiti 1 – 1 Cuba
Isaac Chauvet 21' (report) Armando Cruz 79' (pen.)
Stade Capois, Cap Haitien
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Costa Rica Ramon Luis Mendez Vega

Cuba won 7-2 on aggregate.

Group B
Dominican Republic 1 – 4 Trinidad and Tobago
Alberto Jimenez 59' (report) Russell Latapy 37', 67'
Pedro Aquino 39' (o.g.)
Angus Eve 84'
Attendance: 1,500
Trinidad and Tobago 8 – 0 Dominican Republic
Stern John 1', 23', 80'
Dwight Yorke 8'
Angus Eve 16', 42'
Anthony Rougier 19'
Russell Latapy 89'		 (report)
Attendance: 8,000

Trinidad and Tobago won 12-1 on aggregate.

Group C
Barbados 0 – 1 Jamaica
(report) Walter Boyd 90'
Attendance: 5,000
Jamaica 2 – 0 Barbados
Theodore Whitmore 23'
Walter Boyd 72'		 (report)
Attendance: 15,000

Jamaica won 3-0 on aggregate.

Group D
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 – 2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Keith Gumbs 38'
Larrymore Bedford 88'		 (report) Andre Hinds 12'
Kendall Velox 35'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Barbados Mark Forde
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 – 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
(report)
Attendance: 2,500

Saint Kitts and Nevis 2-2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on aggregate. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won on the away goals rule.

Group E
Nicaragua 0 – 1 Guatemala
(report) Juan Carlos Plata 27'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: United States Tim Wayland
Guatemala 2 – 1 Nicaragua
Juan Carlos Plata 62', 67' (report) Ezequiel Jerez 87'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Canada Dino Bucci

Guatemala won 3-1 on aggregate.

Group F
Belize 1 – 2 Panama
David McCaulay 28' (report) Rubén Guevara 57'
Julio Dely Valdés 61'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: El Salvador Rafael Rodriguez Medina
Panama 4 – 1 Belize
Julio Dely Valdés 14', 46', 61'
René Mendieta 88'		 (report) Denmark Casey 60'
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Nicaragua Donald Campos

Panama won 6-2 on aggregate.

Third round

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 United States 6411105513
2 Costa Rica 640295412
3 Guatemala 622269-38
4 Trinidad and Tobago 601539-61

The United States and Costa Rica advanced to the final round. Guatemala played their home games in Los Angeles and San Salvador instead of at home due to FIFA stadium standards not followed by the Estadio Mateo Flores, in Guatemala City, where over 80 people died due to structural flaws and overcrowding in October 16, 1996, when the home match against Costa Rica was due to be played.

Trinidad and Tobago 0 – 1 Costa Rica
(report) Ronald Gomez 54'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Honduras Oscar Bardalez
Trinidad and Tobago 1 – 1 Guatemala
Jerren Nixon 37' (report) Rudy Ramirez 22'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Barbados Mark Forde
United States 2 – 0 Guatemala
Eric Wynalda 54'
Brian McBride 90'		 (report)
Attendance: 30,082
Referee: Jamaica Charles Barrett
United States 2 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago
Thomas Dooley 53'
Eric Wynalda 84'		 (report)
Attendance: 19,312
Costa Rica 3 – 0 Guatemala
Javier Delgado 53'
Hernan Medford 74'
Ronald Gomez 78'		 (report)
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Honduras Argelio Sabillon
Trinidad and Tobago 0 – 1 United States
(report) Joe-Max Moore 36'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Barbados Mark Forde
Guatemala 1 – 0 Costa Rica
Juan Carlos Plata 34' (report)
Attendance: 22,697
Referee: El Salvador Rafael Rodriguez
Costa Rica 2 – 1 United States
Paulo Wanchope 39'
Wilmer Lopez 84'		 (report) Cobi Jones 90'
Attendance: 18,000
Guatemala 2 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago
Julio Rodas 26', 67' (report) Angus Eve 30'
Attendance: 24,728
Referee: Canada William Laidlaw
United States 2 – 1 Costa Rica
Brian McBride 16'
Roy Lassiter 60'		 (report) Ronald Gomez 74'
Attendance: 40,527
Referee: Mexico León Padro Borja
Costa Rica 2 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago
Paulo Wanchope 44', 60' (report) Jerren Nixon 7'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mexico Pascual Rebolledo Cárdenas
Guatemala 2 – 2 United States
Juan Funes 9'
Juan Carlos Plata 44'		 (report) Predrag Radosavljević 7'
Frankie Hejduk 48'
Attendance: 7,106
Referee: Canada Mike Seifert

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Canada 6510101916
2 El Salvador 6312126610
3 Panama 6123811-35
4 Cuba 6105416-123

Canada and El Salvador advanced to the final round.

Cuba played all their matches away from home.

Canada 3 – 1 Panama
Geoff Aunger 40'
Paul Peschisolido 42'
Carlo Corazzin 87'		 (report) Jorge Dely Valdés 49'
Attendance: 5,255
Referee: Honduras Jose Emiliano Ramirez Suazo
Cuba 0 – 5 El Salvador
(report) Guillermo Rivera 22', 80'
Raúl Díaz Arce 49', 72'
Mauricio Cienfuegos 83'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Honduras Gerardo Enrique Mejia Centeno
Cuba 3 – 1 Panama
Eduardo Sebrango 42', 70'
Manuel Bobadilla 88'		 (report) Jorge Dely Valdés 55'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Costa Rica Olger Mejias Ovares
Panama 1 – 1 El Salvador
Juan Carlos Cubillas 43' (report) Raúl Díaz Arce 51'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Antigua and Barbuda Vanroy Burnes
Canada 2 – 0 Cuba
Alex Bunbury 29'
Paul Peschisolido 53'		 (report)
Attendance: 6,000
Cuba 0 – 2 Canada
(report) Paul Peschisolido 15'
Nick Dasovic 79'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Guatemala Carlos Mendizabal Euceda
Panama 0 – 0 Canada
(report)
Attendance: 7,388
Referee: Guatemala Carlos Batres
Canada 1 – 0 El Salvador
Alex Bunbury 65' (report)
Attendance: 6,858
Referee: Costa Rica Ronald Gutiérrez
El Salvador 3 – 2 Panama
Raúl Díaz Arce 43'
Wilfredo Iraheta Sanabria 68'
Giovanni Trigueros 88'		 (report) Jorge Dely Valdés 11', 86'
Attendance: 25,832
Referee: United States Zimmerman Boulos
El Salvador 3 – 0 Cuba
William Renderos Iraheta 3'
Raúl Díaz Arce 30'
Jorge Rodríguez 49'		 (report)
Attendance: 23,510
Panama 3 – 1 Cuba
René Mendieta 15'
Rubén Guevara 55'
Jorge Dely Valdés 58'		 (report) Lester Moré 67'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Wayne Caesar
El Salvador 0 – 2 Canada
(report) Mark Watson 62'
Alex Bunbury 66'
Attendance: 15,233
Referee: Mexico Brizio Carter

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Jamaica 6411123913
2 Mexico 6402146812
3 Honduras 63121811710
4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6006630-240

Jamaica and Mexico advanced to the final round.

Jamaica 3 – 0 Honduras
Walter Boyd 14', 53'
Theodore Whitmore 42'		 (report)
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Costa Rica Ramón Luis Méndez Vega
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 – 3 Mexico
(report) Ricardo Peláez 15', 51'
Damián Álvarez 89'
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: El Salvador Rafael Rodriguez Medina
Honduras 2 – 1 Mexico
Carlos Pavón 50'
Eduardo Bennett 82' (pen.)		 (report) Ramón Ramírez 63'
Attendance: 19,120
Referee: United States Raul Dominguez
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 – 2 Jamaica
Christopher Harry 82' (pen.) (report) Paul Young 20', 41'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Suriname George Richenel Cameron
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 – 4 Honduras
James Chewitt 62' (report) Suazo Velázquez 7', 62'
Christian Santamaria 23', 42'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Canada Jose Farias
Mexico 2 – 1 Jamaica
Zague 44'
Carlos Hermosillo 55'		 (report) Walter Boyd 70'
Attendance: 110,000
Honduras 0 – 0 Jamaica
(report)
Attendance: 20,928
Referee: United States Raul Dominguez
Mexico 5 – 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Benjamín Galindo 20', 29'
Zague 48'
Carlos Hermosillo 70'
Dexter Walker 88' (o.g.)		 (report) Kendall Velox 88'
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Canada René Parra
Mexico 3 – 1 Honduras
Benjamín Galindo 32'
Carlos Hermosillo 35'
Zague 45'		 (report) Enrique Reneau 69'
Attendance: 105,000
Jamaica 5 – 0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Theodore Whitmore 10', 13'
Paul Young 64'
Peter Cargill 66'
Stephen Malcolm 84'		 (report)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: United States Tim Weyland
Jamaica 1 – 0 Mexico
Ian Goodison 82' (report)
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Guatemala Mario Efrain Escobar López
Honduras 11 – 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Barrios Zapata 3'
Suazo Velázquez 11', 38', 50'
Arnold Cruz 19'
Carlos Pavón 30'
Enrique Reneau 48'
Merlyn Membreño 65'
Milton Núñez 67', 84'
Eduardo Bennett 77' (pen.)		 (report) Rodney Jack 37'
Alwyn Guy 62'
Everad Sam 75'
Attendance: 4,378
Referee: Costa Rica Victor Hugo Rodriguez Ugalde

Fourth round
Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mexico 104602371618
2 United States 10451179817
3 Jamaica 10352712–514
4 Costa Rica 103341312112
5 El Salvador 102441116–510
6 Canada 10136520–156

Qualified teams

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 MexicoFourth round winners12 October 199710 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994)
 United StatesFourth round runners-up9 November 19975 (1930, 1934, 1950, 1990, 1994)
 JamaicaFourth round third place16 November 19970 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 295 goals scored in 98 matches, for an average of 3.01 goals per match.

11 goals

9 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Broadcasting rights

Americas

Europe

References
  1. Bahamas and Bermuda withdrew before playing any matches.
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