1998 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

1998 World Cup Qualifying

First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Semi Final Round | Final Round | Statistics

First Round

24/03/1996    Dominican_Republic   3 - 2   Aruba                 (1-0)   
31/03/1996                 Aruba   1 - 3   Dominican_Republic    (1-1)   

29/03/1996                Guyana   1 - 2   Grenada               (1-0)   
07/04/1996               Grenada   6 - 0   Guyana                (3-0)   

10/03/1996              Dominica   3 - 3   Antigua_&_Barbuda     (2-2)   
31/03/1996     Antigua_&_Barbuda   1 - 3   Dominica              (0-1)   

St Kitts & Nevis qualified for next round (Bahamas withdrew).

Second Round

04/05/1996           Puerto_Rico   1 - 2   St._Vincent_&_Gren.   (0-1)   
12/05/1996   St._Vincent_&_Gren.   7 - 0   Puerto_Rico           (5-0)   

12/05/1996        Cayman_Islands   0 - 1   Cuba                  (0-1)   
14/05/1996        Cayman_Islands   0 - 5   Cuba                  (0-1)   

05/05/1996       St._Kitts-Nevis   5 - 1   St._Lucia             (4-0)   
19/05/1996             St._Lucia   0 - 1   St._Kitts-Nevis       (0-0)   

12/05/1996                 Haiti   6 - 1   Grenada               (2-0)   
18/05/1996               Grenada   0 - 1   Haiti                 (0-0)   

31/03/1996               Surinam   0 - 1   Jamaica               (0-0)   
21/04/1996               Jamaica   1 - 0   Surinam               (0-0)   

14/05/1996              Dominica   0 - 1   Barbados              (0-0)   
19/05/1996              Barbados   1 - 0   Dominica              (0-0)   

04/05/1996    Dominican_Republic   2 - 1   Neth._Antilles        (1-1)   
11/05/1996        Neth._Antilles   0 - 0   Dominican_Republic    (0-0)   

Trinidad & Tobago qualified for next round (Bermuda withdrew).

Third Round

Caribbean Zone | Central American Zone

Caribbean Zone

Teams drawn into pairs with winners going to semi finals.

15/06/1996    Dominican_Republic   1 - 4   Trinidad_&_Tobago     (0-2)   
23/06/1996     Trinidad_&_Tobago   8 - 0   Dominican_Republic    (6-0)   

23/06/1996              Barbados   0 - 1   Jamaica               (0-0)   
30/06/1996               Jamaica   2 - 0   Barbados              (1-0)   

10/06/1996                  Cuba   6 - 1   Haiti                 (2-0)  *
30/06/1996                 Haiti   1 - 1   Cuba                  (1-0)   

23/06/1996       St._Kitts-Nevis   2 - 2   St._Vincent_&_Gren.   (1-2)   
30/06/1996   St._Vincent_&_Gren.   0 - 0   St._Kitts-Nevis       (0-0)   

Central American Zone

05/05/1996             Nicaragua   0 - 1   Guatemala             (0-1)   
10/05/1996             Guatemala   2 - 1   Nicaragua             (0-0)   

02/06/1996                Belize   1 - 2   Panama                (1-1)   
09/06/1996                Panama   4 - 1   Belize                (1-0)   

Semi Final Round

Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3

Group 1

01/09/1996     Trinidad_&_Tobago   0 - 1   Costa_Rica            (0-0)   
06/10/1996     Trinidad_&_Tobago   1 - 1   Guatemala             (1-1)   
03/11/1996                U.S.A.   2 - 0   Guatemala             (0-0)   
10/11/1996                U.S.A.   2 - 0   Trinidad_&_Tobago     (0-0)   
17/11/1996            Costa_Rica   3 - 0   Guatemala             (0-0)   
24/11/1996             Guatemala   1 - 0   Costa_Rica            (1-0)  *
24/11/1996     Trinidad_&_Tobago   0 - 1   U.S.A.                (0-1)   
01/12/1996            Costa_Rica   2 - 1   U.S.A.                (1-0)   
08/12/1996             Guatemala   2 - 1   Trinidad_&_Tobago     (1-1)  *
14/12/1996                U.S.A.   2 - 1   Costa_Rica            (1-0)   
21/12/1996            Costa_Rica   2 - 1   Trinidad_&_Tobago     (2-1)   
21/12/1996             Guatemala   2 - 2   U.S.A.                (2-1)  *

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   U.S.A.                    6     4     1     1    10     5    +5    13   72.2
2   COSTA_RICA                6     4     0     2     9     5    +4    12   66.7
3   Guatemala                 6     2     2     2     6     9    -3     8   44.4
4   Trinidad_&_Tobago         6     0     1     5     3     9    -6     1    5.6

Group 2

30/08/1996                Canada   3 - 1   Panama                (2-0)   
08/09/1996           El_Salvador   5 - 0   Cuba                  (1-0)   
22/09/1996                Panama   1 - 3   Cuba                  (0-1)   
06/10/1996                Panama   1 - 1   El_Salvador           (1-0)   
10/10/1996                Canada   2 - 0   Cuba                  (1-0)   
13/10/1996                Canada   2 - 0   Cuba                  (1-0)   
27/10/1996                Panama   0 - 0   Canada                (0-0)   
03/11/1996                Canada   1 - 0   El_Salvador           (0-0)   
10/11/1996           El_Salvador   3 - 2   Panama                (1-1)   
01/12/1996           El_Salvador   3 - 0   Cuba                  (2-0)   
15/12/1996           El_Salvador   0 - 2   Canada                (0-0)   
15/12/1996                Panama   3 - 1   Cuba                  (1-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   CANADA                    6     5     1     0    10     1    +9    16   88.9
2   EL_SALVADOR               6     3     1     2    12     6    +6    10   55.6
3   Panama                    6     1     2     3     8    11    -3     5   27.8
4   Cuba                      6     1     0     5     4    16   -12     3   16.7

Group 3

15/09/1996               Jamaica   3 - 0   Honduras              (2-0)   
15/09/1996   St._Vincent_&_Gren.   0 - 3   Mexico                (0-1)   
21/09/1996              Honduras   2 - 1   Mexico                (0-0)   
23/09/1996   St._Vincent_&_Gren.   1 - 2   Jamaica               (0-2)   
13/10/1996   St._Vincent_&_Gren.   1 - 4   Honduras              (0-3)   
16/10/1996                Mexico   2 - 1   Jamaica               (1-0)   
26/10/1996              Honduras   0 - 0   Jamaica               (0-0)   
30/10/1996                Mexico   5 - 1   St._Vincent_&_Gren.   (2-0)   
06/11/1996                Mexico   3 - 1   Honduras              (3-0)   
10/11/1996               Jamaica   5 - 0   St._Vincent_&_Gren.   (2-0)   
17/11/1996              Honduras  11 - 3   St._Vincent_&_Gren.   (5-1)   
17/11/1996               Jamaica   1 - 0   Mexico                (0-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   JAMAICA                   6     4     1     1    12     3    +9    13   72.2
2   MEXICO                    6     4     0     2    14     6    +8    12   66.7
3   Honduras                  6     3     1     2    18    11    +7    10   55.6
4   St._Vincent_&_Gren.       6     0     0     6     6    30   -24     0    0.0

Final Round

02/03/1997               Jamaica   0 - 0   U.S.A.                (0-0)   
02/03/1997                Mexico   4 - 0   Canada                (0-0)   
16/03/1997            Costa_Rica   0 - 0   Mexico                (0-0)   
16/03/1997                U.S.A.   3 - 0   Canada                (2-0)   
23/03/1997            Costa_Rica   3 - 2   U.S.A.                (2-1)   
06/04/1997                Canada   0 - 0   El_Salvador           (0-0)   
13/04/1997                Mexico   6 - 0   Jamaica               (3-0)   
20/04/1997                U.S.A.   2 - 2   Mexico                (1-1)   
27/04/1997                Canada   0 - 0   Jamaica               (0-0)   
04/05/1997           El_Salvador   2 - 1   Costa_Rica            (1-0)   
11/05/1997            Costa_Rica   3 - 1   Jamaica               (1-0)   
18/05/1997               Jamaica   1 - 0   El_Salvador           (1-0)   
01/06/1997                Canada   1 - 0   Costa_Rica            (0-0)   
08/06/1997           El_Salvador   0 - 1   Mexico                (0-0)   
29/06/1997           El_Salvador   1 - 1   U.S.A.                (0-0)   
10/08/1997            Costa_Rica   0 - 0   El_Salvador           (0-0)   
07/09/1997               Jamaica   1 - 0   Canada                (0-0)   
07/09/1997                U.S.A.   1 - 0   Costa_Rica            (0-0)   
14/09/1997           El_Salvador   4 - 1   Canada                (1-1)   
14/09/1997               Jamaica   1 - 0   Costa_Rica            (0-0)   
03/10/1997                U.S.A.   1 - 1   Jamaica               (0-0)   
05/10/1997                Mexico   5 - 0   El_Salvador           (3-0)   
12/10/1997                Canada   2 - 2   Mexico                (0-1)   
02/11/1997                Mexico   0 - 0   U.S.A.                (0-0)   
09/11/1997                Canada   0 - 3   U.S.A.                (0-1)   
09/11/1997           El_Salvador   2 - 2   Jamaica               (0-0)   
09/11/1997                Mexico   3 - 3   Costa_Rica            (2-0)   
16/11/1997            Costa_Rica   3 - 1   Canada                (2-0)   
16/11/1997               Jamaica   0 - 0   Mexico                (0-0)   
16/11/1997                U.S.A.   4 - 2   El_Salvador           (2-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   MEXICO                   10     4     6     0    23     7   +16    18   60.0
2   U.S.A.                   10     4     5     1    17     9    +8    17   56.7
3   JAMAICA                  10     3     5     2     7    12    -5    14   46.7
4   Costa_Rica               10     3     3     4    13    12    +1    12   40.0
5   El_Salvador              10     2     4     4    11    16    -5    10   33.3
6   Canada                   10     1     3     6     5    20   -15     6   20.0

Statistics

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   Jamaica                  20    11     6     3    24    15    +9    39   65.0
2   Mexico                   16     8     6     2    37    13   +24    30   62.5
3   U.S.A.                   16     8     6     2    27    14   +13    30   62.5
4   Costa_Rica               16     7     3     6    22    17    +5    24   50.0
5   Canada                   16     6     4     6    15    21    -6    22   45.8
6   El_Salvador              16     5     5     6    23    22    +1    20   41.7
7   Guatemala                 8     4     2     2     9    10    -1    14   58.3
8   Cuba                     10     4     1     5    17    18    -1    13   43.3
9   Panama                    8     3     2     3    14    13    +1    11   45.8
10  Honduras                  6     3     1     2    18    11    +7    10   55.6
11  Dominican_Republic        6     3     1     2     9    16    -7    10   55.6
12  St._Kitts-Nevis           4     2     2     0     8     3    +5     8   66.7
13  St._Vincent_&_Gren.      10     2     2     6    17    33   -16     8   26.7
14  Trinidad_&_Tobago         8     2     1     5    15    10    +5     7   29.2
15  Haiti                     4     2     1     1     9     8    +1     7   58.3
16  Grenada                   4     2     0     2     9     8    +1     6   50.0
17  Barbados                  4     2     0     2     2     3    -1     6   50.0
18  Dominica                  4     1     1     2     6     6     0     4   33.3
19  Neth._Antilles            2     0     1     1     1     2    -1     1   16.7
20  Antigua_&_Barbuda         2     0     1     1     4     6    -2     1   16.7
21  Nicaragua                 2     0     0     2     1     3    -2     0    0.0
22  Surinam                   2     0     0     2     0     2    -2     0    0.0
23  Aruba                     2     0     0     2     3     6    -3     0    0.0
24  Belize                    2     0     0     2     2     6    -4     0    0.0
25  St._Lucia                 2     0     0     2     1     6    -5     0    0.0
26  Cayman_Islands            2     0     0     2     0     6    -6     0    0.0
27  Guyana                    2     0     0     2     1     8    -7     0    0.0
28  Puerto_Rico               2     0     0     2     1     9    -8     0    0.0