1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round
The fourth and final round (also known as Hexagonal or Hex) of CONCACAF's process of 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification was played throughout 1997, from 2 March to 16 November.[1] It was the first Hexagonal final round in CONCACAF's history.
Mexico, the United States, and Jamaica qualified to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Canada were eliminated.
Format
A total of six teams which had advanced from the third round (the three group winners and the three group runners-up) played against each other in a double round-robin format in a single group. The top three teams in the group qualified to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. This round, known as Hexagonal, is the first used by CONCACAF to determine its qualified teams to a FIFA World Cup and has been used since then.
Qualified teams
Group (3rd round) |
Winners | Runners-up |
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1 | ||
2 | ||
3 |
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 18 | Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–0 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 4–0 | ||
2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 17 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | |||
3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 14 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||
4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 12 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | |||
5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 10 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | |||
6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 6 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Matches
Costa Rica | 0–0 | |
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Report |
Costa Rica | 3–2 | |
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Medford Solís Gómez |
Report | Wynalda Lassiter |
Canada | 0–0 | |
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Report |
United States | 2–2 | |
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Pope Ramírez |
Report | Hermosillo Hernández |
El Salvador | 2–1 | |
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Díaz Arce Montes |
Report | Arnáez |
Jamaica | 1–0 | |
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Williams |
Report |
Canada | 1–0 | |
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Berdusco |
Report |
El Salvador | 0–1 | |
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Report | García Postigo |
El Salvador | 1–1 | |
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Díaz Arce |
Report | Lassiter |
United States | 1–0 | |
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Ramos |
Report |
Jamaica | 1–0 | |
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Burton |
Report |
El Salvador | 4–1 | |
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Nildeson Renderos Cienfuegos Díaz Arce |
Report | Bunbury |
United States | 1–1 | |
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Wynalda |
Report | Burton |
Mexico | 5–0 | |
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Galindo García Aspe Zague García |
Report |
Canada | 2–2 | |
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Corazzin Bunbury |
Report | Enrique Alfaro Hermosillo |
Canada | 0–3 | |
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Report | Reyna Wegerle |
Mexico | 3–3 | |
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Chávez Galindo Hermosillo |
Report | Medford Soto Wanchope |
United States | 4–2 | |
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McBride Henderson Preki |
Report | Nildeson Díaz Arce |
Goalscorers
There were 68 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.27 goals per match.
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Eddy Berdusco Carlo Corazzin Carl Fletcher Luis Diego Arnáez Rónald Gómez Farlen Ilama Luis Marín Allan Oviedo Richard Smith Mauricio Solís Jafet Soto Mauricio Cienfuegos Waldir Guerra Elías Montes Willian Renderos Paul Hall Enrique Alfaro Paulo César Chávez Joaquín del Olmo Alberto García Earnie Stewart
1 own goal
Nicolás Ramírez (against the United States)
References
- "1998 FIFA World Cup France - Qualifiers - North, Central America and Caribbean". FIFA.com. Retrieved 10 July 2019.