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1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Field	Value
tourney_name	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
dates	March 24th 1996 – November 16th 1997
num_teams	28
confederations	1
matches	98
goals	295
attendance	2065454
top_scorer	Carlos Hermosillo
(11 Goals)
prevseason	[1994](1994-fifa-world-cup-qualification-concacaf)
nextseason	[2002](2002-fifa-world-cup-qualification-concacaf)

(11 Goals)

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

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.

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

;Group A Mariano Peña Malmberg

Aquino Queliz Dominican Republic won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

;Group B Roberts

François Fletcher Grenada won 8–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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

;Group D Dangler Marshall Edwards

Morancie Edmond Dominica won 6–4 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

First round

;Group 1 Zapata

Dominican Republic won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

;Group 2 Pierre
Chauvet

Haiti won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

;Group 3

Sebrango
Darcourt
Moré

Cuba won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

;Group 4 Sargeant
Gumbs

Saint Kitts and Nevis won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

;Group 5 Hinds

Mussenden Hinds Charles

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 9-1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

;Group 6

Barbados won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

;Group 7

Jamaica won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

;Group 8 Bermuda withdrew, so Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the second round automatically.

Second round

|- !colspan=6|Caribbean Zone |- !colspan=6|Central American Zone |}

Caribbean Zone

;Group A Pedraza
Darcourt Moré

Cuba won 7–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

;Group B Aquino
Eve

Yorke
Eve
Rougier
Latapy

Trinidad and Tobago won 12–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

;Group C

Boyd

Jamaica won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

;Group D Bedford Velox

2–2 on aggregate. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won on the away goals rule and advanced to the third round.

Central American Zone

;Group E

Guatemala won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

;Group F Dely Valdés

Mendieta

Panama won 6-2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Third round

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Fourth round

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round

Qualified teams

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup[1](1)
			10 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup), [1958](1958-fifa-world-cup), [1962](1962-fifa-world-cup), [1966](1966-fifa-world-cup), [1970](1970-fifa-world-cup), [1978](1978-fifa-world-cup), [1986](1986-fifa-world-cup), [1994](1994-fifa-world-cup))
			5 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup), [1990](1990-fifa-world-cup), [1994](1994-fifa-world-cup))
			0 (debut)

:1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

Notes

References

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