The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, CONCACAF zone ran from March 1996 to November 1997 in order to determine the three

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representatives at the

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. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see

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. 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

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, received

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and advanced to the third round directly. The remaining 24 teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical locations, as follows: *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.

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and

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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

---- ''Dominican Republic won 6-3 on aggregate.''

Group B

---- ''Grenada won 8-1 on aggregate.''

Group C

The

withdrew, so

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advanced to the first round automatically.

Group D

---- ''Dominica won 6-4 on aggregate.''

First round

Group 1

---- ''Dominican Republic won 2-1 on aggregate.''

Group 2

---- ''Haiti won 7-1 on aggregate.''

Group 3

---- Note:Both matches were played in Cayman Islands. ''Cuba won 6-0 on aggregate.''

Group 4

---- ''Saint Kitts and Nevis won 6-1 on aggregate.''

Group 5

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

Group 6

---- ''Barbados won 2-0 on aggregate.''

Group 7

---- ''Jamaica won 2-0 on aggregate.''

Group 8

withdrew, so

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advanced to the second round automatically.

Second round

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Caribbean Zone

Group A

''This match was played on neutral ground instead of in Cuba.'' ---- ''Cuba won 7-2 on aggregate.''

Group B

---- ''Trinidad and Tobago won 12-1 on aggregate.''

Group C

---- ''Jamaica won 3-0 on aggregate.''

Group D

---- ''Saint Kitts and Nevis 2-2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on aggregate. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won on the

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.''

Central American Zone

Group E

---- ''Guatemala won 3-1 on aggregate.''

Group F

---- ''Panama won 6-2 on aggregate.''

Third round

Group 1

The ''United States'' and ''Costa Rica'' advanced to the final round. ''Guatemala'' played their home games in Los Angeles and

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instead of at home due to FIFA stadium standards not followed by the

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, in

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, 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.

Group 2

''Canada'' and ''El Salvador'' advanced to the final round. Cuba played all their matches away from home.

Group 3

''Jamaica'' and ''Mexico'' advanced to the final round.

Fourth round

*Mexico, the United States, and Jamaica qualified for the

Qualified teams

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

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

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9 goals

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8 goals

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6 goals

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5 goals

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* Suazo Velázquez * Walter Boyd *

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* Zague *

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4 goals

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* Isaac Chauvet *

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* Andre Hinds * Rodney Jack *

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3 goals

* Derrick Edwards *

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* Nildeson * Keith Fletcher *

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* Dwight Allers Kelley * Stern John *

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2 goals

* Raymond Davelaar *

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* Alberto Jiménez *

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* José Carlos Rivera *

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* Jason François *

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* Christian Santamaria *

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* Luis Hernández *

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* Rubén Guevara *

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* Vernon Sargeant * Kendall Velox * Jerren Nixon *

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1 goal

* Quentin Clarke * Ryan Malmberg * Gregory Goodridge * Roger Proverbs * Denmark Casey * David McCaulay *

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* Carl Fletcher *

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* Javier Delgado * Farlen Ilama * Wilmer Lopez * Luis Marín * Allán Oviedo * Mauricio Solís * Richard Smith * Jafet Soto *

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* Armando Cruz * Alexander Cruzata * Mario Pedraza * George Dangler *

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* Jeffrey Edmond *

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* Shane Marshall * Stevenson Morancie *

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* Ramón Mariano * Nelson Peña * Cristian Queliz *

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* Elías Montes * Jorge Rodríguez *

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* Rudy Ramirez * Bryan Joseph * Wilson Chevalier * Rosemond Pierre *

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* Merlyn Membreño * Barrios Zapata * Peter Cargill * Paul Davis *

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* Paul Hall * Stephen Malcolm * Enrique Alfaro Rojas *

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* Paulo César Chávez *

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* Ramón Ramírez * Gijsberta Gersley * Ezequiel Jerez * Juan Carlos Cubillas *

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* Larrymore Bedford *

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* Wesley Charles * James Chewitt *

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* Christopher Harry * Marlos Huggins * Everad Sam * Anthony Rougier *

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* Cobi Jones *

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