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rounds for the European zone (
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). A total of 50 UEFA teams entered the competition;
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, which joined FIFA and UEFA in November 1996 while the qualifiers were underway, could not enter. The European zone was allocated 15 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.
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, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition between 49 teams. The 49 teams were divided into nine groups, four groups of six teams and five groups of five teams. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up would be ranked according to their records against the 1st, 3rd and 4th-placed team in their groups, and the team with the best record would also qualify. The other runners-up would advance to the UEFA Play-offs. In the play-offs, the 8 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.


First round

First round was group play. The draw was made on 12 December 1995, and was based on the November 1995 FIFA World Rankings.


Seeding

The teams were divided into five pools as shown in table below (November 1995 rankings shown in brackets). Teams in bold eventually qualified for the final tournament, teams in ''bold italic'' qualified for the final tournament through the play-offs, and teams in ''italic'' participated in the play-offs but did not qualify for the final tournament.


Summary


Group 1


Group 2


Group 3


Group 4


Group 5


Group 6


Group 7


Group 8


Group 9


Ranking of second-placed teams

Record against the 1st, 3rd and 4th-placed team in their groups.


Second round


Qualified teams

The following 15 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament. :
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.
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2 Competed as
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. A separate team for
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also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in
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3 Competed as
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Goalscorers

There were 667 goals scored in 228 matches, for an average of 2.93 goals per match. ;14 goals *
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Notes

*To date, this was the last time that Portugal failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup.


References


External links


UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores
at Scoreshelf.com {{DEFAULTSORT:1998 Fifa World Cup Qualification (Uefa) 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, UEFA FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1996–97 in European football, World Cup 1997–98 in European football, World Cup