1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA).

A total of 50 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 15 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. France, 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.

Contents 1 Qualification seeding (UEFA) 2 Group 1 2.1 Table 2.2 Results 3 Group 2 3.1 Table 3.2 Results 4 Group 3 4.1 Table 4.2 Results 5 Group 4 5.1 Table 5.2 Results 6 Group 5 6.1 Table 6.2 Results 7 Group 6 7.1 Table 7.2 Results 8 Group 7 8.1 Table 8.2 Results 9 Group 8 9.1 Table 9.2 Results 10 Group 9 10.1 Table 10.2 Results 11 Ranking of runners-up 12 Play-offs 12.1 First leg 12.2 Second leg 13 References

Qualification seeding (UEFA)

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

Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3
Germany  Spain  Italy  Russia  Norway  Denmark  Netherlands  Sweden  Romania	Bulgaria  Switzerland  Portugal  Czech Republic  England  Republic of Ireland  Scotland  Belgium  Greece	Turkey  Poland  Slovakia  Austria  Croatia  Israel  Finland  Lithuania  Northern Ireland
Pool 4	Pool 5	Pool 6
Iceland  Latvia  Wales  Hungary  Cyprus  Ukraine  Slovenia  Georgia  Yugoslavia	Albania  Belarus  Malta  Macedonia	Luxembourg  Moldova  Armenia  Faroe Islands  Estonia  Azerbaijan  San Marino  Liechtenstein  Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group 1

Key:

• Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.
• Teams highlighted in orange qualified for the Play-offs.

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Table

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Denmark	17	8	5	2	1	14	6	8
2	Croatia	15	8	4	3	1	17	12	5
3	Greece	14	8	4	2	2	11	4	7
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	8	3	0	5	9	14	−5
5	Slovenia	1	8	0	1	7	5	20	−15

Results

April 24, 1996	Greece	2–0	Slovenia	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
	Lima-Batista  55' Nikolaidis  65'	(Report)

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September 1, 1996	Slovenia	0–2	Denmark	Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
		(Report)	A. Nielsen  78' Schjønberg  89'

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September 1, 1996	Greece	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Kalamata Metropolitan Stadium, Kalamata Attendance: 4,088 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
	Ouzounidis  41' Apostolakis  79' Nikolaidis  84'	(Report)

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October 8, 1996	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–4	Croatia	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna[1] Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)
	Salihamidžić  25'	(Report)	Bilić  13' Vlaović  32' Bokšić  64', 85'

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October 9, 1996	Denmark	2–1	Greece	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 40,262 Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
	Zagorakis  25' (o.g.) B. Laudrup  52'	(Report)	Donis  35'

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November 10, 1996	Croatia	1–1	Greece	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
	Šuker  44'	(Report)	Nikolaidis  9'

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November 10, 1996	Slovenia	1–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
	Zahovič  41' (pen.)	Report	Bolić  5' Kodro  33'

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March 29, 1997	Croatia	1–1	Denmark	Poljud, Split Attendance: 33,865 Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
	Šuker  49'	Report	B. Laudrup  82'

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April 2, 1997	Croatia	3–3	Slovenia	Poljud, Split Attendance: 15,365 Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
	Prosinečki  33' Boban  43', 60'	Report	Gliha  45', 65', 66'

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April 2, 1997	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–1	Greece	Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alain Sars (France)
		Report	Frantzeskos  73'

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April 30, 1997	Denmark	4–0	Slovenia	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 41,278 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
	A. Nielsen  3', 55' Pedersen  28' Laudrup  50'	Report

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April 30, 1997	Greece	0–1	Croatia	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)
		Report	Šuker  74'

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June 8, 1997	Denmark	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)
	Rieper  67' Molnar  89'	Report

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August 20, 1997	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Denmark	Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Mujčin  19' Bolić  25', 35'	Report

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September 6, 1997	Croatia	3–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 16,518 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Bilić  27' Marić  39' Boban  79'	Report	Ladić  17' (o.g.) Salihamidžić  55'

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September 6, 1997	Slovenia	0–3	Greece	Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)
		Report	Alexandris  54' Konstantinidis  89' Machlas  90+1'

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September 10, 1997	Denmark	3–1	Croatia	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 41,381 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
	B. Laudrup  15' M. Laudrup  34' Molnar  40'	Report	Šuker  44'

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September 10, 1997	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Slovenia	Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Taras Bezubiak (Russia)
	Bolić  22'	Report

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October 11, 1997	Greece	0–0	Denmark	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
		Report

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October 11, 1997	Slovenia	1–3	Croatia	Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)
	Zahovič  72'	Report	Šuker  11' Soldo  39' Bokšić  50'

Group 2

Table

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	England	19	8	6	1	1	15	2	13
2	Italy	18	8	5	3	0	11	1	10
3	Poland	10	8	3	1	4	10	12	−2
4	Georgia	10	8	3	1	4	7	9	−2
5	Moldova	0	8	0	0	8	2	21	−19

Results

September 1, 1996	Moldova	0–3	England	Republican, Chişinău Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)
		(Report)	Barmby  24' Gascoigne  26' Shearer  61'

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October 5, 1996	Moldova	1–3	Italy	Republican, Chişinău Attendance: 4,085 Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)
	Curtianu  12'	(Report)	Ravanelli  8', 87' Casiraghi  67'

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October 9, 1996	England	2–1	Poland	Wembley, London Attendance: 74,663 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
	Shearer  25', 38'	(Report)	Citko  7'

October 9, 1996	Italy	1–0	Georgia	Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
	Ravanelli  43'	(Report)

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November 9, 1996	Georgia	0–2	England	Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)
		(Report)	Sheringham  15' Ferdinand  37'

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November 10, 1996	Poland	2–1	Moldova	GKS, Katowice Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sotirios Vorgias (Greece)
	Bałuszyński  4' K. Warzycha  77' (pen.)	(Report)	Cleşcenco  83' (pen.)

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February 12, 1997	England	0–1	Italy	Wembley, London Attendance: 75,056 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
		(Report)	Zola  19'

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March 29, 1997	Italy	3–0	Moldova	Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
	Maldini  24' Zola  45' Vieri  50'	(Report)

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April 2, 1997	Poland	0–0	Italy	Slaski, Chorzów Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
		(Report)

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April 30, 1997	England	2–0	Georgia	Wembley, London Attendance: 71,208 Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
	Sheringham  42' Shearer  90+1'	(Report)

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April 30, 1997	Italy	3–0	Poland	Stadio San Paolo, Napoli Attendance: 45,000 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
	Di Matteo  24' Maldini  36' R.Baggio  62'	(Report)

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May 31, 1997	Poland	0–2	England	Slaski, Chorzów Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
		(Report)	Shearer  5' Sheringham  90'

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June 7, 1997	Georgia	2–0	Moldova	Dinamo, Batumi Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
	Arveladze  27' Kinkladze  51'	(Report)

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June 14, 1997	Poland	4–1	Georgia	GKS, Katowice Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
	Ledwoń  32' Trzeciak  34' Bukalski  74' (pen.) K. Nowak  90'	(Report)	Arveladze  24'

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September 10, 1997	England	4–0	Moldova	Wembley, London Attendance: 74,102 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
	Scholes  29' Wright  46', 90' Gascoigne  81'	(Report)

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September 10, 1997	Georgia	0–0	Italy	Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 51,117 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
		(Report)

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September 24, 1997	Moldova	0–1	Georgia	Republican, Chişinău Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)
		(Report)	Ketsbaia  10'

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October 7, 1997	Moldova	0–3	Poland	Republican, Chişinău Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)
		(Report)	Juskowiak  23', 56', 60'

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October 11, 1997	Italy	0–0	England	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
		(Report)

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October 11, 1997	Georgia	3–0	Poland	Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Arveladze  55' Tskhadadze  68' Ketsbaia  74'	(Report)

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Group 3

Table

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Norway	20	8	6	2	0	21	2	19
2	Hungary	12	8	3	3	2	10	8	2
3	Finland	11	8	3	2	3	11	12	−1
4	Switzerland	10	8	3	1	4	11	12	−1
5	Azerbaijan	3	8	1	0	7	3	22	−19

Results

June 2, 1996	Norway	5–0	Azerbaijan	Ullevaal, Oslo Attendance: 14,020 Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)
	Solbakken  7', 46' Solskjær  37', 89' Strandli  59'	(Report)

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August 31, 1996	Azerbaijan	1–0	Switzerland	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
	Rzayev  28'	(Report)

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September 1, 1996	Hungary	1–0	Finland	Nepstadion, Budapest Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)
	Orosz  15'	(Report)

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October 6, 1996	Finland	2–3	Switzerland	Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 7,217 Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)
	Sumiala  41' (pen.) Kolkka  77'	(Report)	Lombardo  14' Sforza  34' Yakin  54'

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October 9, 1996	Norway	3–0	Hungary	Ullevaal, Oslo Attendance: 24,480 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Rekdal  83', 89', 90' (pen.)	(Report)

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November 10, 1996	Switzerland	0–1	Norway	Wankdorf Stadion, Bern Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
		(Report)	Leonhardsen  32'

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November 10, 1996	Azerbaijan	0–3	Hungary	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Dragutin Poljak (Croatia)
		(Report)	Nyilas  42', 67' (pen.) Urbán  77'

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April 2, 1997	Azerbaijan	1–2	Finland	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England)
	Suleymanov  83' (pen.)	(Report)	Litmanen  26' Paatelainen  64'

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April 30, 1997	Norway	1–1	Finland	Ullevaal, Oslo Attendance: 22,782 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Solskjær  83'	(Report)	Sumiala  60'

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April 30, 1997	Switzerland	1–0	Hungary	Hardturm, Zürich Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
	Türkyilmaz  83'	(Report)

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June 8, 1997	Hungary	1–1	Norway	Nepstadion, Budapest Attendance: 25,300 Referee: David Elleray (England)
	Kovács  22'	(Report)	Rudi  9'

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June 8, 1997	Finland	3–0	Azerbaijan	Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 13,417 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Vanhala  60' Litmanen  65' Sumiala  82'	(Report)

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August 20, 1997	Finland	0–4	Norway	Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 35,520 Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
		(Report)	Solbakken  9' Rudi  12' J.Flo  48' T.A.Flo  84'

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August 20, 1997	Hungary	1–1	Switzerland	Nepstadion, Budapest Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)
	Klausz  52'	(Report)	Chapuisat  90+1'

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September 6, 1997	Azerbaijan	0–1	Norway	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
		(Report)	T.A.Flo  42'

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September 6, 1997	Switzerland	1–2	Finland	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)
	Kunz  90+1'	(Report)	Litmanen  16' Sumiala  79'

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September 10, 1997	Norway	5–0	Switzerland	Ullevaal, Oslo Attendance: 22,603 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
	Jakobsen  46' Solbakken  51' Eggen  65' Østenstad  75' T.A.Flo  85'	(Report)

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September 10, 1997	Hungary	3–1	Azerbaijan	Nepstadion, Budapest Attendance: 8,112 Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)
	Klausz  8' Halmai  44' Béla Illés  89'	(Report)	Lychkin  71'

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October 11, 1997	Finland	1–1	Hungary	Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 31,670 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
	Sumiala  63'	(Report)	Sebők  90+1'

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October 11, 1997	Switzerland	5–0	Azerbaijan	Hardturm, Zürich Attendance: 7,600 Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)
	Türkyilmaz  13', 23', 69' (pen.) Yakin  43' Chapuisat  51'	(Report)

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Group 4

Table

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Austria	25	10	8	1	1	17	4	13
2	Scotland	23	10	7	2	1	15	3	12
3	Sweden	21	10	7	0	3	16	9	7
4	Latvia	10	10	3	1	6	10	14	−4
5	Estonia	4	10	1	1	8	4	16	−12
6	Belarus	4	10	1	1	8	5	21	−16

Results

June 1, 1996	Sweden	5–1	Belarus	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 30,014 Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
	K. Andersson  20', 62' (pen.) Dahlin  30' P. Andersson  77' Larsson  87'	Report	Byalkevich  75'

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August 31, 1996	Austria	0–0	Scotland	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 27,600 Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)
		Report

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August 31, 1996	Belarus	1–0	Estonia	Dinamo, Minsk Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Sergei Khussainov (Russia)
	Makowski  35'	Report

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September 1, 1996	Latvia	1–2	Sweden	Daugavas stadions, Riga Attendance: 9,200 Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
	Rimkus  56'	Report	Dahlin  16' K. Andersson  21'

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October 5, 1996	Latvia	0–2	Scotland	Daugavas stadions, Riga Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Jiří Ulrich (Czech Republic)
		Report	Collins  18' Jackson  80'

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October 5, 1996	Estonia	1–0	Belarus	Kadriong, Tallinn Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)
	Hohlov-Simson  52'	Report

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October 9, 1996	Sweden	0–1	Austria	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 36,859 Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)
		Report	Herzog  11'

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October 9, 1996	Belarus	1–1	Latvia	Dinamo, Minsk Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Sergo Kvaratskhelia (Georgia)
	Makowski  78'	Report	Zemļinskis  16'

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November 9, 1996	Austria	2–1	Latvia	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 15,700 Referee: Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)
	Polster  43' Herzog  73'	Report	Rimkus  44'

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November 10, 1996	Scotland	1–0	Sweden	Ibrox, Glasgow Attendance: 46,738 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
	McGinlay  7'	Report

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February 11, 1997	Estonia	0–0	Scotland	Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 3,766 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)
		Report

This game was a replay of the original game that took place in Tallinn on October 9 where the Estonian team failed to show up.

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March 29, 1997	Scotland	2–0	Estonia	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Attendance: 17,996 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
	Boyd  25' Meet  52' (o.g.)	Report

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April 2, 1997	Scotland	2–0	Austria	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 43,295 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
	Gallacher  25', 78'	Report

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April 30, 1997	Austria	2–0	Estonia	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)
	Vastić  48' Stöger  87'	Report

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April 30, 1997	Sweden	2–1	Scotland	Ullevi Stadion, Goteborg Attendance: 40,302 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	K. Andersson  43', 63'	Report	Gallacher  83'

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April 30, 1997	Latvia	2–0	Belarus	Daugavas stadions, Riga Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)
	Ševļakovs  36', 83'	Report

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May 18, 1997	Estonia	1–3	Latvia	Kadriong, Tallinn Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Darko Cvitkovic (Croatia)
	Zelinski  5'	Report	Babičevs  53' Jelisejevs  80' Lemsalu  87' (o.g.)

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June 8, 1997	Latvia	1–3	Austria	Daugavas stadions, Riga Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
	Astafjevs  88'	Report	Heraf  55' Polster  81' Stöger  82'

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June 8, 1997	Belarus	0–1	Scotland	Dinamo, Minsk Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
		Report	McAllister  49' (pen.)

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June 8, 1997	Estonia	2–3	Sweden	Kadriorg, Tallinn Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
	Oper  74' Kristal  84'	Report	Dahlin  14' Zetterberg  53' K. Andersson  71'

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August 20, 1997	Estonia	0–3	Austria	Kariorg, Tallinn Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Georgios Fassolis (Greece)
		Report	Polster  47', 69', 90'

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August 20, 1997	Belarus	1–2	Sweden	Dinamo, Minsk Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)
	Gurenko  38'	Report	K. Andersson  74' Zetterberg  84'

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September 6, 1997	Austria	1–0	Sweden	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
	Herzog  76'	Report

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September 6, 1997	Latvia	1–0	Estonia	Daugavas stadions, Riga Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Otar Guntadze (Georgia)
	Zemļinskis  87' (pen.)	Report

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September 7, 1997	Scotland	4–1	Belarus	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Attendance: 20,160 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
	Gallacher  7', 58' Hopkin  54', 88'	Report	Kachuro  73' (pen.)

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September 10, 1997	Belarus	0–1	Austria	Dinamo, Minsk Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
		Report	Pfeifenberger  50'

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September 10, 1997	Sweden	1–0	Latvia	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 20,251 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Jonson  88'	Report

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October 11, 1997	Austria	4–0	Belarus	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)
	Polster  3', 16' (pen.) Stöger  6', 42'	Report

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October 11, 1997	Scotland	2–0	Latvia	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 47,613 Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
	Gallacher  43' Durie  80'	Report

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October 11, 1997	Sweden	1–0	Estonia	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 18,702 Referee: Stefan Ormandzhiev (Bulgaria)
	Zetterberg  25'	Report

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Group 5

Table

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Bulgaria	18	8	6	0	2	18	9	9
2	Russia	17	8	5	2	1	19	5	14
3	Israel	13	8	4	1	3	9	7	2
4	Cyprus	10	8	3	1	4	10	15	−5
5	Luxembourg	0	8	0	0	8	2	22	−20

Results

September 1, 1996	Israel	2–1	Bulgaria	National Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
	Harazi  34' Banin  62'	Report	Balakov  3' (pen.)

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September 1, 1996	Russia	4–0	Cyprus	Dinamo, Moscow Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
	Nikiforov  8', 50' Kolyvanov  34' Beschastnykh  81'	Report

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October 8, 1996	Luxembourg	1–2	Bulgaria	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City Attendance: 3,775 Referee: Yevi Kollari (Albania)
	Langers  20'	Report	Balakov  14' (pen.) Kostadinov  37'

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October 9, 1996	Israel	1–1	Russia	National Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Marc Batta (France)
	Brumer  65'	Report	Kolyvanov  82'

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November 10, 1996	Luxembourg	0–4	Russia	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City Attendance: 5,660 Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)
		Report	Tikhonov  34' Kanchelskis  38' Beschastnykh  50' Karpin  77'

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November 10, 1996	Cyprus	2–0	Israel	Tsirion, Limassol Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Gheorghe Constantin (Romania)
	Gogić  9', 15' (pen.)	Report

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December 14, 1996	Cyprus	1–3	Bulgaria	Tsirion, Limassol Attendance: 6,500 Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)
	Pittas  29'	Report	Kostadinov  23' Balakov  34' Iliev  70'

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December 15, 1996	Israel	1–0	Luxembourg	National Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 24,400 Referee: John Ashman (Wales)
	Ohana  39'	Report

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March 29, 1997	Cyprus	1–1	Russia	Dimotiko, Paralimni Attendance: 3,199 Referee: Juan Ansuategui Roca (Spain)
	Gogić  31'	Report	Simutenkov  32'

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March 31, 1997	Luxembourg	0–3	Israel	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City Attendance: 6,607 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
		Report	Zohar  11', 79' Banin  86' (pen.)

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April 2, 1997	Bulgaria	4–1	Cyprus	Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
	Borimirov  2' Kostadinov  35', 45' Yordanov  66'	Report	Okkas  62'

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April 30, 1997	Russia	3–0	Luxembourg	Dinamo, Moscow Attendance: 9,200 Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)
	Kechinov  20' Grishin  55' Simutenkov  58'	Report

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April 30, 1997	Israel	2–0	Cyprus	National Stadium, Ramat Gan Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Vasiliy Melnychuk (Ukraine)
	Ohana  3', 72'	Report

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June 8, 1997	Bulgaria	4–0	Luxembourg	Neftochimik, Burgas Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
	Stoichkov  43' (pen.) Kostadinov  47' Balakov  50' (pen.) Lechkov  81'	Report

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June 8, 1997	Russia	2–0	Israel	Dinamo, Moscow Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)
	Radimov  8' Kosolapov  38'	Report

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August 20, 1997	Bulgaria	1–0	Israel	Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
	Penev  65'	Report

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September 7, 1997	Luxembourg	1–3	Cyprus	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)
	Amodio  14'	Report	Papavasiliou  6' Ioannou  55', 79'

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September 10, 1997	Bulgaria	1–0	Russia	Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)
	Ivanov  55'	Report

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October 11, 1997	Russia	4–2	Bulgaria	Dinamo, Moscow Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
	Alenichev  13', 57' Kolyvanov  41' Yuran  52'	Report	Gruev  68' Kostadinov  78'

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October 11, 1997	Cyprus	2–0	Luxembourg	Tsirion, Limassol Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)
	Papavasiliou  79' Spoljaric  85'	Report

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Group 6

Table

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Spain	26	10	8	2	0	26	6	20
2	Yugoslavia	23	10	7	2	1	29	7	22
3	Czech Republic	16	10	5	1	4	16	6	10
4	Slovakia	16	10	5	1	4	18	14	4
5	Faroe Islands	6	10	2	0	8	10	31	−21
6	Malta	0	10	0	0	10	2	37	−35

Results

April 24, 1996	Yugoslavia	3–1	Faroe Islands	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 16,325 Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)
	Savićević  3', 29' Milošević  37'	Report	J. Petersen  53'

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June 2, 1996	Yugoslavia	6–0	Malta	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 11,617 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)
	Milošević  2' Mijatović  39' D. Stojković  45+1' Milošević  68' (pen.) Savićević  70', 73'	Report

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August 31, 1996	Faroe Islands	1–2	Slovakia	Svangaskard, Toftir Attendance: 1,445 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Müller  60'	Report	Moravčik  13' Dubovský  88'

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September 4, 1996	Faroe Islands	2–6	Spain	Svangaskard, Toftir Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Philippe Leduc (France)
	T. Jónsson  46' Arge  90'	Report	Luis Enrique  37' Alfonso  63', 83', 86' Johannesen  70' (o.g.) Hierro  85'

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September 18, 1996	Czech Republic	6–0	Malta	Na Stínadlech, Teplice Attendance: 15,099 Referee: Mateo Beušan (Croatia)
	Berger  11', 63' (pen.) Nedvěd  29' Kubík  77' Šmicer  83' Frýdek  86'	Report

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September 22, 1996	Slovakia	6–0	Malta	Tehelne pole, Bratislava Attendance: 2,236 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)
	Tittel  13', 90' Šimon  15' Zeman  37' Timko  56' Dubovský  59'	Report

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October 6, 1996	Faroe Islands	1–8	Yugoslavia	Svangaskard, Toftir Attendance: 1,017 Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
	Müller  28'	Report	Milošević  6', 37', 45' Jokanović  11', 57' Mijatović  29' Jugović  57' D. Stojković  90' (pen.)

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October 9, 1996	Czech Republic	0–0	Spain	Sparta, Prague Attendance: 21,750 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
		Report

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October 23, 1996	Slovakia	3–0	Faroe Islands	Tehelné pole, Bratislava Attendance: 5,442 Referee: Salem Prolic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
	Dubovský  20' Jančula  44' Šimon  57' (pen.)	Report

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November 10, 1996	Yugoslavia	1–0	Czech Republic	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 46,577 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
	Mijatović  18'	Report

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November 13, 1996	Spain	4–1	Slovakia	Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Pizzi  31' Amor  47' Luis Enrique  51' Hierro  62'	Report	Tittel  39'

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December 14, 1996	Spain	2–0	Yugoslavia	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
	Guardiola  19' Raúl  37'	Report

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December 18, 1996	Malta	0–3	Spain	National Stadium, Ta'Qali Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
		Report	Guerrero  8', 26', 33'

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February 12, 1997	Spain	4–0	Malta	Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Stephen Lodge (England)
	Guardiola  25' Alfonso  40', 47' Pizzi  89'	Report

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March 31, 1997	Malta	0–2	Slovakia	National Stadium, Ta'Qali Attendance: 4,202 Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)
		Report	Jančula  38' Tittel  90'

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April 2, 1997	Czech Republic	1–2	Yugoslavia	Sparta, Prague Attendance: 17,137 Referee: Marc Batta (France)
	Bejbl  75'	Report	Mijatović  28' Milošević  90+1'

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April 30, 1997	Yugoslavia	1–1	Spain	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
	Mijatović  87' (pen.)	Report	Hierro  19' (pen.)

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April 30, 1997	Malta	1–2	Faroe Islands	National Stadium, Ta'Qali Attendance: 8,188 Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)
	Sultana  8'	Report	Ø. Hansen  60' T. Jónsson  89'

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June 8, 1997	Spain	1–0	Czech Republic	Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid Attendance: 24,544 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Hierro  41' (pen.)	Report

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June 8, 1997	Yugoslavia	2–0	Slovakia	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 22,044 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
	Savićević  17' Mijatović  75'	Report

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June 8, 1997	Faroe Islands	2–1	Malta	Svangaskard, Toftir Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)
	Todi Jónsson  7', 42'	Report	G. Agius  48'

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August 20, 1997	Czech Republic	2–0	Faroe Islands	Na Stinadlech, Teplice Attendance: 8,322 Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)
	Kuka  15' Kozel  26'	Report

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August 24, 1997	Slovakia	2–1	Czech Republic	Tehelne pole, Bratislava Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
	Jančula  45' Majoroš  55'	Report	Šmicer  15'

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September 6, 1997	Faroe Islands	0–2	Czech Republic	Svangaskard, Toftir Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Bernard Saules (France)
		Report	Šmicer  16' Kuka  33'

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September 10, 1997	Slovakia	1–1	Yugoslavia	Tehelne Pole, Bratislava Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Majoroš  65'	Report	Mihajlović  80'

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September 24, 1997	Slovakia	1–2	Spain	Tehelne Pole, Bratislava Attendance: 13,667 Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
	Majoroš  75'	Report	Kiko  47' Amor  76'

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September 24, 1997	Malta	0–1	Czech Republic	National Stadium, Ta'Qali Attendance: 1,622 Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)
		Report	Bejbl  32'

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October 11, 1997	Spain	3–1	Faroe Islands	El Molinón, Gijón Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
	Luis Enrique  18', 82' Oli  28'	Report	J.Johnsson  45'

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October 11, 1997	Malta	0–5	Yugoslavia	National Stadium, Ta'Qali Attendance: 1,107 Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)
		Report	Milošević  8' Mihajlović  24' Savićević  44' Mijatović  55' Jugović  76'

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October 11, 1997	Czech Republic	3–0	Slovakia	Sparta, Prague Attendance: 5,428 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	Šmicer  54' Siegl  70' Novotný  73'	Report

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Group 7

Table

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Netherlands	19	8	6	1	1	26	4	22
2	Belgium	18	8	6	0	2	20	11	9
3	Turkey	14	8	4	2	2	21	9	12
4	Wales	7	8	2	1	5	20	21	−1
5	San Marino	0	8	0	0	8	0	42	−42

Results

June 2, 1996	San Marino	0–5	Wales	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Attendance: 1,613 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
		Report	Melville  20' Hughes  32', 43' Giggs  50' Pembridge  85'

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August 31, 1996	Belgium	2–1	Turkey	Roi Baudouin, Brussels Attendance: 33,024 Referee: David Elleray (England)
	Degryse  11' Oliveira  37'	Report	Yalçin  56'

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August 31, 1996	Wales	6–0	San Marino	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Attendance: 15,150 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Saunders  1', 74' Hughes  25', 54' Melville  34' Robinson  45'	Report

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October 5, 1996	Wales	1–3	Netherlands	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Attendance: 34,560 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
	Saunders  17'	Report	Hooijdonk  72', 75' R. de Boer  79'

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October 9, 1996	San Marino	0–3	Belgium	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Attendance: 1,353 Referee: Kevork Oganesyan (Armenia)
		Report	Verheyen  11' Nilis  20', 49'

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November 9, 1996	Netherlands	7–1	Wales	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 26,210 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Bergkamp  21', 72', 78' R. de Boer  32' Jonk  33' F. de Boer  43' Cocu  60'	Report	Saunders  38'

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November 10, 1996	Turkey	7–0	San Marino	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 19,654 Referee: Vladimir Antonov (Moldova)
	Derelioğlu  25', 38', 51', 59' Şükür  56', 63' Sağlam  81'	Report

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December 14, 1996	Belgium	0–3	Netherlands	Roi Baudouin, Bruxelles Attendance: 36,953 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
		Report	Bergkamp  24' Seedorf  29' Jonk  89' (pen.)

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December 14, 1996	Wales	0–0	Turkey	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)
		Report

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March 29, 1997	Netherlands	4–0	San Marino	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)
	Kluivert  44' F. de Boer  58', 90' Hooijdonk  82'	Report

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March 29, 1997	Wales	1–2	Belgium	Ninian Park, Cardiff Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Christer Fällström (Sweden)
	Gary Speed  60'	Report	Crasson  24' Staelens  45'

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April 2, 1997	Turkey	1–0	Netherlands	Ataturk, Bursa Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
	Şükür  53'	Report

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April 30, 1997	San Marino	0–6	Netherlands	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Attendance: 2,832 Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)
		Report	Bergkamp  40', 88' Winter  62' Hooijdonk  69' F. de Boer  73' Bosman  83'

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April 30, 1997	Turkey	1–3	Belgium	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 21,350 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
	Derelioğlu  35'	Report	Oliveira  14', 32', 45'

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June 7, 1997	Belgium	6–0	San Marino	Roi Baudouin, Bruxelles Referee: Pavlin Jirku (Czech Republic)
	Staelens  15', 84' Van Meir  26' Mpenza  27' Oliveira  33'	Report

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August 20, 1997	Turkey	6–4	Wales	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 9,710 Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)
	Şükür  5', 37', 77', 82' Akyüz  8' Çetin  61'	Report	Blake  18' Savage  20' Saunders  31' Melville  52'

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September 6, 1997	Netherlands	3–1	Belgium	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Stam  32' Kluivert  54' Bergkamp  84'	Report	Staelens  67' (pen.)

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September 10, 1997	San Marino	0–5	Turkey	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Attendance: 947 Referee: Sergei Tatulian (Ukraine)
		Report	Gobbi  27' (o.g.) Erdem  30', 81' Şükür  74' Mandirali  78'

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October 11, 1997	Netherlands	0–0	Turkey	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
		Report

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October 11, 1997	Belgium	3–2	Wales	Roi Baudouin, Bruxelles Attendance: 18,233 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Staelens  4' (pen.) Claessens  32' Wilmots  39'	Report	Pembridge  53' Giggs  66'

Group 8

Table

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Romania	28	10	9	1	0	37	4	33
2	Republic of Ireland	18	10	5	3	2	22	8	14
3	Lithuania	17	10	5	2	3	11	8	3
4	Macedonia	13	10	4	1	5	22	18	4
5	Iceland	9	10	2	3	5	11	16	−5
6	Liechtenstein	0	10	0	0	10	3	52	−49

Results

April 24, 1996	Macedonia	3–0	Liechtenstein	Gradski, Skopje Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)
	Milosevski  6' Babunski  49' (pen.) Zaharievski  78'	Report

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June 1, 1996	Iceland	1–1	Macedonia	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík Attendance: 3,051 Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)
	A. Gudjónsson  63'	Report	Memedi  60'

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August 31, 1996	Romania	3–0	Lithuania	Steaua, Bucharest Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Vasiliy Melnichuk (Ukraine)
	Moldovan  20' Petrescu  65' Gâlcă  77'	Report

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August 31, 1996	Liechtenstein	0–5	Republic of Ireland	Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Sergei Shmolik (Belarus)
		Report	Townsend  5' O'Neill  9' Quinn  12', 61' Harte  20'

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October 5, 1996	Lithuania	2–0	Iceland	Zalgiris, Vilnius Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Marnix Sandra (Belgium)
	Jankauskas  22' (pen.) Šlekys  74'	Report

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October 9, 1996	Iceland	0–4	Romania	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík Attendance: 3,064 Referee: Claude Détruche (Switzerland)
		Report	D. Munteanu  21' Hagi  60' Gh. Popescu  75' Petrescu  81'

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October 9, 1996	Republic of Ireland	3–0	Macedonia	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 31,671 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)
	McAteer  8' Cascarino  46', 70'	Report

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October 9, 1996	Lithuania	2–1	Liechtenstein	Zalgiris, Vilnius Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Xaqani Memmedov (Azerbaijan)
	Jankauskas  43' Narbekovas  55'	Report	H.Zech  53'

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November 9, 1996	Liechtenstein	1–11	Macedonia	Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Haim Lipkovitz (Israel)
	F. Schädler  78'	Report	Glavevski  8', 12', 60' Hristov  23' Stojkovski  30', 43' Micevski  45', 49' Ćirić  53', 87' V.Micevski  90'

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November 10, 1996	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Iceland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 32,620 Referee: Stefan Ormandzhiev (Bulgaria)
		Report

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December 14, 1996	Macedonia	0–3	Romania	Gradski, Skopje Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)
		Report	Popescu  36', 45', 90' (pen.)

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March 29, 1997	Romania	8–0	Liechtenstein	Steaua, Bucharest Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)
	V. Moldovan  10' Popescu  28', 30', 68', 88' Hagi  47' Petrescu  48' Craioveanu  71'	Report

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April 2, 1997	Lithuania	0–1	Romania	Zalgiris, Vilnius Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany)
		Report	V. Moldovan  73'

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April 2, 1997	Macedonia	3–2	Republic of Ireland	Gradski, Skopje Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
	Stojkovski  28', 44' (pen.) Hristov  59'	Report	McLoughlin  8' Kelly  78'

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April 30, 1997	Romania	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Ghencea, Bucharest Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
	A.Ilie  33'	Report

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April 30, 1997	Liechtenstein	0–2	Lithuania	Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen Attendance: 812 Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)
		Report	Jankauskas  66' Ražanauskas  89'

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May 21, 1997	Republic of Ireland	5–0	Liechtenstein	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 33,200 Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)
	Connolly  28', 34', 41' Cascarino  61', 80'	Report

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June 7, 1997	Macedonia	1–0	Iceland	Gradski, Skopje Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
	Hristov  54'	Report

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June 11, 1997	Iceland	0–0	Lithuania	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík Attendance: 4,025 Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
		Report

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August 20, 1997	Romania	4–2	Macedonia	Ghencea, Bucureşti Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)
	V. Moldovan  36', 68' Gâlcă  40' Dumitrescu  66'	Report	Djokic  52', 90'

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August 20, 1997	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Lithuania	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 32,620 Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)
		Report

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August 20, 1997	Iceland	4–0	Liechtenstein	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík Attendance: 1,651 Referee: Oleg Timofeyev (Estonia)
	Th. Gudjónsson  56' T. Gudmundsson  59' A. Gudjóhnsen  68' B. Gudjónsson  74'	Report

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September 6, 1997	Liechtenstein	1–8	Romania	Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)
	M.Frick  62'	Report	V. Moldovan  5' Craioveanu  10', 32' Doboş  35' D. Munteanu  43', 45', 67' Barbu  67'

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September 6, 1997	Iceland	2–4	Republic of Ireland	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik Attendance: 3,981 Referee: Ante Kulusic (Croatia)
	B. Gunnarsson  45' H. Sigurdsson  47'	Report	Connolly  13' Keane  55', 65' Kennedy  79'

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September 6, 1997	Lithuania	2–0	Macedonia	Zalgiris, Vilnius Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
	Ivanauskas  27' Preikšaitis  88'	Report

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September 10, 1997	Romania	4–0	Iceland	Ghencea, Bucharest Attendance: 5,256 Referee: David Elleray (England)
	Hagi  9', 82' Petrescu  41' Gâlcă  65'	Report

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September 10, 1997	Lithuania	1–2	Republic of Ireland	Zalgiris, Vilnius Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)
	Žiukas  51'	Report	Cascarino  17', 72'

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October 11, 1997	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Romania	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
	Cascarino  83'	Report	Hagi  53'

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October 11, 1997	Macedonia	1–2	Lithuania	Gradski, Skopje Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)
	Šakiri  45'	Report	Buitkus  69', 83'

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October 11, 1997	Liechtenstein	0–4	Iceland	Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen Attendance: 550 Referee: Alan Howells (Wales)
		Report	Daníelsson  28' B. Gunnarsson  40' Sg. Jónsson  62' T. Gudmundsson  63'

Group 9

Table

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Germany	22	10	6	4	0	23	9	14
2	Ukraine	20	10	6	2	2	10	6	4
3	Portugal	19	10	5	4	1	12	4	8
4	Armenia	8	10	1	5	4	8	17	−9
5	Northern Ireland	7	10	1	4	5	6	10	−4
6	Albania	4	10	1	1	8	7	20	−13

Results

August 31, 1996	Northern Ireland	0–1	Ukraine	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 9,358 Referee: Alain Sars (France)
		Report	Rebrov  79'

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August 31, 1996	Armenia	0–0	Portugal	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 6,015 Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)
		Report

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October 5, 1996	Ukraine	2–1	Portugal	Olimpiysky, Kiev Attendance: 51,385 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Popov  4' Maksymov  88'	Report	João V. Pinto  83'

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October 5, 1996	Northern Ireland	1–1	Armenia	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 8,357 Referee: Krsto Danilovski (Macedonia)
	Lennon  29'	Report	Assadourian  8'

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October 9, 1996	Armenia	1–5	Germany	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	Mikaelyan  85'	Report	Häßler  20', 39' Klinsmann  26' Bobić  69' Kuntz  81'

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October 9, 1996	Albania	0–3	Portugal	Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Oguz Sarvan (Turkey)
		Report	Figo  10' Hélder  75' Rui Costa  88'

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November 9, 1996	Germany	1–1	Northern Ireland	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg Attendance: 40,800 Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
	Möller  40'	Report	Taggart  38'

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November 9, 1996	Portugal	1–0	Ukraine	Estádio das Antas, Porto Attendance: 19,106 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
	Fernando Couto  58'	Report

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November 9, 1996	Albania	1–1	Armenia	Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
	Franholli  57'	Report	Ter-Petrosyan  90'

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December 14, 1996	Portugal	0–0	Germany	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
		Report

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December 14, 1996	Northern Ireland	2–0	Albania	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 7,935 Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)
	Dowie  12', 21'	Report

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March 29, 1997	Albania	0–1	Ukraine	Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada[2] Attendance: 9,395 Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)
		Report	Rebrov  40'

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March 29, 1997	Northern Ireland	0–0	Portugal	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)
		Report

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April 2, 1997	Albania	2–3	Germany	Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada[2] Attendance: 9,780 Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)
	Kola  61', 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Kirsten  63', 80', 83'

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April 2, 1997	Ukraine	2–1	Northern Ireland	Olimpiyskiy, Kiev Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)
	Kosovsky  3' Shevchenko  70'	Report	Dowie  14'

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April 30, 1997	Germany	2–0	Ukraine	Weserstadion, Bremen Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Bierhoff  62' Basler  71'	Report

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April 30, 1997	Armenia	0–0	Northern Ireland	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
		Report

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May 7, 1997	Ukraine	1–1	Armenia	Olimpiyskiy, Kiev Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)
	Shevchenko  6'	Report	Petrosyan  77'

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June 7, 1997	Ukraine	0–0	Germany	Olimpyskiy, Kiev Attendance: 63,000 Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
		Report

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June 7, 1997	Portugal	2–0	Albania	Estadio das Antas, Porto Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	João V. Pinto  14' Figo  70'	Report

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August 20, 1997	Northern Ireland	1–3	Germany	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 12,037 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
	Hughes  59'	Report	Bierhoff  72', 77', 78'

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August 20, 1997	Ukraine	1–0	Albania	Olimpiyskiy, Kiev Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Rebrov  86'	Report

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August 20, 1997	Portugal	3–1	Armenia	Estadio do Bonfim, Setúbal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Marcel Lica (Romania)
	Domingos  23' Figo  31' Pedro Barbosa  55'	Report	Assadourian  46'

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September 6, 1997	Germany	1–1	Portugal	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 75,800 Referee: Marc Batta (France)
	Kirsten  80'	Report	Barbosa  70'

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September 6, 1997	Armenia	3–0	Albania	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)
	Vardanyan  56' Assadourian  81' Avalyan  87' (pen.)	Report

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September 10, 1997	Germany	4–0	Armenia	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
	Klinsmann  70', 84' Häßler  85' Kirsten  90+1'	Report

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September 10, 1997	Albania	1–0	Northern Ireland	Hardturm, Zürich[2] Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)
	Haxhi  65'	Report

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October 11, 1997	Germany	4–3	Albania	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover Attendance: 44,522 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
	Helmer  64' Bierhoff  78', 90' Marschall  85'	Report	Kohler  55' (o.g.) Tare  80' Vata  87'

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October 11, 1997	Armenia	0–2	Ukraine	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
		Report	Shevchenko  33' Maksymov  54'

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October 11, 1997	Portugal	1–0	Northern Ireland	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
	Conceição  18'	Report

Ranking of runners-up

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	13	6	4	1	1	8	2	6
Italy	12	6	3	3	0	5	0	5
Belgium	12	6	4	0	2	11	11	0
Russia	11	6	3	2	1	12	5	7
Croatia	11	6	3	2	1	11	8	3
Yugoslavia	11	6	3	2	1	7	5	2
Republic of Ireland	8	6	2	2	2	8	6	2
Ukraine	8	6	2	2	2	5	5	0
Hungary	6	6	1	3	2	4	7	−3

Play-offs

First leg

29 October 1997	Croatia	2–0	Ukraine	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alain Sars (France)
	Bilić  11' Vlaović  49'	(Report)

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29 October 1997	Russia	1–1	Italy	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
	Cannavaro  52' (o.g.)	(Report)	Vieri  49'

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29 October 1997	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Belgium	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 32,305 Referee: László Vagner (Hungary)
	Irwin  7'	(Report)	Nilis  29'

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29 October 1997	Hungary	1–7	Yugoslavia	Stadion Albert Flórián, Budapest Attendance: 13,175 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Illés  88'	(Report)	Brnović  2' Đukić  6' Savićević  24' Mijatović  26', 41', 51' Milošević  63'

Second leg

15th November, 1997	Ukraine	1–1	Croatia	Olimpiysky, Kiev Attendance: 77,500 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
	Shevchenko  5'	Report	Bokšić  27'

Croatia won 3–1 on aggregate.

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15th November, 1997	Italy	1–0	Russia	Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance: 76,500 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
	Casiraghi  53'	(Report)

Italy won 2–1 on aggregate.

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15th November, 1997	Belgium	2–1	Republic of Ireland	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 31,455 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
	Oliveira  25' Nilis  70'	(Report)	Houghton  58'

Belgium won 3–2 on aggregate.

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15th November, 1997	Yugoslavia	5–0	Hungary	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 48,498 Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)
	Milošević  18' Mijatović  44', 45' (pen.), 71', 88'	(Report)

Yugoslavia won 12–1 on aggregate.

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