Group 1 consisted of five teams entered into the European zone: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, and Slovenia. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 15 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.
Standings
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 17 | Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 15 | Advance to second round | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | ||
3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 14 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | |||
4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 9 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | |||
5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — |
Source: [1]
Matches
editGreece | 2–0 | |
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Lima-Batista Nikolaidis |
Report |
Slovenia | 0–2 | |
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Report | A. Nielsen Schjønberg |
Greece | 3–0 | |
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Ouzounidis Apostolakis Nikolaidis |
Report |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–4 | |
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Salihamidžić |
Report | Bilić Vlaović Bokšić |
Croatia | 1–1 | |
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Šuker |
Report | Nikolaidis |
Croatia | 1–1 | |
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Šuker |
Report | B. Laudrup |
Denmark | 4–0 | |
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A. Nielsen P. Pedersen B. Laudrup |
Report |
Denmark | 2–0 | |
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Rieper Molnar |
Report |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–0 | |
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Mujčin Bolić |
Report |
Croatia | 3–2 | |
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Bilić Marić Boban |
Report | Ladić Salihamidžić |
Slovenia | 0–3 | |
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Report | Alexandris Konstantinidis Machlas |
Denmark | 3–1 | |
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B. Laudrup M. Laudrup Molnar |
Report | Šuker |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | |
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Bolić |
Report |
Goalscorers
editThere were 56 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Dražen Ladić (against Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Theodoros Zagorakis (against Denmark)
Notes
edit- ^ Match played in Bologna due to the renovation of the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium.
References
edit- ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 May 2024.