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1998 FIFA Rimet Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
Dates7 May – 5 June (28 days)
Teams32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Czech Republic
Runners-up  Switzerland
Third place Ghana
Fourth place Republic of Ireland
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2002 →

The 1998 FIFA Rimet Cup was the 7th edition of FIFA Rimet Cup, a quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA, for the top teams in FIFA World Cup qualification that do not qualify for the FIFA World Cup. It took place in Turkey from 10 May to 8 June 1997, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 1997.

Qualification

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Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

Qualification for the FIFA World Cup doubled as qualification to the FIFA Rimet Cup.

Direct bye to group stage

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16 nations earned a berth directly into the group stage of the competition. Of the 16 teams, 5 were from UEFA (one went to host, Turkey), 3 from AFC, 3 from CAF, 2 from CONMEBOL, 2 from CONCACAF, and 1 from OFC.

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Consecutive
appearances 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA
Ranking
  Turkey Host 20 April 1997
  Guinea CAF Final Round Group 1 Runners-Up 17 August 1997
  Egypt CAF Final Round Group 2 Runners-Up 17 August 1997
  Angola CAF Final Round Group 4 Runners-Up 17 August 1997
  China AFC Final Round Group A 3rd place 9 November 1997
  United Arab Emirates AFC Final Round Group B 3rd place 9 November 1997
  Qatar AFC Final Round Group A 4th place 9 November 1997
  Costa Rica CONCACAF Fourth Round 4th place 9 November 1997
  Ukraine UEFA Play-off Runners-Up 15 November 1997
  Russia UEFA Play-off Runners-Up 15 November 1997
  Republic of Ireland UEFA Play-off Runners-Up 15 November 1997
  Hungary UEFA Play-off Runners-Up 15 November 1997
  Peru CONMEBOL 5th place 16 November 1997
  Ecuador CONMEBOL 6th place 16 November 1997
  El Salvador CONCACAF Fourth Round 5th place 16 November 1997
  Australia AFC–OFC play-off Runners-Up 29 November 1997

Participate in the qualifying round

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The 1998 edition of the Rimet Cup was the first to feature a qualifying round ahead of the tournament. 32 nations entered in the qualifying round, which is a two-legged home and away series that was played on 25 February and 14 March 1998. Of the 32 teams, 14 were from UEFA, 1 was from CONMEBOL, 3 from CONCACAF, 2 from OFC, 6 from AFC, and 6 from CAF.

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Consecutive
appearances 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA
Ranking
  Sweden UEFA
  Portugal UEFA
  Czech Republic UEFA
  Finland UEFA
  Poland UEFA
  Greece UEFA
  Lithuania UEFA
  Slovakia UEFA
  Israel UEFA
  North Macedonia UEFA
   Switzerland UEFA
  Georgia UEFA
  Cyprus UEFA
  Latvia UEFA
  Uruguay UEFA
  Canada CONCACAF
  Honduras CONCACAF
  Guatemala CONCACAF
  Uruguay CONMEBOL
  New Zealand OFC
  Fiji OFC
  Uzbekistan AFC
  Kazakhstan AFC
  Kuwait AFC
  Oman AFC
  Tajikistan AFC
  Malaysia AFC
  Congo CAF
  Sierra Leone CAF
  Kenya CAF
  Zambia CAF
  Ghana CAF
  Liberia CAF

Qualifying round

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The first legs were played on 25 February 1998 and the second legs were played on 14 March 1998.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asia-Pacific Cluster
Tajikistan   0–2   Uzbekistan 0–0 0–2
Kazakhstan   2–2 (a)   New Zealand 2–1 0–1
Fiji   0–8   Malaysia 0–2 0–6
Kuwait   5–3   Oman 3–1 2–2
African Cluster
Zambia   3–3 (a)   Kenya 2–2 1–1
Sierra Leone   0–1   Liberia 0–0 0–1
Ghana   4–1   Congo 3–0 1–1
Americas Cluster
Guatemala   2–4   Canada 2–0 0–4
Honduras   1–2   Uruguay 1–1 0–1
UEFA Cluster
Georgia   0–5   Sweden 0–3 0–2
Switzerland   3–1   Portugal 1–0 2–1
Slovakia   1–5   Czech Republic 1–1 0–4
North Macedonia   3–4   Finland 1–0 2–4
Israel   2–4   Poland 2–1 0–3
Cyprus   0–0 (5–3 p)   Greece 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Latvia   1–2   Lithuania 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)

Draw

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The draw was held on 29 March 1998, at 18:00 CEST, at the Sydney. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four.

For the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the FIFA World Rankings of February 1998. Pot 1 contained the hosts Australia (who were automatically assigned to Position A1) and the best seven teams, Pot 2 contained the next best eight teams, and so on for Pots 3 and 4. This was different from previous draws, where only Pot 1 was based on FIFA Rankings while the remaining pots were based on geographical considerations. However, still retained was the fact that teams from the same confederation were not drawn against each other for the group stage, except for UEFA where each group contained up to two teams.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Turkey (43) (hosts)
  Czech Republic (3)
  Sweden (21)
  Russia (22)
  Egypt (26)
  Ecuador (31)
  Australia (35)
  Peru (39)

  Uruguay (40)
  Kuwait (44)
  Costa Rica (46)
  Lithuania (48)
  Republic of Ireland (50)
  Ukraine (52)
  United Arab Emirates (53)
  Ghana (54)

  China (57)
  Angola (58)
  Poland (60)
  Guinea (61)
  Finland (62)
  El Salvador (65)
   Switzerland (68)
  Canada (72)

  Qatar (73)
  Cyprus (80)
  Hungary (84)
  Uzbekistan (85)
  Malaysia (89)
  Kenya (93)
  Liberia (96)
  New Zealand (119)

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Lithuania 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Advance to knockout round
2   Turkey 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3   Liberia 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
4   El Salvador 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: FIFA.com
Turkey  0–2  Lithuania
El Salvador  0–3  Liberia
Turkey  1–1  El Salvador
Liberia  1–2  Lithuania
Liberia  2–3  Turkey
Lithuania  1–0  El Salvador

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Switzerland 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout round
2   Cyprus 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3   Ecuador 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4   Kuwait 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: FIFA.com
Ecuador  4–1  Kuwait
Switzerland  2–0  Cyprus
Ecuador  1–2   Switzerland
Cyprus  1–0  Kuwait
Cyprus  2–0  Ecuador
Kuwait  0–0   Switzerland

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout round
2   Peru 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
3   New Zealand 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4   Finland 3 0 1 2 5 7 −2 1
Source: FIFA.com
Finland  2–2  New Zealand
Republic of Ireland  3–0  Peru
Finland  1–2  Republic of Ireland
Peru  0–0  New Zealand
Peru  3–2  Finland
New Zealand  0–0  Republic of Ireland

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Kenya 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9 Advance to knockout round
2   Sweden 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3   China 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4   Ukraine 3 0 0 3 0 3 −3 0
Source: FIFA.com
Sweden  1–0  Ukraine
China  2–3  Kenya
Sweden  2–1  China
Kenya  1–0  Ukraine
Kenya  2–0  Sweden
Ukraine  0–1  China

Group E

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 Advance to knockout round
2   Ghana 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
3   Poland 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4   Uzbekistan 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: FIFA.com
Australia  1–1  Ghana
Poland  0–0  Uzbekistan
Australia  2–2  Poland
Uzbekistan  2–2  Ghana
Uzbekistan  0–1  Australia
Ghana  0–0  Poland

Group F

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6 Advance to knockout round
2   Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   Angola 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
4   Qatar 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
Source: FIFA.com
Costa Rica  0–1  Angola
Russia  3–0  Qatar
Costa Rica  2–1  Russia
Qatar  1–0  Angola
Qatar  1–3  Costa Rica
Angola  0–2  Russia

Group G

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 11 3 +8 7 Advance to knockout round
2   Guinea 3 1 2 0 8 2 +6 5
3   Uruguay 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
4   Malaysia 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source: FIFA.com
Czech Republic  3–2  Uruguay
Guinea  6–0  Malaysia
Czech Republic  1–1  Guinea
Malaysia  1–4  Uruguay
Malaysia  0–7  Czech Republic
Uruguay  1–1  Guinea

Group H

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7 Advance to knockout round
2   Hungary 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
3   United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
4   Canada 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: FIFA.com
Egypt  4–0  United Arab Emirates
Canada  0–2  Hungary
Egypt  5–1  Canada
Hungary  1–0  United Arab Emirates
Hungary  0–0  Egypt
United Arab Emirates  2–1  Canada

Knockout round

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
A1   Lithuania 2
B2   Cyprus 1 A1   Lithuania 0
C1   Republic of Ireland (a.e.t.) 1 C1   Republic of Ireland 2
D2   Sweden 0 C1   Republic of Ireland 1
D1   Kenya 0 B1    Switzerland 4
C2   Peru 1 C2   Peru 1
B1    Switzerland 3 B1    Switzerland 2
A2   Turkey 2 B1    Switzerland 0
E1   Australia 1 (3) G1   Czech Republic 1
F2   Costa Rica (pen.) 1 (4) F2   Costa Rica 0
G1   Czech Republic 4 G1   Czech Republic 3
H2   Hungary 0 G1   Czech Republic 2 Consolation match
F1   Russia 1 E2   Ghana 1
E2   Ghana 2 E2   Ghana (a.e.t.) 4 C1   Republic of Ireland 0
H1   Egypt 2 H1   Egypt 3 E2   Ghana 2
G2   Guinea 1
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