1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round

The fourth and final round (also known as Hexagonal or Hex) of CONCACAF's process of 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification was played throughout 1997, from 2 March to 16 November.[1] It was the first Hexagonal final round in CONCACAF's history.

John Harkes playing for the United States in a qualifying match against Mexico on April 20, 1997

Mexico, the United States, and Jamaica qualified to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Canada were eliminated.

Format

A total of six teams which had advanced from the third round (the three group winners and the three group runners-up) played against each other in a double round-robin format in a single group. The top three teams in the group qualified to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. This round, known as Hexagonal, is the first used by CONCACAF to determine its qualified teams to a FIFA World Cup and has been used since then.

Qualified teams
Group
(3rd round)		 Winners Runners-up
1  United States Costa Rica
2  Canada El Salvador
3  Jamaica Mexico

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 10 4 6 0 23 7 +16 18 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup — 0–0 6–0 3–3 5–0 4–0
2  United States 10 4 5 1 17 9 +8 17 2–2 — 1–1 1–0 4–2 3–0
3  Jamaica 10 3 5 2 7 6 +1 14 0–0 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–0
4  Costa Rica 10 3 3 4 13 12 +1 12 0–0 3–2 3–1 — 0–0 3–1
5  El Salvador 10 2 4 4 11 16 −5 10 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 — 4–1
6  Canada 10 1 3 6 5 20 −15 6 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches
Mexico 4–0 Canada
Hermosillo  51'  81'
Galindo  61' (pen.)
Zague  88'		 Report
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Argelio Sabillon (Honduras)
Jamaica 0–0 United States
Report
Attendance: 35,246
Referee: Jose Ramirez Suazo (Honduras)
United States 3–0 Canada
Wynalda  7'
Pope  13'
Stewart  88'		 Report
Attendance: 28,898
Referee: Luis Oliveto (Argentina)
Costa Rica 0–0 Mexico
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
Costa Rica 3–2 United States
Medford  10'
Solís  32'
Gómez  76'		 Report Wynalda  25'
Lassiter  67'
Attendance: 22,000
Canada 0–0 El Salvador
Report
Attendance: 8,312
Referee: Fernando Sánchez (Chile)
Mexico 6–0 Jamaica
Galindo  10' (pen.)
Hermosillo  18'  39'  47'
del Olmo  52'
Hernándéz  85'		 Report
Attendance: 115,100
United States 2–2 Mexico
Pope  34'
Ramírez  73' (o.g.)		 Report Hermosillo  1'
Hernández  53'
Attendance: 57,877
Canada 0–0 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 7,634
El Salvador 2–1 Costa Rica
Díaz Arce  19'
Montes  57'		 Report Arnáez  58'
Attendance: 35,611
Costa Rica 3–1 Jamaica
Wanchope  31'  71'
Oviedo  89'		 Report Williams  61'
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: José de Rosa Varela (Uruguay)
Jamaica 1–0 El Salvador
Williams  22' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Canada 1–0 Costa Rica
Berdusco  68' Report
Attendance: 10,150
Referee: Nelson Calix (Honduras)
El Salvador 0–1 Mexico
Report García Postigo  64'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Hugo Cordero (Argentina)
El Salvador 1–1 United States
Díaz Arce  60' Report Lassiter  57'
Attendance: 29,000
Costa Rica 0–0 El Salvador
Report
Attendance: 18,316
Referee: Nelson Cálix (Honduras)
United States 1–0 Costa Rica
Ramos  79' Report
Attendance: 27,396
Referee: Jorge Luis Nieves (Uruguay)
Jamaica 1–0 Canada
Burton  55' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Jamaica 1–0 Costa Rica
Burton  51' Report
Attendance: 30,000
El Salvador 4–1 Canada
Nildeson  16'
Renderos  52'
Cienfuegos  57'
Díaz Arce  88'		 Report Bunbury  25'
Attendance: 27,767
Referee: Mario Efraín López (Guatemala)
United States 1–1 Jamaica
Wynalda  50' (pen.) Report Burton  51'
Attendance: 51,528
Mexico 5–0 El Salvador
Galindo  30'  38' (pen.)
García Aspe  35'
Zague  48'
García  82'		 Report
Attendance: 115,000
Canada 2–2 Mexico
Corazzin  56'
Bunbury  62'		 Report Enrique Alfaro  8'
Hermosillo  87'
Referee: Carlos Mendizabal Euceda (Guatemala)
Mexico 0–0 United States
Report
Attendance: 115,000
Canada 0–3 United States
Report Reyna  5'
Wegerle  80'  90+4'
Attendance: 8,420
El Salvador 2–2 Jamaica
Nildeson  47'
Guerra  87'		 Report Burton  52'
Hall  78'
Attendance: 34,200
Referee: José García Aranda (Spain)
Mexico 3–3 Costa Rica
Chávez  1'
Galindo  42'
Hermosillo  68'		 Report Medford  54'
Soto  71'
Wanchope  86'
Attendance: 60,000
Costa Rica 3–1 Canada
Smith  7'
Ilama  16'
Marín  89' (pen.)		 Report Fletcher  47'
Attendance: 4,200
United States 4–2 El Salvador
McBride  22'  28'
Henderson  49'
Preki  82'		 Report Nildeson  60'
Díaz Arce  62' (pen.)
Attendance: 53,193
Jamaica 0–0 Mexico
Report
Attendance: 35,700
Referee: José Antonio Arana (Peru)

Goalscorers

There were 68 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.27 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References
  1. "1998 FIFA World Cup France - Qualifiers - North, Central America and Caribbean". FIFA.com. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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