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Background |
49 UEFA national teams entered qualification, and 14 teams will
qualify for the 1998 World Cup. The 49 teams were divided into nine
groups, four groups of six teams and five groups of five teams. 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.
A record 174 teams entered, and 170 took part.
The draw took place at the Musée Du Louvre in Paris, on 12 December
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UEFA Group 2 |
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Team |
P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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GD
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Pts
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England |
8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
2 |
+13 |
19 |
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Italy |
8 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
+10 |
18 |
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Poland |
8 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
12 |
-2 |
10 |
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Georgia |
8 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
-2 |
10 |
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Moldova |
8 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
21 |
-19 |
0 |
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Matches |
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1 September
1996 |
Moldova 0 England 3
[0-2]
Stadionul Republican, Chişinău
(9,500) |
Barmby, Gascoigne,
Shearer |
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5 October 1996 |
Moldova 1
Italy 3 [1-1]
Stadionul Republican, Chişinău
(4,085) |
Curtianu
Ravenelli (2), Casiraghi |
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9 October 1996 |
Italy 1
Georgia 0
[1-0]
Estádio Renato
Curi, Perugia
(14,012) |
Ravenelli |
England 2 Poland 1
[2-1]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley
(74,663) |
Shearer (2)
Citko |
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9 November
1996 |
Georgia 0 England
2
[0-2]
Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi
(48,000) |
Sheringham, L.Ferdinand |
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10 November
1996 |
Poland 2
Moldova 1 [1-0]
Górniczy Klub Sportowy Katowice,
Katowice (8,500) |
Baluszynski, K. Warzycha (pen)
Clescenco (pen) |
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12 February
1997 |
England 0 Italy 1
[0-1]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley
(75,055) |
Zola |
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29 March 1997 |
Italy 3
Moldova 0 [2-0]
Stadio Nereo
Rocco, Trieste (17,677) |
Maldini, Zola, Vieri |
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2 April 1997 |
Poland 0 Italy
0 [0-0]
Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (32,000) |
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30 April 1997 |
Italy 3 Poland
0 [2-0]
Estadio San Paolo, Naples (35,327) |
Di Matteo, Maldini,
R.Baggio |
England 2 Georgia 0
[1-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley (71,208) |
Sheringham, Shearer |
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31 May 1997 |
Poland 0 England
2
[0-1]
Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (35,000) |
Shearer, Sheringham |
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7 June 1997 |
Georgia 2
Moldova 0 [1-0]
Tscentral
Stadium, Batumi (12,500) |
Arveladze, Kinkladze |
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14 June 1997 |
Poland 4
Georgia 1 [2-1]
Górniczy Klub Sportowy Katowice,
Katowice (1,022) |
Ledwon, Trzeciak, Bukalski (pen), K.Nowak
Arveladze |
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10 September
1997 |
Georgia 0
Italy 0 [0-0]
Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi
(51,117) |
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England 4 Moldova 0
[1-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley (74,102) |
Scholes, Wright (2),
Gascoigne |
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24 September
1997 |
Moldova 0
Georgia 1 [0-1]
Stadionul Republican, Chişinău
(5,300) |
Ketsbaia |
 Curtianui
Kaladze,
Kinkladze |
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7 October 1997 |
Moldova 0
Poland 3 [0-1]
Stadionul Republican, Chişinău
(10,000) |
Juskowiak (3) |
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11 October 1997 |
Georgia 3
Poland 0 [0-0]
Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi
(15,000) |
Arveladze, Tskhadaze, Ketsbaia |
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Kavelashvili
Majak |
Italy 0 England
0
[0-0]
Stadio
Olimpico, Roma
(81,200) |
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Di
Livio |
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ENGLAND QUALIFIED |
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Notes |
Italy went on to
qualify for the 1998 World Cup Finals after defeating Russia in a
two-legged play-off in November 1997.
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