FIFA World Cup qualification

1998: 642 of 642 matches played, 1922 goals

Group stage

20 groups

Group 1

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	16	8	6	2	+10	30
2	Paraguay	16	9	2	5	+7	29
3	Colombia	16	8	4	4	+8	28
4	Chile	16	7	4	5	+14	25
5	Peru	16	7	4	5	−1	25
6	Ecuador	16	6	3	7	+1	21
7	Uruguay	16	6	3	7	−3	21
8	Bolivia	16	4	5	7	−3	17
9	Venezuela	16	0	3	13	−33	3

Group 2

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Spain	10	8	2	0	+20	26
2	Serbia	10	7	2	1	+22	23
3	Czech Republic	10	5	1	4	+10	16
4	Slovakia	10	5	1	4	+4	16
5	Faroe Islands	10	2	0	8	−21	6
6	Malta	10	0	0	10	−35	0

Group 3

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Denmark	8	5	2	1	+8	17
2	Croatia	8	4	3	1	+5	15
3	Greece	8	4	2	2	+7	14
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	3	0	5	−5	9
5	Slovenia	8	0	1	7	−15	1

Group 4

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Austria	10	8	1	1	+13	25
2	Scotland	10	7	2	1	+12	23
3	Sweden	10	7	0	3	+7	21
4	Latvia	10	3	1	6	−4	10
5	Estonia	10	1	1	8	−12	4
6	Belarus	10	1	1	8	−16	4

Group 5

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	8	6	1	1	+22	19
2	Belgium	8	6	0	2	+9	18
3	Turkey	8	4	2	2	+12	14
4	Wales	8	2	1	5	−1	7
5	San Marino	8	0	0	8	−42	0

Group 6

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Romania	10	9	1	0	+33	28
2	Republic of Ireland	10	5	3	2	+14	18
3	Lithuania	10	5	2	3	+3	17
4	North Macedonia	10	4	1	5	+4	13
5	Iceland	10	2	3	5	−5	9
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	0	10	−49	0

Group 7

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Germany	10	6	4	0	+14	22
2	Ukraine	10	6	2	2	+4	20
3	Portugal	10	5	4	1	+8	19
4	Armenia	10	1	5	4	−9	8
5	Northern Ireland	10	1	4	5	−4	7
6	Albania	10	1	1	8	−13	4

Group 8

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Norway	8	6	2	0	+19	20
2	Hungary	8	3	3	2	+2	12
3	Finland	8	3	2	3	−1	11
4	Switzerland	8	3	1	4	−1	10
5	Azerbaijan	8	1	0	7	−19	3

Group 9

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Bulgaria	8	6	0	2	+9	18
2	Russia	8	5	2	1	+14	17
3	Israel	8	4	1	3	+2	13
4	Cyprus	8	3	1	4	−5	10
5	Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	−20	0

Group 10

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	England	8	6	1	1	+13	19
2	Italy	8	5	3	0	+10	18
3	Poland	8	3	1	4	−2	10
4	Georgia	8	3	1	4	−2	10
5	Moldova	8	0	0	8	−19	0

Group 11

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Papua New Guinea	2	1	1	0	+1	4
2	Solomon Islands	2	0	2	0	0	2
3	Vanuatu	2	0	1	1	−1	1

Group 12

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Qatar	3	3	0	0	+14	9
2	Sri Lanka	3	1	1	1	0	4
3	India	3	1	1	1	−4	4
4	Philippines	3	0	0	3	−10	0

Group 13

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	Tonga	2	2	0	+3	6
2	Samoa	2	1	1	0	3
3	Cook Islands	2	0	2	−3	0

Group 14

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	+8	10
2	Thailand	4	1	1	2	−1	4
3	Hong Kong	4	1	0	3	−7	3

Group 15

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Japan	6	5	1	0	+30	16
2	Oman	6	4	1	1	+12	13
3	Macau	6	1	1	4	−25	4
4	Nepal	6	0	1	5	−17	1

Group 16

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Yemen	4	2	2	0	+8	8
2	Indonesia	4	1	3	0	+8	6
3	Cambodia	4	0	1	3	−16	1

Group 17

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	United Arab Emirates	4	3	1	0	+6	10
2	Jordan	4	1	1	2	0	4
3	Bahrain	4	1	0	3	−6	3

Group 18

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Kuwait	4	4	0	0	+9	12
2	Lebanon	4	1	1	2	−3	4
3	Singapore	4	0	1	3	−6	1

Group 19

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	China	6	5	1	0	+11	16
2	Tajikistan	6	4	1	1	+13	13
3	Turkmenistan	6	2	0	4	−5	6
4	Vietnam	6	0	0	6	−19	0

Group 20

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	Kazakhstan	4	4	0	+13	12
2	Iraq	4	2	2	+6	6
3	Pakistan	4	0	4	−19	0

Groups numbered by the date of their first match: the official letters are not in our data. 3 points a win, then goal difference and goals scored; head-to-head rules and deductions are not applied.