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.
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Mexico, the United States, and Jamaica qualified to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Canada were eliminated.
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 was used through the 2018 World Cup qualifying cycle.
| Group (3rd round) |
Winners | Runners-up |
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| 1 |  United States |  Costa Rica |
| 2 |  Canada |  El Salvador |
| 3 |  Jamaica |  Mexico |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 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 | 12 | −5 | 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 | — |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
| Costa Rica | 3–2 | United States |
|---|---|---|
Medford  10'Solís 32'Gómez 76' |
Report | Wynalda 25' Lassiter 67' |
| United States | 2–2 | Mexico |
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| Pope 35' Ramírez 74' (o.g.) |
Report | Hermosillo 1' Hernández 54' |
| El Salvador | 2–1 | Costa Rica |
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| Díaz Arce 19' Montes 57' |
Report | Arnáez 58' |
| El Salvador | 1–1 | United States |
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| Díaz Arce 60' |
Report | Lassiter 57' |
| El Salvador | 4–1 | Canada |
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| Nildeson 16' Renderos 52'Cienfuegos 57'Díaz Arce 88' |
Report | Bunbury 25' |
| Mexico | 5–0 | El Salvador |
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| Galindo 30', 38' (pen.) García Aspe 35'Zague 48'García 82' |
Report |
| Canada | 2–2 | Mexico |
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| Corazzin 56' Bunbury 62' |
Report | Enrique Alfaro 8' Hermosillo 87' |
| Mexico | 3–3 | Costa Rica |
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| Chávez 1' Galindo 42'Hermosillo 68' |
Report | Medford 54' Soto 71'Wanchope 86' |
| United States | 4–2 | El Salvador |
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| McBride 22', 28' Henderson 49'Preki 82' |
Report | Nildeson 60' Díaz Arce 62' (pen.) |
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
Eddy Berdusco- Carlo Corazzin
- Carl Fletcher
Luis Diego Arnáez- Rónald Gómez
- Farlen Ilama
- Luis Marín
- Allan Oviedo
- Richard Smith
- Mauricio Solís
- Jafet Soto
Mauricio Cienfuegos- Waldir Guerra
- Elías Montes
- Willian Renderos
Paul Hall
Enrique Alfaro- Paulo César Chávez
- Joaquín del Olmo
- Alberto García
Earnie Stewart
1 own goal
- Nicolás Ramírez (against the United States)
- "1998 FIFA World Cup France - Qualifiers - North, Central America and Caribbean". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.