1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

Group 7 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Belgium, Netherlands, San Marino, Turkey, and Wales. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 15 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 8 6 1 1 26 4 +22 19 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup — 3–1 0–0 7–1 4–0
2  Belgium 8 6 0 2 20 11 +9 18 Advance to second round 0–3 — 2–1 3–2 6–0
3  Turkey 8 4 2 2 21 9 +12 14 1–0 1–3 — 6–4 7–0
4  Wales 8 2 1 5 20 21 −1 7 1–3 1–2 0–0 — 6–0
5  San Marino 8 0 0 8 0 42 −42 0 0–6 0–3 0–5 0–5 —
Source: [citation needed]

Results

San Marino 0–5 Wales
Report Melville 20'
Hughes 32', 43'
Giggs 50'
Pembridge 85'
Attendance: 1,613
Belgium 2–1 Turkey
Degryse 11'
Oliveira 37'		 Report Yalçin 56'
Attendance: 33,024
Wales 6–0 San Marino
Saunders 1', 74'
Hughes 25', 54'
Melville 34'
Robinson 45'		 Report
Attendance: 15,150
Wales 1–3 Netherlands
Saunders 17' Report Hooijdonk 72', 75'
R. de Boer 79'
Attendance: 34,560
San Marino 0–3 Belgium
Report Verheyen 11'
Nilis 20', 49'
Attendance: 1,353
Referee: Gevorg Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
Netherlands 7–1 Wales
Bergkamp 21', 72', 78'
R. de Boer 32'
Jonk 33'
F. de Boer 43'
Cocu 60'		 Report Saunders 38'
Attendance: 26,210
Turkey 7–0 San Marino
Derelioğlu 25', 38', 51', 59'
Şükür 56', 63'
Sağlam 81'		 Report
Attendance: 19,654
Referee: Vladimir Antonov (Moldova)
Belgium 0–3 Netherlands
Report Bergkamp 24'
Seedorf 29'
Jonk 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,953
Wales 0–0 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)
Netherlands 4–0 San Marino
Kluivert 44'
F. de Boer 58', 90'
Hooijdonk 82'		 Report
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)
Wales 1–2 Belgium
Speed 60' Report Crasson 24'
Staelens 45'
Attendance: 14,650
Referee: Christer Fällström (Sweden)
Turkey 1–0 Netherlands
Şükür 53' Report
Attendance: 17,000
San Marino 0–6 Netherlands
Report Bergkamp 40', 88'
Winter 62'
Hooijdonk 69'
F. de Boer 73'
Bosman 83'
Attendance: 2,832
Turkey 1–3 Belgium
Derelioğlu 35' Report Oliveira 14', 32', 45'
Attendance: 21,350
Belgium 6–0 San Marino
Staelens 15', 84'
Van Meir 26'
E.Mpenza 27', 45'
Oliveira 33'		 Report
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Pavlin Jirku (Czech Republic)
Turkey 6–4 Wales
Şükür 5', 37', 77', 82'
Akyüz 8'
Çetin 61'		 Report Blake 18'
Savage 20'
Saunders 31'
Melville 52'
Attendance: 9,710
Netherlands 3–1 Belgium
Stam 32'
Kluivert 54'
Bergkamp 84'		 Report Staelens 67' (pen.)
Attendance: 48,000
San Marino 0–5 Turkey
Report Gobbi 27' (o.g.)
Erdem 30', 81'
Şükür 74'
Mandirali 78'
Attendance: 947
Netherlands 0–0 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Belgium 3–2 Wales
Staelens 4' (pen.)
Claessens 32'
Wilmots 39'		 Report Pembridge 53' (pen.)
Giggs 66'
Attendance: 18,233

Goal scorers

8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
own goals


Notes

  1. ^ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

External links

  • Group 7 Detailed Results at RSSSF
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