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:

Results

San Marino 0–5 Wales
Report Melville  20'
Hughes  32', 43'
Giggs  50'
Pembridge  85'

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'
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'
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'
Turkey 1–3 Belgium
Derelioğlu  35' Report Oliveira  14', 32', 45'

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'

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'

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.
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