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.
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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 John Harkes playing for the United States in a qualifying match against Mexico on April 20 1997Mexico the United States and Jamaica qualified to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Costa Rica El Salvador and Canada were eliminated Contents 1 Format 2 Qualified teams 3 Standings 4 Matches 5 Goalscorers 6 ReferencesFormat EditA 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 Qualified teams EditGroup 3rd round Winners Runners up1 United States Costa Rica2 Canada El Salvador3 Jamaica MexicoStandings EditPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 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 02 United States 10 4 5 1 17 9 8 17 2 2 1 1 1 0 4 2 3 03 Jamaica 10 3 5 2 7 12 5 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 04 Costa Rica 10 3 3 4 13 12 1 12 0 0 3 2 3 1 0 0 3 15 El Salvador 10 2 4 4 11 16 5 10 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 16 Canada 10 1 3 6 5 20 15 6 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 Source FIFARules for classification Qualification tiebreakersMatches EditMarch 2 1997Mexico 4 0 CanadaHermosillo 51 81 Galindo 61 pen Zague 88 ReportEstadio Azteca Mexico CityAttendance 95 000Referee Argelio Sabillon Honduras March 2 1997Jamaica 0 0 United StatesReportIndependence Park KingstonAttendance 35 246Referee Jose Ramirez Suazo Honduras March 16 1997United States 3 0 CanadaWynalda 7 pen Pope 14 Stewart 89 ReportStanford Stadium StanfordAttendance 28 896Referee Luis Oliveto Argentina March 16 1997Costa Rica 0 0 MexicoReportEstadio Ricardo Saprissa Ayma San JoseAttendance 28 000Referee Alberto Tejada Peru March 23 1997Costa Rica 3 2 United StatesMedford 10 Solis 32 Gomez 76 Report Wynalda 25 Lassiter 67 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Ayma San JoseAttendance 22 000Referee Mario Escobar Guatemala April 6 1997Canada 0 0 El SalvadorReportSwangard Stadium BurnabyAttendance 8 312Referee Fernando Sanchez Chile April 13 1997Mexico 6 0 JamaicaGalindo 10 pen Hermosillo 18 39 47 del Olmo 52 Hernandez 85 ReportEstadio Azteca Mexico CityAttendance 115 100Referee Antonio Pereira Brazil April 20 1997United States 2 2 MexicoPope 35 Ramirez 74 o g Report Hermosillo 1 Hernandez 54 Foxboro Stadium FoxboroughAttendance 57 877Referee Ubaldo Aquino Paraguay April 27 1997Canada 0 0 JamaicaReportSwangard Stadium BurnabyAttendance 7 634Referee Ramesh Ramdhan Trinidad and Tobago May 4 1997El Salvador 2 1 Costa RicaDiaz Arce 19 Montes 57 Report Arnaez 58 Estadio Cuscatlan San SalvadorAttendance 35 611Referee oscar Ruiz Colombia May 11 1997Costa Rica 3 1 JamaicaWanchope 31 71 Oviedo 89 Report Williams 61 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Ayma San JoseAttendance 20 500Referee Jose de Rosa Varela Uruguay May 18 1997Jamaica 1 0 El SalvadorWilliams 22 ReportIndependence Park KingstonAttendance 12 000Referee Marcio Rezende de Freitas Brazil June 1 1997Canada 1 0 Costa RicaBerdusco 68 ReportCommonwealth Stadium EdmontonAttendance 10 150Referee Nelson Calix Honduras June 8 1997El Salvador 0 1 MexicoReport Garcia Postigo 64 Estadio Cuscatlan San SalvadorAttendance 40 000Referee Hugo Cordero Argentina June 29 1997El Salvador 1 1 United StatesDiaz Arce 60 Report Lassiter 57 Estadio Cuscatlan San SalvadorAttendance 29 000Referee Rene Ortube Bolivia August 10 1997Costa Rica 0 0 El SalvadorReportEstadio Ricardo Saprissa Ayma San JoseAttendance 18 316Referee Nelson Calix Honduras September 7 1997United States 1 0 Costa RicaRamos 79 ReportPortland Civic Stadium PortlandAttendance 27 396Referee Jorge Luis Nieves Uruguay September 7 1997Jamaica 1 0 CanadaBurton 55 ReportIndependence Park KingstonAttendance 30 000Referee oscar Ruiz Colombia September 14 1997Jamaica 1 0 Costa RicaBurton 51 ReportIndependence Park KingstonAttendance 30 000Referee Ramesh Ramdhan Trinidad and Tobago September 14 1997El Salvador 4 1 CanadaNildeson 16 Renderos 52 Cienfuegos 57 Diaz Arce 88 Report Bunbury 25 Estadio Cuscatlan San SalvadorAttendance 27 767Referee Mario Efrain Lopez Guatemala October 3 199721 10 UTC 4 United States 1 1 JamaicaWynalda 50 pen Report Burton 51 Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington D C Attendance 51 528Referee Mario Sanchez Chile October 5 199717 10 UTC 5 Mexico 5 0 El SalvadorGalindo 30 38 pen Garcia Aspe 35 Zague 48 Garcia 82 ReportEstadio Azteca Mexico CityAttendance 115 000Referee Eduardo Gamboa Chile October 12 1997Canada 2 2 MexicoCorazzin 56 Bunbury 62 Report Enrique Alfaro 8 Hermosillo 87 Commonwealth Stadium EdmontonAttendance 11 806Referee Carlos Mendizabal Euceda Guatemala November 2 1997Mexico 0 0 United StatesReportEstadio Azteca Mexico CityAttendance 115 000Referee Javier Castrilli Argentina November 9 1997Canada 0 3 United StatesReport Reyna 5 Wegerle 81 90 4 Swangard Stadium BurnabyAttendance 8 420Referee John Toro Rendon Colombia November 9 1997El Salvador 2 2 JamaicaNildeson 47 Guerra 87 Report Burton 52 Hall 78 Estadio Cuscatlan San SalvadorAttendance 34 200Referee Jose Garcia Aranda Spain November 9 1997Mexico 3 3 Costa RicaChavez 1 Galindo 42 Hermosillo 68 Report Medford 54 Soto 71 Wanchope 86 Estadio Azteca Mexico CityAttendance 60 000Referee Ali Bujsaim United Arab Emirates November 16 1997Costa Rica 3 1 CanadaSmith 7 Ilama 16 Marin 89 pen Report Fletcher 47 Estadio Nacional San JoseAttendance 4 200Referee Antonio Pereira Brazil November 16 1997United States 4 2 El SalvadorMcBride 22 28 Henderson 49 Preki 82 Report Nildeson 60 Diaz Arce 62 pen Foxboro Stadium FoxboroughAttendance 53 193Referee Pierluigi Collina Italy November 16 1997Jamaica 0 0 MexicoReportIndependence Park KingstonAttendance 35 700Referee Jose Antonio Arana Peru Goalscorers EditThere were 68 goals scored in 30 matches for an average of 2 27 goals per match 8 goals Carlos Hermosillo 5 goals Benjamin Galindo 4 goals Raul Diaz Deon Burton 3 goals Paulo Wanchope Nildeson Eric Wynalda 2 goals Alex Bunbury Hernan Medford Andy Williams Luis Garcia Luis Hernandez Zague Roy Lassiter Eddie Pope 1 goal Eddy Berdusco Carlo Corazzin Carl Fletcher Luis Diego Arnaez Ronald Gomez Farlen Ilama Luis Marin Allan Oviedo Richard Smith Mauricio Solis Jafet Soto Mauricio Cienfuegos Waldir Guerra Elias Montes Willian Renderos Paul Hall Enrique Alfaro Paulo Cesar Chavez Joaquin del Olmo Alberto Garcia Earnie Stewart 1 own goal Nicolas Ramirez against the United States References Edit 1998 FIFA World Cup France Qualifiers North Central America and Caribbean FIFA com Archived from the original on October 11 2015 Retrieved 10 July 2019 Retrieved from https en 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