1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round
# 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. It was the first Hexagonal final round in CONCACAF's history.

Mexico, the United States, and Jamaica qualified to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Canada were eliminated.

## Format

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.

## Qualified teams

| Group (3rd round) | Winners | Runners-up |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | Costa Rica |
| 2 | Canada | El Salvador |
| 3 | Jamaica | Mexico |

## Standings

| Pos | 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 | 4–0 |
| 2 | United States | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 17 | Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Jamaica | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 14 | Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup | 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 | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 68 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.27 goals per match.

8 goals

* Carlos Hermosillo

5 goals

* Benjamín Galindo

4 goals

* Raúl Díaz
* Deon Burton

3 goals

* Paulo Wanchope
* Nildeson
* Eric Wynalda

2 goals

* Alex Bunbury
* Hernán Medford
* Andy Williams
* Luis García
* Luis Hernández
* Zague
* Roy Lassiter
* Eddie Pope

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)
