1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 6

First round was group play. The draw was made on 12 December 1995, and was based on the November 1995 FIFA World Rankings.{{cite web|title=FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – November 1995 (UEFA) |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=25/uefa.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203124525/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=25/uefa.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=21 November 1995 |access-date=3 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=The 1998 FIFA World Cup - Preliminary Draw in Paris |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=1995/m=11/news=the-1998-fifa-world-cup-preliminary-draw-paris-70114.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207010520/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=1995/m=11/news=the-1998-fifa-world-cup-preliminary-draw-paris-70114.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 7, 2018 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=30 November 1995 |access-date=6 February 2018}}

The teams were divided into five pools as shown in table below (November 1995 rankings shown in brackets).

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{{legend|#BBF3BB|Winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified directly for the 1998 FIFA World Cup}}

{{legend|#BBF3FF|The remaining runners-up advanced to the second round (play-offs)}}

{{legend|#FFBBBB|Other teams were eliminated after the first round}}

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Record against the 1st, 3rd and 4th-placed team in their groups.

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|win_ITA=3|draw_ITA=3|loss_ITA=0|gf_ITA= 5|ga_ITA=0

|win_BEL=4|draw_BEL=0|loss_BEL=2|gf_BEL=11|ga_BEL=11

|win_RUS=3|draw_RUS=2|loss_RUS=1|gf_RUS=12|ga_RUS=5

|win_CRO=3|draw_CRO=2|loss_CRO=1|gf_CRO=11|ga_CRO=8

|win_FRY=3|draw_FRY=2|loss_FRY=1|gf_FRY= 7|ga_FRY=5

|win_IRL=2|draw_IRL=2|loss_IRL=2|gf_IRL= 8|ga_IRL=6

|win_UKR=2|draw_UKR=2|loss_UKR=2|gf_UKR= 5|ga_UKR=5

|win_HUN=1|draw_HUN=3|loss_HUN=2|gf_HUN= 4|ga_HUN=7

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|col_PO=blue1 |text_PO=Advance to second round (play-offs)

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{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|CRO}} | |3–1| {{fb|UKR|1992}}| |2–0|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|RUS}} | |1–2| {{fb|ITA|1946}}| |1–1|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|IRL}} | |2–3| {{fb|BEL}}| |1–1|1–2}}{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|HUN}} | |1–12| {{fb|FRY}}| | 1–7|0–5}}

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The following 15 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.

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• {{fbicon|FRY}} Predrag Mijatović

|9 goals=

• {{fbicon|FRY}} Savo Milošević

|8 goals=

• {{fbicon|ROU}} Gheorghe Popescu
• {{fbicon|TUR}} Hakan Şükür

|7 goals=

• {{fbicon|AUT}} Toni Polster
• {{fbicon|IRL}} Tony Cascarino
• {{fbicon|NED}} Dennis Bergkamp
• {{fbicon|SWE}} Kennet Andersson
• {{fbicon|FRY}} Dejan Savićević

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• {{fbicon|BEL}} Luís Oliveira
• {{fbicon|BUL}} Emil Kostadinov
• {{fbicon|GER}} Oliver Bierhoff
• {{fbicon|ROU}} Viorel Moldovan
• {{fbicon|SCO}} Kevin Gallacher

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Below are full goalscorer lists for all groups and the play-offs:

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• Group 1
• Group 2
• Group 3
• Group 4
• Group 5
• Group 6
• Group 7
• Group 8
• Group 9
• Play-offs

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• To date, this was the last time that Portugal failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup.

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• [http://m.scoreshelf.com/dvcb/en/World_Cup/1998 UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores] at Scoreshelf.com

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