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 | 
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| 1 | Netherlands
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8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 19 | Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Belgium
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8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 18 | Advance to second round | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 | |
| 3 | Turkey
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 14 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 6–4 | 7–0 | ||
| 4 | Wales
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 7 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 6–0 | ||
| 5 | San Marino
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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' |
Serravalle
Attendance: 1,613
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia
)| Wales | 1–3 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Saunders 17' |
Report | 79' |
| San Marino | 0–3 | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Verheyen 11' Nilis 20', 49' |
Serravalle
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 |
Moldova
)| Netherlands | 4–0 | San Marino |
|---|---|---|
Hooijdonk 82' |
Report |
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Amit Klein (Israel
)| Turkey | 1–0 | Netherlands |
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| Şükür 53' |
Report |
| San Marino | 0–6 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 83' |
Serravalle
Attendance: 2,832
Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus
)| Turkey | 1–3 | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| Derelioğlu 35' |
Report | Oliveira 14', 32', 45' |
| Turkey | 6–4 | Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Şükür 5', 37', 77', 82' Akyüz 8'Çetin 61' |
Report | Blake 18' Savage 20'Saunders 31'Melville 52' |
| San Marino | 0–5 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Mandirali 78' |
Ukraine
)| Netherlands | 0–0 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden
)Goal scorers
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- own goals
Luca Gobbi (for 
Turkey)
Notes
- ^ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.