1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF First Round

The CONCACAF First Round of 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 16 CONCACAF members.

Results

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dominican Republic  2–1  Netherlands Antilles 2–1 0–0
Haiti  7–1  Grenada 6–1 1–0
Cayman Islands  0–6  Cuba 0–1 0–5
Saint Kitts and Nevis  6–1  Saint Lucia 5–1 1–0
Puerto Rico  1–9  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–2 0–7
Dominica  0–2  Barbados 0–1 0–1
Suriname  0–2  Jamaica 0–1 0–1
Trinidad and Tobago  w/o  Bermuda

Group 1

May 4, 1996
Dominican Republic  2 1  Netherlands Antilles
Jiménez  35'
Zapata  68'
(report) Gersley  40'
Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: El Salvador Victorino Rodríguez Portillo

May 11, 1996
Netherlands Antilles  0 0  Dominican Republic
(report)
Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad
Attendance: 1,111
Referee: Guatemala Carlos Mendizabal Euceda

Dominican Republic won 2-1 on aggregate.

Group 2

May 12, 1996
Haiti  6 1  Grenada
Wilson Chevalier  11'
Golman Pierre  35', 58'
Isaac Chauvet  62', 64', 73'
(report) Patrick Modeste  85'
Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Attendance: 5500
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Robin Murray

May 18, 1996
Grenada  0 1  Haiti
(report) Golman Pierre  49'
Queen's Park (Grenada), St. George's
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Barbados Victor Moore

Haiti won 7-1 on aggregate.

Group 3

May 12, 1996
Cayman Islands  0 1  Cuba
(report) Lázaro Dalcourt  10'
Truman Bodden, George Town
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Honduras Argelio Sabillon

May 14, 1996
Cuba  5 0  Cayman Islands
Alexander Cruzata  19'
Eduardo Sebrango  63'
Lázaro Dalcourt  68', 81'
Lester Moré  83'
(report)
Truman Bodden, George Town
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Mexico Pascual Rebolledo Cárdenas

Note:Both matches were played in Cayman Islands.

Cuba won 6-0 on aggregate.

Group 4

May 5, 1996
Saint Kitts and Nevis  5 1  Saint Lucia
Dwight Allers Kelley  5', 86'
Vernon Sargeant  22', 44'
Keith Gumbs  41'
(report) Earl Jean  51'
Warner Park, Basseterre
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Robin Murray

May 19, 1996
Saint Lucia  0 1  Saint Kitts and Nevis
(report) Dwight Allers Kelley  50'
Mindoo Philip Park, Castries
Attendance: 500
Referee: Netherlands Antilles Harry Leocadio Davelaar

Saint Kitts and Nevis won 6-1 on aggregate.

Group 5

May 4, 1996
Puerto Rico  1 2  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Lugris  70' (pen.) (report) Huggins  18'
Hinds  58'
Estadio Efrain Carcayo Alicea, Bayamón
Referee: Aruba Manuel Villar

May 12, 1996
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  7 0  Puerto Rico
Jack  3', 13', 25'
Mussenden  35' (o.g.)
Hinds  37', 59'
Charles  64'
(report)
Amos Vale Stadium, Kingstown
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Jamaica Lancelotte Livingston

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 9-1 on aggregate.

Group 6

May 14, 1996
Dominica  0 1  Barbados
(report) Roger Proverbs  63'
Windsor Park, Roseau
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Jamaica Charles Barrett

May 19, 1996
Barbados  1 0  Dominica
Gregory Goodridge  67' (report)
Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Austin Eric Harewood

Barbados won 2-0 on aggregate.

Group 7

March 31, 1996
Suriname  0 1  Jamaica
(report) Whitmore  56'
Flora Stadion, Paramaribo
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Antigua and Barbuda Vanroy Burnes

April 21, 1996
Jamaica  1 0  Suriname
P. Davis  73' (report)
Independence Park, Kingston
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Costa Rica Ronald Gutíerrez Castro

Jamaica won 2-0 on aggregate.

Group 8

Bermuda withdrew, so Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the second round automatically.

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