CONCACAF Gold Cup 1998
Football Championship of North, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of nations
10
winner
Mexico Mexico (6th title)
venue
United States United States
Opening game
February 1, 1998
Endgame
February 14, 1998
Games
16
Gates
44 (⌀: 2.75 per game)
spectator
573,597 (⌀: 35,850 per game)
Top scorer
Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope Luis Hernández Mexico
Best player
United States Kasey Keller
yellow cards
51 (⌀: 3.19 per game)
Yellow-red cards
3 (⌀: 0.19 per game)
Red cards
1 (⌀: 0.06 per game)
The 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 14th game of the continental football championship for North Central America and the Caribbean and the 4th under the name "Gold Cup" and took place from February 1st to 14th in the USA .
The USA qualified as runner-up for the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico, as tournament winners Mexico were qualified to host them.
Venues
Preliminary round
Group A
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Jamaica Jamaica *
3
2
1
0
00 5: 200
+3
0 7th
2.
Brazil Brazil
3
1
2
0
00 5: 100
+4
0 5
3.
Guatemala Guatemala
3
0
2
1
00 3: 400
−1
0 2
4th
El Salvador El Salvador
3
0
1
2
00 0: 600
−6
0 1
* Jamaica replaced the Canadian national soccer team, which had withdrawn from the tournament
February 1, 1998 in Los Angeles
El Salvador
-
Guatemala
0-0
February 3, 1998 in Miami
Brazil
-
Jamaica
0-0
February 5, 1998 in Miami
Brazil
-
Guatemala
1: 1 (0: 0)
February 8, 1998 in Los Angeles
Guatemala
-
Jamaica
2: 3 (1: 1)
February 8, 1998 in Los Angeles
El Salvador
-
Brazil
0: 4 (0: 2)
February 9, 1998 in Los Angeles **
El Salvador
-
Jamaica
0: 2 (0: 1)
** This game was originally supposed to take place on February 6th, but was then moved to the 9th due to heavy rain.
Group B
All games in Oakland.
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Mexico Mexico
2
2
0
0
00 6: 200
+4
0 6th
2.
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago
2
1
0
1
00 5: 500
± 0
0 3
3.
Honduras Honduras
2
0
0
2
00 1: 500
−4
0 0
February 1, 1998
Honduras
-
Trinidad and Tobago
1: 3 (0: 2)
February 4, 1998
Mexico
-
Trinidad and Tobago
4: 2 (1: 0)
February 7, 1998
Mexico
-
Honduras
2: 0 (1: 0)
Group C
All games in Oakland.
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
United States United States
2
2
0
0
00 5: 100
+4
0 6th
2.
Costa Rica Costa Rica
2
1
0
1
00 8: 400
+4
0 3
3.
Cuba Cuba
2
0
0
2
00 2:100
−8
0 0
February 1, 1998
United States
-
Cuba
3: 0 (0: 0)
February 4, 1998
Costa Rica
-
Cuba
7: 2 (5: 0)
February 7, 1998
United States
-
Costa Rica
2: 1 (1: 0)
Final round
All games in Los Angeles.
Semifinals
February 10, 1998
United States United States
-
Brazil Brazil
1: 0 (0: 0)
February 12, 1998
Jamaica Jamaica
-
Mexico Mexico
0: 1 n.GG.
3rd place match
February 14, 1998
Brazil Brazil
-
Jamaica Jamaica
1: 0 (0: 0)
final
February 14, 1998
United States United States
-
Mexico Mexico
0: 1 (0: 1)
Best goal scorers
Web links
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