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
Legend
Group winners and one best runner-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals
Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 8611264+2219
 Belgium 86022011+918
 Turkey 8422219+1214
 Wales 82152021−17
 San Marino 8008042−420
 
Belgium  – 0–3 6–0 2–1 3–2
Netherlands  3–1 – 4–0 0–0 7–1
San Marino  0–3 0–6 – 0–5 0–5
Turkey  1–3 1–0 7–0 – 6–4
Wales  1–2 1–3 6–0 0–0 –

Results
San Marino 0–5 Wales
Report Melville  20'
Hughes  32', 43'
Giggs  50'
Pembridge  85'
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 1,613
Belgium 2–1 Turkey
Degryse  11'
Oliveira  37'		 Report Yalçin  56'
Attendance: 33,024
Wales 6–0 San Marino
Saunders  1', 74'
Hughes  25', 54'
Melville  34'
Robinson  45'		 Report
Attendance: 15,150
Wales 1–3 Netherlands
Saunders  17' Report Hooijdonk  72', 75'
R. de Boer  79'
Attendance: 34,560
Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
San Marino 0–3 Belgium
Report Verheyen  11'
Nilis  20', 49'
Stadio Olimpico, 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'
Attendance: 26,210
Turkey 7–0 San Marino
Derelioğlu  25', 38', 51', 59'
Şükür  56', 63'
Sağlam  81'		 Report
Attendance: 19,654
Referee: Vladimir Antonov (Moldova)
Belgium 0–3 Netherlands
Report Bergkamp  24'
Seedorf  29'
Jonk  89' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,953
Wales 0–0 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)
Netherlands 4–0 San Marino
Kluivert  44'
F. de Boer  58', 90'
Hooijdonk  82'		 Report
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)
Wales 1–2 Belgium
Speed  60' Report Crasson  24'
Staelens  45'
Attendance: 14,650
Referee: Christer Fällström (Sweden)
Turkey 1–0 Netherlands
Şükür  53' Report
Attendance: 17,000
San Marino 0–6 Netherlands
Report Bergkamp  40', 88'
Winter  62'
Hooijdonk  69'
F. de Boer  73'
Bosman  83'
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 2,832
Turkey 1–3 Belgium
Derelioğlu  35' Report Oliveira  14', 32', 45'
Attendance: 21,350
Belgium 6–0 San Marino
Staelens  15', 84'
Van Meir  26'
E.Mpenza  27', 45'
Oliveira  33'		 Report
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Pavlin Jirku (Czech Republic)
Turkey 6–4 Wales
Şükür  5', 37', 77', 82'
Akyüz  8'
Çetin  61'		 Report Blake  18'
Savage  20'
Saunders  31'
Melville  52'
Attendance: 9,710
Netherlands 3–1 Belgium
Stam  32'
Kluivert  54'
Bergkamp  84'		 Report Staelens  67' (pen.)
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
San Marino 0–5 Turkey
Report Gobbi  27' (o.g.)
Erdem  30', 81'
Şükür  74'
Mandirali  78'
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 947
Referee: Serhiy Tatulian (Ukraine)
Netherlands 0–0 Turkey
Report
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Belgium 3–2 Wales
Staelens  4' (pen.)
Claessens  32'
Wilmots  39'		 Report Pembridge  53' (pen.)
Giggs  66'
Attendance: 18,233

Goal scorers
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
own goals


Notes
  1. Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
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