Group F at the 1998 FIFA World Cup comprised Germany and Yugoslavia of UEFA, Iran of the Asian Football Confederation and the United States from the CONCACAF region.
Germany and Yugoslavia both started well by beating the United States and Iran respectively.
The United States were then eliminated with a match to spare after losing to Iran, while Germany drew with Yugoslavia.
Iran needed to win their final game against Germany to qualify but were defeated, which meant that Yugoslavia would still have qualified even without their victory over United States.
Assistant referees: Owen Powell (Jamaica) Jacek Pociegel (Poland) Fourth official: Rune Pedersen (Norway) Assistant referees: Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia) Mikael Nilsson (Sweden) Fourth official: José María García-Aranda (Spain) Assistant referees: Emanuel Zammit (Malta) Marc Van den Broeck (Belgium) Fourth official: Masayoshi Okada (Japan) Assistant referees: Laurent Rausisi (Switzerland) Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania) Fourth official: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) Assistant referees: Celestino Galvan (Paraguay) Jorge Diaz Galvez (Chile) Fourth official: Javier Castrilli (Argentina) Assistant referees: Achmat Salie (South Africa) Mark Warren (England) Fourth official: Ian McLeod (South Africa)