1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament, defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the second time that France staged the competition (the first was in 1938) and the ninth time that it was held in Europe. Spanning 32 days, it is the longest World Cup tournament ever held.
| Coupe du Monde – France 98 (French) | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | France |
| Dates | 10 June – 12 July 1998 |
| Teams | 32 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 10 (in 10 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | France (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Brazil |
| Third place | Croatia |
| Fourth place | Netherlands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 64 |
| Goals scored | 171 (2.67 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,785,100 (43,517 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Davor Šuker (6 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Ronaldo |
| Best young player | Michael Owen |
| Best goalkeeper | Fabien Barthez |
| Fair play award | England France |
← 1994 2002 → | |
Qualification for the finals began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997. For the first time in the competition, the group stage was expanded from 24 teams to 32, with eight groups of four. 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums in 10 host cities, with the opening match and final staged at the newly built Stade de France in the Parisian commune of Saint-Denis.
The tournament was won by host country France, who beat defending champions Brazil 3–0 in the final. France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina) and as of 2022 the most recent to win the tournament on home soil. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the finals.
Host selection
France was awarded the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by the executive committee of FIFA during a general meeting in Zürich, Switzerland. They defeated Morocco by 12 votes to 7.[1][2] Switzerland withdrew, due to being unable to meet FIFA's requirements. This made France the third country to host two World Cups, after Mexico and Italy in 1986 and 1990 respectively. France previously hosted the third edition of the World Cup in 1938. England, who hosted the competition in 1966 and won it, were among the original applicants, but later withdrew their application in favour of an ultimately successful bid to host UEFA Euro 1996.
| Voting results[3] | |||
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| Country | Round 1 | ||
| France | 12 | ||
| Morocco | 7 | ||
Bribery and corruption investigations
On 4 June 2015, while co-operating with the FBI and the Swiss authorities, Chuck Blazer confirmed that he and other members of FIFA's executive committee were bribed during the 1998 and 2010 World Cups host selection process. Blazer stated that "we facilitated bribes in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup". Since France won the selection process it was initially thought the bribery came from its bid committee. It eventually transpired that the bribe payment was from the failed Moroccan bid.[4][5][6]
Qualification
The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musée du Louvre, Paris on 12 December 1995.[7] As tournament hosts, France was exempt from the draw as was defending champion Brazil, but it was also France's first World Cup since 1986. 174 teams from six confederations participated, 24 more than in the previous round. Fourteen countries qualified from the European zone (in addition to hosts France). Ten were determined after group play – nine group winners and the best second-placed team; the other eight group runners-up were drawn into pairs of four play-off matches with the winners qualifying for the finals as well.[8] CONMEBOL (South America) and CAF (Africa) were each given five spots in the final tournament, while three spots were contested between 30 CONCACAF members in the North and Central America and the Caribbean zone. The winner of the Oceanian zone advanced to an intercontinental play-off against the runner-up of the Asian play-off, determined by the two best second-placed teams.
Four nations qualified for the first time: Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa. The last team to qualify was Iran by virtue of beating Australia in a two-legged tie on 29 November 1997.[9] It marked their first appearance in the finals since 1978, the last time Tunisia also qualified for the tournament. Chile qualified for the first time since 1982, after serving a ban that saw them miss out on the two previous tournaments. Paraguay and Denmark returned for the first time since 1986. Austria, England, Scotland and Yugoslavia returned after missing out on the 1994 tournament, with the Balkan team now appearing under the name of FR Yugoslavia. Among the teams who failed to qualify were two-time winners Uruguay (for the second successive tournament); Portugal (their last absence as of 2022); Sweden, who finished third in 1994; Russia (who failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 after losing to Italy in the play-off round); and the Republic of Ireland, who had qualified for the previous two tournaments.[10] The highest-ranked team not to qualify was the UEFA Euro 1996 runners-up the Czech Republic (ranked 3rd), while the lowest-ranked team that did qualify was Nigeria (ranked 74th).
As of 2022, this was the last time Austria, Bulgaria, Norway, Romania and Scotland qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the only time Jamaica have qualified.
List of qualified teams
The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,[11] qualified for the final tournament.
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| Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 1998[12] | |||
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| Country | Confederation | Rank | |
| 1 | Brazil (1994 winner) | CONMEBOL | 1 |
| 2 | Germany | UEFA | 2 |
| 3 | Mexico | CONCACAF | 4 |
| 4 | England | UEFA | 5 |
| 5 | Argentina | CONMEBOL | 6 |
| 6 | Norway | UEFA | 7 |
| 7 | FR Yugoslavia | UEFA | 8 |
| 8 | Chile | CONMEBOL | 9 |
| 9 | Colombia | CONMEBOL | 10 |
| 10 | United States | CONCACAF | 11 |
| 11 | Japan | AFC | 12 |
| 12 | Morocco | CAF | 13 |
| 13 | Italy | UEFA | 14 |
| 14 | Spain | UEFA | 15 |
| 15 | France (host) | UEFA | 18 |
| 16 | Croatia | UEFA | 19 |
| 17 | South Korea | AFC | 20 |
| 18 | Tunisia | CAF | 21 |
| 19 | Romania | UEFA | 22 |
| 20 | South Africa | CAF | 24 |
| 21 | Netherlands | UEFA | 25 |
| 22 | Denmark | UEFA | 27 |
| 23 | Paraguay | CONMEBOL | 29 |
| 24 | Jamaica | CONCACAF | 30 |
| 25 | Austria | UEFA | 31 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | AFC | 34 |
| 27 | Bulgaria | UEFA | 35 |
| 28 | Belgium | UEFA | 36 |
| 29 | Scotland | UEFA | 41 |
| 30 | Iran | AFC | 42 |
| 31 | Cameroon | CAF | 49 |
| 32 | Nigeria | CAF | 74 |
Venues
France's bid to host the World Cup centered on a national stadium with 80,000 seats and nine other stadiums located across the country.[13] When the finals were originally awarded in July 1992, none of the regional club grounds were of a capacity meeting FIFA's requirements – namely being able to safely seat 40,000.[13] The proposed national stadium, colloquially referred to as the 'Grand stade', met with controversy at every stage of planning; the stadium's location was determined by politics, finance and national symbolism.[14] As Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac successfully negotiated a deal with Prime Minister Édouard Balladur to bring the Stade de France, as it was now called, to the commune of Saint-Denis just north of the capital city.[14] Construction on the stadium started in December 1995 and was completed after 26 months of work in November 1997 at a cost of ₣2.67 billion.[15]
The choice of stadium locations was drafted from an original list of 14 cities.[16] FIFA and CFO monitored the progress and quality of preparations, culminating in the former providing final checks of the grounds weeks before the tournament commenced. Montpellier was the surprise inclusion from the final list of cities because of its low urban hierarchy in comparison to Strasbourg, who boasted a better hierarchy and success from its local football team, having been taken over by a consortium. Montpellier however was considered ambitious by the selecting panel to host World Cup matches. The local city and regional authorities in particular had invested heavily into football the previous two decades and were able to measure economic effects, in terms of jobs as early as in 1997.[17] Some of the venues used for this tournament were also used for the previous World Cup in France in 1938. The Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, the Stade Municipal in Toulouse, the Gerland in Lyon, the Parc Lescure in Bordeaux and the Parc des Princes in Paris received the honour of hosting World Cup matches once again in 1998 as they had all done in 1938.
10 stadiums in total were used for the finals; in addition to nine matches being played at the Stade de France (the most used stadium in the tournament), a further six matches took place in Paris Saint-Germain's Parc des Princes, bringing Paris's total matches hosted to 15. France played four of their seven matches in the national stadium; they also played in the country's second and third largest cities, Marseille (hosting 7 total matches) and Lyon (hosting 6 total matches), as well as a Round of 16 knockout match in the northern city of Lens (also hosting 6 total matches). Nantes, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Montpellier and Saint-Etienne also hosted 6 matches in total; all of the stadiums used also hosted knockout round matches.
| Saint-Denis | Marseille | Paris | Lyon |
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| Stade de France | Stade Vélodrome | Parc des Princes | Stade de Gerland |
| 48°55′28″N 2°21′36″E / 48.92444°N 2.36000°E | 43°16′11″N 5°23′45″E / 43.26972°N 5.39583°E | 48°50′29″N 2°15′11″E / 48.84139°N 2.25306°E | 45°43′26″N 4°49′56″E / 45.72389°N 4.83222°E |
| Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 48,875 | Capacity: 44,000 |
| Lens | |||
| Stade Félix-Bollaert | |||
| 50°25′58.26″N 2°48′53.47″E / 50.4328500°N 2.8148528°E | |||
| Capacity: 41,300 | |||
| Nantes | |||
| Stade de la Beaujoire | |||
| 47°15′20.27″N 1°31′31.35″W / 47.2556306°N 1.5253750°W | |||
| Capacity: 39,500 | |||
| Toulouse | Saint-Étienne | Bordeaux | Montpellier |
| Stadium de Toulouse | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | Parc Lescure | Stade de la Mosson |
| 43°34′59.93″N 1°26′2.57″E / 43.5833139°N 1.4340472°E | 45°27′38.76″N 4°23′24.42″E / 45.4607667°N 4.3901167°E | 44°49′45″N 0°35′52″W / 44.82917°N 0.59778°W | 43°37′19.85″N 3°48′43.28″E / 43.6221806°N 3.8120222°E |
| Capacity: 37,000 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 35,200 | Capacity: 34,000 |
Innovations
Technologies
This was the first FIFA World Cup where fourth officials used electronic boards, instead of cardboard.[18]
Rule changes
This was the first World Cup since the introduction of golden goals,[18] banning of tackles from behind that endanger the safety of an opponent[19] and allowance of three substitutions per game.[20]
Match officials
34 referees and 33 assistants officiated in the 1998 World Cup.[21] As a result of the extension to 32 teams in the finals, there was an increase of 10 referees and 11 officials from the 1994 World Cup.[21]
- UEFA (15)
Draw
The FIFA Organising Committee announced the eight seeded teams on 3 December 1997. The historic tradition to seed the hosts (France) and holders (Brazil) was upheld; while the remaining six seeds were granted for the other top7-ranked teams, based on their results obtained in the last three FIFA World Cups (ratio 3:2:1, counting in total 60%) and their FIFA World Ranking position in the last month of the past three years (equal ratio, counting in total 40%).[22][23]
For the draw, the 32 teams were allocated into four pots. The eight top-seeded teams were allocated in pot A and would be drawn/selected into the first position of the eight groups playing in the group stage. The remaining 24 unseeded teams were allocated into three pots based on geographical sections, with the: Nine European teams in pot B; four Asian teams and three South American teams in pot C; five African teams and three North American teams in pot D.[24]
The general principle was to draw one team from each pot into the eight groups, although with special combined procedures for pot B and pot C, due to comprising more/less than eight teams - but sixteen teams in total. At the same time, the draw also needed to respect the geographical limitation, that each group could not feature more than one team from each confederation, except for the European teams where the limitation was maximum two per group.[24]
| Pot A Top-seeded teams (DC + Host + Top7 seeds) | Pot B Europe (UEFA) | Pot C Asia & South America (AFC & CONMEBOL) | Pot D Africa & North America (CAF & CONCACAF) |
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- The draw took place at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, and was televised live on 4 December 1997: FIFA World Cup Draw on BBC Sport.
For the first time in history, the draw event took place in a football stadium, with 38,000 spectators and an estimated 1 billion TV viewers. The draw was officiated by FIFA secretary general Sepp Blatter. Teams were drawn by football legends Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto Parreira, George Weah and Raymond Kopa.[25]
Organiser Michel Platini, who later became president of UEFA, admitted in 2018 that the draw for the group stage of the competition had been fixed so that France and Brazil were kept apart until the final, telling France Bleu Sport: "We did a bit of trickery. When we were organising the schedule. We did not spend six years organising the World Cup to not do some little shenanigans".[26]
The statement from Platini referred to the fact that, shortly before the World Cup finals draw took place, the FIFA Organising Committee had met to finalise the draw process. At this meeting, the committee had approved the proposal to assign host nation France to group position C1 and defending champions Brazil to group position A1 ahead of the draw. As the tournament structure was also predetermined so that the winners of Groups A, D, E and H, and the runners-up of Groups B, C, F and G would be kept apart from the group winners of B, C, F and G, and the runners-up of Group A, D, E and H until the final; thus, France and Brazil could avoid meeting each other until the final if both teams finished in the same position in the top two of their respective groups.[27]
Procedure for the draw:[24]
- Pot A was used to draw the remaining six top-seeded teams for the first position of groups B, D, E, F, G and H.
- Pot D was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H).
- Pot B was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H).
- As per the FIFA rule of only allowing a maximum of two UEFA teams in each group, the remaining ninth team from Pot B, was subject to a second draw, to be put in either of the groups containing a top-seeded South American (CONMEBOL) team.
- Pot C was used to draw one team to each of the seven groups with an empty spot (drawing in alphabetical order from A to H). However, as each group could only contain one South American (CONMEBOL) team, the first Asian (AFC) team drawn would not be drawn into a group in alphabetical order, but instead be drawn into the remaining open group with a top-seeded South American (CONMEBOL) team.
- To decide the match schedules, the exact group position number for the un-seeded teams in each group (2, 3 or 4), were also drawn immediately from eight special group bowls, after each respective team had been drawn from pot D, B and C.
Draw results and group fixtures
The draw resulted in the following eight groups:[24]
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In each group, the teams played three matches, one against each of the other teams. Three points were awarded for each win, while a draw was worth one point. After completion of the group stage, the two teams with the most points in each group would advance to the knockout stage, with each group winner facing the runner-up from one of the other groups in the round of 16. This was a new format for the World Cup, following the expansion from 24 teams in 1994. A total of 64 games were played, including the final and a third-place play-off between the losers of the two semi-finals.
The fixtures for the group stage were decided based on the draw results, as follows:
| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
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| Matchday 1 | 10–15 June 1998 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 |
| Matchday 2 | 16–22 June 1998 | 1 v 3, 2 v 4 |
| Matchday 3 | 23–26 June 1998 | 4 v 1, 2 v 3 |
Squads
As with the preceding tournament, each team's squad for the 1998 World Cup finals consisted of 22 players. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 22-player squad by 1 June 1998.
Out of the 704 players participating in the 1998 World Cup, 447 were signed up with a European club; 90 in Asia, 67 in South America, 61 in Northern and Central America and 37 in Africa.[28] 75 played their club football in England – five more than Italy and Spain. Barcelona of Spain was the club contributing to the most players in the tournament with 13 players on their side.[28]
The average age of all teams was 27 years, 8 months – five months older than the previous tournament.[29] Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon was the youngest player selected in the competition at 17 years, 3 months, while the oldest was Jim Leighton of Scotland at 39 years, 11 months.[29]
Group stage
Champion Runner-up | Third place Fourth place | Quarter-finals Round of 16 | Group stage |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
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Group A
Defending champions Brazil won Group A after only two matches as the nation achieved victories over Scotland (2–1) and Morocco (3–0). Heading into the third game, Brazil had nothing to play for but still started its regulars against Norway, who was looking to upset Brazil once again. Needing a victory, Norway overturned a 1–0 deficit with 12 minutes remaining to defeat Brazil 2–1, with Kjetil Rekdal scoring[30] the winning penalty to send Norway into the knockout stage for the first time.[31]
Norway's victory denied Morocco a chance at the Round of 16, despite winning 3–0 against Scotland. It was only Morocco's second ever victory at a World Cup, having recorded its first previous win 12 years earlier on 11 June 1986.
Scotland managed only one point, coming in a 1–1 draw against Norway, and failed to get out of the first round for an eighth time in the FIFA World Cup, a record that stands to this date.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Group B
Italy and Chile progressed to the second round, while Austria failed to win for the first time since 1958 and Cameroon failed to get out of the group stage for the second time in a row.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
Group C
France, the host nation, swept Group C when the start of their path to their first FIFA World Cup trophy culminated with their 2–1 win over Denmark, who despite their loss, progressed to the second round. Saudi Arabia, after a good performance four years earlier, finished bottom with only one point. Debutant South Africa grabbed two points and also exited at the group stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
(H) Host
| Saudi Arabia | 0–1 | Denmark |
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| Report | Rieper 69' |
| South Africa | 1–1 | Denmark |
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| McCarthy 51' | Report | A. Nielsen 12' |
| France | 4–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Henry 37', 78' Trezeguet 68' Lizarazu 85' | Report |
| South Africa | 2–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Bartlett 18', 90+3' (pen.) | Report | Al-Jaber 45+2' (pen.) Al-Thunayan 74' (pen.) |
Group D
Nigeria and Paraguay advanced to the Round of 16 after a surprise elimination of top seed Spain, while Bulgaria failed to repeat their surprise performance from the previous tournament.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
| Spain | 6–1 | Bulgaria |
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| Hierro 6' (pen.) Luis Enrique 18' Morientes 55', 81' Bachev 88' (o.g.) Kiko 90+4' | Report | Kostadinov 58' |
Group E
The Netherlands and Mexico advanced with the same record (The Netherlands placed first on goal difference); Belgium and eventual 2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosts South Korea failed to advance.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
| South Korea | 1–3 | Mexico |
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| Ha Seok-ju 27' | Report | Peláez 50' Hernández 75', 84' |
| Netherlands | 0–0 | Belgium |
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| Netherlands | 5–0 | South Korea |
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| Cocu 37' Overmars 41' Bergkamp 71' Van Hooijdonk 80' R. de Boer 83' | Report |
| Netherlands | 2–2 | Mexico |
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| Cocu 4' R. de Boer 18' | Report | Peláez 75' Hernández 90+4' |
| Belgium | 1–1 | South Korea |
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| Nilis 7' | Report | Yoo Sang-Chul 72' |
Group F
Germany and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia advanced, each with 7 points (Germany took 1st through goal differential tiebreak). Iran and 1994 host United States failed to advance.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | FR Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 1–0 | Iran |
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| Mihajlović 73' | Report |
| Germany | 2–0 | United States |
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| Möller 9' Klinsmann 65' | Report |
| Germany | 2–2 | FR Yugoslavia |
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| Mihajlović 72' (o.g.) Bierhoff 78' | Report | Mijatović 13' Stojković 52' |
| United States | 1–2 | Iran |
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| McBride 87' | Report | Estili 40' Mahdavikia 84' |
| United States | 0–1 | FR Yugoslavia |
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| Report | Komljenović 4' |
Group G
Romania and England became Group G top finishers as Colombia and Tunisia were unable to reach the last 16, despite Colombia having one win.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
Group H
Argentina finished at the top of Group H against three debutants. Croatia took the runners up spot while Jamaica and Japan failed to advance.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
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Final positionsChampions France 1st title Runners up BrazilThird place CroatiaFourth place NetherlandsTournament statisticsMatches played64Goals scored171 2 67 per match Attendance2 785 100 43 517 per match Top scorer s Davor Suker 6 goals Best player s RonaldoBest young playerMichael OwenBest goalkeeperFabien BarthezFair play award England France 19942002 Qualification for the finals began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997 For the first time in the competition the group stage was expanded from 24 teams to 32 with eight groups of four 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums in 10 host cities with the opening match and final staged at the newly built Stade de France in the Parisian commune of Saint Denis The tournament was won by host country France who beat defending champions Brazil 3 0 in the final France won their first title becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup and the sixth after Uruguay Italy England West Germany and Argentina and as of 2022 the most recent to win the tournament on home soil Croatia Jamaica Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the finals Contents 1 Host selection 1 1 Bribery and corruption investigations 2 Qualification 2 1 List of qualified teams 3 Venues 4 Innovations 4 1 Technologies 4 2 Rule changes 5 Match officials 6 Draw 6 1 Draw results and group fixtures 7 Squads 8 Group stage 8 1 Group A 8 2 Group B 8 3 Group C 8 4 Group D 8 5 Group E 8 6 Group F 8 7 Group G 8 8 Group H 9 Knockout stage 9 1 Round of 16 9 2 Quarter finals 9 3 Semi finals 9 4 Third place play off 9 5 Final 10 Statistics 10 1 Goalscorers 10 2 Awards 10 3 Players who were red carded during the tournament 10 4 All star team 10 5 Final standings 11 Marketing 11 1 Broadcasting 11 2 Sponsorship 11 3 Video games 12 Symbols 12 1 Mascot 12 2 Match ball 12 3 Music 13 Legacy 14 See also 15 References 16 Sources 17 External linksHost selection EditMain article FIFA World Cup hosts France was awarded the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by the executive committee of FIFA during a general meeting in Zurich Switzerland They defeated Morocco by 12 votes to 7 1 2 Switzerland withdrew due to being unable to meet FIFA s requirements This made France the third country to host two World Cups after Mexico and Italy in 1986 and 1990 respectively France previously hosted the third edition of the World Cup in 1938 England who hosted the competition in 1966 and won it were among the original applicants but later withdrew their application in favour of an ultimately successful bid to host UEFA Euro 1996 Voting results 3 Country Round 1France 12Morocco 7Bribery and corruption investigations Edit On 4 June 2015 while co operating with the FBI and the Swiss authorities Chuck Blazer confirmed that he and other members of FIFA s executive committee were bribed during the 1998 and 2010 World Cups host selection process Blazer stated that we facilitated bribes in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup Since France won the selection process it was initially thought the bribery came from its bid committee It eventually transpired that the bribe payment was from the failed Moroccan bid 4 5 6 Qualification EditMain article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musee du Louvre Paris on 12 December 1995 7 As tournament hosts France was exempt from the draw as was defending champion Brazil but it was also France s first World Cup since 1986 174 teams from six confederations participated 24 more than in the previous round Fourteen countries qualified from the European zone in addition to hosts France Ten were determined after group play nine group winners and the best second placed team the other eight group runners up were drawn into pairs of four play off matches with the winners qualifying for the finals as well 8 CONMEBOL South America and CAF Africa were each given five spots in the final tournament while three spots were contested between 30 CONCACAF members in the North and Central America and the Caribbean zone The winner of the Oceanian zone advanced to an intercontinental play off against the runner up of the Asian play off determined by the two best second placed teams Four nations qualified for the first time Croatia Jamaica Japan and South Africa The last team to qualify was Iran by virtue of beating Australia in a two legged tie on 29 November 1997 9 It marked their first appearance in the finals since 1978 the last time Tunisia also qualified for the tournament Chile qualified for the first time since 1982 after serving a ban that saw them miss out on the two previous tournaments Paraguay and Denmark returned for the first time since 1986 Austria England Scotland and Yugoslavia returned after missing out on the 1994 tournament with the Balkan team now appearing under the name of FR Yugoslavia Among the teams who failed to qualify were two time winners Uruguay for the second successive tournament Portugal their last absence as of 2022 Sweden who finished third in 1994 Russia who failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 after losing to Italy in the play off round and the Republic of Ireland who had qualified for the previous two tournaments 10 The highest ranked team not to qualify was the UEFA Euro 1996 runners up the Czech Republic ranked 3rd while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was Nigeria ranked 74th As of 2022 this was the last time Austria Bulgaria Norway Romania and Scotland qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals and the only time Jamaica have qualified List of qualified teams Edit See also 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding The following 32 teams shown with final pre tournament rankings 11 qualified for the final tournament AFC 4 Iran 42 Japan 12 Saudi Arabia 34 South Korea 20 CAF 5 Cameroon 49 Morocco 13 Nigeria 74 South Africa 24 Tunisia 21 OFC 0 None qualified CONCACAF 3 Jamaica 30 Mexico 4 United States 11 CONMEBOL 5 Argentina 6 Brazil 1 Chile 9 Colombia 10 Paraguay 29 UEFA 15 Austria 31 Belgium 36 Bulgaria 35 Croatia 19 Denmark 27 England 5 France 18 hosts Germany 2 Italy 14 Netherlands 25 Norway 7 Romania 22 Scotland 41 Spain 15 FR Yugoslavia 8 Countries qualified for World Cup Country did not qualify Countries that did not enter World Cup Country not a FIFA member Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 1998 12 Country Confederation Rank1 Brazil 1994 winner CONMEBOL 12 Germany UEFA 23 Mexico CONCACAF 44 England UEFA 55 Argentina CONMEBOL 66 Norway UEFA 77 FR Yugoslavia UEFA 88 Chile CONMEBOL 99 Colombia CONMEBOL 1010 United States CONCACAF 1111 Japan AFC 1212 Morocco CAF 1313 Italy UEFA 1414 Spain UEFA 1515 France host UEFA 1816 Croatia UEFA 1917 South Korea AFC 2018 Tunisia CAF 2119 Romania UEFA 2220 South Africa CAF 2421 Netherlands UEFA 2522 Denmark UEFA 2723 Paraguay CONMEBOL 2924 Jamaica CONCACAF 3025 Austria UEFA 3126 Saudi Arabia AFC 3427 Bulgaria UEFA 3528 Belgium UEFA 3629 Scotland UEFA 4130 Iran AFC 4231 Cameroon CAF 4932 Nigeria CAF 74Venues EditFrance s bid to host the World Cup centered on a national stadium with 80 000 seats and nine other stadiums located across the country 13 When the finals were originally awarded in July 1992 none of the regional club grounds were of a capacity meeting FIFA s requirements namely being able to safely seat 40 000 13 The proposed national stadium colloquially referred to as the Grand stade met with controversy at every stage of planning the stadium s location was determined by politics finance and national symbolism 14 As Mayor of Paris Jacques Chirac successfully negotiated a deal with Prime Minister Edouard Balladur to bring the Stade de France as it was now called to the commune of Saint Denis just north of the capital city 14 Construction on the stadium started in December 1995 and was completed after 26 months of work in November 1997 at a cost of 2 67 billion 15 The choice of stadium locations was drafted from an original list of 14 cities 16 FIFA and CFO monitored the progress and quality of preparations culminating in the former providing final checks of the grounds weeks before the tournament commenced Montpellier was the surprise inclusion from the final list of cities because of its low urban hierarchy in comparison to Strasbourg who boasted a better hierarchy and success from its local football team having been taken over by a consortium Montpellier however was considered ambitious by the selecting panel to host World Cup matches The local city and regional authorities in particular had invested heavily into football the previous two decades and were able to measure economic effects in terms of jobs as early as in 1997 17 Some of the venues used for this tournament were also used for the previous World Cup in France in 1938 The Stade Velodrome in Marseille the Stade Municipal in Toulouse the Gerland in Lyon the Parc Lescure in Bordeaux and the Parc des Princes in Paris received the honour of hosting World Cup matches once again in 1998 as they had all done in 1938 10 stadiums in total were used for the finals in addition to nine matches being played at the Stade de France the most used stadium in the tournament a further six matches took place in Paris Saint Germain s Parc des Princes bringing Paris s total matches hosted to 15 France played four of their seven matches in the national stadium they also played in the country s second and third largest cities Marseille hosting 7 total matches and Lyon hosting 6 total matches as well as a Round of 16 knockout match in the northern city of Lens also hosting 6 total matches Nantes Toulouse Bordeaux Montpellier and Saint Etienne also hosted 6 matches in total all of the stadiums used also hosted knockout round matches Saint Denis Marseille Paris LyonStade de France Stade Velodrome Parc des Princes Stade de Gerland48 55 28 N 2 21 36 E 48 92444 N 2 36000 E 48 92444 2 36000 Stade de France 43 16 11 N 5 23 45 E 43 26972 N 5 39583 E 43 26972 5 39583 Stade Velodrome 48 50 29 N 2 15 11 E 48 84139 N 2 25306 E 48 84139 2 25306 Parc des Princes 45 43 26 N 4 49 56 E 45 72389 N 4 83222 E 45 72389 4 83222 Stade de Gerland Capacity 80 000 Capacity 60 000 Capacity 48 875 Capacity 44 000 Lens Saint Denis Marseille Paris Lens Lyon Nantes Toulouse Saint Etienne Bordeaux MontpellierStade Felix Bollaert50 25 58 26 N 2 48 53 47 E 50 4328500 N 2 8148528 E 50 4328500 2 8148528 Stade Felix Bollaert Capacity 41 300 NantesStade de la Beaujoire47 15 20 27 N 1 31 31 35 W 47 2556306 N 1 5253750 W 47 2556306 1 5253750 Stade de la Beaujoire Capacity 39 500 Toulouse Saint Etienne Bordeaux MontpellierStadium de Toulouse Stade Geoffroy Guichard Parc Lescure Stade de la Mosson43 34 59 93 N 1 26 2 57 E 43 5833139 N 1 4340472 E 43 5833139 1 4340472 Stadium de Toulouse 45 27 38 76 N 4 23 24 42 E 45 4607667 N 4 3901167 E 45 4607667 4 3901167 Stade Geoffroy Guichard 44 49 45 N 0 35 52 W 44 82917 N 0 59778 W 44 82917 0 59778 Parc Lescure 43 37 19 85 N 3 48 43 28 E 43 6221806 N 3 8120222 E 43 6221806 3 8120222 Stade de la Mosson Capacity 37 000 Capacity 36 000 Capacity 35 200 Capacity 34 000 Innovations EditTechnologies Edit This was the first FIFA World Cup where fourth officials used electronic boards instead of cardboard 18 Rule changes Edit This was the first World Cup since the introduction of golden goals 18 banning of tackles from behind that endanger the safety of an opponent 19 and allowance of three substitutions per game 20 Match officials Edit34 referees and 33 assistants officiated in the 1998 World Cup 21 As a result of the extension to 32 teams in the finals there was an increase of 10 referees and 11 officials from the 1994 World Cup 21 CAF 5 Said Belqola Gamal Al Ghandour Lucien Bouchardeau Lim Kee Chong Ian McLeodAFC 4 Abdul Rahman Al Zaid Ali Bujsaim Masayoshi Okada Pirom Un PrasertUEFA 15 Marc Batta Gunter Benko Pierluigi Collina Hugh Dallas Paul Durkin Jose Maria Garcia Aranda Bernd Heynemann Nikolai Levnikov Urs Meier Vitor Melo Pereira Kim Milton Nielsen Rune Pedersen Laszlo Vagner Mario van der Ende Ryszard WojcikCONCACAF 3 Esfandiar Baharmast Arturo Brizio Carter Ramesh RamdhanOFC 1 Eddie LennieCONMEBOL 6 Javier Castrilli Epifanio Gonzalez Marcio Rezende de Freitas Mario Sanchez Yanten Alberto Tejada Noriega John Toro RendonDraw EditFurther information 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding The FIFA Organising Committee announced the eight seeded teams on 3 December 1997 The historic tradition to seed the hosts France and holders Brazil was upheld while the remaining six seeds were granted for the other top7 ranked teams based on their results obtained in the last three FIFA World Cups ratio 3 2 1 counting in total 60 and their FIFA World Ranking position in the last month of the past three years equal ratio counting in total 40 22 23 For the draw the 32 teams were allocated into four pots The eight top seeded teams were allocated in pot A and would be drawn selected into the first position of the eight groups playing in the group stage The remaining 24 unseeded teams were allocated into three pots based on geographical sections with the Nine European teams in pot B four Asian teams and three South American teams in pot C five African teams and three North American teams in pot D 24 The general principle was to draw one team from each pot into the eight groups although with special combined procedures for pot B and pot C due to comprising more less than eight teams but sixteen teams in total At the same time the draw also needed to respect the geographical limitation that each group could not feature more than one team from each confederation except for the European teams where the limitation was maximum two per group 24 Pot ATop seeded teams DC Host Top7 seeds Pot BEurope UEFA Pot CAsia amp South America AFC amp CONMEBOL Pot DAfrica amp North America CAF amp CONCACAF Brazil 1994 winner group A1 France host group C1 Germany 1 Italy 3 Spain 4 Argentina 5 Romania 6 Netherlands 7 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Denmark England Scotland FR Yugoslavia Norway Chile Colombia Iran Japan Paraguay Saudi Arabia South Korea Cameroon Jamaica Mexico Morocco Nigeria South Africa Tunisia United StatesThe draw took place at Stade Velodrome in Marseille and was televised live on 4 December 1997 FIFA World Cup Draw on BBC Sport For the first time in history the draw event took place in a football stadium with 38 000 spectators and an estimated 1 billion TV viewers The draw was officiated by FIFA secretary general Sepp Blatter Teams were drawn by football legends Franz Beckenbauer Carlos Alberto Parreira George Weah and Raymond Kopa 25 Organiser Michel Platini who later became president of UEFA admitted in 2018 that the draw for the group stage of the competition had been fixed so that France and Brazil were kept apart until the final telling France Bleu Sport We did a bit of trickery When we were organising the schedule We did not spend six years organising the World Cup to not do some little shenanigans 26 The statement from Platini referred to the fact that shortly before the World Cup finals draw took place the FIFA Organising Committee had met to finalise the draw process At this meeting the committee had approved the proposal to assign host nation France to group position C1 and defending champions Brazil to group position A1 ahead of the draw As the tournament structure was also predetermined so that the winners of Groups A D E and H and the runners up of Groups B C F and G would be kept apart from the group winners of B C F and G and the runners up of Group A D E and H until the final thus France and Brazil could avoid meeting each other until the final if both teams finished in the same position in the top two of their respective groups 27 Procedure for the draw 24 Pot A was used to draw the remaining six top seeded teams for the first position of groups B D E F G and H Pot D was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H Pot B was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H As per the FIFA rule of only allowing a maximum of two UEFA teams in each group the remaining ninth team from Pot B was subject to a second draw to be put in either of the groups containing a top seeded South American CONMEBOL team Pot C was used to draw one team to each of the seven groups with an empty spot drawing in alphabetical order from A to H However as each group could only contain one South American CONMEBOL team the first Asian AFC team drawn would not be drawn into a group in alphabetical order but instead be drawn into the remaining open group with a top seeded South American CONMEBOL team To decide the match schedules the exact group position number for the un seeded teams in each group 2 3 or 4 were also drawn immediately from eight special group bowls after each respective team had been drawn from pot D B and C Draw results and group fixtures Edit The draw resulted in the following eight groups 24 Group A Pos TeamA1 BrazilA2 ScotlandA3 MoroccoA4 Norway Group B Pos TeamB1 ItalyB2 ChileB3 CameroonB4 Austria Group C Pos TeamC1 FranceC2 South AfricaC3 Saudi ArabiaC4 Denmark Group D Pos TeamD1 SpainD2 NigeriaD3 ParaguayD4 Bulgaria Group E Pos TeamE1 NetherlandsE2 BelgiumE3 South KoreaE4 Mexico Group F Pos TeamF1 GermanyF2 United StatesF3 FR YugoslaviaF4 Iran Group G Pos TeamG1 RomaniaG2 ColombiaG3 EnglandG4 Tunisia Group H Pos TeamH1 ArgentinaH2 JapanH3 JamaicaH4 Croatia In each group the teams played three matches one against each of the other teams Three points were awarded for each win while a draw was worth one point After completion of the group stage the two teams with the most points in each group would advance to the knockout stage with each group winner facing the runner up from one of the other groups in the round of 16 This was a new format for the World Cup following the expansion from 24 teams in 1994 A total of 64 games were played including the final and a third place play off between the losers of the two semi finals The fixtures for the group stage were decided based on the draw results as follows Group stage schedule Matchday Dates MatchesMatchday 1 10 15 June 1998 1 v 2 3 v 4Matchday 2 16 22 June 1998 1 v 3 2 v 4Matchday 3 23 26 June 1998 4 v 1 2 v 3Squads EditFurther information 1998 FIFA World Cup squads As with the preceding tournament each team s squad for the 1998 World Cup finals consisted of 22 players Each participating national association had to confirm their final 22 player squad by 1 June 1998 Out of the 704 players participating in the 1998 World Cup 447 were signed up with a European club 90 in Asia 67 in South America 61 in Northern and Central America and 37 in Africa 28 75 played their club football in England five more than Italy and Spain Barcelona of Spain was the club contributing to the most players in the tournament with 13 players on their side 28 The average age of all teams was 27 years 8 months five months older than the previous tournament 29 Samuel Eto o of Cameroon was the youngest player selected in the competition at 17 years 3 months while the oldest was Jim Leighton of Scotland at 39 years 11 months 29 Group stage Edit Champion Runner up Third place Fourth place Quarter finals Round of 16 Group stage All times are Central European Summer Time UTC 2 Key for tablesPld total games played W total games won D total games drawn tied L total games lost GF total goals scored goals for GA total goals conceded goals against GD goal difference GF GA Pts total points accumulatedGroup A Edit Main article 1998 FIFA World Cup Group A Defending champions Brazil won Group A after only two matches as the nation achieved victories over Scotland 2 1 and Morocco 3 0 Heading into the third game Brazil had nothing to play for but still started its regulars against Norway who was looking to upset Brazil once again Needing a victory Norway overturned a 1 0 deficit with 12 minutes remaining to defeat Brazil 2 1 with Kjetil Rekdal scoring 30 the winning penalty to send Norway into the knockout stage for the first time 31 Norway s victory denied Morocco a chance at the Round of 16 despite winning 3 0 against Scotland It was only Morocco s second ever victory at a World Cup having recorded its first previous win 12 years earlier on 11 June 1986 Scotland managed only one point coming in a 1 1 draw against Norway and failed to get out of the first round for an eighth time in the FIFA World Cup a record that stands to this date Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 6 Advance to knockout stage2 Norway 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 53 Morocco 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 44 Scotland 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 1Source FIFA 10 June 199817 30 CET UTC 1 Brazil 2 1 ScotlandCesar Sampaio 5 Boyd 74 o g Report Collins 38 pen Stade de France Saint DenisAttendance 80 000Referee Jose Maria Garcia Aranda Spain 10 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Morocco 2 2 NorwayHadji 37 Hadda 60 Report Chippo 45 1 o g Eggen 61 Stade de la Mosson MontpellierAttendance 29 800Referee Pirom Un prasert Thailand 16 June 199817 30 CET UTC 1 Scotland 1 1 NorwayBurley 66 Report H Flo 46 Parc Lescure BordeauxAttendance 31 800Referee Laszlo Vagner Hungary 16 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Brazil 3 0 MoroccoRonaldo 9 Rivaldo 45 2 Bebeto 50 ReportStade de la Beaujoire NantesAttendance 35 500Referee Nikolai Levnikov Russia 23 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Scotland 0 3 MoroccoReport Bassir 23 85 Hadda 46 Stade Geoffroy Guichard Saint EtienneAttendance 30 600Referee Ali Bujsaim United Arab Emirates 23 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Brazil 1 2 NorwayBebeto 78 Report T A Flo 83 Rekdal 89 pen Stade Velodrome MarseilleAttendance 55 000Referee Esfandiar Baharmast United States Group B Edit Main article 1998 FIFA World Cup Group B Italy and Chile progressed to the second round while Austria failed to win for the first time since 1958 and Cameroon failed to get out of the group stage for the second time in a row Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Italy 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 7 Advance to knockout stage2 Chile 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 33 Austria 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 24 Cameroon 3 0 2 1 2 5 3 2Source FIFA 11 June 199817 30 CET UTC 1 Italy 2 2 ChileVieri 10 R Baggio 84 pen Report Salas 45 3 50 Parc Lescure BordeauxAttendance 31 800Referee Lucien Bouchardeau Niger 11 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Cameroon 1 1 AustriaNjanka 77 Report Polster 90 1 Stade de Toulouse ToulouseAttendance 33 500Referee Epifanio Gonzalez Paraguay 17 June 199817 30 CET UTC 1 Chile 1 1 AustriaSalas 70 Report Vastic 90 2 Stade Geoffroy Guichard Saint EtienneAttendance 30 600Referee Gamal Al Ghandour Egypt 17 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Italy 3 0 CameroonDi Biagio 7 Vieri 75 89 ReportStade de la Mosson MontpellierAttendance 29 800Referee Eddie Lennie Australia 23 June 199816 00 CET UTC 1 Italy 2 1 AustriaVieri 48 R Baggio 90 Report Herzog 90 2 pen Stade de France Saint DenisAttendance 80 000Referee Paul Durkin England 23 June 199816 00 CET UTC 1 Chile 1 1 CameroonSierra 20 Report Mboma 56 Stade de la Beaujoire NantesAttendance 35 500Referee Laszlo Vagner Hungary Group C Edit Main article 1998 FIFA World Cup Group C France the host nation swept Group C when the start of their path to their first FIFA World Cup trophy culminated with their 2 1 win over Denmark who despite their loss progressed to the second round Saudi Arabia after a good performance four years earlier finished bottom with only one point Debutant South Africa grabbed two points and also exited at the group stage Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 France H 3 3 0 0 9 1 8 9 Advance to knockout stage2 Denmark 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 43 South Africa 3 0 2 1 3 6 3 24 Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 2 7 5 1Source FIFA H Host 12 June 199817 30 CET UTC 1 Saudi Arabia 0 1 DenmarkReport Rieper 69 Stade Felix Bollaert LensAttendance 38 100Referee Javier Castrilli Argentina 12 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 France 3 0 South AfricaDugarry 36 Issa 77 o g Henry 90 2 ReportStade Velodrome MarseilleAttendance 55 000Referee Marcio Rezende de Freitas Brazil 18 June 199817 30 CET UTC 1 South Africa 1 1 DenmarkMcCarthy 51 Report A Nielsen 12 Stade de Toulouse ToulouseAttendance 33 500Referee John Toro Rendon Colombia 18 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 France 4 0 Saudi ArabiaHenry 37 78 Trezeguet 68 Lizarazu 85 ReportStade de France Saint DenisAttendance 80 000Referee Arturo Brizio Carter Mexico 24 June 199816 00 CET UTC 1 France 2 1 DenmarkDjorkaeff 12 pen Petit 56 Report M Laudrup 42 pen Stade Gerland LyonAttendance 39 100Referee Pierluigi Collina Italy 24 June 199816 00 CET UTC 1 South Africa 2 2 Saudi ArabiaBartlett 18 90 3 pen Report Al Jaber 45 2 pen Al Thunayan 74 pen Parc Lescure BordeauxAttendance 31 800Referee Mario Sanchez Chile Group D Edit Main article 1998 FIFA World Cup Group D Nigeria and Paraguay advanced to the Round of 16 after a surprise elimination of top seed Spain while Bulgaria failed to repeat their surprise performance from the previous tournament Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6 Advance to knockout stage2 Paraguay 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 53 Spain 3 1 1 1 8 4 4 44 Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 1 7 6 1Source FIFA 12 June 199814 30 CET UTC 1 Paraguay 0 0 BulgariaReportStade de la Mosson MontpellierAttendance 29 800Referee Abdul Rahman Al Zeid Saudi Arabia 13 June 199814 30 CET UTC 1 Spain 2 3 NigeriaHierro 21 Raul 47 Report Adepoju 24 Zubizarreta 73 o g Oliseh 78 Stade de la Beaujoire NantesAttendance 35 500Referee Esfandiar Baharmast United States 19 June 199817 30 CET UTC 1 Nigeria 1 0 BulgariaIkpeba 28 ReportParc des Princes ParisAttendance 45 500Referee Mario Sanchez Yanten Chile 19 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Spain 0 0 ParaguayReportStade Geoffroy Guichard Saint EtienneAttendance 30 600Referee Ian McLeod South Africa 24 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Nigeria 1 3 ParaguayOruma 11 Report Ayala 1 Benitez 58 Cardozo 86 Stade de Toulouse ToulouseAttendance 33 500Referee Pirom Un prasert Thailand 24 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Spain 6 1 BulgariaHierro 6 pen Luis Enrique 18 Morientes 55 81 Bachev 88 o g Kiko 90 4 Report Kostadinov 58 Stade Felix Bollaert LensAttendance 38 100Referee Mario van der Ende Netherlands Group E Edit Main article 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E The Netherlands and Mexico advanced with the same record The Netherlands placed first on goal difference Belgium and eventual 2002 FIFA World Cup co hosts South Korea failed to advance Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Netherlands 3 1 2 0 7 2 5 5 Advance to knockout stage2 Mexico 3 1 2 0 7 5 2 53 Belgium 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 34 South Korea 3 0 1 2 2 9 7 1Source FIFA 13 June 199817 30 CET UTC 1 South Korea 1 3 MexicoHa Seok ju 27 Report Pelaez 50 Hernandez 75 84 Stade de Gerland LyonAttendance 39 100Referee Gunter Benko Austria 13 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Netherlands 0 0 BelgiumReportStade de France Saint DenisAttendance 77 000Referee Pierluigi Collina Italy 20 June 199817 30 CET UTC 1 Belgium 2 2 MexicoWilmots 42 47 Report Garcia Aspe 55 pen Blanco 62 Parc Lescure BordeauxAttendance 31 800Referee Hugh Dallas Scotland 20 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Netherlands 5 0 South KoreaCocu 37 Overmars 41 Bergkamp 71 Van Hooijdonk 80 R de Boer 83 ReportStade Velodrome MarseilleAttendance 55 000Referee Ryszard Wojcik Poland 25 June 199816 00 CET UTC 1 Netherlands 2 2 MexicoCocu 4 R de Boer 18 Report Pelaez 75 Hernandez 90 4 Stade Geoffroy Guichard Saint EtienneAttendance 30 600Referee Abdul Rahman Al Zeid Saudi Arabia 25 June 199816 00 CET UTC 1 Belgium 1 1 South KoreaNilis 7 Report Yoo Sang Chul 72 Parc des Princes ParisAttendance 45 500Referee Marcio Rezende de Freitas Brazil Group F Edit Main article 1998 FIFA World Cup Group F Germany and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia advanced each with 7 points Germany took 1st through goal differential tiebreak Iran and 1994 host United States failed to advance Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Germany 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 7 Advance to knockout stage2 FR Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 73 Iran 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 34 United States 3 0 0 3 1 5 4 0Source FIFA 14 June 199817 30 CET UTC 1 FR Yugoslavia 1 0 IranMihajlovic 73 ReportStade Geoffroy Guichard Saint EtienneAttendance 30 600Referee Alberto Tejada Peru 15 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Germany 2 0 United StatesMoller 9 Klinsmann 65 ReportParc des Princes ParisAttendance 45 500Referee Said Belqola Morocco 21 June 199814 30 CET UTC 1 Germany 2 2 FR YugoslaviaMihajlovic 72 o g Bierhoff 78 Report Mijatovic 13 Stojkovic 52 Stade Felix Bollaert LensAttendance 38 100Referee Kim Milton Nielsen Denmark Main article United States v Iran 1998 FIFA World Cup 21 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 United States 1 2 IranMcBride 87 Report Estili 40 Mahdavikia 84 Stade de Gerland LyonAttendance 39 100Referee Urs Meier Switzerland 25 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Germany 2 0 IranBierhoff 50 Klinsmann 57 ReportStade de la Mosson MontpellierAttendance 29 800Referee Epifanio Gonzalez Paraguay 25 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 United States 0 1 FR YugoslaviaReport Komljenovic 4 Stade de la Beaujoire NantesAttendance 35 500Referee Gamal Al Ghandour Egypt Group G Edit Main article 1998 FIFA World Cup Group G Romania and England became Group G top finishers as Colombia and Tunisia were unable to reach the last 16 despite Colombia having one win Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Romania 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 7 Advance to knockout stage2 England 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 63 Colombia 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 34 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 1Source FIFA 15 June 199814 30 CET UTC 1 England 2 0 TunisiaShearer 42 Scholes 89 ReportStade Velodrome MarseilleAttendance 54 587Referee Masayoshi Okada Japan 15 June 199817 30 CET UTC 1 Romania 1 0 ColombiaIlie 45 1 ReportStade de Gerland LyonAttendance 39 100Referee Lim Kee Chong Mauritius 22 June 199817 30 CET UTC 1 Colombia 1 0 TunisiaPreciado 82 ReportStade de la Mosson MontpellierAttendance 29 800Referee Bernd Heynemann Germany 22 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Romania 2 1 EnglandMoldovan 46 Petrescu 90 Report Owen 81 Stade de Toulouse ToulouseAttendance 33 500Referee Marc Batta France 26 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Colombia 0 2 EnglandReport Anderton 20 Beckham 29 Stade Felix Bollaert LensAttendance 38 100Referee Arturo Brizio Carter Mexico 26 June 199821 00 CET UTC 1 Romania 1 1 TunisiaMoldovan 71 Report Souayah 12 pen Stade de France Saint DenisAttendance 77 000Referee Eddie Lennie Australia Group H Edit Main article 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H Argentina finished at the top of Group H against three debutants Croatia took the runners up spot while Jamaica and Japan failed to advance Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 0 7 9 Advance to knockout stage2 Croatia 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 63 span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. |