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1998 FIFA World Cup final

June 02, 2023

The 1998 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th edition of the quadrennial football competition organised by FIFA for the men's national teams of its member associations. The match was played at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 12 July 1998, and was contested by Brazil and France. The tournament featured France as the hosts, Brazil as the winners of the previous World Cup and 30 other teams who emerged from the qualification tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 32 teams competed in a group stage, from which 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage. En route to the final, Brazil finished first in Group A, with two wins and one defeat, after which they beat Chile in the round of 16, Denmark in the quarter-finals and the Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out in the semi-finals. France finished top of Group C with three wins, before defeating Paraguay in the round of 16, Italy in the quarter-final, and Croatia in the semi-final. The final took place in front of 75,000 supporters, with an estimated 1.7 billion watching on television, and was refereed by Said Belqola from Morocco.

1998 FIFA World Cup final
The Stade de France (pictured in 2016) held the final
Event1998 FIFA World Cup
Date12 July 1998
VenueStade de France, Saint-Denis
Man of the MatchZinedine Zidane (France)
RefereeSaid Belqola (Morocco)[1]
Attendance75,000
WeatherFair
23 °C (73 °F), 50% humidity
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2002 →

Before the match, speculation surrounded the fitness of striker Ronaldo, who was originally left out of Brazil's starting line-up, only to be restored to the team before kick-off. France took the lead shortly before the half-hour mark, when Zinedine Zidane outjumped Leonardo to connect with a header from an in-swinging corner from the right taken by Emmanuel Petit. Zidane scored again, with another header from a corner, shortly before half-time to give France a 2–0 lead. Petit then added a third goal in second-half injury time, striking the ball low into the net following a pass by Patrick Vieira, to complete a 3–0 win for France.

France's win was their first World Cup title, as they became the seventh different nation to win the tournament. Zidane was named the man of the match, while Ronaldo was awarded the Golden Ball as FIFA's outstanding player of the tournament. Following the win, hundreds of thousands of French supporters celebrated in Paris throughout the night, before assembling along the Champs-Élysées the following day for an open-top bus tour by the French players. France followed up their victory by winning their next major tournament at UEFA Euro 2000. Ronaldo's fitness for the match and his initial omission and later reinstatement on Brazil's teamsheet became a subject of ongoing journalistic interest following the match, with analysis continuing more than 20 years later.

Background

 
An example of the Adidas Tricolore ball used in the match

The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th edition of the World Cup, FIFA's football competition for men's national teams, held in France between 10 June and 12 July 1998.[2][3] The finals featured 32 teams for the first time, up from 24 in the 1994 World Cup.[4] Both France and Brazil qualified automatically for the finals – France as tournament hosts and Brazil because they had won the tournament in 1994.[5] The remaining 30 spots were decided through qualifying rounds held between March 1996 and November 1997, organised by the six FIFA confederations and involving 168 teams.[5][6] In the finals, the teams were divided into eight groups of four with each team playing each other once in a round-robin format. The two top teams from each group advanced to a knock-out stage.[7] The game was played at the Stade de France, in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, an 80,000-capacity stadium which was purpose-built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup because there were no previously existing venues large enough to accommodate the final.[8]

Brazil had won the previous World Cup in the United States in 1994, defeating Italy in a penalty shoot-out in the final after the match had finished 0–0 after extra time, the first ever goalless final.[2][9] They began the 1998 tournament as favourites with Mário Zagallo, their manager, having been involved with all four previous Brazilian wins – as a player in 1958 and 1962, as manager in 1970 and assistant manager in 1994.[10] France did not qualify for the 1994 tournament because they were eliminated in their qualifying group, finishing behind Sweden and Bulgaria.[11] However, they had followed this up with a run to the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 1996, in which they were beaten in a penalty shoot-out by the Czech Republic. France's midfielder Zinedine Zidane had been tied for third place in the 1997 FIFA World Player of the Year contest and was labelled by former Brazilian forward Pelé as "one of the players to watch" at the 1998 World Cup.[12] Before the tournament, Aimé Jacquet, the manager of France, told reporters that his team were "here to win the World Cup, nothing less".[12] The two teams had met twice previously in the World Cup – in the semi-final of the 1958 tournament, which Brazil won 5–2, and the quarter-final in 1986 when France won in a penalty shoot-out after the game finished 1–1 after extra time.[13][14][15] Their most recent meeting was in the 1997 Tournoi de France, in a game which finished 1–1.[13]

The match ball used at the tournament was the Adidas Tricolore, which was specifically made for the World Cup. The tricolour flag and Gallic rooster, traditional symbols of France were used as inspiration for the design.[16] More than 20 drafts had been proposed by the Adidas design team before the definitive version was approved.[17]

Route to the final

Brazil

Brazil's route to the final
Opponent Result
1 Scotland 2–1
2 Morocco 3–0
3 Norway 1–2
R16 Chile 4–1
QF Denmark 3–2
SF Netherlands 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)

Brazil were in Group A at the World Cup, in which they were joined by Morocco, Norway and Scotland.[18] Their first game was the tournament opener at the Stade de France, on 10 June against Scotland.[19] Brazil took the lead after four minutes when César Sampaio received the ball in the penalty area from a corner taken by Bebeto, and headed the ball past Jim Leighton in the Scotland goal.[20] Scotland equalised through a penalty scored by John Collins, after Kevin Gallacher had been fouled in the penalty area.[19] Brazil took the lead again in the second half when a volley by Cafu was saved by Leighton but rebounded off Scotland's Tom Boyd for an own goal. Scotland appealed for a second penalty in the final minute, claiming that Dunga had handled the ball, but it was not given and Brazil won 2–1.[20] Their second game was against Morocco, on 16 June at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes. Ronaldo gave Brazil the lead with his first World Cup goal nine minutes into the game, with Rivaldo and Bebeto also scoring to give Brazil a 3–0 win.[21] Brazil were already confirmed as winners of the group before their third game, against Norway, but Zagallo nonetheless picked most of his first-choice team, leaving out only Aldair, who had received a yellow card against Scotland and risked suspension should he receive another, and Sampaio, who was already suspended.[22] Brazil took the lead through Bebeto on 77 minutes. Norway responded with two goals in the last ten minutes – Tore André Flo scoring the equaliser and then winning a penalty when he was fouled by Gonçalves. Kjetil Rekdal scored from the penalty spot to give Norway a 2–1 win.[22]

Brazil's opponents in the round of 16 were Chile; the match was played on 27 June at the Parc des Princes in Paris.[23] Brazil took the lead on 11 minutes when a Dunga free kick was met by Sampaio, who was unmarked and headed the ball past goalkeeper Nelson Tapia. Sampaio doubled Brazil's lead on 27 minutes when he shot into the corner of the net following a long-range Roberto Carlos free kick. Ronaldo added a third from a penalty in first-half injury time, after he had been fouled by Tapia.[24] Marcelo Salas pulled a goal back for Chile in the second half, but Ronaldo then scored again to seal a 4–1 Brazilian win.[23] In the quarter-finals they played Denmark at the Stade de la Beaujoire on 3 July.[25] Denmark scored the first goal two minutes into the game through Martin Jørgensen, with Bebeto equalising eight minutes later. Brazil then took the lead with a goal by Rivaldo on 27 minutes, completing a move involving Dunga and Ronaldo. Brian Laudrup levelled the scores five minutes into the second half, but Rivaldo scored again 30 minutes before the end to seal a 3–2 win for Brazil.[26] Brazil's semi-final was against the Netherlands at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille.[27] Ronaldo gave Brazil the lead shortly after half-time, but Patrick Kluivert equalised for the Netherlands three minutes before the end. The game went to extra time, with the golden goal rule in effect.[a] There was no further scoring, however, and the game was settled by a penalty shoot-out.[29] The two sides took their kicks alternately with Brazil kicking first and the first five penalties were all scored, giving Brazil a 3–2 lead.[27] Brazilian goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel then saved penalties from Phillip Cocu and Ronald de Boer with Dunga scoring again for Brazil, which meant Brazil won the shoot-out 4–2 and progressed to the final.[27][29]

France

France's route to the final
Opponent Result
1 South Africa 3–0
2 Saudi Arabia 4–0
3 Denmark 2–1
R16 Paraguay 1–0 (a.e.t.)
QF Italy 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)
SF Croatia 2–1

France were drawn in Group C at the finals, alongside Denmark, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.[18] They began their campaign on 12 June against World Cup debutants South Africa at the Stade Vélodrome. In a match which Richard Williams of The Guardian said they "dominated throughout", France won 3–0 with a goal in the first half from Christophe Dugarry, a 77th minute own goal by South Africa's Pierre Issa and a last-minute strike by Thierry Henry.[30] Their second game was against Saudi Arabia at the Stade de France on 18 June. Henry gave France the lead in the first half, scoring from a cross by Bixente Lizarazu, before France scored three goals in the final fifteen minutes through David Trezeguet, Henry again and Lizarazu to complete a 4–0 win. Both sides had a player sent off – Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi in the 18th minute for Saudi Arabia and Zidane for France on 70 minutes for a stamp on Fuad Anwar.[31] Zidane was suspended for the next two games.[32] With progression to the knockout stage assured, Jacquet made eight changes to his team for the final game against Denmark at the Stade Gerland in Lyon on 24 June. France took the lead on 13 minutes when Youri Djorkaeff converted a penalty after Jes Høgh fouled Trezeguet. Denmark then won a penalty shortly before half-time for a Vincent Candela foul on Jørgensen which was scored by Michael Laudrup. In the second half, Emmanuel Petit scored with a low shot into the corner of the Danish goal to seal a 2–1 victory and first place in the group.[32]

France's round-of-16 opponents were Paraguay, at the Stade Félix-Bollaert in Lens on 28 June. In a match labelled a "real stinker" by Williams, with France described as "extraordinarily inept", there were no goals during the 90 minutes of normal time and the first period of extra time. With six minutes remaining, France broke the deadlock, Laurent Blanc scoring the FIFA World Cup's first ever golden goal to seal a 1–0 win and a place in the quarter-finals.[33][34] There, they met Italy, the losing finalists from 1994, at Stade de France on 3 July. There were no goals during normal time and no golden goal, so the game was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[35] With France taking the first penalty, both sides scored their openers, before goalkeepers Gianluca Pagliuca and Fabien Barthez saved a penalty each, from Lizarazu and Demetrio Albertini respectively. The next five were all scored to leave France 4–3 ahead with one Italian penalty remaining. Luigi Di Biagio struck the crossbar with his kick and France advanced to the semi-finals with a 4–3 shoot-out win.[36] They returned to the Stade de France on 8 July for a semi-final against Croatia. After a goalless first half, there were two goals in quick succession shortly after half-time as Davor Šuker gave Croatia the lead before Lilian Thuram equalised for France. Thuram then gave France the lead on 70 minutes and, despite Blanc being sent off five minutes later for violent conduct towards Slaven Bilić, France held on for a 2–1 win and a place in the final.[37][38] Blanc's red card was the only one he received in his entire career, and meant that he was suspended for the final. Bilić's reaction implied that Blanc had struck him on the head in the incident, but video replays showed that the impact had been to his chest or chin, and the incident is often cited as one of the most controversial in the competition's history.[39][40]

Pre-match

Brazil were considered the favourites by bookmakers before the match, with odds of 4–6 for them to win the tournament, compared with 6–5 for France.[41]

Match officials

Said Belqola of Morocco was selected to referee the final. An amateur referee who worked as a customs officer professionally, he had begun officiating in 1983 before being selected to referee international matches in 1993.[42] Prior to the 1998 World Cup he had refereed two matches each at the 1996 and 1998 African Cup of Nations, including the final of the latter tournament, between South Africa and Egypt.[43][44][45][46] At the 1998 World Cup he had refereed the Argentina vs Croatia and Germany vs United States group games.[47][48] The assistant referees were Mark Warren of England and Achmat Salie of South Africa, while Saudi Arabia's Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid was the fourth official.[49]

Team selection

In what was later described by writers for BBC Sport as the "great World Cup final mystery",[50] Ronaldo was omitted from the official teamsheet which Zagallo presented to FIFA at 7:48 p.m. local time (5:48 p.m. UTC), 72 minutes before kick off, with Edmundo named in his place. Reporters for the BBC and other media received the news shortly after 8 p.m. and had not expected this development, with John Motson describing scenes of "absolute mayhem and chaos" in the commentary box. At 8:18 p.m., however, Brazil submitted a modified teamsheet with Ronaldo's name reinstated.[51] It was revealed several years later that Ronaldo had suffered a convulsive fit on the afternoon of the final, had lost consciousness and spent three hours in hospital, but decided shortly before the match began that he still wished to play.[52] With the exception of Cafu, who had been suspended for Brazil's semi-final match and returned in place of Zé Carlos, Brazil therefore named an unchanged side with Edmundo on the substitutes' bench.[27][52][53] Blanc was suspended following his semi-final red card and his place in the French team was taken by Frank Leboeuf.[54] Otherwise, France named an unchanged team.[38][53]

Match

First half

France kicked off the match at 9 p.m. local time, in front of an attendance of 75,000 and an estimated global television audience of 1.7 billion.[55][18][53][56][57] The weather at Charles de Gaulle Airport, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from the stadium,[b] was recorded as fair at the time of kick-off, with a temperature of 23 °C (73 °F) and 50% humidity.[60] France had a chance to score in the opening minute, when the ball was passed upfield towards Stéphane Guivarc'h, who attempted a bicycle kick which went over the cross bar and landed on the top of the Brazilian net.[61] Guivarc'h had another opportunity three minutes later, when he received a pass from Zidane on the edge of the penalty area and was one-on-one with Taffarel, but his shot under pressure from Júnior Baiano was stopped by the goalkeeper.[61][62] On 5 minutes, Rivaldo hit a long cross to the far corner of the penalty area towards Leonardo, who could not reach it; the ball went out for a goal kick.[63] France won a free kick a minute later when Cafu fouled Lizarazu, which Zidane curled into the penalty area. It reached Djorkaeff, who was unmarked; he attempted to score with a header, but it went high and wide of the goal.[64] On 17 minutes, Djorkaeff hit a long-range shot from the right-hand side, but it went wide of the Brazilian goal.[65] Five minutes later, Ronaldo received the ball near the touch-line and started running towards goal; from the left-hand edge of the penalty area he passed it to his right. Barthez almost tipped the ball into his own goal but was able to catch it before it crossed the line.[61][66] Brazil won a corner on 23 minutes, which was taken by Leonardo into the penalty area.[67] Sampaio directed a powerful header towards the goal, but it was aimed straight at Barthez who saved it.[61]

Zidane gave France the lead just before the half-hour mark, outjumping Leonardo to connect with a header from an in-swinging corner from the right taken by Petit.[68] Four minutes later, Ronaldo received the ball following a long pass from Dunga, but Barthez punched his shot clear. Ronaldo and Barthez collided with each other during the incident; both needed assistance from medics but were able to continue the game.[69] Baiano received the first yellow card of the match on 33 minutes for a foul on Djorkaeff.[70] French captain Didier Deschamps was then shown a yellow card four minutes later for a diving challenge on Rivaldo.[71] On 41 minutes, Petit had a chance to score from 12 yards (11 m) when a pass forward by Christian Karembeu rebounded to him in space after hitting the back of Baiano's feet. Baiano recovered, however, to deflect the Frenchman's shot wide of the goalpost.[61][72] Shortly before first-half injury time, Thuram sent the ball upfield from deep within his own half, which was missed by the Brazilian defenders and reached Guivarc'h, one-on-one with Taffarel. The goalkeeper blocked his shot behind for a corner, however.[73] France won another corner a minute later, which was taken on the left by Djorkaeff into the penalty area, where Zidane once again headed the ball into the goal, through the legs of Roberto Carlos, to give France a 2–0 half-time lead.[61][74][75]

Second half

The second half began with a Brazil substitution as Denílson replaced Leonardo.[76] Marcel Desailly received a yellow card in the 49th minute for dissent, after the referee had penalised him for a foul on Cafu.[61][77][78] On 51 minutes, Bebeto took a corner from the right-hand side which reached Denílson, who fell down as his attempted shot went wide of the goal while Deschamps was also challenging for the ball. Brazil's players appealed for a penalty, but Belqola did not award it.[79] A minute later, Dunga had a shot from outside the penalty area which went wide of Barthez's goal.[80] Karembeu was shown a yellow card on 55 minutes for a foul from behind on Cafu.[81] Rivaldo took the resulting free-kick short towards Roberto Carlos, who ran to the left edge of the penalty area before crossing it in, where it reached Ronaldo.[82] He shot from close range but Barthez saved.[61] On 57 minutes, France made a change when Alain Boghossian came on in place of Karembeu.[83] Three minutes later, Roberto Carlos took a long throw-in from the left-hand side, which Barthez failed to catch near the edge of his penalty area, allowing Bebeto to take a shot, but Desailly blocked it.[84]

On 63 minutes, Guivarc'h was one-on-one with Taffarel following what FIFA commentators described as a "mistake" by the Brazilian defence, but he fired his shot wide of the goal.[61][85] Three minutes later Guivarc'h was taken off, as Jacquet brought on Dugarry in his place.[86] On 68 minutes, Desailly made a sliding tackle on Cafu which was given as a foul by the referee. Belqola showed him a second yellow card, which meant he was sent off and France had to play the last 20 minutes with only 10 men.[61][87] After 74 minutes, Edmundo was brought on by Zagallo, replacing César Sampaio.[88] A minute later, France made a defensive substitution, bringing on Patrick Vieira in place of Djorkaeff.[61] On 82 minutes, Dugarry was through on goal with only Taffarel to beat, but his shot went wide of the goal.[89] Brazil had a chance to score in second-half injury time when Denílson's shot hit the crossbar.[90] Two minutes later, Petit scored a third for France after receiving a pass up the field from his Arsenal teammate Vieira, striking the ball low into the net.[91] That was the final action of the game, as France completed a 3–0 victory.[78]

Details

Brazil  0–3  France
Report Zidane   27', 45+1'
Petit   90+3'
Attendance: 75,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brazil[49][78]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
France[49][78]
GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel
RB 2 Cafu
CB 4 Júnior Baiano   33'
CB 3 Aldair
LB 6 Roberto Carlos
CM 8 Dunga (c)
CM 5 César Sampaio   73'
AM 18 Leonardo   46'
AM 10 Rivaldo
CF 20 Bebeto
CF 9 Ronaldo
Substitutes:
MF 19 Denílson   46'
FW 21 Edmundo   73'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
 
GK 16 Fabien Barthez
RB 15 Lilian Thuram
CB 18 Frank Leboeuf
CB 8 Marcel Desailly   48'   68'
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu
DM 7 Didier Deschamps (c)   39'
CM 19 Christian Karembeu   56'   57'
CM 17 Emmanuel Petit
AM 10 Zinedine Zidane
AM 6 Youri Djorkaeff   74'
CF 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h   66'
Substitutes:
MF 14 Alain Boghossian   57'
FW 21 Christophe Dugarry   66'
MF 4 Patrick Vieira   74'
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet

Man of the Match:
Zinedine Zidane (France)

Assistant referees:
Mark Warren (England)
Achmat Salie (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Maximum of three substitutions

Statistics

Source:[92]
Brazil France
Goals scored 0 3
Total shots 12 14
Shots on target 6 5
Fouls committed 15 13
Offsides 5 3
Yellow cards 1 4
Red cards 0 1

Post-match

France's win was their first World Cup title, becoming the seventh out of – as of 2022 – eight different countries to win the tournament. They also became the sixth team to win the competition as hosts and the first since Argentina in 1978. It was only the second time Brazil had lost a World Cup final, with the first being their 2–1 upset loss to Uruguay at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in the final match of 1950 known as the Maracanaço (similarly, this marked Brazil's first World Cup final loss in a knockout format).[2] The 3–0 scoreline was also Brazil's largest loss in the World Cup until their 7–1 defeat to Germany in the 2014 World Cup semi-final at the Mineirão in Belo Horizonte.[93]

French president Jacques Chirac, the International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch, the newly-elected FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his outgoing predecessor João Havelange, UEFA president Lennart Johansson, and co-president of local organizing committee Michel Platini were among those present at the stands during the awards ceremony. President Chirac handed the trophy to French captain Deschamps.[94] Hundreds of thousands of French supporters celebrated their team's victory in Paris throughout the night, before assembling along the Champs-Élysées the following the day for an open-top bus tour by the French players.[95] The celebrations continued through to Tuesday, France's national Bastille Day holiday, with Chirac inviting the team to a garden party at the Élysée Palace following the Bastille Day military parade and praising the nation's solidarity during a speech there.[96][97]

Ronaldo's fitness for the match and his initial omission and later reinstatement on Brazil's teamsheet became a subject of ongoing journalistic interest following the match, with analysis continuing more than 20 years later.[98] A number of conspiracy theories regarding the incident emerged, including an allegation by striker Edmundo (who had been set to play in Ronaldo's place) that Brazil's team sponsor Nike had pressured Zagallo to reinstate the player.[99] Zagallo also said that the decision was his and the player's, saying "if there had been interference, I would have resigned".[100] A government inquiry into Nike's involvement with Brazil was launched by politician Aldo Rebelo and interviewed numerous players, officials and team doctors, but it cleared Nike of any wrongdoing.[101] Another theory, promulgated in Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, was that Ronaldo had a nervous breakdown during the tournament, and some players also said that team doctor Lidio Toledo had cried about Ronaldo's condition when he encountered him in the dressing room.[99] Toledo did not sign him off as unfit however, later saying "imagine if I stopped him playing and Brazil lost, at that moment I'd have to go and live on the North Pole."[100]

France followed up their victory by qualifying for and winning the UEFA Euro 2000 held in the Netherlands and Belgium.[102] Brazil took the Copa América title in 1999, and then won the next World Cup in Japan and South Korea in 2002.[103][104] France were eliminated in the group stage at the 2002 tournament, becoming the first World Cup holders to be eliminated without reaching the knockout stage since Brazil in 1966. [105] They returned to the final in 2006, losing to Italy and being eliminated at the group stage again in 2010, before winning their second World Cup in 2018 with Deschamps as coach.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ The golden goal rule stipulates that 30 minutes of extra time is to be played, but that the game would end immediately should either team score in that period, with the scoring team being declared the winners.[28]
  2. ^ Distance measured using Google Maps distance calculator, between Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, coordinates 49.0096774°N, 2.5457773°E and Stade de France, coordinates 48.9238848°N, 2.3580294°E.[58][59]

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1998, fifa, world, final, final, match, 1998, fifa, world, 16th, edition, quadrennial, football, competition, organised, fifa, national, teams, member, associations, match, played, stade, france, paris, france, july, 1998, contested, brazil, france, tournament. The 1998 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 1998 FIFA World Cup the 16th edition of the quadrennial football competition organised by FIFA for the men s national teams of its member associations The match was played at the Stade de France in Paris France on 12 July 1998 and was contested by Brazil and France The tournament featured France as the hosts Brazil as the winners of the previous World Cup and 30 other teams who emerged from the qualification tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations The 32 teams competed in a group stage from which 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage En route to the final Brazil finished first in Group A with two wins and one defeat after which they beat Chile in the round of 16 Denmark in the quarter finals and the Netherlands in a penalty shoot out in the semi finals France finished top of Group C with three wins before defeating Paraguay in the round of 16 Italy in the quarter final and Croatia in the semi final The final took place in front of 75 000 supporters with an estimated 1 7 billion watching on television and was refereed by Said Belqola from Morocco 1998 FIFA World Cup finalThe Stade de France pictured in 2016 held the finalEvent1998 FIFA World CupBrazil France0 3Date12 July 1998VenueStade de France Saint DenisMan of the MatchZinedine Zidane France RefereeSaid Belqola Morocco 1 Attendance75 000WeatherFair23 C 73 F 50 humidity 19942002 Before the match speculation surrounded the fitness of striker Ronaldo who was originally left out of Brazil s starting line up only to be restored to the team before kick off France took the lead shortly before the half hour mark when Zinedine Zidane outjumped Leonardo to connect with a header from an in swinging corner from the right taken by Emmanuel Petit Zidane scored again with another header from a corner shortly before half time to give France a 2 0 lead Petit then added a third goal in second half injury time striking the ball low into the net following a pass by Patrick Vieira to complete a 3 0 win for France France s win was their first World Cup title as they became the seventh different nation to win the tournament Zidane was named the man of the match while Ronaldo was awarded the Golden Ball as FIFA s outstanding player of the tournament Following the win hundreds of thousands of French supporters celebrated in Paris throughout the night before assembling along the Champs Elysees the following day for an open top bus tour by the French players France followed up their victory by winning their next major tournament at UEFA Euro 2000 Ronaldo s fitness for the match and his initial omission and later reinstatement on Brazil s teamsheet became a subject of ongoing journalistic interest following the match with analysis continuing more than 20 years later Contents 1 Background 2 Route to the final 2 1 Brazil 2 2 France 3 Pre match 3 1 Match officials 3 2 Team selection 4 Match 4 1 First half 4 2 Second half 4 3 Details 4 4 Statistics 5 Post match 6 Notes 7 References 8 ReferencesBackground Edit An example of the Adidas Tricolore ball used in the match The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th edition of the World Cup FIFA s football competition for men s national teams held in France between 10 June and 12 July 1998 2 3 The finals featured 32 teams for the first time up from 24 in the 1994 World Cup 4 Both France and Brazil qualified automatically for the finals France as tournament hosts and Brazil because they had won the tournament in 1994 5 The remaining 30 spots were decided through qualifying rounds held between March 1996 and November 1997 organised by the six FIFA confederations and involving 168 teams 5 6 In the finals the teams were divided into eight groups of four with each team playing each other once in a round robin format The two top teams from each group advanced to a knock out stage 7 The game was played at the Stade de France in the northern Paris suburb of Saint Denis an 80 000 capacity stadium which was purpose built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup because there were no previously existing venues large enough to accommodate the final 8 Brazil had won the previous World Cup in the United States in 1994 defeating Italy in a penalty shoot out in the final after the match had finished 0 0 after extra time the first ever goalless final 2 9 They began the 1998 tournament as favourites with Mario Zagallo their manager having been involved with all four previous Brazilian wins as a player in 1958 and 1962 as manager in 1970 and assistant manager in 1994 10 France did not qualify for the 1994 tournament because they were eliminated in their qualifying group finishing behind Sweden and Bulgaria 11 However they had followed this up with a run to the semi finals at UEFA Euro 1996 in which they were beaten in a penalty shoot out by the Czech Republic France s midfielder Zinedine Zidane had been tied for third place in the 1997 FIFA World Player of the Year contest and was labelled by former Brazilian forward Pele as one of the players to watch at the 1998 World Cup 12 Before the tournament Aime Jacquet the manager of France told reporters that his team were here to win the World Cup nothing less 12 The two teams had met twice previously in the World Cup in the semi final of the 1958 tournament which Brazil won 5 2 and the quarter final in 1986 when France won in a penalty shoot out after the game finished 1 1 after extra time 13 14 15 Their most recent meeting was in the 1997 Tournoi de France in a game which finished 1 1 13 The match ball used at the tournament was the Adidas Tricolore which was specifically made for the World Cup The tricolour flag and Gallic rooster traditional symbols of France were used as inspiration for the design 16 More than 20 drafts had been proposed by the Adidas design team before the definitive version was approved 17 Route to the final EditBrazil Edit Brazil s route to the final Opponent Result1 Scotland 2 12 Morocco 3 03 Norway 1 2R16 Chile 4 1QF Denmark 3 2SF Netherlands 1 1 a e t 4 2 p Brazil were in Group A at the World Cup in which they were joined by Morocco Norway and Scotland 18 Their first game was the tournament opener at the Stade de France on 10 June against Scotland 19 Brazil took the lead after four minutes when Cesar Sampaio received the ball in the penalty area from a corner taken by Bebeto and headed the ball past Jim Leighton in the Scotland goal 20 Scotland equalised through a penalty scored by John Collins after Kevin Gallacher had been fouled in the penalty area 19 Brazil took the lead again in the second half when a volley by Cafu was saved by Leighton but rebounded off Scotland s Tom Boyd for an own goal Scotland appealed for a second penalty in the final minute claiming that Dunga had handled the ball but it was not given and Brazil won 2 1 20 Their second game was against Morocco on 16 June at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes Ronaldo gave Brazil the lead with his first World Cup goal nine minutes into the game with Rivaldo and Bebeto also scoring to give Brazil a 3 0 win 21 Brazil were already confirmed as winners of the group before their third game against Norway but Zagallo nonetheless picked most of his first choice team leaving out only Aldair who had received a yellow card against Scotland and risked suspension should he receive another and Sampaio who was already suspended 22 Brazil took the lead through Bebeto on 77 minutes Norway responded with two goals in the last ten minutes Tore Andre Flo scoring the equaliser and then winning a penalty when he was fouled by Goncalves Kjetil Rekdal scored from the penalty spot to give Norway a 2 1 win 22 Brazil s opponents in the round of 16 were Chile the match was played on 27 June at the Parc des Princes in Paris 23 Brazil took the lead on 11 minutes when a Dunga free kick was met by Sampaio who was unmarked and headed the ball past goalkeeper Nelson Tapia Sampaio doubled Brazil s lead on 27 minutes when he shot into the corner of the net following a long range Roberto Carlos free kick Ronaldo added a third from a penalty in first half injury time after he had been fouled by Tapia 24 Marcelo Salas pulled a goal back for Chile in the second half but Ronaldo then scored again to seal a 4 1 Brazilian win 23 In the quarter finals they played Denmark at the Stade de la Beaujoire on 3 July 25 Denmark scored the first goal two minutes into the game through Martin Jorgensen with Bebeto equalising eight minutes later Brazil then took the lead with a goal by Rivaldo on 27 minutes completing a move involving Dunga and Ronaldo Brian Laudrup levelled the scores five minutes into the second half but Rivaldo scored again 30 minutes before the end to seal a 3 2 win for Brazil 26 Brazil s semi final was against the Netherlands at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille 27 Ronaldo gave Brazil the lead shortly after half time but Patrick Kluivert equalised for the Netherlands three minutes before the end The game went to extra time with the golden goal rule in effect a There was no further scoring however and the game was settled by a penalty shoot out 29 The two sides took their kicks alternately with Brazil kicking first and the first five penalties were all scored giving Brazil a 3 2 lead 27 Brazilian goalkeeper Claudio Taffarel then saved penalties from Phillip Cocu and Ronald de Boer with Dunga scoring again for Brazil which meant Brazil won the shoot out 4 2 and progressed to the final 27 29 France Edit France s route to the final Opponent Result1 South Africa 3 02 Saudi Arabia 4 03 Denmark 2 1R16 Paraguay 1 0 a e t QF Italy 0 0 a e t 4 3 p SF Croatia 2 1France were drawn in Group C at the finals alongside Denmark Saudi Arabia and South Africa 18 They began their campaign on 12 June against World Cup debutants South Africa at the Stade Velodrome In a match which Richard Williams of The Guardian said they dominated throughout France won 3 0 with a goal in the first half from Christophe Dugarry a 77th minute own goal by South Africa s Pierre Issa and a last minute strike by Thierry Henry 30 Their second game was against Saudi Arabia at the Stade de France on 18 June Henry gave France the lead in the first half scoring from a cross by Bixente Lizarazu before France scored three goals in the final fifteen minutes through David Trezeguet Henry again and Lizarazu to complete a 4 0 win Both sides had a player sent off Mohammed Al Khilaiwi in the 18th minute for Saudi Arabia and Zidane for France on 70 minutes for a stamp on Fuad Anwar 31 Zidane was suspended for the next two games 32 With progression to the knockout stage assured Jacquet made eight changes to his team for the final game against Denmark at the Stade Gerland in Lyon on 24 June France took the lead on 13 minutes when Youri Djorkaeff converted a penalty after Jes Hogh fouled Trezeguet Denmark then won a penalty shortly before half time for a Vincent Candela foul on Jorgensen which was scored by Michael Laudrup In the second half Emmanuel Petit scored with a low shot into the corner of the Danish goal to seal a 2 1 victory and first place in the group 32 France s round of 16 opponents were Paraguay at the Stade Felix Bollaert in Lens on 28 June In a match labelled a real stinker by Williams with France described as extraordinarily inept there were no goals during the 90 minutes of normal time and the first period of extra time With six minutes remaining France broke the deadlock Laurent Blanc scoring the FIFA World Cup s first ever golden goal to seal a 1 0 win and a place in the quarter finals 33 34 There they met Italy the losing finalists from 1994 at Stade de France on 3 July There were no goals during normal time and no golden goal so the game was decided by a penalty shoot out 35 With France taking the first penalty both sides scored their openers before goalkeepers Gianluca Pagliuca and Fabien Barthez saved a penalty each from Lizarazu and Demetrio Albertini respectively The next five were all scored to leave France 4 3 ahead with one Italian penalty remaining Luigi Di Biagio struck the crossbar with his kick and France advanced to the semi finals with a 4 3 shoot out win 36 They returned to the Stade de France on 8 July for a semi final against Croatia After a goalless first half there were two goals in quick succession shortly after half time as Davor Suker gave Croatia the lead before Lilian Thuram equalised for France Thuram then gave France the lead on 70 minutes and despite Blanc being sent off five minutes later for violent conduct towards Slaven Bilic France held on for a 2 1 win and a place in the final 37 38 Blanc s red card was the only one he received in his entire career and meant that he was suspended for the final Bilic s reaction implied that Blanc had struck him on the head in the incident but video replays showed that the impact had been to his chest or chin and the incident is often cited as one of the most controversial in the competition s history 39 40 Pre match EditBrazil were considered the favourites by bookmakers before the match with odds of 4 6 for them to win the tournament compared with 6 5 for France 41 Match officials Edit Said Belqola of Morocco was selected to referee the final An amateur referee who worked as a customs officer professionally he had begun officiating in 1983 before being selected to referee international matches in 1993 42 Prior to the 1998 World Cup he had refereed two matches each at the 1996 and 1998 African Cup of Nations including the final of the latter tournament between South Africa and Egypt 43 44 45 46 At the 1998 World Cup he had refereed the Argentina vs Croatia and Germany vs United States group games 47 48 The assistant referees were Mark Warren of England and Achmat Salie of South Africa while Saudi Arabia s Abdul Rahman Al Zaid was the fourth official 49 Team selection Edit In what was later described by writers for BBC Sport as the great World Cup final mystery 50 Ronaldo was omitted from the official teamsheet which Zagallo presented to FIFA at 7 48 p m local time 5 48 p m UTC 72 minutes before kick off with Edmundo named in his place Reporters for the BBC and other media received the news shortly after 8 p m and had not expected this development with John Motson describing scenes of absolute mayhem and chaos in the commentary box At 8 18 p m however Brazil submitted a modified teamsheet with Ronaldo s name reinstated 51 It was revealed several years later that Ronaldo had suffered a convulsive fit on the afternoon of the final had lost consciousness and spent three hours in hospital but decided shortly before the match began that he still wished to play 52 With the exception of Cafu who had been suspended for Brazil s semi final match and returned in place of Ze Carlos Brazil therefore named an unchanged side with Edmundo on the substitutes bench 27 52 53 Blanc was suspended following his semi final red card and his place in the French team was taken by Frank Leboeuf 54 Otherwise France named an unchanged team 38 53 Match EditFirst half Edit France kicked off the match at 9 p m local time in front of an attendance of 75 000 and an estimated global television audience of 1 7 billion 55 18 53 56 57 The weather at Charles de Gaulle Airport 17 kilometres 11 mi from the stadium b was recorded as fair at the time of kick off with a temperature of 23 C 73 F and 50 humidity 60 France had a chance to score in the opening minute when the ball was passed upfield towards Stephane Guivarc h who attempted a bicycle kick which went over the cross bar and landed on the top of the Brazilian net 61 Guivarc h had another opportunity three minutes later when he received a pass from Zidane on the edge of the penalty area and was one on one with Taffarel but his shot under pressure from Junior Baiano was stopped by the goalkeeper 61 62 On 5 minutes Rivaldo hit a long cross to the far corner of the penalty area towards Leonardo who could not reach it the ball went out for a goal kick 63 France won a free kick a minute later when Cafu fouled Lizarazu which Zidane curled into the penalty area It reached Djorkaeff who was unmarked he attempted to score with a header but it went high and wide of the goal 64 On 17 minutes Djorkaeff hit a long range shot from the right hand side but it went wide of the Brazilian goal 65 Five minutes later Ronaldo received the ball near the touch line and started running towards goal from the left hand edge of the penalty area he passed it to his right Barthez almost tipped the ball into his own goal but was able to catch it before it crossed the line 61 66 Brazil won a corner on 23 minutes which was taken by Leonardo into the penalty area 67 Sampaio directed a powerful header towards the goal but it was aimed straight at Barthez who saved it 61 Zidane gave France the lead just before the half hour mark outjumping Leonardo to connect with a header from an in swinging corner from the right taken by Petit 68 Four minutes later Ronaldo received the ball following a long pass from Dunga but Barthez punched his shot clear Ronaldo and Barthez collided with each other during the incident both needed assistance from medics but were able to continue the game 69 Baiano received the first yellow card of the match on 33 minutes for a foul on Djorkaeff 70 French captain Didier Deschamps was then shown a yellow card four minutes later for a diving challenge on Rivaldo 71 On 41 minutes Petit had a chance to score from 12 yards 11 m when a pass forward by Christian Karembeu rebounded to him in space after hitting the back of Baiano s feet Baiano recovered however to deflect the Frenchman s shot wide of the goalpost 61 72 Shortly before first half injury time Thuram sent the ball upfield from deep within his own half which was missed by the Brazilian defenders and reached Guivarc h one on one with Taffarel The goalkeeper blocked his shot behind for a corner however 73 France won another corner a minute later which was taken on the left by Djorkaeff into the penalty area where Zidane once again headed the ball into the goal through the legs of Roberto Carlos to give France a 2 0 half time lead 61 74 75 Second half Edit The second half began with a Brazil substitution as Denilson replaced Leonardo 76 Marcel Desailly received a yellow card in the 49th minute for dissent after the referee had penalised him for a foul on Cafu 61 77 78 On 51 minutes Bebeto took a corner from the right hand side which reached Denilson who fell down as his attempted shot went wide of the goal while Deschamps was also challenging for the ball Brazil s players appealed for a penalty but Belqola did not award it 79 A minute later Dunga had a shot from outside the penalty area which went wide of Barthez s goal 80 Karembeu was shown a yellow card on 55 minutes for a foul from behind on Cafu 81 Rivaldo took the resulting free kick short towards Roberto Carlos who ran to the left edge of the penalty area before crossing it in where it reached Ronaldo 82 He shot from close range but Barthez saved 61 On 57 minutes France made a change when Alain Boghossian came on in place of Karembeu 83 Three minutes later Roberto Carlos took a long throw in from the left hand side which Barthez failed to catch near the edge of his penalty area allowing Bebeto to take a shot but Desailly blocked it 84 On 63 minutes Guivarc h was one on one with Taffarel following what FIFA commentators described as a mistake by the Brazilian defence but he fired his shot wide of the goal 61 85 Three minutes later Guivarc h was taken off as Jacquet brought on Dugarry in his place 86 On 68 minutes Desailly made a sliding tackle on Cafu which was given as a foul by the referee Belqola showed him a second yellow card which meant he was sent off and France had to play the last 20 minutes with only 10 men 61 87 After 74 minutes Edmundo was brought on by Zagallo replacing Cesar Sampaio 88 A minute later France made a defensive substitution bringing on Patrick Vieira in place of Djorkaeff 61 On 82 minutes Dugarry was through on goal with only Taffarel to beat but his shot went wide of the goal 89 Brazil had a chance to score in second half injury time when Denilson s shot hit the crossbar 90 Two minutes later Petit scored a third for France after receiving a pass up the field from his Arsenal teammate Vieira striking the ball low into the net 91 That was the final action of the game as France completed a 3 0 victory 78 Details Edit 12 July 199821 00 CEST UTC 2 Brazil 0 3 FranceReport Zidane 27 45 1 Petit 90 3 Stade de France Saint DenisAttendance 75 000Referee Said Belqola Morocco Brazil 49 78 France 49 78 GK 1 Claudio TaffarelRB 2 CafuCB 4 Junior Baiano 33 CB 3 AldairLB 6 Roberto CarlosCM 8 Dunga c CM 5 Cesar Sampaio 73 AM 18 Leonardo 46 AM 10 RivaldoCF 20 BebetoCF 9 RonaldoSubstitutes MF 19 Denilson 46 FW 21 Edmundo 73 Manager Mario Zagallo GK 16 Fabien BarthezRB 15 Lilian ThuramCB 18 Frank LeboeufCB 8 Marcel Desailly 48 68 LB 3 Bixente LizarazuDM 7 Didier Deschamps c 39 CM 19 Christian Karembeu 56 57 CM 17 Emmanuel PetitAM 10 Zinedine ZidaneAM 6 Youri Djorkaeff 74 CF 9 Stephane Guivarc h 66 Substitutes MF 14 Alain Boghossian 57 FW 21 Christophe Dugarry 66 MF 4 Patrick Vieira 74 Manager Aime JacquetMan of the Match Zinedine Zidane France Assistant referees Mark Warren England Achmat Salie South Africa Fourth official Abdul Rahman Al Zaid Saudi Arabia Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot out if scores still level Maximum of three substitutionsStatistics Edit Source 92 Brazil FranceGoals scored 0 3Total shots 12 14Shots on target 6 5Fouls committed 15 13Offsides 5 3Yellow cards 1 4Red cards 0 1Post match EditFrance s win was their first World Cup title becoming the seventh out of as of 2022 update eight different countries to win the tournament They also became the sixth team to win the competition as hosts and the first since Argentina in 1978 It was only the second time Brazil had lost a World Cup final with the first being their 2 1 upset loss to Uruguay at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in the final match of 1950 known as the Maracanaco similarly this marked Brazil s first World Cup final loss in a knockout format 2 The 3 0 scoreline was also Brazil s largest loss in the World Cup until their 7 1 defeat to Germany in the 2014 World Cup semi final at the Mineirao in Belo Horizonte 93 French president Jacques Chirac the International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch the newly elected FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his outgoing predecessor Joao Havelange UEFA president Lennart Johansson and co president of local organizing committee Michel Platini were among those present at the stands during the awards ceremony President Chirac handed the trophy to French captain Deschamps 94 Hundreds of thousands of French supporters celebrated their team s victory in Paris throughout the night before assembling along the Champs Elysees the following the day for an open top bus tour by the French players 95 The celebrations continued through to Tuesday France s national Bastille Day holiday with Chirac inviting the team to a garden party at the Elysee Palace following the Bastille Day military parade and praising the nation s solidarity during a speech there 96 97 Ronaldo s fitness for the match and his initial omission and later reinstatement on Brazil s teamsheet became a subject of ongoing journalistic interest following the match with analysis continuing more than 20 years later 98 A number of conspiracy theories regarding the incident emerged including an allegation by striker Edmundo who had been set to play in Ronaldo s place that Brazil s team sponsor Nike had pressured Zagallo to reinstate the player 99 Zagallo also said that the decision was his and the player s saying if there had been interference I would have resigned 100 A government inquiry into Nike s involvement with Brazil was launched by politician Aldo 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