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1998 FIFA World Cup
Coupe du Monde – France 98(French)
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates10 June – 12 July
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFrance(1st title)
Runners-upBrazil
Third placeCroatia
Fourth placeNetherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played64
Goals scored171 (2.67 per match)
Attendance2,785,100 (43,517 per match)
Top scorer(s)CroatiaDavor Šuker(6 goals)
Best player(s)BrazilRonaldo
Best young playerEnglandMichael Owen
BestgoalkeeperFranceFabien Barthez
Fair play awardEngland
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The1998 FIFA World Cupwas the 16thFIFA World Cup,thefootballworld championship formen's nationalteams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as thehost nationbyFIFAfor the second time in the history of the tournament (the first was in1938), defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the ninth time that it was held in Europe. Spanning 32 days, it was the longest World Cup tournament ever held.

Qualification for the finalsbegan 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 builtStade de Francein the Parisian commune ofSaint-Denis.

The tournament was won by host countryFrance,who beat defending championsBrazil3–0 inthe final.France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (afterUruguay,Italy,England,West GermanyandArgentina) to win the World Cupon home soil.As of 2024, they are the most recent team to win the tournament on home soil.Croatia,Jamaica,JapanandSouth Africamade their first appearances in the finals.

Host selection

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Main 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 inZürich,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 in1986and1990respectively. France previously hosted the third edition of the World Cup in1938.England, who hosted the competition in1966and won it, were among the original applicants, but later withdrew their application in favour of an ultimately successful bid to hostUEFA Euro 1996.

Voting results[3]
Country Round 1
France 12
Morocco 7

Bribery and corruption investigations

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On 4 June 2015, while co-operating with theFBIand the Swiss authorities,Chuck Blazerconfirmed that he and other members of FIFA's executive committee were bribed during the 1998 and2010 World Cupshost 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

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Main article:1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musée duLouvre,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 theprevious 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) andCAF(Africa) were each given five spots in the final tournament, while three spots were contested between 30CONCACAFmembers 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,JapanandSouth Africa.The last team to qualify wasIranby virtue of beatingAustraliain atwo-legged tieon 29 November 1997.[9]It marked their first appearance in the finals since1978,Chilequalified 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 the1994 tournament,with the Balkan team now appearing under the name ofFR Yugoslavia.Among the teams who failed to qualify were two-time winnersUruguay(for the second successive tournament);Portugal(their last absence as of 2022);Sweden,who finished third in1994;Russia(who failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 after losing to Italy in the play-off round); and theRepublic 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 theCzech Republic(ranked 3rd), while the lowest-ranked team that did qualify was Nigeria (ranked 74th).

As of 2022, this was the last timeAustria,Bulgaria,Norway,RomaniaandScotlandqualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the only time Jamaica have qualified.

List of qualified teams

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See also:1998 FIFA World Cup seeding

The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,[11]qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

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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.[12]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.[12]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.[13]AsMayor of Paris,Jacques Chiracsuccessfully negotiated a deal with Prime MinisterÉdouard Balladurto bring the Stade de France, as it was now called, to the commune of Saint-Denis just north of thecapital city.[13]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.[14]

The choice of stadium locations was drafted from an original list of 14 cities.[15]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.Montpellierwas the surprise inclusion from the final list of cities because of its low urban hierarchy in comparison toStrasbourg,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.[16]Some of the venues used for this tournament were also used for the previous World Cup in France in1938.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 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 inParis Saint-Germain'sParc 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.

Paris(Saint-Denis) Marseille Paris Lyon
Stade de France Stade Vélodrome Parc des Princes Stade de Gerland
48°55′28″N2°21′36″E/ 48.92444°N 2.36000°E/48.92444; 2.36000(Stade de France) 43°16′11″N5°23′45″E/ 43.26972°N 5.39583°E/43.26972; 5.39583(Stade Vélodrome) 48°50′29″N2°15′11″E/ 48.84139°N 2.25306°E/48.84139; 2.25306(Parc des Princes) 45°43′26″N4°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
Stade Félix-Bollaert
50°25′58.26″N2°48′53.47″E/ 50.4328500°N 2.8148528°E/50.4328500; 2.8148528(Stade Félix-Bollaert)
Capacity:41,300
Nantes
Stade de la Beaujoire
47°15′20.27″N1°31′31.35″W/ 47.2556306°N 1.5253750°W/47.2556306; -1.5253750(Stade de la Beaujoire)
Capacity:39,500
Toulouse Saint-Étienne Bordeaux Montpellier
Stadium de Toulouse Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Parc Lescure Stade de la Mosson
43°34′59.93″N1°26′2.57″E/ 43.5833139°N 1.4340472°E/43.5833139; 1.4340472(Stadium de Toulouse) 45°27′38.76″N4°23′24.42″E/ 45.4607667°N 4.3901167°E/45.4607667; 4.3901167(Stade Geoffroy-Guichard) 44°49′45″N0°35′52″W/ 44.82917°N 0.59778°W/44.82917; -0.59778(Parc Lescure) 43°37′19.85″N3°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

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Technologies

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This was the first FIFA World Cup where fourth officials used electronic boards, instead of cardboard.[17]

Rule changes

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This was the first World Cup since the introduction ofgolden goals,[17]banning of tackles from behind that endanger the safety of an opponent[18]and allowance of three substitutions per game.[19]

Match officials

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34 referees and 33 assistants officiated in the 1998 World Cup.[20]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.[20]

CAF(5)
AFC(4)
UEFA(15)
CONCACAF(3)
OFC(1)
CONMEBOL(6)

Draw

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Further 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) andholders(Brazil) was upheld; while the remaining six seeds were granted for the othertop7-ranked teams,based on their results obtained in the last three FIFA World Cups (ratio 3:2:1, counting in total 60%) and theirFIFA World Rankingposition in the last month of the past three years (equal ratio, counting in total 40%).[21][22]

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.[23]

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.[23]

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)

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 generalSepp Blatter.Teams were drawn by football legendsFranz Beckenbauer,Carlos Alberto Parreira,George WeahandRaymond Kopa.[24]

OrganiserMichel 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, tellingFrance 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".[25]

The statement from Platini referred to the fact that, shortly before the World Cup finals draw took place, theFIFA Organising Committeehad 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 thetournament structurewas 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.[26]

Procedure for the draw:[23]

  1. 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.
  2. Pot D was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the Alpha betic order from A to H).
  3. Pot B was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the Alpha betic order from A to H).
  4. 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-seededSouth American (CONMEBOL)team.
  5. Pot C was used to draw one team to each of the seven groups with an empty spot (drawing in Alpha betical order from A to H). However, as each group could only contain one South American (CONMEBOL) team, the firstAsian (AFC)team drawn would not be drawn into a group in Alpha betical order, but instead be drawn into the remaining open group with a top-seeded South American (CONMEBOL) team.
  6. 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

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The draw resulted in the following eight groups:[23]

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 theknockout 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 thefinaland athird-place play-offbetween 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 Matches
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

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Further information:1998 FIFA World Cup squads

As with thepreceding 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.[27]75 played their club football in England – five more than Italy and Spain.Barcelonaof Spain was the club contributing to the most players in the tournament with 13 players on their side.[27]

The average age of all teams was 27 years, 8 months – five months older than the previous tournament.[28]Samuel Eto'oofCameroonwas the youngest player selected in the competition at 17 years, 3 months, while the oldest wasJim LeightonofScotlandat 39 years, 11 months.[28]

Group stage

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All times areCentral European Summer Time(UTC+2)

Group A

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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 7 minutes remaining to defeat Brazil 2–1, withKjetil Rekdalscoring[29]the winning penalty to send Norway into the knockout stage for the first time.[30]

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
1 Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance toknockout 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
Source:FIFA
Brazil2–1Scotland
César Sampaio5'
Boyd74' (o.g.)		 Report Collins38' (pen.)
Attendance: 80,000
Morocco2–2Norway
Hadji37'
Hadda60'		 Report Chippo45+1' (o.g.)
Eggen61'
Attendance: 29,800
Scotland1–1Norway
Burley66' Report H. Flo46'
Attendance: 31,800
Brazil3–0Morocco
Ronaldo9'
Rivaldo45+2'
Bebeto50'		 Report
Attendance: 35,500
Scotland0–3Morocco
Report Bassir23',85'
Hadda46'
Attendance: 30,600
Brazil1–2Norway
Bebeto78' Report T. A. Flo83'
Rekdal89' (pen.)
Attendance: 55,000

Group B

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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 since1958and 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
1 Italy 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advance toknockout 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
Source:FIFA
Italy2–2Chile
Vieri10'
R. Baggio84' (pen.)		 Report Salas45+3',50'
Attendance: 31,800
Cameroon1–1Austria
Njanka77' Report Polster90+1'
Attendance: 33,500
Chile1–1Austria
Salas70' Report Vastić90+2'
Attendance: 30,600
Italy3–0Cameroon
Di Biagio7'
Vieri75',89'		 Report
Attendance: 29,800
Italy2–1Austria
Vieri48'
R. Baggio90'		 Report Herzog90+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 80,000
Chile1–1Cameroon
Sierra20' Report Mboma56'
Attendance: 35,500

Group C

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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 Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 France(H) 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advance toknockout 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
Source:FIFA
(H)Hosts
Saudi Arabia0–1Denmark
Report Rieper69'
Attendance: 38,100
France3–0South Africa
Dugarry36'
Issa77' (o.g.)
Henry90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 55,000
South Africa1–1Denmark
McCarthy51' Report A. Nielsen12'
Attendance: 33,500
France4–0Saudi Arabia
Henry37',78'
Trezeguet68'
Lizarazu85'		 Report
Attendance: 80,000
France2–1Denmark
Djorkaeff12' (pen.)
Petit56'		 Report M. Laudrup42' (pen.)
Attendance: 39,100
South Africa2–2Saudi Arabia
Bartlett18',90+3' (pen.) Report Al-Jaber45+2' (pen.)
Al-Thunayan74' (pen.)
Attendance: 31,800

Group D

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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 Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6 Advance toknockout 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
Source:FIFA
Paraguay0–0Bulgaria
Report
Attendance: 29,800
Spain2–3Nigeria
Hierro21'
Raúl47'		 Report Adepoju24'
Zubizarreta73' (o.g.)
Oliseh78'
Attendance: 35,500
Nigeria1–0Bulgaria
Ikpeba28' Report
Attendance: 45,500
Spain0–0Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 30,600
Nigeria1–3Paraguay
Oruma11' Report Ayala1'
Benítez58'
Cardozo86'
Attendance: 33,500
Spain6–1Bulgaria
Hierro6' (pen.)
Luis Enrique18'
Morientes55',81'
Bachev88' (o.g.)
Kiko90+4'		 Report Kostadinov58'
Attendance: 38,100

Group E

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Main article:1998 FIFA World Cup Group E

The Netherlands and Mexico advanced with the same record, with the former placing first on goal difference. Belgium and eventual2002 FIFA World Cupco-hosts South Korea failed to advance.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Netherlands 3 1 2 0 7 2 +5 5 Advance toknockout 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
Source:FIFA
South Korea1–3Mexico
Ha Seok-ju27' Report Peláez50'
Hernández75',84'
Attendance: 39,100
Netherlands0–0Belgium
Report
Attendance: 77,000
Belgium2–2Mexico
Wilmots42',47' Report García Aspe55' (pen.)
Blanco62'
Attendance: 31,800
Netherlands5–0South Korea
Cocu37'
Overmars41'
Bergkamp71'
Van Hooijdonk80'
R. de Boer83'		 Report
Attendance: 55,000
Netherlands2–2Mexico
Cocu4'
R. de Boer18'		 Report Peláez75'
Hernández90+4'
Attendance: 30,600
Belgium1–1South Korea
Nilis7' Report Yoo Sang-chul72'
Attendance: 45,500

Group F

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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 and1994 hostUnited States failed to advance.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance toknockout 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
Source:FIFA
FR Yugoslavia1–0Iran
Mihajlović73' Report
Attendance: 30,600
Germany2–0United States
Möller9'
Klinsmann65'		 Report
Attendance: 45,500
Germany2–2FR Yugoslavia
Mihajlović72' (o.g.)
Bierhoff78'		 Report Mijatović13'
Stojković52'
Attendance: 38,100
Main article:United States v Iran (1998 FIFA World Cup)
United States1–2Iran
McBride87' Report Estili40'
Mahdavikia84'
Attendance: 39,100
Germany2–0Iran
Bierhoff50'
Klinsmann57'		 Report
Attendance: 29,800
United States0–1FR Yugoslavia
Report Komljenović4'
Attendance: 35,500

Group G

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Main article:1998 FIFA World Cup Group G

Romania topped the group over England, while 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
1 Romania 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance toknockout 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
Source:FIFA
England2–0Tunisia
Shearer42'
Scholes89'		 Report
Attendance: 54,587
Romania1–0Colombia
Ilie45+1' Report
Attendance: 39,100
Colombia1–0Tunisia
Preciado83' Report
Attendance: 29,800
Romania2–1England
Moldovan46'
Petrescu90'		 Report Owen81'
Attendance: 33,500
Colombia0–2England
Report Anderton20'
Beckham29'
Attendance: 38,100
Romania1–1Tunisia
Moldovan71' Report Souayah12' (pen.)
Attendance: 77,000

Group H

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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 Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance toknockout stage
2 Croatia 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3 Jamaica 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4 Japan 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
Source:FIFA
Argentina1–0Japan
Batistuta28' Report
Attendance: 33,500
Jamaica1–3Croatia
Earle45' Report Stanić27'
Prosinečki53'
Šuker69'
Attendance: 38,100
Japan0–1Croatia
Report Šuker77'
Attendance: 35,500
Argentina5–0Jamaica
Ortega32',55'
Batistuta73',78',83' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 45,500
Argentina1–0Croatia
Pineda36' Report
Attendance: 31,800
Japan1–2Jamaica
Nakayama74' Report Whitmore39',54'
Attendance: 39,100

Knockout stage

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Main article:1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

Theknockout stagecomprised the 16 teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by 30 minutes ofextra time;if scores were still level, there was apenalty shoot-outto determine who progressed to the next round. TheGolden goal rulewas also used, whereby if a team scored during extra time, they would immediately win the game.

Bracket

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The first games were played on 27 June 1998, and thefinaltook place on 12 July 1998 inParis.

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
27 June –Paris
Brazil4
3 July –Nantes
Chile1
Brazil3
28 June –Saint-Denis
Denmark2
Nigeria1
7 July –Marseille
Denmark4
Brazil(p)1 (4)
29 June –Toulouse
Netherlands1 (2)
Netherlands2
4 July –Marseille
FR Yugoslavia1
Netherlands2
30 June –Saint-Étienne
Argentina1
Argentina(p)2 (4)
12 July –Saint-Denis
England2 (3)
Brazil0
27 June –Marseille
France3
Italy1
3 July –Saint-Denis
Norway0
Italy0 (3)
28 June –Lens
France(p)0 (4)
France(a.s.d.e.t.)1
8 July –Saint-Denis
Paraguay0
France2
29 June –Montpellier
Croatia1 Third place play-off
Germany2
4 July –Lyon11 July –Paris
Mexico1
Germany0Netherlands1
30 June –Bordeaux
Croatia3 Croatia2
Romania0
Croatia1

Round of 16

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Italy1–0Norway
Vieri18' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Brazil4–1Chile
Sampaio11',26'
Ronaldo45+3' (pen.),72'		 Report Salas70'
Attendance: 45,500
France1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.)Paraguay
Blancgold-colored soccer ball114' Report
Attendance: 31,800
Nigeria1–4Denmark
Babangida77' Report Møller3'
B. Laudrup12'
Sand58'
Helveg76'
Attendance: 77,000
Germany2–1Mexico
Klinsmann74'
Bierhoff86'		 Report Hernández47'
Attendance: 29,800
Netherlands2–1FR Yugoslavia
Bergkamp38'
Davids90+2'		 Report Komljenović48'
Attendance: 33,500
Romania0–1Croatia
Report Šuker45+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 31,800
Argentina2–2 (a.e.t.)England
Batistuta5' (pen.)
Zanetti45+1'		 Report Shearer9' (pen.)
Owen16'
Penalties
Bertisoccer ball with check mark
Cresposoccer ball with red X
Verónsoccer ball with check mark
Gallardosoccer ball with check mark
Ayalasoccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check markShearer
soccer ball with red XInce
soccer ball with check markMerson
soccer ball with check markOwen
soccer ball with red XBatty
Attendance: 30,600

Quarter-finals

[edit]
Italy0–0 (a.e.t.)France
Report
Penalties
R. Baggiosoccer ball with check mark
Albertinisoccer ball with red X
Costacurtasoccer ball with check mark
Vierisoccer ball with check mark
Di Biagiosoccer ball with red X		 3–4 soccer ball with check markZidane
soccer ball with red XLizarazu
soccer ball with check markTrezeguet
soccer ball with check markHenry
soccer ball with check markBlanc
Attendance: 77,000
Brazil3–2Denmark
Bebeto10'
Rivaldo25',59'		 Report M. Jørgensen2'
B. Laudrup50'
Attendance: 35,500
Netherlands2–1Argentina
Kluivert12'
Bergkamp90'		 Report López17'
Attendance: 55,000
Germany0–3Croatia
Report Jarni45+3'
Vlaović80'
Šuker85'
Attendance: 39,100

Semi-finals

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Brazil1–1 (a.e.t.)Netherlands
Ronaldo46' Report Kluivert87'
Penalties
Ronaldosoccer ball with check mark
Rivaldosoccer ball with check mark
Emersonsoccer ball with check mark
Dungasoccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check markF. de Boer
soccer ball with check markBergkamp
soccer ball with red XCocu
soccer ball with red XR. de Boer
Attendance: 54,000
France2–1Croatia
Thuram47',70' Report Šuker46'
Attendance: 76,000

Third place play-off

[edit]

Croatia beat the Netherlands to earn third place in the competition.Davor Šukerscored the winner in the 36th minute to secure the golden boot.[31]

Netherlands1–2Croatia
Zenden22' Report Prosinečki14'
Šuker36'
Attendance: 45,500

Final

[edit]
Main article:1998 FIFA World Cup final

The final was held on 12 July 1998 at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis. France defeated holders Brazil 3–0, with two goals from Zinedine Zidane and a stoppage time strike from Emmanuel Petit. The win gave France their first World Cup title, becoming the sixth national team afterUruguay,Italy,England,West GermanyandArgentinato win the tournament on their home soil. They also inflicted the second-heaviest World Cup defeat on Brazil,[32]later to be topped by Brazil's7–1 defeat by Germanyin the semi-finals of the2014 FIFA World Cup.[33]

The pre-match build up was dominated by the omission of Brazilian strikerRonaldofrom the starting lineup only to be reinstated 45 minutes before kick-off.[34]He managed to create the first open chance for Brazil in the 22nd minute, dribbling past defender Thuram before sending a cross out on the left side that goalkeeperFabien Barthezstruggled to hold onto. France however took the lead after Brazilian defenderRoberto Carlosconceded a corner from which Zidane scored via a header. Three minutes before half-time, Zidane scored his second goal of the match, similarly another header from a corner. The tournament hosts went down to ten men in the 68th minute asMarcel Desaillywas sent off for a second bookable offence. Brazil reacted to this by making an attacking substitution and although they applied pressure France sealed the win with a third goal: substitutePatrick Vieiraset up his club teammate Petit in a counterattack to shoot low past goalkeeperCláudio Taffarel.[35]

French president Jacques Chirac was in attendance to congratulate the winners and commiserate the runners-up after the match.[36]Several days after the victory, winning managerAimé Jacquetannounced his resignation from the French team with immediate effect.[37][38]

1998 FIFA World Cup
Final
Brazil0–3France
Report Zidane27',45+1'
Petit90+3'
Attendance: 75,000


Statistics

[edit]

Goalscorers

[edit]

Davor Šuker received theGolden Bootfor scoring six goals. In total, 171 goals were scored by 112 players:

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Awards

[edit]
Golden Ball Award Golden Shoe Award Yashin Award FIFA Fair Play Trophy Most Entertaining Team
BrazilRonaldo CroatiaDavor Šuker FranceFabien Barthez England
France 		France

Players who were red-carded during the tournament

[edit]

All-star team

[edit]

The All-star team is a squad consisting of the 16 most impressive players at the 1998 World Cup, as selected by FIFA's Technical Study Group.[39]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

FranceFabien Barthez
ParaguayJosé Luis Chilavert

BrazilRoberto Carlos
FranceMarcel Desailly
FranceLilian Thuram
NetherlandsFrank de Boer
ParaguayCarlos Gamarra

BrazilDunga
BrazilRivaldo
DenmarkMichael Laudrup
FranceZinedine Zidane
NetherlandsEdgar Davids

BrazilRonaldo
CroatiaDavor Šuker
DenmarkBrian Laudrup
NetherlandsDennis Bergkamp

Final standings

[edit]

After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 1998 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition and overall results.[40]

R Team G P W D L GF GA GD Pts.
1 France C 7 6 1 0 15 2 +13 19
2 Brazil A 7 4 1 2 14 10 +4 13
3 Croatia H 7 5 0 2 11 5 +6 15
4 Netherlands E 7 3 3 1 13 7 +6 12
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5 Italy B 5 3 2 0 8 3 +5 11
6 Argentina H 5 3 1 1 10 4 +6 10
7 Germany F 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 10
8 Denmark C 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 7
Eliminated in the round of 16
9 England G 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
10 FR Yugoslavia F 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
11 Romania G 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
12 Nigeria D 4 2 0 2 6 9 −3 6
13 Mexico E 4 1 2 1 8 7 +1 5
14 Paraguay D 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
15 Norway A 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
16 Chile B 4 0 3 1 5 8 −3 3
Eliminated in the group stage
17 Spain D 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4
18 Morocco A 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
19 Belgium E 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
20 Iran F 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
21 Colombia G 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
22 Jamaica H 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
23 Austria B 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
24 South Africa C 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
25 Cameroon B 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
26 Tunisia G 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
27 Scotland A 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
28 Saudi Arabia C 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
29 Bulgaria D 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
30 South Korea E 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
31 Japan H 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
32 United States F 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0

Marketing

[edit]

Tournoi de France

[edit]
Main article:1997 Tournoi de France

A year before the tournament, a small, invitation-only tournament named theTournoi de Francewas held in France, withItaly,Brazil,England,and hostsFranceparticipating.[41]

Broadcasting

[edit]

Through several companies, FIFA sold the broadcasting rights for the 1998 FIFA World Cup to many broadcasters.BBCandITVhad the broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom. The pictures and audio of the competition were supplied to the TV and radio channels by the company TVRS 98, the broadcaster of the tournament.[42]

The World Cup matches were broadcast in 200 countries. 818 photographers were credited for the tournament. In every match, a stand was reserved for the press. The number of places granted to them reached its maximum in the final, when 1,750 reporters and 110TV commentatorswere present in the stand.[43]

Country Broadcaster Television
Albania TVSH
Argentina Artear, Televisión Federal, Grupo América, Telearte, SNMP, Teletreinta, Argentina Televisión, Lujan Cable Visión S.A., Holding Córdoba de radio y televisión Eltrece,Telefe,América TV,Channel 30,Argenvisión,Channel 23,El CW
Australia SBS
Austria ORF ORF einsandORF 2
Arab League Arab States Broadcasting Union(ASBU),Orbit Network Orbit ESPN
Belgium Dutch:
VRT 		Dutch:
EénandCanvas
French:
RTBF 		French:
La UneandLa Deux
Bangladesh BTV
Bolivia TVB,Bolivisión,UnitelandUnovisión
Brazil Globo,SBT,RecordTV,SporTVandESPN Brasil
Brunei RTB RTB Perdana,RTB Aneka
Bulgaria BNT Channel 1andEfir 2
Cambodia TVK Channel 7
Canada English:
CBC 		English:
CBC Television
French:
Société Radio-Canada 		French:
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Chile TVN,Chilevisión,UCTVandMegavisión
China CCTV CCTV-1
Colombia Inravisión Canal Uno:
PUNCHandJES
Canal A:
RTIandDatos y Mensajes
Caracol TelevisiónandRCN Televisión
Corsica2 FranceTF1,1998 FIFA World Cup TV2
ItalyRAI 		FranceTF1,1998 FIFA World Cup TV2and1998 FIFA World Cup TV32
Czech Republic Czech Television ČT1andČT2
Denmark DR DR1andDR2
Estonia ETV
Finland YLE,MTV3 YLE TV2
France2 TF1,1998 FIFA World Cup TV2 TF1,1998 FIFA World Cup TV2,1998 FIFA World Cup TV3,1998 FIFA World Cup TV4,1998 FIFA World Cup TV Internationaland1998 FIFA World Cup TV News2
Georgia GPB 1TV
Germany ARDandZDF Das ErsteandZDF
Greece ERT ET1,NETandET3
Hungary MTV MTV1andMTV2
Holy See ItalyRAI ItalyRAI 1,RAI 2andRAI 3
Hong Kong TVB Cantonese:
TVB Jade
English:
TVB Pearl
India Doordarshan Doordarshan National Channel
Indonesia1 TVRI(Programme 1),RCTI,SCTV,TPI,ANteve,andIndosiar(allmatchesinlive television)1
Iran IRIB Channel 1andChannel 2
Ireland RTÉ RTÉ OneandRTÉ Two
Israel IBA Hebrew:
Channel 1
Arabic:
Channel 33
Italy RAI RAI 1,RAI 2andRAI 3
Japan NHK,Fuji Television,TBS,Nippon Television,TV AsahiandTV Tokyo NHK General TV,Fuji Television,TBS Television,Nippon Television,TV AsahiandTV Tokyo
Laos LNTV
Macau TVB Cantonese:
TVB Jade
English:
TVB Pearl
Latin America Bein TV,DirecTV Channels 530 and 532 of Bein TV
Channels 610 and 612 of DirecTV
Malaysia2 RTM,STMB,NTV7 TV1,TV2,TV3,NTV7
Mexico Televisa,TV Azteca Canal de las Estrellas,XHDF-TDT
Monaco2 FranceTF1,1998 FIFA World Cup TV2
ItalyTelemontecarlo 		FranceTF1,1998 FIFA World Cup TV2,1998 FIFA World Cup TV3,1998 FIFA World Cup TV4,1998 FIFA World Cup TV Internationaland1998 FIFA World Cup TV News(allmatchesofinternational broadcastsignal)2
ItalyTelemontecarlo
Myanmar MRTV Channel 5
Netherlands NPO Nederland 1,Nederland 2andNederland 3
New Zealand TVNZ TV1andTV2
Norway NRK NRK1andNRK2
Paraguay TV Acción, TV Cerro Corá, Tevedos, Teledifusora Paraguaya, SICOM TV, Hispanoamérica TV, Canal 5 TV Color, Caacupé Cable Visión S.A., Holding Paraná de radio y televisión Telefuturo,SNT,Red GuaraníCanal 13,Paraguay TV,La Tele,Paravisión,Canal 25,RTV
Peru América TelevisiónandPanamericana Televisión.
Philippines GMA NetworkandSky Cable
Poland TVP TVP1andTVP2
Portugal RTP RTP1andRTP2
Russia VGTRK,ORT Rossiya 1,Channel One Russia
San Marino ItalyRAI ItalyRAI 1,RAI 2andRAI 3
Singapore Singapore International Media Premiere 12
Slovakia STV STV1and STV2
South Africa SABC SABC 1,SABC 2andSABC 3
South Korea KBS
Spain RTVE TVE(TV1andTV2)
Sweden SVT SVT1andSVT2
Switzerland SRG SSR SF 1(German),TSR 2(French) andTSI 2(Italian)
Taiwan TTV,CTV,CTSandFTV
Thailand Television Pool of Thailand
Turkey TRT TRT 1,TRT 2andTRT 3
United Kingdom BBCandITV BBC OneandITV3
United States ABC,ESPN(English) andUnivision(Spanish)
Ukraine UT-1and1+1
Uruguay Tevetres, Monte Carlo Televisión, Sociedad Anónima Emisora de Televisión y Anexos, Sociedad Televisora Larrañaga, SODRE, Franco-Hispano TV, Canal 8 TV Color, Canelones Cable Visión S.A., Holding Rivera de radio y televisión Channel 3,Channel 4,Channel 10,Teledoce,UTC,Uruvisión,Canal 27,STV
Vietnam Vietnam Television,Ho Chi Minh City Television VTV1,VTV3,HTV7,HTV9
Venezuela Venevisión,RCTV,VTV

Sponsorship

[edit]
Coca-Colawas one of thesponsorsof FIFA World Cup 1998.

The sponsors of the 1998 FIFA World Cup are divided into two categories:FIFA World CupSponsors andFranceSupporters.[44][45]

FIFA World Cupsponsors FranceSupporters

The absence ofBudweiseron pitch side advertising hoardings is notable due to theEvin law,which forbids alcohol-related sponsorship in France, including in sports events.[68]

Video games

[edit]

In most of the world, the official video game was,World Cup 98released byEA Sportson 13 March 1998 forMicrosoft Windows,PlayStation,Nintendo 64and theGame Boy.It was the first international football game developed by Electronic Arts since obtaining the rights from FIFA in 1997 and received mostly favourable reviews.[69][70][71]

In Japan,Konamiwas granted the FIFA World Cup licence and produced two distinct video games:Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France 98by KCEO for the Nintendo 64, andWorld Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 3: World Cup France '98byKCETfor the PlayStation. These games were released in the rest of the world asInternational Superstar Soccer '98andInternational Superstar Soccer Pro '98,without the official FIFA World Cup licence, branding or real player names.[citation needed]

Also in Japan,Segawas granted the FIFA World Cup licence to produce theSaturnvideo gameWorld Cup '98 France: Road to Win.[citation needed]

Many other video games, includingWorld League Soccer 98,Actua Soccer2andNeo Geo Cup '98: The Road to the Victorywere released in the buildup to the 1998 World Cup and evidently were based on the tournament.FIFA: Road to World Cup 98,also by EA Sports focused on the qualification stage.[citation needed]

Symbols

[edit]
Footix, the officialmascotof the tournament

Mascot

[edit]

Theofficial mascotwasFootix,aroosterfirst presented in May 1996.[72]It was created by graphic designer Fabrice Pialot and selected from a shortlist of five mascots.[73]Research carried out about the choice of having a cockerel as a mascot was greatly received: 91% associated it immediately with France, the traditional symbol of the nation.[72]Footix, the name chosen by French television viewers, is aportmanteauof "football" and the ending "-ix" from the popularAstérixcomic strip.[72]The mascot's colours reflect those of the host nation's flag and home strip – blue for the jump suit, a red crest and with the words 'France 98' coloured in white.

Match ball

[edit]
Main article:Adidas Tricolore

Theofficial match ballfor the 1998 World Cup, manufactured byAdidaswas named theTricolore,meaning 'three-coloured' in French.[74]It was the eighth World Cup match ball made for the tournament by the German company and was the first in the series to be multi-coloured.[75]The tricolour flag and cockerel, traditional symbols of France, were used as inspiration for the design.[75]

Music

[edit]
Main article:Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!

The official song of the 1998 FIFA World Cup was "The Cup of Life",also known as" La Copa de la Vida ", recorded byRicky Martin.[76][77]

The official anthem was "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)"byYoussou N'DourandAxelle Red.

Legacy

[edit]

Honorary FIFA PresidentJoão Havelangepraised France's hosting of the World Cup, describing the tournament as one that would "remain with me forever, as I am sure they will remain with everyone who witnessed this unforgettable competition".[78]Lennart Johansson,the chairman of the organising committee for the World Cup and President of UEFA added that France provided "subject matter of a quality that made the world hold its breath".[79]

Cour des Comptes,thequasi-judicial bodyof theFrench government,released its report on the organisation of the 1998 World Cup in 2000.[80]

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[edit]

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