1998 FIFA World Cup

1998 FIFA World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	10 June – 12 July
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Romania
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	171 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	2,785,100 (43,517 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Davor Šuker (6 goals)
Best player	Ronaldo
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The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament, defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the second time that France staged the competition (the first was in 1938), and the ninth time that it was held in Europe.

Qualification for the finals began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997. For the first time in the competition, the group stage was expanded from 24 teams to 32, with eight groups of four. A total of 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums located across 10 different host cities, with the opening match and final staged at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis.

The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3–0 in the final. France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina) to win the tournament on home soil. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the finals.

Host selection

France was awarded the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by the executive committee of FIFA during a general meeting in Zürich, Switzerland. They defeated Morocco by 12 votes to 7. Switzerland withdrew, due to being unable to meet FIFA's requirements. This made France the third country to host two World Cups, after Mexico and Italy in 1986 and 1990 respectively. France previously hosted the third edition of the World Cup in 1938. England, who hosted the competition in 1966 and won it, were among the original applicants, but later withdrew their application in favour of an ultimately successful bid to host Euro 96.

Voting results
Country	Round 1
France	12
Morocco	7

Bribery and corruption investigations

On 4 June 2015, while co-operating with the FBI and the Swiss authorities, Chuck Blazer confirmed that he and the other members of FIFA's executive committee were bribed in order to promote the France 1998 and 2010 World Cups. Blazer stated that "we facilitated 'bribes in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for France the 1998 World Cup".

Qualification

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musée du Louvre, Paris on 12 December 1995. As tournament hosts, France was exempt from the draw as was Brazil the defending champions. 174 teams from six confederations participated, up 24 from the previous round. In Europe, fourteen countries qualified excluding 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 – the winners of which qualifying for the finals as well. Five places were granted by CONMEBOL and CAF each, the governing bodies of South America and Africa respectively while three spots were contested between 30 teams through CONCACAF – the governing body in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The winner of the Oceanian zone advanced through 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 World Cup for the first time: Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa. The last team to qualify was Iran by virtue of beating Australia in a two-legged tie on 29 November 1997. It marked their first appearance in the finals since 1978, the last time Tunisia also qualified for the tournament. Chile qualified for the first time since 1982. Paraguay and Denmark qualified for the first time since 1986. Austria, England, Scotland and Yugoslavia return after missing only one final tournament. Among the teams who failed to qualify were two-time winners Uruguay for the second successive tournament and Sweden who finished third in 1994. Russia failed to qualify for the first time since 1978, where they contested as the USSR, after losing to Italy in the play-off round. As of 2014, this is the last time Scotland, Morocco, Norway, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania and Jamaica have qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals.

List of qualified teams

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

AFC (4)  Iran (42)  Japan (12)  Saudi Arabia (34)  South Korea (20) CAF (5)  Cameroon (49)  Morocco (13)  Nigeria (74)  South Africa (24)   Tunisia (21) OFC (0) None qualified (Australia was eliminated by Iran)

CONCACAF (3)  Jamaica (30)  Mexico (11)  United States (14) CONMEBOL (5)  Argentina (6)  Brazil (1)  Chile (9)  Colombia (10)  Paraguay (29)

UEFA (15)  Austria (31)  Belgium (36)  Bulgaria (35)  Croatia (19)  Denmark (27)  England (5)  France (18) (hosts)  Germany (2)  Italy (3)  Netherlands (25)  Norway (7)  Romania (22)  Scotland (41)  Spain (4)  FR Yugoslavia (8)

Venues

France's bid to host the World Cup centered on a national stadium with 80,000 seats and nine other stadiums located across the country. 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. 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. As Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac successfully negotiated a deal with Prime Minister Édouard Balladur to bring the Stade de France – as it was named now, to the commune of Saint-Denis just north of the capital city. 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.

The choice of stadium locations was drafted from an original list of 14 cities. FIFA and CFO monitored the progress and quality of preparations, culminating in the former providing final checks of the grounds weeks before the tournament commenced. Montpellier was the surprise inclusion from the final list of cities because of its low urban hierarchy in comparison to Strasbourg, who boasted a better hierarchy and success from its local football team, having been taken over by a consortium. Montpellier however was considered ambitious by the selecting panel to host World Cup matches. The local city and regional authories 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. Some of the venues used for this tournament were also used for the previous World Cup in France in 1938. The Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, the Stade Municipal in Toulouse, the Gerland in Lyon, the Parc Lescure in Bordeaux and the Parc des Princes in Paris received the honor of hosting World Cup matches once again in 1998 as they had all done in 1938.

10 stadiums in total were used for the finals; in addition to nine matches being played at the Stade de France, a further eight took place in Paris Saint-Germain's Parc des Princes. The hosts France played 4 of their 7 matches in the national stadium; they also played in the second and third largest French cities of Marseille and Lyon respectively; they also played a Round of 16 knockout match in the northern city of Lens.

Saint-Denis	Marseille	Paris	Lyon
Stade de France	Stade Vélodrome	Parc des Princes	Stade de Gerland
Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 48,875	Capacity: 44,000
Lens	Stade Félix-Bollaert
Capacity: 41,300
Nantes
Stade de la Beaujoire
Capacity: 39,500
Toulouse	Saint-Étienne	Bordeaux	Montpellier
Stadium de Toulouse	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	Parc Lescure	Stade de la Mosson
Capacity: 37,000	Capacity: 36,000	Capacity: 35,200	Capacity: 34,000

Innovations

Technologies

This was the first World Cup that fourth officials used electronic boards, instead of cardboard.

Rule changes

This was the first World Cup since the introduction of golden goals, banning of tackles from behind and allowance of three substitutions per game.

Match officials

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

CAF (5) Said Belqola Gamal Al-Ghandour Lucien Bouchardeau Lim Kee Chong Ian McLeod AFC (4) Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid Ali Bujsaim Masayoshi Okada Pirom Un-Prasert

UEFA (15) Marc Batta Günter Benkö Pierluigi Collina Hugh Dallas Paul Durkin José María García-Aranda Bernd Heynemann Nikolai Levnikov Urs Meier Vítor Melo Pereira Kim Milton Nielsen Rune Pedersen László Vágner Mario van der Ende Ryszard Wójcik

CONCACAF (3) Esfandiar Baharmast Arturo Brizio Carter Ramesh Ramdhan OFC (1) Eddie Lennie CONMEBOL (6) Javier Castrilli Epifanio González Márcio Rezende de Freitas Mario Sánchez Yanten Alberto Tejada Noriega John Toro Rendón

Seeds

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
France (hosts)  Brazil (1994 winner)  Argentina  Germany  Italy  Netherlands  Romania  Spain	Austria  Belgium  Bulgaria  Croatia  Denmark  England  Scotland  FR Yugoslavia	Chile  Colombia  Iran  Japan  Paraguay  Saudi Arabia  South Korea  Norway	Cameroon  Jamaica  Mexico  Morocco  Nigeria  South Africa  Tunisia  United States

Squads

As with the preceding tournament, each team's squad for the 1998 World Cup finals consisted of 22 players. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 22-player squad by 1 June 1998.

Out of the 704 players participating in the 1998 World Cup, 447 were signed up with a European club; 90 in Asia, 67 in South America, 61 in Northern and Central America and 37 in Africa. 75 played their club football in England – five more than Italy and Spain. Barcelona of Spain was the club contributing to the most players in the tournament with 13 players on their side.

The average age of all teams was 27 years, 8 months – five months older than the previous tournament. Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon was the youngest player selected in the competition at 17 years, 3 months, while the oldest was Jim Leighton of Scotland at 39 years, 11 months.

Results

Group stage

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

In the following tables:

• Pld = total games played
• W = total games won
• D = total games drawn (tied)
• L = total games lost
• GF = total goals scored (goals for)
• GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
• GD = goal difference (GF−GA)
• Pts = total points accumulated

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the Round of 16

Group A

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group A

Defending champions Brazil won Group A after only two matches as the nation achieved victories over Scotland (2–1) and Morocco (3–0). Heading into the third game, Brazil had nothing to play for but still started its regulars against Norway, who was looking to upset Brazil once again. Needing a victory, Norway overturned a 1–0 deficit with 12 minutes remaining to defeat Brazil 2–1, with Kjetil Rekdal scoring the winning penalty to send Norway into the knockout stage for the first time.

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 only 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.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Norway	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Morocco	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Scotland	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

10 June 1998
Brazil	2–1	Scotland	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Morocco	2–2	Norway	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
16 June 1998
Scotland	1–1	Norway	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Brazil	3–0	Morocco	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
23 June 1998
Brazil	1–2	Norway	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Scotland	0–3	Morocco	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Group B

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Chile	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
Austria	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Cameroon	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2

11 June 1998
Italy	2–2	Chile	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Cameroon	1–1	Austria	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
17 June 1998
Chile	1–1	Austria	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Italy	3–0	Cameroon	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
23 June 1998
Italy	2–1	Austria	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Chile	1–1	Cameroon	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Group C

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
Denmark	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
South Africa	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
Saudi Arabia	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

12 June 1998
Saudi Arabia	0–1	Denmark	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
France	3–0	South Africa	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
18 June 1998
South Africa	1–1	Denmark	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
France	4–0	Saudi Arabia	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
24 June 1998
France	2–1	Denmark	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
South Africa	2–2	Saudi Arabia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Group D

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Paraguay	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Spain	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

12 June 1998
Paraguay	0–0	Bulgaria	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
13 June 1998
Spain	2–3	Nigeria	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
19 June 1998
Nigeria	1–0	Bulgaria	Parc des Princes, Paris
Spain	0–0	Paraguay	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
24 June 1998
Nigeria	1–3	Paraguay	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Spain	6–1	Bulgaria	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Group E

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5
Mexico	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5
Belgium	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
South Korea	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

13 June 1998
South Korea	1–3	Mexico	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Netherlands	0–0	Belgium	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
20 June 1998
Belgium	2–2	Mexico	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Netherlands	5–0	South Korea	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
25 June 1998
Netherlands	2–2	Mexico	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Belgium	1–1	South Korea	Parc des Princes, Paris

Group F

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
FR Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Iran	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
United States	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

14 June 1998
FR Yugoslavia	1–0	Iran	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
15 June 1998
Germany	2–0	United States	Parc des Princes, Paris
21 June 1998
Germany	2–2	FR Yugoslavia	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
United States	1–2	Iran	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
25 June 1998
United States	0–1	FR Yugoslavia	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Germany	2–0	Iran	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Group G

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
England	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Colombia	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

15 June 1998
England	2–0	Tunisia	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Romania	1–0	Colombia	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
22 June 1998
Colombia	1–0	Tunisia	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Romania	2–1	England	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
26 June 1998
Colombia	0–2	England	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Romania	1–1	Tunisia	Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Group H

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
Croatia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Jamaica	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
Japan	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

14 June 1998
Argentina	1–0	Japan	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Jamaica	1–3	Croatia	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
20 June 1998
Japan	0–1	Croatia	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
21 June 1998
Argentina	5–0	Jamaica	Parc des Princes, Paris
26 June 1998
Argentina	1–0	Croatia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Japan	1–2	Jamaica	Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Knockout stage

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage comprised the sixteen teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There were four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final. There was also a play-off to decide third and fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by 30 minutes of extra time; if scores were still level, there was a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round. Golden goal comes into play if a team scores during extra time, thus becoming the winner which concludes the game.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

27 June – Paris

Brazil

4

3 July – Nantes

Chile

1

Brazil

3

28 June – Saint-Denis

Denmark

2

Nigeria

1

7 July – Marseille

Denmark

4

Brazil (p)

1 (4)

29 June – Toulouse

Netherlands

1 (2)

Netherlands

2

4 July – Marseille

FR Yugoslavia

1

Netherlands

2

30 June – St. Étienne

Argentina

1

Argentina (p)

2 (4)

12 July – Saint-Denis

England

2 (3)

Brazil

0

27 June – Marseille

France

3

Italy

1

3 July – Saint-Denis

Norway

0

Italy

0 (3)

28 June – Lens

France (p)

0 (4)

France (aet)

1

8 July – Saint-Denis

Paraguay

0

France

2

29 June – Montpellier

Croatia

1

Third place

Germany

2

4 July – Lyon

11 July – Paris

Mexico

1

Germany

0

Netherlands

1

30 June – Bordeaux

Croatia

3

Croatia

2

Romania

0

Croatia

1

Round of 16

27 June 1998 16:30	Italy	1–0	Norway	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
	Vieri  18'	Report

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27 June 1998 21:00	Brazil	4–1	Chile	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Marc Batta (France)
	César Sampaio  11', 27' Ronaldo  45+1' (pen.), 70'	Report	Salas  68'

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28 June 1998 16:30	France	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Paraguay	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 31,800 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	Blanc  114'	Report

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28 June 1998 21:00	Nigeria	1–4	Denmark	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	Babangida  78'	Report	Møller  3' B. Laudrup  12' Sand  60' Helveg  76'

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29 June 1998 16:30	Germany	2–1	Mexico	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Klinsmann  75' Bierhoff  86'	Report	Hernández  47'

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29 June 1998 21:00	Netherlands	2–1	FR Yugoslavia	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse Attendance: 33,500 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
	Bergkamp  38' Davids  90+2'	Report	Komljenović  48'

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30 June 1998 16:30	Romania	0–1	Croatia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: 31,800 Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
		Report	Šuker  45+2' (pen.)

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30 June 1998 21:00	Argentina	2–2 (a.e.t.)	England	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 30,600 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Batistuta  6' (pen.) Zanetti  45+1'	Report	Shearer  10' (pen.) Owen  16'
		Penalties
	Berti Crespo Verón Gallardo Ayala	4–3	Shearer Ince Merson Owen Batty

Quarter-finals

3 July 1998 16:30	Italy	0–0 (a.e.t.)	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
		Report
		Penalties
	R. Baggio Albertini Costacurta Vieri Di Biagio	3–4	Zidane Lizarazu Trezeguet Henry Blanc

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3 July 1998 21:00	Brazil	3–2	Denmark	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Bebeto  11' Rivaldo  27', 60'	Report	Jørgensen  2' B. Laudrup  50'

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4 July 1998 16:30	Netherlands	2–1	Argentina	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
	Kluivert  12' Bergkamp  90'	Report	López  17'

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4 July 1998 21:00	Germany	0–3	Croatia	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 39,100 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
		Report	Jarni  45+3' Vlaović  80' Šuker  85'

Semi-finals

7 July 1998 21:00	Brazil	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	Ronaldo  46'	Report	Kluivert  87'
		Penalties
	Ronaldo Rivaldo Emerson Dunga	4–2	F. de Boer Bergkamp Cocu R. de Boer

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8 July 1998 21:00	France	2–1	Croatia	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 76,000 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
	Thuram  47', 69'	Report	Šuker  46'

Third place match

Croatia beat the Netherlands to earn third place in the competition. Davor Šuker scored the winner in the 35th minute to secure the golden boot.

11 July 1998 21:00	Netherlands	1–2	Croatia	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
	Zenden  21'	Report	Prosinečki  13' Šuker  35'

Final

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 after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina to win the tournament on their home soil. They also inflicted the second-heaviest World Cup defeat on Brazil, later to be topped by their 7-1 defeat by Germany in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The pre-match build up was dominated by the omission of Brazilian striker Ronaldo from the starting lineup only to be reinstated 45 minutes before kick-off. 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 goalkeeper Fabien Barthez struggled to hold onto. France however took the lead after Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos conceded a corner 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 as Marcel Desailly was 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: substitute Patrick Vieira set up his club teammate Petit in a counterattack to shoot low past goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel.

French president Jacques Chirac was in attendance to congratulate and commiserate the winners and runners-up respectively after the match. Several days after the victory, winning manager Aimé Jacquet announced his resignation from the French team with immediate effect.

12 July 1998 21:00	Brazil	0–3	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
		Report	Zidane  27', 45+1' Petit  90+3'

Statistics

Goalscorers

Davor Šuker received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals. In total, 171 goals were scored by 112 different players, with six of them credited as own goals.

6 goals

• Davor Šuker

5 goals

• Gabriel Batistuta
• Christian Vieri

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Awards

Golden Shoe winner	Golden Ball winner	Yashin Award	FIFA Fair Play Trophy	Most Entertaining Team
Davor Šuker	Ronaldo	Fabien Barthez	England  France	France

Players who were red-carded during the tournament

All-star team

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.

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Fabien Barthez José Luis Chilavert	Roberto Carlos Marcel Desailly Lilian Thuram Frank de Boer Carlos Gamarra	Dunga Rivaldo Michael Laudrup Zinedine Zidane Edgar Davids	Ronaldo Davor Šuker Brian Laudrup Dennis Bergkamp

Final standings

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

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

Symbols

Mascot

The official mascot was Footix, a rooster first presented in May 1996. It was created by graphic designer Fabrice Pialot and selected from a shortlist of five mascots. 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. Footix, the name chosen by French television viewers, is a portmanteau of "football" and the ending "-ix" from the popular Astérix comic strip. 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.

Official song

The official song of the 1998 FIFA World Cup was "The Cup of Life," aka "La Copa de la Vida" recorded by Ricky Martin.

Match ball

The match ball for the 1998 World Cup, manufactured by Adidas was named the Tricolore, meaning 'three-coloured' in French. 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. The tricolour flag and cockerel, traditional symbols of France were used as inspiration for the design.

Media

Sponsorship

The sponsors of the 1998 FIFA World Cup are divided into two categories: FIFA World Cup Sponsors and France Supporters.

FIFA World Cup sponsors	France Supporters
Adidas Budweiser Canon Coca-Cola Fujifilm Gillette (Braun) JVC EDS MasterCard McDonalds Opel Philips Snickers	Air France Banque Nationale de Paris Citroën France Telecom La Poste Peugeot Renault

The absence of Budweiser (which was one of the sponsors in the previous two World Cups) is notable due to the Evin law, which forbids alcohol-related sponsorship in France, including in sports events (and thus, being replaced by Casio).

Broadcasting

FIFA, through several companies, sold the broadcasting rights for the 1998 FIFA World Cup to many broadcasters. In the UK BBC and ITV had the broadcasting rights. 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.

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 reporters and 110 TV commentators were present in the stand.

Video games

The official video game, World Cup 98 was released by EA Sports on 13 March 1998 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and the Game 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.

Many other video games, including International Superstar Soccer 98, World League Soccer 98, Actua Soccer 2 and Neo Geo Cup '98: The Road to the Victory were 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.

External links

• Official website
• 1998 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com
• RSSSF Archive of finals
• Planet World Cup – France 1998
• RSSSF Archive of qualifying rounds

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