Coupe du Monde - France 98 | |
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 10 June – 12 July |
Teams | 32 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 10 (in 10 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 64 |
Goals scored | 171 (2.67 per match) |
Attendance | 2,785,100 (43,517 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player | ![]() |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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Stade de France | Stade Vélodrome | Parc des Princes | Stade de Gerland |
Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 48,875 | Capacity: 44,000 |
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Lens | Stade Félix-Bollaert | ||
Capacity: 41,300 | |||
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Nantes | |||
Stade de la Beaujoire | |||
Capacity: 39,500 | |||
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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 |
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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.
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Seeds
Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D |
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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 | |
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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 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
10 June 1998 | |||
Brazil ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Stade de France, Saint-Denis |
Morocco ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier |
16 June 1998 | |||
Scotland ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux |
Brazil ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |
23 June 1998 | |||
Brazil ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
Scotland ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne |
Group B
- Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
11 June 1998 | |||
Italy ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux |
Cameroon ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse |
17 June 1998 | |||
Chile ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne |
Italy ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier |
23 June 1998 | |||
Italy ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Stade de France, Saint-Denis |
Chile ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |
Group C
- Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
12 June 1998 | |||
Saudi Arabia ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
France ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
18 June 1998 | |||
South Africa ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse |
France ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
Stade de France, Saint-Denis |
24 June 1998 | |||
France ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Stade de Gerland, Lyon |
South Africa ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux |
Group D
- Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
12 June 1998 | |||
Paraguay ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier |
13 June 1998 | |||
Spain ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |
19 June 1998 | |||
Nigeria ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Parc des Princes, Paris |
Spain ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne |
24 June 1998 | |||
Nigeria ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse |
Spain ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
Group E
- Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
13 June 1998 | |||
South Korea ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
Stade de Gerland, Lyon |
Netherlands ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Stade de France, Saint-Denis |
20 June 1998 | |||
Belgium ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux |
Netherlands ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
25 June 1998 | |||
Netherlands ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne |
Belgium ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Parc des Princes, Paris |
Group F
- Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group F
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
14 June 1998 | |||
FR Yugoslavia ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne |
15 June 1998 | |||
Germany ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Parc des Princes, Paris |
21 June 1998 | |||
Germany ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
United States ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
Stade de Gerland, Lyon |
25 June 1998 | |||
United States ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |
Germany ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier |
Group G
- Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group G
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
15 June 1998 | |||
England ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
Romania ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Stade de Gerland, Lyon |
22 June 1998 | |||
Colombia ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier |
Romania ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse |
26 June 1998 | |||
Colombia ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
Romania ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Stade de France, Saint-Denis |
Group H
- Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
14 June 1998 | |||
Argentina ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse |
Jamaica ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
20 June 1998 | |||
Japan ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |
21 June 1998 | |||
Argentina ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
Parc des Princes, Paris |
26 June 1998 | |||
Argentina ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux |
Japan ![]() |
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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.
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Round of 16
27 June 1998 16:30 |
Italy ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany) |
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Vieri ![]() |
Report |
27 June 1998 21:00 |
Brazil ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Marc Batta (France) |
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César Sampaio ![]() Ronaldo ![]() |
Report | Salas ![]() |
28 June 1998 16:30 |
France ![]() |
1–0 (a.e.t.) |
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Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 31,800 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) |
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Blanc ![]() |
Report |
28 June 1998 21:00 |
Nigeria ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) |
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Babangida ![]() |
Report | Møller ![]() B. Laudrup ![]() Sand ![]() Helveg ![]() |
29 June 1998 16:30 |
Germany ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) |
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Klinsmann ![]() Bierhoff ![]() |
Report | Hernández ![]() |
29 June 1998 21:00 |
Netherlands ![]() |
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Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse Attendance: 33,500 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain) |
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Bergkamp ![]() Davids ![]() |
Report | Komljenović ![]() |
30 June 1998 16:30 |
Romania ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: 31,800 Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina) |
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Report | Šuker ![]() |
30 June 1998 21:00 |
Argentina ![]() |
2–2 (a.e.t.) |
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Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 30,600 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
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Batistuta ![]() Zanetti ![]() |
Report | Shearer ![]() Owen ![]() | ||
Penalties | ||||
Berti ![]() Crespo ![]() Verón ![]() Gallardo ![]() Ayala ![]() |
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Quarter-finals
3 July 1998 16:30 |
Italy ![]() |
0–0 (a.e.t.) |
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Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland) |
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Penalties | ||||
R. Baggio ![]() Albertini ![]() Costacurta ![]() Vieri ![]() Di Biagio ![]() |
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3 July 1998 21:00 |
Brazil ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) |
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Bebeto ![]() Rivaldo ![]() |
Report | Jørgensen ![]() B. Laudrup ![]() |
4 July 1998 16:30 |
Netherlands ![]() |
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Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico) |
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Kluivert ![]() Bergkamp ![]() |
Report | López ![]() |
4 July 1998 21:00 |
Germany ![]() |
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Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 39,100 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway) |
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Report | Jarni ![]() Vlaović ![]() Šuker ![]() |
Semi-finals
7 July 1998 21:00 |
Brazil ![]() |
1–1 (a.e.t.) |
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Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) |
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Ronaldo ![]() |
Report | Kluivert ![]() | ||
Penalties | ||||
Ronaldo ![]() Rivaldo ![]() Emerson ![]() Dunga ![]() |
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8 July 1998 21:00 |
France ![]() |
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Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 76,000 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain) |
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Thuram ![]() |
Report | Šuker ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay) |
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Zenden ![]() |
Report | Prosinečki ![]() Šuker ![]() |
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 |
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Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco) |
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Report | Zidane ![]() Petit ![]() |
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
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Ariel Ortega
Marc Wilmots
Robert Prosinečki
Brian Laudrup
Michael Owen
Alan Shearer
Emmanuel Petit
Lilian Thuram
Zinedine Zidane
Roberto Baggio
Theodore Whitmore
Ricardo Peláez
Salaheddine Bassir
Abdeljalil Hadda
Phillip Cocu
Ronald de Boer
Patrick Kluivert
Viorel Moldovan
Shaun Bartlett
Fernando Hierro
Fernando Morientes
Slobodan Komljenović
- 1 goal
Claudio López
Mauricio Pineda
Javier Zanetti
Andreas Herzog
Toni Polster
Ivica Vastić
Luc Nilis
Emil Kostadinov
Patrick M'Boma
Pierre Njanka
José Luis Sierra
Léider Preciado
Robert Jarni
Mario Stanić
Goran Vlaović
Thomas Helveg
Martin Jørgensen
Michael Laudrup
Peter Møller
Allan Nielsen
Marc Rieper
Ebbe Sand
Darren Anderton
David Beckham
Paul Scholes
Laurent Blanc
Youri Djorkaeff
Christophe Dugarry
Bixente Lizarazu
David Trezeguet
Andreas Möller
Mehdi Mahdavikia
Hamid Estili
Luigi Di Biagio
Robbie Earle
Masashi Nakayama
Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Alberto García Aspe
Mustapha Hadji
Edgar Davids
Marc Overmars
Pierre van Hooijdonk
Boudewijn Zenden
Mutiu Adepoju
Tijani Babangida
Victor Ikpeba
Sunday Oliseh
Wilson Oruma
Dan Eggen
Håvard Flo
Tore André Flo
Kjetil Rekdal
Celso Ayala
Miguel Ángel Benítez
José Cardozo
Adrian Ilie
Dan Petrescu
Sami Al-Jaber
Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Craig Burley
John Collins
Benni McCarthy
Ha Seok-ju
Yoo Sang-chul
Kiko
Luis Enrique
Raúl
Skander Souayah
Brian McBride
Siniša Mihajlović
Predrag Mijatović
Dragan Stojković
- Own goals
Georgi Bachev (against Spain)
Youssef Chippo (against Norway)
Tom Boyd (against Brazil)
Pierre Issa (against France)
Andoni Zubizarreta (against Nigeria)
Siniša Mihajlović (against Germany)
Awards
Golden Shoe winner | Golden Ball winner | Yashin Award | FIFA Fair Play Trophy | Most Entertaining Team |
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Players who were red-carded during the tournament
Ariel Ortega
Gert Verheyen
Anatoli Nankov
Raymond Kalla
Lauren
Rigobert Song
Miklos Molnar
Morten Wieghorst
David Beckham
Laurent Blanc
Marcel Desailly
Zinedine Zidane
Christian Wörns
Darryl Powell
Ha Seok-ju
Pável Pardo
Ramón Ramírez
Patrick Kluivert
Arthur Numan
Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
Craig Burley
Alfred Phiri
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 |
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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. |
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1 | ![]() |
C | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 19 |
2 | ![]() |
A | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
H | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 15 |
4 | ![]() |
E | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 |
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B | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 |
6 | ![]() |
H | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 10 |
7 | ![]() |
F | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 |
8 | ![]() |
C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 |
Eliminated in the round of 16 | ||||||||||
9 | ![]() |
G | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
10 | ![]() |
F | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
11 | ![]() |
G | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 |
12 | ![]() |
D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 |
13 | ![]() |
E | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 5 |
14 | ![]() |
D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
15 | ![]() |
A | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
16 | ![]() |
B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
Eliminated in the group stage | ||||||||||
17 | ![]() |
D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
18 | ![]() |
A | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
19 | ![]() |
E | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
20 | ![]() |
F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
21 | ![]() |
G | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
22 | ![]() |
H | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
23 | ![]() |
B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
24 | ![]() |
C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
25 | ![]() |
B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
26 | ![]() |
G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
27 | ![]() |
A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
28 | ![]() |
C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
29 | ![]() |
D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
30 | ![]() |
E | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
31 | ![]() |
H | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
32 | ![]() |
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 |
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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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