The 1998 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. 32 teams took part from many countries. France won the trophy after beating Brazil in the final 3-0.
| 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) |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Third place |  Croatia |
| Fourth place |  Netherlands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 64 |
| Goals scored | 171 (2.67 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Davor Šuker (6 goals) |
Africa
Asia
Iran (IRN) • Squad
Japan (JPN) • Squad
South Korea (KOR) • Squad
Saudi Arabia (KSA) • Squad
Europe
Austria (AUT) • Squad
Belgium (BEL) • Squad
Bulgaria (BUL) • Squad
Croatia (CRO) • Squad
Denmark (DEN) • Squad
England (ENG) • Squad
France (FRA) • Squad
Germany (GER) • Squad
Italy (ITA) • Squad
Netherlands (NED) • Squad
Norway (NOR) • Squad
Romania (ROU) • Squad
Scotland (SCO) • Squad
Spain (ESP) • Squad
Yugoslavia (YUG) • Squad
North and Central America
South America
A win would earn the team 3 points, a draw would earn them 1 point, and a loss earns them no points.
Group A
| 10 June 1998 | ||
| Brazil | 2 – 1 |  Scotland |
Morocco  | 2 – 2 |  Norway |
| 16 June 1998 | ||
| Scotland | 1 – 1 | Norway |
| Brazil | 3 – 0 | Morocco |
| 23 June 1998 | ||
| Scotland | 0 – 3 | Morocco |
| Brazil | 1 – 2 | Norway |
Group B
| 11 June 1998 | ||
Cameroon  | 1 – 1 |  Austria |
Italy  | 2 – 2 |  Chile |
| 17 June 1998 | ||
| Chile | 1 – 1 | Austria |
| Italy | 3 – 0 | Cameroon |
| 23 June 1998 | ||
| Italy | 2 – 1 | Austria |
| Chile | 1 – 1 | Cameroon |
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 |
| France | 3 – 0 | South Africa |
| 18 June 1998 | ||
| South Africa | 1 – 1 | Denmark |
| France | 4 – 0 | Saudi Arabia |
| 24 June 1998 | ||
| France | 2 – 1 | Denmark |
| South Africa | 2 – 2 | Saudi Arabia |
Group D
| 12 June 1998 | ||
Paraguay  | 0 – 0 |  Bulgaria |
| 13 June 1998 | ||
Spain  | 2 – 3 |  Nigeria |
| 19 June 1998 | ||
| Nigeria | 1 – 0 | Bulgaria |
| Spain | 0 – 0 | Paraguay |
| 24 June 1998 | ||
| Nigeria | 1 – 3 | Paraguay |
| Spain | 6 – 1 | Bulgaria |
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 |
| Netherlands | 0 – 0 | Belgium |
| 20 June 1998 | ||
| Belgium | 2 – 2 | Mexico |
| Netherlands | 5 – 0 | South Korea |
| 25 June 1998 | ||
| Netherlands | 2 – 2 | Mexico |
| Belgium | 1 – 1 | South Korea |
Group F
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
 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 | ||
| Yugoslavia | 1 – 0 | Iran |
| 15 June 1998 | ||
| Germany | 2 – 0 | United States |
| 21 June 1998 | ||
| Germany | 2 – 2 | Yugoslavia |
| United States | 1 – 2 | Iran |
| 25 June 1998 | ||
| United States | 0 – 1 | Yugoslavia |
| Germany | 2 – 0 | Iran |
Group G
| 15 June 1998 | ||
England  | 2 – 0 |  Tunisia |
Romania  | 1 – 0 |  Colombia |
| 22 June 1998 | ||
| Colombia | 1 – 0 | Tunisia |
| Romania | 2 – 1 | England |
| 26 June 1998 | ||
| Colombia | 0 – 2 | England |
| Romania | 1 – 1 | Tunisia |
Group H
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands |
2 | |||||||||||||
| 30 June – Saint-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 | ||||||||||||||
.svg){kind=small} 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
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
| Nigeria | 1-4 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
Babangida  78' |
Møller 3' B. Laudrup 12' Sand 60' Helveg 76' |
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
| Netherlands | 2-1 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Bergkamp 38' Davids 90+2' |
Komljenović 48' |
Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Quarter-finals
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
| Netherlands | 2-1 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Kluivert 12' Bergkamp 90' |
López 17' |
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Semi-finals
| Brazil | 1-1 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Ronaldo 46' |
Kluivert 87' |
|
| Penalties | ||
Ronaldo  Rivaldo Emerson Dunga |
4-2 | F. de Boer Bergkamp Cocu R. de Boer |
Third-place match
| Netherlands | 1-2 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Zenden 21' |
Prosinečki 13' Šuker 35' |
Final
| 1998 FIFA World Cup Winners |
|---|
 France 1st title |
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Ricardo Peláez- Marc Wilmots
Ariel Ortega- Roberto Baggio
Abdejalil Hadda- Salaheddine Bassir
Shaun Bartlett- Fernando Hierro
- Fernando Morientes
- Phillip Cocu
- Ronald de Boer
- Patrick Kluivert
Theodore Whitmore- Viorel Moldovan
- Slobodan Komljenović
- Alan Shearer
- Michael Owen
- Brian Laudrup
- Lilian Thuram
- Zinedine Zidane
- Emmanuel Petit
- Robert Prosinečki
- 1 goal
- John Collins
- Craig Burley
- Mustapha Hadji
- Dan Eggen
- Håvard Flo
- Tore André Flo
- Kjetil Rekdal
- Luigi Di Biagio
Pierre Njanka- Patrick M'Boma
- Toni Polster
- Ivica Vastić
- Andreas Herzog
- Marc Rieper
- Allan Nielsen
- Michael Laudrup
- Peter Møller
- Ebbe Sand
- Thomas Helveg
- Martin Jørgensen
- Christophe Dugarry
- David Trezeguet
- Bixente Lizarazu
- Youri Djorkaeff
- Laurent Blanc
- Raúl
- Luis Enrique
- Kiko
Mutiu Adepoju- Sunday Oliseh
- Victor Ikpeba
- Wilson Oruma
- Tijani Babangida
- Ha Seok-Ju
- Yoo Sang-chul
- Alberto García Aspe
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco
- Siniša Mihajlović
- Predrag Mijatović
- Dragan Stojković
- Mario Stanić
- Robert Jarni
- Goran Vlaović
- Robbie Earle
- Paul Scholes
- Darren Anderton
- David Beckham
- Adrian Ilie
- Dan Petrescu
- Andreas Möller
- Benni McCarthy
- Marc Overmars
- Pierre van Hooijdonk
- Edgar Davids
- Boudewijn Zenden
- Hamid Estili
- Mehdi Mahdavikia
Brian McBride
Léider Preciado
José Luis Sierra- Sami Al-Jaber
- Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Celso Ayala- Miguel Ángel Benítez
- José Cardozo
- Emil Kostadinov
- Luc Nilis
- Mauricio Pineda
- Javier Zanetti
- Claudio López
Masashi Nakayama
Skander Souayah
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- Own goals
- Tom Boyd (against Brazil)
- Youssef Chippo (against Norway)
- Pierre Issa (against France)
- Andoni Zubizarreta (against Nigeria)
- Siniša Mihajlović (against Germany)
- Georgi Bachev (against Spain)
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
- FIFA Archived 2018-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
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