1998 FIFA World Cup

Association football tournament in France

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1998 FIFA World CupCoupe du Monde – France 98 (French)

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)
Attendance| 2,785,100 (43,517 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Davor Šuker (6 goals)
Best player(s)|  Ronaldo
Best young player|  Michael Owen
Best goalkeeper|  Fabien Barthez
Fair play award|  England
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International football competition

The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament 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 (the first was in 1938), 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 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. 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums in 10 host cities, with the opening match and final staged at the newly built Stade de France in the Parisian commune of Saint-Denis.

The tournament was won by host country France, who beat defending champions 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 World Cup on home soil. As of 2022, they are the most recent team to win the tournament on home soil. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the tournament.

## 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 in Zürich, 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 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 UEFA 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 the FBI and the Swiss authorities, Chuck Blazer confirmed that he and other members of FIFA's executive committee were bribed during the 1998 and 2010 World Cups host 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 du Louvre, 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 the previous 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) and CAF (Africa) were each given five spots in the final tournament, while three spots were contested between 30 CONCACAF members 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, 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.[9] It marked their first appearance in the finals since 1978, Chile qualified 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 the 1994 tournament, with the Balkan team now appearing under the name of FR Yugoslavia. Among the teams who failed to qualify were two-time winners Uruguay (for the second successive tournament); Portugal (for the third successive tournament); Sweden, who finished third in 1994; Russia (who failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 after losing to Italy in the play-off round); and the Republic 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 the Czech Republic (ranked 3rd), while the lowest-ranked team that did qualify was Nigeria (ranked 74th).

As of 2022, this was the last time Austria, Bulgaria, Norway, Romania and Scotland qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the only time Jamaica have qualified, and the last time Portugal failed to qualify.

### 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.

AFC (4)

* Iran (42)
* Japan (debut) (12)
* Saudi Arabia (34)
* South Korea (20)

CAF (5)

* Cameroon (49)
* Morocco (13)
* Nigeria (74)
* South Africa (debut) (24)
* Tunisia (21)

OFC (0)

* None qualified

CONCACAF (3)

* Jamaica (debut) (30)
* Mexico (4)
* United States (11)

CONMEBOL (5)

* Argentina (6)
* Brazil (holders) (1)
* Chile (9)
* Colombia (10)
* Paraguay (29)

UEFA (15)

* Austria (31)
* Belgium (36)
* Bulgaria (35)
* Croatia (debut) (19)
* Denmark (27)
* England (5)
* France (18) (hosts)
* Germany (2)
* Italy (14)
* Netherlands (25)
* Norway (7)
* Romania (22)
* Scotland (41)
* Spain (15)
* FR Yugoslavia (8)

Countries qualified for World Cup

Country did not qualify

Countries that did not enter World Cup

Country not a FIFA member

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Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 1998[11]

| Country | Confederation | Rank
1 |  Brazil (1994 winner) | CONMEBOL | 1
2 |  Germany | UEFA | 2
3 |  Mexico | CONCACAF | 4
4 |  England | UEFA | 5
5 |  Argentina | CONMEBOL | 6
6 |  Norway | UEFA | 7
7 |  FR Yugoslavia | UEFA | 8
8 |  Chile | CONMEBOL | 9
9 |  Colombia | CONMEBOL | 10
10 |  United States | CONCACAF | 11
11 |  Japan | AFC | 12
12 |  Morocco | CAF | 13
13 |  Italy | UEFA | 14
14 |  Spain | UEFA | 15
15 |  France (host) | UEFA | 18
16 |  Croatia | UEFA | 19
17 |  South Korea | AFC | 20
18 |  Tunisia | CAF | 21
19 |  Romania | UEFA | 22
20 |  South Africa | CAF | 24
21 |  Netherlands | UEFA | 25
22 |  Denmark | UEFA | 27
23 |  Paraguay | CONMEBOL | 29
24 |  Jamaica | CONCACAF | 30
25 |  Austria | UEFA | 31
26 |  Saudi Arabia | AFC | 34
27 |  Bulgaria | UEFA | 35
28 |  Belgium | UEFA | 36
29 |  Scotland | UEFA | 41
30 |  Iran | AFC | 42
31 |  Cameroon | CAF | 49
32 |  Nigeria | CAF | 74

## 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] as Mayor of Paris Jacques Chirac successfully negotiated a deal with Prime Minister Édouard Balladur to bring the Stade de France, as it was now called, to the commune of Saint-Denis just north of the capital 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. 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 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 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 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 in Paris Saint-Germain's Parc 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

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Stade de France | Stade Vélodrome | Parc des Princes | Stade de Gerland
48°55′28″N 2°21′36″E﻿ / ﻿48.92444°N 2.36000°E﻿ / 48.92444; 2.36000﻿ (Stade de France) | 43°16′11″N 5°23′45″E﻿ / ﻿43.26972°N 5.39583°E﻿ / 43.26972; 5.39583﻿ (Stade Vélodrome) | 48°50′29″N 2°15′11″E﻿ / ﻿48.84139°N 2.25306°E﻿ / 48.84139; 2.25306﻿ (Parc des Princes) | 45°43′26″N 4°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
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Lens |

Saint-Denis

Marseille

Paris

Lens

Lyon

Nantes

Toulouse

Saint-Étienne

Bordeaux

Montpellier

Stade Félix-Bollaert
50°25′58.26″N 2°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″N 1°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″N 1°26′2.57″E﻿ / ﻿43.5833139°N 1.4340472°E﻿ / 43.5833139; 1.4340472﻿ (Stadium de Toulouse) | 45°27′38.76″N 4°23′24.42″E﻿ / ﻿45.4607667°N 4.3901167°E﻿ / 45.4607667; 4.3901167﻿ (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard) | 44°49′45″N 0°35′52″W﻿ / ﻿44.82917°N 0.59778°W﻿ / 44.82917; -0.59778﻿ (Parc Lescure) | 43°37′19.85″N 3°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
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## 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 of golden 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)

* 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

## 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 at Marseille's Stade Vélodrome. The draw was conducted by at the time FIFA general secretary Joseph Blatter and many celebrities helped with the draw such as former players as Franz Beckenbauer, George Weah, Jean-Pierre Papin, Raymond Kopa, Georges Carnus and women's football player Mia Hamm.

The historic tradition to seed the hosts (France) and holders (Brazil) was upheld; while the remaining six seeds were granted for the other top7-ranked teams, based on their results obtained in the last three FIFA World Cups (ratio 3:2:1, counting in total 60%) and their FIFA World Ranking position 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)

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* Brazil (1994 winner, group A1)
* France (host, group C1)

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* Germany (1)
* Italy (3)
* Spain (4)
* Argentina (5)
* Romania (6)
* Netherlands (7)

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Denmark
* England
* Scotland
* FR Yugoslavia
* Norway

* Chile
* Colombia
* Iran
* Japan
* Paraguay
* Saudi Arabia
* South Korea

* Cameroon
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Morocco
* Nigeria
* South Africa
* Tunisia
* United States

* The draw took place at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, and was televised live on 4 December 1997: FIFA World Cup Draw on BBC Sport.

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 general Sepp Blatter. Teams were drawn by football legends Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto Parreira, George Weah and Raymond Kopa.[24]

Organiser Michel 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, telling France 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, the FIFA Organising Committee had 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 the tournament structure was 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 alphabetic order from A to H).
3. Pot B was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic 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-seeded South American (CONMEBOL) team.
5. Pot C was used to draw one team to each of the seven groups with an empty spot (drawing in alphabetical order from A to H). However, as each group could only contain one South American (CONMEBOL) team, the first Asian (AFC) team drawn would not be drawn into a group in alphabetical 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]

Group A | Pos | Team

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A1 |  Brazil
A2 |  Scotland
A3 |  Morocco
A4 |  Norway
Group B | Pos | Team

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B1 |  Italy
B2 |  Chile
B3 |  Cameroon
B4 |  Austria
Group C | Pos | Team

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C1 |  France
C2 |  South Africa
C3 |  Saudi Arabia
C4 |  Denmark
Group D | Pos | Team

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D1 |  Spain
D2 |  Nigeria
D3 |  Paraguay
D4 |  Bulgaria

Group E | Pos | Team

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E1 |  Netherlands
E2 |  Belgium
E3 |  South Korea
E4 |  Mexico
Group F | Pos | Team

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F1 |  Germany
F2 |  United States
F3 |  FR Yugoslavia
F4 |  Iran
Group G | Pos | Team

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G1 |  Romania
G2 |  Colombia
G3 |  England
G4 |  Tunisia
Group H | Pos | Team

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H1 |  Argentina
H2 |  Japan
H3 |  Jamaica
H4 |  Croatia

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 the knockout 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 the final and a third-place play-off between 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

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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 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.[27] 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.[27]

The average age of all teams was 27 years, 8 months – five months older than the previous tournament.[28] 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.[28]

## Group stage

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Champion

Runner-up

Third place

Fourth place

Quarter-finals

Round of 16

Group stage

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

Key for 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

### 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, with Kjetil Rekdal scoring[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

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1  |  Brazil | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 3  | +3  | 6  | Advance to knockout 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

10 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Brazil | 2–1|  Scotland

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César Sampaio 5'
Boyd 74' (o.g.) | Report | Collins 38' (pen.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

10 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Morocco | 2–2|  Norway

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Hadji 37'
Hadda 60' | Report | Chippo 45+1' (o.g.)
Eggen 61'

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 29,800

Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

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16 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Scotland | 1–1|  Norway

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Burley 66' | Report | H. Flo 46'

Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 31,800

Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

16 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Brazil | 3–0|  Morocco

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Ronaldo 9'
Rivaldo 45+2'
Bebeto 50' | Report |

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

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23 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Scotland | 0–3|  Morocco

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| Report | Bassir 23', 85'
Hadda 46'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 30,600

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

23 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Brazil | 1–2|  Norway

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Bebeto 78' | Report | T. A. Flo 83'
Rekdal 89' (pen.)

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)

### 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 since 1958 and Cameroon failed to get out of the group stage for the second time in a row.

Pos | Team

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1  |  Italy | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 7  | 3  | +4  | 7  | Advance to knockout 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

11 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Italy | 2–2|  Chile

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Vieri 10'
R. Baggio 84' (pen.) | Report | Salas 45+3', 50'

Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 31,800

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

11 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Cameroon | 1–1|  Austria

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Njanka 77' | Report | Polster 90+1'

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)

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17 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Chile | 1–1|  Austria

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Salas 70' | Report | Vastić 90+2'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 30,600

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

17 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Italy | 3–0|  Cameroon

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Di Biagio 7'
Vieri 75', 89' | Report |

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 29,800

Referee: Eddie Lennie (Australia)

* * *

23 June 1998

16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Italy | 2–1|  Austria

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|

Vieri 48'
R. Baggio 90' | Report | Herzog 90+2' (pen.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

23 June 1998

16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Chile | 1–1|  Cameroon

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Sierra 20' | Report | Mboma 56'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

### Group C

[edit]

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

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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|

1  |  France (H) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 9  | 1  | +8  | 9  | Advance to knockout 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

12 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Saudi Arabia | 0–1|  Denmark

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|

| Report | Rieper 69'

Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 38,100

Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

12 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

France | 3–0|  South Africa

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Dugarry 36'
Issa 77' (o.g.)
Henry 90+2' | Report |

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

* * *

18 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

South Africa | 1–1|  Denmark

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McCarthy 51' | Report | A. Nielsen 12'

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)

18 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

France | 4–0|  Saudi Arabia

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Henry 37', 78'
Trezeguet 68'
Lizarazu 85' | Report |

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

* * *

24 June 1998

16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

France | 2–1|  Denmark

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Djorkaeff 12' (pen.)
Petit 56' | Report | M. Laudrup 42' (pen.)

Stade Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,100

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

24 June 1998

16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

South Africa | 2–2|  Saudi Arabia

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Bartlett 18', 90+3' (pen.) | Report | Al-Jaber 45+2' (pen.)
Al-Thunayan 74' (pen.)

Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 31,800

Referee: Mario Sánchez (Chile)

### Group D

[edit]

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

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Nigeria | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 6  | Advance to knockout 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

12 June 1998

14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Paraguay | 0–0|  Bulgaria

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| Report |

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 29,800

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)

13 June 1998

14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Spain | 2–3|  Nigeria

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Hierro 21'
Raúl 47' | Report | Adepoju 24'
Zubizarreta 73' (o.g.)
Oliseh 78'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)

* * *

19 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Nigeria | 1–0|  Bulgaria

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Ikpeba 28' | Report |

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Mario Sánchez Yantén (Chile)

19 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Spain | 0–0|  Paraguay

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| Report |

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 30,600

Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)

* * *

24 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Nigeria | 1–3|  Paraguay

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Oruma 11' | Report | Ayala 1'
Benítez 58'
Cardozo 86'

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

24 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Spain | 6–1|  Bulgaria

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Hierro 6' (pen.)
Luis Enrique 18'
Morientes 55', 81'
Bachev 88' (o.g.)
Kiko 90+4' | Report | Kostadinov 58'

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 38,100

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

### Group E

[edit]

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 eventual 2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosts South Korea failed to advance, although Belgium were undefeated with three draws.

Pos | Team

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Netherlands | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 7  | 2  | +5  | 5  | Advance to knockout 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

13 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

South Korea | 1–3|  Mexico

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Ha Seok-ju 27' | Report | Peláez 50'
Hernández 75', 84'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,100

Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

13 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Netherlands | 0–0|  Belgium

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| Report |

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,000

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

* * *

20 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Belgium | 2–2|  Mexico

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Wilmots 42', 47' | Report | García Aspe 55' (pen.)
Blanco 62'

Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 31,800

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

20 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Netherlands | 5–0|  South Korea

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Cocu 37'
Overmars 41'
Bergkamp 71'
Van Hooijdonk 80'
R. de Boer 83' | Report |

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

* * *

25 June 1998

16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Netherlands | 2–2|  Mexico

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Cocu 4'
R. de Boer 18' | Report | Peláez 75'
Hernández 90+4'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 30,600

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)

25 June 1998

16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Belgium | 1–1|  South Korea

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Nilis 7' | Report | Yoo Sang-chul 72'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

### Group F

[edit]

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group F

Germany and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia advanced, each with 7 points (Germany took 1st on goal difference). Iran and 1994 host United States failed to advance.

Pos | Team

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Germany | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 7  | Advance to knockout 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

14 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

FR Yugoslavia | 1–0|  Iran

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Mihajlović 73' | Report |

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 30,600

Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)

15 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Germany | 2–0|  United States

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Möller 9'
Klinsmann 65' | Report |

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)

* * *

21 June 1998

14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Germany | 2–2|  FR Yugoslavia

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Mihajlović 72' (o.g.)
Bierhoff 78' | Report | Mijatović 13'
Stojković 52'

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 38,100

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Main article: United States v Iran (1998 FIFA World Cup)

21 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

United States | 1–2|  Iran

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McBride 87' | Report | Estili 40'
Mahdavikia 84'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,100

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

* * *

25 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Germany | 2–0|  Iran

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Bierhoff 50'
Klinsmann 57' | Report |

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 29,800

Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)

25 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

United States | 0–1|  FR Yugoslavia

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| Report | Komljenović 4'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

### Group G

[edit]

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

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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|

1  |  Romania | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 7  | Advance to knockout 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

15 June 1998

14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

England | 2–0|  Tunisia

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Shearer 42'
Scholes 89' | Report |

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 54,587

Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

15 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Romania | 1–0|  Colombia

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Ilie 45+1' | Report |

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,100

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

* * *

22 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Colombia | 1–0|  Tunisia

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Preciado 83' | Report |

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 29,800

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

22 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Romania | 2–1|  England

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|

Moldovan 46'
Petrescu 90' | Report | Owen 81'

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

* * *

26 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Colombia | 0–2|  England

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|

| Report | Anderton 20'
Beckham 29'

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 38,100

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

26 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Romania | 1–1|  Tunisia

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Moldovan 71' | Report | Souayah 12' (pen.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,000

Referee: Eddie Lennie (Australia)

### Group H

[edit]

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

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

|
|
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|
|

1  |  Argentina | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 0  | +7  | 9  | Advance to knockout 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

14 June 1998

14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Argentina | 1–0|  Japan

|
|

Batistuta 28' | Report |

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

14 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Jamaica | 1–3|  Croatia

|
|

Earle 45' | Report | Stanić 27'
Prosinečki 53'
Šuker 69'

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 38,100

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

* * *

20 June 1998

14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Japan | 0–1|  Croatia

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| Report | Šuker 77'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

21 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Argentina | 5–0|  Jamaica

|
|

Ortega 32', 55'
Batistuta 73', 78', 83' (pen.) | Report |

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

* * *

26 June 1998

16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Argentina | 1–0|  Croatia

|
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Pineda 36' | Report |

Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 31,800

Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)

26 June 1998

16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Japan | 1–2|  Jamaica

|
|

Nakayama 74' | Report | Whitmore 39', 54'

Stade Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,100

Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

## Knockout stage

[edit]

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage comprised 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 of extra time; if scores were still level, there was a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round. The Golden goal rule was also used, whereby if a team scored during extra time, they would immediately win the game.

### Bracket

[edit]

The first games were played on 27 June 1998, and the final took place on 12 July 1998 in Paris.

| Round of 16| | Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

|
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|

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

| 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 – 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 (a.s.d.e.t.)| 1

| | 8 July – Saint-Denis

|  Paraguay| 0 |

|  France| 2

| 29 June – Montpellier

| |  Croatia| 1 | | Third place play-off

|  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

[edit]

27 June 1998

16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Italy | 1–0|  Norway

|
|

Vieri 18' | Report |

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

* * *

27 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Brazil | 4–1|  Chile

|
|

Sampaio 11', 26'
Ronaldo 45+3' (pen.), 72' | Report | Salas 70'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

* * *

28 June 1998

16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

France | 1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.)|  Paraguay

|
|

Blanc 114' | Report |

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 31,800

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

* * *

28 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Nigeria | 1–4|  Denmark

|
|

Babangida 77' | Report | Møller 3'
B. Laudrup 12'
Sand 58'
Helveg 76'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,000

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

* * *

29 June 1998

16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Germany | 2–1|  Mexico

|
|

Klinsmann 74'
Bierhoff 86' | Report | Hernández 47'

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 29,800

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

* * *

29 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Netherlands | 2–1|  FR Yugoslavia

|
|

Bergkamp 38'
Davids 90+2' | Report | Komljenović 48'

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

* * *

30 June 1998

16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Romania | 0–1|  Croatia

|
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| Report | Šuker 45+2' (pen.)

Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 31,800

Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

* * *

30 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Argentina | 2–2 (a.e.t.)|  England

|
|

Batistuta 5' (pen.)
Zanetti 45+1' | Report | Shearer 9' (pen.)
Owen 16'
Penalties
Berti
Crespo
Verón
Gallardo
Ayala | 4–3 |  Shearer
Ince
Merson
Owen
Batty

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 30,600

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

### Quarter-finals

[edit]

3 July 1998

16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Italy | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  France

|
|

| Report |
Penalties
R. Baggio
Albertini
Costacurta
Vieri
Di Biagio | 3–4 |  Zidane
Lizarazu
Trezeguet
Henry
Blanc

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,000

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

* * *

3 July 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Brazil | 3–2|  Denmark

|
|

Bebeto 10'
Rivaldo 25', 59' | Report | M. Jørgensen 2'
B. Laudrup 50'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

* * *

4 July 1998

16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Netherlands | 2–1|  Argentina

|
|

Kluivert 12'
Bergkamp 90' | Report | López 17'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

* * *

4 July 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Germany | 0–3|  Croatia

|
|

| Report | Jarni 45+3'
Vlaović 80'
Šuker 85'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,100

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

### Semi-finals

[edit]

7 July 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Brazil | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Netherlands

|
|

Ronaldo 46' | Report | Kluivert 87'
Penalties
Ronaldo
Rivaldo
Emerson
Dunga | 4–2 |  F. de Boer
Bergkamp
Cocu
R. de Boer

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 54,000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

* * *

8 July 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

France | 2–1|  Croatia

|
|

Thuram 47', 70' | Report | Šuker 46'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 76,000

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

### Third place play-off

[edit]

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

11 July 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Netherlands | 1–2|  Croatia

|
|

Zenden 22' | Report | Prosinečki 14'
Šuker 36'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)

### 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 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,[32] later to be topped by Brazil's 7–1 defeat by Germany in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[33]

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.[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 goalkeeper Fabien Barthez struggled to hold onto. France however took the lead after Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos conceded 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 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.[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 manager Aimé Jacquet announced his resignation from the French team with immediate effect.[37][38]

12 July 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Brazil | 0–3|  France

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Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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Davor Šuker received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals. In total, 171 goals were scored by 112 players:

6 goals

* Davor Šuker

5 goals

* Gabriel Batistuta
* Christian Vieri

4 goals

* Ronaldo
* Marcelo Salas
* Luis Hernández

3 goals

* Bebeto
* César Sampaio
* Rivaldo
* Thierry Henry
* Oliver Bierhoff
* Jürgen Klinsmann
* Dennis Bergkamp

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

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Golden Ball Award | Golden Shoe Award | Yashin Award | FIFA Fair Play Trophy | Most Entertaining Team

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Ronaldo |  Davor Šuker |  Fabien Barthez |  England
France |  France

### Players who were red-carded during the tournament

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* 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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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### Tournoi de France

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Main article: 1997 Tournoi de France

A year before the tournament, a small, invitation-only tournament named the Tournoi de France was held in France, with Italy, Brazil, England, and hosts France participating.[41]

### Broadcasting

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Through several companies, FIFA sold the broadcasting rights for the 1998 FIFA World Cup to many broadcasters. BBC and ITV had 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 110 TV commentators were present in the stand.[43]

Country  | Broadcaster  | Television

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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 eins and ORF 2
Arab League | Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), Orbit Network | Orbit ESPN
Belgium | Dutch:
VRT | Dutch:
Eén and Canvas
French:
RTBF | French:
La Une and La Deux
Bangladesh | BTV
Bolivia | TVB, Bolivisión, Unitel and Unovisión
Brazil | Globo, SBT, RecordTV, Manchete,[44] SporTV and ESPN Brasil
Brunei | RTB | RTB Perdana, RTB Aneka
Bulgaria | BNT | Channel 1 and Efir 2
Cambodia | TVK | Channel 7
Canada | English:
CBC | English:
CBC Television
French:
Société Radio-Canada | French:
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Chile | TVN, Chilevisión, UCTV and Megavisión
China | CCTV | CCTV-1
Colombia | Inravisión | Canal Uno:
PUNCH and JES
Canal A:
RTI and Datos y Mensajes
Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión
Corsica2 |  TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2
RAI |  TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2 and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV32
Czech Republic | Czech Television | ČT1 and ČT2
Denmark | DR | DR1 and DR2
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 International and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV News2
Georgia | GPB | 1TV
Germany | ARD and ZDF | Das Erste and ZDF
Greece | ERT | ET1, NET and ET3
Hungary | MTV | MTV1 and MTV2
Holy See |  RAI |  RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3
Hong Kong | TVB | Cantonese:
TVB Jade
English:
TVB Pearl
India | Doordarshan | Doordarshan National Channel
Indonesia1 | TVRI (Programme 1), RCTI, SCTV, TPI, ANteve, and Indosiar (all matches in live television)1
Iran | IRIB | Channel 1 and Channel 2
Ireland | RTÉ | RTÉ One and RTÉ Two
Israel | IBA | Hebrew:
Channel 1
Arabic:
Channel 33
Italy | RAI | RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3
Japan | NHK, Fuji Television, TBS, Nippon Television, TV Asahi and TV Tokyo | NHK General TV, Fuji Television, TBS Television, Nippon Television, TV Asahi and TV 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 |  TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2
Telemontecarlo |  TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV3, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV4, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV International and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV News (all matches of international broadcast signal)2
Telemontecarlo
Myanmar | MRTV | Channel 5
Netherlands | NPO | Nederland 1, Nederland 2 and Nederland 3
New Zealand | TVNZ | TV1 and TV2
Norway | NRK | NRK1 and NRK2
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 Guaraní Canal 13, Paraguay TV, La Tele, Paravisión, Canal 25, RTV
Peru | América Televisión and Panamericana Televisión.
Philippines | GMA Network and Sky Cable
Poland | TVP | TVP1 and TVP2
Portugal | RTP | RTP1 and RTP2
Russia | VGTRK, ORT  | Rossiya 1, Channel One Russia
San Marino |  RAI |  RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3
Singapore | Singapore International Media | Premiere 12
Slovakia | STV | STV1 and STV2
South Africa | SABC | SABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3
South Korea | KBS
Spain | RTVE | TVE (TV1 and TV2)
Sweden | SVT | SVT1 and SVT2
Switzerland | SRG SSR | SF 1 (German), TSR 2 (French) and TSI 2 (Italian)
Taiwan | TTV, CTV, CTS and FTV
Thailand | Television Pool of Thailand
Turkey | TRT | TRT 1, TRT 2 and TRT 3
United Kingdom | BBC and ITV | BBC One and ITV3
United States | ABC, ESPN (English) and Univision (Spanish)
Ukraine | UT-1 and 1+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

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Coca-Cola was one of the sponsors of FIFA World Cup 1998.

The sponsors of the 1998 FIFA World Cup are divided into two categories: FIFA World Cup Sponsors and France Supporters.[45][46]

FIFA World Cup sponsors | France Supporters

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* Adidas[47][48]
* Budweiser
* Canon[49][50]
* Casio[51]
* Coca-Cola[52][53]
* Fujifilm[48][54]
* Gillette[52][55] (Braun)[56]
* JVC[57][58]
* MasterCard[59][60]
* McDonald's[61][62]
* Opel[63][64]
* Philips[59][64]
* Snickers[48][65]

* Air France
* Citroën
* Crédit Agricole[66]
* Danone
* France Telecom[67]
* La Poste[68]
* Peugeot
* Renault

The absence of Budweiser on pitch side advertising hoardings is notable due to the Evin law, which forbids alcohol-related sponsorship in France, including in sports events.[69]

### Video games

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In most of the world, the official video game was, World Cup 98 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.[70][71][72]

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

Also in Japan, Sega was granted the FIFA World Cup licence to produce the Saturn video game World Cup '98 France: Road to Win.[citation needed]

Many other video games, including 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.[citation needed]

## Symbols

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Footix, the official mascot of the tournament

### Mascot

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The official mascot was Footix, a rooster first presented in May 1996.[73] It was created by graphic designer Fabrice Pialot and selected from a shortlist of five mascots.[74] 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.[73] Footix, the name chosen by French television viewers, is a portmanteau of "football" and the ending "-ix" from the popular Astérix comic strip.[73] 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

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Main article: Adidas Tricolore

The official match ball for the 1998 World Cup, manufactured by Adidas was named the Tricolore, meaning 'three-coloured' in French.[75] 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.[76] The tricolour flag and cockerel, traditional symbols of France, were used as inspiration for the design.[76]

### Music

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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 by Ricky Martin.[77][78]

The official anthem was "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" by Youssou N'Dour and Axelle Red.

## Legacy

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Honorary FIFA President João Havelange praised 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".[79] 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".[80]

Cour des Comptes, the quasi-judicial body of the French government, released its report on the organisation of the 1998 World Cup in 2000.[81]

## See also

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* Association football portal
* 1990s portal
* France portal

* Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole! – The Official 1998 FIFA World Cup music album
* 1998 World Cup terror plot

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Stages|

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Champions|

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Runners-up|

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Third place|

* Croatia

Fourth place|

* Netherlands

Quarter-finals|

* Argentina
* Denmark
* Germany
* Italy

Round of 16|

* Chile
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Group stage|

* Austria
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1998 FIFA World Cup stadiums

* Parc Lescure (Bordeaux)
* Stade Félix-Bollaert (Lens)
* Stade de Gerland (Lyon)
* Stade Vélodrome (Marseille)
* Stade de la Mosson (Montpellier)
* Stade de la Beaujoire (Nantes)
* Parc des Princes (Paris)
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Referees at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

AFC|

* Ali Bujsaim
* Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid
* Pirom Un-prasert
* Masayoshi Okada

CAF|

* Gamal Al-Ghandour
* Said Belqola
* Lucien Bouchardeau
* Lim Kee Chong
* Ian McLeod

CONCACAF|

* Arturo Brizio Carter
* Esfandiar Baharmast
* Ramesh Ramdhan

CONMEBOL|

* Epifanio González
* Javier Castrilli
* Márcio Rezende
* Mario Sánchez Yantén
* Alberto Tejada
* John Toro Rendón

OFC|

* Eddie Lennie

UEFA|

* José García Aranda
* Marc Batta
* Günter Benkö
* Pierluigi Collina
* Hugh Dallas
* Bernd Heynemann
* Urs Meier
* Vítor Melo Pereira
* Kim Milton Nielsen
* Rune Pedersen
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* 1 Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will host the inaugural games
* 2 There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.
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* Men's
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Overseas|

* Coupe de Calédonie
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* Coupe de la Martinique
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* Coupe de la Réunion
* Coupe de l'Outre-Mer
* Tahiti Cup

Other competitions|

* Coupe Manier (1897–1911)
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Organizations|

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| League competitions|

| Men|

* J.League
* Japan Football League
* Regional Leagues

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Women|

* L.League

Cup competitions|

| Men|

* Emperor's Cup (Final)
* J.League Cup (Final)
* Super Cup

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Women|

* Empress's Cup (Final)
* L.League Cup (Final)

AFC competitions|

| Men|

* Asian Club Championship
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* Asian Cup Winners Cup
* Asian Super Cup

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Related to national teams|

| Men|

* Summary
* FIFA World Cup

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Women|

* Summary
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Club seasons

J.League|

* Consadole Sapporo
* Kashima Antlers
* Urawa Red Diamonds
* JEF United Ichihara
* Kashiwa Reysol
* Verdy Kawasaki
* Yokohama Marinos
* Yokohama Flügels
* Bellmare Hiratsuka
* Shimizu S-Pulse
* Júbilo Iwata
* Nagoya Grampus Eight
* Kyoto Purple Sanga
* Gamba Osaka
* Cerezo Osaka
* Vissel Kobe
* Sanfrecce Hiroshima
* Avispa Fukuoka

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Geographic|

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*[GF]: Goals For
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal Difference
*[Pts]: Points
*[R]: Final Ranking
*[G]: Group
*[P]: Played
*[Pts.]: Points