1998 FIFA World Cup

1998 FIFA World Cup

Coupe du Monde - France 98
1998 FIFA World Cup official logo
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	Ronaldo
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The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. 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.

This was the first FIFA World Cup in which 32 teams competed at the finals. The official match ball was the Adidas Tricolore.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Seeding 3 Summary 4 Mascot 5 Venues 6 Match officials 7 Squads 8 Results 8.1 Group stage 8.1.1 Group A 8.1.2 Group B 8.1.3 Group C 8.1.4 Group D 8.1.5 Group E 8.1.6 Group F 8.1.7 Group G 8.1.8 Group H 8.2 Knockout stage 8.2.1 Round of 16 8.2.2 Quarter-finals 8.2.3 Semi-finals 8.2.4 Third place match 8.2.5 Final 9 Statistics 9.1 Scorers 9.2 Awards 9.2.1 All-star team 10 Video games 11 See also 12 References 13 External links

Qualification

Four nations qualified for the World Cup for the first time: Croatia, Jamaica, Japan, and South Africa.

Iran and Tunisia both qualified for the first time since 1978, while Paraguay and Denmark qualified for the first time since 1986. Hosts France also returned after a 12-year absence. Among the teams who failed to qualify were two-time winners Uruguay (for the second successive tournament) and 1994 bronze-medallist Sweden. Russia failed to qualify for the first time since they qualified as the USSR in 1978.

Seeding

Germany, Italy, Argentina, Spain, Romania and the Netherlands were seeded along with defending champion Brazil and host France. For the first time in FIFA's history, the draw took place in a football stadium - Stade Vélodrome in Marseilles, on 4 December 1997.

Norway was the last remaining European team in Pot 3, destined to be in Brazil or Argentina's group, which was the former.^[1]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
France (Host Nation)  Brazil (1994 Champions)  Argentina  Germany  Italy  Netherlands  Romania  Spain	Cameroon  Morocco  Nigeria  South Africa  Tunisia  Jamaica  Mexico  United States	Austria  Belgium  Bulgaria  Croatia  Denmark  England  Norway  Scotland  Yugoslavia	Chile  Colombia  Paraguay  Iran  Japan  South Korea  Saudi Arabia

Summary

The format of the competition was different from 1994, as the finals were expanded from 24 to 32 teams. The 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four. The eight group winners and the eight group runners-up would qualify for the knockout stage. Unlike in the 1986-1994 tournaments, there was no possibility for third-place teams to advance. Starting in this tournament, all teams had to travel in group stage, and stadia held matches for multiple groups.

The golden goal rule was also introduced to decide knockout matches which went into extra time. Another change in the rules came into effect at this World Cup, stating that as regulation time was about to expire in any period of play the fourth official would use a handheld electronic display to show how many minutes of stoppage time were to be played. This practice has continued since then, after being well received by media and spectators alike.

The tournament opened with 1994 FIFA World Cup champions Brazil's 2-1 victory over Scotland. Norway pulled the shock of Group A, topping the holders 2-1 after two late goals. Still, both teams advanced to the next round. Italy easily won Group B, with Chile's three draws enough for them to get through. The Italy-Chile clash which ended 2-2 saw Italy's Roberto Baggio cast aside the spectre of his miss in the penalty shootout in the final 4 years earlier: this time around his highly controversial spot-kick earned Italy a draw.

France swept Group C, with the lone blemish being the red card expulsion and two-game suspension of Zinedine Zidane in a 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia. Denmark also moved on from the group. Nigeria was the surprise winner of Group D, dubbed the group of death, as Spain once again failed to live up to high pre-cup expectations. Nigeria beat them 3-2 in a thrilling game and moved on to the next round together with Paraguay.

Netherlands and Mexico moved on from Group E, a group that saw four games end in draws. Mexico came from behind in two of those four games that ended in a draw after being down two goals in both games. Germany and Yugoslavia made easy work of Group F.

A late goal for Romania saw them beat England 2-1 and take the top spot in Group G; the English finished second. Argentina swept Group H, joined by Croatia in the second round.

In the second round, Italy beat Norway 1-0 and Brazil made easy work of Chile, 4-1. Laurent Blanc of France scored the first Golden Goal in World Cup history as the hosts beat Paraguay 1-0. Denmark surprised Nigeria, crushing them 4-1. Germany beat Mexico and Netherlands topped Yugoslavia by identical 2-1 scores. Croatia upset Romania 1-0. Argentina beat England on penalties after drawing 2-2 in a game that saw a stunning goal from 18-year-old Michael Owen, and two fairly debatable penalty awards (one for each side) which were both scored. The game was marred by England's David Beckham being sent off after kicking Diego Simeone: despite being a man down, England fashioned the better chances and were unfortunate that an extra-time goal by Sol Campbell was disallowed after Alan Shearer was, also debatably, adjudged to have fouled the Argentine keeper.

France beat Italy in the quarter-finals on penalties after a scoreless draw. Brazil topped Denmark 3-2 in an exciting game. Croatia pulled perhaps the biggest shocker of the tournament, crushing Germany 3-0. Since Germany had also been defeated in the quarter-finals of the 1994 tournament, this marked the only time in history that Germany had failed to make the top four in two successive World Cup appearances. The Netherlands-Argentina match was marred by violence; the Netherlands was reduced to 10 men early on after a tackle by Artur Numan injured Diego Simeone and Simeone had to be carried off the field for treatment. Late in the match, Argentina star Ariel Ortega received a red card for head-butting Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar after van der Sar confronted Ortega on the latter's play-acting attempt to draw a penalty.^[2] Shortly after Ortega's sending off, Dennis Bergkamp of the Netherlands scored a memorable goal, finishing from a 60-yard pass to eliminate Argentina 2-1.

In the semi-finals, striker Patrick Kluivert equalized late for the Netherlands to make it 1-1, but the Brazilians won on penalties. They were joined by France, as veteran defender Lilian Thuram scored two goals with stunning runs from the right hand side of the pitch to overcome Golden Boot winner Davor Šuker's opener for Croatia. The Croats beat the Dutch for third place.

For the first time ever, the final featured the host nation and the defending champions. Zinedine Zidane scored two headers from corners in the 27th minute and in first half stoppage time, and Emmanuel Petit added a late goal in second half stoppage time to give France a 3-0 win over Brazil. An estimated one million people took to the Paris streets to celebrate through the night. France became the seventh country to have won the world cup, joining Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England and Argentina.

France conceded only two goals in the entire tournament, a record low subsequently equalled by Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010.

The official song for the event was The Cup of Life by Ricky Martin, and the official anthem was La Cour des Grands by Youssou N'Dour and Axelle Red.

Mascot

The official mascot of this World Cup was Footix, a cockerel with the words "FRANCE 98" on the chest. Its body is mostly blue, like the host's national team shirt and its name is a portmanteau of "football" and the ending "-ix" from the popular Astérix comic strip.

Venues

Ten stadia were used during the tournament:

Saint-Denis	Marseille	Paris	Lens
Stade de France	Stade Vélodrome	Parc des Princes	Stade Félix Bollaert
Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 49,000	Capacity: 44,000
Lyon	Saint-Denis Marseille Paris Lens Lyon Nantes Toulouse Saint-Étienne Bordeaux Montpellier 1998 FIFA World Cup (France)
Stade de Gerland
Capacity: 41,300
Nantes
Stade de la Beaujoire
Capacity: 39,500
Toulouse	Saint-Étienne	Bordeaux	Montpellier
Stadium de Toulouse	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	Parc Lescure	Stade de la Mosson
Capacity: 37,000	Capacity: 36,000	Capacity: 35,200	Capacity: 34,000

Match officials

Africa Said Belqola Gamal Al-Ghandour Lucien Bouchardeau Lim Kee Chong Ian McLeod Asia Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid Ali Bujsaim Masayoshi Okada Pirom Un-Prasert

Europe Marc Batta Günter Benkö Pierluigi Collina Hugh Dallas Paul Durkin José Garcia Aranda Bernd Heynemann Nikolai Levnikov Urs Meier Vítor Melo Pereira Kim Milton Nielsen Rune Pedersen László Vágner Mario van der Ende Ryszard Wójcik

North, Central America and Caribbean Esfandiar Baharmast Arturo Brizio Carter Ramesh Ramdhan Oceania Edward Lennie South America Javier Castrilli Epifanio González Márcio Rezende de Freitas Mario Sanchez Yanten Alberto Tejada John Toro Rendón

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1998 FIFA World Cup squads.

Results

Group stage

All times local (CEST)/(UTC+2)

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

Group A

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

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

Group B

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

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

Group C

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

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

Group D

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

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

Group E

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

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

Group F

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

Group G

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

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

Group H

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

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

Knockout stage

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 (pen.)

1 (4)

29 June - Toulouse

Netherlands

1 (2)

Netherlands

2

4 July - Marseille

Yugoslavia

1

Netherlands

2

30 June - St. Étienne

Argentina

1

Argentina (pen.)

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 (pen.)

0 (4)

France (a.e.t.)

1

8 July - Saint-Denis

Paraguay

0

France

2

29 June - Montpellier

Croatia

1

Third place

Germany

2

4 July - Lyon

11 July - Paris

Mexico

1

Germany

0

Netherlands

1

30 June - Bordeaux

Croatia

3

Croatia

2

Romania

0

Croatia

1

Round of 16

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

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

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28 June 1998 16:30	France	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Paraguay	Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	Blanc  113'	(Report)

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

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

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

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

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

Quarter-finals

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

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

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4 July 1998 16:30	Netherlands	2 – 1	Argentina	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
	Kluivert  12' Bergkamp  89'	(Report)	López  18'

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

Semi-finals

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

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

Third place match

11 July 1998 21:00	Netherlands	1 – 2	Croatia	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
	Zenden  21'	(Report)	Prosinečki  13' Šuker  35'

Final

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

Statistics

Scorers

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 Alan Shearer Michael Owen 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 Kiko Fernando Morientes Slobodan Komljenović

1 goal

Claudio López Mauricio Pineda Javier Zanetti Andreas Herzog Toni Polster Ivica Vastić Luc Nilis Emil Kostadinov Patrick Mboma 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 Reza 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 Tijjani Babangida Victor Ikpeba Garba Lawal 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 Luis Enrique Raúl Skander Souayah Brian McBride Siniša Mihajlović Predrag Mijatović Dragan Stojković

Own goals

• Youssef Chippo (for Norway)
• Tom Boyd (for Brazil)
• Pierre Issa (for France)
• Siniša Mihajlović (for Germany)

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

Awards

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

All-star team

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

Video games

The official video game is World Cup 98 by EA Sports, but many other games – including International Superstar Soccer 98, World League Soccer 98, Actua Soccer 2, Neo Geo Cup '98: The Road to the Victory – were released and were mainly based on the 1998 FIFA World Cup. FIFA: Road to World Cup 98, also by EA Sports, focused on the qualification, for World Cup 98.

See also

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

References

External links

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

1998 FIFA World Cup Stages Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D · Group E · Group F · Group G · Group H · Knockout stage · Final General information Qualification · Seeding · Squads · Schedule · Opening ceremony · Closing ceremony · Discipline · Officials · Controversies · Broadcasting · Sponsorship

1998 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions France Runners-up Brazil Third place Croatia Fourth place Netherlands Eliminated in the quarter-finals Argentina · Denmark · Germany · Italy Eliminated in the round of 16 Chile · England · Mexico · Nigeria · Norway · Paraguay · Romania · FR Yugoslavia Eliminated in the group stage Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cameroon · Colombia · Iran · Jamaica · Japan · Korea Republic · Morocco · Scotland · Saudi Arabia · South Africa · Spain · Tunisia · United States

FIFA World Cup Tournaments Uruguay 1930 Italy 1934 France 1938 Brazil 1950 Switzerland 1954 Sweden 1958 Chile 1962 England 1966 Mexico 1970 West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 Mexico 1986 Italy 1990 United States 1994 France 1998 South Korea & Japan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Brazil 2014 Russia 2018 Qatar 2022 Finals 1930 1934 1938 19501 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 Squads 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 Qualification 19302 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Other articles History Hosts Records Trophy Lists and statistics: Droughts Goalscorers Hat-tricks Milestone goals Penalty shoot-outs Red cards Referees Team appearances Teams with no appearances Undefeated teams Miscellaneous: Awards Balls Broadcasters Mascots Official songs Video games 1Decisive match of a final group stage. 2No qualification took place as places were given by invitation only.

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