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The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup, was held in France from June 10 to July 12 after 60 years to celebrate the third edition scheduled in 1938. France was chosen as hosts by FIFA on July 1, 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final. France won their first title, the 7th nation to win a World Cup, and the first host nation to win the tournament since Argentina did it in 1978.
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Qualification
Four nations qualified for the World Cup for the first time: Croatia, Jamaica, Japan, and South Africa.
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. 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 expecations. 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. 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 goal from 18-year-old Michael Owen. The game was marred by England's David Beckham being sent off after kicking Diego Simeone.
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. The Netherlands-Argentina match was marred by violence; the Netherlands was reduced to 10 men early on after a tackle injured Diego Simeone and he 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[1]. Shortly after Ortega's sending off, Dennis Bergkamp of the Netherlands scored a goal to eliminate Argentina, 2-1.
In the semi-finals, Patrick Kluivert equalized late for the Netherlands to make it 1-1, but the Dutch couldn't pull it out in the penalty shootout, sending Brazil to the final. They were joined by France, as defender Lilian Thuram scored two goals to offset 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 26th minute and in first half stoppage time respectively, and Emmanuel Petit added a late goal in second half stoppage time to give France a 3-0 win over Brazil. Brazil's star player Ronaldo played poorly, having a mysterious fit the night before and many questioned his reinstatement in the starting lineup. An estimated one million people took to the Paris streets to celebrate through the night. France became the seventh world champions, joining Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England and Argentina.
The official theme song for the event was La Copa de la Vida by Ricky Martin.
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:
| City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Denis | Stade de France | 80,000 |
| Marseille | Stade Vélodrome | 60,000 |
| Paris | Parc des Princes | 49,000 |
| Lens | Stade Félix Bollaert | 41,800 |
| Lyon | Stade Gerland | 41,200 |
| Nantes | Stade de la Beaujoire | 38,500 |
| Toulouse | Stade de Toulouse | 37,000 |
| Saint-Étienne | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | 36,000 |
| Bordeaux | Parc Lescure | 35,200 |
| Montpellier | Stade de la Mosson | 33,900 |
Match officials
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- Africa
- Template:Flagicon Gamal Al-Ghandour
- Template:Flagicon Lucien Bouchardeau
- Template:Flagicon Lim Kee Chong
- Template:Flagicon Ian McLeod
- Asia
- Template:Flagicon Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid
- Template:Flagicon Ali Bujsaim
- Template:Flagicon Masayoshi Okada
- Template:Flagicon Pirom Un-Prasert
- Europe
- Template:Flagicon Marc Batta
- Template:Flagicon Günter Benkö
- Template:Flagicon Pierluigi Collina
- Template:Flagicon Hugh Dallas
- Template:Flagicon Paul Durkin
- Template:Flagicon José Garcia Aranda
- Template:Flagicon Bernd Heynemann
- Template:Flagicon Nikolai Levnikov
- Template:Flagicon Urs Meier
- Template:Flagicon Vítor Melo Pereira
- Template:Flagicon Kim Milton Nielsen
- Template:Flagicon Rune Pedersen
- Template:Flagicon László Vágner
- Template:Flagicon Mario van der Ende
- Template:Flagicon Ryszard Wojcik
- North, Central America and Caribbean
- Template:Flagicon Esfandiar Baharmast
- Template:Flagicon Arturo Brizio Carter
- Template:Flagicon Ramesh Ramdhan
- Oceania
- South America
- Template:Flagicon Javier Castrilli
- Template:Flagicon Epifanio González
- Template:Flagicon Márcio Rezende de Freitas
- Template:Flagicon Mario Sanchez Yanten
- Template:Flagicon Alberto Tejada
- Template:Flagicon John Toro Rendon
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1998 FIFA World Cup squads.
Results
First round
All times local (CEST)/(UTC+2)
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fb | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
| Template:Fb | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
| Template:Fb | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fb | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Template:Fb | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| Template:Fb | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 |
Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fb | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 |
| Template:Fb | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Template:Fb | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
Group D
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fb | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Template:Fb | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| Template:Fb | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 |
Group E
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fb | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
| Template:Fb | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 |
Group F
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fb | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
| Template:Fb | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| Template:Fb | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 |
Group G
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fb | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| Template:Fb | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
Group H
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fb | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 |
| Template:Fb | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 |
| Template:Fb | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
Knockout stage
Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place match
Final
Awards
| 1998 World Cup Winners |
|---|
| File:Flag of France.svg France First title |
All-star team
Scorers
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- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Template:Flagicon Bebeto
- Template:Flagicon César Sampaio
- Template:Flagicon Rivaldo
- Template:Flagicon Thierry Henry
- Template:Flagicon Oliver Bierhoff
- Template:Flagicon Jürgen Klinsmann
- Template:Flagicon Dennis Bergkamp
- 2 Goals
- Template:Flagicon Ariel Ortega
- Template:Flagicon Marc Wilmots
- Template:Flagicon Robert Prosinečki
- Template:Flagicon Brian Laudrup
- Template:Flagicon Alan Shearer
- Template:Flagicon Michael Owen
- Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Petit
- Template:Flagicon Lilian Thuram
- Template:Flagicon Zinedine Zidane
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Baggio
- Template:Flagicon Theodore Whitmore
- Template:Flagicon Ricardo Peláez
- Template:Flagicon Salaheddine Bassir
- Template:Flagicon Abdeljalil Hadda
- Template:Flagicon Phillip Cocu
- Template:Flagicon Ronald de Boer
- Template:Flagicon Patrick Kluivert
- Template:Flagicon Viorel Moldovan
- Template:Flagicon Shaun Bartlett
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Hierro
- Template:Flagicon Kiko
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Morientes
- Template:Flagicon Slobodan Komljenović
- 1 Goal
- Template:Flagicon Claudio López
- Template:Flagicon Mauricio Pineda
- Template:Flagicon Javier Zanetti
- Template:Flagicon Andreas Herzog
- Template:Flagicon Toni Polster
- Template:Flagicon Ivica Vastić
- Template:Flagicon Luc Nilis
- Template:Flagicon Emil Kostadinov
- Template:Flagicon Patrick Mboma
- Template:Flagicon Pierre Njanka
- Template:Flagicon José Luis Sierra
- Template:Flagicon Léider Preciado
- Template:Flagicon Robert Jarni
- Template:Flagicon Mario Stanić
- Template:Flagicon Goran Vlaović
- Template:Flagicon Thomas Helveg
- Template:Flagicon Martin Jørgensen
- Template:Flagicon Michael Laudrup
- Template:Flagicon Peter Møller
- Template:Flagicon Allan Nielsen
- Template:Flagicon Marc Rieper
- Template:Flagicon Ebbe Sand
- Template:Flagicon Darren Anderton
- Template:Flagicon David Beckham
- Template:Flagicon Paul Scholes
- Template:Flagicon Laurent Blanc
- Template:Flagicon Youri Djorkaeff
- Template:Flagicon Christophe Dugarry
- Template:Flagicon Bixente Lizarazu
- Template:Flagicon David Trézéguet
- Template:Flagicon Andreas Möller
- Template:Flagicon Mehdi Mahdavikia
- Template:Flagicon Hamid Reza Estili
- Template:Flagicon Luigi Di Biagio
- Template:Flagicon Robbie Earle
- Template:Flagicon Masashi Nakayama
- Template:Flagicon Cuauhtémoc Blanco
- Template:Flagicon Alberto García Aspe
- Template:Flagicon Mustapha Hadji
- Template:Flagicon Edgar Davids
- Template:Flagicon Marc Overmars
- Template:Flagicon Pierre van Hooijdonk
- Template:Flagicon Boudewijn Zenden
- Template:Flagicon Mutiu Adepoju
- Template:Flagicon Tijjani Babangida
- Template:Flagicon Victor Ikpeba
- Template:Flagicon Garba Lawal
- Template:Flagicon Sunday Oliseh
- Template:Flagicon Wilson Oruma
- Template:Flagicon Dan Eggen
- Template:Flagicon Håvard Flo
- Template:Flagicon Tore André Flo
- Template:Flagicon Kjetil Rekdal
- Template:Flagicon Celso Ayala
- Template:Flagicon Miguel Angel Benítez
- Template:Flagicon José Cardozo
- Template:Flagicon Adrian Ilie
- Template:Flagicon Dan Petrescu
- Template:Flagicon Sami Al-Jaber
- Template:Flagicon Yousuf Al-Thunayan
- Template:Flagicon Craig Burley
- Template:Flagicon John Collins
- Template:Flagicon Benni McCarthy
- Template:Flagicon Ha Seok-Ju
- Template:Flagicon Yoo Sang-Chul
- Template:Flagicon Luis Enrique
- Template:Flagicon Raúl
- Template:Flagicon Skander Souayah
- Template:Flagicon Brian McBride
- Template:Flagicon Siniša Mihajlović
- Template:Flagicon Predrag Mijatović
- Template:Flagicon Dragan Stojković
- Own goals
- Template:Flagicon Youssef Chippo (for Norway)
- Template:Flagicon Tom Boyd (for Brazil)
- Template:Flagicon Pierre Issa (for France)
- Template:Flagicon Siniša Mihajlović (for Germany)
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