1998 FIFA World Cup

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1998 Football World Cup - France
Coupe du Monde - France 98
Image:1998 Football World Cup poster.jpg
Official 1998 Football World Cup poster
Image:1998 Football World Cup logo.png
Official 1998 Football World Cup logo
Participant teams 172
(final tournament: 32)
Host France
Champions France (1st title)
Matches played 64
Goals scored 171
(2.67 per match)
Attendance 2,785,100
(43,517 per match)
Top scorer/
Golden Shoe
Davor Šuker (CRO)
6 goals
Best player/
Golden Ball
Ronaldo (BRA)

The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France, by the FIFA decision in July 1992 beating the Morocco bid to host the event. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final.

Contents

Intro

This was the first World Cup title for France, who joined Brazil and five others (Uruguay, Italy, Germany, England, and Argentina) to be world champion by winning all its matches.

The format of the competition changed from 1994: it was expanded from 24 (six groups of four teams) to 32 teams, divided into eight groups of four. Sixteen teams: eight group winners and eight second place finishers would qualify for the knockout competition.

Davor Šuker of surprise third-place finisher Croatia won the Golden Boot after scoring six goals.

Michael Owen made his World Cup debut in '98 by scoring one of his most amazing solo goals ever. Taking the ball from the halfway line, he dribbled past 3 Argentine defenders before slotting the ball past the goalkeeper.

This World Cup tournament was the first one for the countries of Croatia, Jamaica, Japan, and South Africa.

For details of the competition, see 1998 FIFA World Cup (match reports) article.

Qualification

See 1998 FIFA World Cup (qualification).

Venues

City Stadium Capacity
ParisStade de France80,000
MarseilleStade Vélodrome60,000
ParisParc des Princes49,000
LensStade Félix Bollaert41,800
LyonStade Gerland41,200
NantesStade de la Beaujoire38,500
ToulouseStadium de Toulouse37,000
Saint-ÉtienneStade Geoffroy-Guichard36,000
BordeauxParc Lescure35,200
MontpellierStade de la Mosson33,900

Squads

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

First round

All times local (CET)
Half-time scores are in brackets

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 6320163
Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 5312054
Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 4311155
Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 1301226
Brazil 2 - 1 Scotland
Morocco 2 - 2 Norway
Scotland 1 - 1 Norway
Brazil 3 - 0 Morocco
Brazil 1 - 2 Norway
Scotland 0 - 3 Morocco

June 10, 1998

Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2 - 1 (1-1) Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 17:30 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: José Maria Garcia Aranda (Spain)
Attendance: 80,000
César Sampaio 4' Collins (p) 38'
Boyd (og) 73'
 
Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 2 - 2 (1-1) Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 21:00 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Un Prasert (Thailand)
Attendance: 29,750
Hadji 38' Chippo (og) 45'+1'
Hadda 59' Eggen 60'

June 16, 1998

Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 1 - 1 (0-0) Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 17:30 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Laszlo Vagner (Hungary)
Attendance: 31,800
Burley 66' H. Flo 46'
 
 
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3 - 0 (2-0) Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 21:00 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
Attendance: 35,000
Ronaldo 9'
Rivaldo 45'+2'
Bebeto 50'

June 23, 1998

Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1 - 2 (0-0) Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 21:00 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Ref: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
Attendance: 55,000
Bebeto 78' T.A. Flo 83'
Rekdal (p) 88'
 
Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 0 - 3 (0-1) Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 21:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Étienne
Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Attendance: 30,600
Bassir 22'
Hadda 46'
Bassir 85'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Flag of Italy.png Italy 7321073
Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 3303044
Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 2302134
Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 2302125
Italy 2 - 2 Chile
Cameroon 1 - 1 Austria
Chile 1 - 1 Austria
Italy 3 - 0 Cameroon
Italy 2 - 1 Austria
Chile 1 - 1 Cameroon

June 11, 1998

Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2 - 2 (1-1) Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 17:30 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Lucien Bouchardeau (Nigeria)
Attendance: 31,800
Vieri 10' Salas 45'
R. Baggio (p) 85' Salas 49'
 
Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 1 - 1 (0-0) Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 21:00 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay)
Attendance: 33,460
Njanka 78' Polster 90'
 

June 17, 1998

Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 1 - 1 (0-0) Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 17:30 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Étienne
Ref: Gamal Ghandour (Egypt)
Attendance: 30,600
Salas 70' Vastic 90'
 
 
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 - 0 (1-0) Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 21:00 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Edward Lennie (Australia)
Attendance: 29,800
Di Biagio 7'
Vieri 75'
Vieri 89'

June 23, 1998

Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2 - 1 (0-0) Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 16:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Paul Durkin (England)
Attendance: 80,000
Vieri 49' Herzog (p) 90'
R. Baggio 89'
 
Image:Flag of Chile.svgChile 1 - 1 (1-0) Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 16:00 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Laszlo Vagner (Hungary)
Attendance: 35,500
Sierra 20' Mboma 55'
 

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Flag of France.svg France 9330091
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 4311133
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2302136
Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 1301227
Saudi Arabia 0 - 1 Denmark
France 3 - 0 South Africa
South Africa 1 - 1 Denmark
France 4 - 0 Saudi Arabia
France 2 - 1 Denmark
South Africa 2 - 2 Saudi Arabia

June 12, 1998

Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 0 - 1 (0-0) Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 17:30 - Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Attendance: 38,140
Rieper 68'
 
 
Image:Flag of France.svg France 3 - 0 (0-0) Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 21:00 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Ref: Márcio Rezende Freitas]] (Brazil)
Attendance: 55,077
Dugarry 34'
Issa (og) 77'
Henry 90'

June 18, 1998

Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1 - 1 (0-1) Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 17:30 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: John Toro Rendon]] (Colombia)
Attendance: 33,300
McCarthy 52' Nielsen 13'
 
 
Image:Flag of France.svg France 4 - 0 (1-0) Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Attendance: 80,000
Henry 36'
Trézéguet 68'
Henry 77'
Lizarazu 85'

June 24, 1998

Image:Flag of France.svg France 2 - 1 (1-1) Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 16:00 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Attendance: 39,100
Djorkaeff (p) 12' M. Laudrup (p) 42'
Petit 56'
 
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2 - 2 (1-1) Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 16:00 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
Attendance: 31,800
Bartlett 19' Al Jaber (p) 45'
Bartlett (p) 90'+4' Al Tunian (p) 74'

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 6320155
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 5312031
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4311184
Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 1301217
Paraguay 0 - 0 Bulgaria
Spain 2 - 3 Nigeria
Nigeria 1 - 0 Bulgaria
Spain 0 - 0 Paraguay
Nigeria 1 - 3 Paraguay
Spain 6 - 1 Bulgaria

June 12, 1998

Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 0 - 0 (0-0) Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 14:30 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Abdul Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 27,650

June 13, 1998

Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2 - 3 (1-1) Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 14:30 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
Attendance: 33,257
Hierro 21' Adepoju 25'
Raúl 47' Lawal 73'
Oliseh 78'

June 19, 1998

Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1 - 0 (1-0) Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 17:30 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
Attendance: 45,500
Ikpeba 26'
 
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 0 - 0 (0-0) Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 21:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Étienne
Ref: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
Attendance: 30,600

June 24, 1998

Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1 - 3 (1-1) Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 21:00 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: Un Prasert (Thailand)
Attendance: 33,500
Oruma 11' Ayala 1'
Benitez 59'
Cardozo 86'
 
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 6 - 1 (2-0) Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 21:00 - Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
Attendance: 38,100
Hierro (p) 6' Kostadinov 58'
Luis Enrique 19'
Morientes 55'
Morientes 81'
Kiko 88'
Kiko 90'

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5312072
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 5312075
Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium 3303033
Image:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1301229
South Korea 1 - 3 Mexico
Netherlands 0 - 0 Belgium
Belgium 2 - 2 Mexico
Netherlands 5 - 0 South Korea
Netherlands 2 - 2 Mexico
Belgium 1 - 1 South Korea

June 13, 1998

Image:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1 - 3 (1-0) Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 17:30 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Günter Benkö (Austria)
Attendance: 39,133
Ha 28' Pelaez 51'
Hernández 74'
Hernández 84'
 
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 0 - 0 (0-0) Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium 21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Attendance: 75,000

June 20, 1998

Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium 2 - 2 (1-0) Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 17:30 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Attendance: 31,800
Wilmots 43' García Aspe (p) 55'
Wilmots 47' Blanco 62'
 
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5 - 0 (2-0) Image:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 21:00 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Ref: Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)
Attendance: 55,000
Cocu 38'
Overmars 42'
Bergkamp 71'
van Hooijdonk 80'
R. de Boer 83'

June 25, 1998

Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2 - 2 (2-0) Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 16:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Étienne
Ref: Abdul Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 30,600
Cocu 4' Pelaez 75'
R. de Boer 18' Hernández 90'
 
Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium 1 - 1 (1-0) Image:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 16:00 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Márcio Rezende Freitas (Brazil)
Attendance: 45,500
Nilis 7' Yoo 71'
 

Group F

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 7321062
Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Yugoslavia 7321042
Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 3310224
Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 0300315
Yugoslavia 1 - 0 Iran
Germany 2 - 0 USA
Germany 2 - 2 Yugoslavia
USA 1 - 2 Iran
USA 0 - 1 Yugoslavia
Germany 2 - 0 Iran

June 14, 1998

Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Yugoslavia 1 - 0 (0-0) Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 17:30 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Étienne
Ref: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
Attendance: 30,392
Mihajlovic 72'
 

June 15, 1998

Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2 - 0 (1-0) Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 21:00 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Attendance: 43,815
Möller 8'
Klinsmann 64'

June 21, 1998

Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2 - 2 (0-1) Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Yugoslavia 14:30 - Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Attendance: 38,100
Mihajlovic (og) 73' Mijatovic 2'
Bierhoff 80' Stojkovic 54'
 
Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 1 - 2 (0-1) Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 21:00 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Attendance: 39,100
McBride 87' Estili 40'
Mahdavikia 84'

June 25, 1998

Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 0 - 1 (0-1) Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Yugoslavia 21:00 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Gamal Ghandour (Egypt)
Attendance: 35,500
Komljenovic 4'
 
 
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2 - 0 (0-0) Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 21:00 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay)
Attendance: 29,800
Bierhoff 50'
Klinsmann 57'

Group G

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 7321042
Image:Flag of England.svg England 6320152
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 3310213
Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1301214
England 2 - 0 Tunisia
Romania 1 - 0 Colombia
Colombia 1 - 0 Tunisia
Romania 2 - 1 England
Colombia 0 - 2 England
Romania 1 - 1 Tunisia

June 15, 1998

Image:Flag of England.svg England 2 - 0 (1-0) Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 14:30 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Ref: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
Attendance: 54,587
Shearer 43'
Scholes 89'
 
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1 - 0 (1-0) Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 17:30 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Attendance: 37,572
Ilie 45'
 

June 22, 1998

Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1 - 0 (0-0) Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 17:30 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
Attendance: 29,800
Preciado 83'
 
 
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 2 - 1 (0-0) Image:Flag of England.svg England 21:00 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: Marc Batta (France)
Attendance: 33,500
Moldovan 47' Owen 79'
Petrescu 90'

June 26, 1998

Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 0 - 2 (0-2) Image:Flag of England.svg England 21:00 - Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Attendance: 38,100
Anderton 20'
Beckham 29'
 
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1 - 1 (0-1) Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Edward Lennie (Australia)
Attendance: 77,000
Moldovan 72' Souayah (p) 10'
 

Group H

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 9330070
Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 6320142
Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 3310239
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0300314
Argentina 1 - 0 Japan
Jamaica 1 - 3 Croatia
Japan 0 - 1 Croatia
Argentina 5 - 0 Jamaica
Argentina 1 - 0 Croatia
Japan 1 - 2 Jamaica

June 14, 1998

Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1 - 0 (1-0) Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 14:30 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
Attendance: 33,400
Batistuta 28'
 
 
Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 1 - 3 (1-1) Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 21:00 - Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Vítor Pereira (Portugal)
Attendance: 38,058
Earle 45' Stanić 27'
Prosinečki 53'
Šuker 69'

June 20, 1998

Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0 - 1 (0-0) Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 14:30 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Attendance: 35,500
Šuker 77'
 

June 21, 1998

Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 5 - 0 (1-0) Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 17:30 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Attendance: 45,000
Ortega 31'
Ortega 55'
Batistuta 72'
Batistuta 80'
Batistuta (p) 82'

June 26, 1998

Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1 - 0 (1-0) Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 16:00 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Attendance: 31,800
Pineda 36'
 
 
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1 - 2 (0-1) Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 16:00 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Günter Benkö (Austria)
Attendance: 39,100
Nakayama 74' Whitmore 39'
Whitmore 54'

Knockout stages

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Round of sixteen

June 27, 1998

Image:Flag of Italy.png Italy 1 - 0 (1-0) Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 16:30 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Ref: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
Attendance: 55,000
Vieri 18'
 
 
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 4 - 1 (3-0) Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 21:00 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Marc Batta (France)
Attendance: 45,500
César Sampaio 11' Salas 68'
César Sampaio 27'
Ronaldo (p) 45'+1'
Ronaldo 70'

June 28, 1998

Image:Flag of France.svg France 0 - 0 (0-0) Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 16:30 - Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Attendance: 38,100
after extra-time: 1 - 0 (0-0)
Blanc (GG) 113'
 
Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1 - 4 (0-2) Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Attendance: 77,000
Babangida 78' Møller 3'
B. Laudrup 12'
Sand 60'
Helveg 76'

June 29, 1998

Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2 - 1 (0-0) Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 16:30 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Vítor Pereira (Portugal)
Attendance: 29,800
Klinsmann 75' Hernandez 47'
Bierhoff 86'
 
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2 - 1 (1-0) Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Yugoslavia 21:00 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
Attendance: 33,500
Bergkamp 38' Komljenovic 48'
Davids 90'+2'