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Football World Cup 1998
1998 Football World Cup - FranceCoupe du Monde - France 98
Official 1998 Football World Cup poster
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 Suker (CRO) 6 goals
Best player/ Golden Ball
Ronaldo (BRA)
The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France .The tournament was won by France , who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final. This was the first World Cup title for France, who became the seventh team (after Uruguay , Italy , Germany , Brazil, England , and Argentina ) to be world champions.
The format of the competition changed from 1994 : it was expanded to 32 teams, divided into eight groups of four. 16 teams: eight group winners and eight second place finishers would qualify for the knockout competition.
Davor Suker of surprise third place finisher Croatia won the Golden Boot after scoring six goals.
For details of the competition, see 1998 World Cup Tournament article.
Venues
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
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see Football World Cup 1998 (squads) .
First round
All times local (CET )
Half-time scores are in brackets
Group A
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
Brazil
2 - 1 (1-1)
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'
Morocco
2 - 2 (1-1)
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
Scotland
1 - 1 (0-0)
Norway
17:30 - Parc Lescure , Bordeaux Ref: Laszlo Vagner (Hungary) Attendance: 31,800
Burley 66'
H. Flo 46'
Brazil
3 - 0 (2-0)
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
Brazil
1 - 2 (0-0)
Norway
21:00 - Stade Vélodrome , Marseille Ref: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA) Attendance: 55,000
Bebeto 78'
T.A. Flo 83'
Rekdal (p) 88'
Scotland
0 - 3 (0-1)
Morocco
21:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard , St. Étienne Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE) Attendance: 30,600
Bassir 22'
Hadda 46'
Bassir 85'
Group B
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
Italy
2 - 2 (1-1)
Chile
17:30 - Parc Lescure , Bordeaux Ref: Lucien Bouchardeau (Nigeria) Attendance: 31,800
Vieri 10'
Salas 45'
R. Baggio (p) 85'
Salas 49'
Cameroon
1 - 1 (0-0)
Austria
21:00 - Stade de Toulouse , Toulouse Ref: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay) Attendance: 33,460
Njanka 78'
Polster 90'
June 17 , 1998
Chile
1 - 1 (0-0)
Austria
17:30 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard , St. Étienne Ref: Gamal Ghandour (Egypt) Attendance: 30,600
Salas 70'
Vastic 90'
Italy
3 - 0 (1-0)
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
Group C
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
Saudi Arabia
0 - 1 (0-0)
Denmark
17:30 - Stade Félix Bollaert , Lens Ref: Javier Castrilli (Argentina) Attendance: 38,140
Rieper 68'
France
3 - 0 (0-0)
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
June 24 , 1998
France
2 - 1 (1-1)
Denmark
16:00 - Stade Gerland , Lyon Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Attendance: 39,100
Djorkaeff (p) 12'
M. Laudrup (p) 42'
Petit 56'
South Africa
2 - 2 (1-1)
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
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
Paraguay
0 - 0 (0-0)
Bulgaria
14:30 - Stade de la Mosson , Montpellier Ref: Abdul Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia) Attendance: 27,650
June 13 , 1998
Spain
2 - 3 (1-1)
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
Nigeria
1 - 0 (1-0)
Bulgaria
17:30 - Parc des Princes , Paris Ref: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile) Attendance: 45,500
Ikpeba 26'
Spain
0 - 0 (0-0)
Paraguay
21:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard , St. Étienne Ref: Ian McLeod (South Africa) Attendance: 30,600
June 24 , 1998
Nigeria
1 - 3 (1-1)
Paraguay
21:00 - Stade de Toulouse , Toulouse Ref: Un Prasert (Thailand) Attendance: 33,500
Oruma 11'
Ayala 1'
Benitez 59'
Cardozo 86'
Spain
6 - 1 (2-0)
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
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
June 20 , 1998
June 25 , 1998
Netherlands
2 - 2 (2-0)
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'
Hernandez 90'
Belgium
1 - 1 (1-0)
South Korea
16:00 - Parc des Princes , Paris Ref: Márcio Rezende Freitas (Brazil) Attendance: 45,500
Nilis 7'
Yoo 71'
Group F
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
Yugoslavia
1 - 0 (0-0)
Iran
17:30 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard , St. Étienne Ref: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru) Attendance: 30,392
Mihajlovic 72'
June 15 , 1998
June 21 , 1998
Germany
2 - 2 (0-1)
Yugoslavia
14:30 - Stade Félix Bollaert , Lens Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Attendance: 38,100
Mihajlovic (og) 73'
Mijatovic 2'
Bierhoff 80'
Stojkovic 54'
USA
1 - 2 (0-1)
Iran
21:00 - Stade Gerland , Lyon Ref: Urs Meier (Switzerland) Attendance: 39,100
McBride 87'
Estili 40'
Mahdavikia 84'
June 25 , 1998
USA
0 - 1 (0-1)
Yugoslavia
21:00 - Stade de la Beaujoire , Nantes Ref: Gamal Ghandour (Egypt) Attendance: 35,500
Komljenovic 4'
Germany
2 - 0 (0-0)
Iran
21:00 - Stade de la Mosson , Montpellier Ref: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay) Attendance: 29,800
Bierhoff 50'
Klinsmann 57'
Group G
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
England
2 - 0 (1-0)
Tunisia
14:30 - Stade Vélodrome , Marseille Ref: Masayoshi Okada (Japan) Attendance: 54,587
Shearer 43'
Scholes 89'
Romania
1 - 0 (1-0)
Colombia
17:30 - Stade Gerland , Lyon Ref: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) Attendance: 37,572
Ilie 45'
June 22 , 1998
Colombia
1 - 0 (0-0)
Tunisia
17:30 - Stade de la Mosson , Montpellier Ref: Bernd Heynemann (Germany) Attendance: 29,800
Preciado 83'
Romania
2 - 1 (0-0)
England
21:00 - Stade de Toulouse , Toulouse Ref: Marc Batta (France) Attendance: 33,500
Moldovan 47'
Owen 79'
Petrescu 90'
June 26 , 1998
Colombia
0 - 2 (0-2)
England
21:00 - Stade Félix Bollaert , Lens Ref: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico) Attendance: 38,100
Anderton 20'
Beckham 29'
Romania
1 - 1 (0-1)
Tunisia
21:00 - Stade de France , Saint-Denis Ref: Edward Lennie (Australia) Attendance: 77,000
Moldovan 72'
Souayah (p) 10'
Group H
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
Argentina
1 - 0 (1-0)
Japan
14:30 - Stade de Toulouse , Toulouse Ref: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) Attendance: 33,400
Batistuta 28'
Jamaica
1 - 3 (1-1)
Croatia
21:00 - Stade Félix Bollaert , Lens Ref: Vítor Pereira (Portugal) Attendance: 38,058
Earle 45'
Stanic 27'
Prosinecki 53'
Suker 69'
June 20 , 1998
Japan
0 - 1 (0-0)
Croatia
14:30 - Stade de la Beaujoire , Nantes Ref: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago) Attendance: 35,500
Suker 77'
June 21 , 1998
June 26 , 1998
Argentina
1 - 0 (1-0)
Croatia
16:00 - Parc Lescure , Bordeaux Ref: Said Belqola (Morocco) Attendance: 31,800
Pineda 36'
Japan
1 - 2 (0-1)
Jamaica
16:00 - Stade Gerland , Lyon Ref: Günter Benkö (Austria) Attendance: 39,100
Nakayama 74'
Whitmore 39'
Whitmore 54'
Round of sixteen
June 27 , 1998
June 28 , 1998
June 29 , 1998
June 30 , 1998
Quarter-finals
July 3 , 1998
July 4 , 1998
Semi-finals
July 7 , 1998
July 8 , 1998
Third place match
July 11 , 1998
Final
July 12 , 1998
World Cup Champions : FRANCE (First title)
Goal Scorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 Goals
1 Goal
Own Goals
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