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Football World Cup 1998



         


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.

For details of the competition, see 1998 World Cup Tournament article.

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

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Venues


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


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First round

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

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Group A


Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Brazil 6320163
Norway 5312054
Morocco 4311155
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

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' Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Un Prasert (Thailand)
Attendance: 29,750
Hadji 38' 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' 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'
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Étienne
Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Attendance: 30,600
Italy 7321073
Chile 3303044
Austria 2302134
Cameroon 2302125

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Italy 2 - 2 Chile
Cameroon 1 - 1 Austria
Chile 1 - 1 Austria
Italy 3 - 0 Cameroon
Italy 2 - 1 Austria
Chile 1 - 1 Cameroon

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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' Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Edward Lennie (Australia)
Attendance: 29,800
Vieri 75'
Vieri 89'


June 23, 1998

Italy 2 - 1 (0-0) Austria 16:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Paul Durkin (England)
Attendance: 80,000
Vieri 49' Herzog (p) 90'
R. Baggio 89'
 
Chile 1 - 1 (1-0) Cameroon 16:00 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Laszlo Vagner (Hungary)
Attendance: 35,500
Sierra 20' France 9330091
Denmark 4311133
South Africa 2302136
June 12, 1998
Saudi Arabia 0 - 1 (0-0) Denmark 17:30 - Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Attendance: 38,140
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Ref: Márcio Rezende Freitas (Brazil)
Attendance: 55,077
Henry 90'


June 18, 1998

South Africa 1 - 1 (0-1) Denmark 17:30 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: John Toro Rendon (Colombia)
Attendance: 33,300
McCarthy 52' Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Attendance: 80,000
Henry 36'
Trézéguet 68'
Henry 77'
Lizarazu 85'


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' Bartlett (p) 90'+4' Nigeria 6320155
Paraguay 5312031
Spain 4311184
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

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' Raúl 47' 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
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' Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
Attendance: 38,100
Hierro (p) 6' Luis Enrique 19'
Morientes 55'
Morientes 81'
Kiko 88'
Kiko 90'


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Group E


Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Netherlands 5312072
Mexico 5312075
Belgium 3303033
June 13, 1998
South Korea 1 - 3 (1-0) Mexico 17:30 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Günter Benkö (Austria)
Attendance: 39,133
Ha 28' Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Attendance: 75,000


June 20, 1998

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


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' R. de Boer 18' Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Márcio Rezende Freitas (Brazil)
Attendance: 45,500
Nilis 7' Germany 7321062
Yugoslavia 7321042
Iran 3310224
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

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

Germany 2 - 0 (1-0) USA 21:00 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Attendance: 43,815
Klinsmann 64'


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' Bierhoff 80' Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Attendance: 39,100
McBride 87' 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
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay)
Attendance: 29,800
Klinsmann 57'


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Group G


Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Romania 7321042
England 6320152
Colombia 3310213
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
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
Beckham 29'
 
Romania 1 - 1 (0-1) Tunisia 21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Edward Lennie (Australia)
Attendance: 77,000
Moldovan 72' Argentina 9330070
Croatia 6320142
Jamaica 3310239
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

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' 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

Argentina 5 - 0 (1-0) Jamaica 17:30 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Attendance: 45,000
Batistuta 72'
Batistuta 80'
Batistuta (p) 82'


June 26, 1998

Argentina 1 - 0 (1-0) Croatia 16:00 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Attendance: 31,800
Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Günter Benkö (Austria)
Attendance: 39,100
Nakayama 74' Whitmore 54'


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Round of sixteen

June 27, 1998

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


June 28, 1998

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


June 29, 1998

Germany 2 - 1 (0-0) Mexico 16:30 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Vítor Pereira (Portugal)
Attendance: 29,800
Klinsmann 75' Bierhoff 86'
 
Netherlands 2 - 1 (1-0) Yugoslavia 21:00 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
Attendance: 33,500
Bergkamp 38' Davids 90'+2'


June 30, 1998

Romania 0 - 1 (0-1) Croatia 16:30 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Attendance: 31,800
?uker (p) 45'+2'
 
 
Argentina 2 - 2 (2-2) England 21:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Étienne
Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Attendance: 30,600
after extra-time: 2 - 2 (2-2)
Batistuta (p) 6' Shearer (p) 10'
Zanetti 45'+1' Owen 16'
 
Penalty shootout
Argentina 4 - 3 England
Shearer: goal
Crespo: Seaman saved 1-1 Verón: goal 2-2 Merson: goal
Owen: goal
Roa saved


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Quarter-finals

July 3, 1998

France 0 - 0 (0-0) Italy 16:30 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Attendance: 77,000
after extra-time: 0 - 0 (0-0)
 
Penalty shootout
France 4 - 3 Italy
Zidane: goal 1-1 R. Baggio: goal
Lizarazu: Pagliuca saved 1-1 Barthez saved
Trézéguet: goal 2-2 Henry: goal 3-3 Vieri: goal
Brazil 3 - 2 (2-1) Denmark 21:00 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Gamal Ghandour (Egypt)
Attendance: 35,500
Bebeto 11' Rivaldo 27' B. Laudrup 50'
Rivaldo 60'


July 4, 1998

Netherlands 2 - 1 (1-1) Argentina 16:30 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Ref: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Attendance: 55,000
Kluivert 12' Bergkamp 89'
 
Germany 0 - 3 (0-1) Croatia 21:00 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Attendance: 39,100
Suker 80'
Suker 85'


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Semi-finals

July 7, 1998

Brazil 1 - 1 (0-0) Netherlands 21:00 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Attendance: 54,000
after extra-time: 1 - 1 (1-1)
Ronaldo 46' Kluivert 87'
 
Penalty shootout
Brazil 4 - 2 Netherlands
Ronaldo: goal 1-1 F. de Boer: goal
Rivaldo: goal 2-2 Bergkamp: goal
Cocu: Taffarel saved


July 8, 1998

France 2 - 1 (0-0) Croatia 21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
Attendance: 76,000
Thuram 47' Suker 46'
Thuram 69'


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Third place match

July 11, 1998

Netherlands 1 - 2 (1-2) Croatia 21:00 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay)
Attendance: 45,500
Zenden 21' Prosinecki 13'
Suker 35'


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Final

July 12, 1998

Brazil 0 - 3 (0-2) France 21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Attendance: 75,000
Zidane 27'
Zidane 45'+1'
Petit 90'


World Cup Champions:

FRANCE (First title)


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Goal Scorers

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

  • Claudio López - Hector Pineda - Javier Zanetti
  • Andreas Herzog - Toni Polster - Ivica Vastic
  • Luc Nilis
  • Emil Kostadinov
  • Pierre Njanka - Patrick Mboma
  • José Sierra
  • Leider Preciado
  • Robert Jarni - Mario Stanic - Goran Vlaovic
  • Thomas Helveg - Martin Jørgensen - Michael Laudrup - Peter Møller - Allan Nielsen - Marc Rieper - Ebbe Sand
  • Darren Anderton - David Beckham - Paul Scholes
  • Laurent Blanc - Youri Djorkaeff - Cristophe Dugarry - Bixente Lizarazu - David Trézéguet
  • Andreas Möller
  • Mehdi Mahdavikia - Hamid Estili
  • Luigi di Biagio
  • Robert Earle
  • Masashi Nakayama
  • Cuauhtémoc Blanco - Alberto García Aspe
  • Moustafa Hadji
  • Edgar Davids - Pierre van Hooijdonk - Marc Overmars - Boudewijn Zenden
  • Mutiu Adepoju - Tijani Babangida - Victor Ikpeba - Garba Lawal - Sunday Oliseh - Wilson Oruma
  • Dan Eggen - Harvard Flo - Tore André Flo - Kjetil Rekdal
  • Celso Ayala - Miguel Benitez - José Cardoso
  • Dan Petrescu
  • Sami Al Jaber - Youssef Al Tunian
  • Craig Burley - John Collins
  • Benni McCarthy
  • Ha Seok-Ju - Yoo Sang-Chul
  • Luis Enrique - Raúl González
  • Skander Souayah
  • Brian McBride
  • Sinisa Mihajlovic - Dragan Stojkovic

Own Goals

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 | USA 1994 | France 1998 | Korea/Japan 2002 | Germany 2006 | South Africa 2010 | South America 2014

FIFA Women's World Cup

China 1991 | Sweden 1995 | USA 1999 | USA 2003 | China 2007


International Football

FIFA (International) : FIFA World Cup (Women's) : FIFA World Rankings : FIFA World Player of the Year
AFC (Asia) : Asian Cup | CAF (Africa) : African Nations Cup
CONMEBOL (South America) : Copa América | CONCACAF (North America) - Gold Cup
OFC (Oceania) : Oceania Cup | UEFA (Europe) : European Championships







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