# 1998 FIFA World Cup > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup > Source revision: 1356038621 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Association football tournament in France "World Cup 98" redirects here. For the video game, see [World Cup 98 (video game)](/source/World_Cup_98_(video_game)). "FIFA 98" redirects here. For the video game, see [FIFA: Road to World Cup 98](/source/FIFA%3A_Road_to_World_Cup_98). "France 98" redirects here. For the charity association, see [France 98 (charity association)](/source/France_98_(charity_association)). For events from the year, see [1998 in France](/source/1998_in_France). "1998 World Cup" redirects here. For other uses, see [1998 World Cup (disambiguation)](/source/1998_World_Cup_(disambiguation)). 1998 FIFA World Cup Coupe du Monde – France 98 (French) Tournament details Host country France Dates 10 June – 12 July Teams 32 (from 5 confederations) Venues 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 Davor Šuker (6 goals) Best player Ronaldo Best young player Michael Owen Best goalkeeper Fabien Barthez Fair play award England France ← 1994 2002 → International football competition The **1998 FIFA World Cup** was the 16th [FIFA World Cup](/source/FIFA_World_Cup), the [football](/source/Association_football) world championship for [men's national](/source/List_of_men's_national_association_football_teams) teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the [host nation](/source/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts#1998_FIFA_World_Cup) by [FIFA](/source/FIFA) for the second time in the history of the tournament (the first was in [1938](/source/1938_FIFA_World_Cup)), defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the ninth time that it was held in Europe. Spanning 32 days, it was the longest World Cup tournament ever held and with the most teams (32 teams in the competition finals) until [2026](/source/2026_FIFA_World_Cup) (when the World Cup was expanded to 48 teams). [Qualification for the finals](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification) began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997. For the first time in the competition, the group stage was expanded from 24 teams to 32, with eight groups of four. 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums in 10 host cities, with the opening match and final staged at the newly built [Stade de France](/source/Stade_de_France) in the Parisian commune of [Saint-Denis](/source/Saint-Denis%2C_Seine-Saint-Denis). The tournament was won by host country [France](/source/France_national_football_team), who beat defending champions [Brazil](/source/Brazil_national_football_team) 3–0 in [the final](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_final) to win their first title. In doing so France became the seventh nation to win the World Cup, and the sixth (after [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay_national_football_team), [Italy](/source/Italy_national_football_team), [England](/source/England_national_football_team), [West Germany](/source/Germany_national_football_team) and [Argentina](/source/Argentina_national_football_team)) to win the World Cup [on home soil](/source/FIFA_World_Cup_records_and_statistics#List_of_tournaments). As of 2026, they are the most recent team to win the tournament on home soil. [Croatia](/source/Croatia_national_football_team), [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica_national_football_team), [Japan](/source/Japan_national_football_team) and [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_national_football_team) made their first appearances in the tournament. ## Host selection Main article: [FIFA World Cup hosts](/source/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts) France was awarded the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by the executive committee of FIFA during a general meeting in [Zürich](/source/Z%C3%BCrich), Switzerland. They defeated Morocco by 12 votes to 7.[1][2] Switzerland withdrew, due to being unable to meet FIFA's requirements. This made France the third country to host two World Cups, after Mexico and Italy in [1986](/source/1986_FIFA_World_Cup) and [1990](/source/1990_FIFA_World_Cup) respectively. France previously hosted the third edition of the World Cup in [1938](/source/1938_FIFA_World_Cup). England, who hosted the competition in [1966](/source/1966_FIFA_World_Cup), were among the original applicants, but later withdrew their application in favour of an ultimately successful bid to host [UEFA Euro 1996](/source/UEFA_Euro_1996). Voting results[3] Country Round 1 France 12 Morocco 7 ### Bribery and corruption investigations On 4 June 2015, while co-operating with the [FBI](/source/FBI) and the Swiss authorities, [Chuck Blazer](/source/Chuck_Blazer) confirmed that he and other members of FIFA's executive committee were bribed during the 1998 and [2010 World Cups](/source/2010_World_Cup) host selection process. Blazer stated that "we facilitated bribes in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup". Since France won the selection process it was initially thought the bribery came from its bid committee. It eventually transpired that the bribe payment was from the failed Moroccan bid.[4][5][6] ## Qualification Main article: [1998 FIFA World Cup qualification](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification) The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musée du [Louvre](/source/Louvre), Paris on 12 December 1995.[7] As tournament hosts, France was exempt from the draw as was defending champion Brazil, but it was also France's first World Cup since 1986. 174 teams from six confederations participated, 24 more than in the [previous round](/source/1994_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification). Fourteen countries qualified from the European zone (in addition to hosts France). Ten were determined after group play – nine group winners and the best second-placed team; the other eight group runners-up were drawn into pairs of four play-off matches with the winners qualifying for the finals as well.[8] [CONMEBOL](/source/CONMEBOL) (South America) and [CAF](/source/Confederation_of_African_Football) (Africa) were each given five spots in the final tournament, while three spots were contested between 30 [CONCACAF](/source/CONCACAF) members in the North and Central America and the Caribbean zone. The winner of the Oceanian zone advanced to an intercontinental play-off against the runner-up of the Asian play-off, determined by the two best second-placed teams. Four nations qualified for the first time: [Croatia](/source/Croatia_national_football_team), [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica_national_football_team), [Japan](/source/Japan_national_football_team) and [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_national_football_team). The last team to qualify was [Iran](/source/Iran_national_football_team) by virtue of beating [Australia](/source/Australia_men's_national_soccer_team) in a [two-legged tie](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC%E2%80%93OFC_play-off)) on 29 November 1997.[9] It marked their first appearance in the finals since [1978](/source/1978_FIFA_World_Cup), [Chile](/source/Chile_national_football_team) qualified for the first time since 1982, after serving a ban that saw them miss out on the two previous tournaments. Paraguay and Denmark returned for the first time since 1986. Austria, England, Scotland, and Yugoslavia returned after missing out on the [1994 tournament](/source/1994_FIFA_World_Cup), with the Balkan team now appearing under the name of [FR Yugoslavia](/source/Serbia_and_Montenegro). The highest-ranked team that failed to qualify was the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic_national_football_team) (ranked 3rd, mainly thanks to their runner-up campaign on [UEFA Euro 1996](/source/UEFA_Euro_1996)), while the lowest-ranked team that did qualify was Nigeria (ranked 74th). As of 2026[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup&action=edit), this was the last time Romania and Bulgaria qualified for the World Cup finals, the only time Jamaica have qualified and the last time [Portugal](/source/Portugal_national_football_team) failed to qualify. ### List of qualified teams See also: [1998 FIFA World Cup seeding](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding) The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,[10] qualified for the final tournament. AFC (4) Iran (42) Japan (debut) (12) Saudi Arabia (34) South Korea (20) CAF (5) Cameroon (49) Morocco (13) Nigeria (74) South Africa (debut) (24) Tunisia (21) OFC (0) None qualified CONCACAF (3) Jamaica (debut) (30) Mexico (4) United States (11) CONMEBOL (5) Argentina (6) Brazil (holders) (1) Chile (9) Colombia (10) Paraguay (29) UEFA (15) Austria (31) Belgium (36) Bulgaria (35) Croatia (debut) (19) Denmark (27) England (5) France (18) (hosts) Germany (2) Italy (14) Netherlands (25) Norway (7) Romania (22) Scotland (41) Spain (15) FR Yugoslavia (8) Countries qualified for World Cup Country did not qualify Countries that did not enter World Cup Country not a FIFA member Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 1998[10] Country Confederation Rank 1 Brazil (1994 winner) CONMEBOL 1 2 Germany UEFA 2 3 Mexico CONCACAF 4 4 England UEFA 5 5 Argentina CONMEBOL 6 6 Norway UEFA 7 7 FR Yugoslavia UEFA 8 8 Chile CONMEBOL 9 9 Colombia CONMEBOL 10 10 United States CONCACAF 11 11 Japan AFC 12 12 Morocco CAF 13 13 Italy UEFA 14 14 Spain UEFA 15 15 France (host) UEFA 18 16 Croatia UEFA 19 17 South Korea AFC 20 18 Tunisia CAF 21 19 Romania UEFA 22 20 South Africa CAF 24 21 Netherlands UEFA 25 22 Denmark UEFA 27 23 Paraguay CONMEBOL 29 24 Jamaica CONCACAF 30 25 Austria UEFA 31 26 Saudi Arabia AFC 34 27 Bulgaria UEFA 35 28 Belgium UEFA 36 29 Scotland UEFA 41 30 Iran AFC 42 31 Cameroon CAF 49 32 Nigeria CAF 74 ## Venues France's bid to host the World Cup centered on a national stadium with 80,000 seats and nine other stadiums located across the country.[11] When the finals were originally awarded in July 1992, none of the regional club grounds were of a capacity meeting FIFA's requirements – namely being able to safely seat 40,000.[11] The proposed national stadium, colloquially referred to as the 'Grand stade', met with controversy at every stage of planning; the stadium's location was determined by politics, finance and national symbolism,[12] as [Mayor of Paris](/source/Mayor_of_Paris) [Jacques Chirac](/source/Jacques_Chirac) successfully negotiated a deal with Prime Minister [Édouard Balladur](/source/%C3%89douard_Balladur) to bring the Stade de France, as it was now called, to the commune of Saint-Denis just north of the [capital city](/source/Paris).[12] Construction on the stadium started in December 1995 and was completed after 26 months of work in November 1997 at a cost of ₣2.67 billion.[13] The choice of stadium locations was drafted from an original list of 14 cities.[14] FIFA and CFO monitored the progress and quality of preparations, culminating in the former providing final checks of the grounds weeks before the tournament commenced. [Montpellier](/source/Montpellier) was the surprise inclusion from the final list of cities because of its low urban hierarchy in comparison to [Strasbourg](/source/Strasbourg), who boasted a better hierarchy and success from its local football team, having been taken over by a consortium. Montpellier however was considered ambitious by the selecting panel to host World Cup matches. The local city and regional authorities in particular had invested heavily into football the previous two decades and were able to measure economic effects, in terms of jobs as early as in 1997.[15] Some of the venues used for this tournament were also used for the previous World Cup in France in [1938](/source/1938_FIFA_World_Cup). The Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, the Stade Municipal in Toulouse, the Parc Lescure in Bordeaux and the Parc des Princes in Paris received the honour of hosting World Cup matches once again in 1998 as they had all done in 1938; on the other hand, in addition to Strasbourg, four other cities which hosted games in 1938 were not selected: [Le Havre](/source/Le_Havre), [Lille](/source/Lille), [Reims](/source/Reims) and [Antibes](/source/Antibes). 10 stadiums were used for the finals; in addition to nine matches being played at the Stade de France (the most used stadium in the tournament), a further six matches took place in [Paris Saint-Germain](/source/Paris_Saint-Germain_F.C.)'s [Parc des Princes](/source/Parc_des_Princes), bringing Paris's total matches hosted to 15. France played four of their seven matches in the national stadium; they also played in the country's second and third largest cities, Marseille (hosting 7 total matches) and Lyon (hosting 6 total matches), as well as a Round of 16 knockout match in the northern city of Lens (also hosting 6 total matches). Nantes, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Montpellier and Saint-Etienne also hosted 6 matches in total; all of the stadiums used also hosted knockout round matches. Paris (Saint-Denis) Marseille Paris Lyon Stade de France Stade Vélodrome Parc des Princes Stade de Gerland 48°55′28″N 2°21′36″E / 48.92444°N 2.36000°E / 48.92444; 2.36000 (Stade de France) 43°16′11″N 5°23′45″E / 43.26972°N 5.39583°E / 43.26972; 5.39583 (Stade Vélodrome) 48°50′29″N 2°15′11″E / 48.84139°N 2.25306°E / 48.84139; 2.25306 (Parc des Princes) 45°43′26″N 4°49′56″E / 45.72389°N 4.83222°E / 45.72389; 4.83222 (Stade de Gerland) Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 48,875 Capacity: 44,000 Lens Saint-Denis Marseille Paris Lens Lyon Nantes Toulouse Saint-Étienne Bordeaux Montpellier Stade Félix-Bollaert 50°25′58.26″N 2°48′53.47″E / 50.4328500°N 2.8148528°E / 50.4328500; 2.8148528 (Stade Félix-Bollaert) Capacity: 41,300 Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 47°15′20.27″N 1°31′31.35″W / 47.2556306°N 1.5253750°W / 47.2556306; -1.5253750 (Stade de la Beaujoire) Capacity: 39,500 Toulouse Saint-Étienne Bordeaux Montpellier Stadium de Toulouse Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Parc Lescure Stade de la Mosson 43°34′59.93″N 1°26′2.57″E / 43.5833139°N 1.4340472°E / 43.5833139; 1.4340472 (Stadium de Toulouse) 45°27′38.76″N 4°23′24.42″E / 45.4607667°N 4.3901167°E / 45.4607667; 4.3901167 (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard) 44°49′45″N 0°35′52″W / 44.82917°N 0.59778°W / 44.82917; -0.59778 (Parc Lescure) 43°37′19.85″N 3°48′43.28″E / 43.6221806°N 3.8120222°E / 43.6221806; 3.8120222 (Stade de la Mosson) Capacity: 37,000 Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 35,200 Capacity: 34,000 ## Innovations ### Technologies This was the first FIFA World Cup where fourth officials used electronic boards, instead of cardboard.[16] ### Rule changes This was the first World Cup since the introduction of [golden goals](/source/Golden_goal),[16] banning of tackles from behind that endanger the safety of an opponent[17] and allowance of three substitutions per game.[18] ## Match officials 34 referees and 33 assistants officiated in the 1998 World Cup.[19] As a result of the extension to 32 teams in the finals, there was an increase of 10 referees and 11 officials from the 1994 World Cup.[19] **[CAF](/source/Confederation_of_African_Football) (5)** - [Said Belqola](/source/Said_Belqola) - [Gamal Al-Ghandour](/source/Gamal_Al-Ghandour) - [Lucien Bouchardeau](/source/Lucien_Bouchardeau) - [Lim Kee Chong](/source/Lim_Kee_Chong) - [Ian McLeod](/source/Ian_McLeod_(referee)) **[AFC](/source/Asian_Football_Confederation) (4)** - [Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid](/source/Abdul_Rahman_Al-Zaid) - [Ali Bujsaim](/source/Ali_Bujsaim) - [Masayoshi Okada](/source/Masayoshi_Okada) - [Pirom Un-Prasert](/source/Pirom_Un-Prasert) **[UEFA](/source/UEFA) (15)** - [Marc Batta](/source/Marc_Batta) - [Günter Benkö](/source/G%C3%BCnter_Benk%C3%B6) - [Pierluigi Collina](/source/Pierluigi_Collina) - [Hugh Dallas](/source/Hugh_Dallas) - [Paul Durkin](/source/Paul_Durkin) - [José María García-Aranda](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Garc%C3%ADa-Aranda) - [Bernd Heynemann](/source/Bernd_Heynemann) - [Nikolai Levnikov](/source/Nikolai_Levnikov) - [Urs Meier](/source/Urs_Meier) - [Vítor Melo Pereira](/source/V%C3%ADtor_Melo_Pereira) - [Kim Milton Nielsen](/source/Kim_Milton_Nielsen) - [Rune Pedersen](/source/Rune_Pedersen_(referee)) - [László Vágner](/source/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_V%C3%A1gner) - [Mario van der Ende](/source/Mario_van_der_Ende) - [Ryszard Wójcik](/source/Ryszard_W%C3%B3jcik) **[CONCACAF](/source/CONCACAF) (3)** - [Esfandiar Baharmast](/source/Esfandiar_Baharmast) - [Arturo Brizio Carter](/source/Arturo_Brizio_Carter) - [Ramesh Ramdhan](/source/Ramesh_Ramdhan) **[OFC](/source/Oceania_Football_Confederation) (1)** - [Eddie Lennie](/source/Eddie_Lennie) **[CONMEBOL](/source/CONMEBOL) (6)** - [Javier Castrilli](/source/Javier_Castrilli) - [Epifanio González](/source/Epifanio_Gonz%C3%A1lez) - [Márcio Rezende de Freitas](/source/M%C3%A1rcio_Rezende_de_Freitas) - [Mario Sánchez Yanten](/source/Mario_S%C3%A1nchez_Yanten) - [Alberto Tejada Noriega](/source/Alberto_Tejada_Noriega) - [John Toro Rendón](/source/John_Toro_Rend%C3%B3n) ## Draw Further information: [1998 FIFA World Cup seeding](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding) The FIFA Organising Committee announced the eight seeded teams on 3 December 1997 at Marseille's [Stade Vélodrome](/source/Orange_V%C3%A9lodrome). The draw was conducted by at the time FIFA general secretary [Joseph Blatter](/source/Joseph_Blatter). Many players, both current and former, helped with the draw, such as [Franz Beckenbauer](/source/Franz_Beckenbauer), [George Weah](/source/George_Weah), [Jean-Pierre Papin](/source/Jean-Pierre_Papin), [Raymond Kopa](/source/Raymond_Kopa), [Georges Carnus](/source/Georges_Carnus) and [Mia Hamm](/source/Mia_Hamm). The historic tradition to seed the hosts (France) and [holders](/source/FIFA_World_Cup_Trophy#Winners) (Brazil) was upheld; while the remaining six seeds were granted for the other [top 7-ranked teams](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding), based on their results obtained in the last three FIFA World Cups (ratio 3:2:1, counting in total 60%) and their [FIFA World Ranking](/source/FIFA_Men's_World_Rankings) position in the last month of the past three years (equal ratio, counting in total 40%).[20][21] For the draw, the 32 teams were allocated into four pots. The eight top-seeded teams were allocated in pot A and would be drawn/selected into the first position of the eight groups playing in the group stage. The remaining 24 unseeded teams were allocated into three pots based on geographical sections, with the: Nine European teams in pot B; four Asian teams and three South American teams in pot C; five African teams and three North American teams in pot D.[22] The general principle was to draw one team from each pot into the eight groups, although with special combined procedures for pot B and pot C, due to comprising more/less than eight teams - but sixteen teams in total. At the same time, the draw also needed to respect the geographical limitation, that each group could not feature more than one team from each confederation, except for the European teams where the limitation was maximum two per group.[22] Pot A Top-seeded teams (DC + Host + Top7 seeds) Pot B Europe (UEFA) Pot C Asia & South America (AFC & CONMEBOL) Pot D Africa & North America (CAF & CONCACAF) Brazil (1994 winner, group A1) France (host, group C1) Germany (1) Italy (3) Spain (4) Argentina (5) Romania (6) Netherlands (7) Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Denmark England Scotland FR Yugoslavia Norway Chile Colombia Iran Japan Paraguay Saudi Arabia South Korea Cameroon Jamaica Mexico Morocco Nigeria South Africa Tunisia United States - The draw took place at [Stade Vélodrome](/source/Stade_V%C3%A9lodrome) in [Marseille](/source/Marseille), and was televised live on 4 December 1997: [FIFA World Cup Draw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAeH5Xn-6t0) on [BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport). For the first time in history, the draw event took place in a football stadium, with 38,000 spectators and an estimated 1 billion TV viewers. The draw was officiated by FIFA secretary general [Sepp Blatter](/source/Sepp_Blatter). Teams were drawn by football legends [Franz Beckenbauer](/source/Franz_Beckenbauer), [Carlos Alberto Parreira](/source/Carlos_Alberto_Parreira), [George Weah](/source/George_Weah) and [Raymond Kopa](/source/Raymond_Kopa).[23] Organiser [Michel Platini](/source/Michel_Platini), who later became president of UEFA, admitted in 2018 that the draw for the group stage of the competition had been fixed so that France and Brazil were kept apart until the final, telling [France Bleu Sport](/source/France_Bleu): "We did a bit of trickery. When we were organising the schedule. We did not spend six years organising the World Cup to not do some little shenanigans".[24] The statement from Platini referred to the fact that, shortly before the World Cup finals draw took place, the [FIFA Organising Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FIFA_World_Cup_Organisers&action=edit&redlink=1) had met to finalise the draw process. At this meeting, the committee had approved the proposal to assign host nation France to group position C1 and defending champions Brazil to group position A1 ahead of the draw. As the [tournament structure](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_knockout_stage) was also predetermined so that the winners of Groups A, D, E and H, and the runners-up of Groups B, C, F and G would be kept apart from the group winners of B, C, F and G, and the runners-up of Group A, D, E and H until the final; thus, France and Brazil could avoid meeting each other until the final if both teams finished in the same position in the top two of their respective groups.[25] Procedure for the draw:[22] 1. Pot A was used to draw the remaining six top-seeded teams for the first position of groups B, D, E, F, G and H. 1. Pot D was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H). 1. Pot B was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H). 1. As per the FIFA rule of only allowing a maximum of two UEFA teams in each group, the remaining ninth team from Pot B, was subject to a second draw, to be put in either of the groups containing a top-seeded [South American (CONMEBOL)](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONMEBOL)) team. 1. Pot C was used to draw one team to each of the seven groups with an empty spot (drawing in alphabetical order from A to H). However, as each group could only contain one South American (CONMEBOL) team, the first [Asian (AFC)](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)) team drawn would not be drawn into a group in alphabetical order, but instead be drawn into the remaining open group with a top-seeded South American (CONMEBOL) team. 1. To decide the match schedules, the exact group position number for the un-seeded teams in each group (2, 3 or 4), were also drawn immediately from eight special group bowls, after each respective team had been drawn from pot D, B and C. ### Draw results and group fixtures The draw resulted in the following eight groups:[22] Group A Pos Team A1 Brazil A2 Scotland A3 Morocco A4 Norway Group B Pos Team B1 Italy B2 Chile B3 Cameroon B4 Austria Group C Pos Team C1 France C2 South Africa C3 Saudi Arabia C4 Denmark Group D Pos Team D1 Spain D2 Nigeria D3 Paraguay D4 Bulgaria Group E Pos Team E1 Netherlands E2 Belgium E3 South Korea E4 Mexico Group F Pos Team F1 Germany F2 United States F3 FR Yugoslavia F4 Iran Group G Pos Team G1 Romania G2 Colombia G3 England G4 Tunisia Group H Pos Team H1 Argentina H2 Japan H3 Jamaica H4 Croatia In each group, the teams played three matches, one against each of the other teams. Three points were awarded for each win, while a draw was worth one point. After completion of the group stage, the two teams with the most points in each group would advance to the [knockout stage](#Knockout_stage), with each group winner facing the runner-up from one of the other groups in the round of 16. This was a new format for the World Cup, following the expansion from 24 teams in 1994. A total of 64 games were played, including the [final](#Final) and a [match for third place](#Match_for_third_place) between the losers of the two semi-finals. The fixtures for the group stage were decided based on the draw results, as follows: Group stage schedule Matchday Dates Matches Matchday 1 10–15 June 1998 1 v 2, 3 v 4 Matchday 2 16–22 June 1998 1 v 3, 2 v 4 Matchday 3 23–26 June 1998 4 v 1, 2 v 3 ## Squads Further information: [1998 FIFA World Cup squads](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_squads) As with the [preceding tournament](/source/1994_FIFA_World_Cup_squads), each team's squad for the 1998 World Cup finals consisted of 22 players. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 22-player squad by 1 June 1998. Out of the 704 players participating in the 1998 World Cup, 447 were signed up with a European club; 90 in Asia, 67 in South America, 61 in Northern and Central America and 37 in Africa.[26] 75 played their club football in England – five more than Italy and Spain. [Barcelona](/source/FC_Barcelona) of Spain was the club contributing to the most players in the tournament with 13 players on their side.[26] The average age of all teams was 27 years, 8 months – five months older than the previous tournament.[27] [Samuel Eto'o](/source/Samuel_Eto'o) of [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon_national_football_team) was the youngest player selected in the competition at 17 years, 3 months, while the oldest was [Jim Leighton](/source/Jim_Leighton) of [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) at 39 years, 11 months.[27] ## Group stage Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarter-finals Round of 16 Group stage *All times are [Central European Summer Time](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00))* Key for tables Pld = total games played W = total games won D = total games drawn (tied) L = total games lost GF = total goals scored (goals for) GA = total goals conceded (goals against) GD = goal difference (GF−GA) Pts = total points accumulated ### Group A Main article: [1998 FIFA World Cup Group A](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_A) Defending champions Brazil won Group A after only two matches as the nation achieved victories over Scotland (2–1) and Morocco (3–0). Heading into the third game, Brazil had nothing to play for but still started its regulars against Norway, who was looking to upset Brazil once again. Needing a victory, Norway overturned a 1–0 deficit with 7 minutes remaining to defeat Brazil 2–1, with [Kjetil Rekdal](/source/Kjetil_Rekdal) scoring[28] the winning penalty to send Norway into the knockout stage for the first time.[29] Norway's victory denied Morocco a chance at the Round of 16, despite winning 3–0 against Scotland. It was only Morocco's second ever victory at a World Cup, having recorded its first previous win 12 years earlier on 11 June 1986. Scotland managed only one point, coming in a 1–1 draw against Norway, and failed to get out of the first round for an eighth time in the FIFA World Cup, a record that stands to this date. Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage 2 Norway 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 3 Morocco 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 4 Scotland 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1 Source: [FIFA](https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/groups/) 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 Scotland 0–3 Morocco Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Brazil 1–2 Norway Stade Vélodrome, Marseille ### Group B Main article: [1998 FIFA World Cup Group B](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_B) Italy and Chile progressed to the second round, while Austria failed to win for the first time since [1958](/source/1958_FIFA_World_Cup) and Cameroon failed to get out of the group stage for the second time in a row. Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Italy 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage 2 Chile 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3 3 Austria 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2 4 Cameroon 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2 Source: [FIFA](https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/groups/) 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 Main article: [1998 FIFA World Cup Group C](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_C) France, the host nation, swept Group C when the start of their path to their first FIFA World Cup trophy culminated with their 2–1 win over Denmark, who despite their loss, progressed to the second round. Saudi Arabia, after a good performance four years earlier, finished bottom with only one point. Debutant South Africa grabbed two points and also exited at the group stage. Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 France (H) 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advance to knockout stage 2 Denmark 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 3 South Africa 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2 4 Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1 Source: [FIFA](https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/groups/) (H) Hosts 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 de Gerland, Lyon South Africa 2–2 Saudi Arabia Parc Lescure, Bordeaux ### Group D Main article: [1998 FIFA World Cup Group D](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_D) Nigeria and Paraguay advanced to the Round of 16 after a surprise elimination of top seed Spain, while Bulgaria failed to repeat their surprise performance from the previous tournament. Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6 Advance to knockout stage 2 Paraguay 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 3 Spain 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4 4 Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1 Source: [FIFA](https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/groups/) 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 Main article: [1998 FIFA World Cup Group E](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_E) The Netherlands and Mexico advanced with the same record, with the former placing first on goal difference. Belgium and eventual [2002 FIFA World Cup](/source/2002_FIFA_World_Cup) co-hosts South Korea failed to advance, although Belgium were undefeated with three draws. Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Netherlands 3 1 2 0 7 2 +5 5 Advance to knockout stage 2 Mexico 3 1 2 0 7 5 +2 5 3 Belgium 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 4 South Korea 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1 Source: [FIFA](https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/groups/index.html) 13 June 1998 South Korea 1–3 Mexico Stade de 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 Main article: [1998 FIFA World Cup Group F](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_F) Germany and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia advanced, each with 7 points (Germany took 1st on goal difference). Iran and [1994 host](/source/1994_FIFA_World_Cup) United States failed to advance. Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Germany 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage 2 FR Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 3 Iran 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 4 United States 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0 Source: [FIFA](https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/groups/) 14 June 1998 FR 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 FR Yugoslavia Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens United States 1–2 Iran Stade de Gerland, Lyon 25 June 1998 Germany 2–0 Iran Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier United States 0–1 FR Yugoslavia Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes ### Group G Main article: [1998 FIFA World Cup Group G](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_G) Romania topped the group over England, while Colombia and Tunisia were unable to reach the last 16, despite Colombia having one win. Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Romania 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage 2 England 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 3 Colombia 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3 4 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1 Source: [FIFA](https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/groups/index.html) 15 June 1998 England 2–0 Tunisia Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Romania 1–0 Colombia Stade de 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 Main article: [1998 FIFA World Cup Group H](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_H) Argentina finished at the top of Group H against three debutants. Croatia took the runners-up spot while Jamaica and Japan failed to advance. Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage 2 Croatia 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 3 Jamaica 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3 4 Japan 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0 Source: [FIFA](https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/groups/) 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 de Gerland, Lyon ## Knockout stage Main article: [1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_knockout_stage) The [knockout stage](/source/Single-elimination_tournament) comprised the 16 teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by 30 minutes of [extra time](/source/Extra_time); if scores were still level, there was a [penalty shoot-out](/source/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)) to determine who progressed to the next round. The [Golden goal rule](/source/Golden_goal) was also used, whereby if a team scored during extra time, they would immediately win the game. ### Bracket The first games were played on 27 June 1998, and the [final](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_final) took place on 12 July 1998 in [Paris](/source/Paris). 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 (p) 1 (4) 29 June – Toulouse Netherlands 1 (2) Netherlands 2 4 July – Marseille FR Yugoslavia 1 Netherlands 2 30 June – Saint-Étienne Argentina 1 Argentina (p) 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 (p) 0 (4) France (g.g.) 1 8 July – Saint-Denis Paraguay 0 France 2 29 June – Montpellier Croatia 1 Match for 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 (1998-06-27) 16:30 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Italy 1–0 Norway Vieri 18' [Report 1] [Stade Vélodrome](/source/Stade_V%C3%A9lodrome), [Marseille](/source/Marseille) Attendance: 55,000 Referee: [Bernd Heynemann](/source/Bernd_Heynemann) ([Germany](/source/German_Football_Association)) 27 June 1998 (1998-06-27) 21:00 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Brazil 4–1 Chile César Sampaio 11', 26' Ronaldo 45+3' (pen.), 72' [Report 2] Salas 70' [Parc des Princes](/source/Parc_des_Princes), Paris Attendance: 45,500 Referee: [Marc Batta](/source/Marc_Batta) ([France](/source/French_Football_Federation)) 28 June 1998 (1998-06-28) 16:30 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) France 1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.) Paraguay Blanc 114' [Report 3] [Stade Félix-Bollaert](/source/Stade_F%C3%A9lix-Bollaert), [Lens](/source/Lens%2C_Pas-de-Calais) Attendance: 31,800 Referee: [Ali Bujsaim](/source/Ali_Bujsaim) ([United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association)) 28 June 1998 (1998-06-28) 21:00 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Nigeria 1–4 Denmark Babangida 77' [Report 4] Møller 3' B. Laudrup 12' Sand 58' Helveg 76' [Stade de France](/source/Stade_de_France), [Saint-Denis](/source/Saint-Denis%2C_Seine-Saint-Denis) Attendance: 77,000 Referee: [Urs Meier](/source/Urs_Meier) ([Switzerland](/source/Swiss_Football_Association)) 29 June 1998 (1998-06-29) 16:30 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Germany 2–1 Mexico Klinsmann 74' Bierhoff 86' [Report 5] Hernández 47' [Stade de la Mosson](/source/Stade_de_la_Mosson), [Montpellier](/source/Montpellier) Attendance: 29,800 Referee: [Vítor Melo Pereira](/source/V%C3%ADtor_Melo_Pereira) ([Portugal](/source/Portuguese_Football_Federation)) 29 June 1998 (1998-06-29) 21:00 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Netherlands 2–1 FR Yugoslavia Bergkamp 38' Davids 90+2' [Report 6] Komljenović 48' [Stade de Toulouse](/source/Stadium_Municipal), [Toulouse](/source/Toulouse) Attendance: 33,500 Referee: [José María García-Aranda](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Garc%C3%ADa-Aranda) ([Spain](/source/Royal_Spanish_Football_Federation)) 30 June 1998 (1998-06-30) 16:30 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Romania 0–1 Croatia [Report 7] Šuker 45+2' (pen.) [Parc Lescure](/source/Stade_Chaban-Delmas), [Bordeaux](/source/Bordeaux) Attendance: 31,800 Referee: [Javier Castrilli](/source/Javier_Castrilli) ([Argentina](/source/Argentine_Football_Association)) 30 June 1998 (1998-06-30) 21:00 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Argentina 2–2 (a.e.t.) England Batistuta 5' (pen.) Zanetti 45+1' [Report 8] Shearer 9' (pen.) Owen 16' Penalties Berti Crespo Verón Gallardo Ayala 4–3 Shearer Ince Merson Owen Batty [Stade Geoffroy-Guichard](/source/Stade_Geoffroy-Guichard), [Saint-Étienne](/source/Saint-%C3%89tienne) Attendance: 30,600 Referee: [Kim Milton Nielsen](/source/Kim_Milton_Nielsen) ([Denmark](/source/Danish_Football_Association)) ### Quarter-finals 3 July 1998 (1998-07-03) 16:30 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Italy 0–0 (a.e.t.) France [Report 9] Penalties R. Baggio Albertini Costacurta Vieri Di Biagio 3–4 Zidane Lizarazu Trezeguet Henry Blanc [Stade de France](/source/Stade_de_France), [Saint-Denis](/source/Saint-Denis%2C_Seine-Saint-Denis) Attendance: 77,000 Referee: [Hugh Dallas](/source/Hugh_Dallas) ([Scotland](/source/Scottish_Football_Association)) 3 July 1998 (1998-07-03) 21:00 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Brazil 3–2 Denmark Bebeto 10' Rivaldo 25', 59' [Report 10] Jørgensen 2' B. Laudrup 50' [Stade de la Beaujoire](/source/Stade_de_la_Beaujoire), [Nantes](/source/Nantes) Attendance: 35,500 Referee: [Gamal Al-Ghandour](/source/Gamal_Al-Ghandour) ([Egypt](/source/Egyptian_Football_Association)) 4 July 1998 (1998-07-04) 16:30 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Netherlands 2–1 Argentina Kluivert 12' Bergkamp 90' [Report 11] López 17' [Stade Vélodrome](/source/Stade_V%C3%A9lodrome), [Marseille](/source/Marseille) Attendance: 55,000 Referee: [Arturo Brizio Carter](/source/Arturo_Brizio_Carter) ([Mexico](/source/Mexican_Football_Federation)) 4 July 1998 (1998-07-04) 21:00 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Germany 0–3 Croatia [Report 12] Jarni 45+3' Vlaović 80' Šuker 85' [Stade de Gerland](/source/Stade_de_Gerland), [Lyon](/source/Lyon) Attendance: 39,100 Referee: [Rune Pedersen](/source/Rune_Pedersen_(referee)) ([Norway](/source/Football_Association_of_Norway)) ### Semi-finals 7 July 1998 (1998-07-07) 21:00 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Brazil 1–1 (a.e.t.) Netherlands Ronaldo 46' [Report 13] Kluivert 87' Penalties Ronaldo Rivaldo Emerson Dunga 4–2 F. de Boer Bergkamp Cocu R. de Boer [Stade Vélodrome](/source/Stade_V%C3%A9lodrome), [Marseille](/source/Marseille) Attendance: 54,000 Referee: [Ali Bujsaim](/source/Ali_Bujsaim) ([United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association)) 8 July 1998 (1998-07-08) 21:00 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) France 2–1 Croatia Thuram 47', 70' [Report 14] Šuker 46' [Stade de France](/source/Stade_de_France), [Saint-Denis](/source/Saint-Denis%2C_Seine-Saint-Denis) Attendance: 76,000 Referee: [José María García-Aranda](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Garc%C3%ADa-Aranda) ([Spain](/source/Royal_Spanish_Football_Federation)) ### Match for third place Croatia beat the Netherlands to earn third place in the competition. [Davor Šuker](/source/Davor_%C5%A0uker) scored the winner in the 36th minute to secure the golden boot.[30] 11 July 1998 (1998-07-11) 21:00 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Netherlands 1–2 Croatia Zenden 22' [Report 15] Prosinečki 14' Šuker 36' [Parc des Princes](/source/Parc_des_Princes), Paris Attendance: 45,500 Referee: [Epifanio González](/source/Epifanio_Gonz%C3%A1lez) ([Paraguay](/source/Paraguayan_Football_Association)) ### Final Main article: [1998 FIFA World Cup final](/source/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_final) The final was held on 12 July 1998 at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis. France defeated holders Brazil 3–0, with two goals from Zinedine Zidane and a stoppage time strike from Emmanuel Petit. The win gave France their first World Cup title, becoming the sixth national team after [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay_national_football_team), [Italy](/source/Italy_national_football_team), [England](/source/England_national_football_team), [West Germany](/source/Germany_national_football_team) and [Argentina](/source/Argentina_national_football_team) to win the tournament on their home soil. They also inflicted the second-heaviest World Cup defeat on Brazil,[31] later to be topped by Brazil's [7–1 defeat by Germany](/source/Brazil_v_Germany_(2014_FIFA_World_Cup)) in the semi-finals of the [2014 FIFA World Cup](/source/2014_FIFA_World_Cup).[32] The pre-match build up was dominated by the omission of Brazilian striker [Ronaldo](/source/Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)) from the starting lineup only to be reinstated 45 minutes before kick-off.[33] He managed to create the first open chance for Brazil in the 22nd minute, dribbling past defender Thuram before sending a cross out on the left side that goalkeeper [Fabien Barthez](/source/Fabien_Barthez) struggled to hold onto. France however took the lead after Brazilian defender [Roberto Carlos](/source/Roberto_Carlos) conceded a corner from which Zidane scored via a header. Three minutes before half-time, Zidane scored his second goal of the match, similarly another header from a corner. The tournament hosts went down to ten men in the 68th minute as [Marcel Desailly](/source/Marcel_Desailly) was sent off for a second bookable offence. Brazil reacted to this by making an attacking substitution and although they applied pressure France sealed the win with a third goal: substitute [Patrick Vieira](/source/Patrick_Vieira) set up his club teammate Petit in a counterattack to shoot low past goalkeeper [Cláudio Taffarel](/source/Cl%C3%A1udio_Taffarel).[34] French president Jacques Chirac was in attendance to congratulate the winners and commiserate the runners-up after the match.[35] Several days after the victory, winning manager [Aimé Jacquet](/source/Aim%C3%A9_Jacquet) announced his resignation from the French team with immediate effect.[36][37] 12 July 1998 (1998-07-12) 21:00 [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) ([UTC+2](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) Brazil 0–3 France [Report 16] Zidane 27', 45+1' Petit 90+3' [Stade de France](/source/Stade_de_France), [Saint-Denis](/source/Saint-Denis%2C_Seine-Saint-Denis) Attendance: 80,000 Referee: [Said Belqola](/source/Said_Belqola) ([Morocco](/source/Royal_Moroccan_Football_Federation)) ## Statistics ### Goalscorers Davor Šuker received the [Golden Boot](/source/FIFA_World_Cup_awards#Golden_Boot) for scoring six goals. In total, 171 goals were scored by 112 players: **6 goals** - [Davor Šuker](/source/Davor_%C5%A0uker) **5 goals** - [Gabriel Batistuta](/source/Gabriel_Batistuta) - [Christian Vieri](/source/Christian_Vieri) **4 goals** - [Ronaldo](/source/Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)) - [Marcelo Salas](/source/Marcelo_Salas) - [Luis Hernández](/source/Luis_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(footballer%2C_born_1968)) **3 goals** - [Bebeto](/source/Bebeto) - [César Sampaio](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Sampaio) - [Rivaldo](/source/Rivaldo) - [Thierry Henry](/source/Thierry_Henry) - [Oliver Bierhoff](/source/Oliver_Bierhoff) - [Jürgen Klinsmann](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Klinsmann) - [Dennis Bergkamp](/source/Dennis_Bergkamp) **2 goals** - [Ariel Ortega](/source/Ariel_Ortega) - [Marc Wilmots](/source/Marc_Wilmots) - [Robert Prosinečki](/source/Robert_Prosine%C4%8Dki) - [Brian Laudrup](/source/Brian_Laudrup) - [Michael Owen](/source/Michael_Owen) - [Alan Shearer](/source/Alan_Shearer) - [Emmanuel Petit](/source/Emmanuel_Petit) - [Lilian Thuram](/source/Lilian_Thuram) - [Zinedine Zidane](/source/Zinedine_Zidane) - [Roberto Baggio](/source/Roberto_Baggio) - [Theodore Whitmore](/source/Theodore_Whitmore) - [Ricardo Peláez](/source/Ricardo_Pel%C3%A1ez) - [Salaheddine Bassir](/source/Salaheddine_Bassir) - [Abdeljalil Hadda](/source/Abdeljalil_Hadda) - [Phillip Cocu](/source/Phillip_Cocu) - [Ronald de Boer](/source/Ronald_de_Boer) - [Patrick Kluivert](/source/Patrick_Kluivert) - [Viorel Moldovan](/source/Viorel_Moldovan) - [Shaun Bartlett](/source/Shaun_Bartlett) - [Fernando Hierro](/source/Fernando_Hierro) - [Fernando Morientes](/source/Fernando_Morientes) - [Slobodan Komljenović](/source/Slobodan_Komljenovi%C4%87) **1 goal** - [Claudio López](/source/Claudio_L%C3%B3pez_(footballer)) - [Mauricio Pineda](/source/Mauricio_Pineda_(footballer%2C_born_1975)) - [Javier Zanetti](/source/Javier_Zanetti) - [Andreas Herzog](/source/Andreas_Herzog) - [Toni Polster](/source/Toni_Polster) - [Ivica Vastić](/source/Ivica_Vasti%C4%87) - [Luc Nilis](/source/Luc_Nilis) - [Emil Kostadinov](/source/Emil_Kostadinov) - [Patrick M'Boma](/source/Patrick_M'Boma) - [Pierre Njanka](/source/Pierre_Njanka) - [José Luis Sierra](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Sierra_(footballer%2C_born_1968)) - [Léider Preciado](/source/L%C3%A9ider_Preciado) - [Robert Jarni](/source/Robert_Jarni) - [Mario Stanić](/source/Mario_Stani%C4%87) - [Goran Vlaović](/source/Goran_Vlaovi%C4%87) - [Thomas Helveg](/source/Thomas_Helveg) - [Martin Jørgensen](/source/Martin_J%C3%B8rgensen) - [Michael Laudrup](/source/Michael_Laudrup) - [Peter Møller](/source/Peter_M%C3%B8ller) - [Allan Nielsen](/source/Allan_Nielsen) - [Marc Rieper](/source/Marc_Rieper) - [Ebbe Sand](/source/Ebbe_Sand) - [Darren Anderton](/source/Darren_Anderton) - [David Beckham](/source/David_Beckham) - [Paul Scholes](/source/Paul_Scholes) - [Laurent Blanc](/source/Laurent_Blanc) - [Youri Djorkaeff](/source/Youri_Djorkaeff) - [Christophe Dugarry](/source/Christophe_Dugarry) - [Bixente Lizarazu](/source/Bixente_Lizarazu) - [David Trezeguet](/source/David_Trezeguet) - [Andreas Möller](/source/Andreas_M%C3%B6ller) - [Mehdi Mahdavikia](/source/Mehdi_Mahdavikia) - [Hamid Estili](/source/Hamid_Estili) - [Luigi Di Biagio](/source/Luigi_Di_Biagio) - [Robbie Earle](/source/Robbie_Earle) - [Masashi Nakayama](/source/Masashi_Nakayama) - [Cuauhtémoc Blanco](/source/Cuauht%C3%A9moc_Blanco) - [Alberto García Aspe](/source/Alberto_Garc%C3%ADa_Aspe) - [Mustapha Hadji](/source/Mustapha_Hadji) - [Edgar Davids](/source/Edgar_Davids) - [Marc Overmars](/source/Marc_Overmars) - [Pierre van Hooijdonk](/source/Pierre_van_Hooijdonk) - [Boudewijn Zenden](/source/Boudewijn_Zenden) - [Mutiu Adepoju](/source/Mutiu_Adepoju) - [Tijani Babangida](/source/Tijani_Babangida) - [Victor Ikpeba](/source/Victor_Ikpeba) - [Sunday Oliseh](/source/Sunday_Oliseh) - [Wilson Oruma](/source/Wilson_Oruma) - [Dan Eggen](/source/Dan_Eggen) - [Håvard Flo](/source/H%C3%A5vard_Flo) - [Tore André Flo](/source/Tore_Andr%C3%A9_Flo) - [Kjetil Rekdal](/source/Kjetil_Rekdal) - [Celso Ayala](/source/Celso_Ayala) - [Miguel Ángel Benítez](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Ben%C3%ADtez_Pav%C3%B3n) - [José Cardozo](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Cardozo) - [Adrian Ilie](/source/Adrian_Ilie) - [Dan Petrescu](/source/Dan_Petrescu) - [Sami Al-Jaber](/source/Sami_Al-Jaber) - [Yousuf Al-Thunayan](/source/Yousuf_Al-Thunayan) - [Craig Burley](/source/Craig_Burley) - [John Collins](/source/John_Collins_(footballer%2C_born_1968)) - [Benni McCarthy](/source/Benni_McCarthy) - [Ha Seok-ju](/source/Ha_Seok-ju) - [Yoo Sang-chul](/source/Yoo_Sang-chul) - [Kiko](/source/Kiko_(footballer%2C_born_1972)) - [Luis Enrique](/source/Luis_Enrique_(footballer)) - [Raúl](/source/Ra%C3%BAl_(footballer)) - [Skander Souayah](/source/Skander_Souayah) - [Brian McBride](/source/Brian_McBride) - [Siniša Mihajlović](/source/Sini%C5%A1a_Mihajlovi%C4%87) - [Predrag Mijatović](/source/Predrag_Mijatovi%C4%87) - [Dragan Stojković](/source/Dragan_Stojkovi%C4%87) **Own goals** - [Georgi Bachev](/source/Georgi_Bachev) (against Spain) - [Youssef Chippo](/source/Youssef_Chippo) (against Norway) - [Tom Boyd](/source/Tom_Boyd_(Scottish_footballer)) (against Brazil) - [Pierre Issa](/source/Pierre_Issa) (against France) - [Andoni Zubizarreta](/source/Andoni_Zubizarreta) (against Nigeria) - [Siniša Mihajlović](/source/Sini%C5%A1a_Mihajlovi%C4%87) (against Germany) ### Awards Golden Ball Award Golden Shoe Award Yashin Award FIFA Fair Play Trophy Most Entertaining Team Ronaldo Davor Šuker Fabien Barthez England France France ### Players who were red-carded during the tournament - [Ariel Ortega](/source/Ariel_Ortega) - [Gert Verheyen](/source/Gert_Verheyen) - [Anatoli Nankov](/source/Anatoli_Nankov) - [Raymond Kalla](/source/Raymond_Kalla) - [Lauren](/source/Lauren_(Cameroonian_footballer)) - [Rigobert Song](/source/Rigobert_Song) - [Miklos Molnar](/source/Miklos_Molnar) - [Morten Wieghorst](/source/Morten_Wieghorst) - [David Beckham](/source/David_Beckham) - [Laurent Blanc](/source/Laurent_Blanc) - [Marcel Desailly](/source/Marcel_Desailly) - [Zinedine Zidane](/source/Zinedine_Zidane) - [Christian Wörns](/source/Christian_W%C3%B6rns) - [Darryl Powell](/source/Darryl_Powell) - [Ha Seok-ju](/source/Ha_Seok-ju) - [Pável Pardo](/source/P%C3%A1vel_Pardo) - [Ramón Ramírez](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(footballer)) - [Patrick Kluivert](/source/Patrick_Kluivert) - [Arthur Numan](/source/Arthur_Numan) - [Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi](/source/Mohammed_Al-Khilaiwi) - [Craig Burley](/source/Craig_Burley) - [Alfred Phiri](/source/Alfred_Phiri) ### All-star team The All-star team is a squad consisting of the 16 most impressive players at the 1998 World Cup, as selected by FIFA's Technical Study Group.[38] 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 ### Final standings After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 1998 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition and overall results.[39] R Team G P W D L GF GA GD Pts. 1 France C 7 6 1 0 15 2 +13 19 2 Brazil A 7 4 1 2 14 10 +4 13 3 Croatia H 7 5 0 2 11 5 +6 15 4 Netherlands E 7 3 3 1 13 7 +6 12 Eliminated in the quarter-finals 5 Italy B 5 3 2 0 8 3 +5 11 6 Argentina H 5 3 1 1 10 4 +6 10 7 Germany F 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 10 8 Denmark C 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 7 Eliminated in the round of 16 9 England G 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7 10 FR Yugoslavia F 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 11 Romania G 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7 12 Nigeria D 4 2 0 2 6 9 −3 6 13 Mexico E 4 1 2 1 8 7 +1 5 14 Paraguay D 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5 15 Norway A 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 16 Chile B 4 0 3 1 5 8 −3 3 Eliminated in the group stage 17 Spain D 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4 18 Morocco A 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 19 Belgium E 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 20 Iran F 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 21 Colombia G 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3 22 Jamaica H 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3 23 Austria B 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2 24 South Africa C 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2 25 Cameroon B 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2 26 Tunisia G 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1 27 Scotland A 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1 28 Saudi Arabia C 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1 29 Bulgaria D 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1 30 South Korea E 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1 31 Japan H 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0 32 United States F 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0 ## Marketing ### Tournoi de France Main article: [1997 Tournoi de France](/source/1997_Tournoi_de_France) A year before the tournament, a small, invitation-only tournament named the [Tournoi de France](/source/Tournoi_de_France) was held in France, with [Italy](/source/Italy_national_football_team), [Brazil](/source/Brazil_national_football_team), [England](/source/England_national_football_team), and hosts [France](/source/France_national_football_team) participating.[40] ### Broadcasting This section needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Through several companies, FIFA sold the broadcasting rights for the 1998 FIFA World Cup to many broadcasters. [BBC](/source/BBC) and [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) had the broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom. The pictures and audio of the competition were supplied to the TV and radio channels by the company TVRS 98, the broadcaster of the tournament.[41] The World Cup matches were broadcast in 200 countries. 818 photographers were credited for the tournament. In every match, a stand was reserved for the press. The number of places granted to them reached its maximum in the final, when 1,750 reporters and 110 [TV commentators](/source/Sports_commentator) were present in the stand.[42] Country Broadcaster Television Albania TVSH Argentina Artear, Televisión Federal, Grupo América, Telearte, SNMP, Teletreinta, Argentina Televisión, Lujan Cable Visión S.A., Holding Córdoba de radio y televisión Eltrece, Telefe, América TV, Canal 9, ATC, Channel 30, Argenvisión, Channel 23, El CW Australia SBS Austria ORF ORF eins and ORF 2 Arab League Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), Orbit Network Orbit ESPN Belgium Dutch: VRT Dutch: Eén and Canvas French: RTBF French: La Une and La Deux Bangladesh BTV Bolivia TVB, Bolivisión, Unitel and Unovisión Brazil Globo, SBT, RecordTV, Manchete,[43] SporTV and ESPN Brasil Brunei RTB RTB Perdana, RTB Aneka Bulgaria BNT Channel 1 and Efir 2 Cambodia TVK Channel 7 Canada English: CBC English: CBC Television French: Société Radio-Canada French: Télévision de Radio-Canada Chile TVN, Chilevisión, UCTV and Megavisión China CCTV CCTV-1 Colombia Inravisión Canal Uno: PUNCH and JES Canal A: RTI and Datos y Mensajes Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión Corsica2 TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2 RAI TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2 and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV32 Czech Republic Czech Television ČT1 and ČT2 Denmark DR DR1 and DR2 Estonia ETV Finland YLE, MTV3 YLE TV2 France2 TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2 TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV3, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV4, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV International and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV News2 Georgia GPB 1TV Germany ARD and ZDF Das Erste and ZDF Greece ERT ET1, NET and ET3 Hungary MTV MTV1 and MTV2 Holy See RAI RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3 Hong Kong TVB Cantonese: TVB Jade English: TVB Pearl India Doordarshan Doordarshan National Channel Indonesia1 TVRI (Programme 1), RCTI, SCTV, TPI, ANteve, and Indosiar (all matches in live television)1 Iran IRIB Channel 1 and Channel 2 Ireland RTÉ RTÉ One and RTÉ Two Israel IBA Hebrew: Channel 1 Arabic: Channel 33 Italy RAI RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3 Japan NHK, Fuji Television, TBS, Nippon Television, TV Asahi and TV Tokyo NHK General TV, Fuji Television, TBS Television, Nippon Television, TV Asahi and TV Tokyo Laos LNTV Macau TVB Cantonese: TVB Jade English: TVB Pearl Latin America Bein TV, DirecTV Channels 530 and 532 of Bein TV Channels 610 and 612 of DirecTV Malaysia2 RTM, STMB, NTV7 TV1, TV2, TV3, NTV7 Mexico Televisa, TV Azteca Canal de las Estrellas, XHDF-TDT Monaco2 TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2 Telemontecarlo TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV3, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV4, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV International and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV News (all matches of international broadcast signal)2 Telemontecarlo Myanmar MRTV Channel 5 Netherlands NPO Nederland 1, Nederland 2 and Nederland 3 New Zealand TVNZ TV1 and TV2 Norway NRK NRK1 and NRK2 Paraguay TV Acción, TV Cerro Corá, Tevedos, Teledifusora Paraguaya, SICOM TV, Hispanoamérica TV, Canal 5 TV Color, Caacupé Cable Visión S.A., Holding Paraná de radio y televisión Telefuturo, SNT, Red Guaraní Canal 13, Paraguay TV, La Tele, Paravisión, Canal 25, RTV Peru América Televisión and Panamericana Televisión. Philippines GMA Network and Sky Cable Poland TVP TVP1 and TVP2 Portugal RTP RTP1 and RTP2 Russia VGTRK, ORT Rossiya 1, Channel One Russia San Marino RAI RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3 Singapore Singapore International Media Premiere 12 Slovakia STV STV1 and STV2 South Africa SABC SABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3 South Korea KBS Spain RTVE TVE (TV1 and TV2) Sweden SVT SVT1 and SVT2 Switzerland SRG SSR SF 1 (German), TSR 2 (French) and TSI 2 (Italian) Taiwan TTV, CTV, CTS and FTV Thailand Television Pool of Thailand Turkey TRT TRT 1, TRT 2 and TRT 3 United Kingdom BBC and ITV BBC One and ITV3 United States ABC, ESPN (English) and Univision (Spanish) Ukraine UT-1 and 1+1 Uruguay Tevetres, Monte Carlo Televisión, Sociedad Anónima Emisora de Televisión y Anexos, Sociedad Televisora Larrañaga, SODRE, Franco-Hispano TV, Canal 8 TV Color, Canelones Cable Visión S.A., Holding Rivera de radio y televisión Channel 3, Channel 4, Channel 10, Teledoce, UTC, Uruvisión, Canal 27, STV Vietnam Vietnam Television, Ho Chi Minh City Television VTV1, VTV3, HTV7, HTV9 Venezuela Venevisión, RCTV, VTV ### Sponsorship [Coca-Cola](/source/Coca-Cola) was one of the [sponsors](/source/Sponsor_(commercial)) of FIFA World Cup 1998. The sponsors of the 1998 FIFA World Cup are divided into two categories: [FIFA World Cup](/source/FIFA_World_Cup) Sponsors and [France](/source/France_national_football_team) Supporters.[44][45] FIFA World Cup sponsors France Supporters Adidas[46][47] Budweiser Canon[48][49] Casio[50] Coca-Cola[51][52] Fujifilm[47][53] Gillette[51][54] (Braun)[55] JVC[56][57] MasterCard[58][59] McDonald's[60][61] Opel[62][63] Philips[58][63] Snickers[47][64] Air France Citroën Crédit Agricole[65] Danone France Telecom[66] La Poste[67] Peugeot Renault Vauxhall The absence of [Budweiser](/source/Budweiser_(Anheuser-Busch)) on pitch side advertising hoardings is notable due to the [Evin law](/source/Evin_law), which forbids alcohol-related sponsorship in France, including in sports events.[68] ### Video games In most of the world, the official video game was, *[World Cup 98](/source/World_Cup_98_(video_game))* released by [EA Sports](/source/EA_Sports) on 13 March 1998 for [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows), [PlayStation](/source/PlayStation_(console)), [Nintendo 64](/source/Nintendo_64) and the [Game Boy](/source/Game_Boy). It was the first international football game developed by Electronic Arts since obtaining the rights from FIFA in 1997 and received mostly favourable reviews.[69][70][71] In Japan, [Konami](/source/Konami) was granted the FIFA World Cup licence and produced two distinct video games: *[Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France 98](/source/International_Superstar_Soccer_98)* by KCEO for the Nintendo 64, and *[World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 3: World Cup France '98](/source/International_Superstar_Soccer_Pro_98)* by [KCET](/source/Konami#Konami_Computer_Entertainment_Tokyo) for the PlayStation. These games were released in the rest of the world as *International Superstar Soccer '98* and *International Superstar Soccer Pro '98*, without the official FIFA World Cup licence, branding or real player names.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Also in Japan, [Sega](/source/Sega) was granted the FIFA World Cup licence to produce the [Saturn](/source/Sega_Saturn) video game *World Cup '98 France: Road to Win*.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Many other video games, including *[World League Soccer 98](/source/World_League_Soccer_98)*, *[Actua Soccer](/source/Actua_Soccer) 2* and *[Neo Geo Cup '98: The Road to the Victory](/source/Neo_Geo_Cup_'98%3A_The_Road_to_the_Victory)* were released in the buildup to the 1998 World Cup and evidently were based on the tournament. *[FIFA: Road to World Cup 98](/source/FIFA%3A_Road_to_World_Cup_98)*, also by EA Sports focused on the qualification stage.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Symbols Footix, the official [mascot](/source/FIFA_World_Cup_mascots) of the tournament ### Mascot The [official mascot](/source/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_official_mascots) was *Footix*, a [rooster](/source/Rooster) first presented in May 1996.[72] It was created by graphic designer Fabrice Pialot and selected from a shortlist of five mascots.[73] Research carried out about the choice of having a cockerel as a mascot was greatly received: 91% associated it immediately with France, the traditional symbol of the nation.[72] Footix, the name chosen by French television viewers, is a [portmanteau](/source/Portmanteau) of "football" and the ending "-ix" from the popular *[Astérix](/source/Ast%C3%A9rix)* comic strip.[72] The mascot's colours reflect those of the host nation's flag and home strip – blue for the jump suit, a red crest and with the words 'France 98' coloured in white. ### Match ball Main article: [Adidas Tricolore](/source/Adidas_Tricolore) The [official match ball](/source/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_official_match_balls) for the 1998 World Cup, manufactured by [Adidas](/source/Adidas) was named the *Tricolore*, meaning 'three-coloured' in French.[74] It was the eighth World Cup match ball made for the tournament by the German company and was the first in the series to be multi-coloured.[75] The tricolour flag and cockerel, traditional symbols of France, were used as inspiration for the design.[75] ### Music Main article: [Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!](/source/Music_of_the_World_Cup%3A_Allez!_Ola!_Ole!) The official song of the 1998 FIFA World Cup was "[The Cup of Life](/source/The_Cup_of_Life)", also known as "La Copa de la Vida", recorded by [Ricky Martin](/source/Ricky_Martin).[76][77] The official anthem was "[La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)](/source/La_Cour_des_Grands_(Do_You_Mind_If_I_Play))" by [Youssou N'Dour](/source/Youssou_N'Dour) and [Axelle Red](/source/Axelle_Red). ## Legacy Honorary FIFA President [João Havelange](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Havelange) praised France's hosting of the World Cup, describing the tournament as one that would "remain with me forever, as I am sure they will remain with everyone who witnessed this unforgettable competition".[78] [Lennart Johansson](/source/Lennart_Johansson), the chairman of the organising committee for the World Cup and President of UEFA added that France provided "subject matter of a quality that made the world hold its breath".[79] [Cour des Comptes](/source/Cour_des_Comptes), the [quasi-judicial body](/source/Quasi-judicial_body) of the [French government](/source/French_government), released its report on the organisation of the 1998 World Cup in 2000.[80] ## See also - [Association football portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Association_football) - [1990s portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:1990s) - [France portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:France) - *[Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!](/source/Music_of_the_World_Cup%3A_Allez!_Ola!_Ole!)* – The Official 1998 FIFA World Cup music album - [1998 World Cup terror plot](/source/1998_World_Cup_terror_plot) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["France Gets 1998 World Cup"](https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/03/sports/france-gets-1998-world-cup.html). *The New York Times*. 3 July 1992. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180613005711/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/03/sports/france-gets-1998-world-cup.html) from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["France awarded 1998 World Cup"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19920701&id=nJIiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2969,452686). *The Item*. 2 July 1992. p. 3. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210729125023/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19920701&id=nJIiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2969,452686) from the original on 29 July 2021. 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