Football World Cup 1998

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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
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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. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final. This was the first World Cup title for France, who joined Brazil and five others (Uruguay, Italy, Germany, 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 Šuker of surprise third place finisher Croatia won the Golden Boot after scoring six goals.

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

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

Contents

Qualification

See Football World Cup 1998 (qualification).

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
ToulouseStadium municipal37,000
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 Football World Cup 1998 (squads).

First round

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

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Brazil flag large.png Brazil 6320163
Image:Norway flag large.png Norway 5312054
Image:Morocco flag large.png 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

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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Flag of Italy.png Italy 7321073
Image:Chile flag large.png Chile 3303044
Image:Austria flag large.png Austria 2302134
Image:Cameroon flag large.png 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

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

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' Mboma 55'
 

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:France flag large.png France 9330091
Image:Denmark flag large.png Denmark 4311133
Image:South africa flag large.png South Africa 2302136
Image:Saudi arabia flag large.png 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

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

South Africa 1 - 1 (0-1) Denmark 17:30 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: John Toro Rendon (Colombia)
Attendance: 33,300
McCarthy 52' Nielsen 13'
 
 
France 4 - 0 (1-0) 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

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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Nigeria flag large.png Nigeria 6320155
Image:Paraguay flag large.png Paraguay 5312031
Image:Spain flag large.png Spain 4311184
Image:Bulgaria flag large.png 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' 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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Netherlands flag large.png Netherlands 5312072
Image:Mexico flag large.png Mexico 5312075
Image:Belgium flag large.png Belgium 3303033
Image:South korea flag large.png 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

South Korea 1 - 3 (1-0) Mexico 17:30 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Günter Benkö (Austria)
Attendance: 39,133
Ha 28' Pelaez 51'
Hernandez 74'
Hernandez 84'
 
Netherlands 0 - 0 (0-0) Belgium 21:00 - 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' García Aspe (p) 55'
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'
van Hooijdonk 80'
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' 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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Germany flag large.png Germany 7321062
Image:Yugoslavia flag large.png Yugoslavia 7321042
Image:Iran flag large.png Iran 3310224
Image:Us flag large.png 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
Möller 8'
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' 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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Romania flag large.png Romania 7321042
Image:England flag large.png England 6320152
Image:Colombia flag large.png Colombia 3310213
Image:Tunisia flag large.png 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

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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Image:Argentina flag large.png Argentina 9330070
Image:Croatia flag large.png Croatia 6320142
Image:Jamaica flag large.png Jamaica 3310239
Image:Japan flag large.png 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' Stanic' 27'
Prosinečki 53'
Šuker 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
Šuker 77'
 

June 21, 1998

Argentina 5 - 0 (1-0) 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

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

Image:Flag of Italy.png Italy 1 - 0 (1-0) Image:Norway flag large.png Norway 16:30 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Ref: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
Attendance: 55,000
Vieri 18'
 
 
Image:Brazil flag large.png Brazil 4 - 1 (3-0) Image:Chile flag large.png 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:France flag large.png France 0 - 0 (0-0) Image:Paraguay flag large.png 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:Nigeria flag large.png Nigeria 1 - 4 (0-2) Image:Denmark flag large.png 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:Germany flag large.png Germany 2 - 1 (0-0) Image:Mexico flag large.png Mexico 16:30 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Vítor Pereira (Portugal)
Attendance: 29,800
Klinsmann 75' Hernandez 47'
Bierhoff 86'
 
Image:Netherlands flag large.png Netherlands 2 - 1 (1-0) Image:Yugoslavia flag large.png Yugoslavia 21:00 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
Attendance: 33,500
Bergkamp 38' Komljenovic' 48'
Davids 90'+2'

June 30, 1998

Image:Romania flag large.png Romania 0 - 1 (0-1) Image:Croatia flag large.png Croatia 16:30 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Attendance: 31,800
Šuker (p) 45'+2'
 
 
Image:Argentina flag large.png Argentina 2 - 2 (2-2) Image:England flag large.png 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
Image:Argentina flag large.png Argentina 4 - 3 Image:England flag large.png England
Berti: goal 1-1 Shearer: goal
Crespo: Seaman saved 1-1 Ince: Roa saved
Verón: goal 2-2 Merson: goal
Gallardo: goal 3-3 Owen: goal
Ayala: goal 4-3 Batty: Roa saved

Quarterfinals

July 3, 1998

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

July 4, 1998

Image:Netherlands flag large.png Netherlands 2 - 1 (1-1) Image:Argentina flag large.png Argentina 16:30 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Ref: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Attendance: 55,000
Kluivert 12' López 17'
Bergkamp 89'
 
Image:Germany flag large.png Germany 0 - 3 (0-1) Image:Croatia flag large.png Croatia 21:00 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Attendance: 39,100
Jarni 45'+3'
Vlaovic' 80'
Šuker 85'

Semifinals

July 7, 1998

Image:Brazil flag large.png Brazil 1 - 1 (0-0) Image:Netherlands flag large.png 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
Image:Brazil flag large.png Brazil 4 - 2 Image:Netherlands flag large.png Netherlands
Ronaldo: goal 1-1 F. de Boer: goal
Rivaldo: goal 2-2 Bergkamp: goal
Emerson: goal 3-2 Cocu: Taffarel saved
Dunga: goal 4-2 R. de Boer: Taffarel saved

July 8, 1998

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

Third place match

July 11, 1998

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

Final

July 12, 1998

Image:Brazil flag large.png Brazil 0 - 3 (0-2) Image:France flag large.png 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:

Image:France flag large.png FRANCE (First title)

Goal Scorers

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

Own Goals

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