1998 FIFA World Cup

1998 FIFA World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	10 June – 12 July
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (5th title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	171 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Davor Šuker (6 goals)
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The 1998 FIFA World Cup was a football (soccer) sporting event that was held in France from June 10 1998 to July 12, 1998. 32 teams took part from many countries. France won the trophy after beating Brazil in the final 3-0.

Participants

Africa

• Cameroon (CMR) • Squad
• Morocco (MAR) • Squad
• Nigeria (NGA) • Squad
• South Africa (RSA) • Squad
• Tunisia (TUN) • Squad

Asia

• Iran (IRN) • Squad
• Japan (JPN) • Squad
• Korea Republic (KOR) • Squad
• Saudi Arabia (KSA) • Squad

Europe

• Austria (AUT) • Squad
• Belgium (BEL) • Squad
• Bulgaria (BUL) • Squad
• Croatia (CRO) • Squad
• Denmark (DEN) • Squad
• England (ENG) • Squad
• France (FRA) • Squad
• Germany (GER) • Squad
• Italy (ITA) • Squad
• Netherlands (NED) • Squad
• Norway (NOR) • Squad
• Romania (ROU) • Squad
• Scotland (SCO) • Squad
• Spain (ESP) • Squad
• Yugoslavia (YUG) • Squad

North and Central America

• Jamaica (JAM) • Squad
• Mexico (MEX) • Squad
• United States (USA) • Squad

South America

• Argentina (ARG) • Squad
• Brazil (BRA) • Squad
• Chile (CHI) • Squad
• Colombia (COL) • Squad
• Paraguay (PAR) • Squad

Results

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	BRA	NOR	MAR	SCO	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Brazil	-	1-2	3-0	2-1	3	2	0	1	6	3	6	Round 2
2	Norway	2-1	-	2-2	1-1	3	1	2	0	5	4	5	Round 2
3	Morocco	0-3	2-2	-	3-0	3	1	1	1	5	5	4
4	Scotland	1-2	1-1	0-3	-	3	0	1	2	2	6	1

Group B

Pos	Team	ITA	CHI	AUT	CMR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Italy	-	2-2	2-1	3-0	3	2	1	0	7	3	7	Round 2
2	Chile	2-2	-	1-1	1-1	3	0	3	0	4	4	3	Round 2
3	Austria	1-2	1-1	-	1-1	3	0	2	1	3	4	2
4	Cameroon	0-3	1-1	1-1	-	3	0	2	1	2	5	2

Group C

Pos	Team	FRA	DEN	RSA	KSA	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	France	-	2-1	3-0	4-0	3	3	0	0	9	1	9	Round 2
2	Denmark	1-2	-	1-1	1-0	3	1	1	1	3	3	4	Round 2
3	South Africa	0-3	1-1	-	2-2	3	0	2	1	3	6	2
4	Saudi Arabia	0-4	0-1	2-2	-	3	0	1	2	2	7	1

Group D

Pos	Team	NGA	PAR	ESP	BUL	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Nigeria	-	1-3	3-2	1-0	3	2	0	1	5	5	6	Round 2
2	Paraguay	3-1	-	0-0	0-0	3	1	2	0	3	1	5	Round 2
3	Spain	2-3	0-0	-	6-1	3	1	1	1	8	4	4
4	Bulgaria	0-1	0-0	1-6	-	3	0	1	2	1	7	1

Group E

Pos	Team	NED	MEX	BEL	KOR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Netherlands	-	2-2	0-0	5-0	3	1	2	0	7	2	5	Round 2
2	Mexico	2-2	-	2-2	3-1	3	1	2	0	7	5	5	Round 2
3	Belgium	0-0	2-2	-	1-1	3	0	3	0	3	3	3
4	Korea Republic	0-5	1-3	1-1	-	3	0	1	2	2	9	1

Group F

Pos	Team	GER	YUG	IRN	USA	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Germany	-	2-2	2-0	2-0	3	2	1	0	6	2	7	Round 2
2	Yugoslavia	2-2	-	1-0	1-0	3	2	1	0	4	2	7	Round 2
3	Iran	0-2	0-1	-	2-1	3	1	0	2	2	4	3
4	United States	0-2	0-1	1-2	-	3	0	0	3	1	5	0

Group G

Pos	Team	ROU	ENG	COL	TUN	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Romania	-	2-1	1-0	1-1	3	2	1	0	4	2	7	Round 2
2	England	1-2	-	2-0	2-0	3	2	0	1	5	2	6	Round 2
3	Colombia	0-1	0-2	-	1-0	3	1	0	2	1	3	3
4	Tunisia	1-1	0-2	0-1	-	3	0	1	2	1	4	1

Group H

Pos	Team	ARG	CRO	JAM	JPN	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Argentina	-	1-0	5-0	1-0	3	3	0	0	7	0	9	Round 2
2	Croatia	0-1	-	3-1	1-0	3	2	0	1	4	2	6	Round 2
3	Jamaica	0-5	1-3	-	2-1	3	1	0	2	3	9	3
4	Japan	0-1	0-1	1-2	-	3	0	0	3	1	4	0

Round 2

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Brazil	4
	Chile	1
					Brazil	3
					Denmark	2
	Nigeria	1
	Denmark	4
									Brazil (penalty shootout	1 (4)
									Netherlands	1 (2)
	Netherlands	2
	Yugoslavia	1
					Netherlands	2
					Argentina	1
	Argentina (penalty shootout)	2 (4)
	England	2 (3)
													Brazil	0
													France	3
	Germany	2
	Mexico	1
					Germany	0
					Croatia	3
	Romania	0
	Croatia	1
									Croatia	1
									France	2			Third place
	Italy	1
	Norway	0
					Italy	0 (3)							Croatia	2
					France (penalty shootout)	0 (4)							Netherlands	1
	France	1
	Paraguay	0

Matches won by penalty shootouts have the penalty shootout goals shown in brackets "()".

France won the championship.

References

• FIFA