1998 FIFA World Cup
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| Tournament details | |
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| 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.
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Participants [change]
Africa [change]
Cameroon (CMR) • Squad
Morocco (MAR) • Squad
Nigeria (NGA) • Squad
South Africa (RSA) • Squad
Tunisia (TUN) • Squad
Asia [change]
Iran (IRN) • Squad
Japan (JPN) • Squad
South Korea (KOR) • Squad
Saudi Arabia (KSA) • Squad
Europe [change]
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
FR Yugoslavia (YUG) • Squad
North and Central America [change]
South America [change]
Argentina (ARG) • Squad
Brazil (BRA) • Squad
Chile (CHI) • Squad
Colombia (COL) • Squad
Paraguay (PAR) • Squad
Results [change]
Round 1 [change]
Group A [change]
| 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 [change]
| 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 [change]
| 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 [change]
| 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 [change]
| 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 [change]
| 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 [change]
| 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 [change]
| 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 [change]
| 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 [change]
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