1998 Fifa World Cup

The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams.

The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament (the first was in 1938), 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.

1998 FIFA World Cup
Coupe du Monde – France 98 (French)
1998 Fifa World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates10 June – 12 July
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions1998 Fifa World Cup France (1st title)
Runners-up1998 Fifa World Cup Brazil
Third place1998 Fifa World Cup Croatia
Fourth place1998 Fifa World Cup Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played64
Goals scored171 (2.67 per match)
Attendance2,785,100 (43,517 per match)
Top scorer(s)Croatia Davor Šuker (6 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Ronaldo
Best young playerEngland Michael Owen
Best goalkeeperFrance Fabien Barthez
Fair play award1998 Fifa World Cup England
1998 Fifa World Cup France
1994
2002

Qualification for the finals 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 in the Parisian commune of Saint-Denis.

The tournament was won by host country France, who beat defending champions Brazil 3–0 in the final. France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina) to win the World Cup on home soil. As of 2022, they are the most recent team to win the tournament on home soil. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the finals.

Host selection

France was awarded the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by the executive committee of FIFA during a general meeting in Zürich, Switzerland. They defeated Morocco by 12 votes to 7. 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 and 1990 respectively. France previously hosted the third edition of the World Cup in 1938. England, who hosted the competition in 1966 and won it, were among the original applicants, but later withdrew their application in favour of an ultimately successful bid to host UEFA Euro 1996.

Voting results
Country Round 1
France 12
Morocco 7

Bribery and corruption investigations

On 4 June 2015, while co-operating with the FBI and the Swiss authorities, Chuck Blazer confirmed that he and other members of FIFA's executive committee were bribed during the 1998 and 2010 World Cups 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.

Qualification

The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musée du Louvre, Paris on 12 December 1995. 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. 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. CONMEBOL (South America) and CAF (Africa) were each given five spots in the final tournament, while three spots were contested between 30 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, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa. The last team to qualify was Iran by virtue of beating Australia in a two-legged tie on 29 November 1997. It marked their first appearance in the finals since 1978, the last time Tunisia also qualified for the tournament. Chile 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, with the Balkan team now appearing under the name of FR Yugoslavia. Among the teams who failed to qualify were two-time winners Uruguay (for the second successive tournament); Portugal (their last absence as of 2022); Sweden, who finished third in 1994; Russia (who failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 after losing to Italy in the play-off round); and the Republic of Ireland, who had qualified for the previous two tournaments. The highest-ranked team not to qualify was the UEFA Euro 1996 runners-up the Czech Republic (ranked 3rd), while the lowest-ranked team that did qualify was Nigeria (ranked 74th).

As of 2022, this was the last time Austria, Bulgaria, Norway, Romania and Scotland qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the only time Jamaica have qualified.

List of qualified teams

The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, qualified for the final tournament.

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. 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. 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. As Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac successfully negotiated a deal with Prime Minister Édouard Balladur to bring the Stade de France, as it was now called, to the commune of Saint-Denis just north of the capital city. 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.

The choice of stadium locations was drafted from an original list of 14 cities. 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 was the surprise inclusion from the final list of cities because of its low urban hierarchy in comparison to 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. Some of the venues used for this tournament were also used for the previous World Cup in France in 1938. The Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, the Stade Municipal in Toulouse, the Gerland in Lyon, 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.

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's 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
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Lens
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
1998 Fifa World Cup 
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
1998 Fifa World Cup 
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
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Innovations

Technologies

This was the first FIFA World Cup where fourth officials used electronic boards, instead of cardboard.

Rule changes

This was the first World Cup since the introduction of golden goals, banning of tackles from behind that endanger the safety of an opponent and allowance of three substitutions per game.

Match officials

34 referees and 33 assistants officiated in the 1998 World Cup. 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.

Draw

The FIFA Organising Committee announced the eight seeded teams on 3 December 1997. The historic tradition to seed the hosts (France) and holders (Brazil) was upheld; while the remaining six seeds were granted for the other top7-ranked teams, 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 position in the last month of the past three years (equal ratio, counting in total 40%).

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.

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.

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)
  • 1998 Fifa World Cup  Brazil (1994 winner, group A1)
  • 1998 Fifa World Cup  France (host, group C1)

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. Teams were drawn by football legends Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto Parreira, George Weah and Raymond Kopa.

Organiser 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: "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".

The statement from Platini referred to the fact that, shortly before the World Cup finals draw took place, the FIFA Organising Committee 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 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.

Procedure for the draw:

  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.
  2. Pot D was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H).
  3. Pot B was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H).
  4. 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) team.
  5. 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) 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.
  6. 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:

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, 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 and a third-place play-off 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

As with the preceding tournament, 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. 75 played their club football in England – five more than Italy and Spain. Barcelona of Spain was the club contributing to the most players in the tournament with 13 players on their side.

The average age of all teams was 27 years, 8 months – five months older than the previous tournament. Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon was the youngest player selected in the competition at 17 years, 3 months, while the oldest was Jim Leighton of Scotland at 39 years, 11 months.

Group stage

1998 Fifa World Cup 

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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 scoring the winning penalty to send Norway into the knockout stage for the first time.

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1998 Fifa World Cup  Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 1998 Fifa World Cup  Norway 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
3 1998 Fifa World Cup  Morocco 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4 1998 Fifa World Cup  Scotland 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: FIFA
Brazil 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–11998 Fifa World Cup  Scotland
César Sampaio 1998 Fifa World Cup  5'
Boyd 1998 Fifa World Cup  74' (o.g.)
Report Collins 1998 Fifa World Cup  38' (pen.)
Morocco 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–21998 Fifa World Cup  Norway
Hadji 1998 Fifa World Cup  37'
Hadda 1998 Fifa World Cup  60'
Report Chippo 1998 Fifa World Cup  45+1' (o.g.)
Eggen 1998 Fifa World Cup  61'

Scotland 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–11998 Fifa World Cup  Norway
Burley 1998 Fifa World Cup  66' Report H. Flo 1998 Fifa World Cup  46'
Attendance: 31,800
Brazil 1998 Fifa World Cup 3–01998 Fifa World Cup  Morocco
Ronaldo 1998 Fifa World Cup  9'
Rivaldo 1998 Fifa World Cup  45+2'
Bebeto 1998 Fifa World Cup  50'
Report

Scotland 1998 Fifa World Cup 0–31998 Fifa World Cup  Morocco
Report Bassir 1998 Fifa World Cup  23', 85'
Hadda 1998 Fifa World Cup  46'
Brazil 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–21998 Fifa World Cup  Norway
Bebeto 1998 Fifa World Cup  78' Report T. A. Flo 1998 Fifa World Cup  83'
Rekdal 1998 Fifa World Cup  89' (pen.)

Group B

Italy and Chile progressed to the second round, while Austria failed to win for the first time since 1958 and Cameroon failed to get out of the group stage for the second time in a row.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1998 Fifa World Cup  Italy 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 1998 Fifa World Cup  Chile 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
3 1998 Fifa World Cup  Austria 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4 1998 Fifa World Cup  Cameroon 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
Source: FIFA
Italy 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–21998 Fifa World Cup  Chile
Vieri 1998 Fifa World Cup  10'
R. Baggio 1998 Fifa World Cup  84' (pen.)
Report Salas 1998 Fifa World Cup  45+3', 50'
Attendance: 31,800
Cameroon 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–11998 Fifa World Cup  Austria
Njanka 1998 Fifa World Cup  77' Report Polster 1998 Fifa World Cup  90+1'

Chile 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–11998 Fifa World Cup  Austria
Salas 1998 Fifa World Cup  70' Report Vastić 1998 Fifa World Cup  90+2'
Italy 1998 Fifa World Cup 3–01998 Fifa World Cup  Cameroon
Di Biagio 1998 Fifa World Cup  7'
Vieri 1998 Fifa World Cup  75', 89'
Report

Italy 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–11998 Fifa World Cup  Austria
Vieri 1998 Fifa World Cup  48'
R. Baggio 1998 Fifa World Cup  90'
Report Herzog 1998 Fifa World Cup  90+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
Chile 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–11998 Fifa World Cup  Cameroon
Sierra 1998 Fifa World Cup  20' Report Mboma 1998 Fifa World Cup  56'

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1998 Fifa World Cup  France (H) 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 1998 Fifa World Cup  Denmark 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 1998 Fifa World Cup  South Africa 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
4 1998 Fifa World Cup  Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Saudi Arabia 1998 Fifa World Cup 0–11998 Fifa World Cup  Denmark
Report Rieper 1998 Fifa World Cup  69'
France 1998 Fifa World Cup 3–01998 Fifa World Cup  South Africa
Dugarry 1998 Fifa World Cup  36'
Issa 1998 Fifa World Cup  77' (o.g.)
Henry 1998 Fifa World Cup  90+2'
Report

South Africa 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–11998 Fifa World Cup  Denmark
McCarthy 1998 Fifa World Cup  51' Report A. Nielsen 1998 Fifa World Cup  12'
France 1998 Fifa World Cup 4–01998 Fifa World Cup  Saudi Arabia
Henry 1998 Fifa World Cup  37', 78'
Trezeguet 1998 Fifa World Cup  68'
Lizarazu 1998 Fifa World Cup  85'
Report

France 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–11998 Fifa World Cup  Denmark
Djorkaeff 1998 Fifa World Cup  12' (pen.)
Petit 1998 Fifa World Cup  56'
Report M. Laudrup 1998 Fifa World Cup  42' (pen.)
Attendance: 39,100
South Africa 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–21998 Fifa World Cup  Saudi Arabia
Bartlett 1998 Fifa World Cup  18', 90+3' (pen.) Report Al-Jaber 1998 Fifa World Cup  45+2' (pen.)
Al-Thunayan 1998 Fifa World Cup  74' (pen.)
Attendance: 31,800

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1998 Fifa World Cup  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 1998 Fifa World Cup  Paraguay 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3 1998 Fifa World Cup  Spain 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4
4 1998 Fifa World Cup  Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source: FIFA
Paraguay 1998 Fifa World Cup 0–01998 Fifa World Cup  Bulgaria
Report
Spain 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–31998 Fifa World Cup  Nigeria
Hierro 1998 Fifa World Cup  21'
Raúl 1998 Fifa World Cup  47'
Report Adepoju 1998 Fifa World Cup  24'
Zubizarreta 1998 Fifa World Cup  73' (o.g.)
Oliseh 1998 Fifa World Cup  78'

Nigeria 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–01998 Fifa World Cup  Bulgaria
Ikpeba 1998 Fifa World Cup  28' Report
Attendance: 45,500
Spain 1998 Fifa World Cup 0–01998 Fifa World Cup  Paraguay
Report

Nigeria 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–31998 Fifa World Cup  Paraguay
Oruma 1998 Fifa World Cup  11' Report Ayala 1998 Fifa World Cup  1'
Benítez 1998 Fifa World Cup  58'
Cardozo 1998 Fifa World Cup  86'
Spain 1998 Fifa World Cup 6–11998 Fifa World Cup  Bulgaria
Hierro 1998 Fifa World Cup  6' (pen.)
Luis Enrique 1998 Fifa World Cup  18'
Morientes 1998 Fifa World Cup  55', 81'
Bachev 1998 Fifa World Cup  88' (o.g.)
Kiko 1998 Fifa World Cup  90+4'
Report Kostadinov 1998 Fifa World Cup  58'

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 co-hosts South Korea failed to advance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1998 Fifa World Cup  Netherlands 3 1 2 0 7 2 +5 5 Advance to knockout stage
2 1998 Fifa World Cup  Mexico 3 1 2 0 7 5 +2 5
3 1998 Fifa World Cup  Belgium 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4 1998 Fifa World Cup  South Korea 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
Source: FIFA
South Korea 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–31998 Fifa World Cup  Mexico
Ha Seok-ju 1998 Fifa World Cup  27' Report Peláez 1998 Fifa World Cup  50'
Hernández 1998 Fifa World Cup  75', 84'
Attendance: 39,100
Netherlands 1998 Fifa World Cup 0–01998 Fifa World Cup  Belgium
Report
Attendance: 77,000

Belgium 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–21998 Fifa World Cup  Mexico
Wilmots 1998 Fifa World Cup  42', 47' Report García Aspe 1998 Fifa World Cup  55' (pen.)
Blanco 1998 Fifa World Cup  62'
Attendance: 31,800
Netherlands 1998 Fifa World Cup 5–01998 Fifa World Cup  South Korea
Cocu 1998 Fifa World Cup  37'
Overmars 1998 Fifa World Cup  41'
Bergkamp 1998 Fifa World Cup  71'
Van Hooijdonk 1998 Fifa World Cup  80'
R. de Boer 1998 Fifa World Cup  83'
Report
Attendance: 55,000

Netherlands 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–21998 Fifa World Cup  Mexico
Cocu 1998 Fifa World Cup  4'
R. de Boer 1998 Fifa World Cup  18'
Report Peláez 1998 Fifa World Cup  75'
Hernández 1998 Fifa World Cup  90+4'
Belgium 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–11998 Fifa World Cup  South Korea
Nilis 1998 Fifa World Cup  7' Report Yoo Sang-chul 1998 Fifa World Cup  72'

Group F

Germany and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia advanced, each with 7 points (Germany took 1st through goal differential tiebreak). Iran and 1994 host United States failed to advance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1998 Fifa World Cup  Germany 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 1998 Fifa World Cup  Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
3 1998 Fifa World Cup  Iran 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4 1998 Fifa World Cup  United States 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: FIFA
FR Yugoslavia 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–01998 Fifa World Cup  Iran
Mihajlović 1998 Fifa World Cup  73' Report
Germany 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–01998 Fifa World Cup  United States
Möller 1998 Fifa World Cup  9'
Klinsmann 1998 Fifa World Cup  65'
Report
Attendance: 45,500

Germany 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–21998 Fifa World Cup  FR Yugoslavia
Mihajlović 1998 Fifa World Cup  72' (o.g.)
Bierhoff 1998 Fifa World Cup  78'
Report Mijatović 1998 Fifa World Cup  13'
Stojković 1998 Fifa World Cup  52'
United States 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–21998 Fifa World Cup  Iran
McBride 1998 Fifa World Cup  87' Report Estili 1998 Fifa World Cup  40'
Mahdavikia 1998 Fifa World Cup  84'
Attendance: 39,100

Germany 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–01998 Fifa World Cup  Iran
Bierhoff 1998 Fifa World Cup  50'
Klinsmann 1998 Fifa World Cup  57'
Report
United States 1998 Fifa World Cup 0–11998 Fifa World Cup  FR Yugoslavia
Report Komljenović 1998 Fifa World Cup  4'

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1998 Fifa World Cup  Romania 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 1998 Fifa World Cup  England 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3 1998 Fifa World Cup  Colombia 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
4 1998 Fifa World Cup  Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: FIFA
England 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–01998 Fifa World Cup  Tunisia
Shearer 1998 Fifa World Cup  42'
Scholes 1998 Fifa World Cup  89'
Report
Attendance: 54,587
Romania 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–01998 Fifa World Cup  Colombia
Ilie 1998 Fifa World Cup  45+1' Report
Attendance: 39,100

Colombia 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–01998 Fifa World Cup  Tunisia
Preciado 1998 Fifa World Cup  82' Report
Romania 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–11998 Fifa World Cup  England
Moldovan 1998 Fifa World Cup  46'
Petrescu 1998 Fifa World Cup  90'
Report Owen 1998 Fifa World Cup  81'
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Colombia 1998 Fifa World Cup 0–21998 Fifa World Cup  England
Report Anderton 1998 Fifa World Cup  20'
Beckham 1998 Fifa World Cup  29'
Romania 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–11998 Fifa World Cup  Tunisia
Moldovan 1998 Fifa World Cup  71' Report Souayah 1998 Fifa World Cup  12' (pen.)
Attendance: 77,000

Group H

Argentina finished at the top of Group H against three debutants. Croatia took the runners up spot against the surprising Jamaica, and Japan failed to advance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1998 Fifa World Cup  Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 1998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3 1998 Fifa World Cup  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4 1998 Fifa World Cup  Japan 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
Source: FIFA
Argentina 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–01998 Fifa World Cup  Japan
Batistuta 1998 Fifa World Cup  28' Report
Jamaica 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–31998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia
Earle 1998 Fifa World Cup  45' Report Stanić 1998 Fifa World Cup  27'
Prosinečki 1998 Fifa World Cup  53'
Šuker 1998 Fifa World Cup  69'

Japan 1998 Fifa World Cup 0–11998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia
Report Šuker 1998 Fifa World Cup  77'
Argentina 1998 Fifa World Cup 5–01998 Fifa World Cup  Jamaica
Ortega 1998 Fifa World Cup  32', 55'
Batistuta 1998 Fifa World Cup  73', 78', 83' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 45,500

Argentina 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–01998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia
Pineda 1998 Fifa World Cup  36' Report
Attendance: 31,800
Japan 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–21998 Fifa World Cup  Jamaica
Nakayama 1998 Fifa World Cup  74' Report Whitmore 1998 Fifa World Cup  39', 54'
Attendance: 39,100

Knockout stage

The knockout stage 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; if scores were still level, there was a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round. Golden goal comes into play if a team scores during extra time, thus becoming the winner which concludes the game.

Bracket

The first games were played on 27 June 1998, and the final took place on 12 July 1998 in Paris.

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
27 June – Paris
 
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Brazil4
 
3 July – Nantes
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Chile1
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Brazil3
 
28 June – Saint-Denis
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Denmark2
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Nigeria1
 
7 July – Marseille
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Denmark4
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Brazil (p)1 (4)
 
29 June – Toulouse
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Netherlands1 (2)
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Netherlands2
 
4 July – Marseille
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Yugoslavia1
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Netherlands2
 
30 June – Saint-Étienne
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Argentina1
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Argentina (p)2 (4)
 
12 July – Saint-Denis
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  England2 (3)
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Brazil0
 
27 June – Marseille
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  France3
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Italy1
 
3 July – Saint-Denis
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Norway0
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Italy0 (3)
 
28 June – Lens
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  France (p)0 (4)
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  France (a.s.d.e.t.)1
 
8 July – Saint-Denis
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Paraguay0
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  France2
 
29 June – Montpellier
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia1 Third place play-off
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Germany2
 
4 July – Lyon11 July – Paris
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Mexico1
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Germany01998 Fifa World Cup  Netherlands1
 
30 June – Bordeaux
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia3 1998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia2
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Romania0
 
 
1998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia1
 

Round of 16

Italy 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–01998 Fifa World Cup  Norway
Vieri 1998 Fifa World Cup  18' Report
Attendance: 55,000

Brazil 1998 Fifa World Cup 4–11998 Fifa World Cup  Chile
Sampaio 1998 Fifa World Cup  11', 26'
Ronaldo 1998 Fifa World Cup  45+3' (pen.), 72'
Report Salas 1998 Fifa World Cup  70'
Attendance: 45,500
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

France 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.)1998 Fifa World Cup  Paraguay
Blanc 1998 Fifa World Cup  114' Report

Nigeria 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–41998 Fifa World Cup  Denmark
Babangida 1998 Fifa World Cup  77' Report Møller 1998 Fifa World Cup  3'
B. Laudrup 1998 Fifa World Cup  12'
Sand 1998 Fifa World Cup  58'
Helveg 1998 Fifa World Cup  76'
Attendance: 77,000

Germany 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–11998 Fifa World Cup  Mexico
Klinsmann 1998 Fifa World Cup  74'
Bierhoff 1998 Fifa World Cup  86'
Report Hernández 1998 Fifa World Cup  47'

Netherlands 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–11998 Fifa World Cup  FR Yugoslavia
Bergkamp 1998 Fifa World Cup  38'
Davids 1998 Fifa World Cup  90+2'
Report Komljenović 1998 Fifa World Cup  48'

Romania 1998 Fifa World Cup 0–11998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia
Report Šuker 1998 Fifa World Cup  45+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 31,800

Argentina 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–2 (a.e.t.)1998 Fifa World Cup  England
Batistuta 1998 Fifa World Cup  5' (pen.)
Zanetti 1998 Fifa World Cup  45+1'
Report Shearer 1998 Fifa World Cup  9' (pen.)
Owen 1998 Fifa World Cup  16'
Penalties
Berti 1998 Fifa World Cup 
Crespo 1998 Fifa World Cup 
Verón 1998 Fifa World Cup 
Gallardo 1998 Fifa World Cup 
Ayala 1998 Fifa World Cup 
4–3 1998 Fifa World Cup  Shearer
1998 Fifa World Cup  Ince
1998 Fifa World Cup  Merson
1998 Fifa World Cup  Owen
1998 Fifa World Cup  Batty

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals were Brazil vs Denmark, Italy vs France, Netherlands vs Argentina and Germany vs Croatia.

Italy 1998 Fifa World Cup 0–0 (a.e.t.)1998 Fifa World Cup  France
Report
Penalties
R. Baggio 1998 Fifa World Cup 
Albertini 1998 Fifa World Cup 
Costacurta 1998 Fifa World Cup 
Vieri 1998 Fifa World Cup 
Di Biagio 1998 Fifa World Cup 
3–4 1998 Fifa World Cup  Zidane
1998 Fifa World Cup  Lizarazu
1998 Fifa World Cup  Trezeguet
1998 Fifa World Cup  Henry
1998 Fifa World Cup  Blanc
Attendance: 77,000

Brazil 1998 Fifa World Cup 3–21998 Fifa World Cup  Denmark
Bebeto 1998 Fifa World Cup  10'
Rivaldo 1998 Fifa World Cup  25', 59'
Report M. Jørgensen 1998 Fifa World Cup  2'
B. Laudrup 1998 Fifa World Cup  50'

Netherlands 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–11998 Fifa World Cup  Argentina
Kluivert 1998 Fifa World Cup  12'
Bergkamp 1998 Fifa World Cup  90'
Report López 1998 Fifa World Cup  17'

Germany 1998 Fifa World Cup 0–31998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia
Report Jarni 1998 Fifa World Cup  45+3'
Vlaović 1998 Fifa World Cup  80'
Šuker 1998 Fifa World Cup  85'
Attendance: 39,100

Semi-finals

Brazil 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–1 (a.e.t.)1998 Fifa World Cup  Netherlands
Ronaldo 1998 Fifa World Cup  46' Report Kluivert 1998 Fifa World Cup  87'
Penalties
Ronaldo 1998 Fifa World Cup 
Rivaldo 1998 Fifa World Cup 
Emerson 1998 Fifa World Cup 
Dunga 1998 Fifa World Cup 
4–2 1998 Fifa World Cup  F. de Boer
1998 Fifa World Cup  Bergkamp
1998 Fifa World Cup  Cocu
1998 Fifa World Cup  R. de Boer

France 1998 Fifa World Cup 2–11998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia
Thuram 1998 Fifa World Cup  47', 70' Report Šuker 1998 Fifa World Cup  46'

Third place play-off

Croatia beat the Netherlands to earn third place in the competition. Davor Šuker scored the winner in the 36th minute to secure the golden boot.

Netherlands 1998 Fifa World Cup 1–21998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia
Zenden 1998 Fifa World Cup  22' Report Prosinečki 1998 Fifa World Cup  14'
Šuker 1998 Fifa World Cup  36'
Attendance: 45,500

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, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina to win the tournament on their home soil. They also inflicted the second-heaviest World Cup defeat on Brazil, later to be topped by Brazil's 7–1 defeat by Germany in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The pre-match build up was dominated by the omission of Brazilian striker Ronaldo from the starting lineup only to be reinstated 45 minutes before kick-off. 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 struggled to hold onto. France however took the lead after Brazilian defender 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 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 set up his club teammate Petit in a counterattack to shoot low past goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel.

French president Jacques Chirac was in attendance to congratulate the winners and commiserate the runners-up after the match. Several days after the victory, winning manager Aimé Jacquet announced his resignation from the French team with immediate effect.

1998 FIFA World Cup
Final
Brazil 1998 Fifa World Cup 0–31998 Fifa World Cup  France
Report Zidane 1998 Fifa World Cup  27', 45+1'
Petit 1998 Fifa World Cup  90+3'
Attendance: 75,000

Statistics

Goalscorers

Davor Šuker received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals. In total, 171 goals were scored by 112 players:

    6 goals
    5 goals
    4 goals
    3 goals
    2 goals
    1 goal
    Own goals

Awards

Golden Ball Award Golden Shoe Award Yashin Award FIFA Fair Play Trophy Most Entertaining Team
1998 Fifa World Cup  Ronaldo 1998 Fifa World Cup  Davor Šuker 1998 Fifa World Cup  Fabien Barthez 1998 Fifa World Cup  England
1998 Fifa World Cup  France
1998 Fifa World Cup  France

Players who were red-carded during the tournament

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.

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

1998 Fifa World Cup  Fabien Barthez
1998 Fifa World Cup  José Luis Chilavert

1998 Fifa World Cup  Roberto Carlos
1998 Fifa World Cup  Marcel Desailly
1998 Fifa World Cup  Lilian Thuram
1998 Fifa World Cup  Frank de Boer
1998 Fifa World Cup  Carlos Gamarra

1998 Fifa World Cup  Dunga
1998 Fifa World Cup  Rivaldo
1998 Fifa World Cup  Michael Laudrup
1998 Fifa World Cup  Zinedine Zidane
1998 Fifa World Cup  Edgar Davids

1998 Fifa World Cup  Ronaldo
1998 Fifa World Cup  Davor Šuker
1998 Fifa World Cup  Brian Laudrup
1998 Fifa World Cup  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.

R Team G P W D L GF GA GD Pts.
1 1998 Fifa World Cup  France C 7 6 1 0 15 2 +13 19
2 1998 Fifa World Cup  Brazil A 7 4 1 2 14 10 +4 13
3 1998 Fifa World Cup  Croatia H 7 5 0 2 11 5 +6 15
4 1998 Fifa World Cup  Netherlands E 7 3 3 1 13 7 +6 12
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5 1998 Fifa World Cup  Italy B 5 3 2 0 8 3 +5 11
6 1998 Fifa World Cup  Argentina H 5 3 1 1 10 4 +6 10
7 1998 Fifa World Cup  Germany F 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 10
8 1998 Fifa World Cup  Denmark C 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 7
Eliminated in the round of 16
9 1998 Fifa World Cup  England G 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
10 1998 Fifa World Cup  Yugoslavia F 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
11 1998 Fifa World Cup  Romania G 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
12 1998 Fifa World Cup  Nigeria D 4 2 0 2 6 9 −3 6
13 1998 Fifa World Cup  Mexico E 4 1 2 1 8 7 +1 5
14 1998 Fifa World Cup  Paraguay D 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
15 1998 Fifa World Cup  Norway A 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
16 1998 Fifa World Cup  Chile B 4 0 3 1 5 8 −3 3
Eliminated in the group stage
17 1998 Fifa World Cup  Spain D 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4
18 1998 Fifa World Cup  Morocco A 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
19 1998 Fifa World Cup  Belgium E 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
20 1998 Fifa World Cup  Iran F 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
21 1998 Fifa World Cup  Colombia G 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
22 1998 Fifa World Cup  Jamaica H 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
23 1998 Fifa World Cup  Austria B 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
24 1998 Fifa World Cup  South Africa C 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
25 1998 Fifa World Cup  Cameroon B 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
26 1998 Fifa World Cup  Tunisia G 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
27 1998 Fifa World Cup  Scotland A 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
28 1998 Fifa World Cup  Saudi Arabia C 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
29 1998 Fifa World Cup  Bulgaria D 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
30 1998 Fifa World Cup  South Korea E 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
31 1998 Fifa World Cup  Japan H 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
32 1998 Fifa World Cup  United States F 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0

Marketing

Broadcasting

FIFA, through several companies, sold the broadcasting rights for the 1998 FIFA World Cup to many broadcasters. In the UK BBC and ITV had the broadcasting rights. 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.

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 were present in the stand.

Sponsorship

1998 Fifa World Cup 
Coca-Cola was one of the sponsors of FIFA World Cup 1998.

The sponsors of the 1998 FIFA World Cup are divided into two categories: FIFA World Cup Sponsors and France Supporters.

FIFA World Cup sponsors France Supporters

The absence of Budweiser (which was one of the sponsors in the previous two World Cups) is notable due to the Evin law, which forbids alcohol-related sponsorship in France, including in sports events (and thus, being replaced by Casio).

Video games

In most of the world, the official video game was, World Cup 98 released by EA Sports on 13 March 1998 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and the 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.

In Japan, Konami was granted the FIFA World Cup licence and produced two distinct video games: Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France 98 by KCEO for the Nintendo 64, and World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 3: World Cup France '98 by KCET 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]

Also in Japan, Sega was granted the FIFA World Cup licence to produce the Saturn video game World Cup '98 France: Road to Win.[citation needed]

Many other video games, including World League Soccer 98, Actua Soccer 2 and Neo Geo Cup '98: 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, also by EA Sports focused on the qualification stage.[citation needed]

Symbols

1998 Fifa World Cup 
Footix, the official mascot of the tournament

Mascot

The official mascot was Footix, a rooster first presented in May 1996. It was created by graphic designer Fabrice Pialot and selected from a shortlist of five mascots. 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. Footix, the name chosen by French television viewers, is a portmanteau of "football" and the ending "-ix" from the popular Astérix comic strip. 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

The official match ball for the 1998 World Cup, manufactured by Adidas was named the Tricolore, meaning 'three-coloured' in French. 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. The tricolour flag and cockerel, traditional symbols of France, were used as inspiration for the design.

Music

The official song of the 1998 FIFA World Cup was "The Cup of Life", also known as "La Copa de la Vida", recorded by Ricky Martin.

The official anthem was "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" by Youssou N'Dour and Axelle Red.

Legacy

Honorary FIFA President João 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". 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".

Cour des Comptes, the quasi-judicial body of the French government, released its report on the organisation of the 1998 World Cup in 2000.

See also

References

Sources

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