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For other uses, see 1998 World Cup ( disambiguation ). 1998 FIFA World Cup Coupe du Monde -- France 98 1998 FIFA World Cup official logo Tournament details Host country France Dates 10 June -- 12 July ( 33 days ) Teams 32 ( from 5 confederations ) Venue ( s ) 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 2,784,687 ( 43,511 per match ) Top scorer ( s ) Davor Šuker ( 6 goals ) Best player Ronaldo Best young player Michael Owen Best goalkeeper Fabien Barthez Fair play award England France ← 1994 2002 → The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men 's national association football teams. It 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, defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the second time that France staged the competition ( the first was in 1938 ) and the ninth time that it was held in Europe. 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 Stade de France, 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 tournament on home soil. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the finals. Contents 1 Host selection 1.1 Bribery and corruption investigations 2 Qualification 2.1 List of qualified teams 3 Venues 4 Innovations 4.1 Technologies 4.2 Rule changes 5 Match officials 6 Seeds 7 Squads 8 Results 8.1 Group stage 8.1. 1 Group A 8.1. 2 Group B 8.1. 3 Group C 8.1. 4 Group D 8.1. 5 Group E 8.1. 6 Group F 8.1. 7 Group G 8.1. 8 Group H 8.2 Knockout stage 8.2. 1 Round of 16 8.2. 2 Quarter - finals 8.2. 3 Semi-finals 8.2. 4 Third place play - off 8.2. 5 Final 9 Statistics 9.1 Goalscorers 9.2 Awards 9.3 Players who were red - carded during the tournament 9.4 All - star team 9.5 Final standings 10 Symbols 10.1 Mascot 10.2 Official song 10.3 Match ball 11 Marketing 11.1 Sponsorship 11.2 Broadcasting 11.3 Video games 12 Legacy 13 See also 14 References 14.1 Sources 15 External links Host selection Main article : 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, 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 Main article : 1998 FIFA World Cup 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. 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. This was Team Melli 's 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 ) ; 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. As of 2018, this is the most recent time Austria, Scotland, Norway, Bulgaria, Romania, and Jamaica have qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, as well as the last time Portugal missed out. List of qualified teams See also : 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, qualified for the final tournament. AFC ( 4 ) Iran ( 42 ) Japan ( 12 ) Saudi Arabia ( 34 ) South Korea ( 20 ) CAF ( 5 ) Cameroon ( 49 ) Morocco ( 13 ) Nigeria ( 74 ) South Africa ( 24 ) Tunisia ( 21 ) OFC ( 0 ) None qualified CONCACAF ( 3 ) Jamaica ( 30 ) Mexico ( 4 ) United States ( 11 ) CONMEBOL ( 5 ) Argentina ( 6 ) Brazil ( 1 ) Chile ( 9 ) Colombia ( 10 ) Paraguay ( 29 ) UEFA ( 15 ) Austria ( 31 ) Belgium ( 36 ) Bulgaria ( 35 ) Croatia ( 19 ) Denmark ( 27 ) England ( 5 ) France ( 18 ) ( hosts ) Germany ( 2 ) Italy ( 14 ) Netherlands ( 25 ) Norway ( 7 ) Romania ( 22 ) Scotland ( 41 ) Spain ( 15 ) Yugoslavia ( 8 ) Countries qualified for World Cup Country failed to qualify Countries that did not enter World Cup Country not a FIFA member 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 named now, 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 authories 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 in total 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 seven matches took place in Paris Saint - Germain 's Parc des Princes, bringing Paris 's total matches hosted to 16. 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. 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 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. CAF ( 5 ) Said Belqola Gamal Al - Ghandour Lucien Bouchardeau Lim Kee Chong Ian McLeod AFC ( 4 ) Abdul Rahman Al - Zaid Ali Bujsaim Masayoshi Okada Pirom Un-Prasert UEFA ( 15 ) Marc Batta Günter Benkö Pierluigi Collina Hugh Dallas Paul Durkin José María García - Aranda Bernd Heynemann Nikolai Levnikov Urs Meier Vítor Melo Pereira Kim Milton Nielsen Rune Pedersen László Vágner Mario van der Ende Ryszard Wójcik CONCACAF ( 3 ) Esfandiar Baharmast Arturo Brizio Carter Ramesh Ramdhan OFC ( 1 ) Eddie Lennie CONMEBOL ( 6 ) Javier Castrilli Epifanio González Márcio Rezende de Freitas Mario Sánchez Yanten Alberto Tejada Noriega John Toro Rendón Seeds Further information : 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D France ( hosts ) Brazil ( 1994 winner ) Argentina Germany Italy Netherlands Romania Spain Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Denmark England Scotland Yugoslavia Norway Chile Colombia Iran Japan Paraguay Saudi Arabia South Korea Cameroon Jamaica Mexico Morocco Nigeria South Africa Tunisia United States Squads Further information : 1998 FIFA World Cup 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. Results Champion Runner - up Third place Fourth place Quarter - finals Round of 16 Group stage Group stage All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC + 2 ) show 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 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 12 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 only 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 GF GA GD Pts Qualification Brazil 0 6 + 3 6 Advance to knockout stage Norway 0 5 + 1 5 Morocco 5 5 0 Scotland 0 6 − 4 Source : FIFA 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 Brazil 1 -- 2 Norway Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Scotland 0 -- 3 Morocco Stade Geoffroy - Guichard, Saint - Étienne Group b Main article : 1998 FIFA World Cup Group B Italy and Chile progressed to the second round because Austria suffered their worst FIFA World Cup performance. Cameroon failed to get out of the group stage for the second time in a row. Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy 0 7 + 4 7 Advance to knockout stage Chile 0 0 0 Austria 0 − 1 Cameroon 0 5 − 3 Source : FIFA 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 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. Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification France ( H ) 0 0 9 + 8 9 Advance to knockout stage Denmark 0 South Africa 0 6 − 3 Saudi Arabia 0 7 − 5 Source : FIFA ( H ) Host. 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 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 GF GA GD Pts Qualification Nigeria 0 5 5 0 6 Advance to knockout stage Paraguay 0 + 2 5 Spain 8 + 4 Bulgaria 0 7 − 6 Source : FIFA 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 The Netherlands and Mexico advanced with the same record ( The Netherlands placed first on goal difference ) ; Belgium and eventual 2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosts South Korea failed to advance. Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Netherlands 0 7 + 5 5 Advance to knockout stage Mexico 0 7 5 + 2 5 Belgium 0 0 0 South Korea 0 9 − 7 Source : FIFA 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 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 GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany 0 6 + 4 7 Advance to knockout stage FR Yugoslavia 0 + 2 7 Iran 0 − 2 United States 0 0 5 − 4 0 Source : FIFA 14 June 1998 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 Yugoslavia Stade Félix - Bollaert, Lens United States 1 -- 2 Iran Stade de Gerland, Lyon 25 June 1998 United States 0 -- 1 Yugoslavia Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Germany 2 -- 0 Iran Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Group G Main article : 1998 FIFA World Cup Group G Romania and England became Group G top finishers as Colombia and Tunisia were unable to reach the last 16, despite Colombia having one win. Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Romania 0 + 2 7 Advance to knockout stage England 0 5 + 3 6 Colombia 0 − 2 Tunisia 0 − 3 Source : FIFA 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 Argentina and World Cup debutants Croatia finished at the top of Group H while Jamaica ( another debutant ) and 2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosts Japan failed to advance. Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina 0 0 7 0 + 7 9 Advance to knockout stage Croatia 0 + 2 6 Jamaica 0 9 − 6 Japan 0 0 − 3 0 Source : FIFA 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 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. Round of 16 Quarter - finals Semi-finals Final 27 June -- Paris Brazil 3 July -- Nantes Chile Brazil 28 June -- Saint - Denis Denmark Nigeria 7 July -- Marseille Denmark Brazil ( p ) 1 ( 4 ) 29 June -- Toulouse Netherlands 1 ( 2 ) Netherlands 4 July -- Marseille Yugoslavia Netherlands 30 June -- St. Étienne Argentina Argentina ( p ) 2 ( 4 ) 12 July -- Saint - Denis England 2 ( 3 ) Brazil 0 27 June -- Marseille France Italy 3 July -- Saint - Denis Norway 0 Italy 0 ( 3 ) 28 June -- Lens France ( p ) 0 ( 4 ) France ( aet ) 8 July -- Saint - Denis Paraguay 0 France 29 June -- Montpellier Croatia Third place Germany 4 July -- Lyon 11 July -- Paris Mexico Germany 0 Netherlands 30 June -- Bordeaux Croatia Croatia Romania 0 Croatia Round of 16 27 June 1998 16 : 30 Italy 1 -- 0 Norway Vieri 18 ' Report Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance : 55,000 Referee : Bernd Heynemann ( Germany ) 27 June 1998 21 : 00 Brazil 4 -- 1 Chile César Sampaio 11 ', 27 ' Ronaldo 45 + 1 ' ( pen. ), 70 ' Report Salas 68 ' Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance : 45,500 Referee : Marc Batta ( France ) 28 June 1998 16 : 30 France 1 -- 0 ( a.e.t. ) Paraguay Blanc 114 ' Report Stade Félix - Bollaert, Lens Attendance : 31,800 Referee : Ali Bujsaim ( United Arab Emirates ) 28 June 1998 21 : 00 Nigeria 1 -- 4 Denmark Babangida 78 ' Report Møller 3 ' B. Laudrup 12 ' Sand 60 ' Helveg 76 ' Stade de France, Saint - Denis Attendance : 77,000 Referee : Urs Meier ( Switzerland ) 29 June 1998 16 : 30 Germany 2 -- 1 Mexico Klinsmann 75 ' Bierhoff 86 ' Report Hernández 47 ' Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance : 29,800 Referee : Vítor Melo Pereira ( Portugal ) 29 June 1998 21 : 00 Netherlands 2 -- 1 Yugoslavia Bergkamp 38 ' Davids 90 + 2 ' Report Komljenović 48 ' Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse Attendance : 33,500 Referee : José María Garcia - Aranda ( Spain ) 30 June 1998 16 : 30 Romania 0 -- 1 Croatia Report Šuker 45 + 2 ' ( pen. ) Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance : 31,800 Referee : Javier Castrilli ( Argentina ) 30 June 1998 21 : 00 Argentina 2 -- 2 ( a.e.t. ) England Batistuta 6 ' ( pen. ) Zanetti 45 + 1 ' Report Shearer 10 ' ( pen. ) Owen 16 ' Penalties Berti Crespo Verón Gallardo Ayala 4 -- 3 Shearer Ince Merson Owen Batty Stade Geoffroy - Guichard, Saint - Étienne Attendance : 30,600 Referee : Kim Milton Nielsen ( Denmark ) Quarter - finals 3 July 1998 16 : 30 Italy 0 -- 0 ( a.e.t. ) France Report Penalties R. Baggio Albertini Costacurta Vieri Di Biagio 3 -- 4 Zidane Lizarazu Trezeguet Henry Blanc Stade de France, Saint - Denis Attendance : 77,000 Referee : Hugh Dallas ( Scotland ) 3 July 1998 21 : 00 Brazil 3 -- 2 Denmark Bebeto 11 ' Rivaldo 27 ', 60 ' Report Jørgensen 2 ' B. Laudrup 50 ' Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Attendance : 35,500 Referee : Gamal Al - Ghandour ( Egypt ) 4 July 1998 16 : 30 Netherlands 2 -- 1 Argentina Kluivert 12 ' Bergkamp 90 ' Report López 17 ' Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance : 55,000 Referee : Arturo Brizio Carter ( Mexico ) 4 July 1998 21 : 00 Germany 0 -- 3 Croatia Report Jarni 45 + 3 ' Vlaović 80 ' Šuker 85 ' Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance : 39,100 Referee : Rune Pedersen ( Norway ) Semi-finals 7 July 1998 21 : 00 Brazil 1 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) Netherlands Ronaldo 46 ' Report Kluivert 87 ' Penalties Ronaldo Rivaldo Emerson Dunga 4 -- 2 F. de Boer Bergkamp Cocu R. de Boer Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance : 54,000 Referee : Ali Bujsaim ( United Arab Emirates ) 8 July 1998 21 : 00 France 2 -- 1 Croatia Thuram 47 ', 69 ' Report Šuker 46 ' Stade de France, Saint - Denis Attendance : 76,000 Referee : José María García - Aranda ( Spain ) Third place play - off Croatia beat the Netherlands to earn third place in the competition. Davor Šuker scored the winner in the 35th minute to secure the golden boot. 11 July 1998 21 : 00 Netherlands 1 -- 2 Croatia Zenden 21 ' Report Prosinečki 13 ' Šuker 35 ' Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance : 45,500 Referee : Epifanio González ( Paraguay ) Final Main article : 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, 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 and commiserate the winners and runners - up respectively after the match. Several days after the victory, winning manager Aimé Jacquet announced his resignation from the French team with immediate effect. 12 July 1998 21 : 00 Brazil 0 -- 3 France Report Zidane 27 ', 45 + 1 ' Petit 90 + 3 ' Stade de France, Saint - Denis Attendance : 80,000 Referee : Said Belqola ( Morocco ) Statistics Goalscorers Davor Šuker received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals. In total, 171 goals were scored by 112 players : 6 goals Davor Šuker 5 goals Gabriel Batistuta Christian Vieri 4 goals Ronaldo Marcelo Salas Luis Hernández 3 goals Bebeto César Sampaio Rivaldo Thierry Henry Oliver Bierhoff Jürgen Klinsmann Dennis Bergkamp 2 goals Ariel Ortega Marc Wilmots Robert Prosinečki Brian Laudrup Michael Owen Alan Shearer Emmanuel Petit Lilian Thuram Zinedine Zidane Roberto Baggio Theodore Whitmore Ricardo Peláez Salaheddine Bassir Abdeljalil Hadda Phillip Cocu Ronald de Boer Patrick Kluivert Viorel Moldovan Shaun Bartlett Fernando Hierro Fernando Morientes Slobodan Komljenović 1 goal Claudio López Mauricio Pineda Javier Zanetti Andreas Herzog Toni Polster Ivica Vastić Luc Nilis Emil Kostadinov Patrick M'Boma Pierre Njanka José Luis Sierra Léider Preciado Robert Jarni Mario Stanić Goran Vlaović Thomas Helveg Martin Jørgensen Michael Laudrup Peter Møller Allan Nielsen Marc Rieper Ebbe Sand Darren Anderton David Beckham Paul Scholes Laurent Blanc Youri Djorkaeff Christophe Dugarry Bixente Lizarazu David Trezeguet Andreas Möller Mehdi Mahdavikia Hamid Estili Luigi Di Biagio Robbie Earle Masashi Nakayama Cuauhtémoc Blanco Alberto García Aspe Mustapha Hadji Edgar Davids Marc Overmars Pierre van Hooijdonk Boudewijn Zenden Mutiu Adepoju Tijani Babangida Victor Ikpeba Sunday Oliseh Wilson Oruma Dan Eggen Håvard Flo Tore André Flo Kjetil Rekdal Celso Ayala Miguel Ángel Benítez José Cardozo Adrian Ilie Dan Petrescu Sami Al - Jaber Yousuf Al - Thunayan Craig Burley John Collins Benni McCarthy Ha Seok - ju Yoo Sang - chul Kiko Luis Enrique Raúl Skander Souayah Brian McBride Siniša Mihajlović Predrag Mijatović Dragan Stojković Own goals Georgi Bachev ( against Spain ) Youssef Chippo ( against Norway ) Tom Boyd ( against Brazil ) Pierre Issa ( against France ) Andoni Zubizarreta ( against Nigeria ) Siniša Mihajlović ( against Germany ) Awards Golden Shoe winner Golden Ball winner Yashin Award FIFA Fair Play Trophy Most Entertaining Team Davor Šuker Ronaldo Fabien Barthez England France France Players who were red - carded during the tournament Ariel Ortega Gert Verheyen Anatoli Nankov Raymond Kalla Lauren Rigobert Song Miklos Molnar Morten Wieghorst David Beckham Laurent Blanc Marcel Desailly Zinedine Zidane Christian Wörns Darryl Powell Ha Seok - ju Pável Pardo Ramón Ramírez Patrick Kluivert Arthur Numan Mohammed Al - Khilaiwi Craig Burley 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. 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. Team GF GA GD Pts. France 7 6 0 15 + 13 19 Brazil 7 14 10 + 4 13 Croatia 7 5 0 11 5 + 6 15 Netherlands 7 13 7 + 6 12 Eliminated in the quarter - finals 5 Italy 5 0 8 + 5 11 6 Argentina 5 10 + 6 10 7 Germany 5 8 6 + 2 10 8 Denmark 5 9 7 + 2 7 Eliminated in the round of 16 9 England 7 + 3 7 10 Yugoslavia 5 + 1 7 11 Romania + 1 7 12 Nigeria 0 6 9 − 3 6 13 Mexico 8 7 + 1 5 14 Paraguay + 1 5 15 Norway 5 5 0 5 16 Chile 0 5 8 − 3 Eliminated in the group stage 17 Spain 8 + 4 18 Morocco 5 5 0 19 Belgium 0 0 0 20 Iran 0 − 2 21 Colombia 0 − 2 22 Jamaica 0 9 − 6 23 Austria 0 − 1 24 South Africa 0 6 − 3 25 Cameroon 0 5 − 3 26 Tunisia 0 − 3 27 Scotland 0 6 − 4 28 Saudi Arabia 0 7 − 5 29 Bulgaria 0 7 − 6 30 South Korea 0 9 − 7 31 Japan 0 0 − 3 0 32 United States 0 0 5 − 4 0 Symbols 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. Official song The official song of the 1998 FIFA World Cup was `` The Cup of Life, '' aka `` La Copa de la Vida '' recorded by Ricky Martin. Match ball Main article : Adidas Tricolore The 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. Marketing Sponsorship 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 Adidas Budweiser Canon Casio Coca - Cola Fujifilm Gillette ( Braun ) JVC EDS MasterCard McDonald 's Opel Philips Snickers Air France Citroën Crédit Agricole France Telecom La Poste Peugeot Renault Coca - Cola was one of the sponsors of FIFA World Cup 1998. 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 ). Broadcasting Main article : 1998 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights 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. Video games The official video game, World Cup 98 was 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. Many other video games, including International Superstar Soccer 98, 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. 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 Association football portal 1990s portal France portal Music of the World Cup : Allez ! Ola ! Ole ! -- The Official 1998 FIFA World Cup music album 1998 World Cup terror plot References Jump up ^ `` France Gets 1998 World Cup ''. The New York Times. 3 July 1992. Retrieved 15 July 2012. Jump up ^ `` France awarded 1998 World Cup ''. The Item. 2 July 1992. p. 3. Retrieved 15 July 2012. Jump up ^ `` FIFA World Cup TM host announcement decision '' ( PDF ). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 15 July 2012. Jump up ^ Vicki Hodges, Giles Mole, JJ Bull, Luke Brown and Rob Crilly, `` Fifa whistleblower Chuck Blazer - bribes accepted for 1998 and 2010 World Cups : as it happened '', The Telegraph, 3 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015 Jump up ^ Owen Gibson, Paul Lewis, `` Fifa informant Chuck Blazer : I took bribes over 1998 and 2010 World Cups '', The Guardian, 3 June 2015. 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Question: who won the football world cup in 1998
Answer: France