1998 FIFA World Cup final - wikipedia 1998 FIFA World Cup final 1998 FIFA World Cup Final The Stade de France held the final Event 1998 FIFA World Cup Brazil France 0 Date 12 July 1998 Venue Stade de France, Saint - Denis Man of the Match Zinedine Zidane ( France ) Referee Said Belqola ( Morocco ) Attendance 80,000 Weather Clear 23 ° C ( 73 ° F ) ← 1994 2002 → The 1998 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that was played on 12 July 1998 at the Stade de France in Saint - Denis to determine the winner of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The final was contested by Brazil, who were the defending champions having won the previous FIFA World Cup four years earlier in 1994, and the host nation France, who had reached the final of the tournament for the first time. France won the match 3 -- 0 to claim the World Cup for the first time, with the timing of the match two days before Bastille Day adding to the significance of the victory. Zinedine Zidane, who was named man of the match, scored twice before half - time and Emmanuel Petit added a third goal in the last minute. The match had an attendance in the region of 75,000. On their way to the final, defending champions Brazil, coached by their former player Mário Zagallo, recorded victories over Scotland ( 2 -- 1 ) and Morocco ( 3 -- 0 ) to top their group with six points from three matches, suffering a surprise 2 -- 1 defeat at the hands of Norway in their final group game. After a 4 -- 1 win over Chile and a 3 -- 2 success against Denmark, they reached the final with a penalty shoot - out victory over the Netherlands. As for France, they won their three group matches and defeated Paraguay in the knockout stages on golden goals. They had a penalty shoot - out with Italy in the quarter - finals, and defeated recently formed Croatia to reach the final. The match also saw speculation on the condition of the Brazilian striker Ronaldo, who suffered a convulsive fit on the eve of the match. After initially being left out of the team sheet, in spite of his physical state, it was announced just 72 minutes before kick - off that he was going to play. In the match, he sustained an injury in a clash with French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez. Although it was believed that the decision to play Ronaldo had backfired, it was understandable as the player had been a crucial member of the side throughout the tournament, having scored four goals and created three more. France followed up their victory by qualifying for and winning UEFA Euro 2000 held in the Netherlands and Belgium. Brazil took the Copa America title in 1999, and then won the next FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea in 2002. Ronaldo went on to set the record for goals in World Cups, which was later broken by Miroslav Klose of Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Blanc and Deschamps both later had spells as manager of the France national team, with Deschamps leading them to a second World Cup title almost exactly 20 years later in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, making him only the third man to have won the World Cup as both player and manager after Zagallo and Germany 's Franz Beckenbauer. Many of the French players who won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 are also part of the France 98 charity association, with Deschamps as president and Jacquet as coach for charity matches and testimonials. For Brazil, this marked only the second time that they had lost a World Cup final, following their 2 -- 1 upset loss to Uruguay in the de facto final of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, nicknamed the Maracanazo in Brazil. The 3 -- 0 scoreline was also Brazil 's previous largest loss at any World Cup match prior to their 7 -- 1 loss to Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final in Belo Horizonte. Contents 1 Route to the final 1.1 Brazil 1.2 France 2 Match 2.1 Summary 2.2 Details 2.3 Statistics 3 Post-match 4 References 5 External links Route to the final Brazil Round France Opponent Result First round Opponent Result Scotland 2 - 1 Match 1 South Africa 3 - 0 Morocco 3 - 0 Match 2 Saudi Arabia 4 -- 0 Norway 1 - 2 Match 3 Denmark 2 - 1 Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Brazil 0 6 + 3 6 Norway 0 5 + 1 5 Morocco 5 5 0 Scotland 0 6 − 4 Group stage Team Pld GF GA GD Pts France 0 0 9 + 8 9 Denmark 0 South Africa 0 6 − 3 Saudi Arabia 0 7 − 5 Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result Chile 4 -- 1 First knockout round Paraguay 1 -- 0 ( a.s.d.e.t. ) Denmark 3 -- 2 Quarter - finals Italy 0 -- 0 ( 4 -- 3 pen. ) Netherlands 1 -- 1 ( 4 -- 2 pen. ) Semi-finals Croatia 2 -- 1 Brazil Brazil were drawn in Group A for the group stages alongside Scotland, Morocco and Norway. They recorded victories over Scotland ( 2 -- 1 ) and Morocco ( 3 -- 0 ) to progress but lost their final game 2 -- 1 to Norway. They next faced Group B runners - up Chile in the last - 16 and comprehensively won 4 -- 1, Ronaldo and César Sampaio each scoring twice. In the quarter - finals, they played Denmark, who had also won their previous game 4 -- 1 ( against Nigeria ), but Brazil won a tight game 3 -- 2. Despite being 1 -- 0 down to a Martin Jorgensen goal in the second minute, Brazil turned the game around in their favour with goals from Bebeto ( 11 ) and Rivaldo ( 27 ). Brian Laudrup equalised for Denmark after 50 minutes but Brazil won the game 10 minutes later courtesy of a second from Rivaldo. In the semi-finals, Brazil faced the Netherlands in Marseille. The game finished 1 -- 1 at full - time, Ronaldo scoring just after half - time and Patrick Kluivert equalising for the Netherlands in the 87th minute, and the score remained the same through extra-time. The match had to be settled by penalties which Brazil won 4 -- 2 to reach their second successive World Cup final. France France were drawn in Group C alongside Denmark, South Africa and Saudi Arabia. They started their campaign with an easy 3 -- 0 win over South Africa followed by a convincing 4 -- 0 win over Saudi Arabia. France secured top spot in their group courtesy of a 2 -- 1 win over Denmark with goals from Youri Djorkaeff and Emmanuel Petit. In the second round, they faced Group D runners - up Paraguay. France won a close encounter 1 -- 0 in extra time thanks to a golden goal scored by Laurent Blanc. In the quarter - finals France faced Italy who had also scraped through to the quarter - finals with a 1 -- 0 win over Norway. A tense match ended 0 -- 0 after extra time and France won 4 -- 3 on penalties after Italy 's Luigi Di Biagio struck his penalty onto the crossbar. In the semi-finals, France faced tournament surprise Croatia. After a goal-less first half, Croatia took the lead in the first minute of the second half through Davor Šuker, his fifth goal of the tournament. France responded immediately with Lilian Thuram scoring his first international goal. Thuram then added a second twenty minutes from time to send France to their first ever World Cup final. The match ended in controversy however when Laurent Blanc was sent off after a skirmish with Croatia 's Slaven Bilić. Bilić had sunk down to his knees, seemingly in pain. Replays showed, however, that there was minimal contact between the players. Blanc 's expulsion meant he would miss the final. Match Summary The build - up was dominated by the fitness of Brazil 's star striker, Ronaldo, amid reports that he had suffered a pre-match fit. Zinedine Zidane gave France the lead just before the half - hour mark with a header from an in - swinging corner from the right taken by Emmanuel Petit. Only minutes later, Ronaldo was put through on goal by a long ball from Dunga, but he could not get the better of the onrushing Fabien Barthez, who collided with the Brazilian striker. Both needed assistance from the squad medics but quickly recovered. Brazil 's superstar playmakers Leonardo and Rivaldo were kept quiet by Didier Deschamps and Christian Karembeu. As stoppage time began, France had an excellent chance to double their lead when a miscue by Brazil 's two central defenders, Junior Baiano and Aldair, put Stéphane Guivarc'h one on one with Claudio Taffarel, but the French striker hit a weak effort that was saved by Taffarel out for a corner. France doubled their lead a minute later, as Brazil could only clear the first corner out for another corner, this time from the left, Zidane scored another bouncing header that was almost identical to his first, to give the French a two - goal lead. In the second half, Ronaldo had a chance to halve the deficit. The ball fell for him inside the penalty box, but he could only plant his shot into Barthez 's arms. Brazil would have another chance when Denílson hit the bar from a good chance inside the penalty area. Midfielder Emmanuel Petit wrapped up the scoring in the 90th minute, after receiving a through ball from his Arsenal teammate Patrick Vieira, slotting the ball low into the net. France had to play the last 20 minutes with only 10 men with the dismissal of Marcel Desailly. Details 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 ) Brazil France GK Claudio Taffarel RB Cafu CB Aldair CB Junior Baiano 33 ' LB 6 Roberto Carlos CM 5 César Sampaio 73 ' CM 8 Dunga ( c ) AM 10 Rivaldo AM 18 Leonardo 46 ' CF 20 Bebeto CF 9 Ronaldo Substitutes : MF 19 Denílson 46 ' FW 21 Edmundo 73 ' Manager : Mário Zagallo GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 15 Lilian Thuram CB 18 Frank Leboeuf CB 8 Marcel Desailly 48 ', 68 ' LB Bixente Lizarazu DM 7 Didier Deschamps ( c ) 39 ' CM 19 Christian Karembeu 56 ' 57 ' CM 17 Emmanuel Petit AM 10 Zinedine Zidane AM 6 Youri Djorkaeff 74 ' CF 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h 66 ' Substitutes : MF 14 Alain Boghossian 57 ' FW 21 Christophe Dugarry 66 ' MF Patrick Vieira 74 ' Manager : Aimé Jacquet Man of the Match : Zinedine Zidane ( France ) Assistant referees : Mark Warren ( England ) Achmat Salie ( South Africa ) Fourth official : Rahman Al Zaid ( Saudi Arabia ) Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Penalty shoot - out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions. Statistics Brazil France Goals scored 0 Total shots 12 14 Shots on target 6 5 Fouls committed 15 13 Offsides 5 Yellow cards Second yellow card & red card 0 Red cards 0 Post-match French President Jacques Chirac, International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, the newly - elected FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his predecessor João Havelange, UEFA president Lennart Johansson, and co-president of local organizing committee Michel Platini were among those present at the stands during the awards ceremony. President Chirac handed the trophy to French captain Didier Deschamps. References Jump up ^ `` Weather History for Paris ''. www.wunderground.com. Jump up ^ `` World Cup : History : USA 1994 ''. BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 April 2002. Retrieved 12 June 2011. Jump up ^ `` France Triumph ''. BBC Sport. 13 July 1998. Archived from the original on 10 November 1999. 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Jump up ^ Matchday Live - 1998 Brazil vs. France on YouTube External links FIFA website 1998 FIFA World Cup Stages Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Knockout stage Final General information Qualification Seeding Squads Matches Opening ceremony Closing ceremony Discipline Officials Broadcasting Sponsorship Terror plot 1998 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions France Runners - up Brazil Third place Croatia Fourth place Netherlands Quarter - finals Argentina Denmark Germany Italy Round of 16 Chile England Mexico Nigeria Norway Paraguay Romania FR Yugoslavia Group stage Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cameroon Colombia Iran Jamaica Japan Morocco Saudi Arabia Scotland South Africa South Korea Spain Tunisia United States FIFA World Cup Tournaments Uruguay 1930 Italy 1934 France 1938 Brazil 1950 Switzerland 1954 Sweden 1958 Chile 1962 England 1966 Mexico 1970 West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 Mexico 1986 Italy 1990 United States 1994 France 1998 South Korea -- Japan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Brazil 2014 Russia 2018 Qatar 2022 Canada -- Mexico -- United States 2026 2030 2034 Qualification 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Finals 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Squads 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Seedings 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Broadcasters 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Bids 2014 2018 and 2022 2026 2030 Statistics 2002 2006 2014 2018 Disciplinary record 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Team appearances AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA Teams with no appearances Overall records All - time table Goalscorers top goalscorers finals goalscorers hat - tricks own goals Penalty shoot - outs Player appearances Red cards Referees Winners Miscellaneous Openings Stadiums Awards Balls Economics Final draw History Hosts Mascots Official films Official anthems & songs Organisers Trophy Video games Notes : There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. 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Question: who won the 1998 football world cup final
Answer: host nation France