Title: 1998 FIFA World Cup Content: The 1998 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. 32 teams took part from many countries. France won the trophy after beating Brazil in the final 3-0. == Participants == === Africa === * (CMR) • Squad * (MAR) • Squad * (NGA) • Squad * (RSA) • Squad * (TUN) • Squad === Asia === * (IRN) • Squad * (JPN) • Squad * (KOR) • Squad * (KSA) • Squad === Europe === * (AUT) • Squad * (BEL) • Squad * (BUL) • Squad * (CRO) • Squad * (DEN) • Squad * (ENG) • Squad * (FRA) • Squad * (GER) • Squad * (ITA) • Squad * (NED) • Squad * (NOR) • Squad * (ROU) • Squad * (SCO) • Squad * (ESP) • Squad * (YUG) • Squad === North and Central America === * (JAM) • Squad * (MEX) • Squad * (USA) • Squad === South America === * (ARG) • Squad * (BRA) • Squad * (CHI) • Squad * (COL) • Squad * (PAR) • Squad ==Group Stage== A win would earn the team 3 points, a draw would earn them 1 point, and a loss earns them no points. === Group A ===  === Round of 16 === \---- \---- \---- \---- \---- \---- \---- === Quarter-finals === \---- \---- \---- === Semi-finals === \---- === Third-place match === === Final === == Statistics == === Goalscorers === ;6 goals * Davor Šuker ;5 goals * Christian Vieri * Gabriel Batistuta ;4 goals * Marcelo Salas * Luis Hernández * Ronaldo ;3 goals * Thierry Henry * César Sampaio * Bebeto * Rivaldo * Jürgen Klinsmann * Oliver Bierhoff * Dennis Bergkamp ;2 goals * Ricardo Peláez * Marc Wilmots * Ariel Ortega * Roberto Baggio * Abdejalil Hadda * Salaheddine Bassir * Shaun Bartlett * Fernando Hierro * Fernando Morientes * Phillip Cocu * Ronald de Boer * Patrick Kluivert * Theodore Whitmore * Viorel Moldovan * Slobodan Komljenović * Alan Shearer * Michael Owen * Brian Laudrup * Lilian Thuram * Zinedine Zidane * Emmanuel Petit * Robert Prosinečki ;1 goal * John Collins * Craig Burley * Mustapha Hadji * Dan Eggen * Håvard Flo * Tore André Flo * Kjetil Rekdal * Luigi Di Biagio * Pierre Njanka * Patrick M'Boma * Toni Polster * Ivica Vastić * Andreas Herzog * Marc Rieper * Allan Nielsen * Michael Laudrup * Peter Møller * Ebbe Sand * Thomas Helveg * Martin Jørgensen * Christophe Dugarry * David Trezeguet * Bixente Lizarazu * Youri Djorkaeff * Laurent Blanc * Raúl * Luis Enrique * Kiko * Mutiu Adepoju * Sunday Oliseh * Victor Ikpeba * Wilson Oruma * Tijani Babangida * Ha Seok-Ju * Yoo Sang-chul * Alberto García Aspe * Cuauhtémoc Blanco * Siniša Mihajlović * Predrag Mijatović * Dragan Stojković * Mario Stanić * Robert Jarni * Goran Vlaović * Robbie Earle * Paul Scholes * Darren Anderton * David Beckham * Adrian Ilie * Dan Petrescu * Andreas Möller * Benni McCarthy * Marc Overmars * Pierre van Hooijdonk * Edgar Davids * Boudewijn Zenden * Hamid Estili * Mehdi Mahdavikia * Brian McBride * Léider Preciado * José Luis Sierra * Sami Al-Jaber * Yousuf Al-Thunayan *24px Celso Ayala *24px Miguel Ángel Benítez *24px José Cardozo * Emil Kostadinov * Luc Nilis * Mauricio Pineda * Javier Zanetti * Claudio López *24px Masashi Nakayama *24px Skander Souayah ;Own goals * Tom Boyd (against Brazil) * Youssef Chippo (against Norway) * Pierre Issa (against France) * Andoni Zubizarreta (against Nigeria) * Siniša Mihajlović (against Germany) * Georgi Bachev (against Spain) === 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