1998 FIFA World Cup

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 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Brazil320163+36 Norway312054+15 Morocco31115504 Scotland301226-41

10 June 19982 – 12 – 216 June 19981 – 13 – 023 June 19980 – 31 – 2

 Group B 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Italy321073+47 Chile30304403 Austria302134-12 Cameroon302125-32

11 June 19981 – 12 – 217 June 19981 – 13 – 023 June 19982 – 11 – 1

 Group C 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts France330091+89 Denmark31113304 South Africa302136-32 Saudi Arabia301227-51

12 June 19980 – 13 – 018 June 19981 – 14 – 024 June 19982 – 12 – 2

 Group D 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Nigeria32015506 Paraguay312031+25 Spain311184+44 Bulgaria301217-61

12 June 19980 – 013 June 19982 – 319 June 19981 – 00 – 024 June 19981 – 36 – 1

 Group E 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Netherlands312072+55 Mexico312075+25 Belgium30303303 South Korea301229-71

13 June 1998South Korea 1 – 30 – 020 June 19982 – 25 – 025 June 19982 – 21 – 1

 Group F 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Germany321062+47 Yugoslavia321042+27 Iran310224-23 United States300315-40

14 June 1998Yugoslavia 1 – 015 June 19982 – 021 June 19982 – 2 Yugoslavia1 – 225 June 19980 – 1 Yugoslavia2 – 0

 Group G 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Romania321042+27 England320152+36 Colombia310213-23 Tunisia301214-31

15 June 19982 – 01 – 022 June 19981 – 02 – 126 June 19980 – 21 – 1

 Group H 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Argentina330070+79 Croatia320142+26 Jamaica310239-63 Japan300314-30

 Knockout stage 

 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

 References 
 FIFA 

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