World Cup 1998

The World Cup 1998 was played in France (10 June – 12 July). 32 teams played 64 matches and scored 171 goals — 2.67 per match; 2,785,100 spectators attended.

France won the title, beating Brazil in the final (0–3) at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, referee Said Belqola.

Also in the last four: Croatia and Netherlands.

Top scorer: Davor Šuker with 6 goals.

Player of the tournament: Ronaldo (Brazil); best young player: Michael Owen.

Knockout matches

Final

Date	Match	Score	Venue
12 July 1998	Brazil – France	0–3	Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Third-place match

Date	Match	Score	Venue
11 July 1998	Netherlands – Croatia	1–2	Parc des Princes, Paris

Semi-final

Date	Match	Score	Venue
7 July 1998	Brazil – Netherlands	1–1 (pens 4–2)	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
8 July 1998	France – Croatia	2–1	Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Quarter-final

Date	Match	Score	Venue
3 July 1998	Brazil – Denmark	3–2	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
3 July 1998	Italy – France	0–0 (pens 3–4)	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
4 July 1998	Germany – Croatia	0–3	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
4 July 1998	Netherlands – Argentina	2–1	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Round of 16

Date	Match	Score	Venue
27 June 1998	Brazil – Chile	4–1	Parc des Princes, Paris
27 June 1998	Italy – Norway	1–0	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
28 June 1998	France – Paraguay	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
28 June 1998	Nigeria – Denmark	1–4	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
29 June 1998	Germany – Mexico	2–1	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
29 June 1998	Netherlands – FR Yugoslavia	2–1	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
30 June 1998	Argentina – England	2–2 (pens 4–3)	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
30 June 1998	Romania – Croatia	0–1	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Groups and tables

Group A

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Brazil	3	2	0	1	6–3	6
2	Norway	3	1	2	0	5–4	5
3	Morocco	3	1	1	1	5–5	4
4	Scotland	3	0	1	2	2–6	1

Group B

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	7–3	7
2	Chile	3	0	3	0	4–4	3
3	Austria	3	0	2	1	3–4	2
4	Cameroon	3	0	2	1	2–5	2

Group C

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	France	3	3	0	0	9–1	9
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	3–3	4
3	South Africa	3	0	2	1	3–6	2
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	1	2	2–7	1

Group D

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	5–5	6
2	Paraguay	3	1	2	0	3–1	5
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	8–4	4
4	Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	1–7	1

Group E

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	7–2	5
2	Mexico	3	1	2	0	7–5	5
3	Belgium	3	0	3	0	3–3	3
4	South Korea	3	0	1	2	2–9	1

Group F

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	6–2	7
2	FR Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	4–2	7
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	2–4	3
4	USA	3	0	0	3	1–5	0

Group G

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Romania	3	2	1	0	4–2	7
2	England	3	2	0	1	5–2	6
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	1–3	3
4	Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1–4	1

Group H

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	7–0	9
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	4–2	6
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	3–9	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	1–4	0

Top scorers

Player	Team	Goals
Davor Šuker	Croatia	6
Christian Vieri	Italy	5
Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	5
Luis Hernández	Mexico	4
Marcelo Salas	Chile	4
Ronaldo	Brazil	4
Bebeto	Brazil	3
César Sampaio	Brazil	3
Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	3
Rivaldo	Brazil	3
Thierry Henry	France	3
Abdeljalil Hadda	Morocco	2
Alan Shearer	England	2
Ariel Ortega	Argentina	2
Brian Laudrup	Denmark	2

Stadiums

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