1998 FIFA World Cup

Association football tournament in France World Cup 98 the video game World Cup 98 (video game) FIFA 98 the video game FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 France 98 the charity association France 98 (charity association) events from the year 1998 in France 1998 World Cup November 2019 FIFA World Cup 1998 fr Coupe du Monde – France 98 1998 FIFA World Cup.svg FIFA trophy France 10 June – 12 July 5 32 10 10 France 1974 1 Brazil Croatia Netherlands 64 171 main A-H CRO Davor Šuker (6 goals) BRA 1998 Ronaldo FRA 1974 Fabien Barthez ENG Michael Owen ENGFRA 1974 1994 2002 The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament 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 (the first was in 1938), defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the ninth time that it was held in Europe. Spanning 32 days, it was the longest World Cup tournament ever held and with the most teams (32 teams in the competition finals) until 2026, when the World Cup was expanded to 48 teams. 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 newly built Stade de France in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis. The tournament was won by host country France, who beat defending champions Brazil 3–0 in the final to win their first title. In doing so France became the seventh nation to win the World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina) to win the World Cup on home soil. Through 2026, France remains the most recent team to win the tournament on home soil. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the tournament. Host selection 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.France Gets 1998 World Cup https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/03/sports/france-gets-1998-world-cup.html The New York Times 3 July 1992 15 July 2012 13 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180613005711/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/03/sports/france-gets-1998-world-cup.html live France awarded 1998 World Cup https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19920701&id=nJIiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2969,452686 The Item 2 July 1992 15 July 2012 3 29 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210729125023/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19920701&id=nJIiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2969,452686 live 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, were among the original applicants, but later withdrew their application in favour of an ultimately successful bid to host UEFA Euro 1996. Voting resultshttps://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/81/fs-201_13a_fwc-bidding.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120722021820/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/81/fs-201%5f13a%5ffwc-bidding.pdf dead 22 July 2012 FIFA World Cup host announcement decision FIFA 15 July 2012 CountryRound 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.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 https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/sepp-blatter/11647665/Sepp-Blatter-FBI-investigation-live.html 10 January 2022 . Retrieved 4 June 2015Owen Gibson, Paul Lewis, "Fifa informant Chuck Blazer: I took bribes over 1998 and 2010 World Cups", The Guardian, 3 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160411205843/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/03/fifa-chuck-blazer-bribes-world-cup 11 April 2016 . Retrieved 4 June 2015Tarik El Barakah, "U.S. judge claims that Morocco bribed FIFA to host 1998 World Cup", Moroccow World News, 28 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20171015203547/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2015/05/159558/u-s-judge-claims-that-morocco-bribed-fifa-to-host-1998-world-cup/ 15 October 2017 . Retrieved 31 January 2017 Qualification 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.https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/01/sports/new-overtime-rule-for-1998-world-cup.html The New York Times Associated Press 1 June 1995 27 January 2012 New Overtime Rule For 1998 World Cup 11 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180711185625/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/01/sports/new-overtime-rule-for-1998-world-cup.html live As tournament hosts, France was exempt from the draw as was defending champion Brazil, but it was also France's first World Cup since 1986. 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.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/italy-and-poland-bar-englands-road-to-france-1525596.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/italy-and-poland-bar-englands-road-to-france-1525596.html 1 May 2022 subscription The Independent 13 December 1995 27 January 2012 Shaw Phil Italy and Poland bar England's road to France 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.https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/matches/qualifiers/match=8705/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130425053310/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/matches/qualifiers/match=8705/index.html dead 25 April 2013 FIFA 29 November 1997 27 January 2012 Celebration and heartbreak It marked their first appearance in the finals since 1978, 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. The highest-ranked team that failed to qualify was the Czech Republic (ranked 3rd, mainly thanks to their runner-up campaign on UEFA Euro 1996), while the lowest-ranked team that did qualify was Nigeria (ranked 74th). 2026, this was the last time Romania and Bulgaria qualified for the World Cup finals, the only time Jamaica have qualified and the last time Portugal failed to qualify. List of qualified teams 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking (20 May 1998) https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=50/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160222025820/httpz://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=50/index.html dead 22 February 2016 FIFA 27 January 2012 qualified for the final tournament. start AFC (4) IRN (42) JPN 1870 (debut) (12) SAU (34) KOR 1997 (20) CAF (5) CMR (49) MAR (13) NGA (74) RSA (debut) (24)  TUN 1959 (21) OFC (0) None qualified break CONCACAF (3) JAM (debut) (30) MEX (4) USA (11) CONMEBOL (5) ARG 1861 (6) BRA (holders) (1) CHI (9) COL (10) PAR 1990 (29) break UEFA (15) AUT (31) BEL (36) BUL (35) CRO (debut) (19) DEN (27) ENG (5) FRA 1974 (18) (hosts) GER (2) ITA 1946 (14) NED (25) NOR (7) ROU (22) SCO (41) ESP (15) FRY FR Yugoslavia (8) break thumb|upright=1.4|#000cff Countries qualified for World Cup #ffb400 Country did not qualify black Countries that did not enter World Cup #ababab Country not a FIFA member end Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 1998 Country Confederation Rank 1 BRA (1994 winner) CONMEBOL 1 2 GER UEFA 2 3 MEX CONCACAF 4 4 ENG UEFA 5 5 ARG 1861 CONMEBOL 6 6 NOR UEFA 7 7 FR Yugoslavia UEFA 8 8 CHI CONMEBOL 9 9 COL CONMEBOL 10 10 USA CONCACAF 11 11 JPN 1870 AFC 12 12 MAR CAF 13 13 ITA 1946 UEFA 14 14 ESP UEFA 15 15 FRA 1974 (host) UEFA 18 16 CRO UEFA 19 17 KOR 1997 AFC 20 18 TUN 1959 CAF 21 19 ROM UEFA 22 20 RSA CAF 24 21 NED UEFA 25 22 DEN UEFA 27 23 PAR CONMEBOL 29 24 JAM CONCACAF 30 25 AUT UEFA 31 26 KSA AFC 34 27 BUL UEFA 35 28 BEL UEFA 36 29 SCO UEFA 41 30 IRN AFC 42 31 CMR CAF 49 32 NGA CAF 74 Venues France's bid to host the World Cup centered on the construction of a new national stadium with 80,000 seats and nine other stadiums located across the country.Dauncey Hare 1999 98 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.Dauncey Hare 1999 98 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,Dauncey Hare 1999 99 as Mayor of Paris Jacques Chirac successfully negotiated a deal with Prime Minister Édouard Balladur to bring the Stade de France, as it was now called, to the commune of Saint-Denis just north of the capital city.Dauncey Hare 1999 99 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.Dauncey Hare 1999 107 The choice of stadium locations was drafted from an original list of 14 cities.Dauncey Hare 1999 101 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 authorities 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.Dauncey Hare 1999 104 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 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; on the other hand, in addition to Strasbourg, four other cities which hosted games in 1938 were not selected: Le Havre, Lille, Reims and Antibes. Ten stadiums were used for the tournament. In addition to nine matches being played at the Stade de France (the most used stadium in the tournament), a further six matches took place in Paris Saint-Germain's Parc des Princes, bringing the total number of matches in the Paris region to 15. 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 seven total matches) and Lyon (hosting six total matches), as well as a Round of 16 knockout match in the northern city of Lens (also hosting six total matches). Nantes, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Montpellier and Saint-Etienne also hosted six matches in total; all of the stadiums used also hosted knockout round matches. Paris (Saint-Denis) Marseille Paris Lyon Stade de France Stade Vélodrome Parc des Princes Stade de Gerland 48 55 28 N 2 21 36 E region:FR_type:landmark inline Stade de France 43 16 11 N 5 23 45 E region:FR_type:landmark inline Stade Vélodrome 48 50 29 N 2 15 11 E region:FR_type:landmark inline Parc des Princes 45 43 26 N 4 49 56 E region:FR_type:landmark inline Stade de Gerland Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 48,875 Capacity: 44,000 180px 180px 180px 180px LensFrance none 475 France 48.9244 2.36 Saint-Denis France 43.2697 5.3958 Marseille bottom France 48.8414 2.2531 Paris bottom France 50.4329 2.8149 Lens France 45.7239 4.8322 Lyon France 47.2556 -1.5254 Nantes France 43.5833 1.43405 Toulouse left France 45.4608 4.3901 Saint-Étienne bottom France 44.8292 -0.5978 Bordeaux France 43.6222 3.8120 Montpellier top Stade Félix-Bollaert 50 25 58 N 2 48 53 E region:FR_type:landmark inline Stade Félix-Bollaert Capacity: 41,300 170px Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 47 15 20 N 1 31 31 W region:FR_type:landmark inline Stade de la Beaujoire Capacity: 39,500 180px Toulouse Saint-Étienne Bordeaux Montpellier Stadium de Toulouse Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Parc Lescure Stade de la Mosson 43 35 0 N 1 26 3 E region:FR_type:landmark inline Stadium de Toulouse 45 27 39 N 4 23 24 E region:FR_type:landmark inline Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 44 49 45 N 0 35 52 W region:FR_type:landmark inline Parc Lescure 43 37 20 N 3 48 43 E region:FR_type:landmark inline Stade de la Mosson Capacity: 37,000 Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 35,200 Capacity: 34,000 180px 180px 180px 180px Innovations Technologies This was the first FIFA 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,France 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/20151019071241/http://www.sport24.co.za/soccer/worldcup/history/france-1998-20100505 19 October 2015 Sport24, 5 May 2010 12:12. banning of tackles from behind that endanger the safety of an opponenthttps://www.fifa.com/development/news/y=1998/m=3/news=fifa-crack-down-tackle-from-behind-70380.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160315055529/http://www.fifa.com/development/news/y=1998/m=3/news=fifa-crack-down-tackle-from-behind-70380.html dead 15 March 2016 FIFA to crack down on tackle from behind FIFA 6 March 1998 12 July 2018 and allowance of three substitutions per game.Substitute the subs rule? By Mitch Phillips, 5 November 2007 Reuters Soccer Blog. Match officials 34 referees and 33 assistants officiated in the 1998 World Cup.https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=70367.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080107083335/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=70367.html dead 7 January 2008 FIFA 2 February 1998 28 January 2012 Referees and assistants for France 98 chosen 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) 15em MAR Said Belqola EGY Gamal Al-Ghandour NER Lucien Bouchardeau MRI Lim Kee Chong RSA Ian McLeod AFC (4) 15em KSA Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid UAE Ali Bujsaim JPN 1870 Masayoshi Okada THA Pirom Un-Prasert UEFA (15) 15em FRA 1974 Marc Batta AUT Günter Benkö ITA 1946 Pierluigi Collina SCO Hugh Dallas ENG Paul Durkin ESP José María García-Aranda GER Bernd Heynemann RUS Nikolai Levnikov SUI Urs Meier POR Vítor Melo Pereira DEN Kim Milton Nielsen NOR Rune Pedersen HUN László Vágner NED Mario van der Ende POL Ryszard Wójcik CONCACAF (3) 15em USA Esfandiar Baharmast MEX Arturo Brizio Carter TRI Ramesh Ramdhan OFC (1) AUS Eddie Lennie CONMEBOL (6) 15em ARG 1861 Javier Castrilli PAR 1990 Epifanio González BRA Márcio Rezende de Freitas CHI Mario Sánchez Yanten PER Alberto Tejada Noriega COL John Toro Rendón Draw Format 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding The FIFA Organising Committee announced the eight seeded teams on 3 December 1997 at Marseille's Stade Vélodrome. The draw was conducted by at the time FIFA general secretary Joseph Blatter. Many players, both current and former, helped with the draw, such as Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto Parreira, George Weah, Julie Foudy, Raymond Kopa, Jean-Pierre Papin, Georges Carnus, and Marius Trésor.Bailey Ryan https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1861721-charlize-theron-heidi-klum-and-celebrity-stars-of-world-cup-draws-past Charlize Theron, Heidi Klum and Celebrity Stars of World Cup Draws Past Bleacher Report 25 November 2013 26 June 2026 26 June 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260626102342/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1861721-charlize-theron-heidi-klum-and-celebrity-stars-of-world-cup-draws-past live The historic tradition to seed the hosts (France) and holders (Brazil) was upheld; while the remaining six seeds were granted for the other top 7-ranked teams, based on their results obtained in the last three FIFA World Cups (ratio 3:2:1, counting in total 60%) and their FIFA World Ranking position in the last month of the past three years (equal ratio, counting in total 40%).https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/79d9ab359eab12f3/original/g6sxbyxsmoqdxz3firrz-pdf.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220322012822/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/79d9ab359eab12f3/original/g6sxbyxsmoqdxz3firrz-pdf.pdf live 22 March 2022 FIFA fact sheet FIFA World Cup: seeded teams in 1930–2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/36285.stm England miss out on World Cup seedings BBC News 3 December 1997 28 June 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20211105112417/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/36285.stm 5 November 2021 For the draw, the 32 teams were allocated into four pots. The eight top-seeded teams were allocated in pot A and would be drawn/selected into the first position of the eight groups playing in the group stage. The remaining 24 unseeded teams were allocated into three pots based on geographical sections, with the nine European teams in pot B; four Asian teams and three South American teams in pot C; five African teams and three North American teams in pot D. The general principle was to draw one team from each pot into the eight groups, although with special combined procedures for pot B and pot C, due to comprising more/less than eight teams – but sixteen teams in total. At the same time, the draw also needed to respect the geographical limitation, that each group could not feature more than one team from each confederation, except for the European teams where the limitation was maximum two per group. Pot ATop-seeded teams(DC Defending Champion (1994 winner) + Host + Top7 seeds) Pot BEurope(UEFA) Pot CAsia & South America(AFC & CONMEBOL) Pot DAfrica & North America(CAF & CONCACAF) BRA (1994 winner, group A1) FRA 1974 (host, group C1) GER (1) ITA 1946 (3) ESP (4) ARG (5) ROU (6) NED (7) AUT BEL BUL CRO DEN ENG SCO FRY NOR CHI COL IRN JPN 1947 PAR 1990 KSA KOR 1997 CMR JAM MEX MAR NGA RSA 1994 TUN 1959 USA The draw took place at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, and was televised live on 4 December 1997: FIFA World Cup Draw on BBC Sport. For the first time in history, the draw event took place in a football stadium, with 38,000 spectators and an estimated 1 billion TV viewers. The draw was officiated by FIFA secretary general Sepp Blatter. Teams were drawn by football legends Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto Parreira, George Weah and Raymond Kopa.The FIFA World Cup Final Draw history https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/68/fs-201_10e_fwc-draw-history.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20100601111831/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/68/fs-201_10e_fwc-draw-history.pdf dead 1 June 2010 FIFA 11 August 2010 Organiser Michel Platini, who later became president of UEFA, admitted in 2018 that the draw for the group stage of the competition had been fixed so that France and Brazil were kept apart until the final, telling France Bleu Sport: "We did a bit of trickery. When we were organising the schedule. We did not spend six years organising the World Cup to not do some little shenanigans".https://news.sky.com/story/platini-admits-draw-for-1998-world-cup-was-fixed-so-france-faced-brazil-in-final-11377566 Platini admits draw for 1998 World Cup was fixed so France faced Brazil in final Sky Sports James Pepper 18 May 2018 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220606230913/https://news.sky.com/story/platini-admits-draw-for-1998-world-cup-was-fixed-so-france-faced-brazil-in-final-11377566 6 June 2022 The statement from Platini referred to the fact that, shortly before the World Cup finals draw took place, the FIFA Organising Committee had met to finalise the draw process. At this meeting, the committee had approved the proposal to assign host nation France to group position C1 and defending champions Brazil to group position A1 ahead of the draw. As the tournament structure was also predetermined so that the winners of Groups A, D, E and H, and the runners-up of Groups B, C, F and G would be kept apart from the group winners of B, C, F and G, and the runners-up of Group A, D, E and H until the final; thus, France and Brazil could avoid meeting each other until the final if both teams finished in the same position in the top two of their respective groups.Dale Johnson Was the 1998 World Cup in France fixed? Michel Platini's comments explained https://www.espn.co.uk/football/blog/world-cup-central/59/post/3502365/was-the-1998-world-cup-in-france-fixed ESPN 18 May 2018 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200604175626/https://www.espn.co.uk/football/blog/world-cup-central/59/post/3502365/was-the-1998-world-cup-in-france-fixed 4 June 2020 Procedure for the draw:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAeH5Xn-6t0 FRANCE '98 – FIFA World Cup Draw – BBC Sport 4 December 1997 YouTube video live https://web.archive.org/web/20220608173123/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAeH5Xn-6t0 8 June 2022 Pot A was used to draw the remaining six top-seeded teams for the first position of groups B, D, E, F, G and H. Pot D was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H). Pot B was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H). As per the FIFA rule of only allowing a maximum of two UEFA teams in each group, the remaining ninth team from Pot B, was subject to a second draw, to be put in either of the groups containing a top-seeded South American (CONMEBOL) team. Pot C was used to draw one team to each of the seven groups with an empty spot (drawing in alphabetical order from A to H). However, as each group could only contain one South American (CONMEBOL) team, the first Asian (AFC) team drawn would not be drawn into a group in alphabetical order, but instead be drawn into the remaining open group with a top-seeded South American (CONMEBOL) team. To decide the match schedules, the exact group position number for the un-seeded teams in each group (2, 3 or 4), were also drawn immediately from eight special group bowls, after each respective team had been drawn from pot D, B and C. Draw results and group fixtures The draw resulted in the following eight groups: start + Group APos Position TeamA1 BRAA2 SCOA3 MARA4 NOR break + Group BPos Position TeamB1 ITA 1946B2 CHIB3 CMRB4 AUT break + Group CPos Position TeamC1 FRA 1974C2 RSA 1994C3 KSAC4 DEN break + Group DPos Position TeamD1 ESPD2 NGAD3 PAR 1990D4 BUL end start + Group EPos Position TeamE1 NEDE2 BELE3 KOR 1997E4 MEX break + Group FPos Position TeamF1 GERF2 USAF3 FRYF4 IRN break + Group GPos Position TeamG1 ROUG2 COLG3 ENGG4 TUN 1959 break + Group HPos Position TeamH1 ARGH2 JPN 1947H3 JAMH4 CRO end In each group, the teams played three matches, one against each of the other teams. Three points were awarded for each win, while a draw was worth one point. After completion of the group stage, the two teams with the most points in each group would advance to the knockout stage, with each group winner facing the runner-up from one of the other groups in the round of 16. This was a new format for the World Cup, following the expansion from 24 teams in 1994. A total of 64 games were played, including the final and a match for third place between the losers of the two semi-finals. The fixtures for the group stage were decided based on the draw results, as follows: + Group stage scheduleMatchdayDatesMatchesMatchday 110–15 June 19981 v 2, 3 v 4Matchday 216–22 June 19981 v 3, 2 v 4Matchday 323–26 June 19984 v 1, 2 v 3 Squads 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.https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=71653.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100605235744/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=71653.html dead 5 June 2010 FIFA 8 June 1998 29 January 2012 Players Facts & Figures: Eto's the youngest, Leighton the oldest 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.FIFA 15 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.FIFA 15 Group stage right|thumb|upright=1.9|9em #2b42a3 Champion #34c0be Runner-up #269c5a Third place #81c846 Fourth place #e4e454 Quarter-finals #f4d4ac Round of 16 #b94954 Group stage All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Key for tablesPld = 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 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 7 minutes remaining to defeat Brazil 2–1, with Kjetil Rekdal scoringhttp://www.dagsavisen.no/bilder/album2298.zrm Her er de ti beste sportsøyeblikkene Dagsavisen.no 16 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140912031205/http://www.dagsavisen.no/bilder/album2298.zrm 12 September 2014 dead the winning penalty to send Norway into the knockout stage for the first time.https://footballcoal.com/fifa-world-cup-2022-schedule-pdf-groups-download/ FIFA World Cup Schedule Group footballcoal.com 10 May 1998 20 November 2022 9 October 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221009100806/https://footballcoal.com/fifa-world-cup-2022-schedule-pdf-groups-download/ usurped 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 first 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. standings no_hide_class_rules main 1998 FIFA World Cup Group A Group B 1998 FIFA World Cup Group B Italy and Chile progressed to the second round, while Austria failed to win for the first time since 1958 and Cameroon failed to get out of the group stage for the second time in a row. Italy were the only team in the group to win a match, defeating both Austria and Cameroon, who drew with each other: Chile drew all three of their matches, and thus finished ahead of the other two by virtue of having been the only team to take a point off Italy. standings no_hide_class_rules main 1998 FIFA World Cup Group B Group C 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. Saudi Arabia, after a good performance four years earlier, finished bottom with only one point. Debutant South Africa grabbed two points and also exited at the group stage. standings no_hide_class_rules main 1998 FIFA World Cup Group C Group D 1998 FIFA World Cup Group D Nigeria and Paraguay advanced to the Round of 16. Nigeria scored a surprise victory over top seed Spain, while Paraguay drew with them, and Bulgaria failed to repeat their surprise performance from the previous tournament. With Nigeria already guaranteed qualification with 6 points, Paraguay defeated them to secure their second-place in the group ahead of Spain. standings no_hide_class_rules main 1998 FIFA World Cup Group D Group E 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E The Netherlands and Mexico advanced with the same record, with the former placing first on goal difference. Belgium and eventual 2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosts South Korea failed to advance, although Belgium were undefeated with three draws. standings no_hide_class_rules main 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E Group F 1998 FIFA World Cup Group F Germany and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia advanced, each with 7 points (Germany took 1st on goal difference). Iran and 1994 host United States failed to advance. standings no_hide_class_rules main 1998 FIFA World Cup Group F Group G 1998 FIFA World Cup Group G Romania topped the group over England, while Colombia and Tunisia were unable to reach the last 16, despite Colombia having one win. standings no_hide_class_rules main 1998 FIFA World Cup Group G Group H 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H Argentina finished at the top of Group H against three debutants. Croatia took the runners-up spot while Jamaica and Japan failed to advance. standings no_hide_class_rules main 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H Knockout stage 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. The golden goal rule was also used, whereby if a team scored during extra time, they would immediately win the game. Bracket Bracket Round of 16 R of 16 1 R of 16 2 R of 16 3 R of 16 4 R of 16 5 R of 16 6 R of 16 7 R of 16 8 Quarter-finals QF1 QF2 QF3 QF4 Semi-finals SF1 SF2 Match for third place Croatia beat the Netherlands to earn third place in the competition. Davor Šuker scored the winner in the 36th minute to secure the golden boot.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/news/1998/07/11/croatia_optional/ CNNSI Associated Press 11 July 1998 28 January 2012 Debutant takes third place with win over the Netherlands 11 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223343/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/news/1998/07/11/croatia_optional/ dead Third Final 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,http://www.soccertimes.com/worldcup/1998/games/jul12.htm Gannett News Service SoccerTimes 12 July 1998 27 January 2012 Oberjuerge Paris Paul France plays perfect host; hoists World Cup in Paris. https://web.archive.org/web/20111128230026/http://www.soccertimes.com/worldcup/1998/games/jul12.htm 28 November 2011 dead later to be topped by Brazil's 7–1 defeat by Germany in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.Match report https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255955/match=300186474/report.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140708203811/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255955/match=300186474/report.html dead 8 July 2014 Fédération Internationale de Football Association 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.https://web.archive.org/web/20060509064955/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/news/1998/07/12/ronaldo_criticize/ 9 May 2006 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/news/1998/07/12/ronaldo_criticize/ CNN/SI Associated Press 12 July 1998 27 January 2012 World commentators decry Brazil, Ronaldo dead 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. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3_xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=4764,3287240&dq=france+win+world+cup&hl=en ZZ Top of the World 13 July 1998 New Straits Times 19 June 2013 21 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221121134251/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3_xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=4764,3287240&dq=france+win+world+cup&hl=en live French president Jacques Chirac was in attendance to congratulate the winners and commiserate the runners-up after the match.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/news/1998/07/12/zidane_side/ CNNSI Associated Press 12 July 1998 27 January 2012 Zidane leads France to pinnacle of soccer glory 15 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140415233742/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/news/1998/07/12/zidane_side/ dead Several days after the victory, winning manager Aimé Jacquet announced his resignation from the French team with immediate effect.http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=154131 Le Monde 18 July 1998 27 January 2012 Elie Barth Il devrait succéder à Gérard Houllier comme directeur technique national fr 4 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150904114310/http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=154131 live https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19980718&id=4_xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3126,4864113 New Straits Times 18 July 1998 27 January 2012 Jacquet steps down to move up 20 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220520214644/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19980718&id=4_xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3126,4864113 live Final Statistics Goalscorers Davor Šuker received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals. In total, 171 goals were scored by 112 players: 6 goals CRO Davor Šuker 5 goals ARG 1861 Gabriel Batistuta ITA 1946 Christian Vieri 4 goals BRA Ronaldo CHI Marcelo Salas MEX Luis Hernández 3 goals 30em BRA Bebeto BRA César Sampaio BRA Rivaldo FRA 1974 Thierry Henry GER Oliver Bierhoff GER Jürgen Klinsmann NED Dennis Bergkamp 2 goals 30em ARG 1861 Ariel Ortega BEL Marc Wilmots CRO Robert Prosinečki DEN Brian Laudrup ENG Michael Owen ENG Alan Shearer FRA 1974 Emmanuel Petit FRA 1974 Lilian Thuram FRA 1974 Zinedine Zidane ITA 1946 Roberto Baggio JAM Theodore Whitmore MEX Ricardo Peláez MAR Salaheddine Bassir MAR Abdeljalil Hadda NED Phillip Cocu NED Ronald de Boer NED Patrick Kluivert ROU Viorel Moldovan RSA Shaun Bartlett ESP Fernando Hierro ESP Fernando Morientes FRY Slobodan Komljenović 1 goal 30em ARG 1861 Claudio López ARG 1861 Mauricio Pineda ARG 1861 Javier Zanetti AUT Andreas Herzog AUT Toni Polster AUT Ivica Vastić BEL Luc Nilis BUL Emil Kostadinov CMR Patrick M'Boma CMR Pierre Njanka CHI José Luis Sierra COL Léider Preciado CRO Robert Jarni CRO Mario Stanić CRO Goran Vlaović DEN Thomas Helveg DEN Martin Jørgensen DEN Michael Laudrup DEN Peter Møller DEN Allan Nielsen DEN Marc Rieper DEN Ebbe Sand ENG Darren Anderton ENG David Beckham ENG Paul Scholes FRA 1974 Laurent Blanc FRA 1974 Youri Djorkaeff FRA 1974 Christophe Dugarry FRA 1974 Bixente Lizarazu FRA 1974 David Trezeguet GER Andreas Möller IRN Mehdi Mahdavikia IRN Hamid Estili ITA 1946 Luigi Di Biagio JAM Robbie Earle JPN 1870 Masashi Nakayama MEX Cuauhtémoc Blanco MEX Alberto García Aspe MAR Mustapha Hadji NED Edgar Davids NED Marc Overmars NED Pierre van Hooijdonk NED Boudewijn Zenden NGA Mutiu Adepoju NGA Tijani Babangida NGA Victor Ikpeba NGA Sunday Oliseh NGA Wilson Oruma NOR Dan Eggen NOR Håvard Flo NOR Tore André Flo NOR Kjetil Rekdal PAR 1990 Celso Ayala PAR 1990 Miguel Ángel Benítez PAR 1990 José Cardozo ROU Adrian Ilie ROU Dan Petrescu KSA Sami Al-Jaber KSA Yousuf Al-Thunayan SCO Craig Burley SCO John Collins RSA Benni McCarthy KOR 1997 Ha Seok-ju KOR 1997 Yoo Sang-chul ESP Kiko ESP Luis Enrique ESP Raúl TUN 1959 Skander Souayah USA Brian McBride FRY Siniša Mihajlović FRY Predrag Mijatović FRY Dragan Stojković Own goals 30em BUL Georgi Bachev (against Spain) MAR Youssef Chippo (against Norway) SCO Tom Boyd (against Brazil) RSA Pierre Issa (against France) ESP Andoni Zubizarreta (against Nigeria) FRY Siniša Mihajlović (against Germany) Discipline Player Offence(s) Suspension(s) BUL Anatoli Nankov 2 in Group D vs Paraguay (matchday 1; 12 June) Group D vs Nigeria (matchday 2; 19 June) KOR Ha Seok-ju in Group E vs Mexico (matchday 1; 13 June) Group E vs Netherlands (matchday 2; 20 June) NED Patrick Kluivert in Group E vs Belgium (matchday 1; 13 June) Group E vs South Korea (matchday 2; 20 June)Group E vs Mexico (matchday 3; 25 June) SCO Darren Jackson in Group A vs Brazil (matchday 1; 10 June) in Group A vs Norway (matchday 2; 16 June) Group A vs Morocco (matchday 3; 23 June) BRA César Sampaio in Group A vs Scotland (matchday 1; 10 June) in Group A vs Morocco (matchday 2; 16 June) Group A vs Norway (matchday 3; 23 June) MAR Saïd Chiba in Group A vs Norway (matchday 1; 10 June) in Group A vs Morocco (matchday 2; 16 June) Group A vs Scotland (matchday 3; 23 June) CMR Raymond Kalla in Group B vs Italy (matchday 2; 17 June) Group B vs Chile (matchday 3; 23 June) DEN Miklos Molnar in Group C vs South Africa (matchday 2; 18 June) Group C vs France (matchday 3; 24 June)Round of 16 vs Nigeria (28 June) RSA Alfred Phiri in Group C vs Denmark (matchday 2; 18 June) Group C vs Saudi Arabia (matchday 3; 24 June) DEN Morten Wieghorst in Group C vs South Africa (matchday 2; 18 June) Group C vs France (matchday 3; 24 June) SAU Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi in Group C vs France (matchday 2; 18 June) Group C vs South Africa (matchday 3; 24 June) FRA Zinedine Zidane in Group C vs Saudi Arabia (matchday 2; 18 June) Group C vs Denmark (matchday 3; 24 June)Round of 16 vs Paraguay (28 June) NGA Uche Okechukwu in Group D vs Spain (matchday 1; 13 June) in Group D vs Bulgaria (matchday 2; 19 June) Group D vs Paraguay (matchday 3; 24 June) JAP Eisuke Nakanishi in Group H vs Argentina (matchday 1; 14 June) in Group H vs Croatia (matchday 2; 20 June) Group H vs Jamaica (matchday 3; 26 June) MEX Pável Pardo in Group E vs Belgium (matchday 2; 20 June) Group E vs Netherlands (matchday 3; 25 June) BEL Gert Verheyen in Group E vs Mexico (matchday 2; 20 June) Group E vs South Korea (matchday 3; 25 June) JAM Darryl Powell 2 in Group H vs Argentina (matchday 2; 21 June) Group H vs Japan (matchday 3; 26 June) COL José Santa in Group G vs Romania (matchday 1; 15 June) in Group G vs Tunisia (matchday 2; 22 June) Group G vs England (matchday 3; 26 June) TUN José Clayton in Group G vs England (matchday 1; 15 June) in Group G vs Colombia (matchday 2; 22 June) Group G vs Romania (matchday 3; 26 June) ROM Iulian Filipescu in Group G vs Colombia (matchday 1; 15 June) in Group G vs England (matchday 2; 22 June) Group G vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 26 June) CHI Nelson Parraguez in Group B vs Italy (matchday 1; 11 June) in Group B vs Cameroon (matchday 3; 23 June) Round of 16 vs Brazil (27 June) CMR Rigobert Song in Group B vs Chile (matchday 3; 23 June) Suspension served outside tournament CHI Francisco Rojas in Group B vs Italy (matchday 1; 11 June) in Group B vs Cameroon (matchday 3; 23 June) Round of 16 vs Brazil (27 June) CHI Moisés Villarroel in Group B vs Austria (matchday 2; 17 June) in Group B vs Cameroon (matchday 3; 23 June) Round of 16 vs Brazil (27 June) CMR Lauren in Group B vs Chile (matchday 3; 23 June) Suspension served outside tournament SCO Craig Burley in Group A vs Morocco (matchday 3; 23 June) Suspension served outside tournament MEX Ramón Ramírez in Group E vs Netherlands (matchday 3; 25 June) Round of 16 vs Germany (29 June) CRO Zvonimir Soldo in Group H vs Jamaica (matchday 1; 14 June) in Group H vs Argentina (matchday 3; 26 June) Round of 16 vs Romania (30 June) ENG David Beckham in Round of 16 vs Argentina (30 June) Suspension served outside tournament BRA Cafu in Round of 16 vs Chile (27 June) in Quarter-finals vs Denmark (3 July) Semi-finals vs Netherlands (7 July) NED Arthur Numan 2 in Quarter-finals vs Argentina (4 July) Semi-finals vs Brazil (7 July) ARG Ariel Ortega in Quarter-finals vs Netherlands (4 July) Suspension served outside tournament GER Christian Wörns in Quarter-finals vs Croatia (4 July) Suspension served outside tournament FRA Laurent Blanc in Semi-finals vs Croatia (8 July) Final vs Brazil (12 July) CRO Dario Šimić in Quarter-finals vs Germany (4 July) in Semi-finals vs France (8 July) Match for third place vs Netherlands (11 July) FRA Marcel Desailly 2 in Final vs Brazil (12 July) Suspension served outside tournament Awards Golden Ball AwardGolden Shoe AwardYashin AwardFIFA Fair Play TrophyMost Entertaining TeamBRA RonaldoCRO Davor ŠukerFRA 1974 Fabien BarthezENGFRA 1974FRA 1974 Players who were red-carded during the tournament 30em ARG 1861 Ariel Ortega BEL Gert Verheyen BUL Anatoli Nankov CMR Raymond Kalla CMR Lauren CMR Rigobert Song DEN Miklos Molnar DEN Morten Wieghorst ENG David Beckham FRA 1974 Laurent Blanc FRA 1974 Marcel Desailly FRA 1974 Zinedine Zidane GER Christian Wörns JAM Darryl Powell KOR 1997 Ha Seok-ju MEX Pável Pardo MEX Ramón Ramírez NED Patrick Kluivert NED Arthur Numan SAU Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi SCO Craig Burley RSA 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.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/news/1998/07/10/wcup_allstars/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140222065104/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/news/1998/07/10/wcup_allstars/ dead 22 February 2014 FIFA announces All-Star team CNNSI 10 July 1998 GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwardsFRA 1974 Fabien Barthez PAR 1990 José Luis ChilavertBRA Roberto Carlos FRA 1974 Marcel Desailly FRA 1974 Lilian Thuram NED Frank de Boer PAR 1990 Carlos GamarraBRA Dunga BRA Rivaldo DEN Michael Laudrup FRA 1974 Zinedine Zidane NED Edgar DavidsBRA Ronaldo CRO Davor Šuker DEN Brian Laudrup NED Dennis Bergkamp Tournament ranking Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. main WDL complete FIFAhttps://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/587cb8e67646ba42/original/knfuogw4prnsdacl3ozx-pdf.pdf Milestones & Superlatives, Statistical Kit for the FIFA World Cup – FIFA World Cup final rankings by tournament FIFA 23 6 April 2018 20 August 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220325073347/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/587cb8e67646ba42/original/knfuogw4prnsdacl3ozx-pdf.pdf 25 March 2022 H FRA, BRA, CRO, NED, ITA, ARG, GER, DEN, ENG, YUG, ROU, NGA, MEX, PAR, NOR, CHI, ESP, MAR, BEL, IRN, COL, JAM, AUT, RSA, CMR, TUN, SCO, KSA, BUL, KOR, JPN, USA 3 1 1 10 4 0 2 1 3 4 0 3 0 3 3 4 1 2 14 10 0 1 2 1 7 0 2 1 2 5 0 3 1 5 8 1 0 2 1 3 5 0 2 11 5 2 1 2 9 7 2 1 1 7 4 2 1 1 5 4 6 1 0 15 2 3 1 1 8 6 1 0 2 2 4 3 2 0 8 3 1 0 2 3 9 0 0 3 1 4 1 2 1 8 7 1 1 1 5 5 3 3 1 13 7 2 0 2 6 9 1 2 1 5 5 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 4 3 0 1 2 2 7 0 1 2 2 6 0 2 1 3 6 0 1 2 2 9 1 1 1 8 4 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 3 1 5 T ARG 1861 H AUT B BEL E BRA A BUL D CMR B CHI B COL G CRO H DEN C ENG G FRY F FRA 1974 C GER F IRN F ITA 1946 B JAM H JPN 1870 H MEX E MAR A NED E NGA D NOR A PAR 1990 D ROU G KSA C SCO A RSA C KOR 1997 E ESP D TUN 1959 G USA F Final result #FFD700 Champions #C0C0C0 Runners-up #CD7F32 Third place Fourth place Eliminated inquarter-finals Eliminated inround of 16 Eliminated ingroup stage yes yes yes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th QF QF QF QF R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS Marketing Tournoi de France 1997 Tournoi de France A year before the tournament, a small, invitation-only tournament named the Tournoi de France was held in France, with Italy, Brazil, England, and hosts France participating.https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jun/25/vault-england-le-tournoi-france-1997 From the Vault: recalling how England won Le Tournoi de France in 1997 25 June 2013 Guardian 13 August 2013 Campbell Paul 10 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200610185846/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jun/25/vault-england-le-tournoi-france-1997 live Broadcasting October 2024 Through several companies, FIFA sold the broadcasting rights for the 1998 FIFA World Cup to many broadcasters. BBC and ITV had the broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom. 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.Guy Dutheil France 98, vive le Football ! – Un véritable enjeu médiatique Label France fr Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development 1998 31 http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/archives-label-france_5343/les-themes_5497/dossiers-fond_14492/france-98-vive-football-no31-1998_14615/un-veritable-enjeu-mediatique_37817.html 2 October 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090218060512/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/archives-label-france_5343/les-themes_5497/dossiers-fond_14492/france-98-vive-football-no31-1998_14615/un-veritable-enjeu-mediatique_37817.html 18 February 2009 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.fr FIFA 1998 128 and 129 fifa1998 CountryBroadcasterTelevisionAlbaniaTVSHArgentinaArtear, Televisión Federal, Grupo América, Telearte, SNMP, Teletreinta, Argentina Televisión, Lujan Cable Visión S.A., Holding Córdoba de radio y televisión Eltrece, Telefe, América TV, Channel 30, Argenvisión, Channel 23, El CW AustraliaSBSAustriaORFORF eins and ORF 2Arab LeagueArab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), Orbit NetworkOrbit ESPN BelgiumDutch:VRTDutch:Eén and CanvasFrench:RTBFFrench:La Une and La DeuxBangladeshBTVBoliviaTVB and Red ATBBrazilGlobo, Band, SBT, RecordTV, Manchete,https://manchete.org/esportes/sobre/copas-do-mundo-na-manchete,%20https://manchete.org/esportes/sobre/copas-do-mundo-na-manchete/ A Copa do Mundo pela TV Manchete | Rede Manchete SporTV and ESPN BrasilBruneiRTBRTB Perdana, RTB AnekaBulgariaBNTChannel 1 and Efir 2CambodiaTVKChannel 7CanadaEnglish:CBCEnglish:CBC TelevisionFrench:Société Radio-CanadaFrench:Télévision de Radio-CanadaChileTVN, Chilevisión, UCTV and MegavisiónChinaCCTVCCTV-1 ColombiaInravisiónCanal Uno:PUNCH and JESCanal A:RTI and Datos y MensajesCaracol Televisión and RCN TelevisiónCorsican2 2France TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TVn2 2Italy 1946 RAIFrance TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2 and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV3n2 2Czech RepublicCzech TelevisionČT1 and ČT2DenmarkDRDR1 and DR2EstoniaETVFinlandYLE, MTV3YLE TV2Francen2 2TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TVn2 2TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV3, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV4, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV International and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV Newsn2 2Georgia 1990GPB1TVGermanyARD and ZDFDas Erste and ZDFGreeceERTET1, NET and ET3HungaryMTVMTV1 and MTV2Holy SeeItaly 1946 RAIItaly 1946 RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3Hong KongTVBCantonese:TVB JadeEnglish:TVB PearlIndiaDoordarshanDoordarshan National ChannelIndonesian1 1 TVRI (Programme 1), RCTI, SCTV, TPI, ANteve, and Indosiar (all matches in live television)n1 1IranIRIBChannel 1 and Channel 2IrelandRTÉRTÉ One and RTÉ TwoIsraelIBAHebrew:Channel 1Arabic:Channel 33Italy 1946RAIRAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3Japan 1947NHK, Fuji Television, TBS, Nippon Television, TV Asahi and TV TokyoNHK General TV, Fuji Television, TBS Television, Nippon Television, TV Asahi and TV TokyoLaosLNTVMacau colonialTVBCantonese:TVB JadeEnglish:TVB PearlLatin AmericaBein TV, DirecTVChannels 530 and 532 of Bein TVChannels 610 and 612 of DirecTVMalaysian2 2RTM, STMB, NTV7TV1, TV2, TV3, NTV7MexicoTelevisa, TV AztecaCanal de las Estrellas, XHDF-TDTMonacon2 2France TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TVn2 2Italy 1946 TelemontecarloFrance TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV3, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV4, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV International and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV News (all matches of international broadcast signal)n2 2Italy 1946 TelemontecarloMyanmar 1974MRTVChannel 5NetherlandsNPONederland 1, Nederland 2 and Nederland 3New ZealandTVNZTV1 and TV2NorwayNRKNRK1 and NRK2Paraguay 1990TV Acción, TV Cerro Corá, Tevedos, Teledifusora Paraguaya, SICOM TV, Hispanoamérica TV, Canal 5 TV Color, Caacupé Cable Visión S.A., Holding Paraná de radio y televisión Telefuturo, SNT, Red Guaraní Canal 13, Paraguay TV, La Tele, Paravisión, Canal 25, RTVPeruAmérica Televisión and Panamericana Televisión.PhilippinesGMA Network and Sky CablePolandTVPTVP1 and TVP2PortugalRTPRTP1 and RTP2RussiaVGTRK, ORTRossiya 1, Channel One RussiaSan Marino 1862Italy 1946 RAIItaly 1946 RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3SingaporeSingapore International MediaPremiere 12SlovakiaSTVSTV1 and STV2South AfricaSABCSABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3South Korea 1997KBSSpainRTVETVE (TV1 and TV2)SwedenSVTSVT1 and SVT2SwitzerlandSRG SSRSF 1 (German), TSR 2 (French) and TSI 2 (Italian)TaiwanTTV, CTV, CTS and FTVThailandTelevision Pool of ThailandTurkeyTRTTRT 1, TRT 2 and TRT 3United KingdomBBC and ITVBBC One and ITVn3 3United StatesABC, ESPN (English) and Univision (Spanish)UkraineUT-1 and 1+1UruguayTevetres, Monte Carlo Televisión, Sociedad Anónima Emisora de Televisión y Anexos, Sociedad Televisora Larrañaga, SODRE, Franco-Hispano TV, Canal 8 TV Color, Canelones Cable Visión S.A., Holding Rivera de radio y televisión Channel 3, Channel 4, Channel 10, Teledoce, UTC, Uruvisión, Canal 27, STVVietnamVietnam Television, Ho Chi Minh City TelevisionVTV1, VTV3, HTV7, HTV9Venezuela 1954Venevisión, RCTV, VTV Notes: n1 Indonesia screened the tournament simulcast via 6-national free-to-air terrestrial television stations. It was broadcast simultaneously by 1-national state-owned public free-to-air terrestrial television station (TVRI) and relayed by the 5-national private commercial free-to-air terrestrial television stations (RCTI, SCTV, TPI, ANteve, and Indosiar). They provided Indonesian sports commentary on all 64 matches. n2 It is a joint venture of TF1, France Télévisions and TV5Monde. n3 ITV did not use the official FIFA live feed. Instead, they took their own camera equipment over to France and shot the matches from the opposite side of the pitch of the FIFA feed cameras. This seen the station use their own on-screen graphics and enabled U.K. viewers to see the Vauxhall billboards (U.K. arm of General Motors). Sponsorship thumb|Coca-Cola was one of the sponsors of FIFA World Cup 1998. 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Gettyimages.nl 19 August 2013 12 July 2018 17 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230417064247/https://www.gettyimages.nl/detail/nieuwsfoto%27s/football-world-cup-1998-brazil-v-scotland-the-scotland-nieuwsfotos/177225733 live Peugeot Renault Vauxhall The absence of Budweiser on pitch side advertising hoardings is notable due to the Evin law, which forbids alcohol-related sponsorship in France, including in sports events.WashingtonPost.com: Battle Over Bud Brewing for French-Hosted World Cup Soccer https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/europe/april/14/worldcup.htm 2024-04-11 www.washingtonpost.com 8 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241208073739/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/europe/april/14/worldcup.htm live Video games In most of the world, the official video game was, World Cup 98 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.World Cup 98 http://psx.ign.com/articles/153/153532p1.html IGN 15 July 1998 15 July 2012 15 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215113910/http://psx.ign.com/articles/153/153532p1.html live Josh Smith World Cup 98 Review http://www.gamespot.com/world-cup-98/reviews/world-cup-98-review-2531897/ GameSpot 5 June 1998 15 July 2012 22 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121022041429/http://www.gamespot.com/world-cup-98/reviews/world-cup-98-review-2531897/ live James Chris July 1998 Football's Coming Home PC Guide 4 4 53–57 Future Publishing In Japan, Konami was granted the FIFA World Cup licence and produced two distinct video games: Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France 98 by KCEO for the Nintendo 64, and World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 3: World Cup France '98 by KCET for the PlayStation. These games were released in the rest of the world as International Superstar Soccer '98 and International Superstar Soccer Pro '98, without the official FIFA World Cup licence, branding or real player names.August 2023 Also in Japan, Sega was granted the FIFA World Cup licence to produce the Saturn video game World Cup '98 France: Road to Win.August 2023 Many other video games, including 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.August 2023 Symbols thumb|upright|Footix, the official mascot of the tournament Mascot The official mascot was Footix, a rooster first presented in May 1996.http://www.e-space.mmu.ac.uk/e-space/bitstream/2173/4228/2/Footix%20The%20History%20Behind%20A%20Moderrn%20Mascot.pdf Sage Publications 1998 27 January 2012 Hand David Footix: the history behind a modern mascot https://web.archive.org/web/20131112181426/http://www.e-space.mmu.ac.uk/e-space/bitstream/2173/4228/2/Footix%20The%20History%20Behind%20A%20Moderrn%20Mascot.pdf 12 November 2013 dead It was created by graphic designer Fabrice Pialot and selected from a shortlist of five mascots.http://www.ina.fr/video/CAC96021553/fabrice-pialot-l-inventeur-de-la-mascotte-footix.fr.html France 3 Institut National de l'Audiovisuel 22 May 1996 27 January 2012 Fabrice Pialot l'inventeur de la mascotte Footix fr 8 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200308181320/http://www.ina.fr/video/CAC96021553/fabrice-pialot-l-inventeur-de-la-mascotte-footix.fr.html live 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. Match ball Adidas Tricolore The official match ball for the 1998 World Cup, manufactured by Adidas was named the Tricolore, meaning 'three-coloured' in French.ADIDAS TRICOLORE: WORLD CUP 1998 Capital Balls December 14, 2016 http://capital-balls.com/adidas-tricolore-world-cup-1998/ July 5, 2026 27 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241127015301/http://capital-balls.com/adidas-tricolore-world-cup-1998/ live 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.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=28402.html 24 June 2006 29 January 2012 FIFA 1998: adidas Tricolore dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100705075818/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid%3D28402.html 5 July 2010 The tricolour flag and cockerel, traditional symbols of France, were used as inspiration for the design. Music Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole! The official song of the 1998 FIFA World Cup was "The Cup of Life", also known as "La Copa de la Vida", recorded by Ricky Martin.http://www.beembee.com/2010/fifa-world-cup-official-songs-1990-2010 FIFA World Cup Official Songs 1990 – 2010 10 June 2010 BeemBee.com 29 May 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130515082324/http://www.beembee.com/2010/fifa-world-cup-official-songs-1990-2010 15 May 2013 https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=1/news=brazilian-star-claudia-leitte-perform-with-pitbull-and-jennifer-lopez-th-2264459.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140413200631/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=1/news=brazilian-star-claudia-leitte-perform-with-pitbull-and-jennifer-lopez-th-2264459.html dead 13 April 2014 Brazilian star Claudia Leitte to perform with Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez on the official song for the 2014 FIFA World Cup FIFA 14 June 2014 26 June 2014 The official anthem was "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" by Youssou N'Dour and Axelle Red. 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".FIFA 4 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".FIFA 6 Cour des Comptes, the quasi-judicial body of the French government, released its report on the organisation of the 1998 World Cup in 2000.http://www.liberation.fr/societe/0101361511-cour-des-comptes-coupe-du-monde Libération 25 January 2001 29 January 2012 Chemin Michel Cour des comptes: Coupe du monde fr The 1998 World Cup is considered by pundits to be one of the greatest editions of the tournament ever.The 10 Best World Cups of All Time—Ranked https://www.si.com/soccer/best-world-cups-all-time-ranked SI 12 August 2026 5 May 2026 See also Association football 1990s France Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole! – The Official 1998 FIFA World Cup music album 1998 World Cup terror plot References Match reports Report Sources Dauncey Hugh Hare Geoff 1999 France and the 1998 World Cup: the national impact of a world sporting event Routledge London 0-7146-4887-6 http://www.ccomptes.fr/fr/CC/documents/RPA/OrganisationCoupeMonde1998.pdf Rapport public annuel 2000 : l'organisation de la Coupe du monde de football 1998 Cour des Comptes 28 January 2012 fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081204223455/http://www.ccomptes.fr/fr/CC/documents/RPA/OrganisationCoupeMonde1998.pdf 4 December 2008 https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/53/fwc_france_1998_en_part1_267.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111220054314/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/53/fwc%5ffrance%5f1998%5fen%5fpart1%5f267.pdf dead 20 December 2011 France 1998 Technical report (Part 1) Fédération Internationale de Football Association 28 January 2012 FIFA https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/48/fwc_france_1998_en_part2_266.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111220064424/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/48/fwc%5ffrance%5f1998%5fen%5fpart2%5f266.pdf dead 20 December 2011 France 1998 Technical report (Part 2) Fédération Internationale de Football Association 28 January 2012 FIFA1998 External links World Cup 1998 1998 FIFA World Cup https://web.archive.org/web/19981206221808/http://www.france98.com/ Official website dmy fr en 1998 FIFA World Cup France, FIFA.com RSSSF Archive of finals RSSSF Archive of qualifying rounds https://web.archive.org/web/20000425004323/http://www0.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world_cup_98/default.stm 25 April 2000 1998 FIFA World Cup at the BBC 1998 World Cup Category:1997–98 in French men's football 1998 Category:June 1998 sports events in France Category:July 1998 sports events in France