1998 FIFA World Cup Group H

Football tournament group stage June 2018 Group H at the 1998 FIFA World Cup comprised CONMEBOL representatives Argentina, and three World Cup debutants: Croatia, competing from the UEFA confederation; Jamaica of CONCACAF; and Japan from the Asian Football Confederation.https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98full.html World Cup 1998 RSSSF 30 April 2026 Argentina qualified with a match to spare after they beat Japan and Jamaica with Gabriel Batistuta scoring in both games. Croatia did the same with Davor Šuker scoring in both games. Argentina then beat Croatia to take first place, while Jamaica got their first ever points in a World Cup finals tournament by beating Japan. Standings main WDL standings complete FIFA 200 ARG CRO JAM JPN KO KO 3 0 0 7 0 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 2 3 9 0 0 3 1 4 ARG 1861 CRO JAM JPN 1947 Q green1 Advance to knockout stage Argentina advanced to play England (runner-up of Group G) in the round of 16. Croatia advanced to play Romania (winner of Group G) in the round of 16. Matches Argentina vs Japan main H1 1998 6 14 y 14:30 CEST (UTC+2) ARG 1861 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H#Argentina vs Japan 1–0 JPN Batistuta 28 Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse 33,500 Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1013/1014/8734 Argentina vs Japan Group Matches 1998 FIFA World Cup France FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8734/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Argentina v Japan FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171204194024/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8734/index.html 4 December 2017 http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8899.htm Match Statistics – Group H – Argentina v Japan Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998 14 June 1998 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010418005121/http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8899.htm 18 April 2001 _arg98h _arg98 _arg98h _arg98h _arg98a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 000000 Argentina _jap98h _jap98h _jap98h _jap98h _bluetop 250E77 250E77 250E77 FFFFFF FFFFFF Japan GK 1 Carlos RoaRB 14Nelson VivasCB 2 Roberto AyalaCB 6 Roberto Sensini 72LB 22Javier ZanettiDM 5 Matías AlmeydaCM 8 Diego Simeone (c)CM 11Juan Sebastián VerónAM 10Ariel OrtegaCF 7 Claudio López 61CF 9 Gabriel BatistutaSubstitutions:FW 18Abel Balbo 61DF 3 José Chamot 72Manager:Daniel Passarella GK 20Yoshikatsu KawaguchiCB 17Yutaka AkitaCB 4 Masami Ihara (c) 26CB 19Eisuke Nakanishi 67RM 2 Akira NarahashiCM 6 Motohiro YamaguchiCM 10Hiroshi NanamiLM 3 Naoki Soma 84AM 8 Hidetoshi NakataCF 9 Masashi Nakayama 65CF 18Shoji JoSubstitutions:FW 12Wagner Lopes 65MF 22Takashi Hirano 90+2 84Manager:Takeshi Okada Assistant referees: Marc Van den Broeck (Belgium) Eddie Foley (Republic of Ireland) Fourth official: Ryszard Wójcik (Polish) Jamaica vs Croatia To date, this is the last match in which both sides were playing their first ever FIFA World Cup fixture. It was the first time it had happened since 1974, when East Germany played Australia. main H2 1998 6 14 y 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) JAM 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H#Jamaica vs Croatia 1–3 CRO Earle 45 Stanić 27 Prosinečki 53 Šuker 69 Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens 38,100 Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1013/1014/8736 Jamaica vs Croatia Group Matches 1998 FIFA World Cup France FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8736/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Jamaica v Croatia FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091350/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8736/index.html 16 December 2017 http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8897.htm Match Statistics – Group H – Jamaica v Croatia Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998 14 June 1998 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010417101334/http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8897.htm 17 April 2001 _blackborder _jam98h1 _blackborder _jam98h2 FFDD00 FFFFFF FFDD00 FFFFFF FFDD00 Jamaica _cro98H _cro98H _cro98h _cro98H _cro98A FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 001BB7 Croatia GK 1 Warren Barrett (c)CB 19Frank SinclairCB 7 Peter Cargill 69CB 5 Ian GoodisonRM 6 Fitzroy SimpsonCM 11Theodore WhitmoreCM 16Robbie Earle 74LM 15Ricardo GardnerRF 18Deon Burton 62CF 17Onandi LoweLF 22Paul Hall 81Substitutions:MF 20Darryl Powell 69FW 9 Andrew Williams 74FW 10Walter Boyd 81Manager:BRA René Simões GK 1 Dražen LadićCB 6 Slaven BilićCB 14Zvonimir Soldo 5CB 4 Igor ŠtimacRWB 20Dario Šimić 59 74LWB 17Robert JarniCM 8 Robert ProsinečkiCM 7 Aljoša AsanovićAM 10Zvonimir Boban (c)CF 13Mario StanićCF 9 Davor ŠukerSubstitutions:FW 19Goran Vlaović 74Manager: Miroslav Blažević Assistant referees: Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania) Jacques Poudevigne (France) Fourth official: Bernd Heynemann (Germany) Japan vs Croatia main H3 1998 6 20 y 14:30 CEST (UTC+2) JPN 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H#Japan vs Croatia 0–1 CRO Šuker 77 Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes 35,500 Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1013/1014/8751 Japan vs Croatia Group Matches 1998 FIFA World Cup France FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8751/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Japan v Croatia FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091221/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8751/index.html 16 December 2017 http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8849.htm Match Statistics – Group H – Japan v Croatia Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998 20 June 1998 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010417091945/http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8849.htm 17 April 2001 _jap98h _jap98h _jap98h _jap98a _whitetop 250E77 250E77 250E77 250E77 000080 Japan _cro98H _cro98H _cro98h _cro98H _red_and_blue_stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Croatia GK 20Yoshikatsu KawaguchiCB 17Yutaka Akita 89CB 4 Masami Ihara (c)CB 19Eisuke Nakanishi 70RM 2 Akira Narahashi 79CM 6 Motohiro YamaguchiCM 10Hiroshi Nanami 41 84LM 3 Naoki SomaAM 8 Hidetoshi NakataCF 9 Masashi Nakayama 61CF 18Shoji JoSubstitutions:FW 14Masayuki Okano 61MF 15Hiroaki Morishima 79FW 12Wagner Lopes 84Manager:Takeshi Okada GK 1 Dražen LadićCB 6 Slaven BilićCB 14Zvonimir SoldoCB 4 Igor Štimac 46RWB20Dario ŠimićLWB17Robert JarniDM 21Krunoslav JurčićCM 8 Robert Prosinečki 26 67CM 7 Aljoša AsanovićCF 13Mario Stanić 70 88CF 9 Davor Šuker (c)Substitutions:FW 19Goran Vlaović 46MF 11Silvio Marić 67DF 15Igor Tudor 88Manager: Miroslav Blažević Assistant referees: Marere Gonzales (Trinidad and Tobago) Achmat Salie (South Africa) Fourth official: Günter Benkö (Austria) Argentina vs Jamaica main H4 1998 6 21 y 17:30 CEST (UTC+2) ARG 1861 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H#Argentina vs Jamaica 5–0 JAM Ortega 31 55 Batistuta 73 78 83 pen. Parc des Princes, Paris 45,500 Rune Pedersen (Norway) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1013/1014/8752 Argentina vs Jamaica Group Matches 1998 FIFA World Cup France FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8752/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Argentina v Jamaica FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228090702/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8752/index.html 28 December 2017 http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8850.htm Match Statistics – Group H – Argentina v Jamaica Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998 21 June 1998 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010304212556/http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8850.htm 4 March 2001 _arg98h _arg98 _arg98h _arg98h _arg98a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 000000 Argentina _blackborder _jam98h1 _blackborder _jam98a2 FFDD00 FFFFFF FFDD00 FFFFFF FFDD00 Jamaica GK 1 Carlos RoaRB 22Javier ZanettiCB 2 Roberto AyalaCB 6 Roberto Sensini 25LB 3 José Chamot 65DM 5 Matías AlmeydaCM 8 Diego Simeone (c) 80CM 11Juan Sebastián VerónAM 10Ariel OrtegaCF 7 Claudio López 75CF 9 Gabriel BatistutaSubstitutions:DF 14Nelson Vivas 25MF 20Marcelo Gallardo 75DF 4 Mauricio Pineda 80Manager:Daniel Passarella GK 1 Warren Barrett (c)DF 2 Stephen Malcolm 62DF 3 Chris DawesDF 5 Ian GoodisonMF 6 Fitzroy SimpsonMF 11Theodore Whitmore 73DF 15Ricardo GardnerFW 18Deon Burton 46DF 19Frank SinclairMF 20Darryl Powell 2 4 45+1FW 22Paul HallSubstitutions:DF 7 Peter Cargill 88 46FW 10Walter Boyd 62MF 16Robbie Earle 73Manager:BRA René Simões Assistant referees: Mikael Nilsson (Sweden) Gennaro Mazzei (Italy) Fourth official: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Argentina vs Croatia main H5 1998 6 26 y 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) ARG 1861 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H#Argentina vs Croatia 1–0 CRO Pineda 36 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 31,800 Said Belqola (Morocco) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1013/1014/8772 Argentina vs Croatia Group Matches 1998 FIFA World Cup France FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8772/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Argentina v Croatia FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228010103/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8772/index.html 28 December 2017 http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8870.htm Match Statistics – Group H – Argentina v Croatia Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998 26 June 1998 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010417101604/http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8870.htm 17 April 2001 _Arg98a _Arg98a _Arg98a _Arg98a _arg98a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 Argentina _cro98H _cro98H _cro98h _cro98H _red_and_blue_stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Croatia GK 1 Carlos RoaRB 14Nelson Vivas 68CB 2 Roberto Ayala 35CB 13Pablo PazLB 4 Mauricio PinedaDM 22Javier Zanetti 67DM 5 Matías AlmeydaCM 11Juan Sebastián VerónAM 10Ariel Ortega 23 52AM 20Marcelo Gallardo 80CF 9 Gabriel Batistuta (c)Substitutions:FW 7 Claudio López 52MF 8 Diego Simeone 67MF 16Sergio Berti 80Manager:Daniel Passarella GK 1 Dražen LadićCB 20Dario ŠimićCB 6 Slaven Bilić 20CB 14Zvonimir Soldo 43RWB 11Silvio Marić 46LWB 17Robert Jarni 58CM 8 Robert Prosinečki 67CM 7 Aljoša AsanovićAM 10Zvonimir Boban (c) 47CF 13Mario StanićCF 9 Davor ŠukerSubstitutions:FW 19Goran Vlaović 46DF 4 Igor Štimac 67Manager: Miroslav Blažević Assistant referees: Aristidis Chris Soldatos (South Africa) Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia) Fourth official: An-Yan Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) Japan vs Jamaica main H6 1998 6 26 y 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) JPN 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H#Japan vs Jamaica 1–2 JAM Nakayama 74 Whitmore 39 54 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 39,100 Günter Benkö (Austria) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1013/1014/8771 Japan vs Jamaica Group Matches 1998 FIFA World Cup France FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8771/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Japan v Jamaica FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171203022219/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8771/index.html 3 December 2017 http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8869.htm Match Statistics – Group H – Japan v Jamaica Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998 26 June 1998 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010419012220/http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8869.htm 19 April 2001 _jap98h _jap98h _jap98h _jap98h _whitetop 250E77 250E77 250E77 FFFFFF 000080 Japan _blackborder _jam98h1 _blackborder _jam98h2 FFDD00 FFFFFF FFDD00 FFFFFF FFDD00 Jamaica GK 20Yoshikatsu KawaguchiCB 17Yutaka AkitaCB 4 Masami Ihara (c)CB 5 Norio Omura 58RM 2 Akira NarahashiCM 6 Motohiro Yamaguchi 4CM 10Hiroshi Nanami 78LM 3 Naoki SomaAM 8 Hidetoshi NakataCF 9 Masashi NakayamaCF 18Shoji Jo 58Substitutions:FW 12Wagner Lopes 58MF 22Takashi Hirano 58MF 11Shinji Ono 78Manager:Takeshi Okada GK 13Aaron LawrenceDF 2 Stephen Malcolm 78DF 3 Chris Dawes 88DF 5 Ian Goodison (c)MF 6 Fitzroy Simpson 89FW 8 Marcus Gayle 80MF 11Theodore WhitmoreDF 15Ricardo GardnerFW 17Onandi LoweDF 19Frank SinclairFW 22Paul Hall 72Substitutions:FW 10Walter Boyd 72FW 18Deon Burton 80MF 16Robbie Earle 89Manager:BRA René Simões Assistant referees: Evžen Amler (Czech Republic) Dramane Danté (Mali) Fourth official: Hugh Dallas (Scotland) See also Argentina at the FIFA World Cup Croatia at the FIFA World Cup Jamaica at the FIFA World Cup Japan at the FIFA World Cup References Match reports Report H Group Group Group Category:Japan at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Category:Sport in Toulouse Category:Football in Occitania (administrative region) Category:Sport in Lens, Pas-de-Calais Category:Football in Hauts-de-France Category:Sport in Nantes Category:Football in Pays de la Loire Category:International football 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