Football World Cup 1998

olspan=2|1998 Football World Cup - France
Coupe du Monde - France 98
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Official 1998 Football World Cup poster
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Official 1998 Football World Cup logo
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gcolor=#efefef|Participant teams 172
(final tournament: 32)
gcolor=#efefef|Host France
gcolor=#efefef|Champions France (1st title)
gcolor=#efefef|Matches played 64
gcolor=#efefef|Goals scored 171
(2.67 per match)
gcolor=#efefef|Attendance 2,785,100
(43,517 per match)
gcolor=#efefef|Top scorer/
Golden Shoe
Davor Suker (CRO)
6 goals
gcolor=#efefef|Best player/
Golden Ball
Ronaldo (BRA)
The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France.The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final. This was the first World Cup title for France, who became the seventh team (after Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England, and Argentina) to be world champions. The format of the competition changed from 1994: it was expanded to 32 teams, divided into eight groups of four. 16 teams: eight group winners and eight second place finishers would qualify for the knockout competition. Davor Suker of surprise third place finisher Croatia won the Golden Boot after scoring six goals. For details of the competition, see 1998 World Cup Tournament article.

Venues

gcolor=#CCDDEE|City bgcolor=#CCDDEE|Stadium bgcolor=#CCDDEE|Capacity
a href="/encyclopedia/Saint-Denis,-Seine-Saint-Denis" title="Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis">Saint-Denis Stade de France 80,000
a href="/encyclopedia/Marseille" title="Marseille">Marseille Stade Vlodrome 60,000
a href="/encyclopedia/Paris" title="Paris">Paris Parc des Princes 49,000
a href="/encyclopedia/Lens,-Pas-de-Calais" title="Lens, Pas-de-Calais">Lens Stade Flix Bollaert 41,800
a href="/encyclopedia/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon Stade Gerland 41,200
a href="/encyclopedia/Nantes" title="Nantes">Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 38,500
a href="/encyclopedia/Toulouse" title="Toulouse">Toulouse Stade de Toulouse 37,000
a href="/encyclopedia/Saint-tienne" title="Saint-tienne">Saint-tienne Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 36,000
a href="/encyclopedia/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux Parc Lescure 35,200
a href="/encyclopedia/Montpellier" title="Montpellier">Montpellier Stade de la Mosson 33,900

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see Football World Cup 1998 (squads).

First round

All times local (CET)
Half-time scores are in brackets

Group A

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idth=20%|Team width=5%|Pts width=5%|Pld width=5%|W width=5%|D width=5%|L width=5%|GF width=5%|GA
lign=left|20px Brazil 6 3 2 0 1 6 3
lign=left|20px Norway 5 3 1 2 0 5 4
lign=left|20px Morocco 4 3 1 1 1 5 5
lign=left|20px Scotland 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 } width=40%| {| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
idth=40% align=right|Brazil align=center|2 - 1 Scotland
idth=40% align=right|Morocco align=center|2 - 2 Norway
idth=40% align=right|Scotland align=center|1 - 1 Norway
idth=40% align=right|Brazil align=center|3 - 0 Morocco
idth=40% align=right|Brazil align=center|1 - 2 Norway
idth=40% align=right|Scotland align=center|0 - 3 Morocco }
June 10, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Brazil align=center width=15%|2 - 1 (1-1) width=20%|Scotland style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Jos Maria Garcia Aranda (Spain)
Attendance: 80,000
lign=right|Csar Sampaio 4' |Collins (p) 38'
lign=right|Boyd (og) 73'
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idth=20% align=right|Morocco align=center width=15%|2 - 2 (1-1) width=20%|Norway style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Un Prasert (Thailand)
Attendance: 29,750
lign=right|Hadji 38' |Chippo (og) 45'+1'
lign=right|Hadda 59' |Eggen 60'
June 16, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Scotland align=center width=15%|1 - 1 (0-0) width=20%|Norway style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Laszlo Vagner (Hungary)
Attendance: 31,800
lign=right|Burley 66' |H. Flo 46'
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idth=20% align=right|Brazil align=center width=15%|3 - 0 (2-0) width=20%|Morocco style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
Attendance: 35,000
lign=right|Ronaldo 9'
lign=right|Rivaldo 45'+2'
lign=right|Bebeto 50'
June 23, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Brazil align=center width=15%|1 - 2 (0-0) width=20%|Norway style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade Vlodrome, Marseille
Ref: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
Attendance: 55,000
lign=right|Bebeto 78' |T.A. Flo 83'
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idth=20% align=right|Scotland align=center width=15%|0 - 3 (0-1) width=20%|Morocco style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. tienne
Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Attendance: 30,600
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Group B

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lign=left|20px Italy 7 3 2 1 0 7 3
lign=left|20px Chile 3 3 0 3 0 4 4
lign=left|20px Austria 2 3 0 2 1 3 4
lign=left|20px Cameroon 2 3 0 2 1 2 5 } width=40%| {| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
idth=40% align=right|Italy align=center|2 - 2 Chile
idth=40% align=right|Cameroon align=center|1 - 1 Austria
idth=40% align=right|Chile align=center|1 - 1 Austria
idth=40% align=right|Italy align=center|3 - 0 Cameroon
idth=40% align=right|Italy align=center|2 - 1 Austria
idth=40% align=right|Chile align=center|1 - 1 Cameroon }
June 11, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Italy align=center width=15%|2 - 2 (1-1) width=20%|Chile style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Lucien Bouchardeau (Nigeria)
Attendance: 31,800
lign=right|Vieri 10' |Salas 45'
lign=right|R. Baggio (p) 85' |Salas 49'
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idth=20% align=right|Cameroon align=center width=15%|1 - 1 (0-0) width=20%|Austria style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay)
Attendance: 33,460
lign=right|Njanka 78' |Polster 90'
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June 17, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Chile align=center width=15%|1 - 1 (0-0) width=20%|Austria style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. tienne
Ref: Gamal Ghandour (Egypt)
Attendance: 30,600
lign=right|Salas 70' |Vastic 90'
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idth=20% align=right|Italy align=center width=15%|3 - 0 (1-0) width=20%|Cameroon style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Edward Lennie (Australia)
Attendance: 29,800
lign=right|Di Biagio 7'
lign=right|Vieri 75'
lign=right|Vieri 89'
June 23, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Italy align=center width=15%|2 - 1 (0-0) width=20%|Austria style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Paul Durkin (England)
Attendance: 80,000
lign=right|Vieri 49' |Herzog (p) 90'
lign=right|R. Baggio 89'
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idth=20% align=right|Chile align=center width=15%|1 - 1 (1-0) width=20%|Cameroon style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:00 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Laszlo Vagner (Hungary)
Attendance: 35,500
lign=right|Sierra 20' |Mboma 55'
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Group C

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lign=left|20px France 9 3 3 0 0 9 1
lign=left|20px Denmark 4 3 1 1 1 3 3
lign=left|20px South Africa 2 3 0 2 1 3 6
lign=left|20px Saudi Arabia 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 } width=40%| {| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
idth=40% align=right|Saudi Arabia align=center|0 - 1 Denmark
idth=40% align=right|France align=center|3 - 0 South Africa
idth=40% align=right|South Africa align=center|1 - 1 Denmark
idth=40% align=right|France align=center|4 - 0 Saudi Arabia
idth=40% align=right|France align=center|2 - 1 Denmark
idth=40% align=right|South Africa align=center|2 - 2 Saudi Arabia }
June 12, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Saudi Arabia align=center width=15%|0 - 1 (0-0) width=20%|Denmark style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Stade Flix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Attendance: 38,140
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idth=20% align=right|France align=center width=15%|3 - 0 (0-0) width=20%|South Africa style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade Vlodrome, Marseille
Ref: Mrcio Rezende Freitas (Brazil)
Attendance: 55,077
lign=right|Dugarry 34'
lign=right|Issa (og) 77'
lign=right|Henry 90'
June 18, 1998
idth=20% align=right|South Africa align=center width=15%|1 - 1 (0-1) width=20%|Denmark style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: John Toro Rendon (Colombia)
Attendance: 33,300
lign=right|McCarthy 52' |Nielsen 13'
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idth=20% align=right|France align=center width=15%|4 - 0 (1-0) width=20%|Saudi Arabia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Attendance: 80,000
lign=right|Henry 36'
lign=right|Trzguet 68'
lign=right|Henry 77'
lign=right|Lizarazu 85'
June 24, 1998
idth=20% align=right|France align=center width=15%|2 - 1 (1-1) width=20%|Denmark style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:00 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Attendance: 39,100
lign=right|Djorkaeff (p) 12' |M. Laudrup (p) 42'
lign=right|Petit 56'
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idth=20% align=right|South Africa align=center width=15%|2 - 2 (1-1) width=20%|Saudi Arabia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:00 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
Attendance: 31,800
lign=right|Bartlett 19' |Al Jaber (p) 45'
lign=right|Bartlett (p) 90'+4' |Al Tunian (p) 74'

Group D

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idth=20%|Team width=5%|Pts width=5%|Pld width=5%|W width=5%|D width=5%|L width=5%|GF width=5%|GA
lign=left|20px Nigeria 6 3 2 0 1 5 5
lign=left|20px Paraguay 5 3 1 2 0 3 1
lign=left|20px Spain 4 3 1 1 1 8 4
lign=left|20px Bulgaria 1 3 0 1 2 1 7 } width=40%| {| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
idth=40% align=right|Paraguay align=center|0 - 0 Bulgaria
idth=40% align=right|Spain align=center|2 - 3 Nigeria
idth=40% align=right|Nigeria align=center|1 - 0 Bulgaria
idth=40% align=right|Spain align=center|0 - 0 Paraguay
idth=40% align=right|Nigeria align=center|1 - 3 Paraguay
idth=40% align=right|Spain align=center|6 - 1 Bulgaria }
June 12, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Paraguay align=center width=15%|0 - 0 (0-0) width=20%|Bulgaria style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|14:30 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Abdul Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 27,650
June 13, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Spain align=center width=15%|2 - 3 (1-1) width=20%|Nigeria style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|14:30 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
Attendance: 33,257
lign=right|Hierro 21' |Adepoju 25'
lign=right|Ral 47' |Lawal 73'
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June 19, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Nigeria align=center width=15%|1 - 0 (1-0) width=20%|Bulgaria style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
Attendance: 45,500
lign=right|Ikpeba 26'
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idth=20% align=right|Spain align=center width=15%|0 - 0 (0-0) width=20%|Paraguay style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. tienne
Ref: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
Attendance: 30,600
June 24, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Nigeria align=center width=15%|1 - 3 (1-1) width=20%|Paraguay style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: Un Prasert (Thailand)
Attendance: 33,500
lign=right|Oruma 11' |Ayala 1'
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idth=20% align=right|Spain align=center width=15%|6 - 1 (2-0) width=20%|Bulgaria style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade Flix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
Attendance: 38,100
lign=right|Hierro (p) 6' |Kostadinov 58'
lign=right|Luis Enrique 19'
lign=right|Morientes 55'
lign=right|Morientes 81'
lign=right|Kiko 88'
lign=right|Kiko 90'

Group E

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idth=20%|Team width=5%|Pts width=5%|Pld width=5%|W width=5%|D width=5%|L width=5%|GF width=5%|GA
lign=left|20px Netherlands 5 3 1 2 0 7 2
lign=left|20px Mexico 5 3 1 2 0 7 5
lign=left|20px Belgium 3 3 0 3 0 3 3
lign=left|20px South Korea 1 3 0 1 2 2 9 } width=40%| {| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
idth=40% align=right|South Korea align=center|1 - 3 Mexico
idth=40% align=right|Netherlands align=center|0 - 0 Belgium
idth=40% align=right|Belgium align=center|2 - 2 Mexico
idth=40% align=right|Netherlands align=center|5 - 0 South Korea
idth=40% align=right|Netherlands align=center|2 - 2 Mexico
idth=40% align=right|Belgium align=center|1 - 1 South Korea }
June 13, 1998
idth=20% align=right|South Korea align=center width=15%|1 - 3 (1-0) width=20%|Mexico style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Gnter Benk (Austria)
Attendance: 39,133
lign=right|Ha 28' |Pelaez 51'
|| || |Hernandez 74'
|| || |Hernandez 84'
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idth=20% align=right|Netherlands align=center width=15%|0 - 0 (0-0) width=20%|Belgium style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Attendance: 75,000
June 20, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Belgium align=center width=15%|2 - 2 (1-0) width=20%|Mexico style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Attendance: 31,800
lign=right|Wilmots 43' |Garca Aspe (p) 55'
lign=right|Wilmots 47' |Blanco 62'
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idth=20% align=right|Netherlands align=center width=15%|5 - 0 (2-0) width=20%|South Korea style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade Vlodrome, Marseille
Ref: Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)
Attendance: 55,000
lign=right|Cocu 38'
lign=right|Overmars 42'
lign=right|Bergkamp 71'
lign=right|van Hooijdonk 80'
lign=right|R. de Boer 83'
June 25, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Netherlands align=center width=15%|2 - 2 (2-0) width=20%|Mexico style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. tienne
Ref: Abdul Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 30,600
lign=right|Cocu 4' |Pelaez 75'
lign=right|R. de Boer 18' |Hernandez 90'
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idth=20% align=right|Belgium align=center width=15%|1 - 1 (1-0) width=20%|South Korea style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:00 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Mrcio Rezende Freitas (Brazil)
Attendance: 45,500
lign=right|Nilis 7' |Yoo 71'
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Group F

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idth=20%|Team width=5%|Pts width=5%|Pld width=5%|W width=5%|D width=5%|L width=5%|GF width=5%|GA
lign=left|20px Germany 7 3 2 1 0 6 2
lign=left|20px Yugoslavia 7 3 2 1 0 4 2
lign=left|20px Iran 3 3 1 0 2 2 4
lign=left|20px USA 0 3 0 0 3 1 5 } width=40%| {| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
idth=40% align=right|Yugoslavia align=center|1 - 0 Iran
idth=40% align=right|Germany align=center|2 - 0 USA
idth=40% align=right|Germany align=center|2 - 2 Yugoslavia
idth=40% align=right|USA align=center|1 - 2 Iran
idth=40% align=right|USA align=center|0 - 1 Yugoslavia
idth=40% align=right|Germany align=center|2 - 0 Iran }
June 14, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Yugoslavia align=center width=15%|1 - 0 (0-0) width=20%|Iran style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. tienne
Ref: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
Attendance: 30,392
lign=right|Mihajlovic 72'
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June 15, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Germany align=center width=15%|2 - 0 (1-0) width=20%|USA style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Attendance: 43,815
lign=right|Mller 8'
lign=right|Klinsmann 64'
June 21, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Germany align=center width=15%|2 - 2 (0-1) width=20%|Yugoslavia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|14:30 - Stade Flix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Attendance: 38,100
lign=right|Mihajlovic (og) 73' |Mijatovic 2'
lign=right|Bierhoff 80' |Stojkovic 54'
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idth=20% align=right|USA align=center width=15%|1 - 2 (0-1) width=20%|Iran style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Attendance: 39,100
lign=right|McBride 87' |Estili 40'
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June 25, 1998
idth=20% align=right|USA align=center width=15%|0 - 1 (0-1) width=20%|Yugoslavia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Gamal Ghandour (Egypt)
Attendance: 35,500
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idth=20% align=right|Germany align=center width=15%|2 - 0 (0-0) width=20%|Iran style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay)
Attendance: 29,800
lign=right|Bierhoff 50'
lign=right|Klinsmann 57'

Group G

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idth=20%|Team width=5%|Pts width=5%|Pld width=5%|W width=5%|D width=5%|L width=5%|GF width=5%|GA
lign=left|20px Romania 7 3 2 1 0 4 2
lign=left|20px England 6 3 2 0 1 5 2
lign=left|20px Colombia 3 3 1 0 2 1 3
lign=left|20px Tunisia 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 } width=40%| {| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
idth=40% align=right|England align=center|2 - 0 Tunisia
idth=40% align=right|Romania align=center|1 - 0 Colombia
idth=40% align=right|Colombia align=center|1 - 0 Tunisia
idth=40% align=right|Romania align=center|2 - 1 England
idth=40% align=right|Colombia align=center|0 - 2 England
idth=40% align=right|Romania align=center|1 - 1 Tunisia }
June 15, 1998
idth=20% align=right|England align=center width=15%|2 - 0 (1-0) width=20%|Tunisia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|14:30 - Stade Vlodrome, Marseille
Ref: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
Attendance: 54,587
lign=right|Shearer 43'
lign=right|Scholes 89'
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idth=20% align=right|Romania align=center width=15%|1 - 0 (1-0) width=20%|Colombia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Attendance: 37,572
lign=right|Ilie 45'
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June 22, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Colombia align=center width=15%|1 - 0 (0-0) width=20%|Tunisia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
Attendance: 29,800
lign=right|Preciado 83'
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idth=20% align=right|Romania align=center width=15%|2 - 1 (0-0) width=20%|England style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: Marc Batta (France)
Attendance: 33,500
lign=right|Moldovan 47' |Owen 79'
lign=right|Petrescu 90'
June 26, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Colombia align=center width=15%|0 - 2 (0-2) width=20%|England style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade Flix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Attendance: 38,100
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idth=20% align=right|Romania align=center width=15%|1 - 1 (0-1) width=20%|Tunisia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Edward Lennie (Australia)
Attendance: 77,000
lign=right|Moldovan 72' |Souayah (p) 10'
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Group H

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idth=20%|Team width=5%|Pts width=5%|Pld width=5%|W width=5%|D width=5%|L width=5%|GF width=5%|GA
lign=left|20px Argentina 9 3 3 0 0 7 0
lign=left|20px Croatia 6 3 2 0 1 4 2
lign=left|20px Jamaica 3 3 1 0 2 3 9
lign=left|20px Japan 0 3 0 0 3 1 4 } width=40%| {| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
idth=40% align=right|Argentina align=center|1 - 0 Japan
idth=40% align=right|Jamaica align=center|1 - 3 Croatia
idth=40% align=right|Japan align=center|0 - 1 Croatia
idth=40% align=right|Argentina align=center|5 - 0 Jamaica
idth=40% align=right|Argentina align=center|1 - 0 Croatia
idth=40% align=right|Japan align=center|1 - 2 Jamaica }
June 14, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Argentina align=center width=15%|1 - 0 (1-0) width=20%|Japan style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|14:30 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
Attendance: 33,400
lign=right|Batistuta 28'
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idth=20% align=right|Jamaica align=center width=15%|1 - 3 (1-1) width=20%|Croatia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade Flix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Vtor Pereira (Portugal)
Attendance: 38,058
lign=right|Earle 45' |Stanic 27'
|| || |Prosinecki 53'
|| || |Suker 69'
June 20, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Japan align=center width=15%|0 - 1 (0-0) width=20%|Croatia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|14:30 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Attendance: 35,500
|| || |Suker 77'
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June 21, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Argentina align=center width=15%|5 - 0 (1-0) width=20%|Jamaica style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|17:30 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Attendance: 45,000
lign=right|Ortega 31'
lign=right|Ortega 55'
lign=right|Batistuta 72'
lign=right|Batistuta 80'
lign=right|Batistuta (p) 82'
June 26, 1998
idth=20% align=right|Argentina align=center width=15%|1 - 0 (1-0) width=20%|Croatia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:00 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Attendance: 31,800
lign=right|Pineda 36'
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idth=20% align=right|Japan align=center width=15%|1 - 2 (0-1) width=20%|Jamaica style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:00 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Gnter Benk (Austria)
Attendance: 39,100
lign=right|Nakayama 74' |Whitmore 39'
|| || |Whitmore 54'

Round of sixteen

June 27, 1998
idth=20% align=right|20px Italy align=center width=15%|1 - 0 (1-0) width=20%|20px Norway style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:30 - Stade Vlodrome, Marseille
Ref: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
Attendance: 55,000
lign=right|Vieri 18'
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idth=20% align=right|20px Brazil align=center width=15%|4 - 1 (3-0) width=20%|20px Chile style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Marc Batta (France)
Attendance: 45,500
lign=right|Csar Sampaio 11' |Salas 68'
lign=right|Csar Sampaio 27'
lign=right|Ronaldo (p) 45'+1'
lign=right|Ronaldo 70'
June 28, 1998
idth=20% align=right|20px France align=center width=15%|0 - 0 (0-0) width=20%|20px Paraguay style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:30 - Stade Flix Bollaert, Lens
Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Attendance: 38,100
lign=right style=font-size:90%|after extra-time: align=center|1 - 0 (0-0)
lign=right|Blanc (GG) 113'
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idth=20% align=right|20px Nigeria align=center width=15%|1 - 4 (0-2) width=20%|20px Denmark style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Attendance: 77,000
lign=right|Babangida 78' |Mller 3'
|| || |B. Laudrup 12'
|| || |Sand 60'
|| || |Helveg 76'
June 29, 1998
idth=20% align=right|20px Germany align=center width=15%|2 - 1 (0-0) width=20%|20px Mexico style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:30 - Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Ref: Vtor Pereira (Portugal)
Attendance: 29,800
lign=right|Klinsmann 75' |Hernandez 47'
lign=right|Bierhoff 86'
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idth=20% align=right|20px Netherlands align=center width=15%|2 - 1 (1-0) width=20%|20px Yugoslavia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Ref: Jos Garcia Aranda (Spain)
Attendance: 33,500
lign=right|Bergkamp 38' |Komljenovic 48'
lign=right|Davids 90'+2'
June 30, 1998
idth=20% align=right|20px Romania align=center width=15%|0 - 1 (0-1) width=20%|20px Croatia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:30 - Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Ref: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Attendance: 31,800
|| || |Šuker (p) 45'+2'
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idth=20% align=right|20px Argentina align=center width=15%|2 - 2 (2-2) width=20%|20px England style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. tienne
Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Attendance: 30,600
lign=right style=font-size:90%|after extra-time: align=center|2 - 2 (2-2)
lign=right|Batistuta (p) 6' |Shearer (p) 10'
lign=right|Zanetti 45'+1' |Owen 16'
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olspan=4|Penalty shootout
olspan=2 align=right width=40%|20px Argentina align=center width=10%|4 - 3 colspan=2 width=40%|20px England
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Berti: goal align=center|1-1 colspan=2 width=40%|Shearer: goal
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Crespo: Seaman saved align=center|1-1 colspan=2 width=40%|Ince: Roa saved
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Vern: goal align=center|2-2 colspan=2 width=40%|Merson: goal
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Gallardo: goal align=center|3-3 colspan=2 width=40%|Owen: goal
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Ayala: goal align=center|4-3 colspan=2 width=40%|Batty: Roa saved

Quarter-finals

July 3, 1998
idth=20% align=right|20px France align=center width=15%|0 - 0 (0-0) width=20%|20px Italy style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:30 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Attendance: 77,000
lign=right style=font-size:90%|after extra-time: align=center|0 - 0 (0-0)
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olspan=4|Penalty shootout
olspan=2 align=right width=40%|20px France align=center width=10%|4 - 3 colspan=2 width=40%|20px Italy
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Zidane: goal align=center|1-1 colspan=2 width=40%|R. Baggio: goal
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Lizarazu: Pagliuca saved align=center|1-1 colspan=2 width=40%|Albertini: Barthez saved
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Trzguet: goal align=center|2-2 colspan=2 width=40%|Costacurta: goal
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Henry: goal align=center|3-3 colspan=2 width=40%|Vieri: goal
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Blanc: goal align=center|4-3 colspan=2 width=40%|Di Biagio: out
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idth=20% align=right|20px Brazil align=center width=15%|3 - 2 (2-1) width=20%|20px Denmark style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Ref: Gamal Ghandour (Egypt)
Attendance: 35,500
lign=right|Bebeto 11' |Jrgensen 2'
lign=right|Rivaldo 27' |B. Laudrup 50'
lign=right|Rivaldo 60'
July 4, 1998
idth=20% align=right|20px Netherlands align=center width=15%|2 - 1 (1-1) width=20%|20px Argentina style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|16:30 - Stade Vlodrome, Marseille
Ref: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Attendance: 55,000
lign=right|Kluivert 12' |Lpez 17'
lign=right|Bergkamp 89'
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idth=20% align=right|20px Germany align=center width=15%|0 - 3 (0-1) width=20%|20px Croatia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade Gerland, Lyon
Ref: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Attendance: 39,100
|| || |Jarni 45'+3'
|| || |Suker 80'
|| || |Suker 85'

Semi-finals

July 7, 1998
idth=20% align=right|20px Brazil align=center width=15%|1 - 1 (0-0) width=20%|20px Netherlands style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade Vlodrome, Marseille
Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Attendance: 54,000
lign=right style=font-size:90%|after extra-time: align=center|1 - 1 (1-1)
lign=right|Ronaldo 46' |Kluivert 87'
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olspan=4|Penalty shootout
olspan=2 align=right width=40%|20px Brazil align=center width=10%|4 - 2 colspan=2 width=40%|20px Netherlands
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Ronaldo: goal align=center|1-1 colspan=2 width=40%|F. de Boer: goal
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Rivaldo: goal align=center|2-2 colspan=2 width=40%|Bergkamp: goal
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Emerson: goal align=center|3-2 colspan=2 width=40%|Cocu: Taffarel saved
olspan=2 width=40% align=right|Dunga: goal align=center|4-2 colspan=2 width=40%|R. de Boer: Taffarel saved
July 8, 1998
idth=20% align=right|20px France align=center width=15%|2 - 1 (0-0) width=20%|20px Croatia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Jos Garcia Aranda (Spain)
Attendance: 76,000
lign=right|Thuram 47' |Suker 46'
lign=right|Thuram 69'

Third place match

July 11, 1998
idth=20% align=right|20px Netherlands align=center width=15%|1 - 2 (1-2) width=20%|20px Croatia style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Parc des Princes, Paris
Ref: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay)
Attendance: 45,500
lign=right|Zenden 21' |Prosinecki 13'
|| || |Suker 35'

Final

July 12, 1998
idth=20% align=right|20px Brazil align=center width=15%|0 - 3 (0-2) width=20%|20px France style=font-size:85% rowspan=3|21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Ref: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Attendance: 75,000
|| || |Zidane 27'
|| || |Zidane 45'+1'
|| || |Petit 90'
b>World Cup Champions:

50px FRANCE (First title)

Goal Scorers

6 goals 5 goals 4 goals 3 goals 2 Goals 1 Goal Own Goals

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