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The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, a big soccer competition for men's national teams. It happened in France from June 10 to July 12, 1998. France was chosen to host the event, and it was the longest World Cup ever, lasting 32 days with 32 teams.
Players from all over the world competed in many matches. The games took place in 10 different cities across France. France won the tournament by beating Brazil, the previous champions, 3–0 in the final. This was France's first World Cup win, and they became the sixth team to win the World Cup in their own country. Some new teams, like Croatia, Jamaica, Japan, and South Africa, played in the World Cup for the very first time.
Host selection
Main article: FIFA World Cup hosts
France was chosen to host the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by FIFA during a meeting in Zürich, Switzerland. They won over Morocco with 12 votes to 7. This made France the third country to host two World Cups, after Mexico and Italy. France had also hosted the World Cup in (/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup). England had also wanted to host but decided to support France’s bid instead.
Bribery and corruption investigations
In 2015, it was found that some members of FIFA’s group were given unfair help during the voting for the 1998 and 2010 World Cups hosts. One person said that unfair help happened for the 1998 World Cup, but the help actually came from the team that wanted Morocco to host, not France.
| Voting results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Round 1 | ||
| France | 12 | ||
| Morocco | 7 | ||
Qualification
The qualification for the 1998 World Cup finals began with a draw held at the Louvre in Paris on December 12, 1995. As the host country, France did not need to go through the draw, and Brazil, the defending champion, was also exempt. This was France's first World Cup since 1986. A total of 174 teams from six regions took part, which was 24 more than in the previous round.
Four countries qualified for the World Cup for the very first time: Croatia, Jamaica, Japan, and South Africa. The last team to qualify was Iran, after winning a two-legged tie against Australia on November 29, 1997. Some other teams returned to the World Cup after many years, such as Chile, which qualified for the first time since 1982.
List of qualified teams
See also: 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding
The following 32 teams qualified for the final tournament.
Venues
France planned to host the World Cup with a big stadium that could hold 80,000 people and nine other stadiums across the country. The main stadium, called the Stade de France, was built in Saint-Denis, just north of the capital city, Paris. Construction started in December 1995 and finished in November 1997.
Ten stadiums were used for the tournament. The Stade de France was used for the most matches, with nine games played there. Paris also hosted matches at the Parc des Princes, bringing the city's total to 15 matches. Other cities like Marseille, Lyon, and Lens also hosted games. Some of these stadiums had been used in the World Cup back in 1938.
Innovations
This was the first FIFA World Cup where fourth officials used electronic boards instead of cardboard signs.
It was also the first World Cup to use golden goals, which allowed a match to end early if a team scored in extra time. The rules changed to stop dangerous tackles from behind and allowed teams to make three substitutions during a game.
Match officials
The 1998 World Cup had 34 referees and 33 assistants to help manage the games. This was more than the 1994 World Cup because the tournament grew to include 32 teams instead of 24.
The referees came from different parts of the world:
Caf (5 referees):
Afc (4 referees):
Uefa (15 referees):
Concacaf (3 referees):
OFC (1 referee):
Conmebol (6 referees):
Draw
The FIFA Organising Committee announced the eight top teams on 3 December 1997 at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille. The draw was done by FIFA's general secretary Joseph Blatter. Famous players like Franz Beckenbauer, George Weah, Jean-Pierre Papin, Raymond Kopa, Georges Carnus, and Mia Hamm helped with the draw.
France, as the host country, and Brazil, as the defending champions, were given special group positions. The other teams were placed into four groups based on their rankings and where they were from in the world. The draw made sure that no group had more than two teams from the same area, except for European teams.
The draw happened at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille on 4 December 1997 and was watched by 38,000 people in the stadium and about 1 billion viewers on TV. The draw was done by FIFA secretary general Sepp Blatter and famous football players Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto Parreira, George Weah, and Raymond Kopa.
Each group had three teams that played each other once. The two teams with the most points in each group moved on to the next round. This was a new way to play the World Cup after it grew from 24 teams in 1994. In total, 64 games were played, including the final and a game for third place.
| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Matchday 1 | 10–15 June 1998 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 |
| Matchday 2 | 16–22 June 1998 | 1 v 3, 2 v 4 |
| Matchday 3 | 23–26 June 1998 | 4 v 1, 2 v 3 |
Squads
Each team in the 1998 World Cup had 22 players. All teams needed to tell FIFA their final team by June 1, 1998.
Most players, about 447, played for clubs in Europe. Others came from Asia, South America, North and Central America, and Africa. The youngest player was 17 years old from Cameroon, and the oldest was almost 40 from Scotland.
Group stage
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Group A
Brazil won Group A after beating Scotland and Morocco. In their last game, Norway beat Brazil, which sent them into the knockout stage for the first time.
Norway's win meant Morocco could not move on, even though they beat Scotland 3–0. This was only Morocco's second ever win at a World Cup.
Scotland only managed one point in a draw with Norway and did not advance.
Source: FIFA
Group B
Italy and Chile moved to the next round, while Austria and Cameroon did not advance.
Source: FIFA
Group C
France, the host nation, won Group C and went on to win the tournament. Denmark also advanced, while Saudi Arabia and South Africa did not.
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Group D
Nigeria and Paraguay advanced, while Spain, the top seed, was eliminated. Bulgaria did not move on either.
Source: FIFA
Group E
The Netherlands and Mexico advanced. Belgium and South Korea did not, even though Belgium had three draws.
Source: FIFA
Group F
Germany and Yugoslavia advanced, while Iran and the United States did not.
Source: FIFA
Group G
Romania finished first, followed by England. Colombia and Tunisia did not advance.
Source: FIFA
Group H
Argentina led the group. Croatia followed, while Jamaica and Japan did not advance.
Source: FIFA
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Chile | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 |  South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
| 12 June 1998 | |||
| Paraguay | 0–0 | Bulgaria | Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier |
| 13 June 1998 | |||
| Spain | 2–3 | Nigeria | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |
| 19 June 1998 | |||
| Nigeria | 1–0 | Bulgaria | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| Spain | 0–0 | Paraguay | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne |
| 24 June 1998 | |||
| Nigeria | 1–3 | Paraguay | Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse |
| Spain | 6–1 | Bulgaria | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  FR Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| 14 June 1998 | |||
| FR Yugoslavia | 1–0 | Iran | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne |
| 15 June 1998 | |||
| Germany | 2–0 |  United States | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| 21 June 1998 | |||
| Germany | 2–2 | FR Yugoslavia | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
| United States | 1–2 | Iran | Stade de Gerland, Lyon |
| 25 June 1998 | |||
| Germany | 2–0 | Iran | Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier |
| United States | 0–1 | FR Yugoslavia | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
| 14 June 1998 | |||
| Argentina | 1–0 |  Japan | Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse |
| Jamaica | 1–3 | Croatia | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
| 20 June 1998 | |||
| Japan | 0–1 | Croatia | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |
| 21 June 1998 | |||
| Argentina | 5–0 | Jamaica | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| 26 June 1998 | |||
| Argentina | 1–0 | Croatia | Parc Lescure, Bordeaux |
| Japan | 1–2 | Jamaica | Stade Gerland, Lyon |
Knockout stage
The knockout stage had 16 teams that moved on from the group games. If a game was tied after 90 minutes, they played 30 more minutes called "extra time". If it was still tied, they had a "penalty shoot-out" to decide who would go to the next round. There was also a special rule called the "Golden goal rule". If a team scored during extra time, they would win right away.
The first knockout games were on June 27, 1998, and the final game was on July 12, 1998, in Paris.
Round of 16
27 June 1998 (1998-06-27)
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
27 June 1998 (1998-06-27)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,500
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
28 June 1998 (1998-06-28)
Attendance: 31,800
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
28 June 1998 (1998-06-28)
Attendance: 77,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
29 June 1998 (1998-06-29)
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Attendance: 29,800
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
29 June 1998 (1998-06-29)
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
30 June 1998 (1998-06-30)
Attendance: 31,800
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
30 June 1998 (1998-06-30)
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 30,600
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Quarter-finals
3 July 1998 (1998-07-03)
Attendance: 77,000
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
3 July 1998 (1998-07-03)
Attendance: 35,500
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
4 July 1998 (1998-07-04)
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
4 July 1998 (1998-07-04)
Attendance: 39,100
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Semi-finals
7 July 1998 (1998-07-07)
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
8 July 1998 (1998-07-08)
Attendance: 76,000
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
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.
11 July 1998 (1998-07-11)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,500
Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
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, later to be topped by Brazil's 7–1 defeat by Germany in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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. 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.
French president Jacques Chirac was in attendance to congratulate the winners and commiserate the runners-up after the match. Several days after the victory, winning manager Aimé Jacquet announced his resignation from the French team with immediate effect.
12 July 1998 (1998-07-12)
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| 27 June – Paris | |||||||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 July – Nantes | |||||||||||||
| Chile | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 28 June – Saint-Denis | |||||||||||||
| Denmark | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 7 July – Marseille | |||||||||||||
| Denmark | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Brazil (p) | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 29 June – Toulouse | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 (2) | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 July – Marseille | |||||||||||||
| FR Yugoslavia | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 30 June – Saint-Étienne | |||||||||||||
| Argentina | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Argentina (p) | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 12 July – Saint-Denis | |||||||||||||
| England | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 27 June – Marseille | |||||||||||||
| France | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Italy | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 July – Saint-Denis | |||||||||||||
| Norway | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Italy | 0 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 28 June – Lens | |||||||||||||
| France (p) | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||
| France (g.g.) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 July – Saint-Denis | |||||||||||||
| Paraguay | 0 | ||||||||||||
| France | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 29 June – Montpellier | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 1 | Match for third place | |||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 July – Lyon | 11 July – Paris | ||||||||||||
| Mexico | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Germany | 0 | Netherlands | 1 | ||||||||||
| 30 June – Bordeaux | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 3 | Croatia | 2 | ||||||||||
| Romania | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Croatia | 1 | ||||||||||||
74'
Statistics
Davor Šuker won the award for scoring the most goals with six. In total, 171 goals were scored by 112 different players.
Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Ariel Ortega
- Marc Wilmots
- Robert Prosinečki
- Brian Laudrup
- Michael Owen
- Alan Shearer
- Emmanuel Petit
- Lilian Thuram
- Zinedine Zidane
- Roberto Baggio
- Theodore Whitmore
- Ricardo Peláez
- Salaheddine Bassir
- Abdeljalil Hadda
- Phillip Cocu
- Ronald de Boer
- Patrick Kluivert
- Viorel Moldovan
- Shaun Bartlett
- Fernando Hierro
- Fernando Morientes
- Slobodan Komljenović
1 goal
- Claudio López
- Mauricio Pineda
- Javier Zanetti
- Andreas Herzog
- Toni Polster
- Ivica Vastić
- Luc Nilis
- Emil Kostadinov
- Patrick M'Boma
- Pierre Njanka
- José Luis Sierra
- Léider Preciado
- Robert Jarni
- Mario Stanić
- Goran Vlaović
- Thomas Helveg
- Martin Jørgensen
- Michael Laudrup
- Peter Møller
- Allan Nielsen
- Marc Rieper
- Ebbe Sand
- Darren Anderton
- David Beckham
- Paul Scholes
- Laurent Blanc
- Youri Djorkaeff
- Christophe Dugarry
- Bixente Lizarazu
- David Trezeguet
- Andreas Möller
- Mehdi Mahdavikia
- Hamid Estili
- Luigi Di Biagio
- Robbie Earle
- Masashi Nakayama
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco
- Alberto García Aspe
- Mustapha Hadji
- Edgar Davids
- Marc Overmars
- Pierre van Hooijdonk
- Boudewijn Zenden
- Mutiu Adepoju
- Tijani Babangida
- Victor Ikpeba
- Sunday Oliseh
- Wilson Oruma
- Dan Eggen
- Håvard Flo
- Tore André Flo
- Kjetil Rekdal
- Celso Ayala
- Miguel Ángel Benítez
- José Cardozo
- Adrian Ilie
- Dan Petrescu
- Sami Al-Jaber
- Yousuf Al-Thunayan
- Craig Burley
- John Collins
- Benni McCarthy
- Ha Seok-ju
- Yoo Sang-chul
- Kiko
- Luis Enrique
- Raúl
- Skander Souayah
- Brian McBride
- Siniša Mihajlović
- Predrag Mijatović
- Dragan Stojković
Own goals
- Georgi Bachev (against Spain)
- Youssef Chippo (against Norway)
- Tom Boyd (against Brazil)
- Pierre Issa (against France)
- Andoni Zubizarreta (against Nigeria)
- Siniša Mihajlović (against Germany)
Awards
Players who were red-carded during the tournament
- Ariel Ortega
- Gert Verheyen
- Anatoli Nankov
- Raymond Kalla
- Lauren
- Rigobert Song
- Miklos Molnar
- Morten Wieghorst
- David Beckham
- Laurent Blanc
- Marcel Desailly
- Zinedine Zidane
- Christian Wörns
- Darryl Powell
- Ha Seok-ju
- Pável Pardo
- Ramón Ramírez
- Patrick Kluivert
- Arthur Numan
- Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
- Craig Burley
- Alfred Phiri
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.
Final standings
After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 1998 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition and overall results.
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | C | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 19 |
| 2 | Brazil | A | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 13 |
| 3 | Croatia | H | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 15 |
| 4 | Netherlands | E | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Italy | B | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 |
| 6 | Argentina | H | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 10 |
| 7 | Germany | F | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 |
| 8 | Denmark | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 |
| Eliminated in the round of 16 | ||||||||||
| 9 | England | G | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
| 10 | FR Yugoslavia | F | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
| 11 | Romania | G | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 |
| 12 | Nigeria | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 |
| 13 | Mexico | E | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 5 |
| 14 | Paraguay | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| 15 | Norway | A | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Chile | B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | ||||||||||
| 17 | Spain | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| 18 | Morocco | A | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Belgium | E | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Iran | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| 21 | Colombia | G | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
| 22 | Jamaica | H | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
| 23 | Austria | B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| 24 | South Africa | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| 25 | Cameroon | B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| 26 | Tunisia | G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| 27 | Scotland | A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
| 29 | Bulgaria | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
| 30 | South Korea | E | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
| 31 | Japan | H | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
| 32 | United States | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Marketing
Tournoi de France
Main article: 1997 Tournoi de France
A year before the big football event, a special small tournament called the Tournoi de France happened in France. Only a few teams were invited: Italy, Brazil, England, and the host country, France.
Broadcasting
Many TV channels around the world showed the 1998 FIFA World Cup matches. In the United Kingdom, BBC and ITV broadcast the games. Special cameras and audio were provided by TVRS 98. The matches were shown in 200 countries, and many photographers took pictures. Reporters had special seats at every game, with the most in the final match.
Sponsorship
The sponsors for the 1998 FIFA World Cup were split into two groups: FIFA World Cup Sponsors and France Supporters.
One sponsor, Budweiser, could not be shown because of a French law that does not allow alcohol ads in sports.
Video games
The official video game for the World Cup was World Cup 98 made by EA Sports. It came out on March 13, 1998, for computers and game consoles like Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy. In Japan, different companies made their own World Cup games for Nintendo 64 and PlayStation. Other video games were also made to celebrate the tournament.
Symbols
Mascot
The official mascot was Footix, a rooster introduced in May 1996. It was created by graphic designer Fabrice Pialot and chosen from five options. Many people in France quickly recognized it as a symbol of their country. The name Footix was selected by French TV viewers and combines "football" with the ending "-ix" from the popular Astérix comic strip. The mascot's colors match the host nation's flag.
Match ball
Main article: Adidas Tricolore
The official match ball for the 1998 World Cup, made by Adidas, was called Tricolore, meaning "three-coloured" in French. It was the eighth World Cup ball made by the company and the first to have many colors. The design was inspired by France's tricolor flag and rooster symbol.
Music
Main article: 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," performed by Ricky Martin.
The official anthem was "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" by Youssou N'Dour and Axelle Red.
Legacy
Two important people talked about how great it was that France hosted the 1998 World Cup. One of them, João Havelange, said the tournament would always stay in his memory, and he thought it would stay in everyone’s memory who saw it. Lennart Johansson, who helped organize the event, said France did such a good job that the whole world was excited to watch.
Later, in 2000, a special group from the French government looked back on how the World Cup was organized.
Images
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