Football World Cup 1998
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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| Participant teams
| 172 (final tournament: 32)
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| Host
| France
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| Champions
| France (1st title)
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| Matches played
| 64
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| Goals scored
| 171 (2.67 per match)
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| Attendance
| 2,785,100 (43,517 per match)
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Top scorer/ Golden Shoe
| Davor Suker (CRO) 6 goals
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Best player/ Golden Ball
| Ronaldo (BRA)
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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
| City
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| Capacity
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| Saint-Denis | Stade de France | 80,000
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| Marseille | Stade Vélodrome | 60,000
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| Paris | Parc des Princes | 49,000
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| Lens | Stade Félix Bollaert | 41,800
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| Lyon | Stade Gerland | 41,200
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| Nantes | Stade de la Beaujoire | 38,500
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| Toulouse | Stade de Toulouse | 37,000
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| Saint-Étienne | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | 36,000
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| Bordeaux | Parc Lescure | 35,200
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| Montpellier | Stade de la Mosson | 33,900
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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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| Brazil
| 2 - 1
| Scotland
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| Morocco
| 2 - 2
| Norway
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| Scotland
| 1 - 1
| Norway
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| Brazil
| 3 - 0
| Morocco
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| Brazil
| 1 - 2
| Norway
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| Scotland
| 0 - 3
| Morocco
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June 10, 1998
| Brazil
| 2 - 1 (1-1)
| Scotland
| 17:30 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis Ref: José Maria Garcia Aranda (Spain) Attendance: 80,000
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| César Sampaio 4'
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| Collins (p) 38'
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| Boyd (og) 73'
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| Morocco
| 2 - 2 (1-1)
| Norway
| 21:00 - Stade de la Mosson , Montpellier Ref: Un Prasert (Thailand) Attendance: 29,750
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| Hadji 38'
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| Chippo (og) 45'+1'
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| Hadda 59'
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| Eggen 60'
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June 16, 1998
| Scotland
| 1 - 1 (0-0)
| Norway
| 17:30 - Parc Lescure , Bordeaux Ref: Laszlo Vagner (Hungary) Attendance: 31,800
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| Burley 66'
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| H. Flo 46'
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| Brazil
| 3 - 0 (2-0)
| Morocco
| 21:00 - Stade de la Beaujoire , Nantes Ref: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) Attendance: 35,000
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| Ronaldo 9'
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| Rivaldo 45'+2'
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| Bebeto 50'
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June 23, 1998
| Brazil
| 1 - 2 (0-0)
| Norway
| 21:00 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Ref: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA) Attendance: 55,000
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| Bebeto 78'
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| T.A. Flo 83'
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| | | Rekdal (p) 88'
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| Scotland
| 0 - 3 (0-1)
| Morocco
| 21:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard , St. Étienne Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE) Attendance: 30,600
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| | | Bassir 22'
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| | | Hadda 46'
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| | | Bassir 85'
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Group B
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| Italy
| 2 - 2
| Chile
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| Cameroon
| 1 - 1
| Austria
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| Chile
| 1 - 1
| Austria
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| Italy
| 3 - 0
| Cameroon
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| Italy
| 2 - 1
| Austria
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| Chile
| 1 - 1
| Cameroon
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June 11, 1998
| Italy
| 2 - 2 (1-1)
| Chile
| 17:30 - Parc Lescure , Bordeaux Ref: Lucien Bouchardeau (Nigeria) Attendance: 31,800
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| Vieri 10'
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| Salas 45'
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| R. Baggio (p) 85'
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| Salas 49'
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| Cameroon
| 1 - 1 (0-0)
| Austria
| 21:00 - Stade de Toulouse , Toulouse Ref: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay) Attendance: 33,460
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| Njanka 78'
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| Polster 90'
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June 17, 1998
| Chile
| 1 - 1 (0-0)
| Austria
| 17:30 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard , St. Étienne Ref: Gamal Ghandour (Egypt) Attendance: 30,600
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| Salas 70'
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| Vastic 90'
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| Italy
| 3 - 0 (1-0)
| Cameroon
| 21:00 - Stade de la Mosson , Montpellier Ref: Edward Lennie (Australia) Attendance: 29,800
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| Di Biagio 7'
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| Vieri 75'
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| Vieri 89'
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June 23, 1998
Group C
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| Saudi Arabia
| 0 - 1
| Denmark
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| France
| 3 - 0
| South Africa
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| South Africa
| 1 - 1
| Denmark
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| France
| 4 - 0
| Saudi Arabia
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| France
| 2 - 1
| Denmark
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| South Africa
| 2 - 2
| Saudi Arabia
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June 12, 1998
| Saudi Arabia
| 0 - 1 (0-0)
| Denmark
| 17:30 - Stade Félix Bollaert , Lens Ref: Javier Castrilli (Argentina) Attendance: 38,140
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| | | Rieper 68'
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| France
| 3 - 0 (0-0)
| South Africa
| 21:00 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Ref: Márcio Rezende Freitas (Brazil) Attendance: 55,077
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| Dugarry 34'
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| Issa (og) 77'
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| Henry 90'
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June 18, 1998
June 24, 1998
| France
| 2 - 1 (1-1)
| Denmark
| 16:00 - Stade Gerland , Lyon Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Attendance: 39,100
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| Djorkaeff (p) 12'
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| M. Laudrup (p) 42'
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| Petit 56'
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| South Africa
| 2 - 2 (1-1)
| Saudi Arabia
| 16:00 - Parc Lescure , Bordeaux Ref: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile) Attendance: 31,800
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| Bartlett 19'
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| Al Jaber (p) 45'
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| Bartlett (p) 90'+4'
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| Al Tunian (p) 74'
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Group D
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| Paraguay
| 0 - 0
| Bulgaria
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| Spain
| 2 - 3
| Nigeria
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| Nigeria
| 1 - 0
| Bulgaria
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| Spain
| 0 - 0
| Paraguay
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| Nigeria
| 1 - 3
| Paraguay
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| Spain
| 6 - 1
| Bulgaria
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June 12, 1998
| Paraguay
| 0 - 0 (0-0)
| Bulgaria
| 14:30 - Stade de la Mosson , Montpellier Ref: Abdul Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia) Attendance: 27,650
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June 13, 1998
| Spain
| 2 - 3 (1-1)
| Nigeria
| 14:30 - Stade de la Beaujoire , Nantes Ref: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA) Attendance: 33,257
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| Hierro 21'
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| Adepoju 25'
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| Raúl 47'
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| Lawal 73'
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| | | Oliseh 78'
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June 19, 1998
| Nigeria
| 1 - 0 (1-0)
| Bulgaria
| 17:30 - Parc des Princes, Paris Ref: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile) Attendance: 45,500
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| Ikpeba 26'
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| Spain
| 0 - 0 (0-0)
| Paraguay
| 21:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard , St. Étienne Ref: Ian McLeod (South Africa) Attendance: 30,600
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June 24, 1998
| Nigeria
| 1 - 3 (1-1)
| Paraguay
| 21:00 - Stade de Toulouse , Toulouse Ref: Un Prasert (Thailand) Attendance: 33,500
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| Oruma 11'
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| Ayala 1'
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| | | Benitez 59'
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| | | Cardozo 86'
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| Spain
| 6 - 1 (2-0)
| Bulgaria
| 21:00 - Stade Félix Bollaert , Lens Ref: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) Attendance: 38,100
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| Hierro (p) 6'
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| Kostadinov 58'
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| Luis Enrique 19'
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| Morientes 55'
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| Morientes 81'
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| Kiko 88'
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| Kiko 90'
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Group E
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| South Korea
| 1 - 3
| Mexico
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| Netherlands
| 0 - 0
| Belgium
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| Belgium
| 2 - 2
| Mexico
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| Netherlands
| 5 - 0
| South Korea
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| Netherlands
| 2 - 2
| Mexico
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| Belgium
| 1 - 1
| South Korea
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June 13, 1998
June 20, 1998
June 25, 1998
| Netherlands
| 2 - 2 (2-0)
| Mexico
| 16:00 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard , St. Étienne Ref: Abdul Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia) Attendance: 30,600
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| Cocu 4'
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| Pelaez 75'
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| R. de Boer 18'
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| Hernandez 90'
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| Belgium
| 1 - 1 (1-0)
| South Korea
| 16:00 - Parc des Princes, Paris Ref: Márcio Rezende Freitas (Brazil) Attendance: 45,500
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| Nilis 7'
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| Yoo 71'
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Group F
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| Yugoslavia
| 1 - 0
| Iran
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| Germany
| 2 - 0
| USA
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| Germany
| 2 - 2
| Yugoslavia
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| USA
| 1 - 2
| Iran
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| USA
| 0 - 1
| Yugoslavia
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| Germany
| 2 - 0
| Iran
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June 14, 1998
| Yugoslavia
| 1 - 0 (0-0)
| Iran
| 17:30 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard , St. Étienne Ref: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru) Attendance: 30,392
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| Mihajlovic 72'
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June 15, 1998
June 21, 1998
| Germany
| 2 - 2 (0-1)
| Yugoslavia
| 14:30 - Stade Félix Bollaert , Lens Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Attendance: 38,100
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| Mihajlovic (og) 73'
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| Mijatovic 2'
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| Bierhoff 80'
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| Stojkovic 54'
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| USA
| 1 - 2 (0-1)
| Iran
| 21:00 - Stade Gerland , Lyon Ref: Urs Meier (Switzerland) Attendance: 39,100
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| McBride 87'
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| Estili 40'
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| | | Mahdavikia 84'
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June 25, 1998
| USA
| 0 - 1 (0-1)
| Yugoslavia
| 21:00 - Stade de la Beaujoire , Nantes Ref: Gamal Ghandour (Egypt) Attendance: 35,500
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| | | Komljenovic 4'
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| Germany
| 2 - 0 (0-0)
| Iran
| 21:00 - Stade de la Mosson , Montpellier Ref: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay) Attendance: 29,800
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| Bierhoff 50'
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| Klinsmann 57'
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Group G
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| England
| 2 - 0
| Tunisia
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| Romania
| 1 - 0
| Colombia
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| Colombia
| 1 - 0
| Tunisia
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| Romania
| 2 - 1
| England
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| Colombia
| 0 - 2
| England
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| Romania
| 1 - 1
| Tunisia
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June 15, 1998
| England
| 2 - 0 (1-0)
| Tunisia
| 14:30 - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Ref: Masayoshi Okada (Japan) Attendance: 54,587
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| Shearer 43'
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| Scholes 89'
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| Romania
| 1 - 0 (1-0)
| Colombia
| 17:30 - Stade Gerland , Lyon Ref: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) Attendance: 37,572
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| Ilie 45'
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June 22, 1998
| Colombia
| 1 - 0 (0-0)
| Tunisia
| 17:30 - Stade de la Mosson , Montpellier Ref: Bernd Heynemann (Germany) Attendance: 29,800
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| Preciado 83'
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| Romania
| 2 - 1 (0-0)
| England
| 21:00 - Stade de Toulouse , Toulouse Ref: Marc Batta (France) Attendance: 33,500
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| Moldovan 47'
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| Owen 79'
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| Petrescu 90'
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June 26, 1998
| Colombia
| 0 - 2 (0-2)
| England
| 21:00 - Stade Félix Bollaert , Lens Ref: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico) Attendance: 38,100
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| | | Anderton 20'
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| | | Beckham 29'
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| Romania
| 1 - 1 (0-1)
| Tunisia
| 21:00 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis Ref: Edward Lennie (Australia) Attendance: 77,000
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| Moldovan 72'
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| Souayah (p) 10'
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Group H
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| Argentina
| 1 - 0
| Japan
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| Jamaica
| 1 - 3
| Croatia
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| Japan
| 0 - 1
| Croatia
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| Argentina
| 5 - 0
| Jamaica
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| Argentina
| 1 - 0
| Croatia
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| Japan
| 1 - 2
| Jamaica
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June 14, 1998
| Argentina
| 1 - 0 (1-0)
| Japan
| 14:30 - Stade de Toulouse , Toulouse Ref: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) Attendance: 33,400
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| Batistuta 28'
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| Jamaica
| 1 - 3 (1-1)
| Croatia
| 21:00 - Stade Félix Bollaert , Lens Ref: Vítor Pereira (Portugal) Attendance: 38,058
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| Earle 45'
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| Stanic 27'
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| | | Prosinecki 53'
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| | | Suker 69'
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June 20, 1998
| Japan
| 0 - 1 (0-0)
| Croatia
| 14:30 - Stade de la Beaujoire , Nantes Ref: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago) Attendance: 35,500
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| | | Suker 77'
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June 21, 1998
June 26, 1998
| Argentina
| 1 - 0 (1-0)
| Croatia
| 16:00 - Parc Lescure , Bordeaux Ref: Said Belqola (Morocco) Attendance: 31,800
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| Pineda 36'
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| Japan
| 1 - 2 (0-1)
| Jamaica
| 16:00 - Stade Gerland , Lyon Ref: Günter Benkö (Austria) Attendance: 39,100
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| Nakayama 74'
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| Whitmore 39'
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Round of sixteen
June 27, 1998
June 28, 1998
June 29, 1998
June 30, 1998
Quarter-finals
July 3, 1998
July 4, 1998
Semi-finals
July 7, 1998
July 8, 1998
Third place match
July 11, 1998
Final
July 12, 1998
World Cup Champions:
FRANCE (First title)
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Goal Scorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 Goals
1 Goal
Own Goals
External links
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