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World cup 1998

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France

Statistics

Participating teams
32
Total goals
171
Matches played
64
Goals/match
2,67
Best attack (goals scored)
15
France
Best defense (goals conceded)
2
France
First Round
Group A
Brazil - Scotland : 2 - 1
Morocco - Norway : 2 - 2
Scotland - Norway : 1 - 1
Brazil - Morocco : 3 - 0
Norway - Brazil : 2 - 1
Morocco - Scotland : 3 - 0
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Brazil 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3
2. Norway 5 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1
3. Morocco 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
4. Scotland 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4
Group B
Italy - Chile : 2 - 2
Cameroon - Austria : 1 - 1
Chile - Austria : 1 - 1
Italy - Cameroon : 3 - 0
Italy - Austria : 2 - 1
Chile - Cameroon : 1 - 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Italy 7 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4
2. Chile 3 3 0 3 0 4 4 0
3. Austria 2 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1
4. Cameroon 2 3 0 2 1 2 5 -3
Group C
Denmark - Saudi Arabia : 1 - 0
France - South Africa : 3 - 0
South Africa - Denmark : 1 - 1
France - Saudi Arabia : 4 - 0
France - Denmark : 2 - 1
South Africa - Saudi Arabia : 2 - 2
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. France 9 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8
2. Denmark 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
3. South Africa 2 3 0 2 1 3 6 -3
4. Saudi Arabia 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5
Group D
Paraguay - Bulgaria : 0 - 0
Nigeria - Spain : 3 - 2
Nigeria - Bulgaria : 1 - 0
Spain - Paraguay : 0 - 0
Paraguay - Nigeria : 3 - 1
Spain - Bulgaria : 6 - 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Nigeria 6 3 2 0 1 5 5 0
2. Paraguay 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2
3. Spain 4 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4
4. Bulgaria 1 3 0 1 2 1 7 -6
Group E
Mexico - South Korea : 3 - 1
Netherlands - Belgium : 0 - 0
Belgium - Mexico : 2 - 2
Netherlands - South Korea : 5 - 0
Netherlands - Mexico : 2 - 2
Belgium - South Korea : 1 - 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Netherlands 5 3 1 2 0 7 2 +5
2. Mexico 5 3 1 2 0 7 5 +2
3. Belgium 3 3 0 3 0 3 3 0
4. South Korea 1 3 0 1 2 2 9 -7
Group F
Yugoslavia - Iran : 1 - 0
Germany - United States : 2 - 0
Germany - Yugoslavia : 2 - 2
Iran - United States : 2 - 1
Yugoslavia - United States : 1 - 0
Germany - Iran : 2 - 0
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Germany 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4
2. Yugoslavia 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
3. Iran 3 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2
4. United States 0 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4
Group G
England - Tunisia : 2 - 0
Romania - Colombia : 1 - 0
Colombia - Tunisia : 1 - 0
Romania - England : 2 - 1
England - Colombia : 2 - 0
Romania - Tunisia : 1 - 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Romania 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
2. England 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3
3. Colombia 3 3 1 0 2 1 3 -2
4. Tunisia 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3
Group H
Argentina - Japan : 1 - 0
Croatia - Jamaica : 3 - 1
Croatia - Japan : 1 - 0
Argentina - Jamaica : 5 - 0
Argentina - Croatia : 1 - 0
Jamaica - Japan : 2 - 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Argentina 9 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7
2. Croatia 6 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2
3. Jamaica 3 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6
4. Japan 0 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3
Round of 16
Argentina - England : 2 - 2 a.e.t. (4 pen 3)
Croatia - Romania : 1 - 0
Netherlands - Yugoslavia : 2 - 1
Germany - Mexico : 2 - 1
Denmark - Nigeria : 4 - 1
France - Paraguay : 1 - 0 a.e.t.
Brazil - Chile : 4 - 1
Italy - Norway : 1 - 0
Quarter-finals
Croatia - Germany : 3 - 0
Netherlands - Argentina : 2 - 1
Brazil - Denmark : 3 - 2
France - Italy : 0 - 0 a.e.t. (4 pen 3)
Semi-finals
France - Croatia : 2 - 1
Brazil - Netherlands : 1 - 1 a.e.t. (4 pen 2)
Third place
Croatia - Netherlands : 2 - 1
Final
France - Brazil : 3 - 0

Top Scorers

Rank Player Goals Penalties Goals/match
1 Davor Suker 6 1 0,86
2 Gabriel Batistuta 5 2 1,00
2 Christian Vieri 5 0 1,00
4 Luis Hernández 4 0 1,00
4 Marcelo Salas 4 0 1,00
4 Ronaldo 4 1 0,57
7 Jürgen Klinsmann 3 0 0,60
7 Oliver Bierhoff 3 0 0,60
7 Thierry Henry 3 0 0,50
7 César Sampaio 3 0 0,50
7 Bebeto 3 0 0,43
7 Dennis Bergkamp 3 0 0,43
7 Rivaldo 3 0 0,43
14 Fernando Morientes 2 0 1,00
14 Ricardo Peláez 2 0 0,67
14 Shaun Bartlett 2 1 0,67
14 Theodore Whitmore 2 0 0,67
14 Abdeljalil Hadda 2 0 0,67
14 Salaheddine Bassir 2 0 0,67
14 Slobodan Komljenovic 2 0 0,67
14 Fernando Hierro 2 1 0,67
14 Marc Wilmots 2 0 0,67
14 Roberto Baggio 2 1 0,50
14 Michael Owen 2 0 0,50
14 Viorel Moldovan 2 0 0,50
14 Patrick Kluivert 2 0 0,50
14 Alan Shearer 2 1 0,50
14 Robert Prosinecki 2 0 0,40
14 Brian Laudrup 2 0 0,40
14 Ariel Ortega 2 0 0,40
14 Zinédine Zidane 2 0 0,40
14 Emmanuel Petit 2 0 0,33
14 Ronald De Boer 2 0 0,33
14 Lilian Thuram 2 0 0,33
14 Phillip Cocu 2 0 0,29
36 Wilson Oruma 1 0 1,00
36 Youssef Al Tunayan 1 1 0,50
36 Ha Seok Ju 1 0 0,50
36 Peter Moller 1 0 0,50
36 Brian Mcbride 1 0 0,50
36 Léider Preciado 1 0 0,33
36 Pierre Van Hooijdonk 1 0 0,33
36 Robert Earle 1 0 0,33
36 Ivica Vastic 1 0 0,33
36 Christophe Dugarry 1 0 0,33
36 Mauricio Pineda 1 0 0,33
36 Andreas Herzog 1 1 0,33
36 Kiko 1 0 0,33
36 Andreas Möller 1 0 0,33
36 David Beckham 1 0 0,33
36 Raúl 1 0 0,33
36 Emil Kostadinov 1 0 0,33
36 Masashi Nakayama 1 0 0,33
36 Skander Souayeh 1 1 0,33
36 Benni Mccarthy 1 0 0,33
36 Craig Burley 1 0 0,33
36 Toni Polster 1 0 0,33
36 Patrick Mboma 1 0 0,33
36 Victor Ikpeba 1 0 0,33
36 Luis Enrique 1 0 0,33
36 Luc Nilis 1 0 0,33
36 Sami Al Jaber 1 1 0,33
36 Mutiu Adepoju 1 0 0,33
36 Hamid Estili 1 0 0,33
36 Mustafa El Hadji 1 0 0,33
36 Mehdi Mahdavikia 1 0 0,33
36 John Collins 1 1 0,33
36 Pierre Njanka 1 0 0,33
36 Yoo Sang Chul 1 0 0,33
36 José Cardozo 1 0 0,33
36 Tijani Babangida 1 0 0,25
36 José Sierra 1 0 0,25
36 Boudewijn Zenden 1 0 0,25
36 Havard Flo 1 0 0,25
36 Dragan Stojkovic 1 0 0,25
36 Predrag Mijatovic 1 0 0,25
36 Alberto García Aspe 1 1 0,25
36 Sunday Oliseh 1 0 0,25
36 Adrian Ilie 1 0 0,25
36 Paul Scholes 1 0 0,25
36 Dan Petrescu 1 0 0,25
36 Sinisa Mihajlovic 1 0 0,25
36 Darren Anderton 1 0 0,25
36 Tore André Flo 1 0 0,25
36 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1 0 0,25
36 Kjetil Rekdal 1 1 0,25
36 Dan Eggen 1 0 0,25
36 Miguel Benítez 1 0 0,25
36 Celso Ayala 1 0 0,25
36 Ebbe Sand 1 0 0,20
36 Claudio López 1 0 0,20
36 Allan Nielsen 1 0 0,20
36 Martin Jorgensen 1 0 0,20
36 Michael Laudrup 1 1 0,20
36 Luigi Di Biagio 1 0 0,20
36 Thomas Helveg 1 0 0,20
36 Marc Rieper 1 0 0,20
36 Javier Zanetti 1 0 0,20
36 Laurent Blanc 1 0 0,20
36 David Trezeguet 1 0 0,17
36 Marc Overmars 1 0 0,17
36 Edgar Davids 1 0 0,17
36 Bixente Lizarazu 1 0 0,17
36 Goran Vlaovic 1 0 0,14
36 Youri Djorkaeff 1 1 0,14
36 Mario Stanic 1 0 0,14
36 Robert Jarni 1 0 0,14

Highlights

The 1998 World Cup marked a turning point in the tournament's history: it was the first edition to feature 32 teams, up from 24, with debutant nations such as Croatia and Jamaica taking part. In the group stage, Norway caused a major upset by beating Brazil, while France impressed by conceding just a single goal in three group matches.

The round of 16 produced one of the tournament's most talked-about moments: in the Argentina-England clash, young Michael Owen scored a goal that has gone down in history, before David Beckham's sending-off left England to battle on with ten men. France, for their part, needed extra time to see off Paraguay thanks to Laurent Blanc's golden goal.

In the quarter-finals, the Netherlands eliminated Argentina with a spectacular strike from Dennis Bergkamp, while Croatia, the tournament's revelation, reached the semi-finals before finishing third. Striker Davor Suker ended the competition as top scorer with six goals.

The final, played at the Stade de France, saw the host nation beat Brazil 3-0, with the Brazilian side visibly unsettled by Ronaldo's mysterious illness hours before kick-off. Zinedine Zidane, who scored twice with headers, cemented his place in French football folklore. France's first world title sparked unprecedented scenes of celebration and firmly established football as a major sport in the country.