1998 World Cup - Results and statistics

Group stage

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	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Argentina	9	3	3	0	7	0	+7
2. Croatia	6	3	2	1	4	2	+2
3. Jamaica	3	3	1	2	3	9	-6
4. Japan	0	3	0	3	1	4	-3

Round of 16

Argentina - England: 2 - 2 a.e.t. (4 - 3 p)
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 - 3 p)

Semi-finals

France - Croatia: 2 - 1
Brazil - Netherlands: 1 - 1 a.e.t. (4 - 2 p)

Third place match

Croatia - Netherlands: 2 - 1

Final

France - Brazil: 3 - 0

Statistics

Number of teams: 32
Total goals scored: 171 goals
Matches played: 64 matches
Number of goals/match in average: 2.67 goals/match
Best attack: France (15 goals in 7 matches: 2.14 goals/match)
Best defence: France (2 goals)

Goalscorers of the World Cup

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Penalties	Goals/match
1	Davor Suker	Croatia	6	1	0.86
2	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	5	2	1
2	Christian Vieri	Italy	5	0	1
4	Ronaldo	Brazil	4	1	0.57
4	Luis Hernández	Mexico	4	0	1
4	Marcelo Salas	Chile	4	0	1
7	Bebeto	Brazil	3	0	0.43
7	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	3	0	0.43
7	Rivaldo	Brazil	3	0	0.43
7	Thierry Henry	France	3	0	0.5
7	César Sampaio	Brazil	3	0	0.5
7	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	3	0	0.6
7	Oliver Bierhoff	Germany	3	0	0.6
14	Phillip Cocu	Netherlands	2	0	0.29
14	Emmanuel Petit	France	2	0	0.33
14	Ronald De Boer	Netherlands	2	0	0.33
14	Lilian Thuram	France	2	0	0.33
14	Robert Prosinecki	Yugoslavia	2	0	0.4
14	Brian Laudrup	Denmark	2	0	0.4
14	Ariel Ortega	Argentina	2	0	0.4
14	Zinédine Zidane	France	2	0	0.4
14	Roberto Baggio	Italy	2	1	0.5
14	Michael Owen	England	2	0	0.5
14	Viorel Moldovan	Romania	2	0	0.5
14	Patrick Kluivert	Netherlands	2	0	0.5
14	Alan Shearer	England	2	1	0.5
14	Ricardo Peláez	Mexico	2	0	0.67
14	Shaun Bartlett	South Africa	2	1	0.67
14	Theodore Whitmore	Jamaica	2	0	0.67
14	Abdeljalil Hadda	Morocco	2	0	0.67
14	Salaheddine Bassir	Morocco	2	0	0.67
14	Slobodan Komljenovic	Yugoslavia	2	0	0.67
14	Fernando Hierro	Spain	2	1	0.67
14	Marc Wilmots	Belgium	2	0	0.67
14	Fernando Morientes	Spain	2	0	1
36	Goran Vlaovic	Croatia	1	0	0.14
36	Youri Djorkaeff	France	1	1	0.14
36	Mario Stanic	Croatia	1	0	0.14
36	Robert Jarni	Croatia	1	0	0.14
36	David Trezeguet	France	1	0	0.17
36	Marc Overmars	Netherlands	1	0	0.17
36	Edgar Davids	Netherlands	1	0	0.17
36	Bixente Lizarazu	France	1	0	0.17
36	Ebbe Sand	Denmark	1	0	0.2
36	Claudio López	Argentina	1	0	0.2
36	Allan Nielsen	Denmark	1	0	0.2
36	Martin Jorgensen	Denmark	1	0	0.2
36	Michael Laudrup	Denmark	1	1	0.2
36	Luigi Di Biagio	Italy	1	0	0.2
36	Thomas Helveg	Denmark	1	0	0.2
36	Marc Rieper	Denmark	1	0	0.2
36	Javier Zanetti	Argentina	1	0	0.2
36	Laurent Blanc	France	1	0	0.2
36	Tijani Babangida	Nigeria	1	0	0.25
36	José Sierra	Chile	1	0	0.25
36	Boudewijn Zenden	Netherlands	1	0	0.25
36	Havard Flo	Norway	1	0	0.25
36	Dragan Stojkovic	Yugoslavia	1	0	0.25
36	Predrag Mijatovic	Yugoslavia	1	0	0.25
36	Alberto García Aspe	Mexico	1	1	0.25
36	Sunday Oliseh	Nigeria	1	0	0.25
36	Adrian Ilie	Romania	1	0	0.25
36	Paul Scholes	England	1	0	0.25
36	Dan Petrescu	Romania	1	0	0.25
36	Sinisa Mihajlovic	Yugoslavia	1	0	0.25
36	Darren Anderton	England	1	0	0.25
36	Tore André Flo	Norway	1	0	0.25
36	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Mexico	1	0	0.25
36	Kjetil Rekdal	Norway	1	1	0.25
36	Dan Eggen	Norway	1	0	0.25
36	Miguel Benítez	Paraguay	1	0	0.25
36	Celso Ayala	Paraguay	1	0	0.25
36	Léider Preciado	Colombia	1	0	0.33
36	Pierre Van Hooijdonk	Netherlands	1	0	0.33
36	Robert Earle	Jamaica	1	0	0.33
36	Ivica Vastic	Austria	1	0	0.33
36	Christophe Dugarry	France	1	0	0.33
36	Mauricio Pineda	Argentina	1	0	0.33
36	Andreas Herzog	Austria	1	1	0.33
36	Kiko	Spain	1	0	0.33
36	Andreas Möller	Germany	1	0	0.33
36	David Beckham	England	1	0	0.33
36	Raúl	Spain	1	0	0.33
36	Emil Kostadinov	Bulgaria	1	0	0.33
36	Masashi Nakayama	Japan	1	0	0.33
36	Skander Souayeh	Tunisia	1	1	0.33
36	Benni Mccarthy	South Africa	1	0	0.33
36	Craig Burley	Scotland	1	0	0.33
36	Toni Polster	Austria	1	0	0.33
36	Patrick Mboma	Cameroon	1	0	0.33
36	Victor Ikpeba	Nigeria	1	0	0.33
36	Luis Enrique	Spain	1	0	0.33
36	Luc Nilis	Belgium	1	0	0.33
36	Sami Al Jaber	Saudi Arabia	1	1	0.33
36	Mutiu Adepoju	Nigeria	1	0	0.33
36	Hamid Estili	Iran	1	0	0.33
36	Mustafa El Hadji	Morocco	1	0	0.33
36	Mehdi Mahdavikia	Iran	1	0	0.33
36	John Collins	Scotland	1	1	0.33
36	Pierre Njanka	Cameroon	1	0	0.33
36	Yoo Sang Chul	South Korea	1	0	0.33
36	José Cardozo	Paraguay	1	0	0.33
36	Youssef Al Tunayan	Saudi Arabia	1	1	0.5
36	Ha Seok Ju	South Korea	1	0	0.5
36	Peter Moller	Denmark	1	0	0.5
36	Brian Mcbride	United States	1	0	0.5
36	Wilson Oruma	Nigeria	1	0	1