FIFA World Cup France 1998 (2)

Group D

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Paraguay	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Spain	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6	1

12 June 1998 14:30	Paraguay	0 – 0	Bulgaria	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance: 27,650 Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
		(Report)

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13 June 1998 14:30	Spain	2 – 3	Nigeria	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Attendance: 33,257 Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)
	Hierro  20' Raúl  46'	(Report)	Adepoju  24' Lawal  72' Oliseh  77'

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19 June 1998 17:30	Nigeria	1 – 0	Bulgaria	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
	Ikpeba  26'	(Report)

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19 June 1998 21:00	Spain	0 – 0	Paraguay	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 30,600 Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
		(Report)

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24 June 1998 21:00	Nigeria	1 – 3	Paraguay	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
	Oruma  10'	(Report)	Ayala  1' Benítez  58' Cardozo  86'

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24 June 1998 21:00	Spain	6 – 1	Bulgaria	Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Mario van der Ende(Netherlands)
	Hierro  5' (pen.) Luis Enrique  18' Morientes  53', 80' Kiko  88', 90'	(Report)	Kostadinov  56'

[edit]Group E

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5
Mexico	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5
Belgium	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
South Korea	3	0	1	2	2	9	-7	1

13 June 1998 17:30	South Korea	1 – 3	Mexico	Stade Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 39,133 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
	Ha Seok-Ju  28'	(Report)	Peláez  51' Hernández  74', 84'

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13 June 1998 21:00	Netherlands	0 – 0	Belgium	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
		(Report)

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20 June 1998 17:30	Belgium	2 – 2	Mexico	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: 31,800 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Wilmots  43', 47'	(Report)	García Aspe  55' (pen.) Blanco  62'

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20 June 1998 21:00	Netherlands	5 – 0	South Korea	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
	Cocu  38' Overmars  42' Bergkamp  71' van Hooijdonk  80' R. de Boer  83'	(Report)

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25 June 1998 16:00	Netherlands	2 – 2	Mexico	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 30,600 Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
	Cocu  4' R. de Boer  18'	(Report)	Peláez  75' Hernández  90+5'

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25 June 1998 16:00	Belgium	1 – 1	South Korea	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas(Brazil)
	Nilis  7'	(Report)	Yoo Sang-Chul  71'

[edit]Group F

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Iran	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
United States	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4	0

14 June 1998 17:30	Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Iran	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 30,392 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
	Mihajlović  72'	(Report)

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15 June 1998 21:00	Germany	2 – 0	United States	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 43,815 Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
	Möller  8' Klinsmann  64'	(Report)

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21 June 1998 14:30	Germany	2 – 2	Yugoslavia	Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Mihajlović  73' (o.g.) Bierhoff  80'	(Report)	Mijatović  13' Stojković  54'

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21 June 1998 21:00	United States	1 – 2	Iran	Stade Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 39,100 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	McBride  87'	(Report)	Estili  40' Mahdavikia  84'

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25 June 1998 21:00	United States	0 – 1	Yugoslavia	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
		(Report)	Komljenović  4'

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25 June 1998 21:00	Germany	2 – 0	Iran	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
	Bierhoff  50' Klinsmann  57'	(Report)

[edit]Group G

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
England	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Colombia	3	1	0	2	1	3	-2	3
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1

15 June 1998 14:30	England	2 – 0	Tunisia	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 54,587 Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
	Shearer  43' Scholes  89'	(Report)

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15 June 1998 17:30	Romania	1 – 0	Colombia	Stade Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 37,572 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	Ilie  45'	(Report)

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22 June 1998 17:30	Colombia	1 – 0	Tunisia	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
	Preciado  83'	(Report)

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22 June 1998 21:00	Romania	2 – 1	England	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Marc Batta (France)
	Moldovan  47' Petrescu  90'	(Report)	Owen  79'

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26 June 1998 21:00	Colombia	0 – 2	England	Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
		(Report)	Anderton  20' Beckham  29'

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26 June 1998 21:00	Romania	1 – 1	Tunisia	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,000 Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
	Moldovan  72'	(Report)	Souayah  10' (pen.)

[edit]Group H

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
Croatia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Jamaica	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6	3
Japan	3	0	0	3	1	4	-3	0

14 June 1998 14:30	Argentina	1 – 0	Japan	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse Attendance: 33,400 Referee: Mario van der Ende(Netherlands)
	Batistuta  28'	(Report)

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14 June 1998 21:00	Jamaica	1 – 3	Croatia	Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 38,058 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Earle  45'	(Report)	Stanić  27' Prosinečki  53' Šuker  69'

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20 June 1998 14:30	Japan	0 – 1	Croatia	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)
		(Report)	Šuker  77'

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21 June 1998 17:30	Argentina	5 – 0	Jamaica	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
	Ortega  31', 55' Batistuta  72', 80', 83' (pen.)	(Report)

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26 June 1998 16:00	Argentina	1 – 0	Croatia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: 31,800 Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
	Pineda  36'	(Report)

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26 June 1998 16:00	Japan	1 – 2	Jamaica	Stade Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 39,100 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
	Nakayama  74'	(Report)	Whitmore  39', 54'

[edit]Knockout stage

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

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 (pen.)

1 (4)

29 June - Toulouse

Netherlands

1 (2)

Netherlands

2

4 July - Marseille

Yugoslavia

1

Netherlands

2

30 June - St. Étienne

Argentina

1

Argentina (pen.)

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 (pen.)

0 (4)

France (a.e.t.)

1

8 July - Saint-Denis

Paraguay

0

France

2

29 June - Montpellier

Croatia

1

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

[edit]Round of 16

27 June 1998 16:30	Italy	1 – 0	Norway	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
	Vieri  18'	(Report)

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27 June 1998 21:00	Brazil	4 – 1	Chile	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Marc Batta (France)
	César Sampaio  11', 27' Ronaldo  45+1' (pen.), 70'	(Report)	Salas  68'

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28 June 1998 16:30	France	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Paraguay	Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	Blanc  113'	(Report)

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28 June 1998 21:00	Nigeria	1 – 4	Denmark	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	Babangida  78'	(Report)	Møller  3' B. Laudrup  12' Sand  60' Helveg  76'

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29 June 1998 16:30	Germany	2 – 1	Mexico	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Klinsmann  75' Bierhoff  86'	(Report)	Hernández  47'

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29 June 1998 21:00	Netherlands	2 – 1	Yugoslavia	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse Attendance: 33,500 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
	Bergkamp  38' Davids  90+2'	(Report)	Komljenović  48'

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30 June 1998 16:30	Romania	0 – 1	Croatia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: 31,800 Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
		(Report)	Šuker  45+2' (pen.)

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30 June 1998 21:00	Argentina	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	England	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 30,600 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Batistuta  6' (pen.) Zanetti  45+1'	(Report)	Shearer  10' (pen.) Owen  16'
		Penalties
	Berti  Crespo  Verón  Gallardo  Ayala	4 – 3	Shearer  Ince  Merson  Owen  Batty

[edit]Quarter-finals

3 July 1998 16:30	Italy	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
		(Report)
		Penalties
	R. Baggio  Albertini  Costacurta  Vieri  Di Biagio	3 – 4	Zidane  Lizarazu  Trezeguet  Henry  Blanc

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3 July 1998 21:00	Brazil	3 – 2	Denmark	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Bebeto  11' Rivaldo  27', 60'	(Report)	Jørgensen  2' B. Laudrup  50'

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4 July 1998 16:30	Netherlands	2 – 1	Argentina	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
	Kluivert  12' Bergkamp  89'	(Report)	López  18'

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4 July 1998 21:00	Germany	0 – 3	Croatia	Stade Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 39,100 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
		(Report)	Jarni  45+3' Vlaović  80' Šuker  85'

[edit]Semi-finals

7 July 1998 21:00	Brazil	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	Ronaldo  46'	(Report)	Kluivert  87'
		Penalties
	Ronaldo  Rivaldo  Emerson  Dunga	4 – 2	F. de Boer  Bergkamp  Cocu  R. de Boer

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8 July 1998 21:00	France	2 – 1	Croatia	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 76,000 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
	Thuram  47', 69'	(Report)	Šuker  46'

[edit]Third place match

11 July 1998 21:00	Netherlands	1 – 2	Croatia	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
	Zenden  21'	(Report)	Prosinečki  13' Šuker  35'

[edit]Final

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Final

12 July 1998 21:00	Brazil	0 – 3	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
		(Report)	Zidane  27', 45+1' Petit  90+3'

[edit]Statistics

[edit]Scorers

6 goals

•  Davor Šuker

5 goals

•  Gabriel Batistuta
•  Christian Vieri

4 goals

•  Ronaldo
•  Marcelo Salas
•  Luis Hernández

3 goals

Bebeto  César Sampaio  Rivaldo

Thierry Henry  Oliver Bierhoff

Jürgen Klinsmann  Dennis Bergkamp

2 goals

Ariel Ortega  Marc Wilmots  Robert Prosinečki  Brian Laudrup  Alan Shearer  Michael Owen  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  Kiko  Fernando Morientes  Slobodan Komljenović

1 goal

Claudio López  Mauricio Pineda  Javier Zanetti  Andreas Herzog  Toni Polster  Ivica Vastić  Luc Nilis  Emil Kostadinov  Patrick Mboma  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 Reza 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  Tijjani Babangida  Victor Ikpeba  Garba Lawal  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  Luis Enrique  Raúl  Skander Souayah  Brian McBride  Siniša Mihajlović  Predrag Mijatović  Dragan Stojković

Own goals

•  Youssef Chippo (for Norway)
•  Tom Boyd (for Brazil)
•  Pierre Issa (for France)
•  Siniša Mihajlović (for Germany)

[edit]Awards

Golden Shoe winner	Golden Ball winner	Yashin Award	FIFA Fair Play Trophy	Most Entertaining Team
Davor Šuker	Ronaldo	Fabien Barthez	England  France	France

[edit]All-star team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Fabien Barthez  José Luis Chilavert	Roberto Carlos  Marcel Desailly  Lilian Thuram  Frank de Boer  Carlos Gamarra	Dunga  Rivaldo  Michael Laudrup  Zinedine Zidane  Edgar Davids	Ronaldo  Davor Šuker  Brian Laudrup  Dennis Bergkamp

[edit]Video games

The official video game is World Cup 98 by EA Sports, but many other games – including International Superstar Soccer 98, World League Soccer 98, Actua Soccer 2, Neo Geo Cup '98: The Road to the Victory – were released and were mainly based on the 1998 FIFA World Cup.FIFA: Road to World Cup 98, also by EA Sports, focused on the qualification, for World Cup 98.