XVI WORLD CUP (FRANCE 1998)

(From 10-06-1998 to 12-07-1998)
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COMPETITION SYSTEM

· 172 national teams enter a Qualifying Stage (host France and title holder Brazil are exempt from this round), divided in 14 geographic groups. The group winners, together with a variable number of best ranked teams, qualify for the Final Stage in France (in the European Zone, the nine group winners and the best runner-up―only considering the games among the top four teams―qualify; the remaining eight runners-up play a knock-out round in order to earn four more berths in the Final Stage).

· The 32 teams qualified for the Final Stage are divided in 8 groups of 4 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by general goal difference.

· The group winners and runners-up advance to an 1/8 Final knock-out round, played as an X-pairing. The winners move to quarterfinals and further semifinals, and the two surviving teams at the end of these knock-out rounds qualify for the final.
 

 

::::: QUALIFYING STAGE :::::

 

 

GROUP STAGE

(Seeded teams are indicated in blue)

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (10-06-1998)

Competition Day 1 (11-06-1998)

Paris

Brazil - Scotland

2-1

Bordeaux

Italy - Chile

2-2

Montpellier

Morocco - Norway

2-2

Toulouse

Cameroon - Austria

1-1

Competition Day 2 (16-06-1998)

Competition Day 2 (17-06-1998)

Bordeaux

Scotland - Norway

1-1

St.-Étienne

Chile - Austria

1-1

Nantes

Brazil - Morocco

3-0

Montpellier

Italy - Cameroon

3-0

Competition Day 3 (23-06-1998)

Competition Day 3 (23-06-1998)

Marseille

Brazil - Norway

1-2

Paris

Italy - Austria

2-1

St.-Étienne

Scotland - Morocco

0-3

Nantes

Chile - Cameroon

1-1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Brazil

3

2

0

1

6

3

6

2. Norway

3

1

2

0

5

4

5

3. Morocco

3

1

1

1

5

5

4

4. Scotland

3

0

1

2

2

6

1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Italy

3

2

1

0

7

3

7

2. Chile

3

0

3

0

4

4

3

3. Austria

3

0

2

1

3

4

2

4. Cameroon

3

0

2

1

2

5

2

 

GROUP C

 

GROUP D

Competition Day 1 (12-06-1998)

Competition Day 1 (12-06-1998)

Lens

Saudi Arabia - Denmark

0-1

Montpellier

Paraguay - Bulgaria

0-0

Marseille

France - South Africa

3-0

Nantes

Spain - Nigeria

2-3 (x)

Competition Day 2 (18-06-1998)

Competition Day 2 (19-06-1998)

Toulouse

South Africa - Denmark

1-1

Paris

Nigeria - Bulgaria

1-0

Paris

France - Saudi Arabia

4-0

St.-Étienne

Spain - Paraguay

0-0

Competition Day 3 (24-06-1998)

Competition Day 3 (24-06-1998)

Lyon

France - Denmark

2-1

Toulouse

Nigeria - Paraguay

1-3

Bordeaux

South Africa - Saudi Arabia

2-2

Lens

Spain - Bulgaria

6-1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. France

3

3

0

0

9

1

9

2. Denmark

3

1

1

1

3

3

4

3. South Africa

3

0

2

1

3

6

2

4. Saudi Arabia

3

0

1

2

2

7

1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Nigeria

3

2

0

1

5

5

6

2. Paraguay

3

1

2

0

3

1

5

3. Spain

3

1

1

1

8

4

4

4. Bulgaria

3

0

1

2

1

7

1

(x) Game played on 13-06-1998.

 

GROUP E

 

GROUP F

Competition Day 1 (13-06-1998)

Competition Day 1 (14-06-1998)

Lyon

South Korea - Mexico

1-3

St.-Étienne

Yugoslavia - Iran

1-0

Paris

Netherlands - Belgium

0-0

Paris

Germany - USA

2-0 (x)

Competition Day 2 (20-06-1998)

Competition Day 2 (21-06-1998)

Bordeaux

Belgium - Mexico

2-2

Lens

Germany - Yugoslavia

2-2

Marseille

Netherlands - South Korea

5-0

Lyon

USA - Iran

1-2

Competition Day 3 (25-06-1998)

Competition Day 3 (25-06-1998)

St.-Étienne

Netherlands - Mexico

2-2

Nantes

USA - Yugoslavia

0-1

Paris

Belgium - South Korea

1-1

Montpellier

Germany - Iran

2-0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Netherlands

3

1

2

0

7

2

5

2. Mexico

3

1

2

0

7

5

5

3. Belgium

3

0

3

0

3

3

3

4. South Korea

3

0

1

2

2

9

1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Germany

3

2

1

0

6

2

7

2. Yugoslavia

3

2

1

0

4

2

7

3. Iran

3

1

0

2

2

4

3

4. USA

3

0

0

3

1

5

0

(x) Game played on 15-06-1998.

 

GROUP G

 

GROUP H

Competition Day 1 (15-06-1998)

Competition Day 1 (14-06-1998)

Marseille

England - Tunisia

2-0

Toulouse

Argentina - Japan

1-0

Lyon

Romania - Colombia

1-0

Lens

Jamaica - Croatia

1-3

Competition Day 2 (22-06-1998)

Competition Day 2 (20-06-1998)

Montpellier

Colombia - Tunisia

1-0

Nantes

Japan - Croatia

0-1

Toulouse

Romania - England

2-1

Paris

Argentina - Jamaica

5-0 (x)

Competition Day 3 (26-06-1998)

Competition Day 3 (26-06-1998)

Lens

Colombia - England

0-2

Bordeaux

Argentina - Croatia

1-0

Paris

Romania - Tunisia

1-1

Lyon

Japan - Jamaica

1-2

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Romania

3

2

1

0

4

2

7

2. England

3

2

0

1

5

2

6

3. Colombia

3

1

0

2

1

3

3

4. Tunisia

3

0

1

2

1

4

1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Argentina

3

3

0

0

7

0

9

2. Croatia

3

2

0

1

4

2

6

3. Jamaica

3

1

0

2

3

9

3

4. Japan

3

0

0

3

1

4

0

(x) Game played on 21-06-1998.

 

 

1/8 FINALS

(27-06-1998)

B1-A2 (1): Italy - Norway

1-0

Marseille

A1-B2 (2): Brazil - Chile

4-1

Paris

C1-D2 (3): France - Paraguay

1-0 (a.e.t.) (x)

Lens

D1-C2 (4): Nigeria - Denmark

1-4 (x)

Paris

F1-E2 (5): Germany - Mexico

2-1 (y)

Montpellier

E1-F2 (6): Netherlands - Yugoslavia

2-1 (y)

Toulouse

G1-H2 (7): Romania - Croatia

0-1 (z)

Bordeaux

H1-G2 (8): Argentina - England

2-2 (pk:4-3) (z)

Saint-Étienne

(x) Games played on 28-06-1998.

(y) Games played on 29-06-1998.

(z) Games played on 30-06-1998.

 

 

1/4 FINALS

(3-07-1998)

1-3 (A): Italy - France

0-0 (pk:3-4)

Paris

2-4 (B): Brazil - Denmark

3-2

Nantes

6-8 (C): Netherlands - Argentina

2-1 (x)

Marseille

5-7 (D): Germany - Croatia

0-3 (x)

Lyon

(x) Games played on 4-07-1998.

 

 

1/2 FINALS

(7-07-1998)

B-C: Brazil - Netherlands

1-1 (pk:4-2)

Marseille

A-D: France - Croatia

2-1 (x)

Paris

(x) Game played on 8-07-1998.

 

 

PLACES 3 & 4

(11-07-1998)

Croatia - Netherlands

2-1

Paris

 

 

 

FINAL

STADIUM: Stade de France (Saint-Denis, Paris)

DATE: 12-07-1998 (21:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 75.000

REFEREE: Saïd Belqola (MOR)

GOALS: 1-0 (Zidane 27’); 2-0 (Zidane 45+’); 3-0 (Petit 90+’)

BOOKED: Deschamps (39’), Desailly (48’), Karembeu (56’), Desailly (68’ > RC) / Júnior Baiano (33’)

[Incidents: Desailly was sent off after a second bookable offense (min. 68).]
France
France FRA - Brazil BRA
3-0 (2-0)
Brasil

France (coach: Aimé Jacquet)

Fabien Barthez

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Lilian Thuram

Frank Leboeuf

Marcel Desailly

Bixente Lizarazu

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Christian Karembeu (Alain Boghossian 57’)

Didier Deschamps (c)

Emmanuel Petit

Zinédine Zidane

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Youri Djorkaeff (Patrick Vieira 75’)

Stéphane Guivarc’h (Christophe Dugarry 66’)

Brazil (coach: Mário Zagallo)

Cláudio Taffarel

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Marcos Moraes “Cafu”

Raimundo Ferreira “Júnior Baiano”

Aldair Nascimento

Roberto Carlos da Silva

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Leonardo Nascimento (Denílson de Oliveira 46’)

Carlos Caetano Bledorn “Dunga” (c)

César Sampaio (Edmundo de Souza 75’)

Rivaldo Vítor Borba

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José Roberto Gama “Bebeto”

Ronaldo Nazário

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

France FRA

2.

Brazil BRA

3.

Croatia CRO

4.

Netherlands NED

5.

Italy ITA

6.

Argentina ARG

7.

Germany GER

8.

Denmark DEN

9.

England ENG

10.

Yugoslavia YUG

11.

Romania ROM

12.

Nigeria NIG

13.

Mexico MEX

14.

Paraguay PAR

15.

Norway NOR

16.

Chile CHI

17.

Spain SPA

18.

Morocco MOR

19.

Belgium BEL

20.

Iran IRN

21.

Colombia COL

22.

Jamaica JAM

23.

Austria AUT

24.

South Africa SAF

25.

Cameroon CAM

26.

Tunisia TUN

27.

Scotland SCO

28.

Saudi Arabia KSA

29.

Bulgaria BUL

30.

South Korea SKR

31.

Japan JAP

32.

USA USA

 

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD

Fabien Barthez (FRA)

Lilian Thuram (FRA)

Frank de Boer (NED)

Marcel Desailly (FRA)

Robert Jarni (CRO)

Juan Verón (ARG)

Edgard Davids (NED)

Zinédine Zidane (FRA)

Rivaldo Vítor Borba (BRA)

Ronaldo Nazário (BRA)

Davor Šuker (CRO)

 

 

TOP SCORER: Davor Šuker (CRO) - 6 goals

 

BEST PLAYER: Ronaldo Nazário (BRA)

   

 

 

 

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