Fifa World Cup 1998

The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final. France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina) to win the tournament on home soil.

This was the first FIFA World Cup in which 32 teams competed at the finals. The official match ball was the Adidas Tricolore.

Results detail:

The First Round

Group A								Result
Rnk	Team		W	D	L	Goal	Pts	Date	Match		Score
1		Brazil	2	0	1	6-3	6	10-6	Brazil	Scotland	2-1
2		Norway	1	2	0	5-4	5	10-6	Morocco	Norway	2-2
3		Morocco	1	1	1	5-5	4	16-6	Scotland	Norway	1-1
4		Scotland	0	1	2	2-6	1	16-6	Brazil	Morocco	3-0
								23-6	Morocco	Scotland	3-0
								23-6	Norway	Brazil	2-1

Group B								Result
Rnk	Team		W	D	L	Goal	Pts	Date	Match		Score
1		Italy	2	1	0	7-3	7	11-6	Italy	Chile	2-2
2		Chile	0	3	0	4-4	3	11-6	Cameroon	Austria	1-1
3		Austria	0	2	1	3-4	2	17-6	Austria	Chile	1-1
4		Cameroon	0	2	1	2-5	2	17-6	Italy	Cameroon	3-0
								23-6	Cameroon	Chile	1-1
								23-6	Italy	Austria	2-1

Group C								Result
Rnk	Team		W	D	L	Goal	Pts	Date	Match		Score
1		France	3	0	0	9-1	9	12-6	Denmark	South Arabia	1-0
2		Denmark	1	1	1	3-3	4	12-6	France	South Africa	3-0
3		South Africa	0	2	1	3-6	2	18-6	Denmark	South Africa	1-1
4		South Arabia	0	1	2	2-7	1	18-6	France	South Arabia	4-0
								24-6	France	Denmark	2-1
								24-6	South Africa	South Arabia	2-2

Group D								Result
Rnk	Team		W	D	L	Goal	Pts	Date	Match		Score
1		Nigeria	2	0	1	5-5	6	12-6	Paraguay	Bulgaria	0-0
2		Paraguay	1	2	0	3-1	5	13-6	Nigieria	Spain	3-2
3		Spain	1	1	1	8-4	4	19-6	Nigieria	Bulgaria	1-0
4		Bulgaria	0	1	2	1-7	1	19-6	Paraguay	Spain	0-0
								24-6	Spain	Bulgaria	6-1
								24-6	Paraguay	Nigieria	3-1

Group E								Result
Rnk	Team		W	D	L	Goal	Pts	Date	Match		Score
1		Netherlands	1	2	0	7-2	5	13-6	Mexico	South Korea	3-1
2		Mexico	1	2	0	7-5	5	13-6	Netherlands	Belgium	0-0
3		Belgium	0	3	0	3-3	3	20-6	Mexico	Belgium	2-2
4		South Korea	0	1	s	2-9	1	20-6	Netherlands	South Korea	5-0
								25-6	Netherlands	Mexico	2-2
								25-6	Belgium	South Korea	1-1

Group F								Result
Rnk	Team		W	D	L	Goal	Pts	Date	Match		Score
1		Germany	2	1	0	6-2	7	14-6	Yugoslavia	Iran	1-0
2		Yugoslavia	2	1	0	4-2	7	15-6	Germany	United States	2-0
3		Iran	1	0	2	2-4	3	21-6	Germany	Yugoslavia	2-2
4		United States	0	0	3	1-5	0	21-6	Iran	United States	2-1
								25-6	Yugoslavia	United States	1-0
								25-6	Germany	Iran	2-0

Group G								Result
Rnk	Team		W	D	L	Goal	Pts	Date	Match		Score
1		Romania	2	1	0	4-2	7	15-6	England	Tunisia	2-0
2		England	2	0	1	5-2	6	15-6	Romania	Colombia	1-0
3		Colombia	1	0	2	1-3	3	22-6	Colombia	Tunisia	1-0
4		Tunisia	0	1	2	1-4	1	22-6	Romania	England	2-1
								26-6	Romania	Tunisia	1-1
								26-6	England	Colombia	2-0

Group H								Result
Rnk	Team		W	D	L	Goal	Pts	Date	Match		Score
1		Argentina	3	0	0	7-0	9	14-6	Argentina	Japan	1-0
2		Croatia	2	0	1	4-2	6	14-6	Croatia	Jamaica	3-1
3		Jamaica	1	0	2	3-9	3	20-6	Croatia	Japan	1-0
4		Japan	0	0	3	1-4	0	21-6	Argentina	Jamaica	5-0
								26-6	Jamaica	Japan	2-1
								26-6	Argentina	Croatia	1-0

The Round of 16 to the end.

Round of 16
Date	Match		Score
27-6	Italy	Norway	1-0
27-6	Brazil	Chile	4-1
28-6	France	Paraguay	1-0 (Extra Time)
28-6	Denmark	Nigieria	4-1
29-6	Germany	Mexico	2-1
29-6	Netherlands	Yugoslavia	2-1
30-6	Croatia	Romania	1-0
30-6	Argentina	England	2-2 (Extra Time) Pel. 4-3
Quarter Finals
03-7	France	Italy	0-0 (Extra Time) Pel. 4-3
03-7	Brazil	Denmark	3-2
04-7	Netherlands	Argentina	2-1
04-7	Croatia	Germany	3-0
Semi Finals
07-7	Brazil	Netherlands	1-1 (Extra Time) Pel. 4-2
08-7	France	Croatia	2-1
Third Place
11-7	Croatia	Netherlands	2-1
Final
12-7	France	Brazil	3-0

Top Scores:
1.Davor Suker - Croatia (6 goals)
2.Gabriel Batistuta - Argentina (5 goals)
   Christian Vieri - Italy (5 goals)
3.Ronaldo - Brazil (4 goals)
   Marcelo Salas - Chile (4 goals)
   Luis Hernandez - Mexico (4 goals)