The 1998 FIFA World Cup was hosted in France and featured 32 qualified national teams. In the final, France defeated Brazil 3-0 to win their first World Cup title. Brazil had defeated the Netherlands on penalties in the semifinals, while France defeated Croatia 2-1 in their semifinal match. The third place match was won by Croatia, who defeated the Netherlands.

2. OFFICIAL SONG OF
WORLD CUP 1998

3. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF FIFA WORLD
CUP 1998

4. GET
STARTED

5. 1998 FIFA WORLD CUP
Coupe du Monde – France 98
1998 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country :France
Dates :10 June – 12 July (33 days)
Teams :32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) :10 (in 10 host cities)

6. Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Croatia
Fourth place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played 64
Goals scored 171 (2.67 per
match)
Attendance 2,784,687 (43,511
per match)
Top scorer(s) Croatia Davor
Šuker (6 goals)
Best player Brazil Ronaldo
Best young player England Michael
Owen
Best goalkeeper France Fabien
Barthez

7. The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the
16th FIFA World Cup, the world
championship for men's national
association football teams. It was
held in France from 10 June to 12
July 1998. The country was chosen
as the host nation by FIFA for the
second time in the history of the
tournament, defeating Morocco in
the bidding process. It was the
second time that France staged the
competition (the first was in 1938),
and the ninth time that it was held
in Europe.

8. List of qualified teams
The following 32
teams, shown with
final pre-tournament
rankings, qualified
for the final
tournament.
AFC (4)
Iran (42)
Japan (12)
Saudi Arabia (34)
South Korea (20)
CAF (5)
Cameroon (49)
Morocco (13)
Nigeria (74)
South Africa (24)
Tunisia (21)
CONCACAF (3)
Jamaica (30)
Mexico (11)
United States (14)
UEFA (15)
Austria (31)
Belgium (36)
Bulgaria (35)
Croatia (19)
Denmark (27)
England (5)
France (18)
(hosts)
Germany (2)
Italy (3)
Netherlands
(25)
Norway (7)
Romania (22)
Scotland (41)
Spain (4)
Yugoslavia (8)
CONMEBOL
(5)
Argentina (6)
Brazil (1)
Chile (9)
Colombia
(10)
Paraguay
(29)

9. Countries qualified for World cup
Country failed to qualify
Countries that did not enter World Cup
Country not a FIFA member

10. France's bid to host the World Cup centered on a national stadium
with 80,000 seats and nine other stadiums located across the
country. When the finals were originally awarded in July 1992,
none of the regional club grounds were of a capacity meeting
FIFA's requirements – namely being able to safely seat 40,000.The
proposed national stadium, colloquially referred to as the 'Grand
stade' met with controversy at every stage of planning; the
stadium's location was determined by politics, finance and national
symbolism. As Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac successfully
negotiated a deal with Prime Minister Édouard Balladur to bring
the Stade de France – as it was named now, to the commune of
Saint-Denis just north of the capital city. Construction on the
stadium started in December 1995 and was completed after 26
months of work in November 1997 at a cost of ₣2.67 billion.
VENUES

11. Squads
1998 FIFA WORLD CUP FOOTBALL
Samuel Eto'o of
Cameroon was
the youngest
player selected
in the
competition at
17 years, 3
months, while
the oldest was
Jim Leighton of
Scotland at 39
years, 11
months.

12. Matchofficials
34 referees and 33
assistants officiated in
the 1998 World
Cup.[20] As a result of
the extension to 32
teams in the finals,
there was an increase
of 10 referees and 11
officials from the
1994 World Cup.
CAF (5)
Morocco Said
Belqola
Egypt Gamal Al-
Ghandour
Niger Lucien
Bouchardeau
Mauritius Lim Kee
Chong
South Africa Ian
McLeod
AFC (4)
Saudi Arabia Abdul
Rahman Al-Zaid
United Arab
Emirates Ali
Bujsaim
Japan Masayoshi
Okada
Thailand Pirom Un-
Prasert
CONCACAF
(3)
United States
Esfandiar
Baharmast
Mexico
Arturo Brizio
Carter
Trinidad and
Tobago
Ramesh
Ramdhan
CONMEBOL (6)
Argentina Javier Castrilli
Paraguay Epifanio González
Brazil Márcio Rezende de
Freitas
Chile Mario Sánchez Yanten
Peru Alberto Tejada
Noriega
Colombia John Toro
Rendón

13. FINAL
BRAZIL
Brazil were drawn in Group A for the group stages alongside
Scotland, Morocco and Norway. They recorded victories over
Scotland (2–1) and Morocco (3–0) to progress but lost their final
game 2–1 to Norway.
They next faced Group B runners-up Chile in the last-16 and
comprehensively won 4–1, Ronaldo and César Sampaio each
scoring twice. In the quarter-finals, they played Denmark, who had
also won their previous game 4–1 (against Nigeria), but Brazil won
a tight game 3–2. Despite being 1–0 down to a Martin Jorgensen
goal in the second minute, Brazil turned the game around in their
favour with goals from Bebeto (11) and Rivaldo (27). Brian Laudrup
equalised for Denmark after 50 minutes but Brazil won the game
10 minutes later courtesy of a second from Rivaldo.
In the semi-finals, Brazil faced the Netherlands in Marseille. The
game finished 1–1 at full-time, Ronaldo scoring just after half-time
and Patrick Kluivert equalising for the Netherlands in the 87th
minute, and the score remained the same through extra-time. The
match had to be settled by penalties which Brazil won 4–2 to reach
their second successive World Cup final

14. FRANCE
France were drawn in Group C alongside Denmark, South Africa and
Saudi Arabia. They started their campaign with an easy 3–0 win over
South Africa followed by a convincing 4–0 win over Saudi Arabia.
France secured top spot in their group courtesy of a 2–1 win over
Denmark with goals from YouriDjorkaeff and Emmanuel Petit.
In the second round, they faced Group D runners-up Paraguay. France won a close
encounter 1–0 in extra time thanks to a golden goal scored by Laurent Blanc. In the
quarter-finals France faced Italy who had also scraped through to the quarter-finals
with a 1–0 win over Norway. A tense match ended 0–0 after extra time and France
won 4–3 on penalties after Italy's Luigi Di Biagio struck his penalty onto the
crossbar.
In the semi-finals, France faced tournament surprise Croatia. After a goal-less first half,
Croatia took the lead in the first minute of the second half through DavorŠuker, his fifth goal
of the tournament. France responded immediately with LilianThuram scoring his first
international goal. Thuram then added a second twenty minutes from time to send France
to their first ever World Cup final. The match ended in controversy however when Laurent
Blanc was sent off after a skirmish with Croatia's SlavenBilić. Bilić had sunk down to his
knees, seemingly in pain. Replays showed, however, that there was minimal contact
between the players. Blanc's expulsion meant he would miss the final.

15. Results
CHAMPIONS
RUNNER-UP
THIRD PLACE
FOURTH PLACE
QUARTER FINAL
ROUND OF 16
GROUP STAGE

16. 1998 FIFA World Cup
Coupe du Monde – France 98
CHAMPIONS : FRANCE
RUNNERS-UP : BRAZIL
THIRD PLACE : CROATIA
FOURTH PLACE : NETHERLAND

17. CHAMPIONS:FRANCE

18. RUNNERS UP: BRAZIL

19. THIRD PLACE:CROATIA

20. FOURTH PLACE:NETHERLAND

21. FINAL SESSION
BRAZIL VS FRANCE

22. FULL HIGH LIGHTS
FRANCE AN DBRAZIL
IN THE LAST FINAL
SESSION