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ArchiveFIFA World Cup 1998

1998 World Cup

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Global leaders

Top 3 across all groups

Full tables
  • France flag

    France

    Grp C

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +8

    9

    points

  • 2Argentina flag

    Argentina

    Grp H

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +7

    9

    points

  • 3

Tables

Group standings

8 groups

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A

Group stage

4 nations

Top 2 → R32
  • 1Brazil flag

    Brazil

    Q
    P3W2D0

Results

Latest scores

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Final

Brazil flagBrazil
0–3
France flagFrance

1998-07-12 · 21:00 · Stade de France

Third place

Netherlands flagNetherlands
1–2
Croatia flagCroatia

1998-07-11 · 21:00 · Parc des Princes

Semi-final

16th edition

France

Jun 10, 1998 – Jul 12, 1998

France flag

Champion

France

Teams

32

Matches

64

Squads

1998 nations

32 teams

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France flag

France

Grp C

Brazil flag

Brazil

Grp A

Croatia flag

Croatia

Grp H

Netherlands flag

Netherlands

Grp E

Italy flag

Knockout

1998 bracket

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Round of 16

Stade Vélodrome · Marseille

Italy flagItaly
Norway flagNorway

1–0

Parc des Princes · Paris

Brazil flagBrazil
Chile flagChile

4–1

Stade Félix-Bollaert · Lens

France flag

Full schedule

All 1998 matches

64 games

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Group A

Brazil flagBrazil
2–1
Scotland flagScotland

1998-06-10 · 17:30 · Stade de France

Group A

Morocco flagMorocco
2–2
Norway flagNorway

1998-06-10 · 21:00 · Stade de la Mosson

Venues

1998 stadiums

10 venues

Parc des Princes

Paris, France

47.9K capacity · 42m elevation

Stade Vélodrome

Marseille, France

67.4K capacity · 12m elevation

Stade de Gerland

Lyon, France

41.0K capacity · 173m elevation

Stade Chaban-Delmas

Bordeaux, France

34.5K capacity · 24m elevation

Stade de France

Saint-Denis, France

80.7K capacity · 57m elevation

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Saint-Étienne, France

42.0K capacity · 488m elevation

Stade de la Beaujoire

Nantes, France

35.3K capacity · 27m elevation

All time

World Cup winners

Brazil flagBrazil
5 titles
Italy flagItaly
4 titles
West Germany flagWest Germany
3 titles
Argentina flagArgentina
3 titles
Uruguay flagUruguay
2 titles
France flag

On this day

July 17 in World Cup history

Yugoslavia flagYugoslavia
4-0
Bolivia flagBolivia

1930 · group 2 · Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo · 96y ago

United States flagUnited States
3-0
Paraguay flagParaguay

1930 · group 4 · Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo · 96y ago

Brazil flagBrazil
0-0
Italy flagItaly

1994 · Final · Rose Bowl, Pasadena · 32y ago

Tournaments
24
Matches
1.2K
Stadiums
206
Archive
1930–2026
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Germany flag

Germany

Grp F

3 played · 2 wins · GD +4

7

points

L1
GD+3

6

pts

  • 2Norway flag

    Norway

    Q
    P3W1D2L0GD+1

    5

    pts

  • 3Morocco flag

    Morocco

    P3W1D1L1GD0

    4

    pts

  • 4Scotland flag

    Scotland

    P3W0D1L2GD-4

    1

    pts

    • B

    Group stage

    4 nations

    Top 2 → R32
    • 1Italy flag

      Italy

      Q
      P3W2D1L0GD+4

      7

      pts

    • 2Chile flag

      Chile

      Q
      P3W0D3L0GD0

      3

      pts

    • 3Austria flag

      Austria

      P3W0D2L1GD-1

      2

      pts

    • 4Cameroon flag

      Cameroon

      P3W0D2L1GD-3

      2

      pts

    France flagFrance
    2–1
    Croatia flagCroatia

    1998-07-08 · 21:00 · Stade de France

    Semi-final

    Brazil flagBrazil
    1–1
    Netherlands flagNetherlands

    1998-07-07 · 21:00 · Stade Vélodrome

    Quarter-final

    Germany flagGermany
    0–3
    Croatia flagCroatia

    1998-07-04 · 21:00 · Stade de Gerland

    Quarter-final

    Netherlands flagNetherlands
    2–1
    Argentina flagArgentina

    1998-07-04 · 16:30 · Stade Vélodrome

    Goals

    171

    Attendance

    2.8M

    Brazil flag

    Runner-up

    Brazil

    Croatia flag

    Third place

    Croatia

    Top scorer

    Davor Šuker (6)

    Best player

    Ronaldo

    Italy

    Grp B

    Argentina flag

    Argentina

    Grp H

    Denmark flag

    Denmark

    Grp C

    Germany flag

    Germany

    Grp F

    England flag

    England

    Grp G

    Romania flag

    Romania

    Grp G

    Norway flag

    Norway

    Grp A

    Mexico flag

    Mexico

    Grp E

    FR Yugoslavia flag

    FR Yugoslavia

    Grp F

    Nigeria flag

    Nigeria

    Grp D

    Paraguay flag

    Paraguay

    Grp D

    Chile flag

    Chile

    Grp B

    France
    Paraguay flagParaguay

    1–0

    Stade de France · Saint-Denis

    Nigeria flagNigeria
    Denmark flagDenmark

    1–4

    Quarter-finals

    Stade de France · Saint-Denis

    Italy flagItaly
    France flagFrance

    0–0

    Stade de la Beaujoire · Nantes

    Brazil flagBrazil
    Denmark flagDenmark

    3–2

    Stade Vélodrome · Marseille

    Netherlands flagNetherlands
    Argentina flagArgentina

    2–1

    Stade de Gerland · Lyon

    Germany flagGermany
    Croatia flagCroatia

    0–3

    Group B

    Italy flagItaly
    2–2
    Chile flagChile

    1998-06-11 · 17:30 · Parc Lescure

    Group B

    Cameroon flagCameroon
    1–1
    Austria flagAustria

    1998-06-11 · 21:00 · Stade de Toulouse

    Stade de la Mosson

    Montpellier, France

    32.9K capacity · 41m elevation

    Stadium de Toulouse

    Toulouse, France

    33.1K capacity · 148m elevation

    Stade Bollaert-Delelis

    Lens, France

    37.7K capacity · 41m elevation

    France
    2 titles
    England flagEngland
    1 title
    Spain flagSpain
    1 title
    Germany flagGermany
    1 title