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Host · France

1998

1998 FIFA Men's World Cup · 10 June 1998 – 12 July 1998

Champion

France

0–3

Runner-up

Brazil

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The tournament in numbers

Overview

Tournament totals counted from imported source data.

Teams

32 nations qualified for this tournament.

Argentina

ARG

Austria

AUT

Belgium

BEL

Brazil

BRA

Bulgaria

BGR

Cameroon

CMR

Chile

CHL

Colombia

COL

Croatia

HRV

Denmark

DNK

Matches

Every match of the tournament, stage by stage (64 total).

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group stage · 48 matches
10 June 1998

Brazil v Scotland

2–1

Stade de France
10 June 1998

Morocco v Norway

2–2

Stade de la Mosson

Top Scorers

Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.

1

Davor ŠukerCroatia

6 goals

2

Christian VieriItaly

5 goals

3

Gabriel BatistutaArgentina

5 goals

4

Luis HernándezMexico

4 goals

5

RonaldoBrazil

4 goals

Honours

Awards

Official tournament awards in the archive.

Best Young PlayerMichael OwenEngland
Bronze BallLilian ThuramFrance
Golden BallRonaldoBrazil
Golden BootDavor ŠukerCroatia
Golden GloveFabien BarthezFrance
Silver BallDavor ŠukerCroatia
Silver BootGabriel BatistutaArgentina
Silver Boot

Penalty Shootouts

3 matches went to penalties, with 28 shootout kicks recorded.

round of 16 · 1 match
30 June 1998

Argentina v England

2–2 (4–3 pens)

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
quarter-finals · 1 match
3 July 1998

Italy v France

0–0 (3–4 pens)

Stade de France
semi-finals · 1 match
7 July 1998

Brazil v Netherlands

1–1 (4–2 pens)

Stade Vélodrome

32

Teams

64

Matches

171

Goals

269

Cards

674

Substitutions

3

Penalty shootouts

28

Shootout kicks

8

Awards

Group standings and knockout bracket views will be added after standings/bracket queries are finalized.

England

ENG

France

FRA

Germany

DEU

Iran

IRN

Italy

ITA

Jamaica

JAM

Japan

JPN

Mexico

MEX

Morocco

MAR

Netherlands

NLD

Nigeria

NGA

Norway

NOR

Paraguay

PRY

Romania

ROU

Saudi Arabia

SAU

Scotland

SCO

South Africa

ZAF

South Korea

KOR

Spain

ESP

Tunisia

TUN

United States

USA

Yugoslavia

YUG
11 June 1998

Italy v Chile

2–2

Stade du Parc Lescure
11 June 1998

Cameroon v Austria

1–1

Stade de Toulouse
12 June 1998

Paraguay v Bulgaria

0–0

Stade de la Mosson
12 June 1998

Saudi Arabia v Denmark

0–1

Stade Félix-Bollaert
12 June 1998

France v South Africa

3–0

Stade Vélodrome
13 June 1998

Spain v Nigeria

2–3

Stade de la Beaujoire
13 June 1998

South Korea v Mexico

1–3

Stade de Gerland
13 June 1998

Netherlands v Belgium

0–0

Stade de France
14 June 1998

Argentina v Japan

1–0

Stade de Toulouse
14 June 1998

Yugoslavia v Iran

1–0

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
14 June 1998

Jamaica v Croatia

1–3

Stade Félix-Bollaert
15 June 1998

England v Tunisia

2–0

Stade Vélodrome
15 June 1998

Romania v Colombia

1–0

Stade de Gerland
15 June 1998

Germany v United States

2–0

Parc des Princes
16 June 1998

Scotland v Norway

1–1

Stade du Parc Lescure
16 June 1998

Brazil v Morocco

3–0

Stade de la Beaujoire
17 June 1998

Chile v Austria

1–1

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
17 June 1998

Italy v Cameroon

3–0

Stade de la Mosson
18 June 1998

South Africa v Denmark

1–1

Stade de Toulouse
18 June 1998

France v Saudi Arabia

4–0

Stade de France
19 June 1998

Nigeria v Bulgaria

1–0

Parc des Princes
19 June 1998

Spain v Paraguay

0–0

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
20 June 1998

Japan v Croatia

0–1

Stade de la Beaujoire
20 June 1998

Belgium v Mexico

2–2

Stade du Parc Lescure
20 June 1998

Netherlands v South Korea

5–0

Stade Vélodrome
21 June 1998

Germany v Yugoslavia

2–2

Stade Félix-Bollaert
21 June 1998

Argentina v Jamaica

5–0

Parc des Princes
21 June 1998

United States v Iran

1–2

Stade de Gerland
22 June 1998

Colombia v Tunisia

1–0

Stade de la Mosson
22 June 1998

Romania v England

2–1

Stade de Toulouse
23 June 1998

Chile v Cameroon

1–1

Stade de la Beaujoire
23 June 1998

Italy v Austria

2–1

Stade de France
23 June 1998

Brazil v Norway

1–2

Stade Vélodrome
23 June 1998

Scotland v Morocco

0–3

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
24 June 1998

France v Denmark

2–1

Stade de Gerland
24 June 1998

South Africa v Saudi Arabia

2–2

Stade du Parc Lescure
24 June 1998

Nigeria v Paraguay

1–3

Stade de Toulouse
24 June 1998

Spain v Bulgaria

6–1

Stade Félix-Bollaert
25 June 1998

Belgium v South Korea

1–1

Parc des Princes
25 June 1998

Netherlands v Mexico

2–2

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
25 June 1998

Germany v Iran

2–0

Stade de la Mosson
25 June 1998

United States v Yugoslavia

0–1

Stade de la Beaujoire
26 June 1998

Argentina v Croatia

1–0

Stade du Parc Lescure
26 June 1998

Japan v Jamaica

1–2

Stade de Gerland
26 June 1998

Colombia v England

0–2

Stade Félix-Bollaert
26 June 1998

Romania v Tunisia

1–1

Stade de France
round of 16 · 8 matches
27 June 1998

Italy v Norway

1–0

Stade Vélodrome
27 June 1998

Brazil v Chile

4–1

Parc des Princes
28 June 1998

France v Paraguay

1–0

Stade Félix-Bollaert
28 June 1998

Nigeria v Denmark

1–4

Stade de France
29 June 1998

Germany v Mexico

2–1

Stade de la Mosson
29 June 1998

Netherlands v Yugoslavia

2–1

Stade de Toulouse
30 June 1998

Romania v Croatia

0–1

Stade du Parc Lescure
30 June 1998

Argentina v England

2–2 (4–3 pens)

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
quarter-finals · 4 matches
3 July 1998

Italy v France

0–0 (3–4 pens)

Stade de France
3 July 1998

Brazil v Denmark

3–2

Stade de la Beaujoire
4 July 1998

Netherlands v Argentina

2–1

Stade Vélodrome
4 July 1998

Germany v Croatia

0–3

Stade de Gerland
semi-finals · 2 matches
7 July 1998

Brazil v Netherlands

1–1 (4–2 pens)

Stade Vélodrome
8 July 1998

France v Croatia

2–1

Stade de France
third-place match · 1 match
11 July 1998

Netherlands v Croatia

1–2

Parc des Princes
final · 1 match
12 July 1998

Brazil v France

0–3

Stade de France
Christian Vieri
Italy