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{{Infobox international football competition
| year = 1998
| image = 
| size = 
| dates = 10 June – 12 July
| country = France
| num_teams = 32
| confederations = 5
| venues = 10
| cities = 10
| champion_other = {{flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]]
| count = 1
| second_other = {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
| third_other = {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
| fourth_other = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
| matches = 64
| goals = 171
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Davor Šuker]]<br />(6 goals)
|
| prevseason = [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]
| nextseason = [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]
}}
The '''1998 [[FIFA World Cup]]''' was a [[association football|football]] [[sporting event]] that was held in [[France]] from 10 June to 12 July 1998. 32 teams took part from many countries. [[France national football team|France]] won the trophy after beating [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in the final 3-0.

== Participants ==
=== Africa ===
* {{fb|Cameroon}}      (CMR) • [[Template:Cameroon Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Morocco}}       (MAR) • [[Template:Morocco Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Nigeria}}       (NGA) • [[Template:Nigeria Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|South Africa}}  (RSA) • [[Template:South Africa Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Tunisia}}       (TUN) • [[Template:Tunisia Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]

=== Asia ===
* {{fb|Iran}}          (IRN) • [[Template:Iran Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Japan}}         (JPN) • [[Template:Japan Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|South Korea}}   (KOR) • [[Template:Korea Republic Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Saudi Arabia}}  (KSA) • [[Template:Saudi Arabia Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]

=== Europe ===
* {{fb|Austria}}       (AUT) • [[Template:Austria Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Belgium}}       (BEL) • [[Template:Belgium Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Bulgaria}}      (BUL) • [[Template:Bulgaria Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Croatia}}       (CRO) • [[Template:Croatia Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Denmark}}       (DEN) • [[Template:Denmark Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|England}}       (ENG) • [[Template:England Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|France}}        (FRA) • [[Template:France Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Germany}}       (GER) • [[Template:Germany Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Italy}}         (ITA) • [[Template:Italy Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Netherlands}}   (NED) • [[Template:Netherlands Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Norway}}        (NOR) • [[Template:Norway Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Romania}}       (ROU) • [[Template:Romania Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Scotland}}      (SCO) • [[Template:Scotland Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Spain}}         (ESP) • [[Template:Spain Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|FR Yugoslavia}} (YUG) • [[Template:Yugoslavia Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]

=== North and Central America ===
* {{fb|Jamaica}}       (JAM) • [[Template:Jamaica Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Mexico}}        (MEX) • [[Template:Mexico Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|United States}} (USA) • [[Template:United States Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]

=== South America ===
* {{fb|Argentina}}     (ARG) • [[Template:Argentina Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Brazil}}        (BRA) • [[Template:Brazil Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Chile}}         (CHI) • [[Template:Chile Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Colombia}}      (COL) • [[Template:Colombia Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]
* {{fb|Paraguay}}      (PAR) • [[Template:Paraguay Squad 1998 World Cup|Squad]]

==Group Stage==
A win would earn the team 3 points, a draw would earn them 1 point, and a loss earns them no points.
=== Group A ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
|- bgcolor="ccffcc"
|align=left|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|3||2||0||1||6||3||+3||'''6'''
|- bgcolor="ccffcc"
|align=left|{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
|3||1||2||0||5||4||+1||'''5'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]]
|3||1||1||1||5||5||0||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
|3||0||1||2||2||6||-4||'''1'''

|}

{|width=100% cellspacing=1
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|10 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Brazil}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 1'''||'''{{fb|Scotland}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Morocco}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 2'''||'''{{fb|Norway}}'''
|-
|16 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Scotland}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 1'''||'''{{fb|Norway}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Brazil}}'''||align=center|'''3 – 0'''||'''{{fb|Morocco}}'''
|-
|23 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Scotland}}'''||align=center|'''0 – 3'''||'''{{fb|Morocco}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Brazil}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 2'''||'''{{fb|Norway}}'''
|}

=== Group B ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
|3||2||1||0||7||3||+4||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Chile national football team|Chile]]
|3||0||3||0||4||4||0||'''3'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Austria national football team|Austria]]
|3||0||2||1||3||4||-1||'''2'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]]
|3||0||2||1||2||5||-3||'''2'''
|}

{|width=100% cellspacing=1
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|11 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Cameroon}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 1'''||'''{{fb|Austria}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Italy}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 2'''||'''{{fb|Chile}}'''
|-
|17 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Chile}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 1'''||'''{{fb|Austria}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Italy}}'''||align=center|'''3 – 0'''||'''{{fb|Cameroon}}'''
|-
|23 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Italy}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 1'''||'''{{fb|Austria}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Chile}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 1'''||'''{{fb|Cameroon}}'''
|}

=== Group C ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]]
|3||3||0||0||9||1||+8||'''9'''
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
|3||1||1||1||3||3||0||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]]
|3||0||2||1||3||6||-3||'''2'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]
|3||0||1||2||2||7||-5||'''1'''
|}

{|width=100% cellspacing=1
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|12 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Saudi Arabia}}'''||align=center|'''0 – 1'''||'''{{fb|Denmark}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|France}}'''||align=center|'''3 – 0'''||'''{{fb|South Africa}}'''
|-
|18 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|South Africa}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 1'''||'''{{fb|Denmark}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|France}}'''||align=center|'''4 – 0'''||'''{{fb|Saudi Arabia}}'''
|-
|24 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|France}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 1'''||'''{{fb|Denmark}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|South Africa}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 2'''||'''{{fb|Saudi Arabia}}'''
|}

=== Group D ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
|3||2||0||1||5||5||0||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]
|3||1||2||0||3||1||+2||'''5'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain national football team|Spain]]
|3||1||1||1||8||4||+4||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]
|3||0||1||2||1||7||-6||'''1'''
|}

{|width=100% cellspacing=1
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|12 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Paraguay}}'''||align=center|'''0 – 0'''||'''{{fb|Bulgaria}}'''
|-
|13 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Spain}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 3'''||'''{{fb|Nigeria}}'''
|-
|19 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Nigeria}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 0'''||'''{{fb|Bulgaria}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Spain}}'''||align=center|'''0 – 0'''||'''{{fb|Paraguay}}'''
|-
|24 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Nigeria}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 3'''||'''{{fb|Paraguay}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Spain}}'''||align=center|'''6 – 1'''||'''{{fb|Bulgaria}}'''
|}

=== Group E ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
|3||1||2||0||7||2||+5||'''5'''
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
|3||1||2||0||7||5||+2||'''5'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]
|3||0||3||0||3||3||0||'''3'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
|3||0||1||2||2||9||-7||'''1'''
|}

{|width=100% cellspacing=1
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|13 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''[[Korea Republic national football team|South Korea]] {{flagicon|South Korea}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 3'''||'''{{fb|Mexico}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Netherlands}}'''||align=center|'''0 – 0'''||'''{{fb|Belgium}}'''
|-
|20 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Belgium}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 2'''||'''{{fb|Mexico}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Netherlands}}'''||align=center|'''5 – 0'''||'''{{fb|South Korea}}'''
|-
|25 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Netherlands}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 2'''||'''{{fb|Mexico}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Belgium}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 1'''||'''{{fb|South Korea}}'''
|}

=== Group F ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany national football team|Germany]]
|3||2||1||0||6||2||+4||'''7'''
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]
|3||2||1||0||4||2||+2||'''7'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Iran national football team|Iran]]
|3||1||0||2||2||4||-2||'''3'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|United States}} [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
|3||0||0||3||1||5||-4||'''0'''
|}

{|width=100% cellspacing=1
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|14 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''[[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}}'''|| align="center" |'''1 – 0'''||'''{{fb|Iran}}'''
|-
|15 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Germany}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 0'''||'''{{fb|United States}}'''
|-
|21 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Germany}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 2'''||'''{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|United States}}'''|| align="center" |'''1 – 2'''||'''{{fb|Iran}}'''
|-
|25 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|United States}}'''||align=center|'''0 – 1'''||'''{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Germany}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 0'''||'''{{fb|Iran}}'''
|}

=== Group G ===
{{main|1998 FIFA World Cup Group G}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|3||2||1||0||4||2||+2||'''7'''
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|England}} [[England national football team|England]]
|3||2||0||1||5||2||+3||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]
|3||1||0||2||1||3||-2||'''3'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]]
|3||0||1||2||1||4||-3||'''1'''
|}

{|width=100% cellspacing=1
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|15 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|England}}'''||align=center|'''2 – 0'''||'''{{fb|Tunisia}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Romania}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 0'''||'''{{fb|Colombia}}'''
|-
|22 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Colombia}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 0'''||'''{{fb|Tunisia}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Romania}}'''|| align="center"|'''2 – 1'''||'''{{fb|England}}'''
|-
|26 June 1998
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Colombia}}'''||align=center|'''0 – 2'''||'''{{fb|England}}'''
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{fb-rt|Romania}}'''||align=center|'''1 – 1'''||'''{{fb|Tunisia}}'''
|}

=== Group H ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
|- bgcolor="ccffcc"
|align=left|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|3||3||0||0||7||0||+7||'''9'''
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
|3||2||0||1||4||2||+2||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]]
|3||1||0||2||3||9||-6||'''3'''
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan national football team|Japan]]
|3||0||0||3||1||4||-3||'''0'''
|}

{{Football box
|date=21 June 1998
|time=17:30
|team1=[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] {{flagicon|ARG}}
|score=5-0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]]
|goals1=[[Ariel Ortega|Ortega]] {{goal|31||55}} <br /> [[Gabriel Batistuta|Batistuta]] {{goal|73||78||83|pen.}}
|goals2=|
|stadium=[[Parc des Princes]], [[Paris]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round16
<!-- Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- round of 16 -->
|27 June – [[Paris]]|'''{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]'''|'''4'''|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Chile national football team|Chile]]|1
|28 June  – [[Saint-Denis]] |{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]|1|'''{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]'''|'''4'''
|29 June  – [[Toulouse]]|'''{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]'''|'''2'''|{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]|1
|30 June  – [[Saint-Étienne]]|'''{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]''' ([[Penalty shootout|p]])|'''2 (4)'''|{{flagicon|England}} [[England national football team|England]]|2 (3)
|27 June  – [[Marseille]]|'''{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy national football team|Italy]]'''|'''1'''|{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Norway national football team|Norway]]|0
|28 June  – [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]]|'''{{flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]]''' ([[Extra time|aet]])|'''1'''|[[File:Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg|24px]] [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]|0
|29 June – [[Montpellier]]|'''{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany national football team|Germany]]'''|'''2'''|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]|1
|30 June – [[Bordeaux]]|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Romania national football team|Romania]]|0|'''{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]'''|'''1'''
<!-- quarter-finals -->
|3 July  – [[Nantes]]|'''{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]'''|'''3'''|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]|2
|4 July  – [[Marseille]]|'''{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]'''|'''2'''|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]|1
|3 July  – [[Saint-Denis]]|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy national football team|Italy]]|0 (3)|'''{{flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]]''' ([[Penalty shootout|p]])|'''0 (4)'''
|4 July  – [[Lyon]]|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany national football team|Germany]]|0|'''{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]'''|'''3'''
<!-- semi-finals -->
|7 July – [[Marseille]]|'''{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]''' ([[Penalty shootout|p]])|'''1 (4)'''|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]|1 (2)
|8 July  – [[Saint-Denis]]|'''{{flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]]'''|'''2'''|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]|1
<!-- final -->
|12 July  – [[Saint-Denis]]|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]|0|'''{{flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]]'''|'''3'''
<!-- third place -->
|11 July  – [[Paris]]|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]|1|'''{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]'''|'''2'''
|widescore=yes}}

=== Round of 16 ===
{{Football box
|date=27 June 1998
|time=16:30
|team1=[[Italy national football team|Italy]] {{flagicon|Italy}}
|score=1-0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Norway}} [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
|goals1=[[Christian Vieri|Vieri]] {{goal|18}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=27 June 1998
|time=21:00
|team1=[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] {{flagicon|Brazil}}
|score=4-1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Chile}} [[Chile national football team|Chile]]
|goals1=[[César Sampaio]] {{goal|11||27}} <br /> [[Ronaldo]] {{goal|45+1|pen.|70}}
|goals2=[[Marcelo Salas|Salas]] {{goal|68}}
|stadium=[[Parc des Princes]], [[Paris]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=28 June 1998
|time=16:30
|team1=[[France national football team|France]] {{flagicon|France}}
|score=1-0
|aet=yes
|report=
|team2=[[File:Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg|24px]] [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]
|goals1=[[Laurent Blanc|Blanc]] {{goal|114}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Stade Félix-Bollaert]], [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=28 June 1998
|time=21:00
|team1=[[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] {{flagicon|Nigeria}}
|score=1-4
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
|goals1=[[Tijani Babangida|Babangida]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2=[[Peter Møller|Møller]] {{goal|3}} <br /> [[Brian Laudrup|B. Laudrup]] {{goal|12}} <br /> [[Ebbe Sand|Sand]] {{goal|60}} <br /> [[Thomas Helveg|Helveg]] {{goal|76}}
|stadium=[[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=29 June 1998
|time=16:30
|team1=[[Germany national football team|Germany]] {{flagicon|Germany}}
|score=2-1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
|goals1=[[Jürgen Klinsmann|Klinsmann]] {{goal|75}} <br /> [[Oliver Bierhoff|Bierhoff]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2=[[Luis Hernández|Hernández]] {{goal|47}}
|stadium=[[Stade de la Mosson]], [[Montpellier]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=29 June 1998
|time=21:00
|team1=[[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
|score=2-1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]
|goals1=[[Dennis Bergkamp|Bergkamp]] {{goal|38}} <br /> [[Edgar Davids|Davids]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2=[[Slobodan Komljenović|Komljenović]] {{goal|48}}
|stadium=[[Stadium de Toulouse|Stade de Toulouse]], [[Toulouse]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=30 June 1998
|time=16:30
|team1=[[Romania national football team|Romania]] {{flagicon|Romania}}
|score=0-1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] {{goal|45+2|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Stade Chaban-Delmas|Parc Lescure]], [[Bordeaux]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = 30 June 1998
|time = 21:00
|team1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] {{flagicon|Argentina}}
|score = 2-2
|aet=yes
|report = 
|team2 = {{flagicon|England}} [[England national football team|England]]
|goals1 = [[Gabriel Batistuta|Batistuta]] {{goal|6|pen.}} <br /> [[Javier Zanetti|Zanetti]] {{goal|45+1}}
|goals2 = [[Alan Shearer|Shearer]] {{goal|10|pen.}} <br /> [[Michael Owen|Owen]] {{goal|16}}
|stadium = [[Stade Geoffroy-Guichard]], [[Saint-Étienne]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|penalties1 = [[Sergio Berti|Berti]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Juan Sebastián Verón|Verón]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Marcelo Gallardo|Gallardo]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Roberto Ayala|Ayala]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 4-3
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Alan Shearer|Shearer]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Paul Ince|Ince]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Paul Merson|Merson]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Michael Owen|Owen]] <br /> {{penmiss}} [[David Batty|Batty]]
}}

=== Quarter-finals ===
{{Football box
|date = 3 July 1998
|time = 16:30
|team1 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]] {{flagicon|Italy}}
|score = 0-0
|aet=yes
|report = 
|team2 = {{flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|penalties1 = [[Roberto Baggio|R. Baggio]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Demetrio Albertini|Albertini]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Alessandro Costacurta|Costacurta]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Christian Vieri|Vieri]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Luigi Di Biagio|Di Biagio]] {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 3-4
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Bixente Lizarazu|Lizarazu]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[David Trezeguet|Trezeguet]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Thierry Henry|Henry]] <br /> {{pengoal}} [[Laurent Blanc|Blanc]]
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=3 July 1998
|time=21:00
|team1=[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] {{flagicon|Brazil}}
|score=3-2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
|goals1=[[Bebeto]] {{goal|11}} <br />[[Rivaldo]] {{goal|27||60}}
|goals2=[[Martin Jørgensen|Jørgensen]] {{goal|2}} <br /> [[Brian Laudrup|B. Laudrup]] {{goal|50}}
|stadium=[[Stade de la Beaujoire]], [[Nantes]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=4 July 1998
|time=16:30
|team1=[[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
|score=2-1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|goals1=[[Patrick Kluivert|Kluivert]] {{goal|12}} <br />[[Dennis Bergkamp|Bergkamp]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=[[Claudio López|López]] {{goal|17}}
|stadium=[[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=4 July 1998
|time=21:00
|team1=[[Germany national football team|Germany]] {{flagicon|Germany}}
|score=0-3
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Robert Jarni|Jarni]] {{goal|45+3}}<br />[[Goran Vlaović|Vlaović]] {{goal|80}}<br />[[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium=[[Stade de Gerland]], [[Lyon]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

=== Semi-finals ===
{{Football box
|date = 7 July 1998
|time = 21:00
|team1 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] {{flagicon|Brazil}}
|score = 1-1
|aet=yes
|report = 
|team2 = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
|goals1 = [[Ronaldo]] {{goal|46}}
|goals2 = [[Patrick Kluivert|Kluivert]] {{goal|87}}
|stadium = [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|penalties1 = [[Ronaldo]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Rivaldo]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Emerson Ferreira da Rosa|Emerson]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Dunga]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 4-2
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Frank de Boer|F. de Boer]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Dennis Bergkamp|Bergkamp]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Phillip Cocu|Cocu]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Ronald de Boer|R. de Boer]]
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=8 July 1998
|time=21:00
|team1=[[France national football team|France]] {{flagicon|France}}
|score=2-1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
|goals1=[[Lilian Thuram|Thuram]] {{goal|47||69}}
|goals2=[[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] {{goal|46}}
|stadium=[[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

=== Third-place match ===
{{Football box
|date=11 July 1998
|time=21:00
|team1=[[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] {{flagicon|NED}}
|score=1-2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
|goals1=[[Boudewijn Zenden|Zenden]] {{goal|21}}
|goals2=[[Robert Prosinečki|Prosinečki]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] {{goal|35}}
|stadium=[[Parc des Princes]], [[Paris]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

=== Final ===
{{Football box
| date = 12 July 1998
| time = 21:00
| team1 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] {{flagicon|BRA}}
| score = 0-3
| report = 
| team2 = {{flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]]
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] {{goal|27|+45}} <br/> [[Emmanuel Piet|Piet]] {{goal|90}}
| stadium = [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis]]
| attendance = 
| referee = 
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}

<br>
{{Winners|fb|1998 FIFA World Cup Winners|France|1st}}

== Statistics ==
=== Goalscorers ===
;6 goals
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Davor Šuker]]

;5 goals
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Christian Vieri]]
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Gabriel Batistuta]]

;4 goals
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Marcelo Salas]]
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Luis Hernández]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ronaldo]]

;3 goals
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Thierry Henry]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[César Sampaio]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Bebeto]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rivaldo]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jürgen Klinsmann]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oliver Bierhoff]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Dennis Bergkamp]]

;2 goals
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Ricardo Peláez]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Marc Wilmots]]
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Ariel Ortega]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Roberto Baggio]]
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Abdejalil Hadda]]
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Salaheddine Bassir]]
*{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Shaun Bartlett]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Fernando Hierro]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Fernando Morientes]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Phillip Cocu]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ronald de Boer]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Patrick Kluivert]]
*{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Theodore Whitmore]]
*{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Viorel Moldovan]]
*{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Slobodan Komljenović]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Alan Shearer]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Michael Owen]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Brian Laudrup]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Lilian Thuram]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Emmanuel Petit]]
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Robert Prosinečki]]

;1 goal
*{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[John Collins]]
*{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Craig Burley]]
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Mustapha Hadji]]
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Dan Eggen]]
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Håvard Flo]]
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Tore André Flo]]
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Kjetil Rekdal]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luigi Di Biagio]]
*{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Pierre Njanka]]
*{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Patrick M'Boma]]
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Toni Polster]]
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Ivica Vastić]]
*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Andreas Herzog]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Marc Rieper]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Allan Nielsen]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Michael Laudrup]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Peter Møller]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Ebbe Sand]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Thomas Helveg]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Martin Jørgensen]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Christophe Dugarry]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[David Trezeguet]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Bixente Lizarazu]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Youri Djorkaeff]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Laurent Blanc]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Raúl González|Raúl]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Kiko]]
*{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Mutiu Adepoju]]
*{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Sunday Oliseh]]
*{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Victor Ikpeba]]
*{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Wilson Oruma]]
*{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Tijani Babangida]]
*{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Ha Seok-Ju]]
*{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Yoo Sang-Chul|Yoo Sang-chul]]
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Alberto García Aspe]]
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Cuauhtémoc Blanco]]
*{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Siniša Mihajlović]]
*{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Predrag Mijatović]]
*{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Dragan Stojković]]
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Mario Stanić]]
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Robert Jarni]]
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Goran Vlaović]]
*{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Robbie Earle]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Paul Scholes]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Darren Anderton]]
*{{flagicon|England}} [[David Beckham]]
*{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Adrian Ilie]]
*{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Dan Petrescu]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Andreas Möller]]
*{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Benni McCarthy]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Marc Overmars]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Pierre van Hooijdonk]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Edgar Davids]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Boudewijn Zenden]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Hamid Estili]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mehdi Mahdavikia]]
*{{flagicon|United States}} [[Brian McBride]]
*{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Léider Preciado]]
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[José Luis Sierra]]
*{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Sami Al-Jaber]]
*{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Yousuf Al-Thunayan]]
*[[File:Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg|24px]] [[Celso Ayala]]
*[[File:Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg|24px]] [[Miguel Ángel Benítez]]
*[[File:Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg|24px]] [[José Cardozo]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Emil Kostadinov]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Luc Nilis]]
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Mauricio Pineda]]
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Javier Zanetti]]
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Claudio López]]
*[[File:Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg|24px]] [[Masashi Nakayama]]
*[[File:Pre-1999 Flag of Tunisia.svg|24px]] [[Skander Souayah]]

;Own goals
*{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Tom Boyd]] (against Brazil)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Youssef Chippo]] (against Norway)
*{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Pierre Issa]] (against France)
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Andoni Zubizarreta]] (against Nigeria)
*{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Siniša Mihajlović]] (against Germany)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Bachev]] (against Spain)

=== Players who were red-carded during the tournament ===
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ariel Ortega]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Gert Verheyen]]
* {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Anatoli Nankov]]
* {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Raymond Kalla]]
* {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Lauren Etame Mayer|Lauren]]
* {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Rigobert Song]]
* {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Miklos Molnar]]
* {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Morten Wieghorst]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Beckham]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Laurent Blanc]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marcel Desailly]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christian Wörns]]
* {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Darryl Powell]]
* {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ha Seok-ju]]
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pável Pardo]]
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Ramón Ramírez (footballer)|Ramón Ramírez]]
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[Patrick Kluivert]]
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[Arthur Numan]]
* {{flagicon|SAU}} [[Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Craig Burley]]
* {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Alfred Phiri]]

== References ==
* [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/index.html FIFA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414063911/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/index.html |date=2018-04-14 }}

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