FIFA WORLD CUP 1998

THE IMPORTANCE AND DETAILS OF WORLD CUP 1998

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4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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)

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

9. 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

10. 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. Barcelona of Spain was the club contributing to the most players in the tournament with 13 players on their side. Out of the 704 players participating in the 1998 World Cup, 447 were signed up with a European club; 90 in Asia, 67 in South America, 61 in Northern and Central America and 37 in Africa. The average age of all teams was 27 years, 8 months – five months older than the previous tournament. 75 played their club football in England – five more than Italy and Spain Each participating national association had to confirm their final 22-player squad by 1 June 1998. Each team's squad for the 1998 World Cup finals consisted of 22 players

11. Match officials 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

12. 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

13. 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.

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

15. 1998 FIFA World Cup Coupe du Monde – France 98 CHAMPIONS : FRANCE RUNNERS-UP : BRAZIL THIRD PLACE : CROATIA FOURTH PLACE : NETHERLAND

16. CHAMPIONS:FRANCE

17. RUNNERS UP: BRAZIL

18. THIRD PLACE:CROATIA

19. FOURTH PLACE:NETHERLAND

20. FINAL SESSION BRAZIL VS FRANCE

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