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Tournament Details



Details:
Host country: France
Dates: 10-June-1998 to 12-July-1998
Teams: 32
Tournament stats

Stages:
Round 1: 32 teams split in 8 groups of 4
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H
Round 2: 16 Team Playoff
Playoffs

Qualification:
      Countries qualified       Country failed to qualify       Countries that did not enter       Country not a member
Notes:
  • The first FIFA World Cup in which 32 teams competed at the finals.
  • The second round match between France and Paraguay witnessed the first Golden Goal in World Cup history (France won 1-0).

    • Team Placing:
    Placing Team Starting ELO Rating GF GA GD Region
    1 France 2089 15 2 +13 UEFA
    2 Brazil 2047 14 10 +4 CONMEBOL
    3 Croatia 2006 11 5 +6 UEFA
    4 Netherlands 1997 13 7 +6 UEFA
    5 Argentina 1930 10 4 +6 CONMEBOL
    5 Denmark 1882 9 7 +2 UEFA
    5 Germany 2013 8 6 +2 UEFA
    5 Italy 2016 8 3 +5 UEFA
    9 Chile 1756 5 8 -3 CONMEBOL
    9 England 1969 7 4 +3 UEFA
    9 Mexico 1870 8 7 +1 CONCACAF
    9 Nigeria 1709 6 9 -3 CAF
    9 Norway 1902 5 5 0 UEFA
    9 Paraguay 1803 3 2 +1 CONMEBOL
    9 Romania 1878 4 3 +1 UEFA
    9 Yugoslavia 1964 5 4 +1 UEFA
    17 Austria 1703 3 4 -1 UEFA
    17 Belgium 1825 3 3 0 UEFA
    17 Bulgaria 1738 1 7 -6 UEFA
    17 Cameroon 1610 2 5 -3 CAF
    17 Colombia 1739 1 3 -2 CONMEBOL
    17 Iran 1669 2 4 -2 AFC
    17 Jamaica 1647 3 9 -6 CONCACAF
    17 Japan 1665 1 4 -3 AFC
    17 Morocco 1792 5 5 0 CAF
    17 Saudi Arabia 1631 2 7 -5 AFC
    17 Scotland 1719 2 6 -4 UEFA
    17 South Africa 1654 3 6 -3 CAF
    17 South Korea 1715 2 9 -7 AFC
    17 Spain 1998 8 4 +4 UEFA
    17 Tunisia 1630 1 4 -3 CAF
    17 USA 1698 1 5 -4 CONCACAF
    Top goal scorers:

    • 6 goals Davor Šuker
    • 5 goals Christian Vieri
    • 5 goals Gabriel Batistuta
    • 4 goals Luis Hernández
    • 4 goals Marcelo Salas
    • 4 goals Ronaldo
    • 3 goals Bebeto
    • 3 goals César Sampaio
    • 3 goals Dennis Bergkamp
    • 3 goals Jürgen Klinsmann
    • 3 goals Oliver Bierhoff
    • 3 goals Rivaldo
    • 3 goals Thierry Henry
    • 2 goals Abdeljalil Hadda
    • 2 goals Alan Shearer
    • 2 goals Ariel Ortega
    • 2 goals Brian Laudrup
    • 2 goals Dino Baggio
    • 2 goals Emmanuel Petit
    • 2 goals Fernando Hierro
    • 2 goals Fernando Morientes
    • 2 goals Kiko
    • 2 goals Lilian Thuram
    • 2 goals Marc Wilmots
    • 2 goals Michael Owen
    • 2 goals Patrick Kluivert
    • 2 goals Phillip Cocu
    • 2 goals Predrag Mijatovic
    • 2 goals Ricardo Peláez
    • 2 goals Robert Prosinecki
    • 2 goals Ronald de Boer
    • 2 goals Salaheddine Bassir
    • 2 goals Shaun Bartlett
    • 2 goals Slobodan Komljenovic
    • 2 goals Theodore Whitmore
    • 2 goals Viorel Moldovan
    • 2 goals Zinedine Zidane
    • 1 goal Adrian Ilie
    • 1 goal Alberto García Aspe
    • 1 goal Allan Nielsen
    • 1 goal Andreas Herzog
    • 1 goal Andreas Möller
    • 1 goal Benni McCarthy
    • 1 goal Bixente Lizarazu
    • 1 goal Boudewijn Zenden
    • 1 goal Brian McBride
    • 1 goal Celso Ayala
    • 1 goal Christophe Dugarry
    • 1 goal Claudio López
    • 1 goal Craig Burley
    • 1 goal Cuauhtémoc Blanco
    • 1 goal Dan Eggen
    • 1 goal Dan Petrescu
    • 1 goal Darren Anderton
    • 1 goal David Beckham
    • 1 goal David Trezeguet
    • 1 goal Dragan Stojkovic
    • 1 goal Ebbe Sand
    • 1 goal Edgar Davids
    • 1 goal Emil Kostadinov
    • 1 goal Garba Lawal
    • 1 goal Goran Vlaovic
    • 1 goal Ha Seok-Ju
    • 1 goal Hamid Estili
    • 1 goal Håvard Flo
    • 1 goal Ivica Vastic
    • 1 goal Javier Zanetti
    • 1 goal John Collins
    • 1 goal José Cardozo
    • 1 goal José Luis Sierra
    • 1 goal Kjetil Rekdal
    • 1 goal Laurent Blanc
    • 1 goal Léider Preciado
    • 1 goal Luc Nilis
    • 1 goal Luis Enrique
    • 1 goal Marc Overmars
    • 1 goal Marc Rieper
    • 1 goal Mario Stanic
    • 1 goal Martin Jørgensen
    • 1 goal Masashi Nakayama
    • 1 goal Mauricio Pineda
    • 1 goal Mehdi Mahdavikia
    • 1 goal Michael Laudrup
    • 1 goal Miguel Ángel Benítez
    • 1 goal Mustapha Hadji
    • 1 goal Mutiu Adepoju
    • 1 goal Patrick Mboma
    • 1 goal Paul Scholes
    • 1 goal Peter Møller
    • 1 goal Pierre Njanka
    • 1 goal Pierre van Hooijdonk
    • 1 goal Raúl
    • 1 goal Robbie Earle
    • 1 goal Robert Jarni
    • 1 goal Roberto Baggio
    • 1 goal Sami Al-Jaber
    • 1 goal Skander Souayah
    • 1 goal Sunday Oliseh
    • 1 goal Thomas Helveg
    • 1 goal Tijjani Babangida
    • 1 goal Toni Polster
    • 1 goal Tore André Flo
    • 1 goal Victor Ikpeba
    • 1 goal Wilson Oruma
    • 1 goal Yoo Sang-Chul
    • 1 goal Youri Djorkaeff
    • 1 goal Yousuf Al-Thunayan


    Own goal scorers:

    • 1 goal Pierre Issa
    • 1 goal Siniša Mihajlovic
    • 1 goal Tom Boyd
    • 1 goal Youssef Chippo