Season Description
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament 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 (the first was in 1938), defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the ninth time that it was held in Europe. Spanning 32 days, it was the longest World Cup tournament ever held and with the most teams (32 teams in the competition finals) until 2026 (when the World Cup was expanded to 48 teams).
Qualification for the finals began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997. For the first time in the competition, the group stage was expanded from 24 teams to 32, with eight groups of four. 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums in 10 host cities, with the opening match and final staged at the newly built Stade de France in the Parisian commune of Saint-Denis.
The tournament was won by host country France, who beat defending champions Brazil 3–0 in the final. France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina) to win the World Cup on home soil. As of 2026, they are the most recent team to win the tournament on home soil. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the tournament.
Event List
Round 1
Brazil vs Scotland - 15:30:00

Morocco vs Norway - 19:00:00

Italy vs Chile - 15:30:00

Cameroon vs Austria - 19:00:00

Paraguay vs Bulgaria - 12:30:00

Saudi Arabia vs Denmark - 15:30:00

France vs South Africa - 19:00:00

Spain vs Nigeria - 12:30:00

South Korea vs Mexico - 15:30:00

Netherlands vs Belgium - 19:00:00

Argentina vs Japan - 12:30:00

FR Yugoslavia vs Iran - 15:30:00

Jamaica vs Croatia - 19:00:00

England vs Tunisia - 12:30:00

Romania vs Colombia - 15:30:00

Germany vs USA - 19:00:00

Round 2
Scotland vs Norway - 15:30:00

Brazil vs Morocco - 19:00:00

Chile vs Austria - 15:30:00

Italy vs Cameroon - 19:00:00

South Africa vs Denmark - 15:30:00

France vs Saudi Arabia - 19:00:00

Nigeria vs Bulgaria - 15:30:00

Spain vs Paraguay - 19:00:00

Japan vs Croatia - 12:30:00

Belgium vs Mexico - 15:30:00

Netherlands vs South Korea - 19:00:00

Germany vs FR Yugoslavia - 12:30:00

Argentina vs Jamaica - 15:30:00

USA vs Iran - 19:00:00

Colombia vs Tunisia - 15:30:00

Romania vs England - 19:00:00

Round 3
Italy vs Austria - 14:00:00

Chile vs Cameroon - 14:00:00

Scotland vs Morocco - 19:00:00

Brazil vs Norway - 19:00:00

France vs Denmark - 14:00:00

South Africa vs Saudi Arabia - 14:00:00

Spain vs Bulgaria - 19:00:00

Nigeria vs Paraguay - 19:00:00

Belgium vs South Korea - 14:00:00

Netherlands vs Mexico - 14:00:00

Germany vs Iran - 19:00:00

USA vs FR Yugoslavia - 19:00:00

Japan vs Jamaica - 14:00:00

Argentina vs Croatia - 14:00:00

Romania vs Tunisia - 19:00:00

Colombia vs England - 19:00:00

Round 4
Italy vs Norway - 14:30:00

Brazil vs Chile - 19:00:00

France vs Paraguay - 14:30:00

Nigeria vs Denmark - 19:00:00

Germany vs Mexico - 14:30:00

Netherlands vs FR Yugoslavia - 19:00:00

Romania vs Croatia - 14:30:00

Argentina vs England - 19:00:00

Round 125
Italy vs France - 14:30:00

Brazil vs Denmark - 19:00:00

Netherlands vs Argentina - 14:30:00

Germany vs Croatia - 19:00:00

Round 150
Brazil vs Netherlands - 19:00:00

France vs Croatia - 19:00:00

Round 160
Netherlands vs Croatia - 19:00:00

Round 200
Brazil vs France - 19:00:00

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