It was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship, Footballia is the first free interactive football video library. For other uses, see. Mikael Nilsson (Sweden) C'est pas très beau à voir jouer mais c'est efficace. [23] 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. [40], The sponsors of the 1998 FIFA World Cup are divided into two categories: FIFA World Cup Sponsors and France Supporters. Argentina and World Cup debutants Croatia finished at the top of Group H. Two other debutants, Jamaica and Japan, failed to advance. Mais le mexique ne peut que s'en prendre à lui-même en ratant cette balle immanquable de 2-0 ! This was the first World Cup where fourth officials used electronic boards, instead of cardboard. Honorary FIFA President João Havelange praised France's hosting of the World Cup, describing the tournament as one that would "remain with me forever, as I am sure they will remain with everyone who witnessed this unforgettable competition". Watch the 1998 Germany vs. Mexico World Cup Round of 16 full match held at La Mosson (Montpellier) on Footballia For the video game, see, "FIFA 98" redirects here. Group F at the 1998 FIFA World Cup comprised Germany and Yugoslavia of UEFA, Iran of the Asian Football Confederation and the United States from the CONCACAF region. [16] FIFA and CFO monitored the progress and quality of preparations, culminating in the former providing final checks of the grounds weeks before the tournament commenced. Fourteen countries qualified from the European zone (in addition to hosts France). They also inflicted the second-heaviest World Cup defeat on Brazil,[26] later to be topped by Brazil's 7–1 defeat by Germany in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The United States were then eliminated with a match to spare after losing to Iran, while Germany drew with Yugoslavia. France defeated holders Brazil 3–0, with two goals from Zinedine Zidane and a stoppage time strike from Emmanuel Petit. Montpellier was the surprise inclusion from the final list of cities because of its low urban hierarchy in comparison to Strasbourg, who boasted a better hierarchy and success from its local football team, having been taken over by a consortium. It eventually transpired that the bribe payment was from the failed Moroccan bid.[4][5][6]. The winner of the Oceanian zone advanced to an intercontinental play-off against the runner-up of the Asian play-off, determined by the two best second placed teams. [22] 75 played their club football in England – five more than Italy and Spain. 174 teams from six confederations participated, 24 more than in the previous round. Montpellier however was considered ambitious by the selecting panel to host World Cup matches. Brazil reacted to this by making an attacking substitution and although they applied pressure France sealed the win with a third goal: substitute Patrick Vieira set up his club teammate Petit in a counterattack to shoot low past goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel. The Netherlands and Mexico advanced with the same record (The Netherlands placed first on goal difference); Belgium and eventual 2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosts South Korea failed to advance. [33], Roberto Carlos The last team to qualify was Iran by virtue of beating Australia in a two-legged tie on 29 November 1997. Defending champions Brazil won Group A after only two matches as the nation achieved victories over Scotland (2–1) and Morocco (3–0). Zinedine Zidane Nantes, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Montpellier and Saint-Etienne also hosted 6 matches in total; all of the stadiums used also hosted knockout round matches. Among the teams who failed to qualify were two-time winners Uruguay (for the second successive tournament); Sweden, who finished third in 1994; Russia (who failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 after losing to Italy in the play-off round); and the Republic of Ireland, who had qualified for the previous two tournaments. The local city and regional authorities in particular had invested heavily into football the previous two decades and were able to measure economic effects, in terms of jobs as early as in 1997. 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. It was the first international football game developed by Electronic Arts since obtaining the rights from FIFA in 1997 and received mostly favourable reviews.[68][69][70]. [22], The average age of all teams was 27 years, 8 months – five months older than the previous tournament. [8] CONMEBOL (South America) and CAF (Africa) were each given five spots in the final tournament, while three spots were contested between 30 CONCACAF members in the North and Central America and the Caribbean zone.

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