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 1998 FIFA World Cup official logo |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | France |
| Dates | 10 June – 12 July |
| Teams | 32 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 10 (in 10 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  France ( 1st title )
Reading: 1998 FIFA World Cup – Wikipedia |
| 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) | Davor Šuker (6 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Ronaldo |
| Best young player |  Michael Owen |
| Best goalkeeper | Fabien Barthez |
| Fair play award | England France |
International football contest
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the global backing for men ‘s national football teams. It was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The area was chosen as the server nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament, defeating Morocco in the bid process. It was the second time that France staged the competition ( the first was in 1938 ) and the ninth fourth dimension that it was held in Europe. Spanning 32 days, it is the longest World Cup tournament ever held. qualification for the finals began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997. For the first gear time in the rival, 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 first step match and final examination stage 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 concluding. 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 tournament on home soil. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the rival .
Host selection [edit ]
France was awarded the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by the administrator committee of FIFA during a general merging in Zürich, Switzerland. They defeated Morocco by 12 votes to 7. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Switzerland retreat, ascribable to being unable to meet FIFA ‘s requirements. This made France the third gear nation to host two World Cups, after Mexico and Italy in 1986 and 1990 respectively. France previously hosted the third edition of the World Cup in 1938. England, who hosted the competition in 1966 and won it, were among the original applicants, but late withdrew their application in party favor of an ultimately successful bid to host UEFA Euro 1996 .
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Bribery and corruption investigations [edit ]
On 4 June 2015, while co-operating with the FBI and the swiss authorities, Chuck Blazer confirmed that he and other members of FIFA ‘s executive committee were bribed during the 1998 and 2010 World Cups host survival action. Blazer stated that “ we facilitated bribes in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup ”. Since France won the choice process it was initially thought the bribery came from its bid committee. It finally transpired that the bribe payment was from the fail Moroccan invite. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
reservation [edit ]
The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musée du Louvre, Paris on 12 December 1995. [ 7 ] As tournament hosts, France was excuse from the pull as was defending ace Brazil. 174 teams from six confederations participated, 24 more than in the previous cycle. fourteen countries qualified from the European zone ( in accession to hosts France ). Ten were determined after group play – nine group winners and the best second-placed team ; the other eight group runner-up were drawn into pairs of four play-off matches with the winners qualifying for the finals equally well. [ 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 partition. The achiever 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 base placed teams. Four nations qualified for the first base prison term : Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa. The last team to qualify was Iran by merit of beating Australia in a two-legged marry on 29 November 1997. [ 9 ] It marked their first appearance in the finals since 1978, the last time Tunisia besides qualified for the tournament. Chile qualified for the first time since 1982, after serving a ban that saw them miss out on the two former tournaments. Paraguay and Denmark returned for the first gear prison term since 1986. Austria, England, Scotland and Yugoslavia returned after missing out on the 1994 tournament, with the Balkan team now appearing under the mention of FR Yugoslavia. Among the teams who failed to qualify were two-time winners Uruguay ( for the second consecutive tournament ) ; Sweden, who finished third base in 1994 ; Russia ( who failed to qualify for the first prison term since 1978 after losing to Italy in the play-off round ) ; and the Republic of Ireland, who had qualified for the former two tournaments. [ 10 ] As of 2020, this is the most holocene time that Austria, Scotland, Norway, Bulgaria and Romania have qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the only clock time that Jamaica have qualified, angstrom well as the final time that Portugal missed out. The highest rate team not to qualify was the Czech Republic ( ranked 3rd ), while the lowest graded team that did qualify was Nigeria ( ranked 74th ) .
list of qualify teams [edit ]
The following 32 teams, shown with final examination pre-tournament rankings, [ 11 ] qualified for the concluding tournament .
Venues [edit ]
France ‘s bid to host the World Cup centered on a national stadium with 80,000 seats and nine other stadiums located across the nation. When the finals were primitively awarded in July 1992, none of the regional club grounds were of a capability converge FIFA ‘s requirements – namely being able to safely seat 40,000. The propose 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 softwood with Prime Minister Édouard Balladur to bring the Stade de France, as it was now called, 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 exploit in November 1997 at a cost of ₣2.67 billion. The choice of stadium locations was drafted from an original list of 14 cities. FIFA and CFO monitored the advance and quality of preparations, culminating in the former providing final checks of the grounds weeks before the tournament commenced. 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 anesthetic football team, having been taken over by a consortium. Montpellier however was considered ambitious by the selecting panel to host World Cup matches. The local city and regional authorities in detail had invested heavy into football the previous two decades and were able to measure economic effects, in terms of jobs american samoa early as in 1997. Some of the venues used for this tournament were besides used for the previous World Cup in France in 1938. The Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, the Stade Municipal in Toulouse, the Gerland in Lyon, the Parc Lescure in Bordeaux and the Parc des Princes in Paris received the honor of hosting World Cup matches once again in 1998 as they had all done in 1938. 10 stadiums in sum were used for the finals ; in addition to nine matches being played at the Stade de France ( the most exploited stadium in the tournament ), a further six matches took place in Paris Saint-Germain ‘s Parc des Princes, bringing Paris ‘s total matches hosted to 15. France played four of their seven matches in the national stadium ; they besides played in the area ‘s irregular and third largest cities, Marseille ( hosting 7 full matches ) and Lyon ( hosting 6 entire matches ), vitamin a well as a Round of 16 knockout match in the northerly city of Lens ( besides hosting 6 total matches ). Nantes, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Montpellier and Saint-Etienne besides hosted 6 matches in sum ; all of the stadiums used besides hosted hard round matches .
Innovations [edit ]
Technologies [edit ]
This was the first FIFA World Cup where one-fourth officials used electronic boards, alternatively of cardboard. [ 18 ]
rule changes [edit ]
This was the first World Cup since the introduction of golden goals, [ 18 ] ban of tackles from behind that endanger the guard of an opponent [ 19 ] and allowance of three substitutions per game. [ 20 ]
match officials [edit ]
34 referees and 33 assistants officiated in the 1998 World Cup. [ 21 ] 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. [ 21 ]
draw [edit ]
Organiser Michel Platini, who later became president of UEFA, admitted in 2018 that the draw for the group stagecoach of the contest had been fixed then that France and Brazil were kept apart until the final, telling France Bleu Sport : “ We did a bit of trickery. When we were organising the agenda. We did not spend six years organising the World Cup to not do some little shenanigans ”. [ 22 ]
Squads [edit ]
As with the preceding tournament, each team ‘s team for the 1998 World Cup finals consisted of 22 players. Each participating national association had to confirm their concluding 22-player squad by 1 June 1998. Out of the 704 players participating in the 1998 World Cup, 447 were signed up with a european baseball club ; 90 in Asia, 67 in South America, 61 in Northern and Central America and 37 in Africa. [ 23 ] 75 played their club football in England – five more than Italy and Spain. Barcelona of Spain was the club contributing to the most players in the tournament with 13 players on their side. [ 23 ] The average long time of all teams was 27 years, 8 months – five months older than the former tournament. Samuel Eto’o of Cameroon was the youngest actor selected in the competition at 17 years, 3 months, while the oldest was Jim Leighton of Scotland at 39 years, 11 months .
Group stage [edit ]
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Third station
Fourth place |
Quarter-finals
Round of 16 |
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Group A [edit ]
Defending champions Brazil won Group A after entirely two matches as the nation achieved victories over Scotland ( 2–1 ) and Morocco ( 3–0 ). Heading into the third base game, Brazil had nothing to play for but even started its regulars against Norway, who was looking to upset Brazil once again. Needing a victory, Norway overturned a 1–0 deficit with 12 minutes remaining to defeat Brazil 2–1, with Kjetil Rekdal scoring [ 25 ] the winning punishment to send Norway into the hard stage for the first time. Norway ‘s victory denied Morocco a gamble at the Round of 16, despite winning 3–0 against Scotland. It was only Morocco ‘s second gear ever victory at a World Cup, having recorded its alone former win 12 years early on 11 June 1986. Scotland managed merely one point, coming in a 1–1 puff against Norway, and failed to get out of the first gear round for an eighth time in the FIFA World Cup, a record that stands to this go steady .
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Brazil |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Norway |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Morocco |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Scotland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Group B [edit ]
Italy and Chile progressed to the second round, while Austria failed to win for the first time since 1958 and Cameroon failed to get out of the group stagecoach for the second meter in a row .
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Italy |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Chile |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Austria |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Cameroon |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
Group C [edit ]
France, the master of ceremonies state, swept Group C when the start of their path to their first FIFA World Cup trophy culminated with their 2–1 acquire over Denmark, who despite their loss, progressed to the second round. Saudi Arabia, after a thoroughly performance four years early, finished bottom with only one distributor point. Debutant South Africa grabbed two points and besides exited at the group stagecoach .
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France ( H )
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Denmark |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 |  South Africa |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Saudi Arabia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
( H ) Host reference : FIFA Host
Group D [edit ]
Nigeria and Paraguay advanced to the Round of 16 after a surprise elimination of crown seed Spain, while Bulgaria failed to repeat their surprise performance from the previous tournament .
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Paraguay |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Spain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Bulgaria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
Group E [edit ]
The Netherlands and Mexico advanced with the lapp record ( The Netherlands placed first on goal deviation ) ; Belgium and eventual 2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosts South Korea failed to advance .
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Mexico |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Belgium |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  South Korea |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
Group F [edit ]
Germany and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia advanced, each with 7 points ( Germany took 1st through goal differential gear tiebreak ). Iran and 1994 horde United States failed to advance .
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  FR Yugoslavia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Iran |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  United States |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Group G [edit ]
Romania and England became Group G exceed finishers as Colombia and Tunisia were unable to reach the final 16, despite Colombia having one win .
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Romania |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | England |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Colombia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Tunisia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
Group H [edit ]
Argentina and World Cup debutants Croatia finished at the top of Group H. Two other debutants, Jamaica and Japan, failed to advance .
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Argentina |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Croatia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Jamaica |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Japan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Knockout stage [edit ]
The hard stage comprised the 16 teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. For each game in the hard stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by 30 minutes of extra time ; if scores were still flat, there was a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round. Golden goal comes into play if a team scores during extra meter, frankincense becoming the winner which concludes the game .
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| 29 June – Toulouse | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands |
1 (2) | |||||||||||||
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| 30 June – Saint-Étienne | ||||||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||||||
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2 (4) | |||||||||||||
| 12 July – Saint-Denis | ||||||||||||||
| England |
2 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Brazil |
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| France |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Italy |
1 | |||||||||||||
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| Norway |
0 | |||||||||||||
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| 28 June – Lens | ||||||||||||||
| Francep) |
0 (4) | |||||||||||||
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| 8 July – Saint-Denis | ||||||||||||||
| Paraguay |
0 | |||||||||||||
| France |
2 | |||||||||||||
| 29 June – Montpellier | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia |
1 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Germany |
2 | |||||||||||||
| 4 July – Lyon | 11 July – Paris | |||||||||||||
| Mexico |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Germany |
0 | Netherlands |
1 | |||||||||||
| 30 June – Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia |
3 | Croatia |
2 | |||||||||||
| Romania |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Croatia |
1 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16 [edit ]
third home play-off [edit ]
Croatia beat the Netherlands to earn one-third space in the competition. Davor Šuker scored the winner in the 35th minute to secure the fortunate kick. [ 26 ]
final [edit ]
The final was held on 12 July 1998 at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis. France defeated holders Brazil 3–0, with two goals from Zinedine Zidane and a arrest prison term strike from Emmanuel Petit. The win gave France their first World Cup title, becoming the sixth national team after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina to win the tournament on their family soil. They besides inflicted the second-heaviest World Cup kill on Brazil, [ 27 ] late to be topped by Brazil ‘s 7–1 defeat by Germany in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [ 28 ] The pre-match construct up was dominated by the omission of brazilian striker Ronaldo from the starting batting order only to be reinstated 45 minutes before kick-off. [ 29 ] He managed to create the beginning open gamble for Brazil in the 22nd moment, dribbling past defender Thuram before sending a cross out on the left field slope that goalkeeper Fabien Barthez struggled to hold onto. France however took the run after brazilian defender Roberto Carlos conceded a corner from which Zidane scored via a header. Three minutes before half-time, Zidane scored his irregular finish of the match, similarly another header from a corner. The tournament hosts went down to ten men in the 68th moment as Marcel Desailly was sent off for a second bookable umbrage. Brazil reacted to this by making an attack substitution and although they applied pressure France sealed the winnings with a third goal : substitute Patrick Vieira set up his club teammate Petit in a counterattack to shoot abject past goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel. [ 30 ] french president Jacques Chirac was in attendance to congratulate and commiserate the winners and runner-up respectively after the catch. [ 31 ] Several days after the victory, winning coach Aimé Jacquet announced his resignation from the french team with immediate effect. [ 32 ] [ 33 ]
Statistics [edit ]
Goalscorers [edit ]
Davor Šuker received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals. In total, 171 goals were scored by 112 players :
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goals
Awards [edit ]
Players who were red-carded during the tournament [edit ]
All-star team [edit ]
The All-star team is a team consist of the 16 most impressive players at the 1998 World Cup, as selected by FIFA ‘s Technical Study Group. [ 34 ]
concluding standings [edit ]
After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 1998 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition and overall results. [ 35 ]
Symbols [edit ]
Footix, the official mascot of the tournament
mascot [edit ]
The official mascot was Footix, a cock first presented in May 1996. It was created by graphic designer Fabrice Pialot and selected from a shortlist of five mascots. [ 37 ] Research carried out about the choice of having a cockerel as a mascot was greatly received : 91 % associated it immediately with France, the traditional symbol of the nation. Footix, the mention chosen by french television viewers, is a portmanteau of “ football ” and the ending “ -ix ” from the popular Astérix amusing clean. The mascot ‘s colours reflect those of the host nation ‘s flag and home deprive – amobarbital sodium for the jump suit, a loss peak and with the words ‘France 98 ‘ coloured in white .
official song [edit ]
The official song of the 1998 FIFA World Cup was “ The Cup of Life, ” aka “ La Copa de la Vida ” recorded by Ricky Martin. [ 38 ] [ 39 ]
Match ball [edit ]
The peer ball for the 1998 World Cup, manufactured by Adidas was named the Tricolore, meaning ‘three-coloured ‘ in french. [ 40 ] It was the eighth World Cup match ball made for the tournament by the german company and was the first in the series to be motley. [ 41 ] The tricolor ease up and cockerel, traditional symbols of France were used as inspiration for the design. [ 41 ]
marketing [edit ]
Coca-Cola was one of the sponsors of FIFA World Cup 1998. The sponsors of the 1998 FIFA World Cup are divided into two categories : FIFA World Cup Sponsors and France Supporters. [ 42 ] [ 43 ]
The absence of Budweiser ( which was one of the sponsors in the previous two World Cups ) is noteworthy due to the Evin law, which forbids alcohol-related sponsorship in France, including in sports events ( and therefore, being replaced by Casio ). [ 66 ]
Broadcasting [edit ]
FIFA, through several companies, sold the broadcasting rights for the 1998 FIFA World Cup to many broadcasters. In the UK BBC and ITV had the circulate rights. The pictures and sound recording of the competition were supplied to the television and radio receiver channels by the company TVRS 98, the broadcaster of the tournament. [ 67 ] The World Cup matches were broadcast in 200 countries. 818 photographers were credited for the tournament. In every equal, a stand was reserved for the urge. The number of places granted to them reached its maximum in the final, when 1,750 reporters and 110 television commentators were present in the stand. [ 68 ]
Video games [edit ]
In most of the world, the official television game was, World Cup 98 released by EA Sports on 13 March 1998 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and the Game Boy. It was the first international football game developed by Electronic Arts since obtaining the rights from FIFA in 1997 and received largely favorable reviews. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] [ 71 ] In Japan, Konami was granted the FIFA World Cup license and produced two distinct television games : Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France 98 by KCEO for the Nintendo 64, and World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 3: World Cup France ’98 by KCET for the PlayStation. These games were released in the rest of the global as International Superstar Soccer ’98 and International Superstar Soccer Pro ’98, without the official FIFA World Cup license, branding or real player names. besides in Japan, Sega was granted the FIFA World Cup license to produce the Saturn video recording game World Cup ’98 France: Road to Win. many early television games, including World League Soccer 98, Actua Soccer 2 and Neo Geo Cup ’98: The Road to the Victory were released in the buildup to the 1998 World Cup and obviously were based on the tournament. FIFA: Road to World Cup 98, besides by EA Sports focused on the qualification stage .
bequest [edit ]
honorary FIFA President João Havelange praised France ‘s host 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 ”. Lennart Johansson, the president of the form committee for the World Cup and President of UEFA added that France provided “ topic count of a quality that made the global hold its breath ”. Cour des Comptes, the quasi-judicial torso of the french politics, released its report on the constitution of the 1998 World Cup in 2000. [ 74 ]
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
Sources [edit ]
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