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World Cup 98 is a football video game released in 1998 to coincide with that year's FIFA World Cup football tournament, developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts under their EA Sports label.
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the senior men's teams of the national associations affiliated to FIFA (the International Federation of Association Football).
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- Route to The Final
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- Match
- Post-Match
- References
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th edition of the World Cup, FIFA's football competition for men's national teams, held in France between 10 June and 12 July 1998. The finals featured 32 teams for the first time, up from 24 in the 1994 World Cup. Both France and Brazil qualified automatically for the finals – France as tournament hosts and Brazil...
Brazil
Brazil were in Group A at the World Cup, in which they were joined by Morocco, Norway and Scotland. Their first game was the tournament opener at the Stade de France, on 10 June against Scotland. Brazil took the lead after four minutes when César Sampaio received the ball in the penalty area from a corner taken by Bebeto, and headed the ball past Jim Leighton in the Scotland goal. Scotland equalised through a penalty scored by John Collins, after Kevin Gallacher had been fouled in the penalty...
France
France were drawn in Group C at the finals, alongside Denmark, Saudi Arabia and South Africa. They began their campaign on 12 June against World Cup debutants South Africa at the Stade Vélodrome. In a match which Richard Williams of The Guardian said they "dominated throughout", France won 3–0 with a goal in the first half from Christophe Dugarry, a 77th minute own goal by South Africa's Pierre Issa and a last-minute strike by Thierry Henry.Their second game was against Saudi Arabia at the St...
Brazil were considered the favourites by bookmakersbefore the match, with odds of 4–6 for them to win the tournament, compared with 6–5 for France.
First half
France kicked off the match at 9 p.m. local time, in front of an attendance of 75,000 and an estimated global television audience of 1.7 billion. The weather at Charles de Gaulle Airport, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from the stadium,[b] was recorded as fair at the time of kick-off, with a temperature of 23 °C (73 °F) and 50% humidity. France had a chance to score in the opening minute, when the ball was passed upfield towards Stéphane Guivarc'h, who attempted a bicycle kick which went over the cros...
Second half
The second half began with a Brazil substitution as Denílson replaced Leonardo. Marcel Desailly received a yellow card in the 49th minute for dissent, after the referee had penalised him for a foul on Cafu. On 51 minutes, Bebeto took a corner from the right-hand side which reached Denílson, who fell down as his attempted shot went wide of the goal while Deschamps was also challenging for the ball. Brazil's players appealed for a penalty, but Belqola did not award it. A minute later, Dunga had...
France's win was their first World Cup title, becoming the seventh out of – as of 2021[update] – eight different countries to win the tournament. They also became the sixth team to win the competition as hosts. It was only the second time Brazil had lost a World Cup final, the first being their 2–1 upset loss to Uruguay in the final match of 1950. ...
"Brazil v France – 1998 FIFA World Cup Final – Full Match". FIFA. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021 – via YouTube.
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Jan 1, 2024 · A slot machine, a poll, golf and motor racing feature as FIFA highlights the stats behind France's conquering of their first FIFA World Cup in 1998. Check out the numbers behind France's ...
Jul 30, 2013 · In WC98, the general gist is that of your standard World Cup game: you pick a team and enter the competition, take on all the others who you are paired up against, and aim to reach World Cup...
Jan 5, 2023 · France won their first World Cup title in 1998 and second in 2018. France is the sixth national team to win a World Championship as a host country. The 1998 FIFA World Cup winners France is the 7th country to win.
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