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The tournament was played in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998 and featured 32 teams divided into eight groups of four. Each team was required to submit a squad of 22 players – numbered sequentially from 1 to 22 – from whom they would select their teams for each match at the tournament, with the final squads to be submitted by 1 June 1998.
The tournament featured France as the hosts, Brazil as the winners of the previous World Cup and 30 other teams who emerged from the qualification tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 32 teams competed in a group stage, from which 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage.
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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 home soil. They also inflicted the second-heaviest World Cup defeat on Brazil, [32] later to be topped by Brazil's 7–1 defeat by Germany in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA ...
Jan 1, 2024 · Emmanuel Petit won 170,000 francs on a Monte Carlo fruit machine – thanks, indirectly, to Les Bleus striking the jackpot at the Stade de France. After they defeated Brazil, Arsenal manager...
Oct 13, 2013 · England in the World Cup - 1998 Final Squad. England in France 19. 98. Finals Squad. On May 12 1998, Glenn Hoddle named a provisional squad of thirty for a Wembley friendly with Saudi Arabia, and this squad was then due to fly out to La Manga, Spain, whereupon decisions would be made to cut eight players from the final squad.
Apr 17, 2002 · Croatia beat Holland in the third-place play-off and their star striker Davor Suker won the Golden Boot with six goals. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites....
Jun 8, 2018 · The man leading the current French national team is Didier Deschamps, who captained the World Cup-winning 1998 squad. He presides over arguably the most talented French squad since the...
