World Cup 1998

The 1998 fifa world cupwas the 16th fifa world cup a quadrennial footballtournament contested by the senior men s teams of the national associations affiliated to fifa the international federation of association football.

World cup 1998. The european zone was allocated 15 places in the final tournament. The 1998 fifa world cup final was a football match that was played on 12 july 1998 at the stade de france in the parisian commune of saint denis to determine the winner of the 1998 fifa world cup. The tournament was played in france from 10 june to 12 july 1998 and featured 32 teams divided into eight groups of four. France won the match 3 0 to claim the world cup for the first time.

Each confederation the afc asia caf africa concacaf north central america and caribbean conmebol south america ofc oceania and uefa europe was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament. The 1998 fifa world cup was the 16th fifa world cup the world championship for men s national association football teams. The 1998 fifa world cupqualification competitionwas a series of tournaments organised by the six fifaconfederations. The final was contested by brazil who were the defending champions having won the previous fifa world cup four years earlier in 1994 and the host nation france who had reached the final of the tournament for the first time.

1998 fifa world cup france groups. A total of 174 teams entered the 1998 fifa world cupqualificationrounds competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. It was held in france from 10 june to 12 july 1998. The official match schedule for 1998 fifa world cup france.

The 49 teams were divided into nine groups four groups of six tea. The country was chosen as the host nation by fifa for the second time in the history of the tournament defeating morocco in the bidding process. Andorra which joined fifa and uefa in november 1996 while the qualifiers were underway could not enter. Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 fifa world cup qualification rounds for the european zone.

A total of 50 uefa teams entered the competition.