Editing 1998 FIFA World Cup (section)

== Host selection ==
{{main|FIFA World Cup hosts}}
France was awarded the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by the executive committee of FIFA during a general meeting in [[Zürich]], Switzerland. They defeated Morocco by 12 votes to 7.<ref>{{cite news |title=France Gets 1998 World Cup |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/03/sports/france-gets-1998-world-cup.html |work=The New York Times |date=3 July 1992 |access-date=15 July 2012 |archive-date=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613005711/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/03/sports/france-gets-1998-world-cup.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=France awarded 1998 World Cup |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19920701&id=nJIiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2969,452686 |work=The Item |date=2 July 1992 |access-date=15 July 2012 |page=3 |archive-date=29 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729125023/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19920701&id=nJIiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2969,452686 |url-status=live }}</ref> Switzerland withdrew, due to being unable to meet FIFA's requirements. This made France the third country to host two World Cups, after Mexico and Italy in [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] and [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]] respectively. France previously hosted the third edition of the World Cup in [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]. England, who hosted the competition in [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]] and won it, were among the original applicants, but later withdrew their application in favour of an ultimately successful bid to host [[UEFA Euro 1996]].

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em"
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! colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| Voting results<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/81/fs-201_13a_fwc-bidding.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722021820/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/81/fs-201%5f13a%5ffwc-bidding.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2012 |title=FIFA World Cup host announcement decision |publisher=FIFA |access-date=15 July 2012 }}</ref>
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!Country
!Round 1
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| France || '''12'''
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| Morocco || 7
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=== Bribery and corruption investigations ===

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 Cup]]s host selection process. Blazer stated that "we facilitated bribes in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup". Since France won the selection process it was initially thought the bribery came from its bid committee. It eventually transpired that the bribe payment was from the failed Moroccan bid.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/sepp-blatter/11647665/Sepp-Blatter-FBI-investigation-live.html Vicki Hodges, Giles Mole, JJ Bull, Luke Brown and Rob Crilly, "Fifa whistleblower Chuck Blazer – bribes accepted for 1998 and 2010 World Cups: as it happened", ''The Telegraph'', 3 June 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/sepp-blatter/11647665/Sepp-Blatter-FBI-investigation-live.html |date=10 January 2022 }}. Retrieved 4 June 2015</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/03/fifa-chuck-blazer-bribes-world-cup Owen Gibson, Paul Lewis, "Fifa informant Chuck Blazer: I took bribes over 1998 and 2010 World Cups", ''The Guardian'', 3 June 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411205843/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/03/fifa-chuck-blazer-bribes-world-cup |date=11 April 2016 }}. Retrieved 4 June 2015</ref><ref>[https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2015/05/159558/u-s-judge-claims-that-morocco-bribed-fifa-to-host-1998-world-cup/ Tarik El Barakah, "U.S. judge claims that Morocco bribed FIFA to host 1998 World Cup", ''Moroccow World News'', 28 May 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015203547/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2015/05/159558/u-s-judge-claims-that-morocco-bribed-fifa-to-host-1998-world-cup/ |date=15 October 2017 }}. Retrieved 31 January 2017</ref>