Editing 1998 FIFA World Cup (section)

== Group stage ==
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''All times are [[Central European Summer Time]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])''

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="30%"
|-
! Key for tables
|-
|
*'''Pld''' = total games played
*'''W''' = total games won
*'''D''' = total games drawn (tied)
*'''L''' = total games lost
*'''GF''' = total goals scored (goals for)
*'''GA''' = total goals conceded (goals against)
*'''GD''' = goal difference (GF−GA)
*'''Pts''' = total points accumulated
|}

===Group A===
{{Main|1998 FIFA World Cup Group A}}
Defending champions Brazil won Group A after only two matches as the nation achieved victories over Scotland (2–1) and Morocco (3–0). Heading into the third game, Brazil had nothing to play for but still started its regulars against Norway, who was looking to upset Brazil once again. Needing a victory, Norway overturned a 1–0 deficit with 7 minutes remaining to defeat Brazil 2–1, with [[Kjetil Rekdal]] scoring<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dagsavisen.no/bilder/album2298.zrm|title=Her er de ti beste sportsøyeblikkene|website=Dagsavisen.no|access-date=16 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912031205/http://www.dagsavisen.no/bilder/album2298.zrm|archive-date=12 September 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> the winning penalty to send Norway into the knockout stage for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://footballcoal.com/fifa-world-cup-2022-schedule-pdf-groups-download/|title=FIFA World Cup Schedule Group|publisher=footballcoal.com|date=10 May 1998|accessdate=20 November 2022|archive-date=9 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009100806/https://footballcoal.com/fifa-world-cup-2022-schedule-pdf-groups-download/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Norway's victory denied Morocco a chance at the Round of 16, despite winning 3–0 against Scotland. It was only Morocco's second ever victory at a World Cup, having recorded its first previous win 12 years earlier on 11 June 1986.

Scotland managed only one point, coming in a 1–1 draw against Norway, and failed to get out of the first round for an eighth time in the FIFA World Cup, a record that stands to this date.
{{:1998 FIFA World Cup Group A|transcludesection=standings}}
{{football box
|date = 10 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 2–1
|report= [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/4000/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SCO}}
|goals1 = [[César Sampaio]] {{goal|5}}<br />[[Tom Boyd (Scottish footballer)|Boyd]] {{goal|74|o.g.}}
|goals2 = [[John Collins (footballer, born 1968)|Collins]] {{goal|38|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|attendance = 80,000
|referee = [[José María García-Aranda]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 10 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
|score = 2–2
|report= [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8725/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}}
|goals1 = [[Mustapha Hadji|Hadji]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Abdeljalil Hadda|Hadda]] {{goal|60}}
|goals2 = [[Youssef Chippo|Chippo]] {{goal|45+1|o.g.}}<br />[[Dan Eggen|Eggen]] {{goal|61}}
|stadium = [[Stade de la Mosson]], [[Montpellier]]
|attendance = 29,800
|referee = [[Pirom Un-prasert]] ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 16 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score = 1–1
|report= [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8741/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}}
|goals1 = [[Craig Burley|Burley]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2 = [[Håvard Flo|H. Flo]] {{goal|46}}
|stadium = [[Stade Chaban-Delmas|Parc Lescure]], [[Bordeaux]]
|attendance = 31,800
|referee = [[László Vágner]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 16 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 3–0
|report= [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8742/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
|goals1 = [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|9}}<br />[[Rivaldo]] {{goal|45+2}}<br />[[Bebeto]] {{goal|50}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade de la Beaujoire]], [[Nantes]]
|attendance = 35,500
|referee = [[Nikolai Levnikov]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 23 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score = 0–3
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8758/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Salaheddine Bassir|Bassir]] {{goal|23||85}}<br />[[Abdeljalil Hadda|Hadda]] {{goal|46}}
|stadium = [[Stade Geoffroy-Guichard]], [[Saint-Étienne]]
|attendance = 30,600
|referee = [[Ali Bujsaim]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 23 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8759/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}}
|goals1 = [[Bebeto]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = [[Tore André Flo|T. A. Flo]] {{goal|83}}<br />[[Kjetil Rekdal|Rekdal]] {{goal|89|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]]
|attendance = 55,000
|referee = [[Esfandiar Baharmast]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
}}

===Group B===
{{Main|1998 FIFA World Cup Group B}}
Italy and Chile progressed to the second round, while Austria failed to win for the first time since [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]] and Cameroon failed to get out of the group stage for the second time in a row.
{{:1998 FIFA World Cup Group B|transcludesection=standings}}
{{football box
|date = 11 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA|1946}}
|score = 2–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8726/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Christian Vieri|Vieri]] {{goal|10}}<br />[[Roberto Baggio|R. Baggio]] {{goal|84|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Marcelo Salas|Salas]] {{goal|45+3||50}}
|stadium = [[Stade Chaban-Delmas|Parc Lescure]], [[Bordeaux]]
|attendance = 31,800
|referee = [[Lucien Bouchardeau]] ([[Nigerien Football Federation|Niger]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 11 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CMR}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8727/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 = [[Pierre Njanka|Njanka]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = [[Toni Polster|Polster]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Stadium de Toulouse|Stade de Toulouse]], [[Toulouse]]
|attendance = 33,500
|referee = [[Epifanio González]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 17 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8743/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 = [[Marcelo Salas|Salas]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = [[Ivica Vastić|Vastić]] {{goal|90+2}}
|stadium = [[Stade Geoffroy-Guichard]], [[Saint-Étienne]]
|attendance = 30,600
|referee = [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 17 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA|1946}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8744/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CMR}}
|goals1 = [[Luigi Di Biagio|Di Biagio]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Christian Vieri|Vieri]] {{goal|75||89}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade de la Mosson]], [[Montpellier]]
|attendance = 29,800
|referee = [[Eddie Lennie]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 23 June 1998
|time = 16:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA|1946}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8757/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 = [[Christian Vieri|Vieri]] {{goal|48}}<br />[[Roberto Baggio|R. Baggio]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Andreas Herzog|Herzog]] {{goal|90+2|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|attendance = 80,000
|referee = [[Paul Durkin]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 23 June 1998
|time = 16:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8760/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CMR}}
|goals1 = [[José Luis Sierra (footballer, born 1968)|Sierra]] {{goal|20}}
|goals2 = [[Patrick Mboma|Mboma]] {{goal|56}}
|stadium = [[Stade de la Beaujoire]], [[Nantes]]
|attendance = 35,500
|referee = [[László Vágner]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])
}}

===Group C===
{{Main|1998 FIFA World Cup Group C}}
France, the host nation, swept Group C when the start of their path to their first FIFA World Cup trophy culminated with their 2–1 win over Denmark, who despite their loss, progressed to the second round. Saudi Arabia, after a good performance four years earlier, finished bottom with only one point. Debutant South Africa grabbed two points and also exited at the group stage.
{{:1998 FIFA World Cup Group C|transcludesection=standings}}
{{football box
|date = 12 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8729/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|DEN}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Marc Rieper|Rieper]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium = [[Stade Félix Bollaert]], [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]]
|attendance = 38,100
|referee = [[Javier Castrilli]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 12 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8730/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|RSA|1994}}
|goals1 = [[Christophe Dugarry|Dugarry]] {{goal|36}}<br />[[Pierre Issa|Issa]] {{goal|77|o.g.}}<br />[[Thierry Henry|Henry]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]]
|attendance = 55,000
|referee = [[Márcio Rezende de Freitas]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 18 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8746/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|DEN}}
|goals1 = [[Benni McCarthy|McCarthy]] {{goal|51}}
|goals2 = [[Allan Nielsen|A. Nielsen]] {{goal|12}}
|stadium = [[Stadium de Toulouse|Stade de Toulouse]], [[Toulouse]]
|attendance = 33,500
|referee = [[John Toro Rendón]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 18 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}
|score = 4–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8745/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 = [[Thierry Henry|Henry]] {{goal|37||78}}<br />[[David Trezeguet|Trezeguet]] {{goal|68}}<br />[[Bixente Lizarazu|Lizarazu]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|attendance = 80,000
|referee = [[Arturo Brizio Carter]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 24 June 1998
|time = 16:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8762/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|DEN}}
|goals1 = [[Youri Djorkaeff|Djorkaeff]] {{goal|12|pen.}}<br />[[Emmanuel Petit|Petit]] {{goal|56}}
|goals2 = [[Michael Laudrup|M. Laudrup]] {{goal|42|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Stade Gerland]], [[Lyon]]
|attendance = 39,100
|referee = [[Pierluigi Collina]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 24 June 1998
|time = 16:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}
|score = 2–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8764/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 = [[Shaun Bartlett|Bartlett]] {{goal|18||90+3|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Sami Al-Jaber|Al-Jaber]] {{goal|45+2|pen.}}<br />[[Yousuf Al-Thunayan|Al-Thunayan]] {{goal|74|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Stade Chaban-Delmas|Parc Lescure]], [[Bordeaux]]
|attendance = 31,800
|referee = [[Mario Sánchez Yantén|Mario Sánchez]] ([[Football Federation of Chile|Chile]])
}}

===Group D===
{{Main|1998 FIFA World Cup Group D}}
Nigeria and Paraguay advanced to the Round of 16 after a surprise elimination of top seed Spain, while Bulgaria failed to repeat their surprise performance from the previous tournament.
{{:1998 FIFA World Cup Group D|transcludesection=standings}}
{{football box
|date = 12 June 1998
|time = 14:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8728/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BUL}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade de la Mosson]], [[Montpellier]]
|attendance = 29,800
|referee = [[Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid]] ([[Saudi Arabia Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 13 June 1998
|time = 14:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}
|score = 2–3
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8731/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
|goals1 = [[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]] {{goal|21}}<br />[[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]] {{goal|47}}
|goals2 = [[Mutiu Adepoju|Adepoju]] {{goal|24}}<br />[[Andoni Zubizarreta|Zubizarreta]] {{goal|73|o.g.}}<br />[[Sunday Oliseh|Oliseh]] {{goal|78}}
|stadium = [[Stade de la Beaujoire]], [[Nantes]]
|attendance = 35,500
|referee = [[Esfandiar Baharmast]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 19 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8747/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BUL}}
|goals1 = [[Victor Ikpeba|Ikpeba]] {{goal|28}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Parc des Princes]], Paris
|attendance = 45,500
|referee = [[Mario Sánchez Yantén]] ([[Football Federation of Chile|Chile]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 19 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8748/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade Geoffroy-Guichard]], [[Saint-Étienne]]
|attendance = 30,600
|referee = [[Ian McLeod (referee)|Ian McLeod]] ([[South African Football Association|South Africa]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 24 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8763/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1 = [[Wilson Oruma|Oruma]] {{goal|11}}
|goals2 = [[Celso Ayala|Ayala]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[Miguel Ángel Benítez Pavón|Benítez]] {{goal|58}}<br />[[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium = [[Stadium Municipal|Stade de Toulouse]], [[Toulouse]]
|attendance = 33,500
|referee = [[Pirom Un-prasert]] ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 24 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}
|score = 6–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8761/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BUL}}
|goals1 = [[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]] {{goal|6|pen.}}<br />[[Luis Enrique]] {{goal|18}}<br />[[Fernando Morientes|Morientes]] {{goal|55||81}}<br />[[Georgi Bachev|Bachev]] {{goal|88|o.g.}}<br />[[Kiko (footballer, born 1972)|Kiko]] {{goal|90+4}}
|goals2 = [[Emil Kostadinov|Kostadinov]] {{goal|58}}
|stadium = [[Stade Félix-Bollaert]], [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]]
|attendance = 38,100
|referee = [[Mario van der Ende]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}

===Group E===
{{Main|1998 FIFA World Cup Group E}}
The Netherlands and Mexico advanced with the same record, with the former placing first on goal difference. Belgium and eventual [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] co-hosts South Korea failed to advance, although Belgium were undefeated with three draws. 
{{:1998 FIFA World Cup Group E|transcludesection=standings}}
{{football box
|date = 13 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8732/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|goals1 = [[Ha Seok-ju]] {{goal|27}}
|goals2 = [[Ricardo Peláez|Peláez]] {{goal|50}}<br />[[Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968)|Hernández]] {{goal|75||84}}
|stadium = [[Stade de Gerland]], [[Lyon]]
|attendance = 39,100
|referee = [[Günter Benkö]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 13 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8733/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|attendance = 77,000
|referee = [[Pierluigi Collina]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 20 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score = 2–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8750/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|goals1 = [[Marc Wilmots|Wilmots]] {{goal|42||47}}
|goals2 = [[Alberto García Aspe|García Aspe]] {{goal|55|pen.}}<br />[[Cuauhtémoc Blanco|Blanco]] {{goal|62}}
|stadium = [[Stade Chaban-Delmas|Parc Lescure]], [[Bordeaux]]
|attendance = 31,800
|referee = [[Hugh Dallas]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 20 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}
|score = 5–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8749/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1997}}
|goals1 = [[Phillip Cocu|Cocu]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Marc Overmars|Overmars]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Dennis Bergkamp|Bergkamp]] {{goal|71}}<br />[[Pierre van Hooijdonk|Van Hooijdonk]] {{goal|80}}<br />[[Ronald de Boer|R. de Boer]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]]
|attendance = 55,000
|referee = [[Ryszard Wójcik]] ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])
}}
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{{football box
|date = 25 June 1998
|time = 16:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}
|score = 2–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8766/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|goals1 = [[Phillip Cocu|Cocu]] {{goal|4}}<br />[[Ronald de Boer|R. de Boer]] {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = [[Ricardo Peláez|Peláez]] {{goal|75}}<br />[[Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968)|Hernández]] {{goal|90+4}}
|stadium = [[Stade Geoffroy-Guichard]], [[Saint-Étienne]]
|attendance = 30,600
|referee = [[Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid]] ([[Saudi Arabia Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 25 June 1998
|time = 16:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8765/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1997}}
|goals1 = [[Luc Nilis|Nilis]] {{goal|7}}
|goals2 = [[Yoo Sang-chul]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium = [[Parc des Princes]], [[Paris]]
|attendance = 45,500
|referee = [[Márcio Rezende de Freitas]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}

===Group F===
{{Main|1998 FIFA World Cup Group F}}
Germany and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia advanced, each with 7 points (Germany took 1st through goal differential tiebreak). Iran and [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 host]] United States failed to advance.
{{:1998 FIFA World Cup Group F|transcludesection=standings}}
{{football box
|date = 14 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8735/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}
|goals1 = [[Siniša Mihajlović|Mihajlović]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade Geoffroy-Guichard]], [[Saint-Étienne]]
|attendance = 30,600
|referee = [[Alberto Tejada Noriega|Alberto Tejada]] ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 15 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8738/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|US|1960}}
|goals1 = [[Andreas Möller|Möller]] {{goal|9}}<br />[[Jürgen Klinsmann|Klinsmann]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Parc des Princes]], [[Paris]]
|attendance = 45,500
|referee = [[Said Belqola]] ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 21 June 1998
|time = 14:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
|score = 2–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8753/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}
|goals1 = [[Siniša Mihajlović|Mihajlović]] {{goal|72|o.g.}}<br />[[Oliver Bierhoff|Bierhoff]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = [[Predrag Mijatović|Mijatović]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Dragan Stojković|Stojković]] {{goal|52}}
|stadium = [[Stade Félix-Bollaert]], [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]]
|attendance = 38,100
|referee = [[Kim Milton Nielsen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
}}

{{Main|United States v Iran (1998 FIFA World Cup)}}
{{football box
|date = 21 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|US|1960}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8754/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}
|goals1 = [[Brian McBride|McBride]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2 = [[Hamid Reza Estili|Estili]] {{goal|40}}<br />[[Mehdi Mahdavikia|Mahdavikia]] {{goal|84}}
|stadium = [[Stade de Gerland]], [[Lyon]]
|attendance = 39,100
|referee = [[Urs Meier]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 25 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8767/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}
|goals1 = [[Oliver Bierhoff|Bierhoff]] {{goal|50}}<br />[[Jürgen Klinsmann|Klinsmann]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade de la Mosson]], [[Montpellier]]
|attendance = 29,800
|referee = [[Epifanio González]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 25 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|US|1960}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8768/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Slobodan Komljenović|Komljenović]] {{goal|4}}
|stadium = [[Stade de la Beaujoire]], [[Nantes]]
|attendance = 35,500
|referee = [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}

===Group G===
{{Main|1998 FIFA World Cup Group G}}
Romania topped the group over England, while Colombia and Tunisia were unable to reach the last 16, despite Colombia having one win.
{{:1998 FIFA World Cup Group G|transcludesection=standings}}
{{football box
|date = 15 June 1998
|time = 14:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8740/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|TUN|1959}}
|goals1 = [[Alan Shearer|Shearer]] {{goal|42}}<br />[[Paul Scholes|Scholes]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade Vélodrome]], [[Marseille]]
|attendance = 54,587
|referee = [[Masayoshi Okada]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 15 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROU}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8739/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|COL}}
|goals1 = [[Adrian Ilie|Ilie]] {{goal|45+1}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade de Gerland]], [[Lyon]]
|attendance = 39,100
|referee = [[Lim Kee Chong]] ([[Mauritius Football Association|Mauritius]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 22 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8755/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|TUN|1959}}
|goals1 = [[Léider Preciado|Preciado]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade de la Mosson]], [[Montpellier]]
|attendance = 29,800
|referee = [[Bernd Heynemann]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 22 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROU}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8756/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ENG}}
|goals1 = [[Viorel Moldovan|Moldovan]] {{goal|46}}<br />[[Dan Petrescu|Petrescu]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Michael Owen|Owen]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium = [[Stadium de Toulouse|Stade de Toulouse]], [[Toulouse]]
|attendance = 33,500
|referee = [[Marc Batta]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 26 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8770/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ENG}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Darren Anderton|Anderton]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[David Beckham|Beckham]] {{goal|29}}
|stadium = [[Stade Félix-Bollaert]], [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]]
|attendance = 38,100
|referee = [[Arturo Brizio Carter]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 26 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROU}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8769/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|TUN|1959}}
|goals1 = [[Viorel Moldovan|Moldovan]] {{goal|71}}
|goals2 = [[Skander Souayah|Souayah]] {{goal|12|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|attendance = 77,000
|referee = [[Eddie Lennie]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
}}

===Group H===
{{Main|1998 FIFA World Cup Group H}}
Argentina finished at the top of Group H against three debutants. Croatia took the runners-up spot while Jamaica and Japan failed to advance.
{{:1998 FIFA World Cup Group H|transcludesection=standings}}
{{football box
|date = 14 June 1998
|time = 14:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG|1861}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8734/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JPN|1870}}
|goals1 = [[Gabriel Batistuta|Batistuta]] {{goal|28}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stadium Municipal|Stade de Toulouse]], [[Toulouse]]
|attendance = 33,500
|referee = [[Mario van der Ende]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 14 June 1998
|time = 21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8736/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CRO}}
|goals1 = [[Robbie Earle|Earle]] {{goal|45}}
|goals2 = [[Mario Stanić|Stanić]] {{goal|27}}<br />[[Robert Prosinečki|Prosinečki]] {{goal|53}}<br />[[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium = [[Stade Félix-Bollaert]], [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]]
|attendance = 38,100
|referee = [[Vítor Melo Pereira]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 June 1998
|time = 14:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8751/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CRO}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] {{goal|77}}
|stadium = [[Stade de la Beaujoire]], [[Nantes]]
|attendance = 35,500
|referee = [[Ramesh Ramdhan]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 21 June 1998
|time = 17:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG|1861}}
|score = 5–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8752/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JAM}}
|goals1 = [[Ariel Ortega|Ortega]] {{goal|32||55}}<br />[[Gabriel Batistuta|Batistuta]] {{goal|73||78||83|pen.}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Parc des Princes]], [[Paris]]
|attendance = 45,500
|referee = [[Rune Pedersen (referee)|Rune Pedersen]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 26 June 1998
|time = 16:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG|1861}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8772/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CRO}}
|goals1 = [[Mauricio Pineda (footballer, born 1975)|Pineda]] {{goal|36}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade Chaban-Delmas|Parc Lescure]], [[Bordeaux]]
|attendance = 31,800
|referee = [[Said Belqola]] ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])
}}

{{football box
|date = 26 June 1998
|time = 16:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8771/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JAM}}
|goals1 = [[Masashi Nakayama|Nakayama]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2 = [[Theodore Whitmore|Whitmore]] {{goal|39||54}}
|stadium = [[Stade Gerland]], [[Lyon]]
|attendance = 39,100
|referee = [[Günter Benkö]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}