Editing 1998 FIFA World Cup (section)

===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]])
}}
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{{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]])
}}
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{{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]])
}}