Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup

1998 FIFA World Cup

The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

 qualification

FIFA World Cup qualification

The FIFA World Cup qualification is the process that a national association football team goes through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals. The FIFA World Cup is a global event, so qualification is required to reduce the large field of participants from about 200 to 32.Qualifying tournaments...

rounds for the European zone (UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

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A total of 50 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 15 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. France

France national football team

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...

, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition between 49 teams.

The 49 teams were divided into nine groups, four groups of six teams and five groups of five teams. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up would be ranked according to their records against the 1st, 3rd and 4th-placed team in their groups, and the team with the best record would also qualify. The other runners-up would advance to the UEFA Play-offs.

In the play-offs, the 8 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.

Qualification seeding (UEFA)

The draw was made on 12 December 1995, and was based on the November 1995 FIFA World Rankings.

Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3
Pool 4	Pool 5	Pool 6

Group 1

Key:

• Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals
  1998 FIFA World Cup
  The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
  
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• Teams highlighted in orange qualified for the Play-offs.

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Table

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		17	8	5	2	1	14	6	8
2		15	8	4	3	1	17	12	5
3		14	8	4	2	2	11	4	7
4		9	8	3	0	5	9	14	−5
5		1	8	0	1	7	5	20	−15

Results

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		19	8	6	1	1	15	2	13
2		18	8	5	3	0	11	1	10
3		10	8	3	1	4	10	12	−2
4		10	8	3	1	4	7	9	−2
5		0	8	0	0	8	2	21	−19

Results

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		20	8	6	2	0	21	2	19
2		12	8	3	3	2	10	8	2
3		11	8	3	2	3	11	12	−1
4		10	8	3	1	4	11	12	−1
5		3	8	1	0	7	3	22	−19

Results

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		25	10	8	1	1	17	4	13
2		23	10	7	2	1	15	3	12
3		21	10	7	0	3	16	9	7
4		10	10	3	1	6	10	14	−4
5		4	10	1	1	8	4	16	−12
6		4	10	1	1	8	5	21	−16

Results

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This game was a replay of the original game that took place in Tallinn on October 9 where the Estonian team failed to show up

One team in Tallinn

One team in Tallinn refers to a football match scheduled for 9 October 1996 in World Cup qualifying European Group 4 between the national teams of Estonia and Scotland, which became very notable for the unusual circumstances whereby it was abandoned after 3 seconds, with the Estonian team absent...

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Table

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		18	8	6	0	2	18	9	9
2		17	8	5	2	1	19	5	14
3		13	8	4	1	3	9	7	2
4		10	8	3	1	4	10	15	−5
5		0	8	0	0	8	2	22	−20

Results

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		26	10	8	2	0	26	6	20
2		23	10	7	2	1	29	7	22
3		16	10	5	1	4	16	6	10
4		16	10	5	1	4	18	14	4
5		6	10	2	0	8	10	31	−21
6		0	10	0	0	10	2	37	−35

Results

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		19	8	6	1	1	26	4	22
2		18	8	6	0	2	20	11	9
3		14	8	4	2	2	21	9	12
4		7	8	2	1	5	20	21	−1
5		0	8	0	0	8	0	42	−42

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		28	10	9	1	0	37	4	33
2		18	10	5	3	2	22	8	14
3		17	10	5	2	3	11	8	3
4		13	10	4	1	5	22	18	4
5		9	10	2	3	5	11	16	−5
6		0	10	0	0	10	3	52	−49

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		22	10	6	4	0	23	9	14
2		20	10	6	2	2	10	6	4
3		19	10	5	4	1	12	4	8
4		8	10	1	5	4	8	17	−9
5		7	10	1	4	5	6	10	−4
6		4	10	1	1	8	7	20	−13

Results

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Ranking of runners-up

Record against the 1st, 3rd and 4th-placed team in their groups.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	13	6	4	1	1	8	2	6
	12	6	3	3	0	5	0	5
	12	6	4	0	2	11	11	0
	11	6	3	2	1	12	5	7
	11	6	3	2	1	11	8	3
	11	6	3	2	1	7	5	2
	8	6	2	2	2	8	6	2
	8	6	2	2	2	5	5	0
	6	6	1	3	2	4	7	−3

First leg

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Second leg

Croatia won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Italy won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Belgium won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Yugoslavia won 12–1 on aggregate.