World Cup 1998 Groups

1998 fifa world cup group b from wikipedia the free encyclopedia italy finished clear winners of this group with seven points.

World cup 1998 groups. Group c was composed of saudi arabia south africa denmark and host nation france. En news photos videos visual stories fifa world cup fifa women s world cup tournaments. A total of 174 teams entered the 1998 fifa world cup qualification rounds competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. Group matches group a stade de france saint denis 10 jun 1998 17 30 local time.

The group consisted of world champions brazil norway scotland and morocco. At the 1998 fifa world cup the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four labelled a h. Group a of the 1998 fifa world cup was one of eight groups of four teams competing at the 1998 world cup in france. At the 1998 fifa world cup the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four labelled a h.

The first matches were played on 10 june 1998 and the final games took place simultaneously on 23 june 1998. 1998 fifa world cup france matches brazil scotland. The four teams in group g were england romania colombia and tunisia. Denmark and france started well defeating saudi arabia and south africa respectively.

Ariel ortega marc wilmots robert prosinečki brian laudrup michael owen alan shearer emmanuel petit lilian thuram zinedine zidane roberto baggio theodore whitmore ricardo peláez salaheddine bassir abdeljalil hadda phillip cocu ronald de boer patrick kluivert viorel moldovan shaun bartlett fernando. With wins in their first two games against colombia and england followed by a draw against tunisia romania won the group and qualified for the round of 16. After brazil beat scotland and morocco while norway drew with morocco and scotland brazil had qualified as group winners with a game to spa. Injury time equalisers for austria first against cameroon and then against chile meant that all three of these teams could still qualify with one match to go.

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.