World Cup 1998 Mexico

A total of 30 concacaf teams entered the competition.

World cup 1998 mexico. In total 704 players were selected for the tournament. The official match schedule for 1998 fifa world cup france. 1 2 in 2018 mexico created one of the biggest upsets after defeating world champions germany 1 0 in the opening game of the world cup. Mexico and the netherlands qualified after they both beat south korea and drew with belgium before drawing with each other.

13 jun 1998 21 00 local time. Scroll for more jersey. Each team was required to submit a squad of 22 players numbered sequentially from 1 to 22 from whom they would select their teams for each match at the tournament with the final squads to be submitted by 1 june 1998. The world cup finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world with an estimated 715 1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

This was the first world cup since the introduction of golden goals banning of tackles from behind that endanger the safety of an opponent and allowance of three substitutions per game. The 1998 fifa world cup qualification concacaf zone ran from march 1996 to november 1997 in order to determine the three concacaf representatives at the 1998 fifa world cup. 34 referees and 33 assistants officiated in the 1998 world cup. Mexico defeat usa 1 0 to win record eighth gold cup jonathan dos santos scored the only goal as mexico defeated the united states 1 0 to win the concacaf gold cup for a record eighth time at soldier field on sunday.

Complete list of players from mexico roster in the 1998 fifa soccer world cup. Group e was one of eight groups at the 1998 fifa world cup into which the 32 teams were divided. 13 jun 1998 group e. 1998 fifa world cup france 10 june 12 july.

For an overview of the qualification rounds see 1998 fifa world cup qualification.