The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the See more

The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musée du Louvre, Paris on 12 December 1995. As tournament hosts, France was exempt from the draw as was … See more

Technologies
This was the first FIFA World Cup where fourth officials used electronic boards, instead of cardboard.
Rule changes
This was the first World Cup since the introduction of See more

France was awarded the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by the executive committee of FIFA during a general meeting in Zürich, Switzerland. They defeated Morocco by 12 votes to 7. Switzerland withdrew, due to being unable to meet FIFA's requirements. This made France … See more

France's bid to host the World Cup centered on a national stadium with 80,000 seats and nine other stadiums located across the … See more

The FIFA Organising Committee announced the eight seeded teams on 3 December 1997. The historic tradition to seed the hosts (France) and holders (Brazil) was upheld; … See more

As with the preceding tournament, each team's squad for the 1998 World Cup finals consisted of 22 players. Each participating national … See more