1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

The 1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage covers the games from the last-16 through to final at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The top two teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage. Teams played one game against each other, with the possibility of extra-time and penalties if a winner could not be determined.

The first games were played on 27 June 1998 and the final took place on 12 July 1998 in Paris.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

27 June – Paris

Brazil

4

3 July – Nantes

Chile

1

Brazil

3

28 June – Saint-Denis

Denmark

2

Nigeria

1

7 July – Marseille

Denmark

4

Brazil (pen.)

1 (4)

29 June – Toulouse

Netherlands

1 (2)

Netherlands

2

4 July – Marseille

Yugoslavia

1

Netherlands

2

30 June – Saint-Étienne

Argentina

1

Argentina (pen.)

2 (4)

12 July – Saint-Denis

England

2 (3)

Brazil

0

27 June – Marseille

France

3

Italy

1

3 July – Saint-Denis

Norway

0

Italy

0 (3)

28 June – Lens

France (pen.)

0 (4)

France (a.e.t.)

1

8 July – Saint-Denis

Paraguay

0

France

2

29 June – Montpellier

Croatia

1

Third place

Germany

2

4 July – Lyon

11 July – Paris

Mexico

1

Germany

0

Netherlands

1

30 June – Bordeaux

Croatia

3

Croatia

2

Romania

0

Croatia

1

Round of 16

Italy vs Norway

27 June 1998 16:30	Italy	1 – 0	Norway	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
	Vieri  18'	Report

ITALY: GK 12 Gianluca Pagliuca RB 2 Giuseppe Bergomi CB 4 Fabio Cannavaro CB 5 Alessandro Costacurta LB 3 Paolo Maldini (c) 89' CM 11 Dino Baggio CM 14 Luigi Di Biagio 84' CM 9 Demetrio Albertini 73' RW 17 Francesco Moriero 38' 63' AM 10 Alessandro Del Piero 78' CF 21 Christian Vieri Substitutes: MF 15 Angelo Di Livio 63' MF 7 Gianluca Pessotto 73' FW 20 Enrico Chiesa 78' Manager: Cesare Maldini

NORWAY: GK 1 Frode Grodås (c) RB 4 Henning Berg CB 15 Dan Eggen CB 3 Ronny Johnsen LB 5 Stig Inge Bjørnebye CM 10 Kjetil Rekdal 62' CM 8 Øyvind Leonhardsen 13' CM 21 Vidar Riseth RW 17 Håvard Flo 35' 73' LW 7 Erik Mykland 54' CF 9 Tore André Flo Substitutes: MF 22 Roar Strand 13' 38' MF 6 Stale Solbakken 38' FW 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 73' Manager: Egil Olsen

Brazil vs Chile

27 June 1998 21:00	Brazil	4 – 1	Chile	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Marc Batta (France)
	César Sampaio  11', 27' Ronaldo  45+1' (pen.), 70'	Report	Salas  68'

BRAZIL: GK 1 Claudio Taffarel RB 2 Cafu 90+1' CB 3 Aldair 77' CB 4 Junior Baiano LB 6 Roberto Carlos CM 5 César Sampaio CM 8 Dunga (c) AM 10 Rivaldo AM 18 Leonardo 45' CF 20 Bebeto 65' CF 9 Ronaldo Substitutes: FW 19 Denílson 65' MF 14 Gonçalves 77' Manager: Mário Zagallo

CHILE: GK 1 Nelson Tapia 45' CB 6 Pedro Reyes CB 3 Ronald Fuentes 34' CB 5 Javier Margas RWB 19 Fernando Cornejo LWB 16 Mauricio Aros CM 8 Clarence Acuña 80' CM 14 Miguel Ramírez 45' AM 10 José Luis Sierra 45' CF 11 Marcelo Salas CF 9 Iván Zamorano (c) Substitutes: MF 17 Marcelo Vega 45' MF 20 Fabián Estay 45' MF 18 Luis Musrri 80' Manager: Nelson Acosta

France vs Paraguay

28 June 1998 16:30	France	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Paraguay	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	Blanc  113'	Report

FRANCE: GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 15 Lilian Thuram CB 5 Laurent Blanc CB 8 Marcel Desailly LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu CM 7 Didier Deschamps (c) CM 17 Emmanuel Petit 69' RW 13 Bernard Diomède 76' LW 6 Youri Djorkaeff CF 20 David Trezeguet CF 12 Thierry Henry 64' Substitutes: MF 11 Robert Pirès 64' MF 14 Alain Boghossian 69' FW 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h 76' Manager: Aimé Jacquet

PARAGUAY: GK 1 José Luis Chilavert (c) 19' RB 2 Francisco Arce 84' CB 4 Carlos Gamarra CB 5 Celso Ayala LB 11 Pedro Sarabia CM 10 Roberto Acuña CM 16 Julio César Enciso 32' CM 13 Carlos Humberto Paredes 74' AM 21 Jorge Luis Campos 55' AM 15 Miguel Ángel Benítez 23' CF 9 José Cardozo 91' Substitutes: MF 7 Julio César Yegros 55' DF 20 Denis Caniza 74' MF 8 Aristides Rojas 91' Manager: Paulo César Carpegiani

Nigeria vs Denmark

28 June 1998 21:00	Nigeria	1 – 4	Denmark	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	Babangida  78'	Report	Møller  3' B. Laudrup  12' Sand  60' Helveg  76'

NIGERIA: GK 1 Peter Rufai RB 8 Mutiu Adepoju CB 5 Uche Okechukwu (c) CB 6 Taribo West LB 3 Celestine Babayaro DM 15 Sunday Oliseh RM 7 Finidi George LM 11 Garba Lawal 73' AM 10 Jay-Jay Okocha 49' SS 4 Nwankwo Kanu 65' CF 20 Victor Ikpeba Substitutes: FW 9 Rashidi Yekini 65' DF 13 Tijjani Babangida 73' Manager: Bora Milutinovic

DENMARK: GK 1 Peter Schmeichel RB 12 Søren Colding CB 3 Marc Rieper 24' CB 4 Jes Høgh LB 5 Jan Heintze CM 6 Thomas Helveg CM 7 Allan Nielsen RW 21 Martin Jørgensen LW 10 Michael Laudrup (c) 84' SS 11 Brian Laudrup 78' CF 18 Peter Møller 59' Substitutes: FW 19 Ebbe Sand 59' MF 14 Morten Wieghorst 78' MF 8 Per Frandsen 84' Manager: Bo Johansson

Germany vs Mexico

29 June 1998 16:30	Germany	2 – 1	Mexico	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Klinsmann  75' Bierhoff  86'	Report	Hernández  47'

GERMANY: GK 1 Andreas Köpke SW 8 Lothar Matthäus 56' CB 14 Markus Babbel 45+1' CB 2 Christian Wörns RWB 3 Jörg Heinrich 58' LWB 21 Michael Tarnat 77' CM 16 Dietmar Hamann 88' CM 5 Thomas Helmer 38' CM 10 Thomas Häßler 74' CF 20 Oliver Bierhoff CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann (c) Substitutes: MF 17 Christian Ziege 38' MF 7 Andreas Möller 58' FW 9 Ulf Kirsten 74' Manager: Berti Vogts

MEXICO: GK 1 Jorge Campos RB 13 Pável Pardo CB 5 Duilio Davino 57' CB 14 Raúl Lara CB 2 Claudio Suárez CM 4 Germán Villa CM 8 Alberto García Aspe (c) 86' CM 6 Marcelino Bernal 45' AM 11 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 87' AM 17 Francisco Palencia 53' CF 15 Luis Hernández Substitutes: DF 18 Salvador Carmona 45' MF 21 Jesus Arellano 53' FW 9 Ricardo Peláez 86' Manager: Manuel Lapuente

Netherlands vs Yugoslavia

29 June 1998 21:00	Netherlands	2 – 1	Yugoslavia	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse Attendance: 33,500 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
	Bergkamp  38' Davids  90+2'	Report	Komljenović  48'

NETHERLANDS: GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Michael Reiziger CB 3 Jaap Stam CB 4 Frank de Boer (c) LB 5 Arthur Numan CM 16 Edgar Davids CM 10 Clarence Seedorf RW 7 Ronald de Boer LW 11 Philip Cocu SS 14 Marc Overmars CF 8 Dennis Bergkamp Manager: Guus Hiddink

YUGOSLAVIA: GK 1 Ivica Kralj RB 2 Zoran Mirković 52' CB 13 Slobodan Komljenovic CB 11 Siniša Mihajlović 78' LB 3 Goran Đorović 73' CM 4 Slaviša Jokanović CM 6 Branko Brnović CM 16 Zeljko Petrovic AM 7 Vladimir Jugović AM 10 Dragan Stojković (c) 38' 57' CF 9 Predrag Mijatović Substitutes: MF 8 Dejan Savićević 57' DF 14 Niša Saveljić 78' Manager: Slobodan Santrac

Romania vs Croatia

30 June 1998 16:30	Romania	0 – 1	Croatia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: 31,800 Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
		Report	Šuker  45+2' (pen.)

ROMANIA: GK 12 Bogdan Stelea SW 6 Gheorghe Popescu 43' CB 18 Iulian Filipescu CB 13 Liviu Ciobotariu RWB 2 Dan Petrescu 70' 76' DM 5 Constantin Galca LWB 8 Dorinel Munteanu CM 16 Gabriel Popescu 61' AM 10 Gheorghe Hagi (c) 56' SS 11 Adrian Ilie 81' CF 9 Viorel Moldovan Substitutes: FW 21 Gheorghe Craioveanu 56' MF 14 Radu Niculescu 61' MF 15 Lucian Marinescu 76' Manager: Anghel Iordanescu

CROATIA: GK 1 Drazen Ladic RB 20 Dario Simic CB 6 Slaven Bilic 70' CB 4 Igor Stimac LB 17 Robert Jarni DM 21 Krunoslav Jurcic RM 7 Aljosa Asanovic LM 13 Mario Stanic 83' AM 10 Zvonimir Boban (c) 27' SS 19 Goran Vlaovic 76' CF 9 Davor Šuker Substitutes: FW 2 Petar Krpan 76' DF 15 Igor Tudor 83' Manager: Miroslav Blazevic

Argentina vs England

30 June 1998 21:00	Argentina	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	England	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 30,600 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Batistuta  6' (pen.) Zanetti  45+1'	Report	Shearer  10' (pen.) Owen  16'
		Penalties
	Berti Crespo Verón Gallardo Ayala	4 – 3	Shearer Ince Merson Owen Batty

ARGENTINA: GK 1 Carlos Roa 110' RB 14 Nelson Vivas CB 2 Roberto Ayala CB 3 José Chamot LB 22 Javier Zanetti DM 5 Matías Almeyda 73' CM 8 Diego Simeone (c) 47' 91' CM 11 Juan Sebastián Verón 44' AM 10 Ariel Ortega SS 7 Claudio López 68' CF 9 Gabriel Batistuta 68' Substitutes: FW 19 Hernán Crespo 68' MF 20 Marcelo Gallardo 68' MF 16 Sergio Berti 91' Manager: Daniel Passarella

ENGLAND: GK 1 David Seaman 5' RB 12 Gary Neville CB 2 Sol Campbell CB 5 Tony Adams LB 3 Graeme Le Saux 71' RM 14 Darren Anderton 97' CM 7 David Beckham  47' CM 4 Paul Ince 10' LM 16 Paul Scholes 78' SS 20 Michael Owen CF 9 Alan Shearer (c) Substitutes: DF 6 Gareth Southgate 71' FW 15 Paul Merson 78' MF 8 David Batty 97' Manager: Glenn Hoddle

Quarter-finals

France vs Italy

3 July 1998 16:30	France	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Italy	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
		Report
		Penalties
	Zidane Lizarazu Trezeguet Henry Blanc	4 – 3	R. Baggio Albertini Costacurta Vieri Di Biagio

ITALY: GK 12 Gianluca Pagliuca RB 2 Giuseppe Bergomi 28' CB 4 Fabio Cannavaro CB 5 Alessandro Costacurta 113' LB 3 Paolo Maldini (c) CM 11 Dino Baggio 52' CM 14 Luigi Di Biagio RW 17 Francesco Moriero LW 7 Gianluca Pessotto 90' SS 10 Alessandro Del Piero 26' 67' CF 21 Christian Vieri Substitutes: MF 9 Demetrio Albertini 52' FW 18 Roberto Baggio 67' MF 15 Angelo Di Livio 90' Manager: Cesare Maldini

FRANCE: GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 15 Lilian Thuram CB 5 Laurent Blanc CB 8 Marcel Desailly LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu DM 7 Didier Deschamps (c) 62' RM 19 Christian Karembeu 65' LM 17 Emanuel Petit AM 10 Zinedine Zidane SS 6 Youri Djorkaeff CF 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h 53' 65' Substitutes: FW 12 Thierry Henry 65' FW 20 David Trezeguet 65' Manager: Aimé Jacquet

Brazil vs Denmark

3 July 1998 21:00	Brazil	3 – 2	Denmark	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Bebeto  11' Rivaldo  27', 60'	Report	Jørgensen  2' B. Laudrup  50'

BRAZIL: GK 1 Claudio Taffarel RB 2 Cafu 81' CB 3 Aldair 37' CB 4 Junior Baiano LB 6 Roberto Carlos 11' CM 5 César Sampaio CM 8 Dunga (c) AM 10 Rivaldo 87' AM 18 Leonardo 72' CF 20 Bebeto 64' CF 9 Ronaldo Substitutes: FW 19 Denílson 64' MF 11 Emerson 72' MF 16 Zé Roberto 87' Manager: Mário Zagallo

DENMARK: GK 1 Peter Schmeichel RB 12 Søren Colding 39' CB 3 Marc Rieper CB 4 Jes Høgh LB 5 Jan Heintze CM 6 Thomas Helveg 19' 87' CM 7 Allan Nielsen 45' RW 21 Martin Jørgensen LW 10 Michael Laudrup (c) SS 11 Brian Laudrup CF 18 Peter Møller 67' Substitutes: MF 15 Stig Tøfting 72' 45' FW 19 Ebbe Sand 67' MF 2 Michael Schjønberg 87' Manager: Bo Johansson

Netherlands vs Argentina

4 July 1998 16:30	Netherlands	2 – 1	Argentina	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
	Kluivert  12' Bergkamp  90'	Report	López  17'

NETHERLANDS: GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Michael Reiziger CB 3 Jaap Stam 10' CB 4 Frank de Boer (c) LB 5 Arthur Numan  17', 76' CM 6 Wim Jonk CM 16 Edgar Davids RW 7 Ronald de Boer 64' LW 11 Philip Cocu SS 8 Dennis Bergkamp CF 9 Patrick Kluivert Substitutes: FW 14 Marc Overmars 64' Manager: Guus Hiddink

ARGENTINA: GK 1 Carlos Roa RB 22 Javier Zanetti CB 2 Roberto Ayala CB 3 José Chamot 22' 89' LB 6 Roberto Sensini 60' DM 5 Matías Almeyda 68' CM 8 Diego Simeone (c) CM 11 Juan Sebastián Verón AM 10 Ariel Ortega  86', 87' SS 11 Claudio López CF 9 Gabriel Batistuta Substitutes: DF 4 Mauricio Pineda 68' FW 18 Abel Balbo 89' Manager: Daniel Passarella

Germany vs Croatia

4 July 1998 21:00	Germany	0 – 3	Croatia	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 39,100 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
		Report	Jarni  45+3' Vlaović  80' Šuker  85'

GERMANY: GK 1 Andreas Köpke SW 8 Lothar Matthäus CB 2 Christian Wörns  40' CB 4 Jürgen Kohler RWB 3 Jörg Heinrich 18' LWB 21 Michael Tarnat 37' CM 16 Dietmar Hamann 79' CM 13 Jens Jeremies CM 10 Thomas Häßler 69' CF 20 Oliver Bierhoff CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann (c) Substitutes: FW 9 Ulf Kirsten 69' FW 11 Olaf Marschall 79' Manager: Berti Vogts

CROATIA: GK 1 Drazen Ladic RB 20 Dario Simic 13' CB 6 Slaven Bilic CB 4 Igor Stimac LB 17 Robert Jarni DM 14 Zvonimir Soldo RM 7 Aljosa Asanovic LM 13 Mario Stanic AM 10 Zvonimir Boban (c) SS 19 Goran Vlaovic 83' CF 9 Davor Šuker 57' Substitutes: FW 11 Silvio Maric 83' Manager: Miroslav Blazevic

Semi-finals

Brazil vs Netherlands

7 July 1998 21:00	Brazil	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	Ronaldo  46'	Report	Kluivert  87'
		Penalties
	Ronaldo Rivaldo Emerson Dunga	4 – 2	F. de Boer Bergkamp Cocu R. de Boer

BRAZIL: GK 1 Claudio Taffarel RB 13 Zé Carlos 31' CB 3 Aldair CB 4 Junior Baiano LB 6 Roberto Carlos CM 5 César Sampaio 45' CM 8 Dunga (c) AM 10 Rivaldo AM 18 Leonardo 85' CF 20 Bebeto 70' CF 9 Ronaldo Substitutes: FW 19 Denílson 70' MF 11 Emerson 85' Manager: Mário Zagallo

NETHERLANDS: GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Michael Reiziger 48' 56' CB 3 Jaap Stam CB 4 Frank de Boer (c) LB 11 Philip Cocu CM 6 Wim Jonk 111' CM 16 Edgar Davids 60' RW 7 Ronald de Boer LW 12 Boudewijn Zenden 75' SS 8 Dennis Bergkamp CF 9 Patrick Kluivert Substitutes: MF 20 Aron Winter 56' FW 17 Pierre van Hooijdonk 90' 75' MF 10 Clarence Seedorf 119' 111' Manager: Guus Hiddink

France vs Croatia

8 July 1998 21:00	France	2 – 1	Croatia	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 76,000 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
	Thuram  47', 69'	Report	Šuker  46'

FRANCE: GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 15 Lilian Thuram CB 5 Laurent Blanc  76' CB 8 Marcel Desailly LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu DM 7 Didier Deschamps (c) RM 19 Christian Karembeu 31' LM 17 Emmanuel Petit AM 10 Zinedine Zidane SS 6 Youri Djorkaeff 77' CF 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h 68' Substitutes: FW 12 Thierry Henry 31' FW 20 David Trezeguet 68' DF 18 Frank Leboeuf 77' Manager: Aimé Jacquet

CROATIA: GK 1 Drazen Ladic RB 20 Dario Simic 88' CB 6 Slaven Bilic CB 4 Igor Stimac LB 17 Robert Jarni DM 14 Zvonimir Soldo RM 7 Aljosa Asanovic 45' LM 13 Mario Stanic 75' 89' AM 10 Zvonimir Boban (c) 66' SS 19 Goran Vlaovic CF 9 Davor Šuker Substitutes: FW 11 Silvio Maric 66' MF 8 Robert Prosinecki 89' Manager: Miroslav Blazevic

Third place match

11 July 1998 21:00	Netherlands	1 – 2	Croatia	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
	Zenden  21'	Report	Prosinečki  13' Šuker  35'

NETHERLANDS: GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 5 Arthur Numan CB 3 Jaap Stam CB 4 Frank de Boer (c) LB 11 Philip Cocu 46' CM 6 Wim Jonk 89' CM 16 Edgar Davids 89' RW 10 Clarence Seedorf LW 12 Boudewijn Zenden SS 8 Dennis Bergkamp 57' CF 9 Patrick Kluivert Substitutes: MF 14 Marc Overmars 46' FW 17 Pierre van Hooijdonk 57' Manager: Guus Hiddink

CROATIA: GK 1 Drazen Ladic SW 21 Krunoslav Jurcic 34' CB 6 Slaven Bilic CB 4 Igor Stimac 52' DM 14 Zvonimir Soldo RM 7 Aljosa Asanovic 69' LM 17 Robert Jarni AM 10 Zvonimir Boban (c) 77' AM 8 Robert Prosinecki 85' SS 13 Mario Stanic 74' CF 9 Davor Šuker Substitutes: FW 19 Goran Vlaovic 77' DF 15 Igor Tudor 85' Manager: Miroslav Blazevic

Final

12 July 1998 21:00	Brazil	0 – 3	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
		Report	Zidane  27', 45+1' Petit  90+3'

BRAZIL: GK 1 Claudio Taffarel RB 2 Cafu CB 3 Aldair CB 4 Junior Baiano 33' LB 6 Roberto Carlos CM 5 César Sampaio 73' CM 8 Dunga (c) AM 10 Rivaldo AM 18 Leonardo 46' CF 20 Bebeto CF 9 Ronaldo Substitutes: MF 19 Denílson 46' FW 21 Edmundo 73' Manager: Mario Zagallo

FRANCE: GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 15 Lilian Thuram CB 8 Marcel Desailly  48', 68' CB 18 Frank Lebœuf LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu DM 7 Didier Deschamps (c) 39' CM 17 Emmanuel Petit CM 19 Christian Karembeu 56' 57' CM 10 Zinedine Zidane AM 6 Youri Djorkaeff 74' CF 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h 66' Substitutes: MF 14 Alain Boghossian 57' FW 21 Christophe Dugarry 66' MF 4 Patrick Vieira 74' Manager: Aime Jacquet