CONMEBOL (South America) and CAF (Africa) were each given five spots in the final tournament, while three spots were contested between 30 CONCACAF members in the North and Central America and the Caribbean zone. Ten were determined after group play – nine group winners and the best second-placed team the other eight group runners-up were drawn into pairs of four play-off matches with the winners qualifying for the finals as well. Fourteen countries qualified from the European zone (in addition to hosts France). 174 teams from six confederations participated, 24 more than in the previous round. As tournament hosts, France was exempt from the draw as was defending champion Brazil, but it was also France's first World Cup since 1986. The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musée du Louvre, Paris on 12 December 1995. Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification It eventually transpired that the bribe payment was from the failed Moroccan bid. Since France won the selection process it was initially thought the bribery came from its bid committee. Blazer stated that "we facilitated bribes in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup".
On 4 June 2015, while co-operating with the FBI and the Swiss authorities, Chuck Blazer confirmed that he and other members of FIFA's executive committee were bribed during the 19 World Cups host selection process. England, who hosted the competition in 1966 and won it, were among the original applicants, but later withdrew their application in favour of an ultimately successful bid to host UEFA Euro 1996.īribery and corruption investigations France previously hosted the third edition of the World Cup in 1938. This made France the third country to host two World Cups, after Mexico and Italy in 19 respectively. Switzerland withdrew, due to being unable to meet FIFA's requirements. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the finals.įrance was awarded the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by the executive committee of FIFA during a general meeting in Zürich, Switzerland. As of 2022, they are most recent team to win the tournament on home soil. France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina) to win the world cup on on home soil. The tournament was won by host country France, who beat defending champions Brazil 3–0 in the final. 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums in 10 host cities, with the opening match and final staged at the newly built Stade de France in the Parisian commune of Saint-Denis. For the first time in the competition, the group stage was expanded from 24 teams to 32, with eight groups of four. Qualification for the finals began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997. Spanning 32 days, it is the longest World Cup tournament ever held.
It was the second time that France staged the competition (the first was in 1938) and the ninth time that it was held in Europe. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament, defeating Morocco in the bidding process. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998.
Brazilian Legend Marta Wins FIFA Best Woman Footballer of the Year Award 2018 Has More Awards Than Messi and Ronaldo.The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. Brazil was defeated by Australia 3-2 in the second match of the group stage but still managed to qualify for the knockout phase as the best third-placed team in the competition with six points, behind Italy and Australia. Marta is also the only player, male or female, to have scored in five different World Cups. With her 17th goal, she surpassed the 16 goals netted by Germany's Miroslav Klose, thus setting a new record in the history of the World Cup in both the men's and women's categories. Brazil's captain led her team to victory - and the third spot in Group C - on Tuesday by converting a penalty after Debinha was fouled by Elena Linari in the second half, reports Efe news. Valenciennes, June 19: Marta became the top scorer in the history of FIFA World Cups, including the men's tournament, after scoring her 17th overall goal in Brazil's 1-0 win against Italy in the Women's World Cup here.
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