FIFA World Cup 1998

France
Teams
Playing venues
Matches		 32
10
64
Opening match
Final		 Stade de France
Stade de France
Average venue capacity
Largest venue
Smallest venue
No. of matches per venue (avg)		 41,890 seats
Stade de France (80,000 seats)
Stade de la Mosson (29,800 seats)
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Saint-Denis

Stade de France (80,000 seats)

Matches:
Group A – Brazil 2-1 Scotland
Group E – Netherlands 0-0 Belgium
Group C – France 4-0 Saudi Arabia
Group B – Italy 2-1 Austria
Group G – Romania 1-1 Tunisia
Round of 16 – Nigeria 1-4 Denmark
Quarter-final – Italy 0-0 France
Semi-final – France 2-1 Croatia
Final – Brazil 0-3 France

Marseille

Stade Vélodrome (55,000 seats)

Matches:
Group C – France 3-0 South Africa
Group G – England 2-0 Tunisia
Group E – Netherlands 5-0 Korea Republic
Group A – Brazil 1-2 Norway
Round of 16 – Italy 1-0 Norway
Quarter-final – Netherlands 2-1 Argentina
Semi-final – Brazil 1-1 Netherlands

Paris

Parc des Princes (45,500 seats)

Matches:
Group F – Germany 2-0 USA
Group D – Nigeria 1-0 Bulgaria
Group H – Argentina 5-0 Jamaica
Group E – Belgium 1-1 Korea Republic
Round of 16 – Brazil 4-1 Chile
Third place – Netherlands 1-2 Croatia

Lyon

Stade Gerland (39,100 seats)

Matches:
Group E – Korea Republic 1-3 Mexico
Group G – Romania 1-0 Colombia
Group F – USA 1-2 Iran
Group C – France 2-1 Denmark
Group H – Japan 1-2 Jamaica
Quarter-final – Germany 0-3 Croatia

Nantes

Stade de la Beaujoire (35,500 seats)

Matches:
Group D – Spain 2-3 Nigeria
Group A – Brazil 3-0 Morocco
Group H – Japan 0-1 Croatia
Group B – Chile 1-1 Cameroon
Group F – USA 0-1 Yugoslavia
Quarter-final Brazil 3-2 Denmark

Lens

Stade Felix-Bollaert (38,100 seats)

Matches:
Group C – Saudi Arabia 0-1 Denmark
Group H – Jamaica 1-3 Croatia
Group F – Germany 2-2 Yugoslavia
Group D – Spain 6-1 Bulgaria
Group G – Colombia 0-2 England
Round of 16 – France 1-0 Paraguay

Toulouse

Stadium de Toulouse (33,500 seats)

Matches:
Group B – Cameroon 1-1 Austria
Group H – Argentina 1-0 Japan
Group C – South Africa 1-1 Denmark
Group G – Romania 2-1 England
Group D – Nigeria 1-3 Paraguay
Round of 16 – Netherlands 2-1 Yugoslavia

Bordeaux

Parc Lescure (31,800 seats)

Matches:
Group B – Italy 2-2 Chile
Group A – Scotland 1-1 Norway
Group E – Belgium 2-2 Mexico
Group C – South Africa 2-2 Saudi Arabia
Group H – Argentina 1-0 Croatia
Round of 16 – Romania 0-1 Croatia

Saint-Etienne

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (30,600 seats)

Matches:
Group F – Yugoslavia 1-0 Iran
Group B – Chile 1-1 Austria
Group D – Spain 0-0 Paraguay
Group A – Scotland 0-3 Morocco
Group E – Netherlands 2-2 Mexico
Round of 16 – Argentina 2-2 England

Montpellier

Stade de la Mosson (29,800 seats)

Matches:
Group A – Morocco 2-2 Norway
Group D – Paraguay 0-0 Bulgaria
Group B – Italy 3-0 Cameroon
Group G – Colombia 1-0 Tunisia
Group F – Germany 2-0 Iran
Round of 16 – Germany 2-1 Mexico