Contemporary era · 1998
1998 FIFA World Cup
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 host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament (the first was in 1938), defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the ninth time that it was held in Europe.
- When
- 10 Jun 1998 – 12 Jul 1998
- Where
- Stade Vélodrome
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
People
Zinedine Zidaneb. 1972French association football player and coach.jpg/330px-David_Beckham_UNICEF_(cropped).jpg)
David Beckhamb. 1975English footballer (born 1975)
Ronaldob. 1976Brazilian association football player (born 1976)_(cropped).jpg/330px-Gianluigi_Buffon_(31784615942)_(cropped).jpg)
Gianluigi Buffonb. 1978Former Italian footballer (born 1978)_(cropped).jpg/330px-Thierry_Henry_(51649035951)_(cropped).jpg)
Thierry Henryb. 1977French association football player and manager.jpg/330px-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88_(cropped).jpg)
Roberto Baggiob. 1967Italian association football player (born 1967)
Samuel Eto'ob. 1981Cameroonian association football player
Alessandro Del Pierob. 1974Italian association football player
Before and after
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