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The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musée du Louvre, Paris on 12 December 1995. [7] 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. 174 teams from six confederations participated, 24 more than in the previous round ...
Group 8 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone: [a] Iceland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Republic of Ireland, and Romania.These six teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 15 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Chelsea beat VfB Stuttgart 1–0 in the final, winning the Cup for the second time. UEFA Cup: Inter Milan won 3–0 in the final against Lazio. This was Inter's third UEFA Cup title. UEFA Super Cup: Chelsea beat Real Madrid 1–0, winning the cup for the first time. England: FA Premier League Champions: Arsenal.
Argentina decided to use their change kit, feeling that it had granted them luck in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final between the two sides. [7] All four goals were scored in the first half, making it the first match in the tournament with as many goals scored before half-time. [8]
Iran famously beat the U.S. 2-1 in a 1998 World Cup match in France that eliminated the Americans and caused thousands of flag-waving fans to greet the Iranians when they returned home.
The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations.Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. 174 teams entered the qualification ...
The playoffs were decided by the standard FIFA method of aggregate score, with away goals and, if necessary, extra time with the possibility of a penalty shootout at the end of the second leg. The winner of each playoff was awarded a place in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
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