French
team captain Didier Deschamps lifts the World Cup trophy high above his
head after France's World Cup final win over Brazil July 12. Hosts France
beat four-time World Cup champions Brazil 3-0 at the Stade de France.
Croatia's
Davor Suker wins the arguably most prestigious of the FIFA awards, the Golden
Shoe. He scored a goal in six of Croatia's seven matches, thus beating Gabriel
Batistuta (ARG) and Christian Vieri (ITA) who scored five goals each. Only
against Argentina, Suker who is on the books of Real Madrid failed to get
his customary goal.
Fabien
Barthez, the goalkeeper of the new World Champions, has been designated
winner of the Lev Yashin Prize for the best goalkeeper of the 1998 World
Cup. Barthez conceded only two goals in France's seven matches, an all-time
record.
- Post-Final Facts
and Figures:
France has conceded only 2 goals in 7 matches played in this World Cup. This is the lowest number of goals conceded by the winners of the title. The previous record was 3 goals, shared by Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), England (1966) and Brazil (1994). Only Brazil had played as many matches as France did in this edition.- France is the 7th team to win the FIFA World Cup. Brazil still remains the team with most wins (4), followed by Germany and Italy (3 each), Argentina and Uruguay (2 each), England and, as of today, France (1 each). This is only the 6th time that the host country has won the title: Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934, England in 1966, Germany in 1974 and Argentina in 1978 have achieved the same result that France got today. The French team has a record of 21 wins, 6 draws and 14 defeats in 41 matches played. With 48 points, France is in 6th position in the all-time ranking.
In the first meeting of the newly constituted FIFA Executive Committee, the outgoing President, Dr. Joao Havelange, formally handed over to the former FIFA General Secretary, Joseph S. Blatter, as his elected successor as FIFA President. 09-Jul-98
The FIFA World Cup Organising Committee acclaimed France 98 as an overwhelming success when the Committee met on Thursday 9 July to review the competition after 62 of the 64 scheduled matches. The Committee Chairman, Lennart Johansson (Sweden), said this had been a memorable World Cup competition in almost every respect. 09-Jul-98
Following the two semi-finals, FIFA's Technical Study Group (TSG) has designated the MasterCard All-Star Team of the 1998 World Cup which includes 16 players. 10-Jul-98
Following yesterday's decision by the FIFA Executive Committee to hold the next FIFA/Con-federations Cup in Mexico from 8 to 20 January 1999, UEFA today announced that France, the best-placed European team in the 1998 World Cup would represent Europe in this event. 10-Jul-98
Two comprehensive lists of World Cup Final Match historical figures have been compiled by FIFA staff. 11-Jul-98
At the final World Cup press conference at the International Media Centre (CIM) in Paris all of those present - Joseph S. Blatter, Michel Platini, Lennart Johansson and Claude Simonet - praised the exceptionally high standard of the overall organisation and expressed their satisfaction with the performances of the 32 teams and the level of the 62 matches played so far. 11-Jul-98
The first start list distributed at the Stade de France before the final match of the 16th FIFA World Cup raised some eyebrows: Brazil's striker Ronaldo had not been included by coach Mario Zagallo. 12-Jul-98
All the doping tests carried at the 1998 World Cup proved to be negative. The Doping Test Sub-Committee announced these results on 14 July after a final evaluation of all the specimens taken. 16-Jul-98
Brazil’s Ronaldo has been voted as the best player of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. 27-Jul-98