WORLD CUP 1998 IN FRANCE.

The host for the 1998 world cup was France. It was held from june10 to july 12.
There were a total of 32 countries taking partin the world cup from 5 confedrations
The champion for the 1998 cup was France. Brazil came second and Croatia came third. and Holland came fourth.
There were a total of 64 games played in all.
There were a totalmof 171 goals scored at 2.67 per match .
The Attendance was a total of 2,785,100 at 43, 517 per match.
The top scorer was Davor Suker of Croatia. With 6 goals.
The award for the best player went to Ronaldo of Brazil.
The Quater finals saw as usual some big countries getting knocked out.
1 France verses Italy 0-0 A.E.T.France won 4-2 on a penalty shootout.
2Brazil verses Denmark was 3-2.
3 Holland verses Argentina. 2-1
4Croatia verses Germany. 3-2.
The Semi Finals were as follows.
1 Brazil verses Holland. 1-1 A.E.T. 4-2 . on penaltyshootout.
2 France verses Croatia. 2-1.
Third place Croatia versesv Holland. 2-1
The Final was between France verses Brazil. 3-0.
The Golden shoe winner was Davor Suker of Croatia.
The golden ball winner was Ronaldo.
The Yashin award was won by Fabien Barthez.
The Fair play award went to France.
The most exciting team went to France.

THe 1998 world cup all star team was as followws.
Goalkeepers. Fabien Barthez and Jose luis Chilavert.
Defenders. Roberto Carlos. Marcel Desailly, Lilian Thuram,and Frank DeBoer.
Midfielders were Dunga, Rivaldo, Michel Ladrup,Zinedine Zidane, Edgar Davids andDavid Bechem.
forwards.
Ronaldo, Davor Suker,Brian Ladrup and Dennis Bergkamp.
In this world cup Croatia had just broke away from Yugoslavia , but still they won the bronze medal.
Most likely for the first time there were two pairs of twins playin in the world cup . They were the Dutch team playere Frank and Ronald De Boer.And Flo twins from Norway
Andre Flo and his twin brother Havard Flo