1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Bracket

The first games were played on 27 June 1998, and the final took place on 12 July 1998 in Paris.

|27 June – Paris||4||1 |28 June – Saint-Denis||1||4 |29 June – Toulouse||2||1 |30 June – Saint-Étienne| |2 (4)||2 (3) |27 June – Marseille||1||0 |28 June – Lens| |1||0 |29 June – Montpellier||2||1 |30 June – Bordeaux||0||1 |3 July – Nantes||3||2 |4 July – Marseille||2||1 |3 July – Saint-Denis||0 (3)|**** |0 (4) |4 July – Lyon||0||3 |7 July – Marseille| |1 (4)||1 (2) |8 July – Saint-Denis||2||1 |12 July – Saint-Denis||0||3 |11 July – Paris||1|****|2

Round of 16

Italy vs Norway

Christian Vieri scored his fifth goal of the finals and the only one of the game in the 18th minute with exquisite precision, bursting on to Luigi Di Biagio's pass 40 yards from goal. Norway had their moments but failed to finish as Gianluca Pagliuca made some brilliant saves.

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Brazil vs Chile

Ronaldo

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France vs Paraguay

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Nigeria vs Denmark

B. Laudrup Sand Helveg

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Germany vs Mexico

Bierhoff

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Netherlands vs FR Yugoslavia

Just three minutes after Slobodan Komljenović scored the equalizer, Predrag Mijatović missed a penalty kick as, after deciding not to hit it to the sides due to Edwin van der Sar's reach, the ball hit the crossbar, prompting him to describe it as the worst moment in his career. Edgar Davids scored the winning goal for the Netherlands in injury time; Davids, suffering a cramp, had asked to be substituted moments before but Guus Hiddink asked him to stay in the field. An apparent scuffle between Van der Sar and Winston Bogarde in the celebration was explained by the former as an instinctive overreaction from being unintentionally choked by Pierre van Hooijdonk.

Davids

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Romania vs Croatia

Croatia's winning penalty goal had to be retaken. Davor Šuker scored both times to extend Croatia's debut World Cup run to the quarter-finals.

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Argentina vs England

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. 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. With the score tied at 2–2, David Beckham retaliated after being fouled by Diego Simeone and was sent off. Beckham's teammate Michael Owen subsequently described Beckham's act as "childish and unnecessary", although Owen also said that the burnings of effigies of Beckham were undeserved. In the subsequent penalty shoot-out, Argentina went first. David Seaman saved Argentina's second penalty from Hernán Crespo to give England the advantage, but that was immediately cancelled when Carlos Roa saved from Paul Ince. The tie ended with another Roa save, from David Batty. Batty said it was the first penalty he had ever taken. England had also exited on penalties in the recent UEFA Euro 1996.

Zanetti Owen Crespo Verón Gallardo Ayala Ince Merson Owen Batty

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Quarter-finals

Italy vs France

Albertini Costacurta Vieri Di Biagio Lizarazu Trezeguet Henry Blanc}}

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Brazil vs Denmark

Rivaldo B. Laudrup

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Netherlands vs Argentina

Bergkamp

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Germany vs Croatia

Vlaović Šuker

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Semi-finals

Brazil vs Netherlands

Rivaldo Emerson Dunga Bergkamp Cocu R. de Boer

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France vs Croatia

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Third place play-off

As both were European teams, this was already set pre-match as the fifth consecutive World Cup in which European teams finished third, stretching back to 1982.

Šuker

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Final

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup final

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References

References

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4. [http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/07/01/MD19980701-026.pdf Davids pidió el cambio antes de dar el triunfo]. [[Mundo Deportivo]], 1 July 1998
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9. "Michael Owen still resents David Beckham for 'letting England down' at World Cup vs Argentina".
10. "Infamous Penalty Misses For England".