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England in World Cup 1998
Team Records

  

 

World Cup 1998 Preliminary Competition
1996-1997

England Team Results - Preliminary Competition

No.

 Date Opposition Venue Notes F A Result H.T.
727 01-Sep-1996 Moldova Republic Stadium, Chisinau WCP group 3 0 AW [2-0]
728 09-Oct-1996 Poland Empire Stadium, Wembley, London WCP group 2 1 HW [2-1]
729 09-Nov-1996 Georgia Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi WCP group 2 0 AW [2-0]
730 12-Feb-1997 Italy Empire Stadium, Wembley, London WCP group 0 1 HL [0-1]
732 30-Apr-1997 Georgia Empire Stadium, Wembley, London WCPgroup 2 0 HW [1-0]
734 31-May-1997 Poland Stadion Slaski, Chorzów WCP group 2 0 AW [1-0]
738 10-Sep-1997 Moldova Empire Stadium, Wembley, London WCP group 4 0 HW [1-0]
739 11-Oct-1997 Italy Stadio Olimpico, Rome WCP group - 1st place 0 0 AD [0-0]

 

England Team Record - Preliminary Competition
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv FMax AMax Pts% W/L
8 6 1 1 15 2 +13 2 6 1.875 0.250 4 1 81.3 +5

 

World Cup 1998 Final Tournament
10 June - 12 July 1998 in France

England Team Results - Final Tournament

No.

 Date Opposition Venue Notes F A Result H.T.
747 15-Jun-1998 Tunisia Le Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France WCF group 2 0 NW [1-0]
748 22-Jun-1998 Romania Stade Municipal, Toulouse, France WCF group 1 2 NL [0-0]
749 26-Jun-1998 Colombia Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France WCF group - 2nd place 2 0 NW [2-0]
750 30-Jun-1998 Argentina Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne, France WCF 2nd round - 2-2 f.t., 2-2 a.e.t., 3-4 p.k., eliminated 2 2 ND [2-2]

 

England Team Record - Final Tournament
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv FMax AMax Pts% W/L
4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 0 2 1.750 0.750 2 2 62.5 +1

Notes

Once again England received FIFA's Fair Play Award for the tournament, this time sharing it with France.

World Cup 1998 Team Ranking
Rank

Team

Stage Reached

 P W D L F A GD Pts
1 France Final 7 6 1 0 15 2 +13 19
2 Brazil Final 7 4 1 2 14 10 +4 13
3 Croatia Semi-final and 3rd place match 7 5 0 2 11 5 +6 15
4 Netherlands Semi-final and 3rd place match 7 3 3 1 13 7 +6 12
5 Italy Quarter-finals 5 3 2 0 8 3 +5 11
6 Argentina Quarter-finals 5 3 1 1 10 4 +6 10
7 Germany Quarter-finals 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 10
8 Denmark Quarter-finals 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 7
9 England Round of 16 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
10 Yugoslavia Round of 16 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
Rank

Team

Stage Reached

 P W D L F A GD Pts
11 Romania Round of 16 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
12 Nigeria Round of 16 4 2 0 2 6 9 -3 6
13 Mexico Round of 16 4 1 2 1 8 7 +1 5
14 Paraguay Round of 16 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
15 Norway Round of 16 4 1 2 1 5 5 =0 5
16 Chile Round of 16 4 0 3 1 5 8 -3 3
17 Spain Group 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4
18 Morocco Group 3 1 1 1 5 5 =0 4
19 Belgium Group 3 0 3 0 3 3 =0 3
20 Iran Group 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3
Rank

Team

Stage Reached

 P W D L F A GD Pts
21 Colombia Group 3 1 0 2 1 3 -2 3
22 Jamaica Group 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6 3
23 Austria Group 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2
24 South Africa Group 3 0 2 1 3 6 -3 2
25 Cameroon Group 3 0 2 1 2 5 -3 2
26 Tunisia Group 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
27 Scotland Group 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 1
28 Saudi Arabia Group 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 1
29 Bulgaria Group 3 0 1 2 1 7 -6 1
30 South Korea Group 3 0 1 2 2 9 -7 1
31 Japan Group 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3 0
32 U.S.A. Group 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4 0

Notes

[Still to come.]

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