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FIFA/MasterCard World Cup 1998 All-Star Team

While no England player was named to FIFA's official 16-member World Cup 1998 all-star team, the selectors declared Michael Owen one of six additional players they would choose to round out a full all-star squad of 22.

FIFA's Technical Study Group announced its 16-member team on 10 July 1998, after the two semi-final matches had been played, and "mentioned another six players would be added to a theoretical World Cup squad of 22 players."  The full selection:

This selection was drawn from a list of 60 finalists for the all-star team, which was announced by the Technical Study Group on 3 July 1998 based on performances in the tournament's first 56 matches (to and including the round-of-16 matches).  The 60 finalists included four England players, Tony Adams as a sweeper/central defender, Paul Ince as a midfielder and Michael Owen and Alan Shearer as strikers.

The full list of 60 finalists:

Goalkeepers:  Jos� Luis Chilavert, Paraguay, Fabien Barthez, France, Gianluca Pagliuca, Italy, Peter Schmeichel, Denmark, and Edwin Van der Sar, Netherlands.

Sweepers/Central Defenders:  Tony Adams, England, Roberto Ayala, Argentina, Carlos Gamarra, Paraguay, Laurent Blanc and Marcel Desailly, France, Dario Simic, Croatia, Jaap Stam and Frank de Boer, Netherlands, and Christian W�rns, Germany.

Wing Defenders:  Roberto Carlos, Brazil, Lilian Thuram and Bixente Lizarazu, France, Robert Jarni, Croatia, Dan Petrescu, Romania.

Midfielders:  Dunga, Cesar Sampaio and Rivaldo, Brazil, Michael Laudrup and Thomas Helveg, Denmark, Youri Djorkaeff and Zinedine Zidane, France, Juan Ver�n, Ariel Ortega and Matias Almeyda, Argentina, Sunday Oliseh and Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigeria, Luigi Di Biagio, Italy, Kjetil Rekdal, Norway, Marc Overmars, Netherlands, Jose Sierra, Chile, Alberto Garcia Aspe, Mexico, Paul Ince, England, Phillip Cocu, Netherlands, Gheorghe Hagi, Romania, Aljosa Asanovic, Croatia, Fernando Hierro, Spain, Slavisa Jokanovic, Yugoslavia, Hidetoshi Nakata, Japan.

Strikers: Luis Hernandez, Mexico, Adrian Ilie, Romania, El Moustafa Hadji, Morocco, Gabriel Batistuta, Argentina, Christian Vieri, Italy, Oliver Bierhoff, Germany, Ivan Zamorano and Marcelo Salas, Chile, Fernando Morientes, Spain, Michael Owen and Alan Shearer, England, Tore Andre Flo, Norway, Ronaldo, Brazil, Brian Laudrup, Denmark, Thierry Henry, France, Davor Suker, Croatia, and Dennis Bergkamp, Netherlands.  

The Technical Study Group was coordinated by J�rg Nepfer, head of FIFA's Technical Department, and included as members Rinus Michels, Holland, G�rard Houiller, France, Dr. Joszef Venglos, Slovakia, Andy Roxburgh, Scotland, Raul Magan�, El Salvador, C. K. Gyamfi, Ghana, Osvaldo "Cachito" Ramirez, Peru, Chief Onigbinde, Nigeria, S. Subramaniam, Malaysia, and Oscar Washington Tabarez, Uruguay.

UEFA National Team Coaches' World Cup 1998 European All-Star Team

Michael Owen was named to the World Cup 1998 European All-Star Team chosen by national team coaches from 50 of UEFA's 51 member associations at the third UEFA Conference for European National Coaches in Frankfurt, Germany.  Sol Campbell and David Beckham were among a second team chosen as substitutes.  The full team, as posted on the UEFA website on 23 September 1998:

Starting XI

Substitute XI

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