1998 FIFA World Cup Group C#France vs Denmark

At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, labelled A–H. Group C was composed of Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Denmark and host nation and eventual world champion France.

Denmark and France started well, defeating Saudi Arabia and South Africa respectively. Next, France scored four to eliminate Saudi Arabia and qualify with a match to spare, while Denmark and South Africa drew. Needing a big win in their final game, against Saudi Arabia, South Africa conceded two penalties and could only draw, so Denmark still qualified despite losing their final game to France.

Standings

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France advanced to play Paraguay (runner-up of Group D) in the round of 16.
Denmark advanced to play Nigeria (winner of Group D) in the round of 16.

Matches

=Saudi Arabia vs Denmark=

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GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2	Mohammed Al-Jahani
DF	3	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF	4	Abdullah Zubromawi
DF	13	Hussein Sulaimani
MF	6	Fuad Anwar (c)		{{suboff\|78}}
MF	7	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
MF	14	Khalid Al-Muwallid	{{yel\|11}}
MF	16	Khamis Al-Owairan
FW	9	Sami Al-Jaber		{{suboff\|84}}
FW	10	Saeed Al-Owairan		{{suboff\|79}}
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MF	20	Hamzah Saleh		{{subon\|78}}
FW	8	Obeid Al-Dosari		{{subon\|79}}
FW	15	Yousuf Al-Thunayan		{{subon\|84}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|BRA}} Carlos Alberto Parreira

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GK	1	Peter Schmeichel
DF	2	Michael Schjønberg
DF	3	Marc Rieper	{{yel\|60}}
DF	4	Jes Høgh
DF	6	Thomas Helveg
DF	12	Søren Colding
MF	10	Michael Laudrup (c)
MF	14	Morten Wieghorst	{{yel\|12}}	{{suboff\|65}}
MF	21	Martin Jørgensen		{{suboff\|73}}
FW	11	Brian Laudrup		{{suboff\|84}}
FW	19	Ebbe Sand
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MF	7	Allan Nielsen	{{yel\|73}}	{{subon\|65}}
MF	8	Per Frandsen		{{subon\|73}}
DF	5	Jan Heintze		{{subon\|84}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Bo Johansson

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Assistant referees:

Claudio Rossi (Argentina)

Jorge Diaz Garcia (Chile)

Fourth official:

Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

=France vs South Africa=

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|time = 21:00 CET (UTC+1)

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Issa {{goal|77|o.g.}}
Henry {{goal|90+2}}

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GK	16	Fabien Barthez
RB	15	Lilian Thuram
CB	8	Marcel Desailly
CB	5	Laurent Blanc
LB	3	Bixente Lizarazu
CM	7	Didier Deschamps (c)	{{yel\|53}}
CM	17	Emmanuel Petit	{{yel\|28}}	{{suboff\|73}}
RW	6	Youri Djorkaeff		{{suboff\|84}}
AM	10	Zinedine Zidane	{{yel\|75}}
LW	12	Thierry Henry
CF	9	Stéphane Guivarc'h		{{suboff\|26}}
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FW	21	Christophe Dugarry		{{subon\|26}}
MF	14	Alain Boghossian		{{subon\|73}}
FW	20	David Trezeguet		{{subon\|84}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Aimé Jacquet

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GK	1	Hans Vonk
DF	3	David Nyathi
DF	4	Willem Jackson	{{yel\|39}}
DF	5	Mark Fish
DF	19	Lucas Radebe (c)
DF	21	Pierre Issa
MF	7	Quinton Fortune
MF	10	John Moshoeu
FW	6	Phil Masinga
FW	12	Brendan Augustine		{{suboff\|56}}
FW	17	Benni McCarthy		{{suboff\|89}}
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MF	11	Helman Mkhalele		{{subon\|56}}
FW	9	Shaun Bartlett		{{subon\|89}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} Philippe Troussier

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Assistant referees:

Arnaldo Pinto (Brazil)

Merere Gonzales (Trinidad and Tobago)

Fourth official:

Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile)

=South Africa vs Denmark=

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|time = 17:30 CET (UTC+1)

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|attendance = 33,500

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GK	1	Hans Vonk
DF	3	David Nyathi	{{yel\|28}}	{{suboff\|88}}
DF	5	Mark Fish
DF	19	Lucas Radebe (c)	{{yel\|73}}
DF	21	Pierre Issa	{{yel\|63}}
MF	7	Quinton Fortune
MF	10	John Moshoeu
MF	11	Helman Mkhalele
FW	9	Shaun Bartlett		{{suboff\|77}}
FW	12	Brendan Augustine		{{suboff\|46}}
FW	17	Benni McCarthy
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MF	8	Alfred Phiri	{{sent off\|1\|65\|68}}	{{subon\|46}}
FW	6	Phil Masinga		{{subon\|77}}
FW	13	Delron Buckley		{{subon\|88}}
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colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} Philippe Troussier

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GK	1	Peter Schmeichel	{{yel\|57}}
DF	2	Michael Schjønberg	{{yel\|23}}	{{suboff\|82}}
DF	3	Marc Rieper
DF	4	Jes Høgh	{{yel\|56}}
DF	6	Thomas Helveg
DF	12	Søren Colding
MF	7	Allan Nielsen
MF	10	Michael Laudrup (c)		{{suboff\|58}}
MF	21	Martin Jørgensen
FW	11	Brian Laudrup
FW	19	Ebbe Sand		{{suboff\|58}}
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DF	5	Jan Heintze		{{subon\|58}}
FW	9	Miklos Molnar	{{sent off\|0\|66}}	{{subon\|58}}
MF	14	Morten Wieghorst	{{sent off\|0\|85}}	{{subon\|82}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Bo Johansson

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Assistant referees:

Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia)

Celestino Galván (Paraguay)

Fourth official:

Epifanio González (Paraguay)

=France vs Saudi Arabia=

Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi was sent off in the 19th minute after tripping Bixente Lizarazu from behind. Zinedine Zidane was ejected at the 71st minute when he appeared to plant his studs into the side of Saudi captain Fuad Anwar after they collided going for a ball.{{cite news|first=Bonnie|last=DeSimone|title=France 4, Saudi Arabia 0|website=chicagotribune.com|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=19 June 1998}}

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|goals1 = Henry {{goal|37||78}}
Trezeguet {{goal|68}}
Lizarazu {{goal|85}}

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|attendance = 80,000

|referee = Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico) }}

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GK	16	Fabien Barthez
RB	15	Lilian Thuram
CB	5	Laurent Blanc	{{yel\|36}}
CB	8	Marcel Desailly
LB	3	Bixente Lizarazu	{{yel\|50}}
CM	7	Didier Deschamps (c)
CM	14	Alain Boghossian
RW	12	Thierry Henry		{{suboff\|79}}
AM	10	Zinedine Zidane	{{sent off\|0\|71}}
LW	13	Bernard Diomède		{{suboff\|58}}
CF	21	Christophe Dugarry		{{suboff\|30}}
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FW	20	David Trezeguet		{{subon\|30}}
MF	6	Youri Djorkaeff		{{subon\|58}}
MF	11	Robert Pires		{{subon\|79}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Aimé Jacquet

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GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2	Mohammed Al-Jahani	{{yel\|7}}	{{suboff\|76}}
DF	3	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi	{{sent off\|0\|19}}
DF	4	Abdullah Zubromawi
DF	13	Hussein Sulaimani
MF	6	Fuad Anwar (c)
MF	7	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
MF	16	Khamis Al-Owairan
MF	20	Hamzah Saleh
FW	9	Sami Al-Jaber	{{yel\|82}}
FW	10	Saeed Al-Owairan		{{suboff\|33}}
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MF	12	Ibrahim Al-Harbi		{{subon\|33}}	{{suboff\|65}}
MF	14	Khalid Al-Muwallid			{{subon\|65}}
DF	17	Ahmed Dokhi		{{subon\|76}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|BRA}} Carlos Alberto Parreira

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Assistant referees:

Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)

Luis Torres Zuniga (Costa Rica)

Fourth official:

Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)

=France vs Denmark=

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|date = 24 June 1998

|time = 16:00 CET (UTC+1)

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|score = 2–1

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8762/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|DEN}}

|goals1 = Djorkaeff {{goal|12|pen.}}
Petit {{goal|56}}

|goals2 = M. Laudrup {{goal|42|pen.}}

|stadium = Stade Gerland, Lyon

|attendance = 39,100

|referee = Pierluigi Collina (Italy) }}

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GK	16	Fabien Barthez
DF	2	Vincent Candela
DF	8	Marcel Desailly (c)
DF	18	Frank Leboeuf
MF	4	Patrick Vieira	{{yel\|62}}
MF	6	Youri Djorkaeff
MF	11	Robert Pires		{{suboff\|71}}
MF	13	Bernard Diomède	{{yel\|53}}
MF	17	Emmanuel Petit		{{suboff\|64}}
MF	19	Christian Karembeu
FW	20	David Trezeguet		{{suboff\|85}}
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MF	14	Alain Boghossian		{{subon\|64}}
FW	12	Thierry Henry		{{subon\|71}}
FW	9	Stéphane Guivarc'h		{{subon\|85}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Aimé Jacquet

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GK	1	Peter Schmeichel
DF	2	Michael Schjønberg
DF	3	Marc Rieper
DF	4	Jes Høgh
DF	5	Jan Heintze
DF	6	Thomas Helveg
DF	13	Jacob Laursen		{{suboff\|46}}
MF	7	Allan Nielsen
MF	10	Michael Laudrup (c)
MF	21	Martin Jørgensen		{{suboff\|54}}
FW	11	Brian Laudrup		{{suboff\|75}}
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
DF	12	Søren Colding	{{yel\|65}}	{{subon\|46}}
FW	19	Ebbe Sand		{{subon\|54}}
MF	15	Stig Tøfting	{{yel\|78}}	{{subon\|75}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Bo Johansson

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Assistant referees:

Marc Van den Broeck (Belgium)

Emanuel Zammit (Malta)

Fourth official:

Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

=South Africa vs Saudi Arabia=

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|date = 24 June 1998

|time = 16:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}

|score = 2–2

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8764/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}

|goals1 = Bartlett {{goal|18||90+3|pen.}}

|goals2 = Al-Jaber {{goal|45+2|pen.}}
Al-Thunayan {{goal|74|pen.}}

|stadium = Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

|attendance = 31,800

|referee = Mario Sánchez (Chile) }}

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GK	1	Hans Vonk
DF	3	David Nyathi
DF	4	Willem Jackson		{{suboff\|46}}
DF	5	Mark Fish
DF	19	Lucas Radebe (c)	{{yel\|65}}
DF	21	Pierre Issa
MF	7	Quinton Fortune	{{yel\|38}}	{{suboff\|67}}
MF	10	John Moshoeu
MF	11	Helman Mkhalele
FW	9	Shaun Bartlett
FW	17	Benni McCarthy		{{suboff\|46}}
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
FW	13	Delron Buckley		{{subon\|46}}
FW	14	Jerry Sikhosana		{{subon\|46}}
MF	15	Doctor Khumalo		{{subon\|67}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} Philippe Troussier

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GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2	Mohammed Al-Jahani
DF	4	Abdullah Zubromawi
DF	13	Hussein Sulaimani
MF	6	Fuad Anwar
MF	16	Khamis Al-Owairan	{{yel\|30}}
MF	18	Nawaf Al-Temyat
MF	20	Hamzah Saleh
FW	9	Sami Al-Jaber
FW	11	Fahad Al-Mehallel		{{suboff\|64}}
FW	15	Yousuf Al-Thunayan (c)		{{suboff\|81}}
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
MF	7	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani		{{subon\|64}}
MF	12	Ibrahim Al-Harbi		{{subon\|81}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Mohammed Al-Kharashy