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1998 FIFA World Cup

16th FIFA football World Cup finals, held in France
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Summary

1998 FIFA World Cup is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 0.24% of sports season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,750 views/month, #87 of 36,855).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: France men's national association football team[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • League or competition: FIFA World Cup[5]
  • Follows: 1994 FIFA World Cup[6]
  • Followed by: 2002 FIFA World Cup[7]
  • Location: Stade Vélodrome[8], Stade Geoffroy-Guichard[9], Stadium Municipal[10], Stade Bollaert-Delelis[11], Stade de la Beaujoire[12], Stade Chaban-Delmas[13], Stade de France[14], Parc des Princes[15], Stade de la Mosson[16], Stade de Gerland[17]
  • Commons category: 1998 FIFA World Cup[18]
  • Edition number: 16[19]
  • Has part(s): 1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage[20]
  • Start time: June 10, 1998[21]
  • End time: July 12, 1998[22]
  • Point in time: 1998[23]
  • Sport: association football[24]
  • Organizer: FIFA[25], French Football Federation[26]
  • Mascot: Footix[27]
  • Official website: http://www.france98.com/[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1998 FIFA World Cup[29]
  • Attendance: 2,785,100[30]
  • Number of participants: 32[31]
  • Number of matches played/races/starts: 64[32]
  • Number of points/goals/set scored: 171[33]
  • Topic has template: Template:1998 FIFA World Cup[34]
  • Participating team: Brazil men's national football team[35], Morocco men's national football team[36], Norway men's national association football team[37], Scotland men's national football team[38], Chile men's national football team[39], Italy men's national association football team[40], Cameroon men's national football team[41], Austria men's national football team[42], Denmark men's national football team[43], France men's national association football team[44], Saudi Arabia men's national football team[45], South Africa men's national association football team[46], Bulgaria men's national football team[47], Nigeria men's national football team[48]
  • Competition class: men's association football[49]
  • Statistical leader: Davor Šuker[50], Ronaldo[51], Fabien Barthez[52]

Why It Matters

1998 FIFA World Cup has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 133 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

FAQs

What awards did 1998 FIFA World Cup receive?

Honors received include France men's national association football team[3].

Related Entities

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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