FIFA World Cup 1998 France – in numbers
Teams: 32
Playing venues: 10
Matches: 64
Opening match: Stade de France
Final: Stade de France
Average venue capacity: 41,890
Largest venue: Stade de France (80,000 seats)
Smallest venue: Stade de la Mosson (29,800 seats)
No. of matches per venue: 6.4
Saint-Denis
Stade de France | Capacity: 80,000 seats | Opening: 1998
Matches
Group A – Brazil 2-1 Scotland
Group E – Netherlands 0-0 Belgium
Group C – France 4-0 Saudi Arabia
Group B – Italy 2-1 Austria
Group G – Romania 1-1 Tunisia
Round of 16 – Nigeria 1-4 Denmark
Quarter-final – Italy 0-0 France
Semi-final – France 2-1 Croatia
Final – Brazil 0-3 France
Marseille
Stade Velodrome | Capacity: 67,000 seats | Opening: 1937
Matches
Group C – France 3-0 South Africa
Group G – England 2-0 Tunisia
Group E – Netherlands 5-0 Korea Republic
Group A – Brazil 1-2 Norway
Round of 16 – Italy 1-0 Norway
Quarter-final – Netherlands 2-1 Argentina
Semi-final – Brazil 1-1 Netherlands
Paris
Parc des Princes | Capacity: 45,500 seats | Opening: 1972
Matches
Group F – Germany 2-0 USA
Group D – Nigeria 1-0 Bulgaria
Group H – Argentina 5-0 Jamaica
Group E – Belgium 1-1 Korea Republic
Round of 16 – Brazil 4-1 Chile
Third place – Netherlands 1-2 Croatia
Lyon
Stade Gerland | Capacity: 39,100 seats | Opening: 1926
Matches
Group E – Korea Republic 1-3 Mexico
Group G – Romania 1-0 Colombia
Group F – USA 1-2 Iran
Group C – France 2-1 Denmark
Group H – Japan 1-2 Jamaica
Quarter-final – Germany 0-3 Croatia
Nantes
Stade de la Beaujoire | Capacity: 35,500 seats | Opening: 1984
Matches
Group D – Spain 2-3 Nigeria
Group A – Brazil 3-0 Morocco
Group H – Japan 0-1 Croatia
Group B – Chile 1-1 Cameroon
Group F – USA 0-1 Yugoslavia
Quarter-final Brazil 3-2 Denmark
Lens
Stadio Felix Bollaert | Capacity: 38,100 seats | Opening: 1934
Matches
Group C – Saudi Arabia 0-1 Denmark
Group H – Jamaica 1-3 Croatia
Group F – Germany 2-2 Yugoslavia
Group D – Spain 6-1 Bulgaria
Group G – Colombia 0-2 England
Round of 16 – France 1-0 Paraguay
Toulouse
Stadium de Toulouse | Capacity: 33,500 seats | Opening: 1938
Matches
Group B – Cameroon 1-1 Austria
Group H – Argentina 1-0 Japan
Group C – South Africa 1-1 Denmark
Group G – Romania 2-1 England
Group D – Nigeria 1-3 Paraguay
Round of 16 – Netherlands 2-1 Yugoslavia
Bordeaux
Parc Lescure | Capacity: 31,800 seats | Opening: 1938
Matches
Group B – Italy 2-2 Chile
Group A – Scotland 1-1 Norway
Group E – Belgium 2-2 Mexico
Group C – South Africa 2-2 Saudi Arabia
Group H – Argentina 1-0 Croatia
Round of 16 – Romania 0-1 Croatia
Saint Etienne
Stade Geoffroy Guichard | Capacity: 30,600 seats | Opening: 1931
Matches
Group F – Yugoslavia 1-0 Iran
Group B – Chile 1-1 Austria
Group D – Spain 0-0 Paraguay
Group A – Scotland 0-3 Morocco
Group E – Netherlands 2-2 Mexico
Round of 16 – Argentina 2-2 England
Montpellier
Stade de la Mosson | Capacity: 29,800 seats | Opening: 1972
Matches
Group A – Morocco 2-2 Norway
Group D – Paraguay 0-0 Bulgaria
Group B – Italy 3-0 Cameroon
Group G – Colombia 1-0 Tunisia
Group F – Germany 2-0 Iran
Round of 16 – Germany 2-1 Mexico