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The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the senior men's teams of the national associations affiliated to FIFA (the International Federation of Association Football). The tournament was played in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998 and featured 32 teams divided into eight groups of four.
Group E was one of eight groups at the 1998 FIFA World Cup into which the 32 teams were divided. Mexico and the Netherlands qualified after they both beat South Korea and drew with Belgium before drawing with each other. The Netherlands' five goals against South Korea put them top on goal difference.
June 20 1998 World Cup Group stage: Netherlands 5–0 South Korea: Marseille, France: Cocu 38' Overmars 42' Bergkamp 71' Van Hooijdonk 80' R. de Boer 83' Report: Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Wojcik (POL)
The win gave France their first World Cup title, becoming the sixth national team after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina to win the tournament on their home soil. They also inflicted the second-heaviest World Cup defeat on Brazil, [32] later to be topped by Brazil's 7–1 defeat by Germany in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA ...
Pages in category "Netherlands at the 1998 FIFA World Cup" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E; K.
Netherlands used all 23 players during the 2014 World Cup, making it the first team in World Cup history to ever use all of its squad players. [7] The team avenged their 2010 loss to Spain by defeating the defending champions with a stunning 5–1 victory in their opening game. They went on to achieve their first third place in any World Cup.
The 1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage covers the games from the second round through to the final at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The top two teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage. Teams played one game against each other, with the possibility of extra time and penalties if a winner could not be determined ...
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ... Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) Spain. Bulgaria. GK: 1: Andoni Zubizarreta RB: 15: Carlos Aguilera ... 1998 FIFA World Cup Group D.