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A Pictorial History
FRANCE
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament, defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the second time that France staged the competition (the first was in 1938) and the ninth time that it was held in Europe. Spanning 32 days, it is the longest World Cup tournament ever held.
Qualification for the finals began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997. For the first time in the competition, the group stage was expanded from 24 teams to 32, with eight groups of four. 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums in 10 host cities, with the opening match and final staged at the newly built Stade de France in the Parisian commune of Saint-Denis.
The tournament was won by host country France, who beat defending champions Brazil 3–0 in the final. France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina) to win the World Cup on home soil. As of 2022, they are the most recent team to win the tournament on home soil. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the finals.
BBC Enterprises Ltd
Question of Sport - World Cup Soccer
Series of 35 "Who Am I" cards, issued to coincide with the FIFA World Cup in France

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Geoff Hurst

Bobby Moore
COCA-COLA & SCHWEPPES Beverages Ltd
Coca-Cola Limited Edition World Cup Postcards
Coloured numbered series of 6 competition Postcards. Competition to win a "TOFFS" shirt.
Perforated scratch panel to the right of the postcard to which you entered the competition on and returned to promoter Harry Ramsden.


Geoff Hurst scores England's fourth goal
CARLSBERG
Team England
Coloured series of 6 Team England competition postcards.
Guess which eight out of the ten fictitious games resulted in a draw.


Trevor Brooking featured in this 1980 England team group
FUTERA UK Ltd
World Cup Greats : 1998 Futera Platinum
Coloured, numbered series of 51 cards. Limited edition to 1998 sets issued by Futera in the UK.
The Futera Platinum World Cup Greats set was printed on pristine ultra-thick cardboard and features the best players to ever play the game.
Soccer legends include such superstars as Pele, Maradona, Beckenbauer, Platini, Klinsmann, Cruyff, Charlton,
Eusebio, Puskas, Yashin, Fontaine, Tostao.


Geoff Hurst and Bobby Moore Promotional Cards


18. Geoff Hurst

31. Bobby Moore
MAGIC BOX Int.
England Official Team Photographs
Unnumbered series of 120 photographs. Issued by "Corinthian Headliners" to coincide with England reaching the World Cup Finals in France '98.
Plain anonymous back inscribed "1998 All rights reserved".

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