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  World Cup 1998 Preliminary Competition
1996-1997

England Team Results - Preliminary Competition

1996-97
727 01-Sep-1996 Moldova 0 England 3 [0-2] Stadionul Republican, Chişinău AW
728 09-Oct-1996 England 2 Poland 1 [2-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HW
729 09-Nov-1996 Georgia 0 England 2 [0-2] Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi AW
730 12-Feb-1997 England 0 Italy 1 [0-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HL
732 30-Apr-1997 England 2 Georgia 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HW
734 31-May-1997 Poland 0 England 2 [0-1] Stadion Śląski, Chorzów AW
738 10-Sep-1997 England 4 Moldova 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HW
739 11-Oct-1997 Italy 0 England 0 [0-0] Stadio Olimpico, Roma AD

 

England Team Record - Preliminary Competition
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv FMax AMax Pts% W/L
8 6 1 1 15 2 +13 2 6 1.875 0.25 4 1 81.3 +5

World Cup 1998 Final Tournament
10 June - 12 July 1998 in France

England Team Results - Final Tournament

World Cup Finals 1998

France
747 15-Jun-1998 England 2 Tunisia 0 [1-0] Le Stade Vélodrome, Marseille NW
748 22-Jun-1998 Romania 2 England 1 [0-0] Stade Municipal, Toulouse NL
749 26-Jun-1998 England 2 Colombia 0 [2-0] Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens HW
750 30-Jun-1998 Argentina 2 England 2 [2-2]
 AET [2-2] & Penalties [4-3]		 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne ND

 

England Team Record - Final Tournament
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv FMax AMax Pts% W/L
4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 0 2 1.75 0.75 2 2 62.5 +1

Notes

Once again England received FIFA's Fair Play Award for the tournament, this time sharing it with France.

World Cup 1998 Team Ranking
Rank

Team

Stage Reached

 P W D L F A GD Pts
1 France Final 7 6 1 0 15 2 +13 19
2 Brazil 7 4 1 2 14 10 +4 13
3 Croatia Semi-final and 3rd place match 7 5 0 2 11 5 +6 15
4 Netherlands 7 3 3 1 13 7 +6 12
5 Italy Quarter-finals 5 3 2 0 8 3 +5 11
6 Argentina 5 3 1 1 10 4 +6 10
7 Germany 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 10
8 Denmark 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 7
9 England Round of 16 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
10 Yugoslavia 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
11 Romania 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
12 Nigeria 4 2 0 2 6 9 -3 6
13 Mexico 4 1 2 1 8 7 +1 5
14 Paraguay 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
15 Norway 4 1 2 1 5 5 =0 5
16 Chile 4 0 3 1 5 8 -3 3
17 Spain Group 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4
18 Morocco 3 1 1 1 5 5 =0 4
19 Belgium 3 0 3 0 3 3 =0 3
20 Iran 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3
21 Colombia 3 1 0 2 1 3 -2 3
22 Jamaica 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6 3
23 Austria 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2
24 South Africa 3 0 2 1 3 6 -3 2
25 Cameroon 3 0 2 1 2 5 -3 2
26 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
27 Scotland 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 1
28 Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 1
29 Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 1 7 -6 1
30 Korea Republic 3 0 1 2 2 9 -7 1
31 Japan 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3 0
32 U.S.A. 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4 0

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