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3 unusual facts about 1998 FIFA World Cup


Croatia national under-20 football team

That was second appearance from Croatian football team on FIFA competition, after A-team appeared on FIFA World Cup in France in 1998.

Gornji Hrašćan

Dražen Ladić, former goalkeeper of the Croatian national football team and winner of the bronze medal at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, grew up in the village.

Lenny Wallace

Later in the year Lenny busies himself with the promotion of Mick McFarlane (Sylvester Williams)'s band and also goes to France with Huw, Barry, and Robbie to watch the 1998 World Cup.


Alexy Bosetti

On July 13, 2013, 15 years and one day after the victory of France national football team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, he won with France national under-20 football team, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup by defeating Istanbul, Uruguay national under-20 football team.

Ali Selmi

In the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, he took charge of the Tunisia national football team for their final group match, after original manager Henryk Kasperczak was fired after two losses and saw the team eliminated from contention.

Allez Ola Olé

The song was to be used by French broadcaster France Télévisions as The Summerhit of 2010 and also for promoting the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and the title of the song refers to the album Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!, released in 1998 to coincide with the '98 World Cup, held in France.

An Evening with Gary Lineker

A 90-minute television drama, adapted by Smith and England from their playscript, was produced by Andy Harries for Granada Television and aired on 14 June 1994 on ITV just before the start of the 1994 World Cup and was repeated 4 years later during France 98.

Anders Frisk

He was forced to miss the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France in 1998 with a back injury, but recovered in time to take charge of the 1999 Confederations Cup final between Brazil and Mexico in the Estadio Azteca, Mexico City.

Carlos Roa

Roa was first-choice for the Argentine national team at the 1998 World Cup.

DeporTV

Between 1999 to 2003 the show adopts the David Arkenstone piece "The Journey Begins" that TV Azteca choose for his intro for the 1998 FIFA World Cup one year earlier.

Eric Draper

His many assignments included the 1996 and 2000 presidential campaigns, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, the Kosovo conflict in 1999 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.

France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The song's title is a reference to the 1998 album Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!, the official album for the 1998 World Cup, held in France.

French Guiana national football team

Bernard Lama and Florent Malouda are two examples of Guianese players who have played for the French national team, the former winning the 1998 World Cup and the latter playing as a runner-up during the 2006 World Cup.

Grito Mundial

The song has been compared with Ricky Martin's worldwide hit "La Copa de la Vida", and Yankee it said he would like that the song to be used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as use "La Copa de la Vida" on the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Shakira's song "Waka Waka", was chosen instead.

Günter Benkö

Günter Benkö (born July 12, 1955 in Oberwart, Burgenland) is a retired football (soccer) referee from Austria, best known for supervising two matches during the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.

Ibrahim Al-Shahrani

His most significant goal was against Qatar in Doha during the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) final match which eliminated Qatar and led Saudi Arabia to the top of Group A, directly qualifying to 1998 FIFA World Cup in France and leaving Iran in second place for the AFC Play-off against Japan.

Mark Wadlow

Throughout the rest of the 1990s, he wrote episodes of the topical comedy series The House of Windsor (1994), the soap opera Castles (1995), the sitcom Holding the Baby (1997), and the World Cup-themed comedy series Lost in France (1998).

Pável Pardo

He played in France 98, as well as the 1997 Copa América and 1999 and the mentioned 2005 Confederations Cup and 2006 World Cup.

Ramesh Ramdhan

Ramesh Ramdhan (born July 25, 1960) is a football (soccer) referee from Trinidad and Tobago, best known for supervising one match (Japan-Croatia) during the 1998 FIFA World Cup held in France.

Raul Águas

In 1995, he joined António Oliveira's staff as the Portuguese national team prepared for UEFA Euro 1996, retaining his assistant post under the next coach, former Benfica player and manager Artur Jorge; after the team's failure to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the pair was sacked.

Soledad Pastorutti

In 1998 her success kept growing, duplicating the number of concerts at the Teatro Gran Rex, and accompanied the Argentina national football team for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Thomas Helveg

Both Helveg and Martin Jørgensen were included in new national manager Bo Johansson's Danish squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Winston Bogarde

He was also included in the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where was due to start the semi-final match against Brazil, as the first choice left-back starter Arthur Numan was serving a suspension for receiving a red card in the previous encounter against Argentina.


see also

Ajou University

Lee Min-Sung (1998 FIFA World Cup member of Korean National Team)