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 after 90 minutes.
The top two placed teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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| A |  Brazil |  Norway |
| B |  Italy |  Chile |
| C |  France |  Denmark |
| D |  Nigeria |  Paraguay |
| E |  Netherlands |  Mexico |
| F |  Germany |  FR Yugoslavia |
| G |  Romania |  England |
| H |  Argentina |  Croatia |
The first games were played on 27 June 1998, and the final took place on 12 July 1998 in Paris.
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 27 June – Paris | ||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 3 July – Nantes | ||||||||||||||
| Chile | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 28 June – Saint-Denis | ||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 7 July – Marseille | ||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Brazil (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| 29 June – Toulouse | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4 July – Marseille | ||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 30 June – Saint-Étienne | ||||||||||||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Argentina (p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||
| 12 July – Saint-Denis | ||||||||||||||
| England | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 27 June – Marseille | ||||||||||||||
| France | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 July – Saint-Denis | ||||||||||||||
| Norway | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 28 June – Lens | ||||||||||||||
| France (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||
| France (a.s.d.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 8 July – Saint-Denis | ||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | 0 | |||||||||||||
| France | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 29 June – Montpellier | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 1 | Third place play-off | ||||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4 July – Lyon | 11 July – Paris | |||||||||||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 0 | Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||||
| 30 June – Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 3 | Croatia | 2 | |||||||||||
| Romania | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 1 | |||||||||||||
Christian Vieri scored his fifth goal of the finals and the only one of the game in the 18th minute with exquisite precision, bursting on to Luigi Di Biagio's pass 40 yards from goal. Norway had their moments but failed to finish as Gianluca Pagliuca made some brilliant saves. [1]
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     Brazil |    Chile |
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     France |     Paraguay |
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     Nigeria |     Denmark |
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     Germany |      Mexico |
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Just three minutes after Slobodan Komljenović scored the equalizer, Predrag Mijatović missed a penalty kick as, after deciding not to hit it to the sides due to Edwin van der Sar's reach, [2] the ball hit the crossbar, prompting him to describe it as the worst moment in his career. [3] Edgar Davids scored the winning goal for the Netherlands in overtime; Davids, suffering a cramp, had asked to be substituted moments before but Guus Hiddink asked him to stay in the field. [4] An apparent scuffle between Van der Sar and Winston Bogarde in the celebration was explained by Van der Sar as an instinctive overreaction from being unintentionally choked by Pierre van Hooijdonk. [5]
| Netherlands | 2–1 | FR Yugoslavia |
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Bergkamp  38'Davids 90+2' | Report | Komljenović 48' |
     Netherlands |      Yugoslavia |
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Croatia's winning penalty goal had to be retaken. Davor Šuker scored both times to extend Croatia's debut World Cup run to the quarter-finals. [6]
     Romania |     Croatia |
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Argentina decided to use their change kit, feeling that it had granted them luck in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final between the two sides. [7] All four goals were scored in the first half, making it the first match in the tournament with as many goals scored before half-time. [8] With the score tied at 2–2, David Beckham retaliated after being fouled by Diego Simeone and was sent off. Beckham's teammate Michael Owen subsequently described Beckham's act as "childish and unnecessary", although Owen also said that the burnings of effigies of Beckham were undeserved. [9] In the subsequent penalty shoot-out, Argentina went first. David Seaman saved Argentina's second penalty from Hernán Crespo to give England the advantage, but that was immediately cancelled when Carlos Roa saved from Paul Ince. The tie ended with another Roa save, from David Batty. Batty said it was the first penalty he had ever taken. [10] England had also exited on penalties in the recent UEFA Euro 1996.
| Argentina | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | England |
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| Batistuta 5' (pen.) Zanetti 45+1' | Report | Shearer 9' (pen.) Owen 16' |
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Berti  Crespo  Verón Gallardo Ayala | 4–3 | Shearer Ince Merson Owen Batty |
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| Italy | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | France |
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| R. Baggio Albertini Costacurta Vieri Di Biagio | 3–4 | Zidane Lizarazu Trezeguet Henry Blanc |
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| Brazil | 3–2 | Denmark |
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| Bebeto 10' Rivaldo 25', 59' | Report | M. Jørgensen 2' B. Laudrup 50' |
Brazil |    Denmark |
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Germany | Croatia |
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| Brazil | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
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| Ronaldo 46' | Report | Kluivert 87' |
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| Ronaldo Rivaldo Emerson Dunga | 4–2 | F. de Boer Bergkamp Cocu R. de Boer |
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As both were European teams, this was already set pre-match as the fifth consecutive World Cup in which European teams finished third, stretching back to 1982.
| Netherlands | 1–2 | Croatia |
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| Zenden 22' | Report | Prosinečki 14' Šuker 36' |
Netherlands | Croatia |
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The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
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| Round of 16 | |
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