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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, labelled A–H. Group C was composed of Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Denmark and host nation and eventual world champion France.Denmark and France started well, defeating Saudi Arabia and South Africa respectively. Next, France scored four to eliminate Saudi Arabia and qualify with a match to spare, while Denmark and South Africa drew. Needing a big win in their final game, against Saudi Arabia, South Africa conceded two penalties and could only draw, so Denmark still qualified despite losing their final game to France.

Standings

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text_KO=Advance to knockout stage}} France advanced to play Paraguay (runner-up of Group D) in the round of 16. Denmark advanced to play Nigeria (winner of Group D) in the round of 16. Matches Saudi Arabia vs Denmark {{#invoke:football box|main|section=C1|date = 12 June 1998

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Marc Rieper>Rieper {{goal|69}}

Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens, Pas-de-Calais>Lens|attendance = 38,100

Javier Castrilli (Argentine Football Association>Argentina) }}{| width=92%

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France vs South Africa

{{#invoke:football box|main|section=C2|date = 12 June 1998Central European Time>CET ((UTC+01:00|UTC+1))FRA|1974}}|score = 3–0|report = ReportRSA|1994}}Christophe Dugarry>Dugarry {{goalPierre Issa>Issa {{goalo.g.}}Thierry Henry {{goal>90+2}}|goals2 = |stadium = Stade Vélodrome, Marseille|attendance = 55,000Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazilian Football Confederation>Brazil) }}{| width=92%|{hide}Football kit {edih}|{{Football kit|pattern_la = _afs98h|pattern_b = _afs98h|pattern_ra = _afs98h|pattern_so =_afs98h|pattern_sh =_afs98h|leftarm = FFFFFF|body = FFFFFF|rightarm = FFFFFF|shorts = 008800|socks = FFFFFF|title = South Africa}}{| width="100%"{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"!width="25"| !!width="25"|16>|Fabien Barthez15>|Lilian Thuram8 >|Marcel Desailly5 >|Laurent Blanc3 >|Bixente Lizarazu7 >Didier Deschamps (Captain (association football)>c) {{yel|53}}17>Emmanuel Petit >28}} {{suboff|73}}6 >Youri Djorkaeff >84}}10>Zinedine Zidane >75}}12>|Thierry Henry9 >Stéphane Guivarc'h >26}}Substitutions:21>Christophe Dugarry >26}}14>Alain Boghossian >73}}20>David Trezeguet >84}}Manager:Aimé Jacquet|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center!width="25"| !!width="25"|1 >Hans Vonk (footballer)>Hans Vonk3 >|David Nyathi4 >Willem Jackson >39}}5 >|Mark Fish19>Lucas Radebe (Captain (association football)>c)21>|Pierre Issa7 >|Quinton Fortune10>|John Moshoeu6 >|Phil Masinga12>Brendan Augustine >56}}17>Benni McCarthy >89}}Substitutions:11>Helman Mkhalele >56}}9 >Shaun Bartlett >89}}Manager:{{flagicon1974}} Philippe Troussier{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"|Assistant referees:Arnaldo Pinto (Brazil)Merere Gonzales (Trinidad and Tobago)Fourth official:Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile)

South Africa vs Denmark

{{#invoke:football box|main|section=C3|date = 18 June 1998Central European Time>CET ((UTC+01:00|UTC+1))RSA}}|score = 1–1|report = ReportDEN}}Benni McCarthy>McCarthy {{goal|51}}Allan Nielsen>A. Nielsen {{goal|12}}Stadium de Toulouse>Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse|attendance = 33,500John Toro Rendón (Colombian Football Federation>Colombia) }}{| width=92%|{hide}Football kit {edih}|{hide}Football kit {edih}{| width="100%"{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"!width="25"| !!width="25"|1 >Hans Vonk (footballer)>Hans Vonk3 >David Nyathi >28}} {{suboff|88}}5 >|Mark Fish19>Lucas Radebe (Captain (association football)>c) {{yel|73}}21>Pierre Issa >63}}7 >|Quinton Fortune10>|John Moshoeu11>|Helman Mkhalele9 >Shaun Bartlett >77}}12>Brendan Augustine >46}}17>|Benni McCarthySubstitutions:8 >Alfred Phiri >168}} {{subon|46}}6 >Phil Masinga >77}}13>Delron Buckley >88}}Manager:{{flagicon1974}} Philippe Troussier|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center!width="25"| !!width="25"|1 >Peter Schmeichel >57}}2 >Michael Schjønberg >23}} {{suboff|82}}3 >|Marc Rieper4 >Jes Høgh >56}}6 >|Thomas Helveg12>|Søren Colding7 >|Allan Nielsen10>Michael Laudrup (Captain (association football)>c) {{suboff|58}}21>|Martin Jørgensen11>|Brian Laudrup19>Ebbe Sand >58}}Substitutions:5 >Jan Heintze >58}}9 >Miklos Molnar >058}}14>Morten Wieghorst >082}}Manager:{{flagicon|SWE}} Bo Johansson{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"|Assistant referees:Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia)Celestino Galván (Paraguay)Fourth official:Epifanio González (Paraguay)

France vs Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi was sent off in the 19th minute after tripping Bixente Lizarazu from behind. Zinedine Zidane was ejected at the 71st minute when he appeared to plant his studs into the side of Saudi captain Fuad Anwar after they collided going for a ball.NEWS, Bonnie, DeSimone, France 4, Saudi Arabia 0, chicagotribune.com, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 1998, {{#invoke:football box|main|section=C4|date = 18 June 1998Central European Time>CET ((UTC+01:00|UTC+1))FRA|1974}}|score = 4–0|report = ReportKSA}}Thierry Henry>Henry {{goalDavid Trezeguet>Trezeguet {{goalBixente Lizarazu>Lizarazu {{goal|85}}|goals2 =Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis>Saint-Denis|attendance = 80,000Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexican Football Federation>Mexico) }}{| width=92%|{hide}Football kit {edih}|{hide}Football kit {edih}{| width="100%"{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"!width="25"| !!width="25"|16>|Fabien Barthez15>|Lilian Thuram5 >Laurent Blanc >36}}8 >|Marcel Desailly3 >Bixente Lizarazu >50}}7 >Didier Deschamps (Captain (association football)>c)14>|Alain Boghossian12>Thierry Henry >79}}10>Zinedine Zidane >0|71}}13>Bernard Diomède >58}}21>Christophe Dugarry >30}}Substitutions:20>David Trezeguet >30}}6 >Youri Djorkaeff >58}}11>Robert Pires >79}}Manager:Aimé Jacquet|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center!width="25"| !!width="25"|1 >|Mohamed Al-Deayea2 >Mohammed Al-Jahani >7}} {{suboff|76}}3 >Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi >0|19}}4 >|Abdullah Zubromawi13>|Hussein Sulaimani6 >Fuad Anwar (Captain (association football)>c)7 >|Ibrahim Al-Shahrani16>|Khamis Al-Owairan20>|Hamzah Saleh9 >Sami Al-Jaber >82}}10>Saeed Al-Owairan >33}}Substitutions:12>Ibrahim Mater>Ibrahim Al-Harbi {{subon65}}14>Khalid Al-Muwallid >65}}17>Ahmed Dokhi >76}}Manager:{{flagicon|BRA}} Carlos Alberto Parreira{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"|Assistant referees:Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)Luis Torres Zuniga (Costa Rica)Fourth official:Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)

France vs Denmark

{{#invoke:football box|main|section=C5|date = 24 June 1998Central European Time>CET ((UTC+01:00|UTC+1))FRA|1974}}|score = 2–1|report = ReportDEN}}Youri Djorkaeff>Djorkaeff {{goalpen.}}Emmanuel Petit {{goal>56}}Michael Laudrup>M. Laudrup {{goalpen.}}|stadium = Stade Gerland, Lyon|attendance = 39,100Pierluigi Collina (Italian Football Federation>Italy) }}{| width=92%|{hide}Football kit {edih}|{hide}Football kit {edih}{| width="100%"{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"!width="25"| !!width="25"|16>|Fabien Barthez2 >|Vincent Candela8 >Marcel Desailly (Captain (association football)>c)18>|Frank Leboeuf4 >Patrick Vieira >62}}6 >|Youri Djorkaeff11>Robert Pires >71}}13>Bernard Diomède >53}}17>Emmanuel Petit >64}}19>|Christian Karembeu20>David Trezeguet >85}}Substitutions:14>Alain Boghossian >64}}12>Thierry Henry >71}}9 >Stéphane Guivarc'h >85}}Manager:Aimé Jacquet|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center!width="25"| !!width="25"|1 >Peter Schmeichel >| 2 >Michael Schjønberg >| 3 >|Marc Rieper4 >|Jes Høgh5 >|Jan Heintze6 >|Thomas Helveg13>Jacob Laursen >46}}7 >|Allan Nielsen10>Michael Laudrup (Captain (association football)>c)21>Martin Jørgensen >54}}11>Brian Laudrup >75}}Substitutions:12>Søren Colding >65}} {{subon|46}}19>Ebbe Sand >54}}15>Stig Tøfting >78}} {{subon|75}}Manager:{{flagicon|SWE}} Bo Johansson{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"|Assistant referees:Marc Van den Broeck (Belgium)Emanuel Zammit (Malta)Fourth official:Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

South Africa vs Saudi Arabia

{{#invoke:football box|main|section=C6|date = 24 June 1998Central European Time>CET ((UTC+01:00|UTC+1))RSA}}|score = 2–2|report = ReportKSA}}Shaun Bartlett>Bartlett {{goalpen.}}Sami Al-Jaber>Al-Jaber {{goalpen.}}Yousuf Al-Thunayan {{goal>74|pen.}}Stade Chaban-Delmas>Parc Lescure, Bordeaux|attendance = 31,800Mario Sánchez Yantén>Mario Sánchez (Chile) }}{| width=92%|{hide}Football kit {edih}|{hide}Football kit {edih}{| width="100%"{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"!width="25"| !!width="25"|1 >Hans Vonk (footballer)>Hans Vonk3 >|David Nyathi4 >Willem Jackson >46}}5 >|Mark Fish19>Lucas Radebe (Captain (association football)>c) {{yel|65}}21>|Pierre Issa7 >Quinton Fortune >38}} {{suboff|67}}10>|John Moshoeu11>|Helman Mkhalele9 >|Shaun Bartlett17>Benni McCarthy >46}}Substitutions:13>Delron Buckley >46}}14>Jerry Sikhosana >46}}15>Doctor Khumalo >67}}Manager:{{flagicon1974}} Philippe Troussier|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center!width="25"| !!width="25"|1 >|Mohamed Al-Deayea2 >|Mohammed Al-Jahani4 >|Abdullah Zubromawi13>|Hussein Sulaimani6 >|Fuad Anwar16>Khamis Al-Owairan >30}}18>|Nawaf Al-Temyat20>|Hamzah Saleh9 >|Sami Al-Jaber11>Fahad Al-Mehallel >64}}15>Yousuf Al-Thunayan (Captain (association football)>c) {{suboff|81}}Substitutions:7 >Ibrahim Al-Shahrani >64}}12>Ibrahim Mater>Ibrahim Al-Harbi {{subon|81}}Manager:Mohammed Al-Kharashy{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"|Assistant referees:Owen Powell (Jamaica)Eddie Foley (Ireland)Fourth official:Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)

See also

• Denmark at the FIFA World Cup
• France at the FIFA World Cup
• Saudi Arabia at the FIFA World Cup
• South Africa at the FIFA World Cup

References

{{reflist}}{{1998 FIFA World Cup}}