1998 FIFA World Cup seeding

To calculate the seeding for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, FIFA used the FIFA World Rankings in combination with performances of national teams in the three previous World Cups.[1]

For the ranking part, points were allocated on the basis of 32 for the best achieving of the 32 qualifiers for 1998 FIFA World Cup in each of the three fields considered, down to one for the lowest ranking.

For the World Cup performance part, points were allocated as follows:

  • Teams qualified for the knockout stages were ranked by their overall performance and received between 32 points (World Cup winner) and 17 points (the losing team in the Round of 16 with the worst overall performance).
  • Teams eliminated in the group stage were ranked by their performance. The top half received 9 points, the rest 8 points.

The seedings table uses these points obtained from the 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1990 FIFA World Cup and the 1994 FIFA World Cup averaged in a 1:2:3 ratio respectively, added to the average number of points derived from the World Rankings at three given dates (at ratio 1:1:1), December 1995, December 1996, and November 1997.[2] All totals are rounded.

SeedCountry1. FIFA World Cup Finals2. FIFA World RankingsTotal Points
Mexico 1986
(16.7%)
Italy 1990
(33.3%)
USA 1994
(50%)
Avg.
Points
Dec 1995
(33.3%)
Dec 1996
(33.3%)
Nov 1997
(33.3%)
Avg.
Points
RkPt.RkPt.RkPt.RkPt.RkPt.RkPt.
1 Germany231132528302312312313161
2 Brazil528924132281321321323260
3 Italy122133023129330102510242656
4 Spain7261023825254298273302952
5 Argentina132231102327727221619172049
6 Romania-0122162721112316205292444
7 Netherlands-015187261962892612222543
9 Mexico627-01320151222112411232336
10 Bulgaria1518-0429181720152124131835
11 England825429-014211812236282335
12 Belgium42911221122232416426414935
13 Colombia-014191991115214299252533
8 France330-0-058263307272828
14 United States-02381419121919181929111628
15 Denmark924-0-049256288262626
16 Norway-0-017951024142214212223
17 Morocco1122-023883810271216201420
18 Cameroon-0726228133711563512519
19 Nigeria-0-0924122714632711619
20 Saudi Arabia-0-0122111545378348718
21 FR Yugoslavia-0528-096825542215717
22 South Korea2092282099466445319716
23 Scotland199209-05261529113661114
24 Japan-0-0-003113211718181613
25 Tunisia-0-0-002217231523141512
26 Chile-0-0-003612261317191512
27 Austria-0189-0339934926121012
28 Croatia-0-0-00417241421161210
29 Paraguay1320-0-03643387301079
30 South Africa-0-0-004081918357119
31 Jamaica-0-0-00564321039565
32 Iran-0-0-00108183150321
SeedCountryRkPt.RkPt.RkPt.Avg.
Points (60%)
RkPt.RkPt.RkPt.Avg.
Points (40%)
Total Points
Mexico 1986
(16.7%)
Italy 1990
(33.3%)
USA 1994
(50%)
Dec 1995
(33.3%)
Dec 1996
(33.3%)
Nov 1997
(33.3%)
1. FIFA World Cup Finals2. FIFA World Rankings

France were seeded as hosts, Brazil as defending champions. The other seeds were: Germany, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Romania and the Netherlands.

Broadcasting

France

The 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding are broadcast live on TF1, France Television and Canal+

References

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