England's World Cup Record

France 1998

Qualifying

England were drawn in Qualifying Group 2 along with Italy, Poland, Georgia and Moldova.
The group winner qualified for the Finals, the second placed teams from each group advanced to a play-off round.

Qualifying Matches

Date	Venue	Match	Result
01 Sep 1996	Chisinau	Moldova v England	0-3
05 Oct 1996	Chisinau	Moldova v Italy	1-3
09 Oct 1996	London	England v Poland	2-1
09 Oct 1996	Perugia	Italy v Georgia	1-0
09 Nov 1996	Tblisi	Georgia v England	0-2
10 Nov 1996	Katowice	Poland v Moldova	2-1
12 Feb 1997	London	England v Italy	0-1
29 Mar 1997	Trieste	Italy v Moldova	3-0
02 Apr 1997	Chorzow	Poland v Italy	0-0
30 Apr 1997	London	England v Georgia	2-0
30 Apr 1997	Naples	Italy v Poland	3-0
31 May 1997	Chorzow	Poland v England	0-2
07 Jun 1997	Tblisi	Georgia v Moldova	2-0
14 Jun 1997	Katowice	Poland v Georgia	4-1
10 Sep 1997	London	England v Moldova	4-0
10 Sep 1997	Tblisi	Georgia v Italy	0-0
24 Sep 1997	Chisinau	Moldova v Georgia	0-1
07 Oct 1997	Chisinau	Moldova v Poland	0-3
11 Oct 1997	Rome	Italy v England	0-0
11 Oct 1997	Tblisi	Georgia v Poland	3-0

Standings

Group 2	Ply	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
England	8	6	1	1	15	2	19
Italy	8	5	3	0	11	1	18
Poland	8	3	1	4	10	12	10
Georgia	8	3	1	4	7	9	10
Moldova	8	0	0	8	2	21	0

England qualified by winning the group.

Final Tournament

England were drawn in Group G, along with Romania, Colombia and Tunisia.
The top 2 places in the group qualified for the next phase.

First Round Matches - Group G

Date	Venue	Match	Result	Att	Referee
15 Jun 1998	Marseille	England v Tunisia	2-0	54,500	Okada (JPN)
15 Jun 1998	Lyon	Romania v Colombia	1-0	37,600	Lim (MTS)
22 Jun 1998	Montpellier	Colombia v Tunisia	1-0	35,500	Heynemann (GER)
22 Jun 1998	Toulouse	Romania v England	2-1	35,000	Batta (FRA)
26 Jun 1998	Paris	Romania v Tunisia	1-1	80,000	Lennie (AUS)
26 Jun 1998	Lens	England v Colombia	2-0	41,300	Brizio Carter (MEX)

Standings

Group G	Ply	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Romania	3	2	1	0	4	2	7
England	3	2	0	1	5	2	6
Colombia	3	1	0	2	1	3	3
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	4	1

England finished second in the group and qualified for the next phase of the tournament.

Second Round Matches

Second Round matches were played on a knock-out basis, the winner of each match qualified for the Quarter Finals.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

27 Jun 1998 Marseille Italy v Norway 1-0 60,000 Heynemann (GER)

27 Jun 1998 Paris Brazil v Chile 4-1 48,000 Batta (FRA)

28 Jun 1998 Lens France v Paraguay 1-0 41,300 Bujsaim (UAE)

28 Jun 1998 Paris Denmark v Nigeria 4-1 80,000 Meier (SUI)

29 Jun 1998 Montpellier Germany v Mexico 2-1 35,500 Pereira (POR)

29 Jun 1998 Toulouse Holland v Yugoslavia 2-1 37,500 Garcia Aranda (ESP)

30 Jun 1998 Bordeaux Croatia v Romania 1-0 35,000 Castrilli (ARG)

30 Jun 1998 Saint-Etienne Argentina v England 2-2* 36,000 Nielsen (DEN)

*Argentina won 4-3 on penalties.
England were eliminated from the competition.