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FRANCE 98 Qualifying Rounds
(March 1996 – November 1997)
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168 |
countries took part in the qualifying rounds |
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643 |
matches were played |
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1,922 |
goals scored |
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FRANCE 98 World Cup finals
(10 June 1998 – 12 July 1998)
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10 |
stadiums |
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32 |
teams qualified (704 players), compared with 24 in the last World Cup |
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33 |
days: the length of the competition |
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64 |
matches |
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34 |
referees and 33 assistant referees (compared with 24 and 22 in 1994) |
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1,768 |
young people chosen to be ball boys/girls |
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62 |
curtain-raiser matches played by 2,480 youngsters between 11 and 14 |
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The World Cup in general
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3,670 |
matches, including all the rounds, have been played since the first World Cup in 1930 |
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330,300 |
minutes of play |
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230 |
days of non-stop football. |
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