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.
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 and 17 points.
- 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, December 1995, December 1996, and November 1997 at a 3:2 ratio. All totals are rounded.
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+
