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FIFA World Cup 1998- Host Cities – France
France were the hosts of 1998 FIFA World Cup. La Poste issued a miniature sheet on 24 Jan 1998 featuring the host cities. There were 10 stamps of 3.00 Franc in the miniature sheet.
Bhutan issues stamps on World Cup Winning teams.
Bhutan issued a set of stamps to commemorate the 1998 FIFA World Cup Football held in France. A miniature sheet containing nine stamps of 10 Nu each was issued on 09 Oct 1997. It featured the World Cup Winning teams.
Italy 1938 West Germany 1954 Uruguay 1950
England 1966 Argentina 1978 Brazil 1962
Italy 1934 Brazil 1970 Uruguay 1930
Thailand Postcards – FIFA World Cup Champions from 1930 to 2018.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was hosted by Brazil from 12th June to 13th July 2014. It was the 20th edition of FIFA World Cup and Brazil was hosting it for the second time, the first being in 1950, and the fifth time that it was being held in South America.
Thailand Post planned to issue 210 million Lucky-draw Postcards of Two Baht each asking Soccer fans to guess who will win the final of 2014 FIFA World Cup. It offered 40 million Baht in prize money in a joint campaign with a local mass circulation local daily newspaper. Thailand Post had sold 206 million Postcards for guessing the 2010 FIFA World Cup winner.
Postcards were put on sale from 01 Jun 2014 and were to be submitted nine hours before the Final kick-off. The interest exceeded expectations as 210 million Postcards were sold out and Thailand Post printed another 25 million Postcards to meet the demand.
There were 10 different Postcards in the set. Eight countries who had won the FIFA World Cup from 1930 to 2010 featured on each of the eight Postcards. Two postcards were blank to predict the 2014 Winners. Each of the eight Postcards was unique as they featured the Winner Country’s name, Flag and Year of winning the World Cup.
Brazil has the World Cup Five times (1958,1962,1970,1994 and 2002) and they are the only team to have played in every World Cup since 1930. Apart from this, it has been placed runners-up twice & third place finish twice, which makes it the most successful national team. Cafu has played four World Cups and has been part of Winning team twice. He has also played record 20 Matches. Ronaldo has played 19 matches in Four World Cups and is top goal scorer with 15 goals. This is a commendable and fantastic record.
Germany has won it four times (including the 2014 edition). It has finished runners-up four times and was placed third also four times. Lothar Matthaus has played 25 matches for Germany in Five World Cups.
Italy has also won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934,1938,1982 & 2006). It has finished runners-up twice and has been placed third once. It has appeared in 18 out of 21 World Cups.
Thailand Postcards – FIFA World Cup Champions from 1930 to 2018.
Argentina has been winners twice in 1978 and 1986. It has been runners-up three times and has been present in all but four World Cups. Diego Maradona has played in four World Cups and has captained his team in 16 matches out of 21 matches that he has played.
Uruguay has also won it twice in 1930 and 1950. The National team has qualified for twelve World Cups. Fernando Muslera has played the last three World Cups and 16 Matches.
France won the 1998 FIFA World Cup as hosts in France and then won the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Thierry Henry has played four World Cups and 17 matches wheres Fabien Barthez has played three World Cups and 17 matches. Zidane and Platini have been two of French greats at FIFA World Cups. Didier Deschamps won the 1998 World Cup as played and was coach of the 2018 World Cup squad which lifted the trophy.
England won the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium, London. England first played in 1950 and has part of every World Cup since then.
Spain won the 2010 FIFA World Cup final held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
A Set of two Postcards were released for use in the competition for predicting the WInners of 2014 FIFA World cup.
1998 FIFA World Cup Football -Stamps of France
The 1998 FIFA World Cup Football was 16th FIFA World Cup . It was held in France from 10 Jun 1998 to 12 Jul 1998. France hosted it for the second time after 1938. Thirty Two (32) teams participated and France defeated Brazil 3-0 in the final at Stade de France in Saint Denis to lift the trophy. Croatia defeated The Netherlands to clinch the third place.
Croatia , Japan ,Jamaica and South Africa made their first appearances in World Cup finals.
France issued a round shaped stamp on 28 Feb 1998 to commemorate this event.
