Margins of homeland’s participation in the World Cup 1998

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France’s bid to host the World Cup centered on a national stadium with 80,000 seats and nine other stadiums located across the country. When the finals were originally awarded in July 1992, none of the regional club grounds were of a capacity meeting FIFA’s requirements – namely being able to safely seat 40,000. The proposed national stadium, colloquially referred to as the ‘Grand stade’, met with controversy at every stage of planning; the stadium’s location was determined by politics, finance and national symbolism.

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