History of the FIFA World Cup as earning the Bronze Ball award. He led Bulgaria to a shock 2-1 win over defending champions Germany in the quarter-finals, before losing 2–1 to Italy and losing the third place play-off to Sweden, 4–0. The 1998 World Cup was held in France, and had an expanded format featuring 32 teams. Iran beat the Maldives in qualification by the widest margin in World Cup history – 17–0. In the finals, the second round match between France and Paraguay witnessed the first golden goal in World Cup history, as Laurent Blanc scored to give the hosts a 1–0 victory. Hosts France
Togo at the FIFA World Cup three of Togo's matches at the FIFA World Cup 2006, making them record World Cup players for their country: The only goal for Togo at a FIFA World Cup was scored by Mohamed Kader in their 1-2 defeat against South Korea Togo at the FIFA World Cup Togo have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 2006. Head coach: Otto Pfister 2006 FIFA World Cup Group G Mohamed Kader got the opening goal of the match and Togo's first ever goal at the World Cup Final's in the 31st minute when he controlled a