France uses Central European Daylight Savings Time = Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) + 2.
Bulgaria plays in Group D (dubbed the Group of Death, as probably the toughest in the World Cup '98) against Paraguay, Nigeria, and Spain. Spain is largely favored to win the group. According to Reuters, the odds are: Spain 10-11, Nigeria 2-1, Bulgaria 11-2, Paraguay 8-1. Only the first two teams from each group advance to the second round.
The information below includes the venue location, date and time of the games (in local, Central European Daylight Savings Time).
The teams qualifying from Bulgaria's preliminary Group D will face the winning teams from Group C (France, South Africa, Denmark, or Saudi Arabia). The preliminary odds for that group (as reported by Reuters) are: France 1-4, Denmark 9-2, South Africa 12-1, Saudi Arabia 14-1.
The official WWW page of BFU. Has a lot of up-to-date information, including the current ranking in the WC'98 first round Group D, the team list with stats, more related links, news, etc. Fairly slow connection.
The site by Julian Dontchev is also rich in Bulgarian football stats and info, including:
Has information about the WC'98 qualifiers.
Has a lot of information, all included in a single page.
This page is rich in original information. The site also has the final roster page.
Located on the Official World Cup '98 Site, this page has links to related news stories from Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The page from the CNN/Sports Illustrated World Cup site has news stories, group ranking, game schedule, etc.
Has the squad list, information about the coach Hristo Bonev, details about the qualifiers and a round-up, results from the 1998 friendlies, latest news stories by Reuters, Daily Mail, and other sources, and much much more. A very informative and well-organized site.
Has the Reuters news reports related to the Bulgarian football team.
ESPN Sportszone provides some late news stories from Reuters, team roster, game schedule, qualifier results, and general information about Bulgaria.
The page from TIME's WorldCup'98 site. E-mail updates are also available.
This page from CBS SportLine.Soccer is not really rich in information.
The page from Yahoo! has game schedule, ranking in Group D, News stories (mostly, from AFP), and more links.
The page has some original news stories by BBC, information about the star players, the team as a whole, etc.
Has links to roster, qualification route, WC'98 stats, etc.
The page has a team report, roster, past appearances, etc.
