French World Cup Champions Receive State Commendation Honour

1st January 2019

The players who won for France FIFA World Cup trophy in 1998 and 2018 were awarded with the Legion of Honour on Tuesday

Paul Pogba of France and Magic System music group dance with the FIFA World Cup won on July 15, 2018 in Moscow-Russia in front of their fans after the UEFA Nations League A group one match between France and Netherlands at Stade de France on September 9, 2018 in Paris, FranceP HOTO/GETTY IMAGES
Paul Pogba of France and Magic System music group dance with the FIFA World Cup won on July 15, 2018 in Moscow-Russia in front of their fans after the UEFA Nations League A group one match between France and Netherlands at Stade de France on September 9, 2018 in Paris, FranceP HOTO/GETTY IMAGES
SUMMARY
  • The 23 players, including star strikers Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann, each received France's top medal for their part in beating Croatia in the World Cup final in Moscow
  • Houellebecq became a pin-up of France's far right after publishing "Submission", with its vision of a France subject to sharia law after electing a Muslim president in 2022
  • Others included Marin Sauvageon, a student who was badly beaten up in Lyon in November 2016 after standing up to a gang that was insulting a kissing couple

PARIS, France- The players in France's football team which last year won the World Cup, on Tuesday were awarded the the Legion of Honour in the new year's honours list.

The 23 players, including star strikers Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann, each received France's top medal for their part in beating Croatia in the World Cup final in Moscow.

The French team that won the 1998 World Cup also received the Legion of Honour.

A total of 402 people -- half men, half women -- were on this year's list, including French writer Michel Houellebecq, whose latest book "Sérotonin" is to be published later this month.

Houellebecq became a pin-up of France's far right after publishing "Submission", with its vision of a France subject to sharia law after electing a Muslim president in 2022.

Others included Marin Sauvageon, a student who was badly beaten up in Lyon in November 2016 after standing up to a gang that was insulting a kissing couple.