 Dunga akaramba ari kaputeni wechikwata chenyika yeBrazil kwemakore mana akatevera kusvika kuFIFA World Cup ya1998, iyo yaakatora chikamu, kunyangwe achitamba muJapan J. League, mune yaionekwa seyakaipisisa nhabvu yemakwikwi panguva iyoyo. Chinyorwa cha1998 chemakwikwi chakanga chakakurumbira nokuda kwekunetseka uye kushayikwa kwebasa reboka mukati meBrazilian side. Izvi zvaiwanzoonekwa panhandare sezvo zvairatidzwa nenyaya yekuti Dunga akapinda mukurwa nemumwe wake Bebeto mumutambo wekutanga wakatarisana neMorocco, zvichimanikidza timu yese kuti ivaparadzanise. Pasinei zvapo nezvinetso izvi, Brazil yakapfuurira kusvika kumagumoyemakwikwi aya, apo vakarasikirwa ne3-0 kuFrance. Vari munzira kuenda kumagumo, Dunga akarova penareti yechina yechikwata chake mukukunda kweNetherlands mumasemi-fainari. 