1994 FIFA World Cup

1994 FIFA World Cup
	World Cup '94
	; 1994 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	17 June – 17 July
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Bulgaria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	141 (2.71 per match)
Attendance	3,587,538 (68,991 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hristo Stoichkov; Oleg Salenko (6 goals)
Best player	Romário

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The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from 17 June to 17 July 1994. The United States was chosen as hosts by FIFA in July 1988. Brazil became the first nation to win four World Cup titles when they beat Italy 3-2 in a penalty shootout after the game ended 0-0 after extra-time, the first final to be decided by penalties.

The average attendance for the tournament was 69,000 while the total attendance was 3.6 million. The 1994 World Cup holds the record for the highest attendance in World Cup history. It was also the highest-attended single sport event in United States history.

[edit] Qualification

Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification

Qualifying countries

Greece, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time. Russia, competing independently for the first time after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, also qualified. The defending champions West Germany were united with their East German counterparts, representing the unified Germany for the first time since the 1938 World Cup. Due to the strong performances by African teams in 1990, Africa were given three spots for the first time, with Nigeria joining Cameroon and Morocco. For the first, and so far the only time, no British teams competed in a World Cup since they started to participate in the tournament in 1950.

[edit] Summary

FIFA's decision to hold the event in the United States over the bids of Morocco and Brazil surprised many due to the common perception that the United States had a relative lack of soccer fans. FIFA hoped that by staging the world's premier soccer tournament there, it would lead to America's growth of interest in the sport. (One condition FIFA imposed was the creation of a professional soccer league, as Major League Soccer started play in 1996.) Despite these misgivings, in terms of attendance the event was a success. The average attendance of nearly 69,000 shattered a record that had stood since 1950, due to the bigger capacities of the American stadiums compared to those of Europe and Latin America. To this day, the total attendance for the final tournament of nearly 3.6 million remains the highest in World Cup history, despite the expansion of the competition to 32 teams in 1998. Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Belgium, Italy and the USA were seeded for the final draw that took place in Las Vegas, on 19 December 1993.^[1]

USA 94 mascot.

The format of the competition stayed the same as in 1990: 24 teams qualified, divided into six groups of four. Sixteen teams would qualify for the knockout competition: the six group winners, the six group runners-up, and the four third-placed teams with the best records. This was the last time this format was used, due to the expansion of the finals tournament in 1998 to 32 teams. This World Cup was the first in which three points were awarded for a win instead of two. FIFA instituted this feature to encourage attacking football after the defensive display of many teams at Italia '90.

Germany's Lothar Matthäus scoring a penalty kick against Bulgaria in the 10 July quarter-final at Giants Stadium. Bulgaria came back to win the match.

The tournament saw the end of Diego Maradona's World Cup career. Hero in 1986 as he led Argentina to the World Cup title, he was expelled from the tournament after he failed a drug test. Maradona was found to have ephedrine, a weight loss drug, in his blood. Colombia's Andrés Escobar was another tragic figure of this tournament. In a first-round match with the United States, he scored an own goal as the USA went on win, 2-1. As a result of this defeat, Colombia, billed by many as the dark horse to win this World Cup, went out in the group stage and Escobar paid for the own goal when he was shot to death outside a bar in a Medellín suburb only 10 days after the match.

On the field, the biggest surprise of the tournament was Bulgaria. The Bulgarians had previously never won a match in the finals but, led by the goal-scoring of Hristo Stoichkov, they made a surprising run; Bulgaria won two of their three group matches to qualify for the second round where a 3-1 penalty shoout-out win over Mexico set them up with reigning world champions, Germany, in the quarter-finals. This was the game for which this Bulgarian side would be remembered as goals from Stoichkov and Yordan Letchkov gave them a 2-1 victory. Bulgaria eventually finished in fourth place. The United States advanced to the second round as one of the best third-place teams. There they played Brazil and despite a 1-0 defeat, the USA's performance was considered a great success.

Brazil's win over the USA helped take them to the final against Italy. While Brazil's path was relatively smooth as they defeated the Netherlands in the quarter-finals and Sweden in the semis (it was the second game between Sweden and Brazil in the tournament, the first ending 1-1), the Italians had made hard work of reaching the final game. During the group stage the Italian team struggled and narrowly advanced to the next round, despite losing 1-0 to the Republic of Ireland. Roberto Baggio, who was expected to be the shining star, had not scored a goal. During the Round of 16 match against Nigeria, Italy was trailing 1-0 in the dying minutes when Baggio scored the equalizer forcing the game into extra time. There, he scored again with a penalty kick to send Italy through. Baggio carried the Italians from there, scoring the game-winning goal in the quarter-final against Spain, and both goals in Italy's semi-final victory over Bulgaria.

The final match at the Rose Bowl was tense but devoid of scoring chances. Despite the strategies disposed by the FIFA to promote offensive play, both teams failed to produce a goal. After 120 goalless minutes, the World Cup was decided for the first time by a penalty shoot-out. After four rounds, Brazil led 3-2, and Baggio, playing injured, had to score to keep Italy's hopes alive. He missed by shooting it over the bar, and Brazil were crowned champions. The Brazilian national team dedicated the title to the deceased Brazilian F1 champion Ayrton Senna, who had died two and a half months prior.

The third-place playoff was set between Bulgaria and Sweden, the team which scored more goals than any other in this World Cup. Sweden won convincingly with a 4-0 victory. One of Sweden's players - Thomas Brolin - was named to the All-star team.

The tournament's Golden Boot went jointly to Bulgaria's Stoichkov and Oleg Salenko of Russia, who scored a record five goals in their match against Cameroon. Both players scored six goals in the tournament. Brazil's Romário, with five goals, won the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player.

[edit] Saudi flag controversy

McDonald's and Coca-Cola advertised their sponsorship of the World Cup by printing the flags of the participating nations on take-out bags and soda cans, respectively. However, in doing so they made the faux pas of including the flag of Saudi Arabia, which bears the Islamic declaration of faith. Outraged Saudi officials said that printing the creed on disposable items was completely unacceptable, and these items were discontinued.

[edit] Mascot

The official mascot of this World Cup was Striker, a dog wearing a red, white and blue uniform with a soccer ball.^[2]

[edit] Venues

Pasadena (Los Angeles)	Pontiac (Detroit)	Stanford (San Francisco)	East Rutherford (New York)	Orlando
Rose Bowl	Pontiac Silverdome	Stanford Stadium	Giants Stadium	Citrus Bowl
Capacity: 91,000	Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 77,000	Capacity: 70,000

Chicago	Dallas	Foxborough (Boston)	Washington DC
Soldier Field	Cotton Bowl	Foxboro Stadium	RFK Stadium
Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 61,000	Capacity: 57,000

[edit] Referees

Africa

Asia

Europe

North and Central America

South America

[edit] Squads

Further information: 1994 FIFA World Cup squads

[edit] Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony of the World Cup was held on June 17 at Chicago's Soldier Field. Numerous dignitaries attended, including US President Bill Clinton, Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl and President of Bolivia Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. The ceremony was emceed by Oprah Winfrey. In addition, Diana Ross also gave a performance.

[edit] Results

[edit] First round

All kick-off times local. (EDT/UTC-4, CDT/UTC-5, PDT/UTC-7)

[edit] Group A

Group A will be remembered for two historical moments in international football. First was that the match between USA and Switzerland would be the first ever to take place indoors, having been played under the roof at the Pontiac Silverdome. The second was the murder of Colombian defender Andres Escobar - shot dead on his return to Colombia, after his own goal had contributed to them being knocked out of the tournament. Colombia was initially a tournament favorite,^[3] but after being outclassed 3-1 by Romania in their opening game and a subsequent 2-1 defeat to the hosts in Pasadena, they were condemned to a first round exit. Victories against Colombia and the USA (in front of a staggering crowd of 93,869) were enough to see Romania through as group winners, despite a 4-1 hammering by Switzerland in between. The magnitude of that victory let the Swiss pip the USA to second place on goal difference, although the hosts qualified for the second round as one of the best third-placed teams.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
United States	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Colombia	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	3

18 June 1994 11:35 EDT	United States	1 – 1	Switzerland	Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac Attendance: 73,425 Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina)
	Wynalda 45'	(Report)	Bregy 39'

18 June 1994 16:35 PDT	Colombia	1 – 3	Romania	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 93,586 Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
	Valencia 43'	(Report)	Răducioiu 16' 89' Hagi 34'

22 June 1994 16:05 EDT	Romania	1 – 4	Switzerland	Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac Attendance: 61,428 Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
	Hagi 36'	(Report)	Sutter 16' Chapuisat 53' Knup 66' 72'

22 June 1994 16:35 PDT	United States	2 – 1	Colombia	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 93,689 Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
	Escobar 34' (o.g.) Stewart 52'	(Report)	Valencia 89'

26 June 1994 13:05 PDT	Switzerland	0 – 2	Colombia	Stanford Stadium, Stanford Attendance: 83,401 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
		(Report)	Gaviria 44' Lozano 89'

26 June 1994 13:05 PDT	United States	0 – 1	Romania	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 93,869 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
		(Report)	Petrescu 17'

[edit] Group B

Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup - Group B

Group B produced two of the four semi-finalists of this World Cup, and was also one of the two groups in which two, rather than three, sides would progress to the second round. Brazil and Sweden proved to be far stronger than Cameroon and Russia in every department. The match between the latter two broke two World Cup records. Oleg Salenko of Russia became the first - and remains the only - man ever to score five goals in a single World Cup match as Russia ran out 6-1 winners against their African opponents. The goals also ensured that Salenko finished the tournament joint-top scorer with six goals, having previously bagged one against Sweden. Cameroon left a mark too as Roger Milla, at the age of 42, became the oldest World Cup goalscorer of all time as he grabbed his side's consolation goal in the match. The result was not enough to take Russia through following heavy defeats at the hands of both Brazil and Sweden. Brazil overcame Cameroon with similar ease before a draw with Sweden confirmed top spot. The Swedes also progressed, finishing in second place with five points.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Sweden	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
Russia	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1	3
Cameroon	3	0	1	2	3	11	-8	1

19 June 1994 16:35 PDT	Cameroon	2 – 2	Sweden	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 93,194 Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
	Embé 31' Omam-Biyik 47'	(Report)	Ljung 8' Dahlin 75'

20 June 1994 13:05 PDT	Brazil	2 – 0	Russia	Stanford Stadium, Stanford Attendance: 81,061 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	Romário 26' Raí 52' (pen.)	(Report)

24 June 1994 13:05 PDT	Brazil	3 – 0	Cameroon	Stanford Stadium, Stanford Attendance: 83,401 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
	Romário 39' Márcio Santos 66' Bebeto 73'	(Report)

24 June 1994 19:35 EDT	Sweden	3 – 1	Russia	Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac Attendance: 71,528 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
	Brolin 37' (pen.) Dahlin 59' 81'	(Report)	Salenko 4' (pen.)

28 June 1994 13:05 PDT	Russia	6 – 1	Cameroon	Stanford Stadium, Stanford Attendance: 74,914 Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
	Salenko 15' 41' 44' (pen.) 72' 75' Radchenko 81'	(Report)	Milla 46'

28 June 1994 16:05 EDT	Brazil	1 – 1	Sweden	Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac Attendance: 77,217 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
	Romário 46'	(Report)	K. Andersson 23'

[edit] Group C

Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup - Group C

Holders Germany, and Spain progressed to round two. Coming from two goals down with four minutes left to snatch a 2-2 draw against Spain, the Koreans very nearly eclipsed that feat against Germany when they came from 3-0 down to lose narrowly 3-2. In spite of these comebacks, South Korea were held to a 0-0 draw against Bolivia in their other group match when a win would have seen them through. Instead, only two teams progressed, Spain's late implosion against the Koreans effectively deciding that it would be Germany who won the group and not them. Germany, who defeated Bolivia 1-0 in the tournament's opening match, finished on seven points. Spain had to settle for second place despite leading in all three matches.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
Spain	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
Korea Republic	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2
Bolivia	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1

17 June 1994 14:05 CDT	Germany	1 – 0	Bolivia	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 63,117 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
	Klinsmann 61'	(Report)

17 June 1994 18:35 CDT	Spain	2 – 2	Korea Republic	Cotton Bowl, Dallas Attendance: 56,247 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
	Salinas 51' Goikoetxea 55'	(Report)	Hong Myung-Bo 85' Seo Jung-Won 90'

21 June 1994 15:05 CDT	Germany	1 – 1	Spain	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 63,113 Referee: Filippi Cavani (Uruguay)
	Klinsmann 48'	(Report)	Goikoetxea 14'

23 June 1994 19:35 EDT	Korea Republic	0 – 0	Bolivia	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 54,453 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
		(Report)

27 June 1994 15:05 CDT	Bolivia	1 – 3	Spain	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 63,089 Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
	E. Sánchez 67'	(Report)	Guardiola 19' (pen.) Caminero 66' 70'

27 June 1994 15:05 CDT	Germany	3 – 2	Korea Republic	Cotton Bowl, Dallas Attendance: 63,998 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
	Klinsmann 12' 37' Riedle 20'	(Report)	Hwang Sun-Hong 52' Hong Myung-Bo 63'

[edit] Group D

Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup - Group D

Argentina collected a maximum of six points from their opening two matches after beating Greece 4-0 in Foxboro before coming from behind to overcome the feisty Nigerians 2-1 on the same ground four days later, yet still only finished third. The match against Greece had been won in style thanks mainly to a hat-trick from Gabriel Batistuta, yet it was the other goal in the match - from Diego Maradona - that hit the headlines. An over-zealous goal celebration aroused suspicion regarding Diego Maradona's use of banned substances. This proved to be true and as a result, he was excluded from the tournament. Nigeria had been very impressive on their World Cup debut, and despite the narrow loss to Argentina, had emerged as group winners following comfortable victories against Bulgaria and Greece. The Bulgarians also surprised many. Having never won a single match at the World Cup finals prior to this tournament, their fortunes seemed unlikely to change in the aftermath of the 3-0 defeat by Nigeria in their first game. However a 4-0 demolition of the Greeks (who had suffered the exact same fate five days earlier against Argentina) and a win against Argentina had seen them advance in style. Argentina had actually been winning the group going into injury-time, however a 91st minute strike from Nasko Sirakov meant that they dropped two places and finished 3rd.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6
Bulgaria	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
Argentina	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
Greece	3	0	3	0	10	-10	0

21 June 1994 12:35 EDT	Argentina	4 – 0	Greece	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 54,456 Referee: Arturo Angeles (United States)
	Batistuta 2' 45' 89' (pen.) Maradona 60'	(Report)

21 June 1994 18:35 CDT	Nigeria	3 – 0	Bulgaria	Cotton Bowl, Dallas Attendance: 44,132 Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
	Yekini 21' Amokachi 43' Amuneke 55'	(Report)

25 June 1994 16:05 EDT	Argentina	2 – 1	Nigeria	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 54,453 Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
	Caniggia 21' 28'	(Report)	Siasia 8'

26 June 1994 11:35 CDT	Greece	0 – 4	Bulgaria	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 63,160 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
		(Report)	Stoichkov 5' (pen.) 55' (pen.) Letchkov 65' Borimirov 90'

30 June 1994 18:35 CDT	Argentina	0 – 2	Bulgaria	Cotton Bowl, Dallas Attendance: 63,998 Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
		(Report)	Stoichkov 61' Sirakov 90'

30 June 1994 19:35 EDT	Greece	0 – 2	Nigeria	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 53,001 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
		(Report)	George 45' Amokachi 90'

[edit] Group E

Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup - Group E

Group E remains the only group in World Cup history in which all four teams finished on the same points. It began when Ray Houghton's chip ensured that Ireland would gain revenge on Italy by reversing a 1-0 scoreline the Italians had beaten them by in the quarter-finals of the previous World Cup. The next day in Washington, Kjetil Rekdal's goal five minutes from time proved decisive in an equally tense encounter as Norway beat Mexico. Mexico however were much more comfortable playing in Orlando, the setting for their next match against Ireland, where the heat proved to be a key factor. Garcia's double had them 2-0 up and in control of the game before a disagreement on the touchline resulted in fines for both Republic of Ireland's manager, Jack Charlton, and their striker John Aldridge. Fortunately for Ireland, Aldridge was able to re-gain concentration in time to score six minutes from the end of the game. Though Ireland still lost the match 2-1, Aldridge's goal proved crucial in the final group standings. The previous day in New York, Italy's World Cup hopes seemed to be diminishing fast as goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca was sent off with the game still at 0-0. Yet despite this, Italy were still able to salvage an important 1-0 victory. Norway would ultimately pay for a price for their inability to take advantage of Pagliuca's dismissal. With the four teams level on points, the final two group matches would each have to finish as draws for things to stay that way. Republic of Ireland made it through after a dreary 0-0 draw with Norway, whilst midfielders Massaro and Bernal traded strikes as Italy were held 1-1 by Mexico. That result meant that Mexico won the group on goals scored with Ireland and Italy also progressing having finished with identical records (Ireland finishing second on account of the fact that they had beaten Italy when the teams played one another). Norway's shortcomings in attack had ultimately let them down.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	3	4
Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	4

18 June 1994 16:05 EDT	Italy	0 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 75,338 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
		(Report)	Houghton 11'

19 June 1994 16:05 EDT	Norway	1 – 0	Mexico	RFK Stadium, Washington Attendance: 52,395 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
	Rekdal 84'	(Report)

23 June 1994 16:05 EDT	Italy	1 – 0	Norway	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 74,624 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
	D. Baggio 69'	(Report)

24 June 1994 12:35 EDT	Mexico	2 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Citrus Bowl, Orlando Attendance: 60,790 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
	García 42' 65'	(Report)	Aldridge 84'

28 June 1994 12:35 EDT	Italy	1 – 1	Mexico	RFK Stadium, Washington Attendance: 52,535 Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina)
	Massaro 48'	(Report)	Bernal 57'

28 June 1994 12:35 EDT	Republic of Ireland	0 – 0	Norway	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 72,404 Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)
		(Report)

[edit] Group F

Morocco lost each of their matches only by a single goal. Belgium's campaign went the same way as Argentina's; finishing third despite winning their first two matches. After 1-0 victories against Morocco and the Netherlands, Belgium were ultimately beaten by what is regarded by many as the finest goal in World Cup history - Saudi player Saaed Al-Owairian running from his own half through a maze of Belgian players to score the game's only goal. Both teams went through. For the much-fancied Dutch however, progression to the second round was a somewhat nervier experience. The opening 2-1 victory against Saudi Arabia was followed by defeat against the Belgians before another 2-1 victory - this time at the expense of Morocco - eventually saw them win the group. Winger Bryan Roy scored the winner a mere twelve minutes from time.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6
Belgium	3	2	1	2	1	+1	6
Morocco	3	0	3	2	5	-3	0

19 June 1994 12:35 EDT	Belgium	1 – 0	Morocco	Citrus Bowl, Orlando Attendance: 61,219 Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)
	Degryse 11'	(Report)

20 June 1994 19:35 EDT	Netherlands	2 – 1	Saudi Arabia	RFK Stadium, Washington Attendance: 50,535 Referee: Manuel Diaz Vega (Spain)
	Jonk 50' Taument 86'	(Report)	Amin 18'

25 June 1994 12:35 EDT	Saudi Arabia	2 – 1	Morocco	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 76,322 Referee: Philip Don (England)
	Al-Jaber 7' (pen.) Amin 45'	(Report)	Chaouch 68'

25 June 1994 12:35 EDT	Belgium	1 – 0	Netherlands	Citrus Bowl, Orlando Attendance: 62,387 Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)
	Albert 65'	(Report)

29 June 1994 12:35 EDT	Belgium	0 – 1	Saudi Arabia	RFK Stadium, Washington Attendance: 52,959 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
		(Report)	Al-Owairan 5'

29 June 1994 12:35 EDT	Morocco	1 – 2	Netherlands	Citrus Bowl, Orlando Attendance: 60,578 Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
	Nader 47'	(Report)	Bergkamp 43' Roy 77'

[edit] Third Place qualifiers for round of 16

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
D	Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
F	Belgium	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
A	United States	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
E	Italy	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
B	Russia	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1	3
C	Korea Republic	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2

[edit] Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

3 July - Pasadena

Romania

3

10 July - Stanford

Argentina

2

Romania

2 (4)

3 July - Dallas

Sweden (p)

2 (5)

Sweden

3

13 July - Pasadena

Saudi Arabia

1

Sweden

0

4 July - Stanford

Brazil

1

Brazil

1

9 July - Dallas

United States

0

Brazil

3

4 July - Orlando

Netherlands

2

Netherlands

2

17 July - Pasadena

Republic of Ireland

0

Brazil (p)

0 (3)

2 July - Chicago

Italy

0 (2)

Germany

3

10 July - East Rutherford

Belgium

2

Germany

1

5 July - East Rutherford

Bulgaria

2

Mexico

1 (1)

13 July - East Rutherford

Bulgaria (p)

1 (3)

Bulgaria

1

5 July - Foxborough

Italy

2

Third place

Nigeria

1

9 July - Foxborough

16 July - Pasadena

Italy (a.e.t.)

2

Italy

2

Sweden

4

2 July - Washington

Spain

1

Bulgaria

0

Spain

3

Switzerland

0

[edit] Round of 16

2 July 1994 12:00 CDT	Germany	3 – 2	Belgium	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 60,246 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
	Völler 6' 40' Klinsmann 11'	(Report)	Grün 8' Albert 90'

2 July 1994 16:35 EDT	Spain	3 – 0	Switzerland	RFK Stadium, Washington Attendance: 53,121 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
	Hierro 15' Luis Enrique 74' Begiristain 86' (pen.)	(Report)

3 July 1994 12:05 CDT	Saudi Arabia	1 – 3	Sweden	Cotton Bowl, Dallas Attendance: 60,277 Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)
	Al-Ghesheyan 85'	(Report)	Dahlin 6' K. Andersson 51' 88'

3 July 1994 13:35 PDT	Romania	3 – 2	Argentina	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 90,469 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
	Dumitrescu 11' 18' Hagi 58'	(Report)	Batistuta 16' (pen.) Balbo 75'

4 July 1994 12:05 EDT	Netherlands	2 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Citrus Bowl, Orlando Attendance: 61,355 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
	Bergkamp 11' Jonk 41'	(Report)

4 July 1994 12:35 PDT	Brazil	1 – 0	United States	Stanford Stadium, Stanford Attendance: 84,147 Referee: Joel Quiniou (France)
	Bebeto 72'	(Report)

5 July 1994 13:05 EDT	Nigeria	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Italy	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 54,367 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
	Amuneke 25'	(Report)	R. Baggio 88' 100' (pen.)

5 July 1994 16:35 EDT	Mexico	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Bulgaria	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 71,030 Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
	García Aspe 18' (pen.)	(Report)	Stoichkov 6'

		Penalties
	García Aspe Bernal Rodríguez Suárez	1 – 3	Balakov Guentchev Borimirov Letchkov

[edit] Quarter-finals

9 July 1994 12:05 EDT	Italy	2 – 1	Spain	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 53,400 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
	D. Baggio 25' R. Baggio 87'	(Report)	Caminero 58'

9 July 1994 14:35 CDT	Netherlands	2 – 3	Brazil	Cotton Bowl, Dallas Attendance: 63,500 Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
	Bergkamp 64' Winter 76'	(Report)	Romário 53' Bebeto 63' Branco 81'

10 July 1994 12:05 EDT	Bulgaria	2 – 1	Germany	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 72,000 Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)
	Stoichkov 75' Letchkov 78'	(Report)	Matthäus 47' (pen.)

10 July 1994 12:35 PDT	Sweden	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Romania	Stanford Stadium, Stanford Attendance: 83,500 Referee: Philip Don (England)
	Brolin 78' K. Andersson 115'	(Report)	Răducioiu 88' 101'

		Penalties
	Mild K. Andersson Brolin Ingesson R. Nilsson Larsson	5 – 4	Răducioiu Hagi Lupescu Petrescu Dumitrescu Belodedici

[edit] Semi-finals

13 July 1994 16:05 EDT	Italy	2 – 1	Bulgaria	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 74,110 Referee: Joel Quiniou (France)
	R. Baggio 20' 25'	(Report)	Stoichkov 44' (pen.)

13 July 1994 16:35 PDT	Brazil	1 – 0	Sweden	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 91,856 Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)
	Romário 80'	(Report)

[edit] Third place match

16 July 1994 12:35 PDT	Sweden	4 – 0	Bulgaria	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 91,500 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	Brolin 8' Mild 30' Larsson 37' K. Andersson 40'	(Report)

[edit] Final

17 July 1994 12:35 PDT	Brazil	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Italy	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 94,194 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
		(Report)

		Penalties
	Márcio Santos Romário Branco Dunga	3 – 2	Baresi Albertini Evani Massaro R. Baggio

1994 FIFA World Cup Winners
Brazil Fourth title

[edit] Awards

Golden Shoe Winners	Golden Ball Winner	Yashin Award	FIFA Fair Play Trophy	Most Entertaining Team
Hristo Stoichkov Oleg Salenko	Romário	Michel Preud'homme	Brazil	Brazil

[edit] All-star team

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Michel Preud'homme	Jorginho Márcio Santos Paolo Maldini	Dunga Krassimir Balakov Gheorghe Hagi Tomas Brolin	Romário Hristo Stoichkov Roberto Baggio

[edit] Scorers

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Andrés Escobar (for USA)

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Firsts

Large enthusiastic crowds attended the matches, such as this one at the Giants Stadium quarterfinals match.

The United States-Switzerland match in the Pontiac Silverdome was the first to be played indoors in World Cup history: grass was grown by Michigan State University and was the first time since 1965 that natural turf was used in an indoor stadium in the United States.
Oleg Salenko of Russia became the first player to score 5 goals in a single World Cup finals game in his country's group stage win over Cameroon. Cameroon's Roger Milla also scored a goal in the same match, becoming the oldest player to score a goal in a World Cup. He was 42, also the oldest player to appear in a World Cup match.
Gianluca Pagliuca of Italy became the first goalkeeper to be sent off in a World Cup Finals match, dismissed for handling outside his area against Norway.
The finals were the first time FIFA decided to experiment with the style of jerseys worn by officials, foregoing the traditional black. They would choose between burgundy, yellow or white shirts depending on what was feasible to avoid a clash of colours with the two competing teams. This custom has since been followed, but with black shirts added as an option later.
The finals were also the first time that players had their names printed in the back of their jerseys in a World Cup, just like other American sports did. This custom followed from Euro 92, and has followed ever since.
The finals were the first to award 3 points for a win in the group stage to motivate teams to play an attacking style.
In disciplinary matters, for the first time yellow cards accumulated in the group stage were wiped clean after its completion, and players start with a clean slate at the start of the knockout stage. Previously, players were suspended for one match if accumulating two yellow cards throughout the tournament. Now, players were suspended for one match if accumulating two yellow cards in the group stage, or two yellow cards in the knockout stage. This was in response to the situation in 1990, where players such as Claudio Caniggia and Paul Gascoigne were suspended for the later matches.
The 1994 World Cup revolutionized television coverage of sports in the USA through the sponsored scoreboard and game clock that were constantly shown on screen throughout the game. Television sports coverage in the US had long been dependent upon commercial breaks; a feature suitable for sports such as baseball, basketball, ice hockey and American football (which all have breaks in the action), but long considered incompatible with soccer, due to the long stretches of uninterrupted play. Variations on it were quickly incorporated into virtually every team sports broadcast by the decade's end. The first American Pro sports broadcaster to do this was Fox Sports which won national rights to broadcast the NFL's NFC conference from CBS 6 1/2 months before the 1994 World Cup began.

[edit] Lasts

This was the last World Cup in which matches other than the last two in each group would be played simultaneously, although this would only happen once in this tournament; Saudi Arabia v Morocco and Belgium v Netherlands in Group F. From France '98 onwards, each game in the first two rounds of group play and the whole knockout stage would be played separately to maximise television audiences.

This was the last World Cup where the 3rd-placed team in each group was still able to progress via Third Place qualifiers for round of 16.

[edit] References

^ History of the World Cup Final Draw
^ XV FIFA World Cup (USA '94) – World Cup History Page.
^ Pre-tournament favorites from every World Cup

[edit] External links

[0] History of the World Cup Final Draw

[1] XV FIFA World Cup (USA '94) – World Cup History Page.

[2] Pre-tournament favorites from every World Cup

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Tournament details
World Cup '94
1994 FIFA World Cup official logo
Host country	United States
Dates	17 June – 17 July
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Bulgaria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	141 (2.71 per match)
Attendance	3,587,538 (68,991 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hristo Stoichkov Oleg Salenko (6 goals)
Best player	Romário

1994 FIFA World Cup

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Contents

[edit] Qualification

[edit] Summary

[edit] Saudi flag controversy

[edit] Mascot

[edit] Venues

[edit] Referees

[edit] Squads

[edit] Opening Ceremony

[edit] Results

[edit] First round

[edit] Group A

[edit] Group B

[edit] Group C

[edit] Group D

[edit] Group E

[edit] Group F

[edit] Third Place qualifiers for round of 16

[edit] Knockout stage

[edit] Round of 16

[edit] Quarter-finals

[edit] Semi-finals

[edit] Third place match

[edit] Final

[edit] Awards

[edit] All-star team

[edit] Scorers

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Firsts

[edit] Lasts

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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