Football World Cup 1994

1994 Football World Cup - USA World Cup '94
Official 1994 Football World Cup poster
Official 1994 Football World Cup logo
Participant teams	131 (final tournament: 24)
Host	USA
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Matches played	52
Goals scored	141 (2.71 per match)
Attendance	3,587,538 (68,991 per match)
Top scorer/ Golden Shoe	Hristo Stoitchkov (BUL) Oleg Salenko (RUS) 6 goals
Best player/ Golden Ball	Romário (BRA)

The 1994 Football World Cup was held in the USA. It was won by Brazil, who beat Italy 3-2 on penalties, after the game and extra time ended 0-0.

The format of the competition stayed the same as in 1990: 24 teams qualified, divided into six groups of four. 16 teams would qualify for the knockout competition: six group winners, six second place finishers, and four best third place finishers.

For full details of the competition, see 1994 World Cup Tournament article.

Venues

• Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts (61,000)
• Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois (67,000)
• Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas (67,000)
• Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan (80,000)
• Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California (91,000)
• Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey (77,000)
• Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida (70,000)
• Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, California (80,000)
• RFK Stadium, Washington, DC (56,500)

Squads

For a list of all squads that disputed the final tournament, see Football World Cup 1994 (squads).

First round

Half-time scores are in brackets

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Romania 6 3 2 0 1 5 5 Switzerland 4 3 1 1 1 5 4 USA 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 Colombia 3 3 1 0 2 4 5

USA 1 - 1 Switzerland Colombia 1 - 3 Romania Romania 1 - 4 Switzerland USA 2 - 1 Colombia Switzerland 0 - 2 Colombia USA 0 - 1 Romania

June 18, 1994

June 22, 1994

June 26, 1994

Group B

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

Cameroon 2 - 2 Sweden Brazil 2 - 0 Russia Brazil 3 - 0 Cameroon Sweden 3 - 1 Russia Russia 6 - 1 Cameroon Brazil 1 - 1 Sweden

June 19, 1994

June 20, 1994

June 24, 1994

June 28, 1994

Group C

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

Germany 1 - 0 Bolivia Spain 2 - 2 South Korea Germany 1 - 1 Spain South Korea 0 - 0 Bolivia Bolivia 1 - 3 Spain Germany 3 - 2 South Korea

June 17, 1994

June 21, 1994

June 23, 1994

June 27, 1994

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Nigeria 6 3 2 0 1 6 2 Bulgaria 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 Argentina 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 Greece 0 3 0 0 3 0 10

Argentina 4 - 0 Greece Nigeria 3 - 0 Bulgaria Argentina 2 - 1 Nigeria Bulgaria 4 - 0 Greece Argentina 0 - 2 Bulgaria Greece 0 - 2 Nigeria

June 21, 1994

June 25, 1994

June 26, 1994

June 30, 1994

Group E

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

Italy 0 - 1 Rep. of Ireland Norway 1 - 0 Mexico Italy 1 - 0 Norway Mexico 2 - 1 Rep. of Ireland Italy 1 - 1 Mexico Rep. of Ireland 0 - 0 Norway

June 18, 1994

June 19, 1994

June 23, 1994

June 24, 1994

June 28, 1994

Group F

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

Belgium 1 - 0 Morocco Netherlands 2 - 1 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 2 - 1 Morocco Belgium 1 - 0 Netherlands Belgium 0 - 1 Saudi Arabia Morocco 1 - 2 Netherlands

June 19, 1994

June 20, 1994

June 25, 1994

June 29, 1994

Round of sixteen

July 2, 1994

Germany	3 - 2 (3-1)	Belgium	12:00 CST - Soldier Field, Chicago Ref: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland) Attendance: 60,246
Völler 6'		Grun 8'
Klinsmann 11'		Albert 90'
Völler 40'
Spain	3 - 0 (1-0)	Switzerland	16:35 EST - RFK Stadium, Washington Ref: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) Attendance: 53,121
Hierro 15'
Luis Enrique 74'
Beguiristain (p) 86'

July 3, 1994

Saudi Arabia	1 - 3 (0-1)	Sweden	12:05 CST - Cotton Bowl, Dallas Ref: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil) Attendance: 60,277
Al Ghesheyan 85'		Dahlin 6'
		K. Andersson 51'
		K. Andersson 88'
Romania	3 - 2 (2-1)	Argentina	13:35 PST - Rose Bowl, Pasadena Ref: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) Attendance: 90,469
Dumitrescu 11'		Batistuta (p) 16'
Dumitrescu 18'		Balbo 75'
Hagi 58'

July 4, 1994

Netherlands	2 - 0 (2-0)	Rep. of Ireland	12:05 EST - Citrus Bowl, Orlando Ref: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) Attendance: 61,355
Bergkamp 11'
Jonk 41'
Brazil	1 - 0 (0-0)	USA	12:35 PST - Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Ref: Joel Quiniou (France) Attendance: 84,147
Bebeto 72'

July 5, 1994

Nigeria	1 - 1 (1-0)	Italy	13:05 EST - Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro Ref: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico) Attendance: 54,367
after extra-time:	1 - 2 (1-2)
Amunike 25'		R. Baggio 88'
		R. Baggio (p) 100'
Mexico	1 - 1 (1-1)	Bulgaria	16:35 EST - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Ref: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria) Attendance: 71,030
after extra-time:	1 - 1 (1-1)
Garcia Aspe (p) 18'		Stoitchkov 6'
Penalty shootout
Mexico		1 - 3	Bulgaria
Garcia Aspe: out		0-0	Balakov: Campos saved
Bernal: Mihaylov saved		0-1	Guenchev: goal
Rodriguez: Mihaylov saved		0-2	Borimirov: goal
Suárez: goal		1-3	Letchkov: goal

Quarter-finals

July 9, 1994

Italy	2 - 1 (1-0)	Spain	12:05 EST - Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro Ref: Sandor Puhl (Hungary) Attendance: 53,400
D. Baggio 11'		Caminero 58'
R. Baggio 87'
Netherlands	2 - 3 (0-0)	Brazil	14:35 CST - Cotton Bowl, Dallas Ref: Rodrigo Badilla Sequeira (Costa Rica) Attendance: 63,500
Bergkamp 64'		Romário 53'
Winter 76'		Bebeto 63'
		Branco 81'

July 10, 1994

Bulgaria	2 - 1 (0-0)	Germany	12:05 EST - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Ref: Jose Torres Cadena (Colombia) Attendance: 72,000
Stoitchkov 75'		Matthäus (p) 47'
Letchkov 78'
Sweden	1 - 1 (0-0)	Romania	12:35 PST - Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Ref: Philip Don (England) Attendance: 83,500
after extra-time:	2 - 2 (1-2)
Brolin 78'		Raducioiu 88'
K. Andersson 115'		Raducioiu 101'
Penalty shootout
Sweden		5 - 4	Romania
Mild: out		0-1	Raducioiu: goal
K. Andersson: goal		1-2	Hagi: goal
Brolin: goal		2-3	Lupescu: goal
Ingesson: goal		3-3	Petrescu: Ravelli saved
Nilsson: goal		4-4	Dumitrescu: goal
Larsson: goal		5-4	Belodedici: Ravelli saved

Semi-finals

July 13, 1994

Bulgaria	1 - 2 (1-2)	Italy	16:05 EST - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Ref: Joel Quiniou (France) Attendance: 74,110
Stoitchkov (p) 44'		R. Baggio 20'
		R. Baggio 25'
Sweden	0 - 1 (0-0)	Brazil	16:35 PST - Rose Bowl, Pasadena Ref: Jose Torres Cadena (Colombia) Attendance: 91,856
		Romário 80'

Third place match

July 16, 1994

Sweden	4 - 0 (4-0)	Bulgaria	12:35 PST - Rose Bowl, Pasadena Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE) Attendance: 91,500
Brolin 8'
Mild 30'
Larsson 37'
K. Andersson 40'

Final

July 17, 1994

Italy	0 - 0 (0-0)	Brazil	12:35 PST - Rose Bowl, Pasadena Ref: Sandor Puhl (Hungary) Attendance: 94,194
after extra-time:	0 - 0 (0-0)
Penalty shootout
Italy		2 - 3	Brazil
Baresi: out		0-0	Márcio Santos: Pagliuca saved
Albertini: goal		1-1	Romário: goal
Evani: goal		2-2	Branco: goal
Massaro: Taffarel saved		2-3	Dunga: goal
R. Baggio: out		2-3

World Cup Champions: BRAZIL (4th title)

Top scorers

Firsts

• Greece and Saudi Arabia played in the World Cup for the first time: there were also a record three teams representing Africa.
• The USA-Switzerland match in the Pontiac Silverdome was the first to be played indoors in World Cup history: grass had to be shipped in at great expense from California.
• Brazil became the first country to win the World Cup four times.

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