1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	8 June – 8 July
Teams	24
Venue(s)	12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	West Germany (3rd title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	115 (2.21 per match)
Attendance	2,516,348 (48,391 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Salvatore Schillaci (6 goals)
Best player	Salvatore Schillaci
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The 1990 FIFA World Cup was a football (soccer) sporting event that was held in Italy from June 8 to July 8, 1990. 24 teams took part from many countries. Germany won the trophy after beating Argentina in the final.

Participants

Africa

• Cameroon (CMR) • Squad
• Egypt (EGY) • Squad

Asia

• Korea Republic (KOR) • Squad
• United Arab Emirates (UAE) • Squad

Europe

• Austria (AUT) • Squad
• Belgium (BEL) • Squad
• Czechoslovakia (TCH) • Squad
• England (ENG) • Squad
• West Germany (FRG) • Squad
• Italy (ITA) • Squad
• Netherlands (NED) • Squad
• Republic of Ireland (IRL) • Squad
• Romania (ROU) • Squad
• Scotland (SCO) • Squad
• Soviet Union (URS) • Squad
• Spain (ESP) • Squad
• Sweden (SWE) • Squad
• Yugoslavia (YUG) • Squad

North and Central America

• Costa Rica (CRC) • Squad
• United States (USA) • Squad

South America

• Argentina (ARG) • Squad
• Brazil (BRA) • Squad
• Colombia (COL) • Squad
• Uruguay (URU) • Squad

Results

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	ITA	TCH	AUT	USA	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Italy	-	2-0	1-0	1-0	3	3	0	0	4	0	6	Round 2
2	Czechoslovakia	0-2	-	1-0	5-1	3	2	0	1	6	3	4	Round 2
3	Austria	0-1	0-1	-	2-1	3	1	0	2	2	3	2
4	United States	0-1	1-5	1-2	-	3	0	0	3	2	8	0

Group B

Pos	Team	CMR	ROU	ARG	URS	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Cameroon	-	2-1	1-0	0-4	3	2	0	1	3	5	4	Round 2
2	Romania	1-2	-	1-1	2-0	3	1	1	1	4	3	3	Round 2
3	Argentina	0-1	1-1	-	2-0	3	1	1	1	3	2	3	Round 2
4	Soviet Union	4-0	0-2	0-2	-	3	1	0	2	4	4	2

Group C

Pos	Team	BRA	CRC	SCO	SWE	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Brazil	-	1-0	1-0	2-1	3	3	0	0	4	1	6	Round 2
2	Costa Rica	0-1	-	1-0	2-1	3	2	0	1	3	2	4	Round 2
3	Scotland	0-1	0-1	-	2-1	3	1	0	2	2	3	2
4	Sweden	1-2	1-2	1-2	-	3	0	0	3	3	6	0

Group D

Pos	Team	FRG	YUG	COL	UAE	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	West Germany	-	4-1	1-1	5-1	3	2	1	0	10	3	5	Round 2
2	Yugoslavia	1-4	-	1-0	4-1	3	2	0	1	6	5	4	Round 2
3	Colombia	1-1	0-1	-	2-0	3	1	1	1	3	2	3	Round 2
4	United Arab Emirates	1-5	1-4	0-2	-	3	0	0	3	2	11	0

Group E

Pos	Team	ESP	BEL	URU	KOR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Spain	-	2-1	0-0	3-1	3	2	1	0	5	2	5	Round 2
2	Belgium	1-2	-	3-1	2-0	3	2	0	1	6	3	4	Round 2
3	Uruguay	0-0	1-3	-	1-0	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	Round 2
4	Korea Republic	1-3	0-2	0-1	-	3	0	0	3	1	6	0

Group F

Pos	Team	ENG	IRL	NED	EGY	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	England	-	1-1	0-0	1-0	3	1	2	0	2	1	4	Round 2
2	Republic of Ireland	1-1	-	1-1	0-0	3	0	3	0	2	2	3	Round 2
3	Netherlands	0-0	1-1	-	1-1	3	0	3	0	2	2	3	Round 2
4	Egypt	0-1	0-0	1-1	-	3	0	2	1	1	2	2

Round 2

Round of 16

• Cameroon 2-1 Colombia
• Czechoslovakia 4-1 Costa Rica
• Argentina 1-0 Brazil
• West Germany 2-1 Netherlands
• Republic of Ireland 0-0 (PK 5-4) Romania
• Italy 2-0 Uruguay
• Yugoslavia 2-1 Spain
• England 1-0 Belgium

Quarterfinals

• Argentina 0-0 (PK 3-2) Yugoslavia
• Italy 1-0 Republic of Ireland
• West Germany 1-0 Czechoslovakia
• England 3-2 Cameroon

Semifinals

• Argentina 1-1 (PK 4-3) Italy
• West Germany 1-1 (PK 4-3) England

3rd place

• Italy 2-1 England

Final

• West Germany 1-0 Argentina

West Germany won the championship.

References

• FIFA