1994 FIFA World Cup

1994 FIFA World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	17 June – 17 July
Teams	24
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 was a football (soccer) sporting event that was held in USA from June 17 1994 to July 17 1994. 24 teams took part from many countries. Brazil won the trophy after Roberto Baggio from Italy famously missed the last penalty in a penalty shootout.

Participants

Africa

• Cameroon (CMR) • Squad
• Morocco (MAR) • Squad
• Nigeria (NGA) • Squad

Asia

• Korea Republic (KOR) • Squad
• Saudi Arabia (KSA) • Squad

Europe

• Belgium (BEL) • Squad
• Bulgaria (BUL) • Squad
• Germany (GER) • Squad
• Greece (GRE) • Squad
• Italy (ITA) • Squad
• Netherlands (NED) • Squad
• Norway (NOR) • Squad
• Republic of Ireland (IRL) • Squad
• Romania (ROU) • Squad
• Russia (RUS) • Squad
• Spain (ESP) • Squad
• Sweden (SWE) • Squad
• Switzerland (SUI) • Squad

North and Central America

• Mexico (MEX) • Squad
• United States (USA) • Squad

South America

• Argentina (ARG) • Squad
• Bolivia (BOL) • Squad
• Brazil (BRA) • Squad
• Colombia (COL) • Squad

Results

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	ROU	SUI	USA	COL	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Romania	-	1-4	1-0	3-1	3	2	0	1	5	5	6	Round 2
2	Switzerland	4-1	-	1-1	0-2	3	1	1	1	5	4	4	Round 2
3	United States	0-1	1-1	-	2-1	3	1	1	1	3	3	4	Round 2
4	Colombia	1-3	2-0	1-2	-	3	1	0	2	4	5	3

Group B

Pos	Team	BRA	SWE	RUS	CMR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Brazil	-	1-1	2-0	3-0	3	2	1	0	6	1	7	Round 2
2	Sweden	1-1	-	3-1	2-2	3	1	2	0	6	4	5	Round 2
3	Russia	0-2	1-3	-	6-1	3	1	0	2	7	6	3
4	Cameroon	0-3	2-2	1-6	-	3	0	1	2	3	11	1

Group C

Pos	Team	GER	ESP	KOR	BOL	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Germany	-	1-1	3-2	1-0	3	2	1	0	5	3	7	Round 2
2	Spain	1-1	-	2-2	3-1	3	1	2	0	6	4	5	Round 2
3	Korea Republic	2-3	2-2	-	0-0	3	0	2	1	4	5	2
4	Bolivia	0-1	1-3	0-0	-	3	0	1	2	1	4	1

Group D

Pos	Team	NGA	BUL	ARG	GRE	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Nigeria	-	3-0	1-2	2-0	3	2	0	1	6	2	6	Round 2
2	Bulgaria	0-3	-	2-0	4-0	3	2	0	1	6	3	6	Round 2
3	Argentina	2-1	0-2	-	4-0	3	2	0	1	6	3	6	Round 2
4	Greece	0-2	4-0	0-4	-	3	0	0	3	0	10	0

Group E

Pos	Team	MEX	ITA	IRL	NOR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Mexico	-	1-1	2-1	0-1	3	1	1	1	3	3	4	Round 2
2	Italy	1-1	-	0-1	1-0	3	1	1	1	2	2	4	Round 2
3	Republic of Ireland	1-2	1-0	-	0-0	3	1	1	1	2	2	4	Round 2
4	Norway	1-0	0-1	0-0	-	3	1	1	1	1	1	4

Group F

Pos	Team	NED	KSA	BEL	MAR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Netherlands	-	2-1	0-1	2-1	3	2	0	1	4	3	6	Round 2
2	Saudi Arabia	1-2	-	1-0	2-1	3	2	0	1	4	3	6	Round 2
3	Belgium	1-0	0-1	-	1-0	3	2	0	1	2	1	6	Round 2
4	Morocco	1-2	1-2	0-1	-	3	0	0	3	2	5	0

Knockout stage

The games starting with the second round are known as the knockout stage. These games can not end in a draw (tie). If a match (game) is tied at the end of 90 minutes (the regular game time limit), extra periods are added to the game. Two periods, each 15 minutes long, will be played. If the score is still tied after the two extra periods, the game will be decided by a penalty kick shootout.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

3 July

Romania

3

10 July

Argentina

2

Romania

3 (4)

3 July

Sweden penalty shootout

2 (5)

Saudi Arabia

1

13 July

Sweden

3

Sweden

0

4 July

Brazil

1

Brazil

1

9 July

United States

0

Brazil

3

4 July

Netherlands

2

Netherlands

2

17 July

Republic of Ireland

0

Brazil penalty shootout

0 (3)

2 July

Italy

0 (2)

Germany

3

10 July

Belgium

2

Germany

1

5 July

Bulgaria

2

Mexico

1 (1)

13 July

Bulgaria penalty shootout

1 (3)

Bulgaria

1

5 July

Italy

2

Third place

Nigeria

1

9 July

16 July

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2

Italy

2

Sweden

4

2 July

Spain

1

Bulgaria

0

Spain

3

Switzerland

0

Final

Brazil won the championship.

References

• FIFA