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 sporting event that was held in USA from June 17 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

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 (pen.)

2 (5)

Saudi Arabia

1

13 July - Pasadena

Sweden

3

Sweden

0

4 July - Orlando

Brazil

1

Netherlands

2

9 July - Dallas

Republic of Ireland

0

Netherlands

2

4 July - Stanford

Brazil

3

Brazil

1

17 July - Pasadena

United States

0

Brazil (pen.)

0 (3)

5 July - East Rutherford

Italy

0 (2)

Mexico

1 (1)

10 July - East Rutherford

Bulgaria (pen.)

1 (3)

Bulgaria

2

2 July - Chicago

Germany

1

Germany

3

13 July - East Rutherford

Belgium

2

Bulgaria

1

5 July - Foxborough

Italy

2

Third place

Nigeria

1

9 July - Foxborough

16 July - Pasadena

Italy (aet)

2

Italy

2

Sweden

4

2 July - Washington

Spain

1

Bulgaria

0

Spain

3

Switzerland

0

Final

Brazil won the championship.

References

• FIFA