Information about 1994 Fifa World Cup

1994 FIFA World Cup - U.S. World Cup '94
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Teams	24  (from 147 entrants)
Host	U.S.
Matches played	52
Goals scored	141  (average 0 per match)
Attendance	3,587,538  (average 0 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hristo Stoichkov Oleg Salenko 6 goals

The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as hosts by FIFA in July 1988. Brazil became the first nation to win four World Cup titles, as 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 sporting event in United States history.

Qualification

Main article: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification

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. On the other hand, 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.

Summary

FIFA's decision to hold the event in the United States over the bids of Morocco and Brazil surprised many considering the 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 soccer. (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 rousing 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. The overall attendance record will not be broken until at least 2010.

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: 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 time in which three points were awarded for a win instead of two, as FIFA hoped to encourage attacking football after the defensive display four years before.

Further information: 1994 FIFA World Cup (match reports)

This 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. One tragic story of the cup was that of Colombia's Andrés Escobar. In a first round match with the United States, he scored an own goal as the U.S. went on win, 2-1. The Colombian team was subsequently eliminated. When Escobar returned to Colombia, he was shot to death outside a bar in a Medellín suburb only 10 days after the match.

Brazil and Italy, both three-time World Cup champions at that time, met in the final. While Brazil's path was relatively smooth as they defeated the United States, the Netherlands and Sweden (it was the second game between Sweden and Brazil in the tournament, the first ending 1-1) in the knockout stage, the same cannot be said for Italy. 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. With three minutes left in regulation, Baggio scored the equalizer forcing the game into extra time. He then scored again on a penalty kick in extra time. He scored another game winning goal in the quarter-final against Spain, and both goals in Italy's victory over Bulgaria in the semi-finals.

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 lacked the energy to produce a goal. After 120 goalless minutes, the World Cup title would be decided for the first time by penalty kicks. After four rounds, Brazil led 3-2, and Baggio, playing injured, had to make his kick to keep Italy's hopes alive. He missed by shooting it over the bar, and Brazil were crowned champions. One of the most famous moments of the World Cup was Baggio standing in front of the goal with his arms at his sides in disbelief.

The third place-playoff was set between Sweden, the team which scored more goals than any other, in this world cup, and Bulgaria, with their top goalscorer Hristo Stoichkov. Sweden won convincingly with 4-0, showing the world why they had come so far in this tournament. One of Sweden's World Cup-profiles - Thomas Brolin - also got in the Allstar-team.

The tournament's Golden Boot went jointly to Hristo Stoichkov of Bulgaria, who was instrumental in leading the team to an upset win over defending champions Germany, 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.

Mascot

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

Venues

Boston	Chicago	Dallas	Detroit
Foxboro Stadium	Soldier Field	Cotton Bowl	Pontiac Silverdome
Capacity: 61,000	Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 80,000
Los Angeles	New Jersey	Orlando	San Francisco	Washington DC
Rose Bowl	Giants Stadium	Citrus Bowl	Stanford Stadium	RFK Stadium
Capacity: 91,000	Capacity: 77,000	Capacity: 70,000	Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 57,000

Match officials

Africa Lim Kee Chong Neji Jouini Asia Jamal Al Sharif Ali Bujsaim Europe Fabio Baldas Manuel Díaz Vega Philip Don Bo Karlsson Hellmut Krug Leslie Mottram Peter Mikkelsen Pierluigi Pairetto Sándor Puhl Joël Quiniou Kurt Röthlisberger Mario van der Ende

North and Central America Arturo Angeles Rodrigo Badilla Arturo Brizio Carter South America José Torres Cadena Ernesto Filippi Francisco Lamolina Renato Marsiglia Alberto Tejada

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1994 FIFA World Cup squads.

Results

First round

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

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	6	3	2	0	1	5	5	0
	4	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0 |style="text-align:left;"| |3||3||1||0||2||4||5||-1

June 18, 1994 11:35 EDT
		1–1		Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac Attendance: 63,425 Referee: Lamolina (ARG)
	Wynalda 45'	(Report)	Bregy 39'

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June 18, 1994 16:35 PDT
		1–3		Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 91,586 Referee: Al Sharif (SYR)
	Valencia 43'	(Report)	Răducioiu 16', 89' Hagi 34'

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

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June 22, 1994 16:35 PDT
		2–1		Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 93,689 Referee: Baldas (ITA)
	Escobar 34' (OG) Stewart 52'	(Report)	Valencia 89'

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June 26, 1994 13:05 PDT
		0–2		Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 83,401 Referee: Mikkelsen (DEN)
		(Report)	Gaviria 44' Lozano 89'

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

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	7	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5
	5	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2
	3	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1 |style="text-align:left;"| |1||3||0||1||2||3||11||-8

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

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June 20, 1994 13:05 PDT
		2–0		Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 81,061 Referee: Chong (MRI)
	Romário 26' Raí 52' (pen)	(Report)

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

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

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

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

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	7	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2
	5	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2
	2	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1 |style="text-align:left;"| |1||3||0||1||2||1||4||-3

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

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

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

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June 23, 1994 19:35 EDT
		0–0		Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 54,453 Referee: Mottram (SCO)
		(Report)

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

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

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	6	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4
	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3 |style="text-align:left;"| |0||3||0||0||3||0||10||-10

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

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

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

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June 26, 1994 11:35 CDT
		0–4		Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 63,160 Referee: Bujsaim (UAE)
		(Report)	Stoichkov 5' (pen), 55' (pen) Letchkov 65' Borimirov 90'

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

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

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0 |style="text-align:left;"| |4||3||1||1||1||1||1||0

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

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

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

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

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

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June 28, 1994 12:35 EDT
		0–0		Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 72,404 Referee: Cadena (COL)
		(Report)

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	6	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1
	6	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1
	6	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1 |style="text-align:left;"| |0||3||0||0||3||2||5||-3

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

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

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

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

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

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

Third Place qualifiers for round of 16

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
	6	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1
	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
	3	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1 |style="text-align:left;"| |2||3||0||2||1||4||5||-1

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

July 3 - Los Angeles

Romania

3

July 10 - San Francisco

Argentina

2

Romania

2(4)

July 3 - Dallas

Sweden (pen)

2(5)

Sweden

3

July 13 - Los Angeles

Saudi Arabia

1

Sweden

0

July 4 - San Francisco

Brazil

1

Brazil

1

July 9 - Dallas

United States

0

Brazil

3

July 4 - Orlando

Netherlands

2

Netherlands

2

July 17 - Los Angeles

Rep. of Ireland

0

Brazil (pen)

0(3)

July 2 - Chicago

Italy

0(2)

Germany

3

July 10 - New York/New Jersey

Belgium

2

Germany

1

July 5 - New York/New Jersey

Bulgaria

2

Mexico

1(1)

July 13 - New York/New Jersey

Bulgaria (pen)

1(3)

Bulgaria

1

July 5 - Boston

Italy

2

Third place

Nigeria

1

July 9 - Boston

July 16 - Los Angeles

Italy (aet)

2

Italy

2

Sweden

4

July 2 - Washington

Spain

1

Bulgaria

0

Spain

3

Switzerland

0

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Round of 16

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

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

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

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

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July 4, 1994 12:05 EDT
		2–0		Citrus Bowl, Orlando Attendance: 61,355 Referee: Mikkelsen (DEN)
	Bergkamp 11' Jonk 41'	(Report)

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July 4, 1994 12:35 PDT
		1–0		Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 84,147 Referee: Quiniou (FRA)
	Bebeto 72'	(Report)

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July 5, 1994 13:05 EDT
		1–2 (AET)		Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 54,367 Referee: Carter (MEX)
	Amuneke 25'	(Report)	R. Baggio 88', 100' (pen)

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July 5, 1994 16:35 EDT
		1–1 (AET) (1–3 PSO)		Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 71,030 Referee: Al Sharif (SYR)
	García Aspe 18' (pen)	(Report)	Stoichkov 6'

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

Quarter-finals

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

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

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

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July 10, 1994 12:35 PDT
		2–2 (AET) (5–4 PSO)		Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 83,500 Referee: Don (ENG)
	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

Semi-finals

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

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

Third place match

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

Final

July 17, 1994 12:35 PDT
		0–0 (AET) (3–2 PSO)		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

Awards

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

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

Scorers

6 goals Hristo Stoichkov Oleg Salenko 5 goals Romário Jürgen Klinsmann Roberto Baggio Kennet Andersson 4 goals Gabriel Batistuta Florin Răducioiu Martin Dahlin 3 goals Bebeto Dennis Bergkamp Gheorghe Hagi José Luis Caminero Tomas Brolin 2 goals Claudio Caniggia Philippe Albert Yordan Letchkov Adolfo Valencia Rudi Völler Dino Baggio Luis García Wim Jonk Daniel Amokachi Emmanuel Amuneke Ilie Dumitrescu Fuad Amin Hong Myung-Bo Ion Andoni Goikoetxea Adrian Knup

1 goal Abel Balbo Diego Maradona Marc Degryse Georges Grün Erwin Sánchez Branco Márcio Santos Raí Daniel Borimirov Nasko Sirakov David Embé Roger Milla François Omam-Biyik Hermán Gaviria John Harold Lozano Lothar Matthäus Karlheinz Riedle John Aldridge Ray Houghton Daniele Massaro Mohammed Chaouch Hassan Nader Marcelino Bernal Alberto García Aspe Bryan Roy Gaston Taument Aron Winter

Finidi George Samson Siasia Rashidi Yekini Kjetil Rekdal Dan Petrescu Dmitri Radchenko Fahad Al-Ghesheyan Sami Al-Jaber Saeed Al-Owairan Hwang Sun-Hong Seo Jung-Won Txiki Beguiristáin Josep Guardiola Fernando Hierro Luis Enrique Julio Salinas Henrik Larsson Roger Ljung Håkan Mild Georges Bregy Stéphane Chapuisat Alain Sutter Earnie Stewart Eric Wynalda Own goals Andrés Escobar (for USA)

Trivia

• The 1994 World Cup was hosted in the largest geographical area of all World Cup finals, in which the longest distances were traveled by its participants.
• The Brazilian National Team dedicated the title to the deceased Brazilian F1 champion Ayrton Senna, who died in Imola one month before the cup.
• The opening ceremony featured a performance by Diana Ross, who then completely missed the open goal when she took a penalty kick. In addition, Oprah Winfrey, who was emcee, fell off the stage.
• FIFA released an official documentary for this World Cup, Two Billion Hearts directed by the Brazilian Murilo Salles.
• The slogan of this World Cup was Making Soccer History.

Firsts

• 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, just like other American sports did. This custom is also welcomed and 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.

See also:

• The 1994 FIFA World Cup final match was the first to be decided on a penalty shoot-out with no goals being scored either in regular time or in extra time. It was the 4th final match to go into extra time at the time (2nd for Italy, the first being that of 1934). The 2006 final also went to extra time (final score 1-1) and penalties, as Italy defeated France.

External links

• United States 1994
• 1994 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com
• Details at RSSSF
• History of the World Cup-1994
• Planet World Cup - USA 1994

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FIFA World Cup  •  • [ e]
Uruguay 1930 | Italy 1934 | France 1938 | Brazil 1950 | Switzerland 1954 | Sweden 1958 | Chile 1962 | England 1966 | Mexico 1970 | West Germany 1974 | Argentina 1978 | Spain 1982 | Mexico 1986 | Italy 1990 | United States 1994 | France 1998 | Korea/Japan 2002 | Germany 2006 | South Africa 2010 | 2014 | 2018
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FIFA Women's World Cup
China 1991 | Sweden 1995 | USA 1999 | USA 2003 | China 2007 | 2011
FIFA World Cup squads  •  • [ e]
Uruguay 1930 | Italy 1934 | France 1938 | Brazil 1950 | Switzerland 1954 | Sweden 1958 | Chile 1962 | England 1966 | Mexico 1970 | West Germany 1974 | Argentina 1978 | Spain 1982 | Mexico 1986 | Italy 1990 | USA 1994 | France 1998 | Korea/Japan 2002 | Germany 2006