1994 FIFA World Cup
The
1994 FIFA World Cup was held in the
USA and was won by
Brazil who beat
Italy with 3-2 in a
penalty shootout after the game ended 0-0 after extra-time.
FIFA's decision in 1988 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. 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. To this day, the total attendance for the final tournament of nearly 3.6 million remains the greatest 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. Sixteen teams would qualify for the knockout competition: six group winners, six second place finishers, and four best third place finishers. This was the last time this format was used, due to the expansion of the finals tournament from 1998 onwards. This World Cup was the first in which winners of group matches received three points for a victory instead of two.
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.
See
1994 FIFA World Cup (qualification)| Venue Name | Stadium | Location | Capacity |
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| Chicago | Soldier Field | Chicago, Illinois | 67,000 |
| Dallas | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, Texas | 67,000 |
| Detroit | Pontiac Silverdome | Pontiac, Michigan | 80,000 |
| Foxboro | Foxboro Stadium | Foxboro, Massachusetts | 61,000 |
| Los Angeles | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 91,000 |
| New Jersey | Giants Stadium | East Rutherford, New Jersey | 77,000 |
| Orlando | Citrus Bowl | Orlando, Florida | 70,000 |
| San Francisco | Stanford Stadium | Palo Alto, California | 80,000 |
| Washington | RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. | 57,000 |
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see
1994 FIFA World Cup squadsHalf-time scores are in parenthesesGroup A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 |
| |
score = 1–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Wynalda 45' | goals2 = Bregy 40' | stadium = Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit
Attendance: 73,425
Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina)}}
| score = 1–3 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Valencia 43' | goals2 = Răducioiu 15', 87'
Hagi 33' | stadium = Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
Attendance: 91,586
Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)}}
| score = 4–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Sutter 16'
Chapuisat 53'
Knup 66', 73' | goals2 = Hagi 36' | stadium = Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit
Attendance: 61,428
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)}}
| score = 2–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Escobar 35' (OG)
Stewart 53' | goals2 = Valencia 90' | stadium = Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
Attendance: 93,689
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)}}
| score = 0–2 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = Gaviria 44'
Lozano 90' | stadium = Stanford Stadium, San Francisco
Attendance: 83,401
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)}}
| score = 0–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = Petrescu 17' | stadium = Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
Attendance: 93,869
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)}}Group B| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -8 |
| |
| score = 2–2 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Ljung 8'
Dahlin 75' | goals2 = Embe 31'
Omam-Biyik 47' | stadium = Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
Attendance: 93,194
Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)}}
| score = 2–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Romário 26'
Raà 53' (pen) | goals2 = | stadium = Stanford Stadium, San Francisco
Attendance: 81,061
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)}}
| score = 3–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Romário 39'
Márcio Santos 65'
Bebeto 73' | goals2 = | stadium = Stanford Stadium, San Francisco
Attendance: 83,401
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)}}
| score = 3–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Brolin 39' (pen)
Dahlin 60', 82' | goals2 = Salenko 4' (pen) | stadium = Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit
Attendance: 71,528
Referee: Joel Quiniou (France)}}
| score = 6–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Salenko 16', 41', 44' (pen), 72', 75'
Radchenko 82' | goals2 = Milla 47' | stadium = Stanford Stadium, San Francisco
Attendance: 74,914
Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)}}
| score = 1–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Romário 47' | goals2 = K. Andersson 24' | stadium = Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit
Attendance: 77,217
Referee: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)}}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 | | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
| |
| score = 1–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Klinsmann 61' | goals2 = | stadium = Soldier Field, Chicago
Attendance: 63,117
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)}}
| score = 2–2 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Julio Salinas 51'
Goikoetxea 55' | goals2 = Hong 85'
Seo 90' | stadium = Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Attendance: 56,247
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)}}
| score = 1–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Klinsmann 48' | goals2 = Goikoetxea 14' | stadium = Soldier Field, Chicago
Attendance: 63,113
Referee: Filippi Cavani (Uruguay)}}
| score = 0–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro
Attendance: 54,453
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)}}
| score = 1–3 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Sánchez 67' | goals2 = Guardiola 20' (pen)
Caminero 66', 71' | stadium = Soldier Field, Chicago
Attendance: 63,089
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla Sequeira (Costa Rica)}}
| score = 3–2 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Klinsmann 12', 37'
Riedle 20' | goals2 = Hwang 52'
Hong 63' | stadium = Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Attendance: 63,998
Referee: Joel Quiniou (France)}}Group D| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -10 |
| |
| score = 4–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Batistuta 2', 45', 90' (pen)
Maradona 60' | goals2 = | stadium = Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro
Attendance: 54,456
Referee: Artur Angeles (USA)}}
| score = 3–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Yekini 21'
Amokachi 43'
Amunike 54' | goals2 = | stadium = Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Attendance: 44,132
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla Sequeira (Costa Rica)}}
| score = 2–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Caniggia 22', 29' | goals2 = Siasia 8' | stadium = Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro
Attendance: 54,453
Referee: Bo Jonas Hil Karlsson (Sweden)}}
| score = 0–4 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = Stoichkov 5' (pen), 56' (pen)
Letchkov 66'
Borimirov 90' | stadium = Soldier Field, Chicago
Attendance: 63,160
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)}}
| score = 0–2 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = Stoichkov 61'
Sirakov 90' | stadium = Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Attendance: 63,998
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)}}
| score = 2–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Finidi 45'
Amokachi 90' | goals2 = | stadium = Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro
Attendance: 53,001
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)}}Group E| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| |
| score = 0–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = Houghton 12' | stadium = Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
Attendance: 75,338
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)}}
| score = 1–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Rekdal 85' | goals2 = | stadium = RFK Stadium, Washington
Attendance: 52,395
Referee: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)}}
| score = 1–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = D. Baggio 68' | goals2 = | stadium = Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
Attendance: 74,624
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)}}
| score = 2–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Luis GarcÃa 44', 66' | goals2 = Aldridge 84' | stadium = Citrus Bowl, Orlando
Attendance: 60,790
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)}}
| score = 1–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Massaro 48' | goals2 = Bernal 58' | stadium = RFK Stadium, Washington
Attendance: 52,535
Referee: Francisco Ã"scar Lamolina (Argentina)}}
| score = 0–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
Attendance: 72,404
Referee: Jose Torres Cadena (Colombia)}}Group F| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 |
| |
| score = 1–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Degryse 11' | goals2 = | stadium = Citrus Bowl, Orlando
Attendance: 61,219
Referee: Jose Torres Cadena (Colombia)}}
| score = 2–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Jonk 50'
Taument 87' | goals2 = Amin 19' | stadium = RFK Stadium, Washington
Attendance: 50,535
Referee: Manuel Diaz Vega (Spain)}}
| score = 2–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Al Jaber 8' (pen)
Amin 45' | goals2 = Chaouch 27' | stadium = Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
Attendance: 76,322
Referee: Philip Don (England)}}
| score = 1–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Albert 65' | goals2 = | stadium = Citrus Bowl, Orlando
Attendance: 62,387
Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)}}
| score = 0–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = Owairan 5' | stadium = RFK Stadium, Washington
Attendance: 52,959
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)}}
| score = 1–2 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Nader 47' | goals2 = Bergkamp 43'
Roy 78' | stadium = Citrus Bowl, Orlando
Attendance: 60,578
Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)}}Round of 16 | score = 3–2 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Völler 6', 39'
Klinsmann 11' | goals2 = Grun 8'
Albert 90' | stadium = Soldier Field, Chicago
Attendance: 60,246
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)}}
| score = 3–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Hierro 15'
Luis Enrique 74'
Beguiristain 86' (pen) | goals2 = | stadium = RFK Stadium, Washington
Attendance: 53,121
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)}}
| score = 1–3 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Al Ghesheyan 85' | goals2 = Dahlin 6'
K. Andersson 51', 88' | stadium = Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Attendance: 60,277
Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)}}
| score = 3–2 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Dumitrescu 11', 18'
Hagi 58' | goals2 = Batistuta 16' (pen)
Balbo 75' | stadium = Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
Attendance: 90,469
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)}}
| score = 2–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Bergkamp 12'
Jonk 41' | goals2 = | stadium = Citrus Bowl, Orlando
Attendance: 61,355
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)}}
| score = 1–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Bebeto 74' | goals2 = | stadium = Stanford Stadium, San Francisco
Attendance: 84,147
Referee: Joel Quiniou (France)}}
| AET)>report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Amunike 26' | goals2 = R. Baggio 89', 102' (pen) | stadium = Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro
Attendance: 54,367
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)}}
| score = 1–1 (AET)
(1–3 PSO) | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Garcia Aspe 18' (pen) | goals2 = Stoichkov 6' | stadium = Giants Stadium, New York
Attendance: 71,030
Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)}}
Quarter-finals | score = 2–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = D. Baggio 26'
R. Baggio 88' | goals2 = Caminero 59' | stadium = Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro
Attendance:>Referee: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)}}
| score = 2–3 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Bergkamp 64'
Winter 76' | goals2 = Romário 52'
Bebeto 62'
Branco 81' | stadium = Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Attendance: 63,500
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla Sequeira (Costa Rica)}}
| score = 2–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Stoichkov 75'
Letchkov 78' | goals2 = Matthäus 48' (pen) | stadium = Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Jose Torres Cadena (Colombia)}}
| score = 2–2 (AET)
(5–4 PSO) | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Brolin 79'
K. Andersson 115' | goals2 = Răducioiu 89', 101' | stadium = Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 83,500
Referee: Philip Don (England)}}
Semi-finals | score = 2–1 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = R. Baggio 21', 26' | goals2 = Stoichkov 44' (pen) | stadium = Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
Attendance: 74,110
Referee: Joel Quiniou (France)}}
| score = 1–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Romário 80' | goals2 = | stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 91,856
Referee: Jose Torres Cadena (Colombia)}}Third place match | score = 4–0 | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = Brolin 8'
Mild 30'
Larsson 37'
K. Andersson 39' | goals2 = | stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 91,500
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)}}Final | score = 0–0 (AET)
(3–2 PSO) | report = (Report) | team2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 94,194
Referee: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)}}
| 1994 World Cup Winners |
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Brazil
Fourth title |
All-star team;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 GarcÃa
* Wim Jonk
* Daniel Amokachi
* Emmanuel Amunike
* Ilie Dumitrescu
* Fuad Amin
* Hong Myung-Bo
* Goikoetxea
* Adrian Knup
;1 goal
* Abel Balbo
* Diego Maradona
* Marc Degryse
* Georges Grun
* Erwin Sánchez
* Branco
* RaÃ
* Márcio Santos
* Daniel Borimirov
* Nasko Sirakov
* David Embe
* Roger Milla
* François Omam-Biyik
* Herman Gaviria
* Harold Lozano
* Lothar Matthäus
* Karlheinz Riedle
* John Aldridge
* Ray Houghton
* Daniele Massaro
* Hassan Nader
* Mohammed Chaouch
* Alberto GarcÃa Aspe
* Marcelino Bernal
* Bryan Roy
* Gaston Taument
* Aron Winter
* Finidi George
* Samson Siasia
* Rasheed Yekini
* Kjetil Rekdal
* Dan Petrescu
* Dmitri Radchenko
* Fahad Al Ghesheyan
* Sami Al Jaber
* Saeed Owairan
* Seo Jung-Won
* Hwang Sun-Hong
* Txiki Beguiristain
* Josep Guardiola
* Fernando Hierro
* Luis Enrique
* Julio Salinas
* Henrik Larsson
* Roger Ljung
* HÃ¥kan Mild
* Georges Brégy
* Stéphane Chapuisat
* Alain Sutter
* Earnie Stewart
* Eric Wynalda
;Own goals
* Andrés Escobar (for USA)
The opening ceremony was perhaps one of the most memorable in World Cup history for two reasons. The first was that Oprah Winfrey fell through the dais & secondly, Diana Ross missed a kick from 5.5 metres (6 yards) in front of an open goal.
Although Russia was knocked out in the first stage of the competition, striker Oleg Salenko still managed to finish as the tournament's joint top scorer alongside Hristo Stoichkov with six goals. Salenko scored five of his six goals in a single match, a World Cup record.
The official videogame for the 1994 World Cup was designed by U.S. Gold.
Tragically, Colombia's Andrés Escobar, who scored an own goal when playing against the United States, was killed only days after returning to Colombia.*Greece, Nigeria, Russia and Saudi Arabia played in the World Cup finals for the first time. The team representing Russia is considered by FIFA to be distinct from the one which represented the USSR from 1958-1990. Germany competed in the World Cup finals under the name Germany for the first time since 1938. FIFA considers the team representing Germany to be the successor to the team which competed under the name West Germany ten times from 1954-1990, which itself was the successor to the team which competed under the name Germany in 1934 and 1938.
*There were three teams representing Africa, a record at the time.
*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.
*Brazil became the first country to win the World Cup four times.
*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. Roger Milla who scored a goal for Cameroon in the same match became the oldest player to score a goal in world cups. He was 42.
*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.
*This was the first, and so far the only time, that a British team has not been in the World Cup since they started to participate in the tournament in 1950.
*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 sports did. This custom is also welcomed and followed ever since.
*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 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.
*The 1994 World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup to value a win at 3 points, replacing the previous "2 for a win, 1 for a draw" points system. This was done at the request of the United States Soccer Federation, to emulate the points system used by much of the world at that time.
*FIFA released an official documentary for this World Cup, Two Billion Hearts directed by the Brazilian Murilo Salles.
*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 1938), 5th as of July 9, 2006 (between Italy and France).*World Cup USA '94 (Mirror of the official website)
*1994 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com
*Details at RSSSF
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