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1994 World Cup — hosted by United States
June 17, 1994 → July 17, 1994
The 1994 World Cup in brief
The 1994 World Cup was played in United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. 24 teams contested 52 matches and scored 141 goals: 2.71 per game, number 12 of 23 editions (all-time average: 2.84).
Brazil won the title, beating Italy 0-0 (3-2 pen.) in the final at Rose Bowl, Pasadena.
On the way Brazil played 7 matches: 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats, scoring 11 and conceding 3.
Sweden finished third and Bulgaria fourth.
Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) was the top scorer with 6 goals.
Overview
- Host
- United States
- Teams
- 24
- Matches
- 52
- Total goals
- 141
- Format
- Group stage + knockout from Round of 16
United StatesFinal ranking
- ChampionBrazil
- Runner-upItaly
- Third placeSweden
- Fourth placeBulgaria
The final
- Score
- 0-0 (3-2 pen.)
- Venue
- Rose Bowl, Pasadena
- Attendance
- 94,194
Brazil's road to the title
- WJun 20Russia2–0
- WJun 24Cameroon3–0
- DJun 28Sweden1–1
- WJul 4United States1–0
- WJul 9Netherlands3–2
- WJul 13Sweden1–0
- DJul 17Italy0–0Brazil won on penalties
Individual awards
- Top scorer
- Hristo Stoichkov (6 goals)
- Best player (Golden Ball)
- Romário
Records and numbers
- Goals per game
- 2.71 · 12 of 23 editions
- Draws
- 11
- Penalty shoot-outs
- 3
- Penalty goals
- 15
- Own goals
- 1
- Earliest goal
- Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina), minute 2, vs Greece
- Hat-tricks
- Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) — 3 goals vs Greece, Jun 21
- Oleg Salenko (Russia) — 5 goals vs Cameroon, Jun 28
Goalscorers
| Player | Goals | Pen. |
|---|---|---|
| Oleg SalenkoRussia | 6 | 2 |
| Hristo StoichkovBulgaria | 6 | 3 |
| Jürgen KlinsmannGermany | 5 | — |
| Kennet AnderssonSweden | 5 | — |
| RomárioBrazil | 5 | — |
| Roberto BaggioItaly | 5 | 1 |
| Florin RăducioiuRomania | 4 | — |
| Martin DahlinSweden | 4 | — |
| Gabriel BatistutaArgentina | 4 | 2 |
| BebetoBrazil | 3 | — |
All 80 goalscorers
| Player | Goals | Pen. |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis BergkampNetherlands | 3 | — |
| Gheorghe HagiRomania | 3 | — |
| José Luis CamineroSpain | 3 | — |
| Tomas BrolinSweden | 3 | 1 |
| Adolfo ValenciaColombia | 2 | — |
| Adrian KnupSwitzerland | 2 | — |
| Claudio CaniggiaArgentina | 2 | — |
| Daniel AmokachiNigeria | 2 | — |
| Dino BaggioItaly | 2 | — |
| Emmanuel AmunikeNigeria | 2 | — |
| Fuad AnwarSaudi Arabia | 2 | — |
| Hong Myung-boSouth Korea | 2 | — |
| Ilie DumitrescuRomania | 2 | — |
| Jon Andoni GoikoetxeaSpain | 2 | — |
| Luis García PostigoMexico | 2 | — |
| Philippe AlbertBelgium | 2 | — |
| Rudi VöllerGermany | 2 | — |
| Wim JonkNetherlands | 2 | — |
| Yordan LetchkovBulgaria | 2 | — |
| Abel BalboArgentina | 1 | — |
| Alain SutterSwitzerland | 1 | — |
| Aron WinterNetherlands | 1 | — |
| BrancoBrazil | 1 | — |
| Bryan RoyNetherlands | 1 | — |
| Dan PetrescuRomania | 1 | — |
| Daniel BorimirovBulgaria | 1 | — |
| Daniele MassaroItaly | 1 | — |
| David EmbéCameroon | 1 | — |
| Diego MaradonaArgentina | 1 | — |
| Dmitri RadchenkoRussia | 1 | — |
| Earnie StewartUnited States | 1 | — |
| Eric WynaldaUnited States | 1 | — |
| Erwin SánchezBolivia | 1 | — |
| Fahad Al-GhesheyanSaudi Arabia | 1 | — |
| Fernando HierroSpain | 1 | — |
| Finidi GeorgeNigeria | 1 | — |
| François Omam-BiyikCameroon | 1 | — |
| Gaston TaumentNetherlands | 1 | — |
| Georges BregySwitzerland | 1 | — |
| Georges GrünBelgium | 1 | — |
| Håkan MildSweden | 1 | — |
| Harold LozanoColombia | 1 | — |
| Hassan NaderMorocco | 1 | — |
| Henrik LarssonSweden | 1 | — |
| Hernán GaviriaColombia | 1 | — |
| Hwang Sun-hongSouth Korea | 1 | — |
| John AldridgeRepublic of Ireland | 1 | — |
| Julio SalinasSpain | 1 | — |
| Karl-Heinz RiedleGermany | 1 | — |
| Kjetil RekdalNorway | 1 | — |
| Luis EnriqueSpain | 1 | — |
| Marc DegryseBelgium | 1 | — |
| Marcelino BernalMexico | 1 | — |
| Márcio Roberto dos SantosBrazil | 1 | — |
| Mohammed ChaouchMorocco | 1 | — |
| Nasko SirakovBulgaria | 1 | — |
| Rashidi YekiniNigeria | 1 | — |
| Ray HoughtonRepublic of Ireland | 1 | — |
| Roger LjungSweden | 1 | — |
| Roger MillaCameroon | 1 | — |
| Saeed Al-OwairanSaudi Arabia | 1 | — |
| Samson SiasiaNigeria | 1 | — |
| Seo Jung-wonSouth Korea | 1 | — |
| Stéphane ChapuisatSwitzerland | 1 | — |
| Alberto García AspeMexico | 1 | 1 |
| Lothar MatthäusGermany | 1 | 1 |
| Pep GuardiolaSpain | 1 | 1 |
| RaíBrazil | 1 | 1 |
| Sami Al-JaberSaudi Arabia | 1 | 1 |
| Txiki BegiristainSpain | 1 | 1 |
Own goals are not credited to a player. Tallies follow the open dataset; official counts can differ where a goal's attribution is disputed.
Team by team
Every team's record at this World Cup: the final four first, then by matches played. A summary of results, not a group table.
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Italy | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Sweden | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 |
| Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Romania | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| Spain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Argentina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Belgium | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| United States | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Republic of Ireland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| South Korea | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| Greece | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
All results
June 17, 1994
Julio Salinas 51', Jon Andoni Goikoetxea 55', Hong Myung-bo 85', Seo Jung-won 90' · Dallas
Jürgen Klinsmann 61' · Chicago
June 18, 1994
Florin Răducioiu 15', Gheorghe Hagi 34', Adolfo Valencia 43', Florin Răducioiu 89' · Pasadena
Ray Houghton 11' · East Rutherford
Georges Bregy 39', Eric Wynalda 44' · Pontiac
June 19, 1994
Marc Degryse 11' · Orlando
Roger Ljung 8', David Embé 31', François Omam-Biyik 47', Martin Dahlin 75' · Pasadena
Kjetil Rekdal 84' · Washington, D.C.
June 20, 1994
Romário 26', Raí 52' (P) · Palo Alto
Fuad Anwar 18', Wim Jonk 50', Gaston Taument 86' · Washington, D.C.
June 21, 1994
Gabriel Batistuta 2', Gabriel Batistuta 44', Diego Maradona 60', Gabriel Batistuta 90' (P) · Foxborough
Jon Andoni Goikoetxea 14', Jürgen Klinsmann 48' · Chicago
Rashidi Yekini 21', Daniel Amokachi 43', Emmanuel Amunike 55' · Dallas
June 22, 1994
Alain Sutter 16', Gheorghe Hagi 35', Stéphane Chapuisat 52', Adrian Knup 65', Adrian Knup 72' · Pontiac
Andrés Escobar 35' (OG), Earnie Stewart 52', Adolfo Valencia 90' · Pasadena
June 23, 1994
Dino Baggio 69' · East Rutherford
Foxborough
June 24, 1994
Romário 39', Márcio Roberto dos Santos 66', Bebeto 73' · Palo Alto
Luis García Postigo 42', Luis García Postigo 65', John Aldridge 84' · Orlando
Oleg Salenko 4' (P), Tomas Brolin 39' (P), Martin Dahlin 60', Martin Dahlin 82' · Pontiac
June 25, 1994
Samson Siasia 8', Claudio Caniggia 21', Claudio Caniggia 28' · Foxborough
Philippe Albert 65' · Orlando
Sami Al-Jaber 7' (P), Mohammed Chaouch 26', Fuad Anwar 45' · East Rutherford
June 26, 1994
Hristo Stoichkov 5' (P), Hristo Stoichkov 55' (P), Yordan Letchkov 65', Daniel Borimirov 90' · Chicago
Hernán Gaviria 44', Harold Lozano 90' · Palo Alto
Dan Petrescu 18' · Pasadena
June 27, 1994
Pep Guardiola 19' (P), José Luis Caminero 66', Erwin Sánchez 67', José Luis Caminero 70' · Chicago
Jürgen Klinsmann 12', Karl-Heinz Riedle 20', Jürgen Klinsmann 37', Hwang Sun-hong 52', Hong Myung-bo 63' · Dallas
June 28, 1994
Kennet Andersson 23', Romário 47' · Pontiac
East Rutherford
Daniele Massaro 48', Marcelino Bernal 57' · Washington, D.C.
Oleg Salenko 15', Oleg Salenko 41', Oleg Salenko 44' (P), Roger Milla 46', Oleg Salenko 72', Oleg Salenko 75', Dmitri Radchenko 81' · Palo Alto
June 29, 1994
Saeed Al-Owairan 5' · Washington, D.C.
Dennis Bergkamp 43', Hassan Nader 47', Bryan Roy 77' · Orlando
June 30, 1994
Hristo Stoichkov 61', Nasko Sirakov 90' · Dallas
Finidi George 45', Daniel Amokachi 90' · Foxborough
July 2, 1994
Fernando Hierro 15', Luis Enrique 74', Txiki Begiristain 86' (P) · Washington, D.C.
Rudi Völler 6', Georges Grün 8', Jürgen Klinsmann 11', Rudi Völler 38', Philippe Albert 90' · Chicago
July 3, 1994
Martin Dahlin 6', Kennet Andersson 51', Fahad Al-Ghesheyan 85', Kennet Andersson 88' · Dallas
Ilie Dumitrescu 11', Gabriel Batistuta 16' (P), Ilie Dumitrescu 18', Gheorghe Hagi 58', Abel Balbo 75' · Pasadena
July 4, 1994
Dennis Bergkamp 11', Wim Jonk 41' · Orlando
Bebeto 72' · Palo Alto
July 5, 1994
Bulgaria won on penalties · Hristo Stoichkov 6', Alberto García Aspe 18' (P) · East Rutherford
Emmanuel Amunike 25', Roberto Baggio 88', Roberto Baggio 102' (P) · Foxborough
July 9, 1994
Dino Baggio 25', José Luis Caminero 58', Roberto Baggio 88' · Foxborough
Romário 53', Bebeto 63', Dennis Bergkamp 64', Aron Winter 76', Branco 81' · Dallas
July 10, 1994
Lothar Matthäus 47' (P), Hristo Stoichkov 75', Yordan Letchkov 78' · East Rutherford
Sweden won on penalties · Tomas Brolin 78', Florin Răducioiu 88', Florin Răducioiu 101', Kennet Andersson 115' · Palo Alto
July 13, 1994
Roberto Baggio 21', Roberto Baggio 25', Hristo Stoichkov 44' (P) · East Rutherford
Romário 80' · Pasadena
July 16, 1994
Tomas Brolin 8', Håkan Mild 30', Henrik Larsson 37', Kennet Andersson 39' · Pasadena
July 17, 1994
Brazil won on penalties · Pasadena
Results, scorers and shoot-outs: martj42/international_results (open dataset, MIT licence). Scores include extra time.
Notes
First final decided on penalties. Highest average attendance (~69k).