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)
Runners-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(s)	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

Asia

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

Europe

North and Central America

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

South America

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