1994 FIFA World Cup

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.

### 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

#### 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||

#### Final

won the championship.

## References

- FIFA

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## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: 1994 FIFA World Cup
- **country**: United States
- **dates**: 17 June – 17 July
- **num teams**: 24
- **image**: 1994 FIFA World Cup.svg
- **venues**: 9
- **cities**: 9
- **champion**: Brazil
- **count**: 4
- **second**: Italy
- **third other**: Sweden national football team, Sweden
- **fourth other**: Bulgaria national football team, Bulgaria
- **matches**: 52
- **goals**: 141
- **attendance**: 3587538
- **top scorer**: Hristo Stoichkov
 Oleg Salenko
(6 goals)
- **player**: Romário
- **prevseason**: 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1990
- **nextseason**: 1998 FIFA World Cup, 1998