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Football World Cup 1994 olspan=2|1994 Football World Cup - USA
World Cup '94 | olspan=2|
Official 1994 Football World Cup poster | olspan=2|
Official 1994 Football World Cup logo | | idth=45%| !!width=55%| | | gcolor=#efefef|Participant teams | 131
(final tournament: 24) | | gcolor=#efefef|Host | USA | | gcolor=#efefef|Champions | Brazil (4th title) | | gcolor=#efefef|Matches played | 52 | | gcolor=#efefef|Goals scored | 141
(2.71 per match) | | gcolor=#efefef|Attendance | 3,587,538
(68,991 per match) | gcolor=#efefef|Top scorer/
Golden Shoe | Hristo Stoitchkov (BUL)
Oleg Salenko (RUS)
6 goals | gcolor=#efefef|Best player/
Golden Ball | Romrio (BRA) | The 1994 Football World Cup was held in the USA. It was won by Brazil, who beat Italy 3-2 on penalties, after the game and extra time ended 0-0. 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. The total attendance for the final tournament remains the greatest in World Cup history, despite the expansion of the competition to 32 teams in 1998. 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: six group winners, six second place finishers, and four best third place finishers. For full details of the competition, see 1994 World Cup Tournament article. Venues - Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts (61,000)
- Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois (67,000)
- Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas (67,000)
- Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan (80,000)
- Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California (91,000)
- Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey (77,000)
- Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida (70,000)
- Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, California (80,000)
- RFK Stadium, Washington, DC (56,500)
Squads For a list of all squads that disputed the final tournament, see Football World Cup 1994 (squads). First round Half-time scores are in brackets Group A
June 18, 1994
June 22, 1994
June 26, 1994
Group B
June 19, 1994
June 20, 1994
June 24, 1994
June 28, 1994
Group C
June 17, 1994
June 21, 1994
June 23, 1994
June 27, 1994
Group D
June 21, 1994
June 25, 1994 June 26, 1994
June 30, 1994
Group E
June 18, 1994
June 19, 1994
June 23, 1994
June 24, 1994
June 28, 1994
Group F
June 19, 1994
June 20, 1994
June 25, 1994
June 29, 1994 Round of sixteen July 2, 1994
July 3, 1994
July 4, 1994
July 5, 1994 Quarter-finals July 9, 1994
July 10, 1994 Semi-finals July 13, 1994 Third place match July 16, 1994 Final July 17, 1994
World Cup Champions:
50px BRAZIL (4th title) | Top scorers Firsts - Greece and Saudi Arabia played in the World Cup for the first time: there were also a record three teams representing Africa.
- The USA-Switzerland match in the Pontiac Silverdome was the first to be played indoors in World Cup history: grass had to be shipped in at great expense from California.
- 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.
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