Football World Cup 1994 / final round

The final round of the 1994 soccer World Cup was part of the 15th men's soccer World Cup in the United States , which took place from July 2 to July 17, 1994 . This article covers the individual games in this final round and their results.

Overview

Qualified teams

Due to their results in the group stage of the Soccer World Cup in the USA, 16 teams had qualified for the final round:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F.
1. Romania	1. Brazil	1. Germany	1. Nigeria	1. Mexico	1. Netherlands
2. Switzerland	2. Sweden	2. Spain	2. Bulgaria	2. Ireland	2. Saudi Arabia
3. United States			3. Argentina	3. Italy	3. Belgium

Schedule final round

	Round of 16				Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	A1: Romania	3
	D3: Argentina	2
					Romania	2 (4)
					Sweden	22 (5) 2
	Q2: Saudi Arabia	1
	B2: Sweden	3
									Sweden	0
									Brazil	1
	B1: Brazil	1
	A3: USA	0
					Brazil	3
					Netherlands	2
	F1: Netherlands	2
	E2: Ireland	0
													Brazil	20 (3) 2
													Italy	0 (2)
	C1: Germany	3
	Q3: Belgium	2
					Germany	1
					Bulgaria	2
	E1: Mexico	1 (1)
	D2: Bulgaria	21 (3) 2
									Bulgaria	1
									Italy	2			3rd place match
	D1: Nigeria	1
	E3: Italy	22 1
					Italy	2							Sweden	4th
					Spain	1							Bulgaria	0
	C2: Switzerland	0
	A2: Spain	3

¹ win after extra time
² win on penalties

Round of 16

Germany - Belgium 3: 2 (3: 1)

Germany		Belgium
	1. Round of 16 July 2, 1994 at 12:00 p.m. in Chicago ( Soldier Field ) Spectators: 60,246 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger ( Switzerland )   Match report
	Bodo Illgner - Thomas Helmer - Thomas Berthold , Jürgen Kohler , Guido Buchwald - Thomas Häßler , Lothar Matthäus (46th Andreas Brehme ), Matthias Sammer , Martin Wagner - Jürgen Klinsmann (86th Stefan Kuntz ), Rudi Völler Trainer: Berti Vogts	Michel Preud'homme - Georges Grün , Rudi Smidts (66th Danny Boffin ), Philippe Albert , Michel De Wolf - Franky Van Der Elst , Lorenzo Staelens , Enzo Scifo , Marc Emmers - Josip Weber , Luc Nilis (77th Alexandre Czerniatynski ) trainers : Paul Van Himst
	1: 0 Völler (6th) 2: 1 Klinsmann (11th) 3: 1 Völler (40th)	1: 1 Green (8th) 3: 2 Albert (90th)
	Helmer, Wagner	Albert

Spain - Switzerland 3: 0 (1: 0)

Spain		Switzerland
	2nd round of 16 July 2, 1994 at 4:30 p.m. in Washington, DC ( Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium ) Spectators: 53,121 Referee: Mario van der Ende ( Netherlands )   Match report
	Andoni Zubizarreta - Albert Ferrer , Abelardo , Francisco José Camarasa , Rafael Alkorta , Sergi - Jon Andoni Goikoetxea (61st Txiki Begiristain ), Miguel Ángel Nadal , Fernando Hierro (76th Jorge Otero ), José Mari Bakero - Luis Enrique Trainer: Javier Clemente	Marco Pascolo - Alain Geiger - Marc Hottiger , Dominique Herr , Yvan Quentin (58th Jürg Studer ) - Christophe Ohrel (73rd Nestor Subiat ), Georges Bregy , Ciriaco Sforza , Thomas Bickel - Adrian Knup , Stéphane Chapuisat Trainer: Roy Hodgson
	1-0 Hierro (15th) 2-0 Luis Enrique (74th) 3-0 Begiristain (86th, penalty kick )
	Goikoetxea, Ferrer, Camarasa, Otero	Hottiger, Studer, Subiat, Pascolo

Saudi Arabia - Sweden 1: 3 (0: 1)

Saudi Arabia		Sweden
	3rd round of 16 July 3, 1994 at 12:00 p.m. in Dallas ( Cotton Bowl ) Spectators: 60,277 Referee: Renato Marsiglia ( Brazil )   Match report
	Mohammad ad- Daʿayyaʿ - Abdullah Zubromawi , Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi , Ahmad Jamil Madani , Mohammad Al-Jawad (55th Fahad Al-Ghesheyan ) - Fuad Amin , Fahd al-Harifi al-Bischi (63rd Khalid Al-Muwallid ), Said al-Uwairan , Hamzah Saleh - Sami al-Jabir , Hamzah Falatah Trainer: Jorge Solari ( Argentina )	Thomas Ravelli - Roland Nilsson , Patrik Andersson , Joachim Björklund (55th Pontus Kåmark ), Roger Ljung - Tomas Brolin , Jonas Thern (69th Håkan Mild ), Stefan Schwarz , Klas Ingesson - Martin Dahlin , Kennet Andersson Trainer: Tommy Svensson
	1: 2 Al-Ghesheyan (85.)	0: 1 Dahlin (6th) 0: 2 K. Andersson (51.) 1: 3 K. Andersson (88.)
	Al-Muwallid	Ljung, Thern, Nilsson

Romania - Argentina 3: 2 (2: 1)

Romania		Argentina
	4. Round of 16 July 3, 1994 at 1:30 p.m. in Pasadena ( Rose Bowl Stadium ) Spectators: 90,469 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto ( Italy )   Match report
	Florin Prunea - Miodrag Belodedici - Tibor Selymes , Gheorghe Mihali , Daniel Prodan - Dan Petrescu , Ioan Lupescu , Gheorghe Popescu , Gheorghe Hagi (86. Constantin Gâlcă ) Dorinel Munteanu - Ilie Dumitrescu (89 Corneliu Papură ) Coach: Anghel Iordănescu	Luis Islas - Néstor Sensini (63rd Ramón Medina Bello ) - Fernando Cáceres , Óscar Ruggeri , José Chamot - Diego Simeone , Ariel Ortega , Fernando Redondo , José Basualdo - Gabriel Batistuta , Abel Balbo Trainer: Alfio Basile
	1: 0 Dumitrescu (11th) 2: 1 Dumitrescu (18th) 3: 1 Hagi (58th)	1: 1 Batistuta (16th, penalty kick ) 3: 2 Balbo (75th)
	Popescu, Selymes, Dumitrescu	Ruggeri, Redondo, Chamot, Cáceres

Netherlands - Ireland 2: 0 (2: 0)

Netherlands		Ireland
	5th round of 16 July 4th, 1994 at 12:00 p.m. in Orlando ( Florida Citrus Bowl ) Spectators: 61,355 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen ( Denmark )   Match report
	Ed de Goey - Stan Valckx , Ronald Koeman , Frank de Boer - Aron Winter , Frank Rijkaard , Wim Jonk , Rob Witschge (79th Arthur Numan ) - Peter van Vossen (71st Bryan Roy ), Dennis Bergkamp , Marc Overmars Trainer: Dick Advocaat	Pat Bonner - Gary Kelly , Paul McGrath , Phil Babb , Steve Staunton (64th Jason McAteer ), Terry Phelan - Ray Houghton , John Sheridan , Roy Keane , Andy Townsend - Tommy Coyne (74th Tony Cascarino ) Coach: Jack Charlton ( England )
	1-0 Bergkamp (11th) 2-0 Jonk (41st)
	Koeman

Brazil - USA 1: 0 (0: 0)

Brazil		United States
	6. Round of 16 July 4th, 1994 at 12:30 pm in Stanford ( Stanford Stadium ) Spectators: 84,147 Referee: Joël Quiniou ( France )   Match report
	Cláudio Taffarel - Jorginho , Aldair , Márcio Santos , Leonardo - Mazinho , Carlos Dunga , Mauro Silva , Zinho (69th Cafu ) - Bebeto , Romário Trainer: Carlos Alberto Parreira	Tony Meola - Marcelo Balboa - Fernando Clavijo , Alexi Lalas , Thomas Dooley , Paul Caligiuri - Tab Ramos (46th Eric Wynalda ), Mike Sorber , Hugo Perez (66th Roy Wegerle ), Cobi Jones - Earnie Stewart Trainer: Bora Milutinović
	1-0 Bebeto (72nd)
	Mazinho, Jorginho	Ramos, Caligiuri, Dooley
		Clavijo (86th, repeated foul)
	Leonardo (43rd, assault)

Nigeria - Italy 1: 2 aet (1: 1, 1: 0)

Nigeria		Italy
	7th round of 16 5th July 1994 at 1:00 p.m. in Foxborough ( Foxboro Stadium ) Spectators: 54,367 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter ( Mexico )   Match report
	Peter Rufai - Augustine Eguavoen , Chidi N'Wanu , Uche Okechukwu , Michael Emenalo - Finidi George , Sunday Oliseh , Augustine Okocha - Emmanuel Amunike (57th Thompson Oliha ), Rashidi Yekini , Daniel Amokachi (35th Mutiu Adepoju ) Trainer: Clemens Westerhof ( Netherlands )	Luca Marchegiani - Antonio Benarrivo , Alessandro Costacurta , Roberto Mussi , Paolo Maldini - Roberto Donadoni , Nicola Berti (46th Dino Baggio ), Demetrio Albertini - Roberto Baggio - Giuseppe Signori (64th Gianfranco Zola ), Daniele Massaro Trainer: Arrigo Sacchi
	1-0 Amunike (25th)	1: 1 R. Baggio (88.) 1: 2 R. Baggio (102., penalty kick )
	Emenalo, Adepoju, Oliseh, N'Wanu	Massaro, Costacurta, Signori, D. Baggio, Maldini
		Zola (75th, gross foul)

Mexico - Bulgaria 1: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 1: 1), 1: 3 i. E.

Mexico		Bulgaria
	8. Round of 16 July 5th, 1994 at 4:30 p.m. in East Rutherford ( Giants Stadium ) Spectators: 71,030 Referee: Jamal al-Sharif ( Syria )   Match report
	Jorge Campos - Claudio Suárez - Jorge Rodríguez , Ramón Ramírez , Juan de Dios Ramírez - Marcelino Bernal , Benjamín Galindo , Ignacio Ambríz , Alberto García Aspe - Luis García , Luis Roberto Alves Trainer: Miguel Mejía Barón	Borislav Mikhailov - Petar Hubchev - Emil Kremenliew , Ivaylo Yordanov , Ilian Kiriakow - Daniel Borimirov , Yordan Letchkov , nasko sirakov (104 Bontscho Guentschew ), Krasimir Balakov - Emil Kostadinov (119. Petar Michtarski ), Hristo Stoichkov Coach: Dimitar Penev
	1: 1 García Aspe (18th, foul penalty )	0: 1 Stoitschkow (6th)
	penalties shoot
	García Aspe shoots over goal Michajlow saves against Bernal Michajlow saves against Rodríguez 1: 2 Suárez	Campos holds against Balakow 0: 1 Guentschew 0: 2 Borimirow 1: 3 Letschkow
	Suárez, R. Ramírez, García Aspe	Sirakow, Kiriakow, Jordanow
	García (57th, repeated foul)	Kremenliew (50th, repeated foul)

Quarter finals

Italy - Spain 2: 1 (1: 0)

Italy		Spain
	1st quarter finals July 9, 1994 at 12:00 pm in Foxborough ( Foxboro Stadium ) Spectators: 53,400 Referee: Sándor Puhl ( Hungary )   Match report
	Gianluca Pagliuca - Antonio Benarrivo , Alessandro Costacurta , Mauro Tassotti , Paolo Maldini - Roberto Donadoni , Antonio Conte (66th Nicola Berti ), Demetrio Albertini (46th Giuseppe Signori ), Dino Baggio - Daniele Massaro , Roberto Baggio Trainers: Arrigo Sacchi	Andoni Zubizarreta - Albert Ferrer , Abelardo , Jorge Otero , Rafael Alkorta , Sergi (59th Julio Salinas ) - Jon Andoni Goikoetxea , Miguel Ángel Nadal , José Mari Bakero (65th Fernando Hierro ), José Luis Caminero - Luis Enrique Trainer: Javier Clemente
	1: 0 D. Baggio (25th) 2: 1 R. Baggio (88.)	1: 1 Caminero (58th)
		Abelardo, Caminero

Netherlands - Brazil 2: 3 (0: 0)

Netherlands		Brazil
	2nd quarter finals July 9, 1994 at 2:30 p.m. in Dallas ( Cotton Bowl ) Spectators: 63,500 Referee: Rodrigo Badilla ( Costa Rica )   Match report
	Ed de Goey - Stan Valckx , Ronald Koeman , Jan Wouters - Aron Winter , Frank Rijkaard (65th Ronald de Boer ), Wim Jonk , Rob Witschge - Peter van Vossen (54th Bryan Roy ), Dennis Bergkamp , Marc Overmars Trainer: Dick Advocaat	Cláudio Taffarel - Jorginho , Aldair , Márcio Santos , Branco (90th Cafu ) - Mazinho (78th Raí ), Carlos Dunga , Mauro Silva , Zinho - Bebeto , Romário Trainer: Carlos Alberto Parreira
	1: 2 Bergkamp (63rd) 2: 2 winter (76th)	0: 1 Romário (53.) 0: 2 Bebeto (62.) 2: 3 Branco (81.)
	Winter, Wouters	Dunga

Bulgaria - Germany 2: 1 (0: 0)

Bulgaria		Germany
	3rd quarter finals July 10, 1994 at 12:00 pm in East Rutherford ( Giants Stadium ) Spectators: 72,000 Referee: José Torres Cadena ( Colombia )   Match report
	Borislav Mikhailov - Petar Hubchev - Zanko Tsvetanov , Trifon Ivanov , Ilian Kiriakow - Yordan Letchkov , Zlatko Yankov , nasko sirakov , Krasimir Balakov - Emil Kostadinov (89 Bontscho Guentschew ), Hristo Stoichkov (84 Ivailo Yordanov ) Coach: Dimitar Penev	Bodo Illgner - Lothar Matthäus - Thomas Berthold , Jürgen Kohler , Thomas Helmer - Thomas Häßler (83rd Andreas Brehme ), Guido Buchwald , Andreas Möller , Martin Wagner (59th Thomas Strunz ) - Rudi Völler , Jürgen Klinsmann Trainer: Berti Vogts
	1: 1 Stoitschkow (75th) 2: 1 Letschkow (78th)	0: 1 Matthew (47th, foul penalty )
	Ivanov, Stoitschkow, Michajlow	Helmer (2nd), Wagner (2nd), Häßler, Klinsmann, Völler

Romania - Sweden 2: 2 aet (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 5 i. E.

Romania		Sweden
	4th quarter finals July 10, 1994 at 12:30 p.m. in Stanford ( Stanford Stadium ) Spectators: 83,500 Referee: Philip Don ( England )   Match report
	Florin Prunea - Miodrag Belodedici - Dan Petrescu , Tibor Selymes , Daniel Prodan - Ilie Dumitrescu , Ioan Lupescu , Gheorghe Popescu , Gheorghe Hagi , Dorinel Munteanu (83rd Basarab Panduru ) - Florin Răducioiu Trainer: Anghel Iordănescu	Thomas Ravelli - Roland Nilsson , Patrik Andersson , Joachim Björklund , Roger Ljung - Thomas Brolin (83rd Pontus Kåmark ), Stefan Schwarz , Håkan Mild , Klas Ingesson - Martin Dahlin (106th Henrik Larsson ), Kennet Andersson Trainer: Tommy Svensson
	1: 1 Răducioiu (88.) 2: 1 Răducioiu (101.)	0: 1 Brolin (78th) 2: 2 K. Andersson (115th)
	penalties shoot
	1-0 Răducioiu 2-1 Hagi 3-2 Lupescu Ravelli holds against Petrescu 4-4 Dumitrescu Ravelli holds against Belodedici	Mild shoots over the goal 1: 1 K. Andersson 2: 2 Brolin 3: 3 Ingesson 3: 4 Nilsson 4: 5 Larsson
	Popescu (2nd), Selymes (2nd), Panduru	Ingesson
		Black (101st, repeated foul play)

Semifinals

Bulgaria - Italy 1: 2 (1: 2)

Bulgaria		Italy
	1st semifinals July 13, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. in East Rutherford ( Giants Stadium ) Spectators: 74,110 Referee: Joël Quiniou ( France )   Match report
	Borislav Mikhailov - Petar Hubchev - Zanko Tsvetanov , Trifon Ivanov , Ilian Kiriakow - Yordan Letchkov , Zlatko Yankov , nasko sirakov , Krasimir Balakov - Emil Kostadinov (72 Ivailo Yordanov ), Hristo Stoichkov (79 Bontscho Guentschew ) Coach: Dimitar Penev	Gianluca Pagliuca - Antonio Benarrivo , Alessandro Costacurta , Roberto Mussi , Paolo Maldini - Roberto Donadoni , Nicola Berti , Demetrio Albertini , Dino Baggio (56th Antonio Conte ) - Roberto Baggio (71st Giuseppe Signori ), Pierluigi Casiraghi Trainer: Arrigo Sacchi
	1: 2 Stoitschkow (44th, penalty kick )	0: 1 R. Baggio (20th) 0: 2 R. Baggio (25th)
	Kostadinow, Letschkow, Jankow	Costacurta (2nd), Albertini

Sweden - Brazil 0: 1 (0: 0)

Sweden		Brazil
	2nd semifinals July 13, 1994 at 4:30 p.m. in Pasadena ( Rose Bowl Stadium ) Spectators: 91,856 Referee: José Torres Cadena ( Colombia )   Match report
	Thomas Ravelli - Roland Nilsson , Patrik Andersson , Joachim Björklund , Roger Ljung - Tomas Brolin , Jonas Thern , Håkan Mild , Klas Ingesson - Martin Dahlin (67th Stefan Rehn ), Kennet Andersson Trainer: Tommy Svensson	Cláudio Taffarel - Jorginho , Márcio Santos , Aldair , Branco - Mazinho (46th Raí ), Carlos Dunga , Mauro Silva , Zinho - Romário , Bebeto Trainer: Carlos Alberto Parreira
		0: 1 Romário (80.)
	Ljung (2nd), Brolin	Zinho
	Thern (63rd, gross foul play)

3rd place match

Sweden - Bulgaria 4: 0 (4: 0)

Sweden		Bulgaria
	3rd place match July 16, 1994 at 12:30 p.m. in Pasadena ( Rose Bowl Stadium ) Spectators: 91,500 Referee: Ali Bujsaim ( United Arab Emirates )   Match report
	Thomas Ravelli - Roland Nilsson , Patrik Andersson , Joachim Björklund , Pontus Kåmark - Tomas Brolin , Håkan Mild , Stefan Schwarz , Klas Ingesson - Henrik Larsson (79th Anders Limpar ), Kennet Andersson Trainer: Tommy Svensson	Borislav Michajlow (46th Plamen Nikolow ) - Petar Hubchev - Zanko Zwetanow , Trifon Ivanov (42nd Emil Kremenliew ), Ilian Kiriakow - Jordan Letschkow , Slatko Jankow , Nasko Sirakow (46th Ivaylo Jordanow ), Krassimir Balakow - Emil Kostadinov , Christo St Coach: Dimitar Penew
	1: 0 Brolin (8th) 2: 0 Mild (30th) 3: 0 Larsson (37th) 4: 0 K. Andersson (40th)
	K. Andersson	Jankow (2.)

final

Brazil - Italy 0-0 aet, 3-2 i. E.

Brazil		Italy		Lineup
	final July 17, 1994 at 12:30 p.m. in Pasadena ( Rose Bowl Stadium ) Spectators: 94,194 Referee: Sándor Puhl ( Hungary )   Match report
	Cláudio Taffarel - Jorginho (21st Cafu ), Aldair , Márcio Santos , Branco - Mazinho (46th Raí ), Carlos Dunga , Mauro Silva , Zinho (106th viola ) - Bebeto , Romário Trainer: Carlos Alberto Parreira	Gianluca Pagliuca - Franco Baresi - Antonio Benarrivo , Roberto Mussi (35th Luigi Apolloni ), Paolo Maldini - Roberto Donadoni , Nicola Berti , Demetrio Albertini , Dino Baggio (95th Alberigo Evani ) - Roberto Baggio , Daniele Massaro Trainers: Arrigo Sacchi
	penalties shoot
	Pagliuca holds 1: 1 against Márcio Santos Romário 2: 2 Branco 3: 2 Dunga	Baresi shoots over the goal 0: 1 Albertini 1: 2 Evani Taffarel saves against Massaro R. Baggio shoots over the goal
	Mazinho (2nd), Cafu	Apolloni, Albertini (2.)