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:
Schedule final round
Round of 16
Quarter finals
Semifinals
final
A1: Romania Romania
3
D3: Argentina
Argentina
2
Romania Romania
2 (4)
Sweden Sweden
2 2 (5) 2
Q2: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
1
B2: Sweden Sweden
3
Sweden Sweden
0
Brazil Brazil
1
B1: Brazil Brazil
1
A3: USA
United States
0
Brazil Brazil
3
Netherlands Netherlands
2
F1: Netherlands Netherlands
2
E2: Ireland
Ireland
0
Brazil Brazil
2 0 (3) 2
Italy Italy
0 (2)
C1: Germany Germany
3
Q3: Belgium
Belgium
2
Germany Germany
1
Bulgaria Bulgaria
2
E1: Mexico
Mexico
1 (1)
D2: Bulgaria Bulgaria
2 1 (3) 2
Bulgaria Bulgaria
1
Italy Italy
2
3rd place match
D1: Nigeria
Nigeria
1
E3: Italy Italy
2 2 1
Italy Italy
2
Sweden Sweden
4th
Spain Spain
1
Bulgaria Bulgaria
0
C2: Switzerland
Switzerland
0
A2: Spain Spain
3
1 win after extra time 2 win on penalties
Round of 16
Germany - Belgium 3: 2 (3: 1)
Germany
Belgium
Germany
Belgium
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 (C)
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 (C)
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
Spain
Switzerland
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 (C)
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 (C)
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
Saudi Arabia
Sweden
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 )
(C) 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 (C)
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
Romania
Argentina
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 (C)
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 (C)
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
Netherlands
Ireland
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 (C)
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 )
(C) England
1-0 Bergkamp (11th) 2-0 Jonk (41st)
Koeman
Brazil - USA 1: 0 (0: 0)
Brazil
United States
Brazil
United States
Cláudio Taffarel - Jorginho , Aldair , Márcio Santos , Leonardo - Mazinho , Carlos Dunga , Mauro Silva , Zinho (69th Cafu ) - Bebeto , Romário Trainer: Carlos Alberto Parreira (C)
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 (C)
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
Nigeria
Italy
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 )
(C) 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 (C)
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
Mexico
Bulgaria
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 (C)
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 (C)
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
Italy
Spain
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 (C)
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 (C)
1: 0 D. Baggio (25th) 2: 1 R. Baggio (88.)
1: 1 Caminero (58th)
Abelardo, Caminero
Netherlands - Brazil 2: 3 (0: 0)
Netherlands
Brazil
Netherlands
Brazil
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 (C)
Cláudio Taffarel - Jorginho , Aldair , Márcio Santos , Branco (90th Cafu ) - Mazinho (78th Raí ), Carlos Dunga , Mauro Silva , Zinho - Bebeto , Romário Trainer: Carlos Alberto Parreira (C)
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
Bulgaria
Germany
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 (C)
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 (C)
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
Romania
Sweden
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 (C)
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 (C)
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
Bulgaria
Italy
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 (C)
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 (C)
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
Sweden
Brazil
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 (C)
Cláudio Taffarel - Jorginho , Márcio Santos , Aldair , Branco - Mazinho (46th Raí ), Carlos Dunga , Mauro Silva , Zinho - Romário , Bebeto Trainer: Carlos Alberto Parreira (C)
0: 1 Romário (80.)
Ljung (2nd), Brolin
Zinho
Thern (63rd, gross foul play)
3rd place match
Sweden - Bulgaria 4: 0 (4: 0)
Sweden
Bulgaria
Sweden
Bulgaria
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 (C)
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 (C)
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
Brazil
Italy
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 (C)
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 (C)
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.)
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