Football World Cup 1994 / Group E

Group E games of the 1994 World Cup . It is the only group at soccer world championships in which all four teams achieved the same number of points. Mexico became group winners because of the most goals scored, Norway finished bottom of the group with only one goal scored. Ireland finished second in the group due to the direct comparison between Ireland and Italy. Italy reached the round of 16 as one of the best third party, as did Mexico and Ireland. Only Norway was eliminated after the preliminary round.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
2.	Ireland	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
3.	Italy	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	Norway	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th

Italy - Ireland 0: 1 (0: 1)

Italy		Ireland
	1st matchday June 18, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. at East Rutherford ( Giants Stadium ) Spectators: 75,338 Referee: Mario van der Ende ( Netherlands )   Match report
	Gianluca Pagliuca - Franco Baresi - Alessandro Costacurta , Mauro Tassotti , Paolo Maldini - Roberto Donadoni , Demetrio Albertini , Dino Baggio , Alberigo Evani (46th Daniele Massaro ) - Roberto Baggio , Giuseppe Signori (84th Nicola Berti ) Trainer: Arrigo Sacchi	Pat Bonner - Terry Phelan , Paul McGrath , Phil Babb , Steve Staunton , Denis Irwin - Ray Houghton (68th Jason McAteer ), John Sheridan , Roy Keane , Andy Townsend - Tommy Coyne (90th John Aldridge ) Trainer: Jack Charlton ( England )
		0: 1 Houghton (11th)
		Phelan, Coyne, Irwin

Norway - Mexico 1: 0 (0: 0)

Norway		Mexico
	1st matchday June 19, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. in Washington, DC ( Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium ) Spectators: 52,395 Referee: Sándor Puhl ( Hungary )   Match report
	Erik Thorstvedt - Henning Berg , Rune Bratseth , Stig Inge Bjørnebye - Alf-Inge Haaland , Lars Bohinen , Erik Mykland (78th Kjetil Rekdal ), Øyvind Leonhardsen , Mini Jakobsen (46th Gunnar Halle ) - Jostein Flo , Jan Åge Fjørtoft Trainers: Egil Olsen	Jorge Campos - Claudio Suárez - Raúl Gutiérrez (71st Marcelino Bernal ), Juan Ramírez , Ramón Ramírez - Luis Antonio Valdez (46th Benjamín Galindo ), Alberto García Aspe , Ignacio Ambríz , Joaquín del Olmo - Hugo Sánchez , Luis Roberto Alves Trainers: Miguel Mejía Barón
	1-0 Rekdal (84th)
	Haaland, Leonhardsen	Suarez

Italy - Norway 1: 0 (0: 0)

Italy		Norway
	2nd matchday June 23, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. in East Rutherford ( Giants Stadium ) Spectators: 74,624 Referee: Hellmut Krug ( Germany )   Match report
	Gianluca Pagliuca - Franco Baresi (49th Luigi Apolloni ) - Antonio Benarrivo , Alessandro Costacurta , Paolo Maldini - Nicola Berti , Demetrio Albertini , Dino Baggio , Giuseppe Signori - Roberto Baggio (22nd Luca Marchegiani ), Pierluigi Casiraghi (69th Daniele Massaro ) Coach: Arrigo Sacchi	Erik Thorstvedt - Henning Berg , Rune Bratseth , Stig Inge Bjørnebye - Alf-Inge Haaland , Lars Bohinen , Erik Mykland (81st Kjetil Rekdal ), Øyvind Leonhardsen , Sigurd Rushfeldt (46th Mini Jakobsen ) - Jostein Flo , Jan Åge Fjørtoft Trainers: Egil Olsen
	1-0 D. Baggio (69.)
	Casiraghi	Bjornebye, Haaland
	Pagliuca (21st, handball outside the box)

Mexico - Ireland 2: 1 (1: 0)

Mexico		Ireland
	2nd matchday June 24, 1994 at 12:30 p.m. in Orlando ( Florida Citrus Bowl ) Spectators: 60,790 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger ( Switzerland )   Match report
	Jorge Campos - Claudio Suárez - Jorge Rodríguez (81st Raúl Gutiérrez ), Ramón Ramírez , Joaquín del Olmo - Marcelino Bernal , Ignacio Ambríz , Luis García , Alberto García Aspe - Carlos Hermosillo (81st Luis Miguel Salvador ), Luis Roberto Alves Trainers: Miguel Mejía Barón	Pat Bonner - Terry Phelan , Paul McGrath , Phil Babb , Steve Staunton (67th Jason McAteer ), Denis Irwin - Ray Houghton , John Sheridan , Roy Keane , Andy Townsend - Tommy Coyne (67th John Aldridge ) Coach: Jack Charlton ( England )
	1-0 García (42nd) 2-0 García (65th)	2: 1 Aldridge (84th)
	del Olmo, Campos	Irwin (2nd), Phelan (2nd)

Ireland 0-0 Norway

Ireland		Norway
	3rd matchday June 28, 1994 at 12:30 p.m. at East Rutherford ( Giants Stadium ) Spectators: 72,404 Referee: José Torres Cadena ( Colombia )   Match report
	Pat Bonner - Gary Kelly , Paul McGrath , Phil Babb , Steve Staunton - Ray Houghton , John Sheridan , Roy Keane , Andy Townsend (75th Ronnie Whelan ), Jason McAteer - John Aldridge (64th David Kelly ) Trainer: Jack Charlton ( England )	Erik Thorstvedt - Erland Johnsen , Rune Bratseth , Henning Berg - Gunnar Halle (34th Mini Jakobsen ), Erik Mykland , Kjetil Rekdal , Stig Inge Bjørnebye - Øyvind Leonhardsen (67th Lars Bohinen ) - Jostein Flo , Gøran Sørloth Trainer: Egil Olsen
	Keane, Houghton, G. Kelly	Sørloth, Johnsen

Italy - Mexico 1: 1 (0: 0)

Italy		Mexico
	3rd matchday June 28, 1994 at 12:30 p.m. in Washington, DC ( Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium ) Spectators: 52,535 Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina ( Argentina )   Match report
	Luca Marchegiani - Antonio Benarrivo , Alessandro Costacurta , Luigi Apolloni , Paolo Maldini - Nicola Berti , Demetrio Albertini , Dino Baggio (66th Roberto Donadoni ) - Roberto Baggio - Giuseppe Signori , Pierluigi Casiraghi (46th Daniele Massaro ) Trainer: Arrigo Sacchi	Jorge Campos - Claudio Suárez - Jorge Rodríguez , Ramón Ramírez , Joaquín del Olmo - Marcelino Bernal , Ignacio Ambríz , Luis García (82nd Juan Carlos Chávez ), Alberto García Aspe - Carlos Hermosillo , Luis Roberto Alves Coach: Miguel Mejía Barón
	1-0 Massaro (48th)	1: 1 Bernal (57th)
	Albertini	del Olmo (2nd), Garcia, García Aspe