Soccer World Cup 1994 / Sweden

Celebrations in Stockholm July 18, 1994. The Swedish team drives through the city in honorary escort

This article covers the Swedish national football team at the 1994 World Cup . It was Sweden's ninth participation in the finals of a football World Cup.

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Sweden	19: 08	15th
2	Bulgaria	19:10	14th
3	France	17:10	13
4th	Austria	15:16	8th
5	Finland	09:18	5
6th	Israel	10:27	5

Finland	-	Sweden	0: 1
Sweden	-	Bulgaria	2-0
Israel	-	Sweden	1: 3
France	-	Sweden	2: 1
Sweden	-	Austria	1-0
Sweden	-	Israel	5-0
Sweden	-	France	1: 1
Bulgaria	-	Sweden	1: 1
Sweden	-	Finland	3: 2
Austria	-	Sweden	1: 1

Swedish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Thomas Ravelli	IFK Gothenburg	08/13/1959	7th	0	0	0
12	Lars Eriksson	IFK Norrköping	09/21/1965	0	0	0	0
22nd	Magnus Hedman	AIK Solna	03/19/1973	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Roland Nilsson	Sheffield Wednesday	11/27/1963	7th	0	1	0
3	Patrik Andersson	Borussia Monchengladbach	08/18/1971	7th	0	1	0
4th	Joachim Björklund	IFK Gothenburg	03/15/1971	6th	0	0	0
5	Roger Ljung	Galatasaray SK	01/08/1966	6th	1	2	0
13	Mikael Nilsson	IFK Gothenburg	09/28/1968	0	0	0	0
14th	Pontus Kåmark	IFK Gothenburg	04/05/1969	4th	0	0	0
15th	Teddy Lučić	Västra Frölunda IF	04/15/1973	0	0	0	0
20th	Magnus Erlingmark	IFK Gothenburg	07/08/1967	1	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Stefan Schwarz	Benfica Lisbon	04/18/1969	6th	0	2	1
8th	Klas Ingesson	PSV Eindhoven	08/20/1968	7th	0	1	0
9	Jonas Thern	SSC Naples	03/20/1967	5	0	1	0
11	Tomas Brolin	AC Parma	11/29/1969	7th	3	1	0
16	Limpar is different	Arsenal FC	09/24/1965	1	0	0	0
17th	Stefan Rehn	IFK Gothenburg	09/22/1966	1	0	0	0
18th	Håkan Mild	Servette Geneva	06/14/1971	5	1	1	0
21st	Jesper Blomqvist	IFK Gothenburg	02/05/1974	2	0	0	0
striker
7th	Henrik Larsson	Feyenoord Rotterdam	09/20/1971	5	1	0	0
10	Martin Dahlin	Borussia Monchengladbach	04/16/1968	5	4th	2	0
19th	Know Andersson	Lille OSC	06.10.1967	7th	5	1	0
Trainer
	Tommy Svensson		03/04/1945

Swedish team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	6: 01	7th
2	Sweden	6: 04	5
3	Russia	7: 06	3
4th	Cameroon	3:11	1

Cameroon - Sweden 2: 2 (1: 1)

Stadium: Rose Bowl ( Pasadena )

Spectators: 81,061

Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega ( Peru )

Goals: 0: 1 Ljung (8th), 1: 1 Embé (31st), 2: 1 Omam-Biyik (47th), 2: 2 Dahlin (75th)

Sweden - Russia 3: 1 (1: 1)

Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome ( Pontiac )

Spectators: 71,528

Referee: Joël Quiniou ( France )

Goals: 0: 1 Salenko (4th) 11m , 1: 1 Brolin (37th) 11m , 2: 1 Dahlin (59th), 3: 1 Dahlin (81st)

Brazil - Sweden 1: 1 (0: 1)

Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome ( Pontiac )

Spectators: 77,217

Referee: Sándor Puhl ( Hungary )

Goals: 0: 1 K. Andersson (23rd), 1: 1 Romário (46th)

In Sweden's group B, the three-time world champion Brazil lived up to its role of favorite; especially the storm duo Romario and Bebeto convinced. Carlos Alberto Parreira's team won against Russia and Cameroon, while the defensive Swedes drew against the Brazilians in the last group game. Sweden, which started the tournament rather moderately, moved into the second team in the round of 16. Russia could only convince in the last group game. Oleg Salenko was the first and only player in World Cup history to score five times in one game. For the Russians, the first World Cup after the collapse of the Soviet Union ended after the preliminary round. Cameroon was unable to match the performance of the 1990 World Cup. Old star Roger Milla made a record in the game between Cameroon and Russia, which was ultimately insignificant for the rest of the tournament. At the age of 42 he was the oldest player in World Cup history to score a goal.

Round of 16

60,277

Cotton Bowl ( Dallas )

Saudi Arabia

Sweden

Renato Marsiglia ( Brazil )

1: 3 (0: 1)

0: 1 Dahlin (6th) 0: 2 K. Andersson (51st) 1: 2 Al-Ghesheyan (85th) 1: 3 K. Andersson (88th)

Sweden started well in the encounter against outsider Saudi Arabia, who had shown surprisingly strong performances in the preliminary round. With goals from Dahlin and Kennet Andersson, the Scandinavians took a 2-0 lead. However, the Saudis came up to 1: 2 again four minutes before the final whistle, before Andersson again set the end of the game with the 3: 1.

Quarter finals

83,500

Stanford Stadium ( Palo Alto )

Sweden

Romania

Philip Don ( England )

2: 2 n.v. (1: 1, 0: 0), 5: 4 in E.

1: 0 Brolin (78) 1: 1 Răducioiu (88th) 1: 2 Răducioiu (101) 2 2 K. Andersson (115) Penalty: Răducioiu hit Mild past Hagi hit K. Andersson hit Lupescu hit Brolin hit Petrescu kept Ingesson hit Dumitrescu hit R. Nilsson hit Belodedici kept Larsson hit

In the quarter-finals, the Swedes, who grew from game to game, met Romania. Two goals from Răducioiu for Romania and goals from Brolin and Kennet Andersson had made it 2-2 in this even game. The score remained in overtime. In the penalty shoot-out that followed, Mild and Petrescu were the only shooters who failed to convert their penalty, while four players from both teams scored. When Henrik Larsson scored for Sweden's fifth penalty and missed Belodedici, Sweden won the game.

Semifinals

91,856

Rose Bowl ( Pasadena )

Brazil

Sweden

Jose Torres Cadena ( Colombia )

1: 0 (0: 0)

1: 0 Romário (80.)

Brazil was also able to prevail against the Swedes in the semi-finals. For a long time no goal was scored until star striker Romario prevailed with a solo against the otherwise tightly staggered Swedish defense and scored the 1-0 in the 80th minute. Sweden did not equalize in the remaining ten minutes.

3rd place match

91,500

Rose Bowl ( Pasadena )

Sweden

Bulgaria

Ali Bujsaim ( UAE )

4: 0 (4: 0)

1: 0 Brolin (8th) 2: 0 Mild (30th) 3: 0 Larsson (37th) 4: 0 K. Andersson (40th)

Over 83,000 spectators followed the "small final" in Boston and saw a superior 4-0 victory for the Swedes over the Bulgarians, which Brolin, Mild, Larsson and Kennet Andersson secured against the seemingly barely motivated Eastern Europeans in the first half.