1994 FIFA World Cup Final

1994 FIFA World Cup Final
Event 1994 FIFA World Cup
Brazil won 3–2 on penalties
Date 17 July 1994
Venue Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Referee Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
Attendance 94,194
Weather Scattered clouds
27 °C (81 °F)[1]

The 1994 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, United States, on 17 July 1994 to determine the winner of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Brazil beat Italy 3–2 on penalties to claim their fourth World Cup title when the match finished 0–0 after extra time; this meant that Brazil surpassed Italy and Germany as the tournament's most successful nation.[2] It was the first World Cup final to be both scoreless in regular and extra time and to be decided by a penalty shoot-out. Brazil had previously beaten Italy in the 1970 final, marking the 1994 final as the second time that the same teams had met in two different World Cup finals, after Argentina and Germany met in 1986 and 1990.[3][4]

FIFA awarded the final match of the tournament to this famous college sports stadium near Los Angeles on June 30, 1992; the Rose Bowl was the largest stadium used for this tournament.[5] The World Cup trophy was presented to Brazil captain Dunga by then-Vice President of the United States Al Gore.[4] The Brazilian team dedicated their win to the late triple Formula One motor racing world champion Ayrton Senna, who had died in an accident at that year's San Marino Grand Prix in Italy two and a half months before.[6] With Italy finishing as runners-up, Franco Baresi became the sixth player in history to win gold, silver and bronze medals at the FIFA World Cup.[7][8]

Route to the final

Brazil Round Italy
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
 Russia 2–0 Match 1  Republic of Ireland 0–1
 Cameroon 3–0 Match 2  Norway 1–0
 Sweden 1–1 Match 3  Mexico 1–1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 321061+57
 Sweden 312064+25
 Russia 310276+13
 Cameroon 3012311−81
 Final standing
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 31113304
 Republic of Ireland 31112204
 Italy 31112204
 Norway 31111104
Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result
 United States 1–0 Round of 16  Nigeria 2–1 (aet)
 Netherlands 3–2 Quarter-finals  Spain 2–1
 Sweden 1–0 Semi-finals  Bulgaria 2–1

Match

Details

17 July 1994
12:35 PDT
Brazil  0–0
(a.e.t.) 		 Italy
(Report)
  Penalties  
Márcio Santos
Romário
Branco
Dunga 		3–2 Baresi
Albertini
Evani
Massaro
R. Baggio
Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 94,194
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
Brazil
Italy
GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel
RB 2 Jorginho  21'
CB 13Aldair
CB 15Marcio Santos
LB 6 Branco
CM 5 Mauro Silva
CM 8 Dunga (c)
AM 17Mazinho  4'
AM 9 Zinho  106'
CF 11Romário
CF 7 Bebeto
Substitutions:
DF 14Cafu  87'  21'
FW 21Viola  106'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira
Gianluca Pagliuca Roberto Mussi Franco Baresi Paolo Maldini Antonio Benarrivo Nicola Berti Dino Baggio Demetrio Albertini Roberto Donadoni Roberto Baggio Daniele Massaro Bebeto Romário Mazinho Zinho Dunga Mauro Silva Jorginho Aldair Marcio Santos Branco Cláudio TaffarelBRA-ITA 1994-07-17.svg
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GK 1 Gianluca Pagliuca
RB 8 Roberto Mussi  35'
CB 6 Franco Baresi (c)
CB 5 Paolo Maldini
LB 3 Antonio Benarrivo
RM 14Nicola Berti
CM 13Dino Baggio  95'
CM 11Demetrio Albertini  42'
LM 16Roberto Donadoni
CF 10Roberto Baggio
CF 19Daniele Massaro
Substitutes:
DF 2 Luigi Apolloni  41'  35'
MF 17Alberigo Evani  95'
Manager:
Arrigo Sacchi

Officials

Match Rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Two substitutions permitted, plus one for the goalkeeper.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KBUR/1994/7/17/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA
  2. ↑ "1994 FIFA World Cup Final Details". Planet World Cup. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "The Story of the 1994 World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Molinaro, John F. (21 November 2009). "1994 World Cup: Coming to America". CBC Sports (CBC/Radio-Canada). Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1992-06-30/sports/sp-1347_1_world-cup-ticket
  6. ↑ Bellos, Alex (22 April 2004). "Brazil still in thrall to the Senna legend". The Guardian (Guardian News and Media). Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Milan and Italy's imperial sweeper. Franco BARESI
  8. ↑ Previously this result was attained in 1974 by five German players: Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer, Wolfgang Overath, Jürgen Grabowski and Horst-Dieter Höttges.