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1994 FIFA World Cup USA ™

  • Teams: 40
  • When: 17 June 1994 to 17 July 1994
  • Final: 17 July 1994
  • Matches: 52
  • Goals Scored: 141 (average 2.7 per match)
  • Attendance: 3587538 (average 68991)
      • Winner: Brazil
      • Runners-Up: Italy
      • Third: Sweden
      • Fourth: Bulgaria
      • adidas Golden Ball: ROMÁRIO (Romário de Souza Faria) (BRA)
          • adidas Golden Shoe: Oleg SALENKO (RUS),
          • Hristo STOICHKOV (BUL)
            • Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Michel PREUDHOMME (BEL)
            • Best Young Player Award: Marc OVERMARS (NED)
            • FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil
            • FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team: Brazil

Overview

Brazil back on top in football's final frontier
The United States staged a hugely successful 15th FIFA World Cup that became the best attended in history and ended with Brazil celebrating their first world title since 1970. Forwards Romario and Bebeto were the Brazilians' star performers while Roberto Baggio shone equally brightly for Italy despite his penalty miss that concluded the first ever Final shoot-out. While Sweden finished third, the undoubted surprise package were their fellow semi-finalists Bulgaria.

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    • Following 17 winless matches in the competition, Bulgaria notched their first finals victory in style, Greece falling victim to a 4-0 success.
    • Oleg Salenko, the only adidas Golden Shoe recipient to have played less than four matches, scored five of his six goals in an hour against Cameroon.
    • The heat caused Michel Preud'homme to drop his ritual of wearing a Standard Liege top under his Belgium jersey, but he still won the Lev Yashin award.
    • In their Group B meeting with Brazil, a 24 year 42 day age gap existed between Cameroonian veteran Roger Milla and his team-mate Rigobert Song.
    • After Socrates captained and scored for Brazil on his finals bow against the Soviet Union in 1982, Rai emulated his brother in a 2-0 win over Russia.

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