1994 FIFA World Cup

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The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th edition of the men's football world championship, hosted by the United States and won by Brazil after defeating Italy in a penalty shootout in the final.

Aliases (1)
  • 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification ×2

Statements (60)
Predicate Object
instanceOf FIFA World Cup
international football tournament
automaticQualifiers Germany national football team
United States
averageAttendance 68991
bestGoalkeeper Michel Preud'homme
bestYoungPlayer Marc Overmars
broadcastIn over 150 countries
champion Brazil national football team
closingDate 1994-07-17
continent North America
defendingChampion Germany national football team
editionNumber 15
fairPlayAward Brazil national football team
finalDecidedBy penalty shoot-out
finalMatchCity Pasadena
finalMatchCountry United States
finalMatchVenue Rose Bowl
finalPenaltyScore 3–2
finalScoreAfterExtraTime 0–0
fourthPlace Bulgaria national football team
goldenBallWinner Romário
goldenBootWinner Hristo Stoichkov
Oleg Salenko
hostCity Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
East Rutherford
Los Angeles
New York City
Orlando
Pasadena
San Francisco
Stanford
hostConfederation CONCACAF
hostCountry United States
mascot Striker the World Cup Pup
nextEdition 1998 FIFA World Cup
notableEvent first FIFA World Cup hosted by the United States
first World Cup final decided by a penalty shoot-out
numberOfConfederations 5
numberOfGoals 141
numberOfHostCities 9
numberOfMatches 52
numberOfTeams 24
numberOfVenues 9
officialAnthem Gloryland
officialMatchBall Questra
officialSong Gloryland
openingDate 1994-06-17
organizer FIFA
previousEdition 1990 FIFA World Cup
qualificationSpots 22
runnerUp Italy national football team
sport association football
thirdPlace Sweden national football team
totalAttendance 3587538
winner Brazil national football team
year 1994

Referenced by (17)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Dominic Kinnear ("1994 FIFA World Cup qualification")
Hugo Sánchez ("1994 FIFA World Cup qualification")
Jay-Jay Okocha
Rashidi Yekini
participatedIn
Dennis Bergkamp
Sunday Oliseh
playedInTournament
Marco Etcheverry
competitionParticipatedIn
Nigeria national football team
firstWorldCupAppearance
Stanford Stadium
hostedEvent
United States men's national soccer team
hostedTournament
Jack Charlton
ledTeamToTournament
1990 FIFA World Cup
nextEdition
United States men's national soccer team
notableWorldCup
Finidi George
participantIn
Marco Etcheverry
playedIn
1998 FIFA World Cup
previousEdition
Italy national football team
WorldCupRunnerUpEdition

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