1994 FIFA World Cup

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1994 FIFA World Cup
Host Nation United States
Qualification Dates March 21, 1992-November 17, 1993
Tournament Dates June 17-July 17, 1994
Champion Brazil
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The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States at nine venues across the country. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988. Despite soccer's relative lack of popularity in the host nation, the tournament was the most financially successful in World Cup history; it broke tournament records with overall attendance of 3,587,538 and an average of 68,991 per game, marks that stood unbroken as of 2018 despite the expansion of the competition from 24 to 32 teams starting with the 1998 World Cup.

Publications

Programs
Stage Date Teams Venue
Qualifying September 10, 2008 Russia vs. Wales Lokomotiv Stadium
Qualifying October 11, 2008 England vs. Kazakhstan Wembley Stadium
Qualifying October 11, 2008 Germany vs. Russia Stadion Dortmund
Qualifying June 6, 2009 Kazakhstan vs. England Almaty Central Stadium
Qualifying June 10, 2009 England vs. Andorra Wembley Stadium
Qualifying August 12, 2009 Norway vs. Scotland Ullevaal Stadion
Qualifying September 5, 2009 Ukraine vs. Andorra Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
Qualifying September 9, 2009 England vs. Croatia Wembley Stadium
Qualifying October 10, 2009 Serbia vs. Romania Stadion Crvena Zvezda
Group Stage June 11-25, 2010 multiple multiple
Knockout Stage June 26-July 11, 2010 multiple multiple
1994 FIFA World Cup (United States) Countries
Champions Brazil
Runners-up Italy
Third Place Sweden
Fourth Place Bulgaria
Quarterfinalists Germany • Netherlands • Romania • Spain
Round of 16 Belgium • Republic of Ireland
Group Stage Algeria • Australia • Cameroon • France • Greece • Honduras • Italy • Ivory Coast • New Zealand • Nigeria • North Korea • Serbia • Slovenia • South Africa • Switzerland
Non-Qualifiers Denmark • Northern Ireland • Portugal • Scotland • Wales
All Tournaments 1950 • 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966 • 1970 • 1974 • 1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 • 2018 • 2022