1994 FIFA World Cup

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	October 14, 1992	Scotland vs. Portugal	Ibrox Park
	November 18, 1992	Northern Ireland vs. Denmark	Windsor Park
	March 31, 1993	Wales vs. Belgium	Ninian Park
	May 29, 1993	Poland vs. England	Stadion Śląski
Tournament	June 17-July 17, 1994	all	United States

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
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