1994 FIFA World Cup Final

1994 FIFA World Cup Final

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After extra time Brazil won 3–2 on penalties
Event	1994 FIFA World Cup
Date	July 17, 1994
Venue	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Referee	Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
Attendance	94,194
Weather	Scattered clouds 81 °F (27 °C)
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The 1994 FIFA World Cup Final was a soccer match that took place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, United States, on July 17, 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. 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. Silver Ball winner Roberto Baggio missed the decisive penalty. 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.

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. The World Cup trophy was presented to Brazil captain Dunga by then-Vice President of the United States Al Gore. 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. 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.

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 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Sweden 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5 Russia 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 3 Cameroon 3 0 1 2 3 11 −8 1		Final standing	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Mexico 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Republic of Ireland 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 Italy 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 Norway 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
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

July 17, 1994 12:35 PDT	Brazil	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Italy	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 94,194 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
		Report
		Penalties
	Márcio Santos Romário Branco Dunga	3–2	Baresi Albertini Evani Massaro R. Baggio

Brazil

Italy

GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel RB 2 Jorginho 21' CB 13 Aldair CB 15 Marcio Santos LB 6 Branco CM 5 Mauro Silva CM 8 Dunga (c) AM 17 Mazinho 4' AM 9 Zinho 106' CF 11 Romário CF 7 Bebeto Substitutions: DF 14 Cafu 87' 21' FW 21 Viola 106' Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira

GK 1 Gianluca Pagliuca RB 8 Roberto Mussi 35' CB 6 Franco Baresi (c) CB 5 Paolo Maldini LB 3 Antonio Benarrivo RM 14 Nicola Berti CM 13 Dino Baggio 95' CM 11 Demetrio Albertini 42' LM 16 Roberto Donadoni CF 10 Roberto Baggio CF 19 Daniele Massaro Substitutes: DF 2 Luigi Apolloni 41' 35' MF 17 Alberigo Evani 95' Manager: Arrigo Sacchi

Officials Linesmen: Venancio Zarate (Paraguay) Mohammad Fanaei (Iran) Fourth official: Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina)

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.