1990 FIFA World Cup

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1990 Football World Cup - Italy
Italia 90
Image:1990 Football World Cup poster.jpg
Official 1990 Football World Cup poster
Image:1990 Football World Cup logo.png
Official 1990 Football World Cup logo
Participant teams 106
(final tournament: 24)
Host Italy
Champions West Germany (3rd title)
Matches played 52
Goals scored 115
(2.21 per match)
Attendance 2,517,348
(48,411 per match)
Top scorer/
Golden Shoe
Salvatore Schillaci (ITA)
6 goals
Best player/
Golden Ball
Salvatore Schillaci (ITA)

The 1990 Football World Cup was designated by FIFA in 1984 to be held in Italy, making it the second country to host the event twice. It was won by West Germany, who beat Argentina 1-0 in the final, repeating the final of the 1986 Football World Cup .

With its third title (and three second place finishes) West Germany became the most successful World Cup nation for 4 years, until Brazil won their 4th Championship in 1994. West German team manager Franz Beckenbauer became the second footballer, after Mario Zagallo of Brazil, to become World Champion as a player (in 1974) and as team manager. In doing so, Beckenbauer also became the first captain of a winning team to later manage a winning squad.

The format of the competition stayed the same as in 1986: 24 teams qualified, divided into six groups of four. 16 teams would qualify for the knockout competition: six group winners, six second place finishers, and four best third place finishers. Three nations qualified for the first time in their history: Costa Rica, the Republic of Ireland and the United Arab Emirates.

The World Cup began with an upset. Defending champion Argentina fell 0-1 to Cameroon in the opening match. The goal was headed in by François Omam-Biyik. Cameroon went on to become the surprise team of the Championship, becoming the first African nation to go to the quarter finals and losing there 2-3 in extra time to England after leading 2-1. Cameroon's Roger Milla, who came out of retirement for the World Cup, became an international superstar at age 38, long after most top-level footballers typically retire.

Argentina recovered from their defeat and went all the way to the final. On their way they defeated Brazil in the round of 16 and, in the semi-final, were the first team in this tournament to score a goal against the hosts Italy, winning through a penalty shootout after a 1-1 score after extra time. Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea saved two penalty kicks.

Italian Salvatore Schillaci won the Golden Boot with six goals, scoring a goal in every game that he appeared in. Amazingly, 'Toto' had played for Italy only once prior to the tournament.

The World Cup 1990 is widely regarded as one of the least spectacular and most cynical World Cups ever. It generated a record-low goals-per-game average and (at the time) record 16 red cards. Most teams relied heavily on defensive play and hard tackling, as well as aggressive intimidation of the referee. In the knock-out stage of the cup, many teams would "play it safe" for 120 minutes and try their luck in the penalty shootout, rather than risk going forward. Runners-up Argentina was the prime example of this trend, taking the gold-plated medal (for the second place) despite scoring only 5 goals in 7 games. World Champions West Germany was one of the few teams to choose an attacking style of play.

Contents

Venues

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1990 FIFA World Cup (squads)

Qualification

See 1990 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

First round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
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Template:USAf 0300328-6

June 9, Stadio Olimpico, Rome - Template:ITAf 1 - 0 Template:AUTf

June 10, Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence - Template:USAf 1 - 5 Template:TCHf

June 14, Stadio Olimpico, Rome - Template:ITAf 1 - 0 Template:USAf

June 15, Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence - Template:AUTf 0 - 1 Template:TCHf

June 19, Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence - Template:AUTf 2 - 1 Template:USAf

June 19, Stadio Olimpico, Rome - Template:ITAf 2 - 0 Template:TCHf

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
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Template:ARGf 33111321
Template:URSf 23102440

June 8, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan - Template:ARGf 0 - 1 Template:CMRf

June 9, Stadio San Nicola, Bari - Template:URSf 0 - 2 Template:ROUf

June 13, Stadio San Paolo, Naples - Template:ARGf 2 - 0 Template:URSf

June 14, Stadio San Nicola, Bari - Template:CMRf 2 - 1 Template:ROUf

June 18, Stadio San Nicola, Bari - Template:CMRf 0 - 4 Template:URSf

June 18, Stadio San Paolo, Naples - Template:ARGf 1 - 1 Template:ROUf

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:BRAf 63300413
Template:CRCf 43201321
Template:SCOf 2310223-1
Template:SWEf 0300336-3

June 10, Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin - Template:BRAf 2 - 1 Template:SWEf

June 11, Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa - Template:CRCf 1 - 0 Template:SCOf

June 16, Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin - Template:BRAf 1 - 0 Template:CRCf

June 16, Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa - Template:SCOf 2 - 1 Template:SWEf

June 20, Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin - Template:BRAf 1 - 0 Template:SCOf

June 20, Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa - Template:SWEf 1 - 2 Template:CRCf

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
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Template:YUGf 43201651
Template:COLf 33111321
Template:UAEf 03003211-9

June 9, Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna - Template:UAEf 0 - 2 Template:COLf

June 10, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan - Template:FRGf 4 - 1 Template:YUGf

June 14, Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna - Template:YUGf 1 - 0 Template:COLf

June 15, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan - Template:FRGf 5 - 1 Template:UAEf

June 19, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan - Template:FRGf 1 - 1 Template:COLf

June 19, Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna - Template:YUGf 4 - 1 Template:UAEf

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:ESPf 53210523
Template:BELf 43201633
Template:URUf 3311123-1
Template:KORf 0300316-5

June 12, Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona - Template:BELf 2 - 0 Template:KORf

June 13, Stadio Friuli, Udine - Template:URUf 0 - 0 Template:ESPf

June 17, Stadio Friuli, Udine - Template:ESPf 3 - 1 Template:KORf

June 17, Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona - Template:BELf 3 - 1 Template:URUf

June 21, Stadio Friuli, Udine - Template:KORf 0 - 1 Template:URUf

June 21, Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona - Template:BELf 1 - 2 Template:ESPf

Group F

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
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Template:NEDf 33030220
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Note: Ireland awarded second place by drawing of lots

June 11, Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari - Template:ENGf 1 - 1 Template:IRLf

June 12, Stadio Della Favorita, Palermo - Template:NEDf 1 - 1 Template:EGYf

June 16, Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari - Template:ENGf 0 - 0 Template:NEDf

June 17, Stadio Della Favorita, Palermo - Template:IRLf 0 - 0 Template:EGYf

June 21, Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari - Template:ENGf 1 - 0 Template:EGYf

June 21, Stadio Della Favorita, Palermo - Template:NEDf 1 - 1 Template:IRLf


Knockout stages

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Round of sixteen

June 23, Stadio San Paolo, Naples - Template:CMRf 2 - 1 (AET) Template:COLf

June 23, Stadio San Nicola, Bari - Template:TCHf 4 - 1 Template:CRCf

June 24, Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin - Template:ARGf 1 - 0 Template:BRAf

June 24, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan - Template:FRGf 2 - 1 Template:NEDf

June 25, Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa - Template:IRLf 0 - 0 (AET 5-4 PEN) Template:ROUf

June 25, Stadio Olimpico, Rome - Template:ITAf 2 - 0 Template:URUf

June 26, Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona - Template:ESPf 1 - 2 (AET) Template:YUGf

June 26, Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna - Template:ENGf 1 - 0 (AET) Template:BELf

Quarter-finals

June 30, Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence - Template:ARGf 0 - 0 (AET 3-2 PEN) Template:YUGf

June 30, Stadio Olimpico, Rome - Template:ITAf 1 - 0 Template:IRLf

July 1, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan - Template:FRGf 1 - 0 Template:TCHf

July 1, Stadio San Paolo, Naples - Template:ENGf 3 - 2 (AET) Template:CMRf

Semi-finals

July 3, Stadio San Paolo, Naples - Template:ARGf 1 - 1 (AET 4-3 PEN) Template:ITAf

July 4, Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin - Template:FRGf 1 - 1 (AET 4-3 PEN) Template:ENGf

Third place match

July 7, Stadio San Nicola, Bari - Template:ITAf 2 - 1 Template:ENGf

Final

July 8, Stadio Olimpico, Rome - Template:FRGf 1 - 0 Template:ARGf

Attendance: 73,603

Referee: Edgardo Codesal Mendez (Mexico)

Goals: Brehme (GER) 85' (Penalty).

1990 World Cup Champions:

Image:Flag of Germany.svg WEST GERMANY (3rd title)

Firsts

  • For the first time, both World Cup semi-finals were decided by penalty shootouts.
  • The tournament marks the first time a World Cup tournament has ever hit such a low goals-per-game average. There were 115 goals, and, taking account of extra time when applicable, 4920 minutes of play - which means 1 goal every 42.7 minutes, or only 2.1 goals for every 90-minute game.
  • First appearance of Costa Rica, the Republic of Ireland, the United Arab Emirates, and reappearance of the United States after a 40-year absence. Both the UAE and the USA went out in the group stage.
  • For the first time the second place team of a group was decided by draw: Template:IRLf in Group F.
  • This was the first (and only, so far) World Cup in which two European teams were defeated by a Central American squad: Costa Rica 1:0 Scotland, and Costa Rica 2:1 Sweden.

The final alone had several firsts:

  • For the first time a team reached three World Cup finals in a row: West Germany had already lost the finals in 1982 and 1986. This feat was later repeated by Brazil in 1994, 1998 and 2002 with better results : two titles out of three finals.
  • It was the first rematch of a preceding final: The World Cup 1986 already saw Argentina and West Germany in the final, only with a different winner.
  • Pedro Monzón of Argentina became the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final. Teammate Gustavo Abel Dezotti was also sent off.
  • For the first time, the losing team did not score a goal: Germany won by a penalty, almost saved by Sergio Goycochea, scored in the 85th minute by Andreas Brehme after a heavily disputed foul on Rudi Völler. As such, West Germany's Bodo Illgner became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup final.

Trivia

USSR was the rival of the Italy´s candidacy to host the event.

Lasts

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External links

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