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Brazil won the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating Italy 3-2 in a penalty shootout at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The match ended 0-0 after extra time, making it the first World Cup final decided by penalties. It was Brazil's fourth World Cup title.
The 1994 FIFA World Cup was held in the United States from June 17 to the 17th of July 1994, across nine venues. Total attendance reached 3,587,538 with an average of 68,991 per game, figures that remained the highest in World Cup history as of 2022.
Hristo Stoichkov of Bulgaria and Oleg Salenko of Russia shared the Golden Boot, each scoring six goals. Salenko became the first player to score five goals in a single World Cup game, in Russia's 6-1 group stage win over Cameroon.
Diego Maradona was expelled from the 1994 FIFA World Cup after failing a drug test that detected ephedrine in his blood. He had played only two group stage games for Argentina, scoring his last World Cup goal against Greece in Foxborough, before being removed from the tournament.
The 1994 FIFA World Cup introduced three points for a win in the group stage instead of two, a relaxed offside rule, and a ban on goalkeepers picking up deliberate back-passes from teammates. These changes were made to encourage more attacking play following criticism of the defensive, low-scoring 1990 World Cup.
Colombian defender Andrés Escobar was shot to death outside a bar in a Medellín suburb approximately ten days after Colombia was eliminated from the 1994 World Cup. He had scored an own goal against the United States that contributed to Colombia's group stage exit, and his killing is believed to have been connected to that mistake, possibly linked to the influence of drug cartels and betting syndicates that had surrounded the Colombian team.