1994 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

The top two placed teams from each of the six groups, plus the four best-placed third teams, qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third-placed teams (Best four qualify)
A	Romania	Switzerland	United States
B	Brazil	Sweden	—N/a
C	Germany	Spain	—N/a
D	Nigeria	Bulgaria	Argentina
E	Mexico	Republic of Ireland	Italy
F	Netherlands	Saudi Arabia	Belgium

Based on group results, the matches would be the following in Round of 16:

Round of 16	Teams per qualified group positions	Teams identified
Match 1:	A1 – C3/D3/E3	Romania – Argentina
Match 2:	B2 – F2	Sweden – Saudi Arabia
Match 3:	F1 – E2	Netherlands – Ireland
Match 4:	B1 – A3/C3/D3	Brazil – United States
Match 5:	E1 – D2	Mexico – Bulgaria
Match 6:	C1 – A3/B3/F3	Germany – Belgium
Match 7:	D1 – B3/E3/F3	Nigeria – Italy
Match 8:	A2 – C2	Switzerland – Spain

The pairings for matches 1, 4, 6, and 7 depended on who the best third places were that qualified for the round of 16. The following table, published in Section 28 of the tournament regulations, shows the different options to define the rivals of the winners of groups A, B, C, and D.

Third teams qualify from groups:	Romania (A1) plays vs.:	Brazil (B1) plays vs.:	Germany (C1) plays vs.:	Nigeria (D1) plays vs.:
A B C D	C3	D3	A3	B3
A B C E	C3	A3	B3	E3
A B C F	C3	A3	B3	F3
A B D E	D3	A3	B3	E3
A B D F	D3	A3	B3	F3
A B E F	E3	A3	B3	F3
A C D E	C3	D3	A3	E3
A C D F	C3	D3	A3	F3
A C E F	C3	A3	F3	E3
A D E F	D3	A3	F3	E3
B C D E	C3	D3	B3	E3
B C D F	C3	D3	B3	F3
B C E F	E3	C3	B3	F3
B D E F	E3	D3	B3	F3
C D E F	C3	D3	F3	E3

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

July 3 – Pasadena

Romania

3

July 10 – Stanford

Argentina

2

Romania

2 (4)

July 3 – Dallas

Sweden (p)

2 (5)

Saudi Arabia

1

July 13 – Pasadena

Sweden

3

Sweden

0

July 4 – Orlando

Brazil

1

Netherlands

2

July 9 – Dallas

Republic of Ireland

0

Netherlands

2

July 4 – Stanford

Brazil

3

Brazil

1

July 17 – Pasadena

United States

0

Brazil (p)

0 (3)

July 5 – East Rutherford

Italy

0 (2)

Mexico

1 (1)

July 10 – East Rutherford

Bulgaria (p)

1 (3)

Bulgaria

2

July 2 – Chicago

Germany

1

Germany

3

July 13 – East Rutherford

Belgium

2

Bulgaria

1

July 5 – Foxborough

Italy

2

Match for third place

Nigeria

1

July 9 – Foxborough

July 16 – Pasadena

Italy (a.e.t.)

2

Italy

2

Sweden

4

July 2 – Washington

Spain

1

Bulgaria

0

Spain

3

Switzerland

0

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Germany

Belgium

GK 1 Bodo Illgner DF 4 Jürgen Kohler DF 5 Thomas Helmer  13' DF 6 Guido Buchwald MF 8 Thomas Häßler MF 10 Lothar Matthäus (c)  45' FW 13 Rudi Völler DF 14 Thomas Berthold MF 16 Matthias Sammer MF 17 Martin Wagner  37' FW 18 Jürgen Klinsmann  86' Substitutions: MF 3 Andreas Brehme  45' FW 11 Stefan Kuntz  86' Manager: Berti Vogts

GK 1 Michel Preud'homme DF 4 Philippe Albert  38' DF 5 Rudi Smidts  66' MF 6 Lorenzo Staelens MF 7 Franky Van der Elst FW 8 Luc Nilis  78' MF 10 Enzo Scifo DF 13 Georges Grün (c) DF 14 Michel De Wolf MF 15 Marc Emmers FW 17 Josip Weber Substitutions: MF 16 Danny Boffin  66' FW 11 Alexandre Czerniatynski  78' Manager: Paul Van Himst

Spain

Switzerland

GK 1 Andoni Zubizarreta (c) RB 2 Albert Ferrer  19' CB 4 Paco Camarasa  22' CB 5 Abelardo CB 18 Rafael Alkorta LB 12 Sergi MF 6 Fernando Hierro  76' MF 7 Ion Andoni Goikoetxea  18'  61' MF 20 Miguel Ángel Nadal AM 10 José Mari Bakero CF 21 Luis Enrique Substitutions: MF 11 Txiki Begiristain  61' DF 3 Jorge Otero  87'  76' Manager: Javier Clemente

GK 1 Marco Pascolo  85' DF 2 Marc Hottiger  23' DF 3 Yvan Quentin  58' DF 4 Dominique Herr DF 5 Alain Geiger (c) MF 6 Georges Bregy DF 8 Christophe Ohrel  73' FW 9 Adrian Knup MF 10 Ciriaco Sforza FW 11 Stéphane Chapuisat MF 16 Thomas Bickel Substitutions: DF 19 Jürg Studer  69'  58' FW 14 Nestor Subiat  77'  73' Manager: Roy Hodgson

Saudi Arabia suffered a major setback with the absence of captain Majed Abdullah. An early strike from Martin Dahlin in the first half and a second-half brace by Kennet Andersson saw Sweden go through to the quarterfinals. Substitute Fahad Al-Ghesheyan pulled one back for the Saudis five minutes from the end.^[3]

Saudi Arabia

Sweden

GK 1 Mohamed Al-Deayea RB 4 Abdullah Zubromawi CB 5 Ahmad Jamil Madani CB 3 Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi LB 13 Mohamed Al-Jawad (c)  55' RM 6 Fuad Anwar CM 8 Fahad Al-Bishi  63' CM 10 Saeed Al-Owairan LM 19 Hamzah Saleh CF 12 Sami Al-Jaber CF 20 Hamzah Idris Substitutions: FW 7 Fahad Al-Ghesheyan  55' MF 14 Khalid Al-Muwallid  71'  63' Manager: Jorge Solari

GK 1 Thomas Ravelli RB 2 Roland Nilsson  74' CB 3 Patrik Andersson CB 4 Joachim Björklund  55' LB 5 Roger Ljung  16' RM 11 Tomas Brolin CM 9 Jonas Thern (c)  67'  70' CM 6 Stefan Schwarz LM 8 Klas Ingesson CF 10 Martin Dahlin CF 19 Kennet Andersson Substitutions: CB 14 Pontus Kåmark  55' CM 18 Håkan Mild  70' Manager: Tommy Svensson

Two quick goals by Dumitrescu and one more by Hagi in the second half sealed the victory for Romanians. After Batistuta's penalty kick and Balbo's rebound Argentina attacked desperately but couldn't score for the third time.^[4][5]

Romania

Argentina

GK 1 Florin Prunea DF 2 Dan Petrescu DF 14 Gheorghe Mihali DF 4 Miodrag Belodedici DF 3 Daniel Prodan DF 13 Tibor Selymes  68' MF 5 Ioan Lupescu MF 6 Gheorghe Popescu  50' MF 7 Dorinel Munteanu AM 10 Gheorghe Hagi (c)  86' CF 11 Ilie Dumitrescu  84'  89' Substitutions: MF 18 Constantin Gâlcă  86' MF 19 Corneliu Papură  89' Manager: Anghel Iordănescu

GK 12 Luis Islas RB 4 Roberto Sensini  63' CB 13 Fernando Cáceres  83' CB 6 Oscar Ruggeri (c)  33' LB 3 José Chamot  56' CM 14 Diego Simeone CM 5 Fernando Redondo  55' CM 8 José Basualdo AM 17 Ariel Ortega CF 9 Gabriel Batistuta CF 19 Abel Balbo Substitutions: FW 11 Ramón Medina Bello  63' Manager: Alfio Basile

Netherlands

Republic of Ireland

GK 1 Ed de Goey CB 18 Stan Valckx CB 4 Ronald Koeman (c)  72' CB 2 Frank de Boer RM 20 Aron Winter CM 3 Frank Rijkaard CM 8 Wim Jonk LM 5 Rob Witschge  79' RF 7 Marc Overmars CF 10 Dennis Bergkamp LF 19 Peter van Vossen  70' Substitutions: FW 11 Bryan Roy  70' DF 16 Arthur Numan  79' Manager: Dick Advocaat

GK 1 Packie Bonner RB 12 Gary Kelly CB 5 Paul McGrath CB 14 Phil Babb LB 3 Terry Phelan DM 6 Roy Keane RM 8 Ray Houghton CM 10 John Sheridan CM 7 Andy Townsend (c) LM 11 Steve Staunton  63' CF 15 Tommy Coyne  74' Substitutions: MF 21 Jason McAteer  63' FW 16 Tony Cascarino  74' Manager: Jack Charlton

This was the third time that Brazil defeated the host nation of tournament, after Sweden in 1958 and Chile in 1962 (coincidentally, on these three occasions Brazil became world champion). Since the kick off, Brazil set the pace, controlling ball possession and playing it on United States field. Left-back Leonardo was the main source of attacking, but during the last minute of the first half, after a ball dispute just by sideline, he threw his elbow at Tab Ramos' jaw, breaking it, knocking the North American down and being sent off. Later, Leonardo was handed a four-match suspension, keeping him out of the remainder of the tournament.

In the second half, Carlos Alberto Parreira put right-back Cafu on the left-back, benching Zinho. Even with one man down, Brazil kept the pace. At 72th minute, Romário recovery a ball possession on midfield, ran to opposite box and delivered it to Bebeto, who shoot just between Tony Meola and the post, giving Brazil the lead and the victory.

Brazil

United States

GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel RB 2 Jorginho  16' CB 13 Aldair CB 15 Márcio Santos LB 16 Leonardo  43' RM 17 Mazinho  8' CM 5 Mauro Silva CM 8 Dunga (c) LM 9 Zinho  69' FW 7 Bebeto FW 11 Romário Substitutions: LB 14 Cafu  69' Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira

GK 1 Tony Meola (c) DF 17 Marcelo Balboa DF 20 Paul Caligiuri  49' DF 21 Fernando Clavijo  64'  85' DF 22 Alexi Lalas MF 5 Thomas Dooley  80' MF 7 Hugo Pérez  66' MF 9 Tab Ramos  43'  45' MF 13 Cobi Jones MF 16 Mike Sorber FW 8 Earnie Stewart Substitutions: FW 11 Eric Wynalda  45' FW 10 Roy Wegerle  66' Manager: Bora Milutinović

Nigeria

Italy

GK 1 Peter Rufai (c) DF 2 Augustine Eguavoen DF 5 Uche Okechukwu DF 6 Chidi Nwanu  58' MF 7 Finidi George FW 9 Rashidi Yekini MF 10 Jay Jay Okocha MF 11 Emmanuel Amunike  57' FW 14 Daniel Amokachi  35' MF 15 Sunday Oliseh  53' DF 19 Michael Emenalo  2' Substitutions: MF 21 Mutiu Adepoju  41'  35' MF 8 Thompson Oliha  57' Manager: Clemens Westerhof

GK 12 Luca Marchegiani RB 8 Roberto Mussi CB 3 Antonio Benarrivo CB 4 Alessandro Costacurta  29' LB 5 Paolo Maldini (c)  80' RM 14 Nicola Berti  45' CM 11 Demetrio Albertini LM 16 Roberto Donadoni RF 10 Roberto Baggio CF 19 Daniele Massaro  6' LF 20 Giuseppe Signori  60'  65' Substitutions: MF 13 Dino Baggio  62'  45' FW 21 Gianfranco Zola  75'  65' Manager: Arrigo Sacchi

Mexico

Bulgaria

GK 1 Jorge Campos RB 20 Jorge Rodríguez CB 2 Claudio Suárez  14' CB 3 Juan Ramírez LB 5 Ramón Ramírez  70' RM 6 Marcelino Bernal CM 4 Ignacio Ambríz (c) CM 8 Alberto García Aspe  76' LM 17 Benjamín Galindo RF 10 Luis García  28'  57' LF 11 Luís Roberto Alves Manager: Miguel Mejía Barón

GK 1 Borislav Mihaylov (c) RB 2 Emil Kremenliev  12'  50' CB 5 Petar Hubchev CB 13 Ivaylo Yordanov  67' LB 16 Iliyan Kiryakov  34' CM 9 Yordan Letchkov AM 11 Daniel Borimirov CM 20 Krasimir Balakov RF 7 Emil Kostadinov  119' CF 10 Nasko Sirakov  17'  104' LF 8 Hristo Stoichkov Substitutions: MF 14 Boncho Genchev  104' MF 17 Petar Mihtarski  119' Manager: Dimitar Penev

Italy

Spain

GK 1 Gianluca Pagliuca RB 9 Mauro Tassotti CB 4 Alessandro Costacurta CB 5 Paolo Maldini (c) LB 3 Antonio Benarrivo RM 16 Roberto Donadoni CM 11 Demetrio Albertini  45' CM 13 Dino Baggio LM 15 Antonio Conte  66' SS 10 Roberto Baggio CF 19 Daniele Massaro Substitutions: LF 20 Giuseppe Signori  45' LM 14 Nicola Berti  66' Manager: Arrigo Sacchi

GK 1 Andoni Zubizarreta (c) RB 2 Albert Ferrer CB 5 Abelardo  3' CB 18 Rafael Alkorta LB 3 Jorge Otero DM 20 Miguel Ángel Nadal DM 12 Sergi  60' RM 7 Ion Andoni Goikoetxea AM 10 José Mari Bakero  65' LM 15 José Luis Caminero  19' FW 21 Luis Enrique Substitutions: FW 19 Julio Salinas  60' DF 6 Fernando Hierro  65' Manager: Javier Clemente

Netherlands

Brazil

GK 1 Ed de Goeij CB 6 Jan Wouters  89' SW 4 Ronald Koeman (c) CB 18 Stan Valckx RM 20 Aron Winter  40' CM 3 Frank Rijkaard  65' CM 8 Wim Jonk LM 5 Rob Witschge RF 7 Marc Overmars CF 10 Dennis Bergkamp LF 19 Peter van Vossen  54' Substitutions: FW 11 Bryan Roy  54' MF 9 Ronald de Boer  65' Manager: Dick Advocaat

GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel RB 2 Jorginho CB 13 Aldair CB 15 Márcio Santos LB 6 Branco  90' RM 17 Mazinho  81' CM 5 Mauro Silva CM 8 Dunga (c)  74' LM 9 Zinho FW 7 Bebeto FW 11 Romário Substitutions: RM 10 Raí  81' LB 14 Cafu  90' Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira

Bulgaria

Germany

GK 1 Borislav Mihaylov (c)  85' RB 16 Iliyan Kiryakov CB 3 Trifon Ivanov  22' CB 5 Petar Hubchev LB 4 Tsanko Tsvetanov DM 6 Zlatko Yankov CM 9 Yordan Letchkov CM 20 Krasimir Balakov RF 7 Emil Kostadinov  90' CF 10 Nasko Sirakov LF 8 Hristo Stoichkov  82'  85' Substitutions: FW 13 Ivaylo Yordanov  85' FW 14 Boncho Genchev  90' Manager: Dimitar Penev

GK 1 Bodo Illgner CB 5 Thomas Helmer  14' CB 6 Guido Buchwald CB 4 Jürgen Kohler RWB 14 Thomas Berthold CM 7 Andreas Möller CM 10 Lothar Matthäus (c) CM 8 Thomas Häßler  49'  83' LWB 17 Martin Wagner  15'  59' CF 13 Rudi Völler  89' CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann  50' Substitutions: MF 2 Thomas Strunz  59' DF 3 Andreas Brehme  83' Manager: Berti Vogts

Romania

Sweden

GK 1 Florin Prunea CB 3 Daniel Prodan SW 4 Miodrag Belodedici CB 6 Gheorghe Popescu  21' RWB 2 Dan Petrescu CM 5 Ioan Lupescu CM 7 Dorinel Munteanu  84' LWB 13 Tibor Selymes  34' AM 10 Gheorghe Hagi (c) SS 11 Ilie Dumitrescu CF 9 Florin Răducioiu Substitutions: MF 15 Basarab Panduru  108'  84' Manager: Anghel Iordănescu

GK 1 Thomas Ravelli RB 2 Roland Nilsson (c) CB 3 Patrik Andersson CB 4 Joachim Björklund  84' LB 5 Roger Ljung RM 11 Tomas Brolin CM 18 Håkan Mild CM 6 Stefan Schwarz  43'  101' LM 8 Klas Ingesson  7' CF 10 Martin Dahlin  107' CF 19 Kennet Andersson Substitutions: CB 14 Pontus Kåmark  84' CF 7 Henrik Larsson  107' Manager: Tommy Svensson

Bulgaria

Italy

GK 1 Borislav Mihaylov (c) RB 16 Iliyan Kiryakov CB 3 Trifon Ivanov CB 5 Petar Hubchev LB 4 Tsanko Tsvetanov DM 6 Zlatko Yankov  83' CM 9 Yordan Letchkov  65' CM 20 Krasimir Balakov AM 10 Nasko Sirakov FW 7 Emil Kostadinov  52'  72' FW 8 Hristo Stoichkov  79' Substitutions: FW 13 Ivaylo Yordanov  72' MF 14 Boncho Genchev  79' Manager: Dimitar Penev

GK 1 Gianluca Pagliuca RB 8 Roberto Mussi CB 4 Alessandro Costacurta  61' CB 5 Paolo Maldini (c) LB 3 Antonio Benarrivo RM 16 Roberto Donadoni CM 11 Demetrio Albertini  80' CM 13 Dino Baggio  56' LM 14 Nicola Berti SS 10 Roberto Baggio  71' CF 18 Pierluigi Casiraghi Substitutions: MF 15 Antonio Conte  56' FW 20 Giuseppe Signori  71' Manager: Arrigo Sacchi

Sweden

Brazil

GK 1 Thomas Ravelli RB 2 Roland Nilsson CB 3 Patrik Andersson CB 4 Joachim Björklund LB 5 Roger Ljung  29' RM 11 Tomas Brolin  86' CM 18 Håkan Mild CM 9 Jonas Thern (c)  63' LM 8 Klas Ingesson CF 10 Martin Dahlin  68' CF 19 Kennet Andersson Substitutions: CM 17 Stefan Rehn  68' Manager: Tommy Svensson

GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel RB 2 Jorginho CB 13 Aldair CB 15 Márcio Santos LB 6 Branco RM 17 Mazinho  45' CM 5 Mauro Silva CM 8 Dunga (c) LM 9 Zinho  3' FW 7 Bebeto FW 11 Romário Substitutions: RM 10 Raí  45' Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira