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[20], Meanwhile, the Netherlands also had an argument that on grounds of recent footballing form, they should be seeded, as the winners of the 1988 European Championship, in which both Spain and England had been eliminated in the group stages, while Belgium (fourth in the 1986 World Cup after beating Spain, and thus seeded in 1990) had failed to even qualify: but this argument was countered by the fact that the Netherlands had themselves failed to qualify for both the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, which was considered the most important factor in the decision not to seed them.[21]. Ireland and Argentina were prime examples of this trend of cautious defensive play; the Irish team fell behind in two of their three group matches and only equalised late in both games. [11] A month later, only England, Greece, Italy and the Soviet Union remained in the hunt after the other contenders all withdrew. The game took place on 8 July 1990 at the Stadio Olimpico in Italy's capital and largest city, Rome, and was won 1–0 by West Germany, with a late penalty kick taken by Andreas Brehme being the game's only goal. Most of the construction cost in excess of their original estimates and total costs ended up being over £550 million (approximately $935 million). The only stipulation of the draw was that no group could feature two South American teams.  United States, Colombia The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup. The successive rounds were: round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, final. Their success was fired by the goals of Roger Milla, a 38-year-old forward who came out of international retirement to join the national squad at the last moment after a personal request from Cameroonian President Paul Biya. They beat Argentina 1–0 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, a rematch of the previous final four years earlier. Ciao, a stick figure in the colours of the Italy Tricolore, was the mascot for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.. On 9 December 1989 the draw was conducted at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome, where the teams were drawn out from the three pots to be placed with the seeded teams in their predetermined groups. A header by David Platt levelled the game 10 minutes later but Schillaci was fouled in the penalty area five minutes later, leading to a penalty. The vote to choose the hosts of the 1990 tournament was held on 19 May 1984 in Zürich, Switzerland. France, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1990_FIFA_World_Cup_Final&oldid=1010089148, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 March 2021, at 19:03. Final Tournament Standings. Naples, Italy. Cameroon 2 v Colombia 1. Argentina lost their veteran goalkeeper, Nery Pumpido, to a broken leg during their victory over the USSR: his replacement, Sergio Goycochea, proved to be one of the stars of their tournament. The lyrical Davies apologised upon waking wi… Final draw [edit | edit source] File:Mascotte di italia 90.JPG. FIFA President João Havelange and General secretary Joseph S. Blatter waiting for the prize ceremony to start after the final", "Germany 1 - 0 Argentina - German President Richard von Weizsaeckergoing to award Thomas Haessler (bending over) a medal", "FIFA World Cup - Italia 1990; Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy. England beat Egypt 1–0, the only match with a decisive result, and that was enough to win the group. Officials in italics were only used as assistants during the tournament.  Yugoslavia, On 9 December 1989 the draw was conducted at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome, where the teams were drawn out from the three pots to be placed with the seeded teams in their predetermined groups. by Cutthroat Plays Quiz not verified by Sporcle . .  Belgium (5th) President Cossiga later handed the FIFA World Cup Trophy to West German captain Lothar Matthäus. Ireland won the drawing of lots against the Netherlands for second place in Group F: the Netherlands were the only third-placed team not to have won any matches - or lost any: they progressed with three draws (3 points). Final draw [edit | edit source] File:Mascotte di italia 90.JPG. History of 1990 FIFA World Cup: football 1990 Italy World Cup Winner (Germany FR) and Runner-up (Argentina). [1][2][3][4] It generated an average 2.2 goals per game – a record low that still stands[5] – and a then-record 16 red cards, including the first ever dismissal in a final. Their coach Luis Suárez said, "We feel we've been cheated...they wanted to seed England and to send it to Cagliari at all costs. Only one other World Cup-winning team took longer to net a goal than West Germany in 1990 – Brazil four years later, albeit by merely a minute. After 22 minutes Rudi Völler and Rijkaard were both dismissed after a number of incidents between the two players, including Rijkaard spitting on Völler. Belgium won their first two games against South Korea and Uruguay to ensure their progress; Uruguay's advance to the second round came with an injury time winner against South Korea to edge them through as the weakest of the third-placed sides to remain in the tournament. Initially discredited by the press, Branco would be publicly proven right years later, when Maradona confessed the episode on a TV show in Argentina. The tournament was won by West Germany, for the third time. For the second World Cup in succession, however, England lost their captain Bryan Robson to an injury which put him out of the tournament, just over halfway through their second match. Cameroon came within eight minutes of reaching the semi-finals before they conceded a penalty, which Gary Lineker converted. The 1990 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match played between West Germany and Argentina to determine the winner of the 1990 FIFA World Cup.  Spain  United Arab Emirates Ian Morrison wrote “The game did little for football but there was one consolation: Had the Argentines lifted the World Cup--with two wins and five goals in their seven matches--it would have been a catastrophe for the game. For 90 minutes we attacked Argentina and there was no feeling of any danger that a goal would be scored against us. Winner. The cities that hosted the most World Cup matches were the two biggest cities in Italy: Rome and Milan, each hosting six matches, and Bari, Naples and Turin each hosted five matches. Argentina defeated West Germany in the previous final. They began with a 2–1 win over Sweden, then beat both Costa Rica and Scotland 1–0. FIFA President João Havelange had reportedly earlier stated that Spain would be seeded. The 1990 victory gave West Germany their third FIFA World Cup title, also making them the team to have played in the most FIFA World Cup finals at the time (three wins, three defeats), as well as avenging their defeat at the hands of Argentina in the previous final. Then, in the 60th minute, a free-kick tapped to Andreas Brehme resulted in a shot which was deflected off Paul Parker into his own net. [1][2][29][30][31] In the 65th minute, Argentina's Pedro Monzon - himself only recently on as a substitute - was sent off for a foul on Jürgen Klinsmann. Italy finished third and England fourth, after both lost their semi-finals in penalty shootouts. Ireland thus became the first team since Sweden in 1938 to reach the last eight in a World Cup finals tournament without winning a match outright. In the second half, the game was turned on its head during a five-minute stretch: first Cameroon were awarded a penalty from which Emmanuel Kunde scored the equaliser; then in the 65th minute Eugene Ekeke put Cameroon ahead. The 1990 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match played between West Germany and Argentina to determine the winner of the 1990 FIFA World Cup. It was West Germany's last World Cup match; the team played three more games before a unified German team was formed later in 1990, as a result of the reunification of the country after more than 40 years.[1]. Both Mexico and Chile were disqualified during the qualification process; the former for fielding an overage player in a prior youth tournament,[15] the latter after goalkeeper Roberto Rojas faked injury from a firework thrown from the stands in their final qualifying match against Brazil, which caused the match to be abandoned. Italy became the second country to host the tournament twice, fifty-six years on from their 1934 triumph on home soil. It began on 23 June with the round of 16 matches, and ended on 8 July with the final match of the tournament held in Rome, in which West Germany beat the defending champions Argentina 1–0 to claim their third World Cup. The Stadio San Nicola in Bari and Turin's Stadio delle Alpi were completely new venues opened for the World Cup. After the 1970 tournament, this is only the second time in the history of the World Cup this has occurred. England had another Platt goal disallowed for offside. Argentina became the competition's first finalist not to score, with only one shot on goal. Germany FR FRG. The seeds were decided by FIFA, primarily based on the nations' performance in the 1986 World Cup, with the 1982 World Cup also considered as a secondary influence. Cagliari, Udine and Palermo were the only cities of the 12 selected that did not host any knockout round matches. Of the twelve stadiums in used, only four (San Siro, Luigi Ferraris, Comunale of Florence and Renato Dall'Ara) had been used for the 1934 FIFA World Cup. A Ronald Koeman penalty for the Netherlands in the 89th minute narrowed the score to 2–1 but the Germans saw the game out to gain some revenge for their exit to the Dutch in the previous European Championship. The West Germans topped the group after a 4–1 opening victory over group runners-up Yugoslavia. despite being undefeated 8 years later in Italian ninety they were back for their second appearance, but written off as a 500 to one no hopeless.  South Korea Brazil took maximum points from the group. 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Owing to their performance in 1982 but also to their overall World Cup record, Brazil were seeded third and not considered to drop out of the seedings. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. It would later come to light that Branco had been offered water spiked with tranquillisers by Maradona and Ricardo Giusti during half time, to slow him down in the second half. It was the first time a team from UEFA had won the World Cup final against a non-European team. Three minutes later he netted a second after Colombian goalkeeper, René Higuita was dispossessed by Milla while well out of his goal, leaving the striker free to slot the ball into the empty net. West German manager Franz Beckenbauer became the first man to both captain (in 1974) and manage a World Cup winning team, and only the second man (after Mário Zagallo of Brazil) to win the World Cup as a player and as team manager.  England (6th), Cameroon Nicola Berti had a goal ruled out minutes later, but the hosts claimed third place. The remaining ten venues all underwent extensive programmes of improvements in preparation for the tournament, forcing many of the club tenants of the stadia to move to temporary homes. As the players walked off the pitch together, Rijkaard spat on Völler a second time. Among the teams who failed to qualify were 1986 semi-finalists France (missing out their first World Cup since 1974), Denmark, Paraguay, Poland (for the first time since 1970), Portugal and Hungary. Squads for the 1990 World Cup consisted of 22 players, as for the previous tournament in 1986. The England national team, at the British government's request, were forced to play all 3 of their group stage matches in Cagliari on the island of Sardinia. The 1990 FIFA World Cup was a football (soccer) sporting event that was held in Italy from 8 June to 8 July 1990. The seeds were then allocated to the six groups in order of their seeding rank (1st seed to Group A, 2nd seed to Group B, etc. The six seeded teams for the 1990 tournament were announced on 7 December 1989. Second Phase. [34][35], "Italia 90" and "Italy 1990" redirect here. There were no more goals in the 90 minutes or in extra time despite Maradona (who played for Naples in Serie A at the time) showing glimpses of magic, but there was a sending-off: Ricardo Giusti of Argentina was shown the red card in the 13th minute of extra time. Linesmen: [20] The seeds were then allocated to the six groups in order of their seeding rank (1st seed to Group A, 2nd seed to Group B, etc.). Get the list of FIFA World Cup Winners From 1930 to 2018 Men's category and Women’s FIFA Winners from 1991 to 2019. Typical of a World Cup staged in Europe, the matches all started at either 5:00 or 9:00 in the evening; this allowed for the games to avoid being played in the heat of an Italian summer, which would soar past 86F (30C) all over Italy. Instead, they focused on defending at all costs, knowing they would have the advantage if they managed to reach the penalty shoot-out, as they had already advanced twice in the tournament by this means. [6], The 1990 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.69 billion non-unique viewers over the course of the tournament. Hooliganism, rife in English football in the 1980s had spilled over onto the European continent when 39 mostly Italian Juventus supporters were killed and 600 were injured at the 1985 European Cup Final in Brussels while trying to flee from an attack by Liverpool supporters. 8, 1990 (AMP) — Italy 90 : Germany claimed the FIFA World Cup crown with a 1-0 win against Argentina (halftime: 0-0) in the final on Sunday night at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. 1990 Soccer World Cup Final Standings National Teams standings with points, games played, won, loss, goals scored, goals against, goal difference from the 1990 FIFA World Cup Note : until the 1990 World Cup each win was worth 2 points, after that each win is worth 3 points. Thanks largely to British Sports Minister Colin Moynihan's negative remarks about English fans weeks before the match, security around Cagliari during England's three matches there was heavy – in addition to 7,000 local police, the Carabinieri and special forces of the Italian military were also there patrolling the premises. All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Austria, Cameroon, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia also returned after missing the 1986 tournament. The Italian authorities' presence proved to be justified as there were several riots during the time England were playing their matches in Cagliari, leading to a number of injuries, arrests and even deportations.[16][17]. Two goalkeepers – Argentina's Ángel Comizzo and England's Dave Beasant – entered their respective squads during the tournament to replace injured players (Nery Pumpido and David Seaman). [6] At the time it was the most watched World Cup in history in non-unique viewers, but was bettered by the 1994 and 2002 World Cups.[9]. Group D featured the most goals of all the groups, most due to two large wins of West Germany and defensive inadequacies of a United Arab Emirates team that lost 2–0 to Colombia, 5–1 to West Germany and 4–1 to Yugoslavia. Twelve stadiums in twelve cities were selected to host matches at the 1990 World Cup. The Netherlands drew with Egypt: they had taken a 1–0 lead, but Egypt equalised with a penalty by Abdelghani. Their success was African football's biggest yet on the world stage and FIFA subsequently decided to allocate the CAF qualifying zone an additional place for the next World Cup tournament. The semi-final between West Germany and England at Juventus's home stadium in Turin was goalless at half-time. Austria, England, France, Greece, West Germany and Yugoslavia also submitted initial applications for 31 July 1983 deadline. Cameroon defeated reigning champions Argentina. The four best third-placed teams would also advance to the next stage. England's victory over Egypt, thanks to a 58th-minute goal from Mark Wright, put them top of the group: in the other match, Gullit gave the Netherlands the lead against Ireland, but Niall Quinn scored a second-half equalizer and the two teams finished in second and third, still with identical records. The official match ball was the Adidas Etrusco Unico. England were through to the semi-finals for the first time since the days of Bobby Moore 24 years prior. Ciao, a stick figure in the colours of the Italy Tricolore, was the mascot for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.. On 9 December 1989 the draw was conducted at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome, where the teams were drawn out from the three pots to be placed with the seeded teams in their predetermined groups. [ 27 ] hosts Italy beat Uruguay 2–0, thanks to goals from Schillaci and Aldo Serena has been as... 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