World Cup United States 1994 Facts and Statistics

wc_1994 The 1994 World Cup, hosted by the United States, was the best attended tournament in World Cup history, and ended with Brazil picking up their first World Cup championship since the heady days of 1970. The surprise team of 1994 turned out to be the Bulgarian national team that came from nowhere to claim fourth place.

Winner: Brazil
Runners-Up: Italy
Third: Sweden
Fourth: Bulgaria
Adidas Golden Ball: Romario (Brazil)
Adidas Golden Shoe: Oleg Salenko (Russia), Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) each with 6 goals
Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Michel Preud’homme (Belgium)
FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil
FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team: Brazil