Looking back at the 1994 World Cup, who was the champion team that year?
The 1994 World Cup was won by Brazil, which was the first time in their history that they won a trophy other than the Remet Cup, and the first time they won the "Libertadores" trophy.
Brazil was the first team in World Cup history to win the Remet Cup three times, but since then it has only won five trophies until 1994.
In 1994, the United States still had 24 teams participating in the World Cup, and that was the last time 24 teams competed.
The 24 teams were divided into 4 groups, one of which was hosted by the United States, and they were Argentina, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, and Italy. Brazil were drawn in Group B when they played Cameroon, Sweden, Russia.
In the group stage, Brazil won 2-0 and 3-0 against Russia and Cameroon to win two in a row and held it to a 1-1 draw in Switzerland. They finished top of their group.
In the match of 16-8, Brazil faced the hosts United States, and in 90 minutes they won 1-0 to enter 16-16. Brazilian Leonardo received a yellow card, but Brazil still had the initiative in the game due to the lack of one man. Romario was ruled out for offside, but he then scored for Bebeto to give his side a 1-0 victory.
In the match of 1 4, Brazil played against the Netherlands, and the two sides were 0-0 in the first half. At the start of the second half, Brazil made a big splash, Romario and Bebeto scored respectively to give Brazil a 2-0 lead, then Bergkamp scored another goal for the Netherlands, Winter scored a goal, and a penalty kick from Brazil in the 81st minute was scored by Blanco to win 3-2.
In the semi-finals, Brazil beat Sweden 1-0.
In the last match, Brazil played out an extra-time match with Italy, with both teams leading 0-0 until the final minute with a penalty shootout.
In the final game, both sides scored one goal each and then took a 2-2 lead each. However, in the fourth round, Massaro missed a penalty and ended up Italy trailing 2-3. In the final, Brazil won the match 3-2 and claimed the trophy of this World Cup thanks to Baggio's shot that was too high.