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Host · Italy

1990

1990 FIFA Men's World Cup · 8 June 1990 – 8 July 1990

Champion

West Germany

1–0

Runner-up

Argentina

OverviewTeamsMatchesTop ScorersAwardsPenalties
The tournament in numbers

Overview

Tournament totals counted from imported source data.

Teams

24 nations qualified for this tournament.

Argentina

ARG

Austria

AUT

Belgium

BEL

Brazil

BRA

Cameroon

CMR

Colombia

COL

Costa Rica

CRI

Czechoslovakia

CSK

Egypt

EGY

England

ENG

Matches

Every match of the tournament, stage by stage (52 total).

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group stage · 36 matches
8 June 1990

Argentina v Cameroon

0–1

San Siro
9 June 1990

Soviet Union v Romania

0–2

Stadio San Nicola

Top Scorers

Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.

1

Salvatore SchillaciItaly

6 goals

2

Tomáš SkuhravýCzechoslovakia

5 goals

3

MíchelSpain

4 goals

4

Roger MillaCameroon

4 goals

5

Lothar MatthäusWest Germany

4 goals

Honours

Awards

Official tournament awards in the archive.

Best Young PlayerRobert ProsinečkiYugoslavia
Bronze BallDiego MaradonaArgentina
Bronze BootGary LinekerEngland
Bronze BootRoger MillaCameroon
Golden BallSalvatore SchillaciItaly
Golden BootSalvatore SchillaciItaly
Silver BallLothar MatthäusWest Germany

Penalty Shootouts

4 matches went to penalties, with 38 shootout kicks recorded.

round of 16 · 1 match
25 June 1990

Republic of Ireland v Romania

0–0 (5–4 pens)

Stadio Luigi Ferraris
quarter-finals · 1 match
30 June 1990

Argentina v Yugoslavia

0–0 (3–2 pens)

Stadio Comunale
semi-finals · 2 matches
3 July 1990

Argentina v Italy

1–1 (4–3 pens)

Stadio San Paolo

24

Teams

52

Matches

115

Goals

175

Cards

380

Substitutions

4

Penalty shootouts

38

Shootout kicks

8

Awards

Group standings and knockout bracket views will be added after standings/bracket queries are finalized.

Italy

ITA

Netherlands

NLD

Republic of Ireland

IRL

Romania

ROU

Scotland

SCO

South Korea

KOR

Soviet Union

SUN

Spain

ESP

Sweden

SWE

United Arab Emirates

ARE

United States

USA

Uruguay

URY

West Germany

DEU

Yugoslavia

YUG
9 June 1990

United Arab Emirates v Colombia

0–2

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
9 June 1990

Italy v Austria

1–0

Stadio Olimpico
10 June 1990

United States v Czechoslovakia

1–5

Stadio Comunale
10 June 1990

Brazil v Sweden

2–1

Stadio delle Alpi
10 June 1990

West Germany v Yugoslavia

4–1

San Siro
11 June 1990

Costa Rica v Scotland

1–0

Stadio Luigi Ferraris
11 June 1990

England v Republic of Ireland

1–1

Stadio Sant'Elia
12 June 1990

Belgium v South Korea

2–0

Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
12 June 1990

Netherlands v Egypt

1–1

Stadio La Favorita
13 June 1990

Uruguay v Spain

0–0

Stadio Friuli
13 June 1990

Argentina v Soviet Union

2–0

Stadio San Paolo
14 June 1990

Cameroon v Romania

2–1

Stadio San Nicola
14 June 1990

Yugoslavia v Colombia

1–0

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
14 June 1990

Italy v United States

1–0

Stadio Olimpico
15 June 1990

Austria v Czechoslovakia

0–1

Stadio Comunale
15 June 1990

West Germany v United Arab Emirates

5–1

San Siro
16 June 1990

Brazil v Costa Rica

1–0

Stadio delle Alpi
16 June 1990

Sweden v Scotland

1–2

Stadio Luigi Ferraris
16 June 1990

England v Netherlands

0–0

Stadio Sant'Elia
17 June 1990

Republic of Ireland v Egypt

0–0

Stadio La Favorita
17 June 1990

Belgium v Uruguay

3–1

Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
17 June 1990

South Korea v Spain

1–3

Stadio Friuli
18 June 1990

Argentina v Romania

1–1

Stadio San Paolo
18 June 1990

Cameroon v Soviet Union

0–4

Stadio San Nicola
19 June 1990

West Germany v Colombia

1–1

San Siro
19 June 1990

Yugoslavia v United Arab Emirates

4–1

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
19 June 1990

Austria v United States

2–1

Stadio Comunale
19 June 1990

Italy v Czechoslovakia

2–0

Stadio Olimpico
20 June 1990

Brazil v Scotland

1–0

Stadio delle Alpi
20 June 1990

Sweden v Costa Rica

1–2

Stadio Luigi Ferraris
21 June 1990

Belgium v Spain

1–2

Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
21 June 1990

South Korea v Uruguay

0–1

Stadio Friuli
21 June 1990

England v Egypt

1–0

Stadio Sant'Elia
21 June 1990

Republic of Ireland v Netherlands

1–1

Stadio La Favorita
round of 16 · 8 matches
23 June 1990

Cameroon v Colombia

2–1

Stadio San Paolo
23 June 1990

Czechoslovakia v Costa Rica

4–1

Stadio San Nicola
24 June 1990

Brazil v Argentina

0–1

Stadio delle Alpi
24 June 1990

West Germany v Netherlands

2–1

San Siro
25 June 1990

Republic of Ireland v Romania

0–0 (5–4 pens)

Stadio Luigi Ferraris
25 June 1990

Italy v Uruguay

2–0

Stadio Olimpico
26 June 1990

Spain v Yugoslavia

1–2

Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
26 June 1990

England v Belgium

1–0

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
quarter-finals · 4 matches
30 June 1990

Argentina v Yugoslavia

0–0 (3–2 pens)

Stadio Comunale
30 June 1990

Republic of Ireland v Italy

0–1

Stadio Olimpico
1 July 1990

Czechoslovakia v West Germany

0–1

San Siro
1 July 1990

Cameroon v England

2–3

Stadio San Paolo
semi-finals · 2 matches
3 July 1990

Argentina v Italy

1–1 (4–3 pens)

Stadio San Paolo
4 July 1990

West Germany v England

1–1 (4–3 pens)

Stadio delle Alpi
third-place match · 1 match
7 July 1990

Italy v England

2–1

Stadio San Nicola
final · 1 match
8 July 1990

West Germany v Argentina

1–0

Stadio Olimpico
Silver Boot
Tomáš Skuhravý
Czechoslovakia
4 July 1990

West Germany v England

1–1 (4–3 pens)

Stadio delle Alpi