The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the fifteenth World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It was hosted by the United States and held from June 17 to July 17, 1994, in nine venues across the country. The United States was chosen as the host country by FIFA on July 4, 1988. Despite the relative lack of popularity in football in the host country, the tournament was the most financially successful [in particular] in World Cup history. It broke tournament records with a total attendance of 3,587,538 and an average of 68,991 per match, marks that have not been cut short as of 2018 although the competition expanded from 24 to 32 teams starting in the 1998 World Cup.
Brazil won the championship after defeating Italy 3-2 in a penalty shootout at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California near Los Angeles, after the match ended 0-0 after extra time. This was the first World Cup Final to be decided on penalties. The victory made Brazil the first country to win four World Cups. There were three new participants in the tournament: Greece, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia plus Russia, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and for the first time since 1938, a united Germany participated in the tournament.
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