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********************************************************** C O M P I L E D & E D I T E D B Y S I M O N G L E A V E =============================================================================== I N T R O D U C T I O N & C O N T E N T S Simon Gleave =============================================================================== I first hatched the idea of putting together a comprehensive document to cover all aspects of the World Cup when I saw Eric Visser's guide to the Asian World Cup qualifying tournament last October. It struck me that as England were effectively out, I could view this year's tournament on an unbiased level and therefore write a preview of the World Cup which would be balanced. In addition to a simple preview, I thought it would be a good idea to persuade the international community of RSS to write articles about their own national sides. This would be a fairly unique way of looking at the World Cup finals. I was fairly pessimistic about getting these country profiles in time, but I was also worried that certain countries would be impossible to get hold of. The latter fear proved well founded as I was unable to find anybody to write on Bulgaria, Cameroon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Russia, but 19 out of 24 isn't bad and some of the profiles are quite superb, giving an insight that we wouldn't otherwise have. I have left the profiles in the style in which they were written, and have only corrected for English and brevity (in some cases). There is information on the five nations that were not collected, kindly sent to me by Tim Aitchison. I'd also like to thank the multiplicity of contributors without whom this could never have been written.
taken nearly 9 months to put together, don't you? Oh, I should just finally say that if you think improvements can be made, please e-mail me and I'll try to update things before the finals start on June 17. This document contains the following information: 1. Introduction & Contents Simon Gleave 2. World Cup Schedule Oliver Tse 3. The Venues for WC '94 Greg Keklak 4. World Cup Officials Adegboyega Faleti 5. Trivia Relating to WC '94 Stephen Halchuk 6. World Cup Finals All Time Rankings Thomas Esamie 7. World Cup Finals Summary & Statistics Matt Huggins 8. RSS Ranking of World Cup Finalists Simon Gleave Latest Bookmaker's Odds Simon Gleave Preview of World Cup '94 Simon Gleave
Preview Simon Gleave Colombia Mauricio Pardo Romania Adrian German & Adrian Weissmann Switzerland Serge Pasche USA Christopher Allen, David Akkarach, Andy Busa and Marcus Lindroos
Preview Simon Gleave Brazil Mauricio Dziedzic Cameroon
Russia Sweden Marek Repinski 11. World Cup Group C: Preview Simon Gleave Bolivia Rodrigo Sanchez Germany Olaf Hendel South Korea Hans S Cho Spain Fernando Rodriguez Pereyra 12. World Cup Group D: Preview Simon Gleave Argentina Sergio Adeff Bulgaria
Greece Constantinos Tsioras Nigeria Boye Olusanyo 13. World Cup Group E: Preview Simon Gleave Italy Loris Magnani Mexico Arturo Tena Colunga Norway Erik Boman & Odd-Magne Sekkingstad Republic of Ireland William McClatchie 14. World Cup Group F: Preview Simon Gleave Belgium Claude Detienne Morocco
Netherlands Karel Stokkermans Saudi Arabia 15. All Previous World Cup Results Matt Huggins =============================================================================== WORLD CUP USA 1994 SCHEDULE WITH KICKOFF TIMES Oliver Tse =============================================================================== Includes changes to kickoff times of the following matches announced by FIFA on 23 December 1993 after consultation with television networks: Italy v Norway, Bolivia v Republic of Korea, and Morocco v Saudi Arabia.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boston Foxboro, MA Foxboro Stadium EDT (GMT-4) Chicago Chicago, IL Soldier Field CDT (GMT-5) Dallas Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl CDT (GMT-5) Detroit Pontiac, MI Pontiac Silverdome EDT (GMT-4) Los Angeles Pasadena, CA Rose Bowl PDT (GMT-7) New York/New Jersey East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium EDT (GMT-4) Orlando Orlando, FL Florida Citrus Bowl EDT (GMT-4) San Francisco Stanford, CA Stanford Stadium PDT (GMT-7) Washington Washington, DC Robert F. Kennedy Stadium EDT (GMT-4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calendar June 1994 July 1994 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
W D L GF GA Pts United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 Date Location Match-up Kickoff Time M/DD GMT EDT CDT PDT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/18 Pontiac United States v Switzerland 15:30 11:30 10:30 08:30 6/18 Pasadena Colombia v Romania 23:30 19:30 18:30 16:30 6/22 Pontiac Switzerland v Romania 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 6/22 Pasadena United States v Colombia 23:30 19:30 18:30 16:30 6/26 Pasadena United States v Romania 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 6/26 Stanford Switzerland v Colombia 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- GROUP B W D L GF GA Pts Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 Date Location Match-up Kickoff Time M/DD GMT EDT CDT PDT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/19 Pasadena Cameroon v Sweden 23:30 19:30 18:30 16:30 6/20 Stanford Brazil v Russia 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 6/24 Stanford Brazil v Cameroon 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 6/24 Pontiac Russia v Sweden 23:30 19:30 18:30 16:30 6/28 Pontiac Brazil v Sweden 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 6/28 Stanford Russia v Cameroon 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- GROUP C W D L GF GA Pts Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 Republic of Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 Date Location Match-up Kickoff Time M/DD GMT EDT CDT PDT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/17 Chicago Germany v Bolivia 19:00 15:00 14:00 12:00 6/17 Dallas Spain v Republic of Korea 23:30 19:30 18:30 16:30 6/21 Chicago Germany v Spain 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 6/23 Foxboro Bolivia v Republic of Korea 23:30 19:30 18:30 16:30 6/27 Dallas Germany v Republic of Korea 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 6/27 Chicago Bolivia v Spain 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- GROUP D W D L GF GA Pts Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 Date Location Match-up Kickoff Time M/DD GMT EDT CDT PDT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/21 Foxboro Argentina v Greece 16:30 12:30 11:30 09:30 6/21 Dallas Nigeria v Bulgaria 23:30 19:30 18:30 16:30 6/25 Foxboro Argentina v Nigeria 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 6/26 Chicago Greece v Bulgaria 16:30 12:30 11:30 09:30 6/30 Dallas Argentina v Bulgaria 23:30 19:30 18:30 16:30 6/30 Foxboro Greece v Nigeria 23:30 19:30 18:30 16:30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- GROUP E
W D L GF GA Pts Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0
M/DD GMT EDT CDT PDT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/18 East Rutherford Italy v Ireland 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 6/19 Washington Norway v Mexico 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 6/23 East Rutherford Italy v Norway 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 6/24 Orlando Ireland v Mexico 16:30 12:30 11:30 09:30 6/28 Washington Italy v Mexico 16:30 12:30 11:30 09:30 6/28 East Rutherford Ireland v Norway 16:30 12:30 11:30 09:30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- GROUP F W D L GF GA Pts Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Date Location Match-up Kickoff Time M/DD GMT EDT CDT PDT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/19 Orlando Belgium v Morocco 16:30 12:30 11:30 09:30 6/20 Washington Netherlands v Saudi Arabia 23:30 19:30 18:30 16:30 6/25 Orlando Belgium v Netherlands 16:30 12:30 11:30 09:30 6/25 East Rutherford Morocco v Saudi Arabia 16:30 12:30 11:30 09:30 6/29 Orlando Morocco v Netherlands 16:30 12:30 11:30 09:30 6/29 Washington Belgium v Saudi Arabia 16:30 12:30 11:30 09:30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #########################################################################
M/DD No. GMT EDT CDT PDT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/02 37 Chicago C1 v ABF3 17:00 13:00 12:00 10:00* 7/02 38 Washington A2 v C2 20:30 16:30 15:30 13:30* 7/03 39 Dallas B2 v F2 17:00 13:00 12:00 10:00 7/03 40 Pasadena A1 v CDE3 20:30 16:30 15:30 13:30 7/04 41 Orlando F1 v E2 16:00 12:00 11:00 09:00 7/04 42 Stanford B1 v ACD3 19:30 15:30 14:30 12:30 7/05 43 Foxboro D1 v BEF3 17:00 13:00 12:00 11:00 7/05 44 East Rutherford E1 v D2 20:30 16:30 15:30 13:30 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Possible Swap of Times if USA finish second in Group A
M/DD No. GMT EDT CDT PDT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/09 45 Foxboro Winners matches 43 & 38 16:00 12:00 11:00 09:00 7/09 46 Dallas Winners matches 41 & 42 19:30 15:30 14:30 12:30 7/10 47 East Rutherford Winners matches 44 & 37 16:00 12:00 11:00 09:00 7/10 48 Stanford Winners matches 39 & 40 19:30 15:30 14:30 12:30 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEMIFINALS Date Match Location Match-up Kickoff Time M/DD No. GMT EDT CDT PDT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/13 49 East Rutherford Winners matches 47 & 45 20:00 16:00 15:00 13:00 7/13 50 Pasadena Winners matches 48 & 46 23:30 19:30 18:30 16:30 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD PLACE Date Match Location Match-up Kickoff Time M/DD No. GMT EDT CDT PDT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/16 51 Pasadena Losers matches 49 & 50 19:30 15:30 14:30 12:30 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Match Location Match-up Kickoff Time M/DD No. GMT EDT CDT PDT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/17 52 Pasadena Winners matches 49 & 50 19:30 15:30 14:30 12:30 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== VENUES FOR WORLD CUP 1994 Greg Keklak =============================================================================== (A) denotes stadium with artificial surface, e.g. AstroTurf, which will be covered with grass for World Cup play.
Cup matches may differ from those shown below. "Football" in the notes below should be understood to mean American football. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSTON (Groups C and D): Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts, (cap. 60,794) Home of New England Patriots (NFL) Site of U.S. victory over England, U.S. Cup 1993 * Stadium originally named Schaefer Stadium after Brooklyn-based brewery which partially funded construction of the stadium - has also been known as Sullivan Stadium, named for Billy Sullivan, former owner of New England Patriots franchise. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Giants Stadium (The Meadowlands), East Rutherford, New Jersey (cap. 77,301) Home of New York Giants and New York Jets (both NFL) Former home of defunct New York Cosmos (NASL) The Meadowlands complex also includes facilities for harness racing and an arena for ice hockey and basketball - capacity crowds were common for Cosmos matches in the 1970s as fans came out to watch Pele, Beckenbauer, Chinaglia and others in NASL action. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium (RFK), Washington, D.C. (cap. 56,454) Home of Washington Redskins (NFL) Named D.C. Stadium when opened, but was renamed after 1968 assassination of then presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy - also used as a baseball stadium by Washington Senators (AL) until franchise moved to Arlington, Texas in 1971.
looking to replace RFK with a 70,000 seat stadium in the near future. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida (cap. 70,000) Home of Univ. of Central Florida football team (NCAA Div. I-AA) Site of annual Florida Citrus Bowl (college football) Former home of defunct Orlando Thunder (WLAF) As recently as 1971, the Citrus Bowl had a capacity of only 9,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHICAGO (Groups C and D): Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois (cap. 66,950) Home of Chicago Bears (NFL) Site of opening ceremonies * Opened in 1920, Soldier Field is the oldest stadium in use in the NFL - stadium originally built as an elongated oval seating 100,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan (cap. 80,500) Home of Detroit Lions (NFL) First indoor venue in World Cup history - site of first international match held indoors on grass (Germany v. England, U.S. Cup 1993) Fans enter and exit through revolving doors to prevent the air pressure which supports the roof from escaping the building -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas (cap. 71,615) Site of annual Cotton Bowl (college football) Former home (1960-1972) of Dallas Cowboys (NFL) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAN FRANCISCO (Groups A and B): Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, California (cap. 85,500) Home of Stanford University football team (NCAA Div. I-A) Has served as site for Super Bowl (NFL championship) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California (cap. 99,563) Home of UCLA football team (NCAA Div. I-A) Site of annual Rose Bowl (college football) and has hosted Super Bowl Site of World Cup final match * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A note on the grass pitches to be used at stadiums with artificial surfaces:
covered with grass much as the grass pitch was put into place in the Pontiac Silverdome for the US Cup last summer. Sections of grass are grown at a remote site in a sort of greenhouse, and then the sections of grown grass are shipped via refrigerated truck to the stadium(s). While I am not an expert on such groundskeeping matters, the grass installed over the turf at the Silverdome looked good and appeared to hold up well under the feet of the Germans and English. The process is expensive, but if it is consistantly successful, this will be a large step towards eliminating the need for artificial turf, which has been shown to be a factor in increased injuries in American football. Abbreviations used in text: AL......American League DC......District of Columbia NASL....North American Soccer League (defunct) NCAA....National Collegiate Athletic Associtation NFL.....National Football League UCLA....University of California--Los Angeles WLAF....World League of American Football (defunct) =============================================================================== WORLD CUP OFFICIALS Adegboyega Faleti =============================================================================== FIFA has announced the names of the 24 referees and 22 linesmen who will officiate at the 1994 World Cup: REFEREES LINESMEN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jamal Al-Sharif, 38, Syria Yousif Al-Ghattan, Bahrain (WC '86 linesman, WC '90 linesman & referee) Paulo Alves, Brazil Arturo Angeles, 40, USA Eugene Brazzale, Australia ('92 Olympics referee) Raimundo Calix Garcia, Honduras Rodrigo Badilla Sequeira, 36, Costa Rica Carl-Johan Christensen, Denmark Fabio Baldas, 45, Italy Jan Dolstra, The Netherlands Mohammed Bujsaim, 34, U.A.E. Gordon Dunster, Australia ('92 Olympics referee) Mikael Everstig, Sweden Arturo Brizio Carter, 38, Mexico Mohammed Fanaei, Iran ('92 Olympics referee) Abdel-Magid Hassan, Egypt Ernesto Filippi Cavani, 43, Uruguay Douglas James,Trinidad & Tobago Manuel Diaz Vega, 39, Spain Valentine Ivanov, Russia ('92 Olympics referee) Michal Listiewicz, Poland Phillip Don, 42, England Sandor Marton, Hungary ('92 Olympics referee) Luc Matthys, Belgium Neji Jouini, 44, Tunisia Hae-Yong Park, South Korea (WC '90 linesman) Roy Pearson, England Bo Karlsson, 44, Sweden Domenico Ramicone, Italy Hellmut Heinz Krug, 37, Germany El-Jilali Rharib, Morocco Francisco Oscar Lamolina, 43, Argentina Ernesto Taibi, Argentina An Yan Lim Kee Chong, 33, Mauritius Rapio Yli-Karro, Finland ('92 Olympics referee) Venancio Zarate, Paraguay Renato Marsiglia, 42, Brazil Peter Mikkelsen, 33, Denmark (WC '90 linesman & referee) Leslie William Mottram, 43, Scotland Pier-Luigi Pairetto, 41, Italy (WC '90 linesman) Sandor Puhl, 38, Hungary Joel Quiniou, 43, France (WC '86 linesman, WC '90 linesman & referee) Kurt Rothlisberger, 42, Switzerland ('86 Olympics linesman, WC '90 linesman & referee) Alberto Tejada Noriega, 37, Peru Jose Jaoquin Torres Cadena, 41, Colombia ('92 Olympics referee) Mario Van Der Ende, 38, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================================================================
Stephen Halchuk =============================================================================== FIRST TIME MEETINGS AND REMATCHES: 27 of the 36 first round pairs of opponents in WC94 have never met each other in a World Cup final tournament before. Of the 9 games that have been played in WC finals before, the longest wait for a rematch is Italy v Norway, who last met in a WC in 1938 (2:1 in favour of Italy) 4 of the first round matches are grudge matches from Italia 90 (1990 results in brackets) Brazil v Sweden (2:1) Russia v Cameroon (4:0) Italy v Ireland (1:0) Spain v South Korea (3:1) When Saudi Arabia plays Morocco on June 25, It will mark the first time in a WC final tournament that an African team has played an Asian team. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
regularity. The most consistent recent matchup is Italy and Argentina, who have met each other in the past 5 consecutive WC finals (74, 78, 82, 86, 90)! Other 5 time matchups are: Brazil v Spain (34, 50, 62, 78, 86) Brazil v Czechoslovakia (38, 38, (a replay was required to decide the first game), 62 (first round), 62 (final match), 70)
round game in Detroit, having already met in 50, 58, 78, and 90. Other possible 5 time meetings after this summer's finals are: Germany v Argentina (58, 66, 86, 90) Germany v Italy (62, 70, 78, 82) Italy v Brazil (38, 70, 78, 82) No two teams, to my knowledge, have met each other more than 5 times in the 14 WC finals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAST APPEARANCES AND PERFORMANCES OF THE 24 QUALIFIED NATIONS: Appearances (Max 14) 14 Brazil 7 Russia 2 Cameroon 12 Germany 6 Switzerland 2 Colombia 11 Italy 5 Bulgaria 2 Morocco 10 Argentina 5 Holland 1 Norway 9 Mexico 5 Romania 1 Republic of Ireland 8 Belgium 3 South Korea 0 Greece 8 Spain 3 United States 0 Nigeria 8 Sweden 2 Bolivia 0 Saudi Arabia Yüklə 361,24 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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