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1990 FIFA World Cup

14th FIFA World Cup, held in Italy
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Summary

1990 FIFA World Cup is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 0.15% of sports season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,689 views/month, #55 of 36,855).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Germany men's national association football team[3]
  • Country: Italy[4]
  • Follows: 1986 FIFA World Cup[5]
  • Followed by: 1994 FIFA World Cup[6]
  • Location: Stadio delle Alpi[7], Stadio Artemio Franchi[8], Stadio Olimpico[9], Stadio Luigi Ferraris[10], Stadio Renzo Barbera[11], Giuseppe Meazza Stadium[12], Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi[13], Sant'Elia stadium[14], Stadio San Nicola[15], Stadio Friuli[16], Stadio Renato Dall'Ara[17], Stadio Diego Armando Maradona[18]
  • Commons category: 1990 FIFA World Cup[19]
  • Edition number: 14[20]
  • Has part(s): 1990 FIFA World Cup knockout stage[21]
  • Start time: June 8, 1990[22]
  • End time: July 8, 1990[23]
  • Point in time: 1990[24]
  • Sport: association football[25]
  • Organizer: FIFA[26]
  • Participant: Ricardo Gomes[27]
  • Mascot: Ciao[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1990 FIFA World Cup[29]
  • Attendance: 2,516,348[30]
  • Number of participants: 24[31]
  • Number of matches played/races/starts: 52[32]
  • Number of points/goals/set scored: 115[33]
  • Topic has template: Template:1990 FIFA World Cup[34]
  • Participating team: Italy men's national association football team[35], Austria men's national football team[36], Czechoslovakia men's national association football team[37], United States men's national soccer team[38], Argentina men's national association football team[39], Cameroon men's national football team[40], Romania men's national association football team[41], Soviet Union national association football team[42], Brazil men's national football team[43], Costa Rica men's national football team[44], Scotland men's national football team[45], Sweden men's national football team[46], Colombia men's national football team[47], Yugoslavia men's national football team[48]
  • Competition class: men's association football[49]
  • Statistical leader: Salvatore Schillaci[50], Robert Prosinečki[51]
  • Sports season of league or competition: FIFA World Cup[52]

Why It Matters

1990 FIFA World Cup has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

FAQs

What awards did 1990 FIFA World Cup receive?

Honors received include Germany men's national association football team[3].

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Class ancestry

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  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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