1990 Football World Cup
| Coppa del Mondo FIFA Italia '90 | |
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1990 FIFA World Cup official logo
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | 8 June – 8 July (31 days) |
| Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 12 (in 12 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 West Germany (3rd title)
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| Runners-up |  Argentina |
| Third place |  Italy |
| Fourth place |  England |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 115 (2.21 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,516,215 (48,389 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Salvatore Schillaci (6 goals) |
| Best player |
Salvatore Schillaci
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| Best young player |
 Robert Prosinečki
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The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice (the first being Mexico in 1986). Teams representing 116 national football associations entered, and qualification began in April 1988. A total of 22 teams qualified from this process, along with host nation Italy and defending champion Argentina.
The tournament was won by West Germany, their third World Cup title. They beat Argentina 1–0 in the final, a rematch of the previous final four years earlier. Italy finished third, and England fourth, after both lost their semi-finals in penalty shootouts. This was the last tournament to feature a team from the divided Germany, with the country being reunified later in 1990, as well as teams from the Eastern Bloc prior to the end of the Cold War in 1991, as the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia teams made appearances. Costa Rica, Ireland and the UAE made their first appearances in the finals. The official match ball was the Adidas Etrusco Unico.
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