
The 1990 FIFA World Cup, the 14th staging of the World Cup, was held in Italy from June 8 to July 8. Italy was chosen as hosts by FIFA on May 19, 1984, making it the second country to host the event twice. USSR was the rival of Italy's candidacy to host the event. It was won by West Germany, who beat Argentina 1-0 in a controversial final to win the World Cup for the third time.
A total of 52 games were played in Italy. Cameroon and their experienced striker Milla (CAM) ignited the tournament with their shock victory against Argentina before finally bowing out in the quarter-finals against England. Matthaus (GER) led by example for the eventual winners West Germany; guiding his country to their third FIFA World Cup™ triumph.
| Date | Teams | Group / Round | Length |
Info & Commentators | Channel |
Disc Ref: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-Jun | Argentina 0 Cameroon 1 | Group B | 90 |
Commentary by Peter Brackley | Eurosport |
1904 |
| 8-Jun | Argentina 0 Cameroon 1 | Group B | 90 |
Commentary by Brian Moore & Ron Atkinson | ITV |
2117 |
| 9-Jun | Colombia 2 UAE 0 | Group D | 90 |
Commentary by Paul Dempsey & Gerry Francis | Eurosport |
2747 |
| 9-Jun | USSR 0 Romania 2 | Group B | 90 |
Full BBC programme. Commentary by John Motson & Bobby Charlton | BBC |
2288 |
| 9-Jun | Austria 0 Italy 1 | Group A | 90 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by Brian Moore & Trevor Francis | ITV |
2295 |
| 10-Jun | Brazil 2 Sweden 1 | Group C | 960 |
Full BBC programme. Commentary by Barry Davies & Bobby Charlton | BBC |
2798 |
| 10-Jun | West Germany 4 Yugoslavia 1 | Group D | 90 |
Commentary by Paul Dempsey | Eurosport |
2746 |
| 10-Jun | Cze'slovakia 5 USA 1 | Group A | 90 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by Alan Parry & Trevor Francis | ITV |
1200 |
| 11-Jun | England 1 Rep Of Ireland 1 | Group F | 90 |
Commentary by Brian Moore & Ron Atkinson | ITV |
1284 |
| 11-Jun | Scotland 0 Costa Rica 1 | Group C | 90 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by Alan Parry & Billy McNeil | ITV |
971 |
| 12-Jun | Belgium 2 South Korea 0 | Group E | 90 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by John Helm & Trevor Francis | ITV |
2706 |
| 12-Jun | Holland 1 Egypt 1 | Group F | 90 |
Commentary by Barry Davies & Liam Brady | BBC |
3120 |
| 13-Jun | Argentina 2 USSR 0 | Group B | 90 |
Commentary by Gerald Sinstadt | ITV |
997 |
| 13-Jun | Spain 0 Uruguay 0 | Group E | 90 |
Full BBC programme. Commentary by John Motson & Bobby Charlton | BBC |
2707 |
| 14-Jun | Italy 1 USA 0 | Group A | 90 |
Commentary by Ian Darke | Eurosport |
2286 |
| 14-Jun | Cameroon 2 Romania 1 | Group B | 90 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by John Helm & Ian St John | ITV |
2294 |
| 14-Jun | Colombia 0 Yugoslavia 1 | Group D | 90 |
Commentary by Paul Dempsey & David Pleat | Eurosport |
2705 |
| 15-Jun | UAE 1 West Germany 5 | Group D | 90 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by Brian Moore & Trevor Francis | ITV |
1180 |
| 15-Jun | Czechoslavakia 1 Austria 0 | Group A | 90 |
Commentary by Ian Darke & Gerry Francis | Eurosport |
2806 |
| 16-Jun | Brazil 1 Costa Rica 0 | Group C | 90 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by John Helm & Billy McNeil | ITV |
2761 |
| 16-Jun | Scotland 2 Sweden 1 | Group C | 90 |
Commentary by Archie MacPherson & Joe Jordan | BBC |
4137 |
| 16-Jun | Scotland 2 Sweden 1 | Group C | 50 |
Commentary by Barry Davies | BBC |
970 |
| 16-Jun | England 0-0 Holland | Group F | 90 |
Commentary by John Motson & Trevor Brooking | BBC |
1283 |
| 17-Jun | Egypt 0 Rep Of Ireland 0 | Group F | 90 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by Alan Parry & Billy McNeil | ITV |
1714 |
| 17-Jun | Spain 3 South Korea 1 | Group E | 90 |
Commentary by Paul Dempsey & Gerry Francis | Eurosport |
2978 |
| 17-Jun | Belgium 3 Uruguay 1 | Group E | 90 |
Commentary by Ian Darke & David Pleat | Eurosport |
3121 |
| 18-Jun | USSR 4 Cameroon 0 | Group B | 90 |
Commentary by Ian Darke & Gerry Francis | Eurosport |
2795 |
| 18-Jun | Argentina 1 Romania 1 | Group B | 90 |
Full BBC programme. Commentary by John Motson & Bobby Charlton | BBC |
2796 |
| 19-Jun | West Germany 1 Columbia 1 | Group D | 12 |
Commentary by Barry Davies | BBC |
726 |
| 19-Jun | Yugoslavia 4 UAE 1 | Group D | 90 |
Commentary by Paul Dempsey & David Pleat | Eurosport |
2744 |
| 19-Jun | Italy 2 Czech 0 | Group A | 90 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by Alan Parry & Ron Atkinson | ITV |
1913 |
| 19-Jun | Italy 2 Czech 0 | Group A | 26 |
Commentary by John Motson | BBC |
726 |
| 19-Jun | Austria 2 USA 1 | Group A | 90 |
Commentary by Ian Darke | Eurosport |
2296 |
| 20-Jun | Scotland 0 Brazil 1 | Group C | 90 |
Full ITV programme.. Commentary by Brian Moore & Bily McNeil | ITV |
928 |
| 20-Jun | Costa Rica 2 Sweden 1 | Group C | 90 |
Commentary by Peter Brackley & Gerry Francis | Eurosport |
2704 |
| 21-Jun | England 1 Egypt 0 | Group F | 90 |
Commentary by Barry Davies & Trevor Brooking | BBC |
1285 |
| 21-Jun | Holland 1 Rep Of Ireland 1 | Group F | 90 |
Commentary by John Motson & Liam Brady | BBC |
3257 |
| 21-Jun | Spain 2 Belgium 1 | Group E | 90 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by Alan Parry & Ian St John | ITV |
3119 |
| 21-Jun | South Korea 0 Uruguay 1 | Group E | 90 |
Commentary by Paul Dempsey & David Pleat | Eurosport |
3122 |
| 23-Jun | Czech 3 Costa Rica 1 | 2nd Round | 90 |
Full BBC prgramme. Commentary by John Motson & Trevor Brooking. | BBC |
1914 |
| 23-Jun | Cameroon 2 Colombia 1 aet | 2nd Round | 90 |
Commentary by John Helm & Billy McNeil | ITV |
3437 |
| 24-Jun | Argentina 1 Brazil 0 | 2nd Round | 90 |
Full BBC programme. Commentary by Barry Davies & Liam Brady | BBC |
2183 |
| 24-Jun | Holland 1 West Germany 2 | 2nd Round | 90 |
Commentary by Brian Moore & Trevor Francis | ITV |
2119 |
| 25-Jun | Rep Of Ireland 0 Romania 0 (5-4pens) | 2nd Round | 120 |
Commentary by Alan Parry & Ron Atkinson | ITV |
1428 |
| 25-Jun | Italy 2 Uruguay 0 | 2nd Round | 90 |
Commentary by Barry Davies & Bobby Charlton | BBC |
3445 |
| 26-Jun | Spain 1 Yugoslavia 2 aet | 2nd Round | 120 |
Commentary by Tony Gubba & Ray Wilkins | BBC |
2116 |
| 26-Jun | England 1 Belguim 0 aet | 2nd Round | 120 |
BBC coverage with interviews. Commentary by John Motson | BBC |
725 |
| 30-Jun | Italy 1 Rep Of Ireland 0 | Quarter Final | 90 |
Commentary by John Motson & Liam Brady | BBC |
1711 |
| 30-Jun | Yugoslavia 0 Argentina 0 (2-3 pens) | Quarter Final | 120 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by John Helm & Ron Atkinson | ITV |
1046 |
| 1-Jul | Germany 1 Czechoslavakia 0 | Quarter Final | 90 |
Full BBC programme. Commentary by Tony Gubba & Ray Wilkins | BBC |
2797 |
| 1-Jul | England 3 Cameroon 2 aet | Quarter Final | 120 |
Commentary by Barry Davies & Trevor Brooking | BBC |
929 |
| 3-Jul | Italy 1 Argentina 1 (3-4 pens) | Semi Final | 120 |
Commentary by Barry Davies & Bobby Charlton | BBC |
1306 |
| 4-Jul | England 1 West Germany 1 (3-1 pens) | Semi Final | 120 |
Full BBC programme. Commentary by John Motson & Trevor Brooking | BBC |
323 |
| 4-Jul | England 1 West Germany 1 (3-1 pens) | Semi Final | 120 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by Brian Moore & Ron Atkinson | ITV |
324 |
| 7-Jul | England 1 Italy 2 | 3/4 Play Off | 90 |
Full BBC programme. Commentary by Barry Davies & Trevor Brooking | BBC |
930 |
| 8-Jul | Argentina 0 West Germany 1 | Final | 90 |
Full ITV programme. Commentary by Brian Moore & Ron Atkinson | ITV |
1890 |