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1994 FIFA World Cup Group E

Football tournament group stage

Football tournament group stage

Group E of the 1994 FIFA World Cup was one of six groups of four teams competing at the 1994 World Cup in the United States. The first match was played June 18, 1994, and the final games took place simultaneously on June 28, 1994. The group consisted of Italy, Republic of Ireland, Mexico, and Norway. Mexico won the group on goals scored. Ireland and Italy also progressed to the knockout rounds, having finished with identical records and the Irish team qualifying in second place as a result of their victory against the Italians. The Italians qualified as one of the best-scoring third place teams. Norway's shortcomings in attack ultimately let them down, and they exited the tournament with only one goal. It is the only group in World Cup history in which all four teams finished with the same number of points and goal difference.

It is also the most difficult group in World Cup since FIFA ranking debuted in 1992, measured in terms of average FIFA ranking. The average FIFA ranking of the four teams was 10 (Italy 4, Norway 6, Ireland 14 and Mexico 16).

Standings

Matches

All times local (EDT/UTC–4, CDT/UTC–5, PDT/UTC–7)

Italy vs Republic of Ireland

Ray Houghton's early goal proved the only one of the match where Ireland's defense prevailed over Italy's attack. During the game, members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group, burst into a pub in Northern Ireland with assault rifles and fired on the customers, killing six civilians and wounding five. The pub was targeted because it was frequented mainly by Catholics, and was crowded with supporters watching the Republic of Ireland. It is thus sometimes called the "World Cup massacre" or the Loughinisland massacre.

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Arrigo Sacchi

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ENG Jack Charlton

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Norway vs Mexico

The only goal of the game was scored by Kjetil Rekdal in the 85th minute when the referee let the game continue after a foul on Jan Åge Fjørtoft close to the Mexican penalty area. The goalscorer entered the game minutes before the decisive strike.

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Egil Olsen

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Miguel Mejía Barón

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Italy vs Norway

Gianluca Pagliuca of Italy became the first goalkeeper to be sent off in a World Cup game, dismissed for handling outside his area against Norway.

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Arrigo Sacchi

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Egil Olsen

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Mexico vs Republic of Ireland

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Miguel Mejía Barón

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ENG Jack Charlton

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Italy vs Mexico

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Arrigo Sacchi

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Miguel Mejía Barón

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Republic of Ireland vs Norway

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ENG Maurice Setters

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Egil Olsen

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Notes

References

General references

References

  1. [https://www.instagram.com/p/DR0GguQkr1b/?igsh=bGNweTJ2NTRnZHZt Fox Sports: Hardest group in each FIFA World Cup by FIFA rank]
  2. [https://www.theguardian.com/observer/irelandfootball/story/0,,587032,00.html The Observer: One giant step for the Irish]
  3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gtZnyCDljE Rep of Ireland v Italy 1994 Full Game]
  4. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6617329.stm "The UVF's catalogue of atrocities"] . [[BBC News]]. 18 June 2009.
  5. ''[[The Economist]]'' newspaper. 25 June 1994. pp. 25–26. "For the 24 fans gathered in Heights Bar in the quiet village of Loughinisland in County Down, the cheering was followed by carnage. Two men walked into the pub and sprayed the room with bullets, killing six and wounding five, and then fled laughing. The Ulster Volunteer Force, a Protestant terrorist group, later claimed it had carried out the attack. It chose the pub only because it knew that those gathered to support Ireland's team would be Catholic".
  6. (2014-06-14). "Six men dead: the World Cup massacre".
  7. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/six-shot-dead-in-ulster-world-cup-massacre-1423674.html "Six shot dead in Ulster World Cup massacre"] {{Webarchive. link. (22 April 2018 . [[The Independent]]. 19 June 1994.)
  8. [http://www.irishcentral.com/news/1994-world-cup-massacre-of-irish-fans-by-loyalists-will-be-major-espn-movie-239814941-240124801.html "1994 World Cup massacre of Irish fans by Loyalists will be major ESPN movie"] {{Webarchive. link. (14 July 2014 . IrishCentral. 12 January 2014.)
  9. [https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-06-20-1994171003-story.html Norway efficient, effective in 1-0 victory WORLD CUP 1994]
  10. Mistake in FIFA report. The [https://footballia.net/matches/mexico-ireland footage of the game] shows that it was not [[Joaquín del Olmo]] but [[Jorge Rodríguez (footballer, born 1968). Jorge Rodríguez]] who was replaced by [[Raúl Gutiérrez]].
  11. Haylett, Trevor. (26 June 1994). "Football / World Cup USA '94: Charlton's ban fires up Ireland: Norway face backlash". [[The Independent]].
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