
FIFA World Cup 1990 Italy – in numbers
Teams: 24
Playing venues: 12
Matches: 52
Opening match: Stadio Guiseppe Meazza
Final: Stadio Olimpico
Average venue capacity: 46,667
Largest venue: Stadio Guiseppe Meazza (75,000 seats)
Smallest venue: Stadio La Favorita (34,000 seats)
No. of matches per venue: 4.33
Rome
Stadio Olimpico | Capacity: 74,000 seats | Opening: 1953

Matches
Group A – Italy 1-0 Austria
Group A – Italy 1-0 USA
Group A – Italy 2-0 Czechoslovakia
Round of 16 – Italy 2-0 Uruguay
Quarter-final – Italy 1-0 Republic of Ireland
Final – Germany FR 1-0 Argentina
Milan
Stadio Guiseppe Meazza | Capacity: 75,000 seats | Opening: 1926

Matches
Group B – Argentina 0-1 Cameroon (opening match)
Group D – Germany FR 4-1 Yugoslavia
Group D – Germany FR 5-1 United Arab Emirates
Group D – Germany FR 1-1 Colombia
Round of 16 – Germany FR 2-1 Netherlands
Quarter-final – Germany FR 1-0 Czechoslovakia
Naples
Stadio San Paolo | Capacity: 60,000 seats | Opening: 1959

Matches
Group B – Argentina 2-0 Soviet Union
Group B – Argentina 1-1 Romania
Round of 16 – Cameroon 2-1 Colombia
Quarter-final – England 3-2 Cameroon
Semi-final – Italy 1-1 Argentina
Turin
Delle Alpi | Capacity: 63,000 seats | Opening: 1990

Matches
Group C – Brazil 2-1 Sweden
Group C – Brazil 1-0 Costa Rica
Group C – Brazil 1-0 Scotland
Round of 16 – Brazil 0-1 Argentina
Semi-final – Germany FR 1-1 England
Bari
Stadio San Nicola | Capacity: 52,000 seats | Opening: 1990

Matches
Group B – Soviet Union 0-2 Romania
Group B – Cameroon 2-1 Romania
Group B – Cameroon 0-4 Soviet Union
Round of 16 – Czechoslovakia 4-1 Costa Rica
Third place – Italy 2-1 England
Florence
Stadio Comunale | Capacity: 39,000 seats | Opening: 1931

Matches
Group A – USA 1-5 Czechoslovakia
Group A – Austria 0-1 Czechoslovakia
Group A – Austria 2-1 USA
Quarter-final – Yugoslavia 0-0 Argentina
Verona
Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi | Capacity: 36,000 seats | Opening: 1963

Matches
Group E – Belgium 2-0 Korea Republic
Group E – Belgium 3-1 Uruguay
Group E – Belgium 1-2 Spain
Round of 16 – Spain 1-2 Yugoslavia
Bologna
Stadio Renato Dall’Ara | Capacity: 35,000 seats | Opening: 1937

Matches
Group D – United Arab Emirates 0-2 Colombia
Group D – Yugoslavia 1-0 Colombia
Group D – Yugoslavia 4-1 United Arab Emirates
Round of 16 – England 1-0 Belgium
Genoa
Stadio Luigi Ferraris | Capacity: 32,000 seats | Opening: 1911

Matches
Group C – Costa Rica 1-0 Scotland
Group C – Sweden 1-2 Scotland
Group C – Sweden 1-2 Costa Rica
Round of 16 – Republic of Ireland 0-0 Romania
Cagliari
Stadio Sant’Elia | Capacity: 36,000 seats | Opening: 1970

Matches
Group F – England 1-1 Republic of Ireland
Group F – England 0-0 Netherlands
Group F – England 1-0 Egypt
Udine
Stadio Friuli | Capacity: 36,000 seats | Opening: 1976

Matches
Group E – Uruguay 0-0 Spain
Group E – Korea Republic 1-3 Spain
Group E – Korea Republic 0-1 Uruguay
Palermo
Stadio La Favorita | Capacity: 34,000 seats | Opening: 1932

Matches
Group F – Netherlands 1-1 Egypt
Group F – Republic of Ireland 0-0 Egypt
Group F – Republic of Ireland 1-1 Netherlands