FIFA World Cup 1994 matches

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football match series of football matches

FIFA World Cup 1994 matches were a series of international football games played during the 1994 edition of the FIFA World Cup held in the United States.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
FIFA World Cup 1994 matches canonical	2
1994 FIFA World Cup	1
1994 FIFA World Cup Final	1
1994 FIFA World Cup quarter-final Sweden vs Romania	1
Nigeria vs Bulgaria, 1994 FIFA World Cup group stage	1
World Cup USA 1994 matches	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T82808 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIFA World Cup 1994 matches
Context triple: [Soldier Field, hostedEvent, FIFA World Cup 1994 matches]

A. MLS Cup 2002
MLS Cup 2002 was the Major League Soccer championship match for the 2002 season, contested between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the New England Revolution.
B. MLS Cup 2005
MLS Cup 2005 was the Major League Soccer championship match for the 2005 season, contested between the New England Revolution and the Los Angeles Galaxy.
C. Conference of Champions
The "Conference of Champions" is a nickname highlighting the Pac-12 Conference’s historic dominance and record number of NCAA team championships across multiple collegiate sports.
D. FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international football tournament organized by FIFA that brings together champion clubs from each continental confederation to compete for the title of world club champion.
E. Slapshot
Slapshot is the bald eagle mascot of the NHL’s Washington Capitals, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIFA World Cup 1994 matches
Target entity description: FIFA World Cup 1994 matches were a series of international football games played during the 1994 edition of the FIFA World Cup held in the United States.

A. MLS Cup 2002
MLS Cup 2002 was the Major League Soccer championship match for the 2002 season, contested between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the New England Revolution.
B. MLS Cup 2005
MLS Cup 2005 was the Major League Soccer championship match for the 2005 season, contested between the New England Revolution and the Los Angeles Galaxy.
C. Conference of Champions
The "Conference of Champions" is a nickname highlighting the Pac-12 Conference’s historic dominance and record number of NCAA team championships across multiple collegiate sports.
D. FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international football tournament organized by FIFA that brings together champion clubs from each continental confederation to compete for the title of world club champion.
E. Slapshot
Slapshot is the bald eagle mascot of the NHL’s Washington Capitals, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	football match ⓘ series of football matches ⓘ
attendance	~94,000 ⓘ
awayTeam	Italy national football team ⓘ
ballUsed	Adidas Questra ⓘ linked to: Adidas
city	Pasadena ⓘ
confederationsRepresented	AFC ⓘ CAF ⓘ CONCACAF ⓘ CONMEBOL ⓘ OFC ⓘ UEFA ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
date	1994-07-17 ⓘ
decidedBy	penalty shoot-out ⓘ
editionOf	FIFA World Cup ⓘ
endTime	1994-07-17 ⓘ
finalMatchOf	1994 FIFA World Cup Final ⓘ linked to: FIFA World Cup 1994 matches
hasStage	final ⓘ group stage ⓘ quarter-finals ⓘ round of 16 ⓘ semi-finals ⓘ third place play-off ⓘ
homeTeam	Brazil national football team ⓘ linked to: Brazil
hostCity	Boston ⓘ linked to: Boston, Massachusetts Chicago ⓘ linked to: Chicago, Illinois, United States Dallas ⓘ linked to: Dallas, Texas Detroit ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ New York/New Jersey ⓘ linked to: New York metropolitan area Orlando ⓘ Pasadena ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
hostCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
location	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
loser	Italy national football team ⓘ
numberOfTeams	24 ⓘ
organizer	FIFA ⓘ
partOf	1994 FIFA World Cup ⓘ linked to: FIFA World Cup 1994 matches 1994 FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ
result	Brazil 0–0 Italy (Brazil won on penalties) ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
startTime	1994-06-17 ⓘ
tournamentFormat	group stage and knockout stage ⓘ
usesRule	3 points for a win in group stage ⓘ penalty shoot-out to decide drawn knockout matches ⓘ
venue	Rose Bowl ⓘ
winner	Brazil national football team ⓘ linked to: Brazil

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soldier Field → hostedEvent → FIFA World Cup 1994 matches ⓘ

1994 FIFA World Cup matches → partOf → 1994 FIFA World Cup ⓘ

subject linked to: FIFA World Cup 1994 matches