Editing 1990 FIFA World Cup (section)

==Host selection==
{{Main|FIFA World Cup hosts}}
The vote to choose the hosts of the 1990 tournament was held on 19 May 1984 in [[Zürich]], Switzerland. Here, the FIFA Executive Committee chose Italy ahead of the only rival bid, the [[Soviet Union|USSR]], by 11 votes to 5.<ref name="Hosting">{{Cite news |title=Italy gain vote over Soviet rival |page=21 |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=21 May 1984 }}</ref> This awarding made Italy only the second nation to host two World Cup tournaments after Mexico had also achieved this with their [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 staging]], having agreed to replace Colombia as hosts the year before the 1990 hosts were chosen. Italy had previously held the event in [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], where they had won their first championship.

Austria, England, France, Greece, West Germany and Yugoslavia also submitted initial applications for the 31 July 1983 deadline.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sports in brief |page=17 |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=3 August 1983 }}</ref> A month later, only England, Greece, Italy and the Soviet Union remained in the hunt after the other contenders all withdrew.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sports in brief |page=20 |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=2 September 1983 }}</ref> All four bids were assessed by FIFA in late 1983, with the final decision over-running into 1984 due to the volume of paperwork involved.<ref>{{Cite news |title=World Cup formats |page=18 |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=12 November 1983 }}</ref> In early 1984, England and Greece also withdrew, leading to a two-horse race in the final vote. The [[1984 Summer Olympics boycott|Soviet boycott of the 1984 Olympic Games]], announced on the eve of the World Cup decision, was speculated to have been a major factor behind Italy winning the vote so decisively,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Romania could join the boycott |page=30 |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=22 May 1984 }}</ref> although this was denied by the FIFA President [[João Havelange]].<ref name="Hosting" /> The Soviet state media responded by accusing FIFA of political corruption, and blamed the organization's American sponsors (chiefly [[Coca-Cola]]) for influencing the decision.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1984-03-25 |title=BoňguTe, A06aBMTb B M36paHHOe 1984 N°119 |url=https://yandex.ru/showcaptcha?cc=1&mt=1291DD1F03A7F567AB4C9F5B4CA149588DEAE5CF815846712A1C290FFEF0D07AD43F67FCE18C512EF66682374A87D1273DDCB8E7BA06EE95C6972150B0F1F45D277CB8CC93DF2010DB122A39D679A81415CCB3B25EFB1936DFEFB42C0C7E41576C24B265EC19939B60BC26B6C280EB66DD3BD51FE076BC8A1C4C742CFB17D95F37A78206A1B5980830391532D9ABD2470152C57EC56E049E53E555D26DB6E1AAF6FFF8691BBA077CB37912C83AD8BEAFD3F7001AB0C12D24EDC0F66518AEFAF3886399E48437396CDA3225F0D40BA2A8FE641A4A1E9187D86016889A48FB05F7C0304E5956C3237B077B2A&retpath=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%2C%2C_3b5c483ef2f749ab009cbe506d083fbd&t=2/1723808548/f066321160ef6cbdc3ff2768bf564e3a&u=caa413d0-50cb9b9d-154124cf-fb0f0274&s=cdf54d5b2b6196f65f4ce5da648a0fd0 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=yandex.ru |language=Ru}}</ref>

Iran also planned to host the competition. They proposed it to FIFA in 1977, but a few months later they withdrew their request.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1416397/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-90|title=Iran and the 1990 FIFA World Cup|access-date=20 August 2023|archive-date=13 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713022439/https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1416397/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-90|url-status=live}}</ref>