at the 1994 fifa world cup, răducioiu scored two goals against colombia during the qualifying round. in the quarterfinal against sweden, he first equalized sweden's 0–1 lead in the 88th minute of regular time, taking the game to extra time, where he put romania ahead 2–1 in the first period. shortly thereafter, sweden's stefan schwarz was sent off after his second yellow card, but despite this kennet andersson equalized the game in the 115th minute, leading to a shootout. răducioiu scored romania's first penalty attempt after sweden had missed its first, but romania was eliminated after missing two attempts out of six. still, răducioiu's four tournament goals helped romania to its most successful world cup campaign ever.