2014 FIFA World Cup

2014 FIFA World Cup

Copa do Mundo da FIFA Brasil 2014
Tournament logo
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	12 June–13 July
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (4th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	170 (2.7 per match)
Attendance	3,355,135 (53,256 per match)
Top scorer(s)	James Rodríguez (6 goals)
Best player	Lionel Messi
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup is the 20th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It will be taking place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014. Spain is the defending champion after defeating the Netherlands 0-1 after extra time in Johannesburg, South Africa.

List of qualified teams

The following 32 teams, shown with October 2013 rankings used for seeding in the draw, qualified for the final tournament.

AFC (4) Australia (57) Iran (49) Japan (44) South Korea (56) CAF (5) Algeria (32) Cameroon (59) Ghana (23) Ivory Coast (17) Nigeria (33)

CONCACAF (4) Costa Rica (31) Honduras (34) Mexico (24) United States (13) CONMEBOL (6) Argentina (3) Brazil (11) (hosts) Chile (12) Colombia (4) Ecuador (22) Uruguay (6)

UEFA (13) Belgium (5) Bosnia and Herzegovina (16) Croatia (18) England (10) France (21) Germany (2) Greece (15) Italy (9) Netherlands (8) Portugal (14) Russia (19) Spain (1) Switzerland (7)

Squads

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup squads

As with the 2010 tournament, each team's squad will consist of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Each participating national association has to confirm their final 23-player squad no later than 10 days before the start of the tournament.

Venues

Twelve stadiums are used, each in a different city.

Belo Horizonte	Recife	São Paulo
Estádio Mineirão Capacity: 62,547	Arena Pernambuco Capacity: 44,248	Arena Corinthians Capacity: 68,000
Manaus	Brasília	Rio de Janeiro
Arena Amazônia Capacity: 42,374	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Capacity: 68,009	Estadio do Maracãna Capacity: 76,804
Porto Alegre	Natal	Fortaleza
Estádio Beira-Rio Capacity: 51,300	Arena das Dunas Capacity: 42,086	Estádio Castelão Capacity: 64,846
Salvador	Cuiabá	Curitiba
Arena Fonte Nova Capacity: 52,048	Arena Pantanal Capacity: 43,500	Arena da Baixada Capacity: 43,981

Matches

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables

Team advanced to the Round of 16

Group A

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Brazil	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout phase
Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Croatia	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
Cameroon	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

12 June 2014
Brazil	3–1	Croatia	Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo
13 June 2014
Mexico	1–0	Cameroon	Arena das Dunas, Natal
17 June 2014
Brazil	0–0	Mexico	Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza
18 June 2014
Cameroon	0–4	Croatia	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus
23 June 2014
Cameroon	1–4	Brazil	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília
Croatia	1–3	Mexico	Arena Pernambuco, Recife

Group B

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Advance to knockout phase
Chile	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Spain	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
Australia	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

13 June 2014
Spain	1–5	Netherlands	Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
Chile	3–1	Australia	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá
18 June 2014
Australia	2–3	Netherlands	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Spain	0–2	Chile	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
23 June 2014
Australia	0–3	Spain	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba
Netherlands	2–0	Chile	Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo

Group C

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Colombia	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout phase
Greece	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Japan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

14 June 2014
Colombia	3–0	Greece	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Ivory Coast	2–1	Japan	Arena Pernambuco, Recife
19 June 2014
Colombia	2–1	Ivory Coast	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília
Japan	0–0	Greece	Arena das Dunas, Natal
24 June 2014
Japan	1–4	Colombia	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá
Greece	2–1	Ivory Coast	Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza

Group D

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout phase
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Italy	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
England	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

14 June 2014
Uruguay	1–3	Costa Rica	Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza
England	1–2	Italy	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus
19 June 2014
Uruguay	2–1	England	Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo
20 June 2014
Italy	0–1	Costa Rica	Arena Pernambuco, Recife
24 June 2014
Italy	0–1	Uruguay	Arena das Dunas, Natal
Costa Rica	0–0	England	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Group E

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
France	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to knockout phase
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
Ecuador	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Honduras	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

15 June 2014
Switzerland	2–1	Ecuador	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília
France	3–0	Honduras	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
20 June 2014
Switzerland	2–5	France	Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
Honduras	1–2	Ecuador	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba
25 June 2014
Honduras	0–3	Switzerland	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus
Ecuador	0–0	France	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Group F

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Argentina	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3	9	Advance to knockout phase
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
Iran	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

15 June 2014
Argentina	2–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
16 June 2014
Iran	0–0	Nigeria	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba
21 June 2014
Argentina	1–0	Iran	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Nigeria	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá
25 June 2014
Nigeria	2–3	Argentina	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	Iran	Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Group G

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Germany	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout phase
United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Portugal	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4
Ghana	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

16 June 2014
Germany	4–0	Portugal	Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
Ghana	1–2	United States	Arena das Dunas, Natal
21 June 2014
Germany	2–2	Ghana	Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza
22 June 2014
United States	2–2	Portugal	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus
26 June 2014
United States	0–1	Germany	Arena Pernambuco, Recife
Portugal	2–1	Ghana	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Group H

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Belgium	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to knockout phase
Algeria	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
Russia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
South Korea	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

17 June 2014
Belgium	2–1	Algeria	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Russia	1–1	South Korea	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá
22 June 2014
Belgium	1–0	Russia	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
South Korea	2–4	Algeria	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
26 June 2014
South Korea	0–1	Belgium	Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo
Algeria	1–1	Russia	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Knockout stage

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Winner A v Runner-up B
	Brazil	1 (3)
	Chile	1 (2)
					Brazil	2
	Winner C v Runner-up D
					Colombia	1
	Colombia	2
	Uruguay	0
									Brazil	1
	Winner E v Runner-up F
									Germany	7
	France	2
	Nigeria	0
					France	0
	Winner G v Runner-up H
					Germany	1
	Germany	2
	Algeria	1
													Germany	1
	Winner B v Runner-up A
													Argentina	0
	Netherlands	2
	Mexico	1
					Netherlands	0 (4)
	Winner D v Runner-up C
					Costa Rica	0 (3)
	Costa Rica	1 (5)
	Greece	1 (3)
									Netherlands	0 (2)
	Winner F v Runner-up E
									Argentina	0 (4)			Third place
	Argentina	1
	Switzerland	0
					Argentina	1							Brazil	0
	Winner H v Runner-up G
					Belgium	0							Netherlands	3
	Belgium	2
	United States	1

Scores after extra time are indicated by (aet), and penalty shoot-outs are indicated by (pen.).

Round of 16

For the first time since the introduction of a round of 16 after the group stage in 1986, all the group winners advanced into the quarter-finals. They included four teams from UEFA, three from CONMEBOL, and one from CONCACAF. Of the eight matches, five required extra-time, and two of these required penalty shoot-outs; this was the first time penalty shoot-outs happened in more than one game in a round of 16. The goal average per game in the round of 16 was 2.25, a drop of 0.58 goals per game from the group stage. The eight teams to win in the round of 16 included four former champions (Brazil, Germany, Argentina and France), a three-time runner-up (Netherlands), and two first-time quarter-finalists (Colombia and Costa Rica). Belgium reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 1986.

All times listed below are at local time (UTC−3)

28 June 2014 13:00	Brazil	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Chile	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 57,714 Referee: Howard Webb (England)
	David Luiz  18'	Report	Sánchez  32'
		Penalties
	David Luiz Willian Marcelo Hulk Neymar	3–2	Pinilla Sánchez Aránguiz Díaz Jara

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28 June 2014 17:00	Colombia	2–0	Uruguay	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 73,804 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
	Rodríguez  28', 50'	Report

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29 June 2014 13:00	Netherlands	2–1	Mexico	Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 58,817 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
	Sneijder  88' Huntelaar  90+4' (pen.)	Report	Dos Santos  48'

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29 June 2014 17:00	Costa Rica	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Greece	Arena Pernambuco, Recife Attendance: 41,242 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
	Ruiz  52'	Report	Papastathopoulos  90+1'
		Penalties
	Borges Ruiz González Campbell Umaña	5–3	Mitroglou Christodoulopoulos Holebas Gekas

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30 June 2014 13:00	France	2–0	Nigeria	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 67,882 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
	Pogba  79' Yobo  90+2' (o.g.)	Report

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30 June 2014 17:00	Germany	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Algeria	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre Attendance: 43,063 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
	Schürrle  92' Özil  120'	Report	Djabou  120+1'

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1 July 2014 13:00	Argentina	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Switzerland	Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo Attendance: 63,255 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
	Di María  118'	Report

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1 July 2014 17:00	Belgium	2–1 (a.e.t.)	United States	Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 51,227 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
	De Bruyne  93' Lukaku  105'	Report	Green  107'

Quarter-finals

With a 1–0 victory over France, Germany set a World Cup record with four consecutive semi-final appearances. Brazil beat Colombia 2–1, but Brazil's Neymar was injured and missed the rest of the competition. Argentina reached the final four for the first time since 1990 after a 1–0 win over Belgium. The Netherlands reached the semi-finals for the second consecutive tournament, after overcoming Costa Rica in a penalty shoot-out following a 0–0 draw at the end of extra time.

4 July 2014 13:00	France	0–1	Germany	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 74,240 Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
		Report	Hummels  13'

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4 July 2014 17:00	Brazil	2–1	Colombia	Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 60,342 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
	Thiago Silva  7' David Luiz  69'	Report	Rodríguez  80' (pen.)

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5 July 2014 13:00	Argentina	1–0	Belgium	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 68,551 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
	Higuaín  8'	Report

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5 July 2014 17:00	Netherlands	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Costa Rica	Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 51,179 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
		Report
		Penalties
	Van Persie Robben Sneijder Kuyt	4–3	Borges Ruiz González Bolaños Umaña

Semi-finals

Germany qualified for the final for the eighth time with a 7–1 win over Brazil – the biggest defeat in Brazilian history since 1920. Miroslav Klose's goal in this match was his 16th throughout all World Cups, breaking the record he had previously shared with Ronaldo. Klose set another record by becoming the first player to appear in four World Cup semi-finals. Argentina reached their first final since 1990, and the fifth overall after overcoming the Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out following a 0–0 draw at the end of extra time.

Main article: Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)

8 July 2014 17:00	Brazil	1–7	Germany	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 58,141 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
	Oscar  90'	Report	Müller  11' Klose  23' Kroos  24', 26' Khedira  29' Schürrle  69', 79'

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9 July 2014 17:00	Netherlands	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina	Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo Attendance: 63,267 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
		Report
		Penalties
	Vlaar Robben Sneijder Kuyt	2–4	Messi Garay Agüero Rodríguez

Third place play-off

The Netherlands defeated Brazil 3–0 to secure third place, the first for the Dutch team in their history. Overall, Brazil conceded 14 goals in the tournament; this was the most by a team at any single World Cup since 1986, and the most by a host nation in history, although their fourth-place finish still represented Brazil's best result in a World Cup since their last win in 2002.

12 July 2014 17:00	Brazil	0–3	Netherlands	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 68,034 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
		Report	Van Persie  3' (pen.) Blind  17' Wijnaldum  90+1'

Final

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Final

The final featured Germany against Argentina for a record third time after 1986 and 1990.

13 July 2014 16:00	Germany	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 74,738 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
	Götze  113'	Report

This marked the first time that teams from the same continent had won three consecutive World Cups (following Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010). It was also the first time that a European nation had won the World Cup in the Americas. On aggregate Europe now has 11 victories, compared to South America's 9 victories.

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 27 June 2014.
Players rendered in bold are still active in the competition.

6 goals

• James Rodríguez

4 goals

• Lionel Messi
• Neymar (Out after quarter-final with fractured vertebra.)
• Thomas Müller

3 goals

• Enner Valencia
• Karim Benzema
• Robin van Persie
• Arjen Robben
• Xherdan Shaqiri

2 goals

• Abdelmoumene Djabou
• Islam Slimani
• Tim Cahill
• David Luiz
• Alexis Sánchez
• Jackson Martínez
• Bryan Ruiz
• Mario Mandžukić
• Ivan Perišić
• Mats Hummels
• André Ayew
• Asamoah Gyan
• Wilfried Bony
• Gervinho
• Memphis Depay
• Ahmed Musa
• Clint Dempsey
• Luis Suárez

1 goal

• Yacine Brahimi
• Sofiane Feghouli
• Rafik Halliche
• Gonzalo Higuaín
• Ángel di María
• Marcos Rojo
• Mile Jedinak
• Kevin De Bruyne
• Marouane Fellaini
• Romelu Lukaku
• Dries Mertens
• Divock Origi
• Jan Vertonghen
• Edin Džeko
• Vedad Ibišević
• Miralem Pjanić
• Avdija Vršajević
• Fernandinho
• Fred
• Oscar
• Thiago Silva
• Joël Matip
• Charles Aránguiz
• Jean Beausejour
• Jorge Valdivia
• Eduardo Vargas
• Pablo Armero
• Juan Guillermo Cuadrado
• Teófilo Gutiérrez
• Juan Fernando Quintero
• Joel Campbell
• Óscar Duarte
• Marco Ureña
• Ivica Olić
• Wayne Rooney
• Daniel Sturridge
• Olivier Giroud
• Blaise Matuidi
• Paul Pogba
• Moussa Sissoko
• Mathieu Valbuena
• Mario Götze
• Miroslav Klose
• Mesut Özil
• André Schürrle
• Sokratis Papastathopoulos
• Georgios Samaras
• Andreas Samaris
• Carlo Costly
• Reza Ghoochannejhad
• Mario Balotelli
• Claudio Marchisio
• Keisuke Honda
• Shinji Okazaki
• Koo Ja-cheol
• Lee Keun-ho
• Son Heung-min
• Giovani dos Santos
• Andrés Guardado
• Javier Hernández
• Rafael Márquez
• Oribe Peralta
• Leroy Fer
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
• Wesley Sneijder
• Stefan de Vrij
• Peter Odemwingie
• Nani
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Silvestre Varela
• Aleksandr Kerzhakov
• Aleksandr Kokorin
• Xabi Alonso
• Juan Mata
• Fernando Torres
• David Villa
• Blerim Džemaili
• Admir Mehmedi
• Haris Seferović
• Granit Xhaka
• John Brooks
• Julian Green
• Jermaine Jones
• Edinson Cavani
• Diego Godín

Own goals

• Sead Kolašinac (against Argentina)
• Marcelo (against Croatia)
• John Boye (against Portugal)
• Noel Valladares (against France)
• Joseph Yobo (against France)

Discipline

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record

External links

• FIFA.com 2014 website