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The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2007. It was the second time that Brazil staged the competition, the first being in 1950, and the fifth time that it was held in South America.

2014 FIFA World Cup
Copa do Mundo da FIFA Brasil 2014 (Brazilian Portuguese)
Juntos num só ritmo
(lit. 'Together in a single rhythm')
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates12 June – 13 July
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (4th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Netherlands
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played64
Goals scored171 (2.67 per match)
Attendance3,429,873 (53,592 per match)
Top scorer(s) James Rodríguez
(6 goals)[1]
Best player(s) Lionel Messi[2]
Best young player Paul Pogba[3]
Best goalkeeper Manuel Neuer[4]
Fair play award Colombia[5]
← 2010
2018 →

31 national teams advanced through qualification competitions to join the host nation in the final tournament (with Bosnia and Herzegovina as the only debutant). A total of 64 matches were played in 12 venues located in as many host cities across Brazil. For the first time at a World Cup finals, match officials used goal-line technology, as well as vanishing spray for free kicks.[6] FIFA Fan Fests in each host city gathered a total of 5 million people, and the country received 1 million visitors from 202 countries.[7] Every World Cup-winning team since the first tournament in 1930 – Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Uruguay – qualified for this tournament, for the last time to date. Spain, the defending champions, were eliminated at the group stage, along with England and Italy. Uruguay were eliminated in the round of 16, and France exited in the quarter-finals. Host nation Brazil, who had won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, lost to Germany 7–1 in the semi-finals and eventually finished in fourth place.[8]

In the final, Germany defeated Argentina 1–0 after extra time thanks to a Mario Götze half-volley in the 113th minute of the final to win the tournament and secure the country's fourth world title, the first after German reunification in 1990, when as West Germany they also beat Argentina by the same score in 90 minutes in the World Cup final. Germany became the first European team to win a World Cup staged in the Americas,[9] and this result marked the third consecutive title won by a European team, after Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010.[10][11]

Host selection

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup bids
 
Announcement of Brazil as hosts, 2007

In March 2003, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since 1978, in line with its policy at the time of rotating the right to host the World Cup among different confederations.[12][13] With the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa, it would be the second consecutive World Cup outside Europe, which was a first for the tournament. It was also second in the Southern Hemisphere.[14] Only Brazil and Colombia formally declared their candidacy but, after the withdrawal of the latter from the process,[15] Brazil was officially elected as host nation unopposed on 30 October 2007.[16]

Participating teams and officials

Qualification

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
See also: FIFA World Cup qualification

Following qualification matches played between June 2011 and November 2013, the following 32 teams – shown with their last pre-tournament FIFA world ranking[17] – qualified for the final tournament. Twenty-four of these teams were returning participants from the 2010 World Cup. Bosnia and Herzegovina were the only team with no previous appearance at the World Cup finals.[nb 1][18] Colombia qualified for the World Cup after 16 years of absence, while Belgium and Russia both returned after 12 years. Paraguay failed to qualify for the first time since 1994. This was also the first World Cup for 32 years that did not feature a representative from the Nordic countries. The highest ranked team not to qualify was Ukraine (ranked 16th), while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was Australia (ranked 62nd).[17]

As of 2022, this was the last time Chile, Ivory Coast, Greece, Italy, Honduras, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Algeria qualified for the World Cup finals, and the last time Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Denmark, Poland, and Serbia failed to qualify. This was also the most recent World Cup finals to feature every prior winning team.

Final draw

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup seeding

The 32 participating teams were drawn into eight groups. In preparation for this, the teams were organised into four pots with the seven highest-ranked teams joining host nation Brazil in the seeded pot.[19] As with the previous tournaments, FIFA aimed to create groups which maximised geographic separation and therefore the unseeded teams were arranged into pots based on geographic considerations.[20][21] The draw took place on 6 December 2013 at the Costa do Sauípe resort in Bahia, during which the teams were drawn by various past World Cup-winning players.[22][23] Under the draw procedure, one randomly drawn team – Italy – was firstly relocated from Pot 4 to Pot 2 to create four equal pots of eight teams.[24]

Officials

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup officials

In March 2013, FIFA published a list of 52 prospective referees, each paired, on the basis of nationality, with two assistant referees, from all six football confederations for the tournament. On 14 January 2014, the FIFA Referees Committee appointed 25 referee trios and eight support duos representing 43 countries for the tournament.[25][26]Yuichi Nishimura from Japan acted as referee in the opening match whereas Nicola Rizzoli from Italy acted as referee in the final.[27][28]

Squads

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup squads

As with the 2010 tournament, each team's squad consisted of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Each participating national association had to confirm their final 23-player squad no later than 10 days before the start of the tournament.[29] Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game.[29] During a match, all remaining squad members not named in the starting team were available to be one of the three permitted substitutions (provided the player was not serving a suspension).[29]

Venues

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup venues

12 venues (seven new and five renovated) in twelve cities were selected for the tournament. The venues covered all the main regions of Brazil and created more evenly distributed hosting than the 1950 finals in Brazil.[30] Consequently, the tournament required long-distance travel for teams.[31] During the World Cup, Brazilian cities were also home to the participating teams at 32 separate base camps,[32] as well as staging official fan fests where supporters could view the games.[33]

The most used stadiums were the Maracanã and Brasilia, which hosted seven matches each. The least-used venues were in Cuiabá, Manaus, Natal, and Curitiba, which hosted four matches each; as the four smallest stadiums in use at the tournament, they did not host any knockout round matches.[34]

Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro Brasília, Federal District São Paulo City, São Paulo Fortaleza, Ceará
Estádio do Maracanã Estádio Nacional Arena Corinthians
(Arena de São Paulo) 		Estádio Castelão
Capacity: 74,738[34] Capacity: 69,432[34] Capacity: 63,321[34] Capacity: 60,348[34]
       
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Salvador, Bahia
Estádio Mineirão Arena Fonte Nova
Capacity: 58,259[34] Capacity: 51,708[34]
   
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul Recife, Pernambuco[nb 2]
Estádio Beira-Rio Arena Pernambuco
Capacity: 43,394[34] Capacity: 42,583[34]
   
Cuiabá, Mato Grosso Manaus, Amazonas Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Curitiba, Paraná
Arena Pantanal Arena da Amazônia Arena das Dunas Arena da Baixada
Capacity: 41,112[34] Capacity: 40,549[34] Capacity: 39,971[34] Capacity: 39,631[34]
       

Team base camps

Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. On 31 January 2014, FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team,[32] having earlier circulated a brochure of 84 prospective locations.[35] Most teams opted to stay in the Southeast Region of Brazil, with only eight teams choosing other regions; five teams (Croatia, Germany, Ghana, Greece and Switzerland) opted to stay in the Northeast Region and three teams (Ecuador, South Korea and Spain) opted to stay in the South Region. None opted to stay in the North Region or the Central-West Region.[36] Campo Bahia, the base camp of the eventual champion Germany, attracted much interest.[37]

FIFA Fan Fests

 
Brazilian fans at the FIFA Fan Fest in Brasília

For a third consecutive World Cup tournament, FIFA staged FIFA Fan Fests in each of the 12 host cities throughout the competition. Prominent examples were the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, which already held a Fan Fest in 2010, and São Paulo's Vale do Anhangabaú.[38][39] The first official event took place on Iracema Beach, in Fortaleza, on 8 June 2014.[40]

Innovations

Technologies

 
Adidas Brazuca

In order to avoid ghost goals, the 2014 World Cup introduced goal-line technology following successful trials at among others 2013 Confederations Cup. The chosen Goal Control system featured 14 high speed cameras, 7 directed to each of the goals. Data were sent to the central image-processing centre, where a virtual representation of the ball was output on a widescreen to confirm the goal. The referee was equipped with a watch which vibrated and displayed a signal upon a goal.[41][42][43] France's second goal in their group game against Honduras was the first time goal-line technology was needed to confirm that a goal should be given.[44]

Following successful trials,[nb 3] FIFA approved the use of vanishing spray by the referees for the first time at a World Cup Finals. The water-based spray, which disappears within minutes of application, can be used to mark a ten-yard line for the defending team during a free kick and also to draw where the ball is to be placed for a free kick.[45]

The Adidas Brazuca was the official match ball of the 2014 FIFA World Cup[46][47][48][49] and was supplied by Forward Sports of Sialkot, Pakistan.[46] Adidas created a new design of ball after criticisms of the Adidas Jabulani used in the previous World Cup. The number of panels was reduced to six, with the panels being thermally bonded. This created a ball with increased consistency and aerodynamics compared to its predecessor. Furthermore, Adidas underwent an extensive testing process lasting more than two years to produce a ball that would meet the approval of football professionals.

Cooling breaks

Due to the relatively high ambient temperatures in Brazil, particularly at the northern venues, cooling breaks for the players were introduced.[50] Breaks could take place at the referee's discretion after the 30th minute of each half if the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature exceeded 32 °C (90 °F); the breaks would last 3 minutes, with this time made up by an extended period of stoppage time at the end of the half.

The first cooling break in a World Cup play took place during the 32nd minute of the match between the Netherlands and Mexico in the round of 16.[51][52][53][54] At the start of the match, FIFA listed the temperature at 32 °C (90 °F) with 68% humidity.[55]

Anti-doping

The biological passport was introduced in the FIFA World Cup starting in 2014. Blood and urine samples collected from all players before the competition, and from two players per team per match, were analysed by the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses.[56] FIFA reported that 91.5% of the players taking part in the tournament were tested before the start of the competition and none tested positive.[57] However, FIFA was criticised for how it conducted doping tests.[58][59]

Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 32 teams divided among eight groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage.[29] Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.

In the knockout stage there were four rounds (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final), with each eliminating the losers. The two semi-final losers competed in a third place play-off. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner.[29]

The match schedule was announced on 20 October 2011[60] with the kick-off times being confirmed on 27 September 2012;[61] after the final draw, the kick-off times of seven matches were adjusted by FIFA.[62] The competition was organised so that teams that played each other in the group stage could not meet again during the knockout phase until the final (or the 3rd place match).[29] The group stage began on 12 June, with the host nation competing in the opening game as has been the format since the 2006 tournament. The opening game was preceded by an opening ceremony that began at 15:15 local time.[63]

Opening ceremony

 
From left to right: Claudia Leitte, Pitbull, and Jennifer Lopez performing at the opening ceremony at the Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo.
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony

On 12 June 2014, the 20th edition of the FIFA World Cup began with the opening ceremony at Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. The event saw 660 dancers take to the stadium and perform in a ceremony which celebrated the nature of the country and its love of football. Following the dancers native singer Claudia Leitte emerged on centre stage to perform for the crowd. She was later joined by Cuban-American rapper Pitbull, and American singer Jennifer Lopez to perform the tournament's official song "We Are One (Ole Ola)" which had been released as an official single on 8 April 2014. Following the ceremony, the opening match was played, which saw the hosts come from behind to beat Croatia 3–1.[64][65][66]

Group stage

The group stage of the cup took place in Brazil from 12 June 2014 to 26 June 2014: each team played three games. The group stage was notable for a scarcity of draws and a large number of goals. The first drawn (and goalless) match did not occur until the 13th match of the tournament, between Iran and Nigeria: a drought longer than any World Cup since 1930.[67] The group stage produced a total of 136 goals (an average of 2.83 goals per match), nine fewer than were scored during the entire 2010 tournament.[68] This is the largest number of goals in the group stage since the 32-team system was implemented in 1998[69] and the largest average in a group stage since 1958.[70] World Cup holders Spain were eliminated after only two games, the quickest exit for the defending champions since Italy's from the 1950 tournament.[71] Spain also became the fourth nation to be eliminated in the first round while holding the World Cup crown, the first one being Italy in 1950 (and again in 2010), Brazil in 1966, and France in 2002.[72] For the first time, two teams from Africa advanced to the second round, a feat that would be repeated in the 2022 tournament.

Group A

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil (H) 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Mexico 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
3   Croatia 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4   Cameroon 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Host
Brazil  3–1  Croatia
  • Neymar   29', 71' (pen.)
  • Oscar   90+1'
 Report
Attendance: 62,103
Mexico  1–0  Cameroon
 Report
Attendance: 39,216
Brazil  0–0  Mexico
Report
Attendance: 60,342
Cameroon  0–4  Croatia
Report
Attendance: 39,982
Cameroon  1–4  Brazil
 Report
Attendance: 69,112
Croatia  1–3  Mexico
 Report
Attendance: 41,212

Group B

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Chile 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   Spain 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4   Australia 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Spain  1–5  Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 48,173
Chile  3–1  Australia
 Report
Attendance: 40,275
Australia  2–3  Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 42,877
Spain  0–2  Chile
Report
Attendance: 74,101
Australia  0–3  Spain
Report
Attendance: 39,375
Netherlands  2–0  Chile
 Report
Attendance: 62,996

Group C

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Colombia 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Greece 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
3   Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4   Japan 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Colombia  3–0  Greece
 Report
Attendance: 57,174
Ivory Coast  2–1  Japan
 Report
Attendance: 40,267
Colombia  2–1  Ivory Coast
 Report
Attendance: 68,748
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Japan  0–0  Greece
Report
Attendance: 39,485
Japan  1–4  Colombia
 Report
Attendance: 40,340
Greece  2–1  Ivory Coast
 Report
Attendance: 59,095
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Group D

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Uruguay 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3   Italy 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
4   England 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Uruguay  1–3  Costa Rica
 Report
Attendance: 58,679
England  1–2  Italy
 Report
Attendance: 39,800
Uruguay  2–1  England
 Report
Attendance: 62,575
Italy  0–1  Costa Rica
Report
Attendance: 40,285
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
Italy  0–1  Uruguay
Report
Attendance: 39,706
Costa Rica  0–0  England
Report
Attendance: 57,823

Group E

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group E
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3   Ecuador 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4   Honduras 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Switzerland  2–1  Ecuador
 Report
Attendance: 68,351
France  3–0  Honduras
 Report
Attendance: 43,012
Switzerland  2–5  France
 Report
Attendance: 51,003
Honduras  1–2  Ecuador
 Report
Attendance: 39,224
Honduras  0–3  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 40,322
Ecuador  0–0  France
Report
Attendance: 73,749

Group F

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 3 3 0 0 6 3 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Nigeria 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4   Iran 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Attendance: 74,738
Iran  0–0  Nigeria
Report
Attendance: 39,081
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Argentina  1–0  Iran
 Report
Attendance: 57,698
Attendance: 40,499
Nigeria  2–3  Argentina
 Report
Attendance: 43,285
Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–1  Iran
 Report Ghoochannejhad   82'
Attendance: 48,011

Group G

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group G
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   United States 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3   Portugal 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3 4
4   Ghana 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Germany  4–0  Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 51,081
Ghana  1–2  United States
 Report
Attendance: 39,760
Germany  2–2  Ghana
 Report
Attendance: 59,621
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
United States  2–2  Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 40,123
United States  0–1  Germany
Report
Attendance: 41,876
Portugal  2–1  Ghana
 Report
Attendance: 67,540

Group H

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group H
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Belgium 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Algeria 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3   Russia 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4   South Korea 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Belgium  2–1  Algeria
 Report
Attendance: 56,800
Russia  1–1  South Korea
 Report
Attendance: 37,603
Belgium  1–0  Russia
 Report
Attendance: 73,819
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
South Korea  2–4  Algeria
 Report
Attendance: 42,732
South Korea  0–1  Belgium
Report
Attendance: 61,397
Algeria  1–1  Russia
 Report
Attendance: 39,311

Knockout stage

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
28 June – Belo Horizonte
 
 
  Brazil (pen.) 1 (3)
 
4 July – Fortaleza
 
  Chile1 (2)
 
  Brazil2
 
28 June – Rio de Janeiro
 
  Colombia1
 
  Colombia2
 
8 July – Belo Horizonte
 
  Uruguay0
 
  Brazil1
 
30 June – Brasília
 
  Germany 7
 
  France 2
 
4 July – Rio de Janeiro
 
  Nigeria 0
 
  France0
 
30 June – Porto Alegre
 
  Germany1
 
  Germany (a.e.t.) 2
 
13 July – Rio de Janeiro
 
  Algeria 1
 
  Germany (a.e.t.)1
 
29 June – Fortaleza
 
  Argentina0
 
  Netherlands2
 
5 July – Salvador
 
  Mexico1
 
  Netherlands (pen.)0 (4)
 
29 June – Recife
 
  Costa Rica 0 (3)
 
February 28, 2023
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CupCopa do Mundo da FIFA Brasil 2014 Brazilian Portuguese Juntos num so ritmo lit Together in a single rhythm Tournament detailsHost countryBrazilDates12 June 13 JulyTeams32 from 5 confederations Venue s 12 in 12 host cities Final positionsChampions Germany 4th title Runners up ArgentinaThird place NetherlandsFourth place BrazilTournament statisticsMatches played64Goals scored171 2 67 per match Attendance3 429 873 53 592 per match Top scorer s James Rodriguez 6 goals 1 Best player s Lionel Messi 2 Best young playerPaul Pogba 3 Best goalkeeperManuel Neuer 4 Fair play award Colombia 5 20102018 31 national teams advanced through qualification competitions to join the host nation in the final tournament with Bosnia and Herzegovina as the only debutant A total of 64 matches were played in 12 venues located in as many host cities across Brazil For the first time at a World Cup finals match officials used goal line technology as well as vanishing spray for free kicks 6 FIFA Fan Fests in each host city gathered a total of 5 million people and the country received 1 million visitors from 202 countries 7 Every World Cup winning team since the first tournament in 1930 Argentina Brazil England France Germany Italy Spain and Uruguay qualified for this tournament for the last time to date Spain the defending champions were eliminated at the group stage along with England and Italy Uruguay were eliminated in the round of 16 and France exited in the quarter finals Host nation Brazil who had won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup lost to Germany 7 1 in the semi finals and eventually finished in fourth place 8 In the final Germany defeated Argentina 1 0 after extra time thanks to a Mario Gotze half volley in the 113th minute of the final to win the tournament and secure the country s fourth world title the first after German reunification in 1990 when as West Germany they also beat Argentina by the same score in 90 minutes in the World Cup final Germany became the first European team to win a World Cup staged in the Americas 9 and this result marked the third consecutive title won by a European team after Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010 10 11 Contents 1 Host selection 2 Participating teams and officials 2 1 Qualification 2 2 Final draw 2 3 Officials 2 4 Squads 3 Venues 3 1 Team base camps 3 2 FIFA Fan Fests 4 Innovations 4 1 Technologies 4 2 Cooling breaks 4 3 Anti doping 5 Format 6 Opening ceremony 7 Group stage 7 1 Group A 7 2 Group B 7 3 Group C 7 4 Group D 7 5 Group E 7 6 Group F 7 7 Group G 7 8 Group H 8 Knockout stage 8 1 Round of 16 8 2 Quarter finals 8 3 Semi finals 8 4 Third place play off 8 5 Final 9 Statistics 9 1 Goalscorers 9 2 Discipline 9 3 Awards 9 4 All Star Team 9 5 Dream Team 9 6 Prize money 10 Final standings 11 Preparations and costs 12 Marketing 12 1 Sponsorship 13 Symbols 13 1 Mascot 13 2 Match ball 13 3 Music 14 Media 15 Controversies 15 1 Protests 15 2 Breaches into stadiums 15 3 Bridge collapse 15 4 Head injuries 16 See also 17 Notes 18 References 19 External linksHost selection EditMain article 2014 FIFA World Cup bids Announcement of Brazil as hosts 2007 In March 2003 FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since 1978 in line with its policy at the time of rotating the right to host the World Cup among different confederations 12 13 With the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa it would be the second consecutive World Cup outside Europe which was a first for the tournament It was also second in the Southern Hemisphere 14 Only Brazil and Colombia formally declared their candidacy but after the withdrawal of the latter from the process 15 Brazil was officially elected as host nation unopposed on 30 October 2007 16 Participating teams and officials EditQualification Edit Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification See also FIFA World Cup qualification Following qualification matches played between June 2011 and November 2013 the following 32 teams shown with their last pre tournament FIFA world ranking 17 qualified for the final tournament Twenty four of these teams were returning participants from the 2010 World Cup Bosnia and Herzegovina were the only team with no previous appearance at the World Cup finals nb 1 18 Colombia qualified for the World Cup after 16 years of absence while Belgium and Russia both returned after 12 years Paraguay failed to qualify for the first time since 1994 This was also the first World Cup for 32 years that did not feature a representative from the Nordic countries The highest ranked team not to qualify was Ukraine ranked 16th while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was Australia ranked 62nd 17 AFC 4 Australia 62 Iran 43 Japan 46 South Korea 57 CAF 5 Algeria 22 Cameroon 56 Ghana 37 Ivory Coast 23 Nigeria 44 OFC 0 None qualified CONCACAF 4 Costa Rica 28 Honduras 33 Mexico 20 United States 13 CONMEBOL 6 Argentina 5 Brazil 3 hosts Chile 14 Colombia 8 Ecuador 26 Uruguay 7 UEFA 13 Belgium 11 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21 Croatia 18 England 10 France 17 Germany 2 Greece 12 Italy 9 Netherlands 15 Portugal 4 Russia 19 Spain 1 Switzerland 6 Qualified Did not qualify Did not enter Not a FIFA member Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of June 2014 17 Country Confederation Rank1 Spain UEFA 12 Germany UEFA 23 Brazil host CONMEBOL 34 Portugal UEFA 45 Argentina CONMEBOL 56 Switzerland UEFA 67 Uruguay CONMEBOL 78 Colombia CONMEBOL 89 Italy UEFA 910 England UEFA 1011 Belgium UEFA 1112 Greece UEFA 1213 United States CONCACAF 1314 Chile CONMEBOL 1415 Netherlands UEFA 1516 France UEFA 1717 Croatia UEFA 1818 Russia UEFA 1919 Mexico CONCACAF 2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA 2121 Algeria CAF 2222 Ivory Coast CAF 2323 Ecuador CONMEBOL 2624 Costa Rica CONCACAF 2825 Honduras CONCACAF 3326 Ghana CAF 3727 Iran AFC 4328 Nigeria CAF 4429 Japan AFC 4630 Cameroon CAF 5631 South Korea AFC 5732 Australia AFC 62As of 2022 this was the last time Chile Ivory Coast Greece Italy Honduras Bosnia and Herzegovina and Algeria qualified for the World Cup finals and the last time Saudi Arabia Morocco Tunisia Senegal Denmark Poland and Serbia failed to qualify This was also the most recent World Cup finals to feature every prior winning team Final draw Edit Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup seeding The 32 participating teams were drawn into eight groups In preparation for this the teams were organised into four pots with the seven highest ranked teams joining host nation Brazil in the seeded pot 19 As with the previous tournaments FIFA aimed to create groups which maximised geographic separation and therefore the unseeded teams were arranged into pots based on geographic considerations 20 21 The draw took place on 6 December 2013 at the Costa do Sauipe resort in Bahia during which the teams were drawn by various past World Cup winning players 22 23 Under the draw procedure one randomly drawn team Italy was firstly relocated from Pot 4 to Pot 2 to create four equal pots of eight teams 24 Officials Edit Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup officials In March 2013 FIFA published a list of 52 prospective referees each paired on the basis of nationality with two assistant referees from all six football confederations for the tournament On 14 January 2014 the FIFA Referees Committee appointed 25 referee trios and eight support duos representing 43 countries for the tournament 25 26 Yuichi Nishimura from Japan acted as referee in the opening match whereas Nicola Rizzoli from Italy acted as referee in the final 27 28 List of officialsConfederation Referee Assistants Support referee assist AFC Ravshan Irmatov Uzbekistan Abdukhamidullo Rasulov Uzbekistan Bakhadyr Kochkarov Kyrgyzstan Alireza Faghani Iran Hassan Kamranifar Iran Yuichi Nishimura Japan Toru Sagara Japan Toshiyuki Nagi Japan Nawaf Shukralla Bahrain Yaser Tulefat Bahrain Ebrahim Saleh Bahrain Ben Williams Australia Matthew Cream Australia Hakan Anaz Australia CAF Noumandiez Doue Ivory Coast Songuifolo Yeo Ivory Coast Jean Claude Birumushahu Burundi Neant Alioum Cameroon Djibril Camara Senegal Bakary Gassama Gambia Evarist Menkouande Cameroon Felicien Kabanda Rwanda Djamel Haimoudi Algeria Redouane Achik Morocco Abdelhak Etchiali Algeria CONCACAF Joel Aguilar El Salvador William Torres El Salvador Juan Zumba El Salvador Roberto Moreno Panama Eric Boria United States Walter Lopez Guatemala Leonel Leal Costa Rica Mark Geiger United States Mark Hurd United States Joe Fletcher Canada Marco Rodriguez Mexico Marvin Torrentera Mexico Marcos Quintero Mexico CONMEBOL Nestor Pitana Argentina Hernan Maidana Argentina Juan Pablo Belatti Argentina Victor Hugo Carrillo Peru Rodney Aquino Paraguay Sandro Ricci Brazil Emerson De Carvalho Brazil Marcelo Van Gasse Brazil Enrique Osses Chile Carlos Astroza Chile Sergio Roman Chile Wilmar Roldan Colombia Humberto Clavijo Colombia Eduardo Diaz Colombia Carlos Vera Ecuador Christian Lescano Ecuador Byron Romero Ecuador OFC Peter O Leary New Zealand Jan Hendrik Hintz New Zealand Mark Rule New Zealand Norbert Hauata Tahiti Aden Marwa Kenya UEFA Felix Brych Germany Mark Borsch Germany Stefan Lupp Germany Svein Oddvar Moen Norway Kim Haglund Norway Cuneyt Cakir Turkey Bahattin Duran Turkey Tarik Ongun Turkey Jonas Eriksson Sweden Mathias Klasenius Sweden Daniel Warnmark Sweden Bjorn Kuipers Netherlands Sander van Roekel Netherlands Erwin Zeinstra Netherlands Milorad Mazic Serbia Milovan Ristic Serbia Dalibor Đurđevic Serbia Pedro Proenca Portugal Bertino Miranda Portugal Tiago Trigo Portugal Nicola Rizzoli Italy Renato Faverani Italy Andrea Stefani Italy Carlos Velasco Carballo Spain Roberto Alonso Fernandez Spain Juan Carlos Yuste Jimenez Spain Howard Webb England Michael Mullarkey England Darren Cann England Squads Edit Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup squads As with the 2010 tournament each team s squad consisted of 23 players three of whom must be goalkeepers Each participating national association had to confirm their final 23 player squad no later than 10 days before the start of the tournament 29 Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury at any time up to 24 hours before their first game 29 During a match all remaining squad members not named in the starting team were available to be one of the three permitted substitutions provided the player was not serving a suspension 29 Venues EditMain article 2014 FIFA World Cup venues 12 venues seven new and five renovated in twelve cities were selected for the tournament The venues covered all the main regions of Brazil and created more evenly distributed hosting than the 1950 finals in Brazil 30 Consequently the tournament required long distance travel for teams 31 During the World Cup Brazilian cities were also home to the participating teams at 32 separate base camps 32 as well as staging official fan fests where supporters could view the games 33 The most used stadiums were the Maracana and Brasilia which hosted seven matches each The least used venues were in Cuiaba Manaus Natal and Curitiba which hosted four matches each as the four smallest stadiums in use at the tournament they did not host any knockout round matches 34 Rio de Janeiro City Rio de Janeiro Brasilia Federal District Sao Paulo City Sao Paulo Fortaleza CearaEstadio do Maracana Estadio Nacional Arena Corinthians Arena de Sao Paulo Estadio CastelaoCapacity 74 738 34 Capacity 69 432 34 Capacity 63 321 34 Capacity 60 348 34 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brasilia Fortaleza Porto Alegre Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro Salvador Natal Cuiaba Curitiba Manaus Recife Salvador BahiaEstadio Mineirao Arena Fonte NovaCapacity 58 259 34 Capacity 51 708 34 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul Recife Pernambuco nb 2 Estadio Beira Rio Arena PernambucoCapacity 43 394 34 Capacity 42 583 34 Cuiaba Mato Grosso Manaus Amazonas Natal Rio Grande do Norte Curitiba ParanaArena Pantanal Arena da Amazonia Arena das Dunas Arena da BaixadaCapacity 41 112 34 Capacity 40 549 34 Capacity 39 971 34 Capacity 39 631 34 Team base camps Edit Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament On 31 January 2014 FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team 32 having earlier circulated a brochure of 84 prospective locations 35 Most teams opted to stay in the Southeast Region of Brazil with only eight teams choosing other regions five teams Croatia Germany Ghana Greece and Switzerland opted to stay in the Northeast Region and three teams Ecuador South Korea and Spain opted to stay in the South Region None opted to stay in the North Region or the Central West Region 36 Campo Bahia the base camp of the eventual champion Germany attracted much interest 37 National squads base campsTeam CityAlgeria Sorocaba SPArgentina Vespasiano MGAustralia Vitoria ESBelgium Mogi das Cruzes SPBosnia and Herzegovina Guaruja SPBrazil Teresopolis RJCameroon Vitoria ESChile Belo Horizonte MGColombia Cotia SPCosta Rica Santos SPCroatia Mata de Sao Joao BAEcuador Viamao RSEngland Rio de Janeiro RJFrance Ribeirao Preto SPGermany Campo Bahia BAGhana Maceio ALTeam CityGreece Aracaju SEHonduras Porto Feliz SPIran Guarulhos SPItaly Mangaratiba RJIvory Coast Aguas de Lindoia SPJapan Itu SPSouth Korea Foz do Iguacu PRMexico Santos SPNetherlands Rio de Janeiro RJNigeria Campinas SPPortugal Campinas SPRussia Itu SPSpain Curitiba PRSwitzerland Porto Seguro BAUnited States Sao Paulo SPUruguay Sete Lagoas MGFIFA Fan Fests Edit Brazilian fans at the FIFA Fan Fest in Brasilia For a third consecutive World Cup tournament FIFA staged FIFA Fan Fests in each of the 12 host cities throughout the competition Prominent examples were the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro which already held a Fan Fest in 2010 and Sao Paulo s Vale do Anhangabau 38 39 The first official event took place on Iracema Beach in Fortaleza on 8 June 2014 40 Innovations EditTechnologies Edit Adidas Brazuca In order to avoid ghost goals the 2014 World Cup introduced goal line technology following successful trials at among others 2013 Confederations Cup The chosen Goal Control system featured 14 high speed cameras 7 directed to each of the goals Data were sent to the central image processing centre where a virtual representation of the ball was output on a widescreen to confirm the goal The referee was equipped with a watch which vibrated and displayed a signal upon a goal 41 42 43 France s second goal in their group game against Honduras was the first time goal line technology was needed to confirm that a goal should be given 44 Following successful trials nb 3 FIFA approved the use of vanishing spray by the referees for the first time at a World Cup Finals The water based spray which disappears within minutes of application can be used to mark a ten yard line for the defending team during a free kick and also to draw where the ball is to be placed for a free kick 45 The Adidas Brazuca was the official match ball of the 2014 FIFA World Cup 46 47 48 49 and was supplied by Forward Sports of Sialkot Pakistan 46 Adidas created a new design of ball after criticisms of the Adidas Jabulani used in the previous World Cup The number of panels was reduced to six with the panels being thermally bonded This created a ball with increased consistency and aerodynamics compared to its predecessor Furthermore Adidas underwent an extensive testing process lasting more than two years to produce a ball that would meet the approval of football professionals Cooling breaks Edit Due to the relatively high ambient temperatures in Brazil particularly at the northern venues cooling breaks for the players were introduced 50 Breaks could take place at the referee s discretion after the 30th minute of each half if the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature exceeded 32 C 90 F the breaks would last 3 minutes with this time made up by an extended period of stoppage time at the end of the half The first cooling break in a World Cup play took place during the 32nd minute of the match between the Netherlands and Mexico in the round of 16 51 52 53 54 At the start of the match FIFA listed the temperature at 32 C 90 F with 68 humidity 55 Anti doping Edit The biological passport was introduced in the FIFA World Cup starting in 2014 Blood and urine samples collected from all players before the competition and from two players per team per match were analysed by the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses 56 FIFA reported that 91 5 of the players taking part in the tournament were tested before the start of the competition and none tested positive 57 However FIFA was criticised for how it conducted doping tests 58 59 Format EditThe first round or group stage was a competition between the 32 teams divided among eight groups of four where each group engaged in a round robin tournament within itself The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage 29 Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw When comparing teams in a group over all result came before head to head Tie breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria Number of points Goal difference Number of goals scored Number of points obtained in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Number of goals scored in matches between tied teams Drawing of lotsIn the knockout stage there were four rounds round of 16 quarter finals semi finals and the final with each eliminating the losers The two semi final losers competed in a third place play off For any match in the knockout stage a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner If the teams were still tied a penalty shoot out was held to determine a winner 29 The match schedule was announced on 20 October 2011 60 with the kick off times being confirmed on 27 September 2012 61 after the final draw the kick off times of seven matches were adjusted by FIFA 62 The competition was organised so that teams that played each other in the group stage could not meet again during the knockout phase until the final or the 3rd place match 29 The group stage began on 12 June with the host nation competing in the opening game as has been the format since the 2006 tournament The opening game was preceded by an opening ceremony that began at 15 15 local time 63 Opening ceremony Edit From left to right Claudia Leitte Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez performing at the opening ceremony at the Arena de Sao Paulo Sao Paulo Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony On 12 June 2014 the 20th edition of the FIFA World Cup began with the opening ceremony at Arena de Sao Paulo Sao Paulo Brazil The event saw 660 dancers take to the stadium and perform in a ceremony which celebrated the nature of the country and its love of football Following the dancers native singer Claudia Leitte emerged on centre stage to perform for the crowd She was later joined by Cuban American rapper Pitbull and American singer Jennifer Lopez to perform the tournament s official song We Are One Ole Ola which had been released as an official single on 8 April 2014 Following the ceremony the opening match was played which saw the hosts come from behind to beat Croatia 3 1 64 65 66 Group stage EditThe group stage of the cup took place in Brazil from 12 June 2014 to 26 June 2014 each team played three games The group stage was notable for a scarcity of draws and a large number of goals The first drawn and goalless match did not occur until the 13th match of the tournament between Iran and Nigeria a drought longer than any World Cup since 1930 67 The group stage produced a total of 136 goals an average of 2 83 goals per match nine fewer than were scored during the entire 2010 tournament 68 This is the largest number of goals in the group stage since the 32 team system was implemented in 1998 69 and the largest average in a group stage since 1958 70 World Cup holders Spain were eliminated after only two games the quickest exit for the defending champions since Italy s from the 1950 tournament 71 Spain also became the fourth nation to be eliminated in the first round while holding the World Cup crown the first one being Italy in 1950 and again in 2010 Brazil in 1966 and France in 2002 72 For the first time two teams from Africa advanced to the second round a feat that would be repeated in the 2022 tournament Group A Edit Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup Group A Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Brazil H 3 2 1 0 7 2 5 7 Advance to knockout stage2 Mexico 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 73 Croatia 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 34 Cameroon 3 0 0 3 1 9 8 0Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria H Host 12 June 201417 00 BRT UTC 3 Brazil 3 1 CroatiaNeymar 29 71 pen Oscar 90 1 Report Marcelo 12 o g Arena de Sao Paulo Sao PauloAttendance 62 103Referee Yuichi Nishimura Japan 13 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Mexico 1 0 CameroonPeralta 61 ReportArena das Dunas NatalAttendance 39 216Referee Wilmar Roldan Colombia 17 June 201416 00 BRT UTC 3 Brazil 0 0 MexicoReportEstadio Castelao FortalezaAttendance 60 342Referee Cuneyt Cakir Turkey 18 June 201418 00 AMT UTC 4 Cameroon 0 4 CroatiaReport Olic 11 Perisic 48 Mandzukic 61 73 Arena da Amazonia ManausAttendance 39 982Referee Pedro Proenca Portugal 23 June 201417 00 BRT UTC 3 Cameroon 1 4 BrazilMatip 26 Report Neymar 17 35 Fred 49 Fernandinho 84 Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha BrasiliaAttendance 69 112Referee Jonas Eriksson Sweden 23 June 201417 00 BRT UTC 3 Croatia 1 3 MexicoPerisic 87 Report Marquez 72 Guardado 75 Hernandez 82 Itaipava Arena Pernambuco RecifeAttendance 41 212Referee Ravshan Irmatov Uzbekistan Group B Edit Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup Group B Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 10 3 7 9 Advance to knockout stage2 Chile 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 63 Spain 3 1 0 2 4 7 3 34 Australia 3 0 0 3 3 9 6 0Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 13 June 201416 00 BRT UTC 3 Spain 1 5 NetherlandsAlonso 27 pen Report Van Persie 44 72 Robben 53 80 De Vrij 64 Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova SalvadorAttendance 48 173Referee Nicola Rizzoli Italy 73 13 June 201418 00 AMT UTC 4 Chile 3 1 AustraliaSanchez 12 Valdivia 14 Beausejour 90 2 Report Cahill 35 Arena Pantanal CuiabaAttendance 40 275Referee Noumandiez Doue Ivory Coast 73 18 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Australia 2 3 NetherlandsCahill 21 Jedinak 54 pen Report Robben 20 Van Persie 58 Depay 68 Estadio Beira Rio Porto AlegreAttendance 42 877Referee Djamel Haimoudi Algeria 18 June 201416 00 BRT UTC 3 Spain 0 2 ChileReport Vargas 20 Aranguiz 43 Estadio do Maracana Rio de JaneiroAttendance 74 101Referee Mark Geiger United States 23 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Australia 0 3 SpainReport Villa 36 Torres 69 Mata 82 Arena da Baixada CuritibaAttendance 39 375Referee Nawaf Shukralla Bahrain 23 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Netherlands 2 0 ChileFer 77 Depay 90 2 ReportArena de Sao Paulo Sao PauloAttendance 62 996Referee Bakary Gassama Gambia Group C Edit Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Colombia 3 3 0 0 9 2 7 9 Advance to knockout stage2 Greece 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 43 Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 34 Japan 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 1Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 14 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Colombia 3 0 GreeceArmero 5 Gutierrez 58 Rodriguez 90 3 ReportEstadio Mineirao Belo HorizonteAttendance 57 174Referee Mark Geiger United States 74 14 June 201422 00 BRT UTC 3 Ivory Coast 2 1 JapanBony 64 Gervinho 66 Report Honda 16 Itaipava Arena Pernambuco RecifeAttendance 40 267Referee Enrique Osses Chile 74 19 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Colombia 2 1 Ivory CoastRodriguez 64 Quintero 70 Report Gervinho 73 Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha BrasiliaAttendance 68 748Referee Howard Webb England 19 June 201419 00 BRT UTC 3 Japan 0 0 GreeceReportArena das Dunas NatalAttendance 39 485Referee Joel Aguilar El Salvador 24 June 201416 00 AMT UTC 4 Japan 1 4 ColombiaOkazaki 45 1 Report Cuadrado 17 pen Martinez 55 82 Rodriguez 90 Arena Pantanal CuiabaAttendance 40 340Referee Pedro Proenca Portugal 24 June 201417 00 BRT UTC 3 Greece 2 1 Ivory CoastSamaris 42 Samaras 90 3 pen Report Bony 74 Estadio Castelao FortalezaAttendance 59 095Referee Carlos Vera Ecuador Group D Edit Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup Group D Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7 Advance to knockout stage2 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 63 Italy 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 34 England 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 1Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 14 June 201416 00 BRT UTC 3 Uruguay 1 3 Costa RicaCavani 24 pen Report Campbell 54 Duarte 57 Urena 84 Estadio Castelao FortalezaAttendance 58 679Referee Felix Brych Germany 75 14 June 201418 00 AMT UTC 4 England 1 2 ItalySturridge 37 Report Marchisio 35 Balotelli 50 Arena da Amazonia ManausAttendance 39 800Referee Bjorn Kuipers Netherlands 75 19 June 201416 00 BRT UTC 3 Uruguay 2 1 EnglandSuarez 39 85 Report Rooney 75 Arena de Sao Paulo Sao PauloAttendance 62 575Referee Carlos Velasco Carballo Spain 20 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Italy 0 1 Costa RicaReport Ruiz 44 Itaipava Arena Pernambuco RecifeAttendance 40 285Referee Enrique Osses Chile 24 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Italy 0 1 UruguayReport Godin 81 Arena das Dunas NatalAttendance 39 706Referee Marco Rodriguez Mexico 24 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Costa Rica 0 0 EnglandReportEstadio Mineirao Belo HorizonteAttendance 57 823Referee Djamel Haimoudi Algeria Group E Edit Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup Group E Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 France 3 2 1 0 8 2 6 7 Advance to knockout stage2 Switzerland 3 2 0 1 7 6 1 63 Ecuador 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 44 Honduras 3 0 0 3 1 8 7 0Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 15 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Switzerland 2 1 EcuadorMehmedi 48 Seferovic 90 3 Report E Valencia 22 Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha BrasiliaAttendance 68 351Referee Ravshan Irmatov Uzbekistan 76 15 June 201416 00 BRT UTC 3 France 3 0 HondurasBenzema 45 pen 72 Valladares 48 o g ReportEstadio Beira Rio Porto AlegreAttendance 43 012Referee Sandro Ricci Brazil 76 20 June 201416 00 BRT UTC 3 Switzerland 2 5 FranceDzemaili 81 Xhaka 87 Report Giroud 17 Matuidi 18 Valbuena 40 Benzema 67 Sissoko 73 Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova SalvadorAttendance 51 003Referee Bjorn Kuipers Netherlands 20 June 201419 00 BRT UTC 3 Honduras 1 2 EcuadorCostly 31 Report E Valencia 34 65 Arena da Baixada CuritibaAttendance 39 224Referee Ben Williams Australia 25 June 201416 00 AMT UTC 4 Honduras 0 3 SwitzerlandReport Shaqiri 6 31 71 Arena da Amazonia ManausAttendance 40 322Referee Nestor Pitana Argentina 25 June 201417 00 BRT UTC 3 Ecuador 0 0 FranceReportEstadio do Maracana Rio de JaneiroAttendance 73 749Referee Noumandiez Doue Ivory Coast Group F Edit Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Argentina 3 3 0 0 6 3 3 9 Advance to knockout stage2 Nigeria 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 34 Iran 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 1Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 15 June 201419 00 BRT UTC 3 Argentina 2 1 Bosnia and HerzegovinaKolasinac 3 o g Messi 65 Report Ibisevic 85 Estadio do Maracana Rio de JaneiroAttendance 74 738Referee Joel Aguilar El Salvador 77 16 June 201416 00 BRT UTC 3 Iran 0 0 NigeriaReportArena da Baixada CuritibaAttendance 39 081Referee Carlos Vera Ecuador 21 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Argentina 1 0 IranMessi 90 1 ReportEstadio Mineirao Belo HorizonteAttendance 57 698Referee Milorad Mazic Serbia 21 June 201418 00 AMT UTC 4 Nigeria 1 0 Bosnia and HerzegovinaOdemwingie 29 ReportArena Pantanal CuiabaAttendance 40 499Referee Peter O Leary New Zealand 25 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Nigeria 2 3 ArgentinaMusa 4 47 Report Messi 3 45 1 Rojo 50 Estadio Beira Rio Porto AlegreAttendance 43 285Referee Nicola Rizzoli Italy 25 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 IranDzeko 23 Pjanic 59 Vrsajevic 83 Report Ghoochannejhad 82 Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova SalvadorAttendance 48 011Referee Carlos Velasco Carballo Spain Group G Edit Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup Group G Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Germany 3 2 1 0 7 2 5 7 Advance to knockout stage2 United States 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 43 Portugal 3 1 1 1 4 7 3 44 Ghana 3 0 1 2 4 6 2 1Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 16 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Germany 4 0 PortugalMuller 12 pen 45 1 78 Hummels 32 ReportItaipava Arena Fonte Nova SalvadorAttendance 51 081Referee Milorad Mazic Serbia 16 June 201419 00 BRT UTC 3 Ghana 1 2 United StatesA Ayew 82 Report Dempsey 1 Brooks 86 Arena das Dunas NatalAttendance 39 760Referee Jonas Eriksson Sweden 21 June 201416 00 BRT UTC 3 Germany 2 2 GhanaGotze 51 Klose 71 Report A Ayew 54 Gyan 63 Estadio Castelao FortalezaAttendance 59 621Referee Sandro Ricci Brazil 22 June 201418 00 AMT UTC 4 United States 2 2 PortugalJones 64 Dempsey 81 Report Nani 5 Varela 90 5 Arena da Amazonia ManausAttendance 40 123Referee Nestor Pitana Argentina 26 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 United States 0 1 GermanyReport Muller 55 Itaipava Arena Pernambuco RecifeAttendance 41 876Referee Ravshan Irmatov Uzbekistan 26 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Portugal 2 1 GhanaBoye 31 o g Ronaldo 80 Report Gyan 57 Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha BrasiliaAttendance 67 540Referee Nawaf Shukralla Bahrain Group H Edit Main article 2014 FIFA World Cup Group H Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Belgium 3 3 0 0 4 1 3 9 Advance to knockout stage2 Algeria 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 43 Russia 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 24 South Korea 3 0 1 2 3 6 3 1Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 17 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Belgium 2 1 AlgeriaFellaini 70 Mertens 80 Report Feghouli 25 pen Estadio Mineirao Belo HorizonteAttendance 56 800Referee Marco Rodriguez Mexico 17 June 201418 00 AMT UTC 4 Russia 1 1 South KoreaKerzhakov 74 Report Lee Keun ho 68 Arena Pantanal CuiabaAttendance 37 603Referee Nestor Pitana Argentina 22 June 201413 00 BRT UTC 3 Belgium 1 0 RussiaOrigi 88 ReportEstadio do Maracana Rio de JaneiroAttendance 73 819Referee Felix Brych Germany 22 June 201416 00 BRT UTC 3 South Korea 2 4 AlgeriaSon Heung min 50 Koo Ja cheol 72 Report Slimani 26 Halliche 28 Djabou 38 Brahimi 62 Estadio Beira Rio Porto AlegreAttendance 42 732Referee Wilmar Roldan Colombia 26 June 201417 00 BRT UTC 3 South Korea 0 1 BelgiumReport Vertonghen 78 Arena de Sao Paulo Sao PauloAttendance 61 397Referee Ben Williams Australia 26 June 201417 00 BRT UTC 3 Algeria 1 1 RussiaSlimani 60 Report Kokorin 6 Arena da Baixada CuritibaAttendance 39 311Referee Cuneyt Cakir Turkey Knockout stage EditMain article 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage Round of 16Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 28 June Belo Horizonte Brazil pen 1 3 4 July Fortaleza Chile1 2 Brazil2 28 June Rio de Janeiro Colombia1 Colombia2 8 July Belo Horizonte Uruguay0 Brazil1 30 June Brasilia Germany7 France2 4 July Rio de Janeiro Nigeria0 France0 30 June Porto Alegre 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