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2014 FIFA World Cup

Copa do Mundo da FIFA Brasil 2014
Germany lifting the World Cup trophy.
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	13 June – 13 July
Teams	32 (from 6 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 played	64
Goals scored	171 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	3,429,873 (53,592 per match)
Top scorer(s)	James Rodríguez (6 goals)
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup being held in Brazil. It was the second time that Brazil hosted the World Cup and the fourth time that a South American country hosted the FIFA tournament. Germany won the tournament after defeating Argentina 1–0. The defending champions, Spain, were eliminated from the World Cup after losing to the Netherlands and Chile in the group stage and the host country, Brazil, were eliminated after a record-breaking 1–7 loss to Germany.

Participants

Asia Australia Iran Japan South Korea Africa Algeria Cameroon Ghana Côte d'Ivoire Nigeria North America Costa Rica Honduras Mexico United States

South America Argentina Brazil (host) Chile Colombia Ecuador Uruguay Europe Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia England France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Portugal Russia Spain Switzerland

Prize money

Before the tournament began, all teams received US$1.5 million for preparation costs. The teams that were eliminated from the Group Stage got US$8 million, from the Round of 16 got US$9 million, and from the Quarter-Finals got US$14 million. The fourth place team got US$20 million, the third place team got US$22 million, the second place team got US$25 million and the champions got US$35 million.

US$35 million Germany US$25 million Argentina US$22 million Netherlands US$20 million Brazil US$14 million Belgium Colombia Costa Rica France US$9 million Algeria Chile Greece Mexico Nigeria Switzerland United States Uruguay

US$8 million Australia Bosnia and Herzegovina Cameroon Croatia Ecuador England Ghana Honduras Iran Italy Ivory Coast Japan Portugal Russia South Korea Spain

Venues

A total of Seventeen cities showed interest in being chosen as World Cup host cities: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Brasília, Belém, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Manaus, Natal, Recife (a stadium would be shared by both cities), Rio Branco and Salvador. Maceió withdrew in January 2009.

According to current FIFA practice, no more than one city may use two stadiums, and the number of host cities is limited between eight and ten. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) requested permission to assign 12 cities hosting World Cup Finals. On 26 December 2008, FIFA gave the green light to the 12-city plan.

Even before the 12 host cities were selected, there were few doubts that the chosen venue for the final match will be the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, which also hosted the decisive match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Originally the CBF's intentions were to have the opening match at Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil. However, on 14 June 2010 the stadium was excluded from hosting games in the tournament due to a failure to provide financial guarantees for the improvements needed to have it as an eligible venue. In the end of August 2010, the CBF announced that the new Corinthians stadium will host the matches in São Paulo.

The 12 host cities for the 2014 World Cup were announced on 31 May 2009. Belém, Campo Grande, Florianópolis, Goiânia and Rio Branco were rejected.

Group Stage

A win would earn the team 3 points, a draw would earn them 1 point, and a loss earns them no points.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
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 17:00	Brazil	3–1	Croatia	Arena Itaquera, São Paulo Attendance: 62,103 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
	Neymar  29', 71' (pen.) Oscar  90'		Marcelo  11' (o.g.)

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13 June 2014 13:00	Mexico	1–0	Cameroon	Arena das Dunas, Natal Attendance: 39,216 Referee: Wilmar Roldán
	Peralta  61'

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17 June 2015 16:00	Brazil	0–0	Mexico	Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 60,342 Referee: Cuneyt Çakir

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18 June 2015 18:00	Cameroon	0–4	Croatia	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus Attendance: 39,982 Referee: Pedro Proença
			Olić  11' Perišić  58' Mandžukić  61', 73'

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23 June 2015 17:00	Cameroon	1–4	Brazil	Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 69,112 Referee: Jonas Eriksson
	Matip  26'		Neymar  17', 35' Fred  49' Fernandinho  84'

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23 June 2015 17:00	Croatia	1–3	Mexico	Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata Attendance: 41,212 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
	Perišić  87'		Márquez  72' Guardado  75' Chicharito  82'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9
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 2015 16:00	Spain	1–5	Netherlands	Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 48,173 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
	Alonso  27' (pen.)		Van Persie  44', 72' Robben  53', 80' De Vrij  65'

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13 June 2015 18:00	Chile	3–1	Australia	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá Attendance: 40,275 Referee: Noumandiez Doué
	Sánchez  12' Valdívia  14' Beausejour  90+2'		Cahill  35'

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18 June 2015 13:00	Australia	2–3	Netherlands	Beira Rio, Porto Alegre Attendance: 42,877 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi
	Cahill  21' Jedinak  54' (pen.)		Robben  20' Van Persie  58' Depay  68'

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18 June 2015 16:00	Spain	0–2	Chile	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 74,101 Referee: Mark Geiger
			Vargas  20' Aránguiz  43'

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23 June 2015 13:00	Australia	0–3	Spain	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba Attendance: 39,375 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla
			Villa  36' Torres  69' Mata  82'

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23 June 2015 13:00	Netherlands	2–0	Chile	Arena Itaquera, São Paulo Attendance: 62,996 Referee: Bakary Gassama
	Fer  77' Depay  90+2'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9
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 2015 13:00	Colombia	3–0	Greece	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 57,174 Referee: Mark Geiger
	Armero  5' Gutiérrez  58' Rodríguez  90+3'

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14 June 2015 22:00	Ivory Coast	2–1	Japan	Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata Attendance: 40,267 Referee: Enrique Osses
	Bony  63' Gervinho  65'		Honda  15'

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19 June 2015 13:00	Colombia	2–1	Ivory Coast	Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 68,748 Referee: Howard Webb
	Rodríguez  64' Quintero  70'		Gervinho  73'

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19 June 2015 19:00	Japan	0–0	Greece	Arena das Dunas, Natal Attendance: 39,485 Referee: Joel Aguilar

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24 June 2015 17:00	Japan	1–4	Colombia	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá Attendance: 40,340 Referee: Pedro Proença
	Okazaki  45+1'		Cuadrado  17' (pen.) Martínez  55', 82' Rodríguez  90'

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24 June 2015 17:00	Greece	2–1	Ivory Coast	Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 59,095 Referee: Carlos Vera
	Samaris  42' Samaras  90+3' (pen.)		Bony  74'

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
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 2015 16:00	Uruguay	1–3	Costa Rica	Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 58,679 Referee: Felix Brych
	Cavani  24' (pen.)		Campbell  54' Duarte  57' Ureña  84'

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14 June 2015 18:00	England	1–2	Italy	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus Attendance: 39,800 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers
	Sturridge  37'		Marchisio  35' Balotelli  50'

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19 June 2015 16:00	Uruguay	2–1	England	Arena Itaquera, São Paulo Attendance: 62,575 Referee: Carlos Velasco
	Suárez  38', 84'		Rooney  75'

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20 June 2015 13:00	Italy	0–1	Costa Rica	Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata Attendance: 40,285 Referee: Enrique Osses
			Ruiz  44'

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24 June 2015 13:00	Italy	0–1	Uruguay	Arena das Dunas, Natal Attendance: 39,706 Referee: Marco Rodríguez
			Godín  81'

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24 June 2015 13:00	Costa Rica	0–0	England	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 57,823 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
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 2015 13:00	Switzerland	2–1	Ecuador	Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 68,351 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
	Mehmedi  48' Seferović  90+3'		Valencia  22'

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15 June 2015 16:00	France	3–0	Honduras	Beira Rio, Porto Alegre Attendance: 43,012 Referee: Sandro Ricci
	Benzema  45' (pen.), 72' Valladares  48' (o.g.)

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20 June 2015 16:00	Switzerland	2–5	France	Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 51,003 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers
	Džemaili  81' Xhaka  87'		Giroud  17' Matuidi  18' Valbuena  40' Benzema  67' Sissoko  73'

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20 June 2015 19:00	Honduras	1–2	Ecuador	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba Attendance: 39,224 Referee: Ben Williams
	Costly  31'		Valencia  34', 65'

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25 June 2015 17:00	Honduras	0–3	Switzerland	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus Attendance: 40,322 Referee: Néstor Pitana
			Shaqiri  6', 31', 71'

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25 June 2015 17:00	Ecuador	0–0	France	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 73,749 Referee: Noumandiez Doué

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3	9
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 2015 19:00	Argentina	2–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 74,738 Referee: Joel Aguilar
	Kolašinac  2' (o.g.) Messi  64'		Ibišević  84'

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16 June 2015 16:00	Iran	0–0	Nigeria	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba Attendance: 39,081 Referee: Carlos Vera

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21 June 2015 13:00	Argentina	1–0	Iran	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 57,698 Referee: Milorad Mazić
	Messi  90+1'

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21 June 2015 18:00	Nigeria	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá Attendance: 40,499 Referee: Peter O'Leary
	Odemwingie  29'

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25 June 2015 13:00	Nigeria	2–3	Argentina	Beira Rio, Porto Alegre Attendance: 43,285 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
	Musa  4', 47'		Messi  3', 45+1' Rojo  50'

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25 June 2015 13:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	Iran	Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 48,011 Referee: Carlos Velasco
	Džeko  23' Pjanić  59' Vršajević  83'		Ghoochannejhad  82'

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
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 2015 13:00	Germany	4–0	Portugal	Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 51,081 Referee: Milorad Mazić
	Müller  12' (pen.), 45', 78' Hummels  32'

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16 June 2015 19:00	Ghana	1–2	United States	Arena das Dunas, Natal Attendance: 39,760 Referee: Jonas Eriksson
	Ayew  82'		Dempsey  1' Brooks  86'

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21 June 2015 16:00	Germany	2–2	Ghana	Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 59,621 Referee: Sandro Ricci
	Götze  51' Klose  71'		Ayew  54' Gyan  63'

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22 June 2015 19:00	United States	2–2	Portugal	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus Attendance: 40,123 Referee: Néstor Pitana
	Jones  64' Dempsey  81'		Nani  5' Varela  90+4'

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26 June 2015 13:00	United States	0–1	Germany	Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata Attendance: 41,876 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
			Müller  55'

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26 June 2015 13:00	Portugal	2–1	Ghana	Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 67,540 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla
	Boye  31' (o.g.) Ronaldo  80'		Gyan  57'

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9
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 2015 13:00	Belgium	2–1	Algeria	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 56,800 Referee: Marco Rodríguez
	Fellaini  70' Mertens  80'		Feghouli  25' (pen.)

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17 June 2015 18:00	Russia	1–1	South Korea	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá Attendance: 37,603 Referee: Néstor Pitana
	Kerzhakov  74'		Lee Keun-Ho  68'

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22 June 2015 13:00	Belgium	1–0	Russia	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 73,819 Referee: Felix Brych
	Origi  88'

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22 June 2015 16:00	South Korea	2–4	Algeria	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus Attendance: 42,732 Referee: Wilmar Roldán
	Son Heung-Min  50' Koo Ja-Cheol  72'		Slimani  26' Halliche  28' Djabou  38' Brahimi  62'

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26 June 2015 17:00	South Korea	0–1	Belgium	Arena Itaquera, São Paulo Attendance: 61,397 Referee: Ben Williams
			Vertonghen  78'

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26 June 2015 17:00	Algeria	1–1	Russia	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba Attendance: 39,311 Referee: Cuneyt Çakir
	Slimani  60'		Kokorin  6'

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

28 June – Belo Horizonte

Brazil (p)

1 (3)

4 July – Fortaleza

Chile

1 (2)

Brazil

2

28 June – Rio de Janeiro

Colombia

1

Colombia

2

8 July – Belo Horizonte

Uruguay

0

Brazil

1

30 June – Brasília

Germany

7

France

2

4 July – Rio de Janeiro

Nigeria

0

France

0

30 June – Porto Alegre

Germany

1

Germany (aet)

2

13 July – Rio de Janeiro

Algeria

1

Germany (aet)

1

29 June – Fortaleza

Argentina

0

Netherlands

2

5 July – Salvador

Mexico

1

Netherlands

0 (4)

29 June – Recife

Costa Rica

0 (3)

Costa Rica (p)

1 (5)

9 July – São Paulo

Greece

1 (3)

Netherlands

0 (2)

1 July – São Paulo

Argentina (p)

0 (4)

Third place

Argentina (aet)

1

5 July – Brasília

12 July – Brasília

Switzerland

0

Argentina

1

Brazil

0

1 July – Salvador

Belgium

0

Netherlands

3

Belgium (aet)

2

United States

1

Round of 16

28 June 2014 13:00	Brazil	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Chile	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 57,714 Referee: Howard Webb
	David Luiz  18'		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	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 73,804 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers
	Rodríguez  28', 50'

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

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29 June 2014 17:00	Costa Rica	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Greece	Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata Attendance: 41,242 Referee: Ben Williams
	Ruiz  52'		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	Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 67,882 Referee: Mark Geiger
	Pogba  79' Yobo  90+2' (o.g.)

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

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

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

Quarter-finals

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

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

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

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

Semifinals

8 July 2014 17:00	Brazil	1–7	Germany	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 58,141 Referee: Marco Rodríguez
	Oscar  90'		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 Itaquera, São Paulo Attendance: 63,267 Referee: Cuneyt Çakir
		Penalties
	Vlaar Robben Sneijder Kuyt	2–4	Messi Garay Agüero Rodríguez

Third-place match

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

Final

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

2014 FIFA World Cup Winners
Germany 4th title

Statistics

Goalscorers

6 goals

• James Rodríguez

5 goals

• Thomas Müller

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

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

Source: FIFA

Team rankings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	7	6	1	0	18	4	+14	19
2	Argentina	7	5	1	1	8	4	+4	16
3	Netherlands	7	5	2	0	15	4	+11	17
4	Brazil	7	3	2	2	11	14	–3	11
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
5	Colombia	5	4	0	1	12	4	+8	12
6	Belgium	5	4	0	1	6	3	+3	12
7	France	5	3	1	1	10	3	+7	10
8	Costa Rica	5	2	3	0	5	2	+3	9
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9	Chile	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
10	Mexico	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
11	Switzerland	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6
12	Uruguay	4	2	0	2	4	6	–2	6
13	Greece	4	1	2	1	3	5	–2	5
14	Algeria	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	4
15	United States	4	1	1	2	5	6	–1	4
16	Nigeria	4	1	1	2	3	5	–2	4
Eliminated in the Group stage
17	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
18	Portugal	3	1	1	1	4	7	–3	4
19	Croatia	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
21	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	4	5	–1	3
22	Italy	3	1	0	2	2	3	–1	3
23	Spain	3	1	0	2	4	7	–3	3
24	Russia	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
25	Ghana	3	0	1	2	4	6	–2	1
26	England	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1
27	South Korea	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	1
28	Iran	3	0	1	2	1	4	–3	1
29	Japan	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1
30	Australia	3	0	0	3	3	9	–6	0
31	Honduras	3	0	0	3	1	8	–7	0
32	Cameroon	3	0	0	3	1	9	–8	0

• Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are not based on head-to-head record.

Images for kids

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  Announcing of Brazil as hosts, 2007

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  Brazilian football fans at the FIFA Fan Fest in Brasília.

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  Adidas Brazuca

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  From left to right: Claudia Leitte, Pitbull, and Jennifer Lopez performing at the opening ceremony at the Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo.

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  The Estádio Nacional in Brasília during its rebuilt. The project was completed at a cost of US$900 million, against an original budget of US$300 million, making the stadium the second-most expensive football stadium in the world after England's Wembley Stadium.

See also

In Spanish: Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2014 para niños