2014 FIFA World Cup Group B

**Group B** of the **2014 FIFA World Cup** consisted of Spain, the Netherlands, Chile, and Australia. This group contained the finalists of 2010 FIFA World Cup: Spain (reigning champion) and the Netherlands (runners-up). Play began on 13 June and ended on 23 June 2014. The Netherlands and Chile progressed to the knockout stage, while Australia and Spain were eliminated after suffering two defeats in their opening two matches. Chile was eliminated by Brazil in the second round after penalties, while the Netherlands made their way to the semi-finals in which they lost to Argentina on penalties. The third place match was won by the Netherlands with a convincing 3–0 victory against Brazil.

## Teams

|rowspan=2|Draw position|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|Confederation|rowspan=2|Method of qualification|rowspan=2|Date of qualification|rowspan=2|Finals appearance|rowspan=2|Last appearance|rowspan=2|Previous best performance|colspan=2|FIFA Rankings|
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|B1 _(seed)_||UEFA|UEFA Group I winners|15 October 2013|14th|2010|**Winners** (2010)|1|1|||||||||
|B2||UEFA|UEFA Group D winners|10 September 2013|10th|2010|Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)|8|15|||||||||
|B3||CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL third place|15 October 2013|9th|2010|Third place (1962)|12|14|||||||||
|B4||AFC|AFC Fourth Round Group B <span style="display:none">2nd</span> runners-up|18 June 2013|4th|2010|Round of 16 (2006)|57|62|||||||||

- Notes

## Standings

|width=200|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Netherlands|3|3|0|0|10|3|+7|**9**|||||||||
|align=left|Chile|3|2|0|1|5|3|+2|**6**|||||||||
|align=left|Spain|3|1|0|2|4|7|-3|**3**|||||||||
|align=left|Australia|3|0|0|3|3|9|-6|**0**|||||||||

- Netherlands advanced to play Mexico (runner-up of Group A) in the round of 16.
- Chile advanced to play Brazil (winner of Group A) in the round of 16.

### Spain vs Netherlands

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|valign="top" width="40%"|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"||||||
|GK|**1**|Iker Casillas (c)|||||
|RB|**22**|César Azpilicueta|||||
|CB|**3**|Gerard Piqué|||||
|CB|**15**|Sergio Ramos|||||
|LB|**18**|Jordi Alba|||||
|RM|**8**|Xavi|||||
|CM|**16**|Sergio Busquets|||||
|LM|**14**|Xabi Alonso|||||
|RW|**21**|David Silva|||||
|LW|**6**|Andrés Iniesta|||||
|CF|**19**|Diego Costa|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**9**|Fernando Torres|||||
|FW|**11**|Pedro|||||
|MF|**10**|Cesc Fàbregas|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Vicente del Bosque|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto"|
|GK|**1**|Jasper Cillessen|||||
|CB|**2**|Ron Vlaar|||||
|CB|**3**|Stefan de Vrij|||||
|CB|**4**|Bruno Martins Indi|||||
|RWB|**7**|Daryl Janmaat|||||
|LWB|**5**|Daley Blind|||||
|CM|**6**|Nigel de Jong|||||
|CM|**8**|Jonathan de Guzmán|||||
|AM|**10**|Wesley Sneijder|||||
|CF|**9**|Robin van Persie (c)|||||
|CF|**11**|Arjen Robben|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**20**|Georginio Wijnaldum|||||
|DF|**13**|Joël Veltman|||||
|FW|**17**|Jeremain Lens|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Louis van Gaal|}|||||

### Chile vs Australia

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|valign="top" width="40%"|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"||||||
|GK|**1**|Claudio Bravo (c)|||||
|RB|**4**|Mauricio Isla|||||
|CB|**17**|Gary Medel|||||
|CB|**18**|Gonzalo Jara|||||
|LB|**2**|Eugenio Mena|||||
|RM|**20**|Charles Aránguiz|||||
|CM|**21**|Marcelo Díaz|||||
|LM|**8**|Arturo Vidal|||||
|RF|**7**|Alexis Sánchez|||||
|CF|**10**|Jorge Valdivia|||||
|LF|**11**|Eduardo Vargas|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**16**|Felipe Gutiérrez|||||
|MF|**15**|Jean Beausejour|||||
|FW|**9**|Mauricio Pinilla|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Jorge Sampaoli|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto"|
|GK|**1**|Mathew Ryan|||||
|RB|**2**|Ivan Franjic|||||
|CB|**22**|Alex Wilkinson|||||
|CB|**6**|Matthew Špiranović|||||
|LB|**3**|Jason Davidson|||||
|CM|**15**|Mile Jedinak (c)|||||
|CM|**5**|Mark Milligan|||||
|RW|**7**|Mathew Leckie|||||
|AM|**23**|Mark Bresciano|||||
|LW|**11**|Tommy Oar|||||
|CF|**4**|Tim Cahill|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|DF|**19**|Ryan McGowan|||||
|MF|**10**|Ben Halloran|||||
|MF|**14**|James Troisi|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Ange Postecoglou|}|||||

### Australia vs Netherlands

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|valign="top" width="40%"|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"||||||
|GK|**1**|Mathew Ryan|||||
|RB|**19**|Ryan McGowan|||||
|CB|**22**|Alex Wilkinson|||||
|CB|**6**|Matthew Špiranović|||||
|LB|**3**|Jason Davidson|||||
|CM|**15**|Mile Jedinak (c)|||||
|CM|**17**|Matt McKay|||||
|RW|**7**|Mathew Leckie|||||
|AM|**23**|Mark Bresciano|||||
|LW|**11**|Tommy Oar|||||
|CF|**4**|Tim Cahill|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**13**|Oliver Bozanić|||||
|MF|**10**|Ben Halloran|||||
|FW|**9**|Adam Taggart|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Ange Postecoglou|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto"|
|GK|**1**|Jasper Cillessen|||||
|CB|**2**|Ron Vlaar|||||
|CB|**3**|Stefan de Vrij|||||
|CB|**4**|Bruno Martins Indi|||||
|RM|**7**|Daryl Janmaat|||||
|CM|**8**|Jonathan de Guzmán|||||
|CM|**6**|Nigel de Jong|||||
|LM|**5**|Daley Blind|||||
|AM|**10**|Wesley Sneijder|||||
|CF|**9**|Robin van Persie (c)|||||
|CF|**11**|Arjen Robben|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**21**|Memphis Depay|||||
|MF|**20**|Georginio Wijnaldum|||||
|FW|**17**|Jeremain Lens|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Louis van Gaal|}|||||

### Spain vs Chile

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|valign="top" width="40%"|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"||||||
|GK|**1**|Iker Casillas (c)|||||
|RB|**22**|César Azpilicueta|||||
|CB|**4**|Javi Martínez|||||
|CB|**15**|Sergio Ramos|||||
|LB|**18**|Jordi Alba|||||
|CM|**16**|Sergio Busquets|||||
|CM|**14**|Xabi Alonso|||||
|RW|**21**|David Silva|||||
|AM|**6**|Andrés Iniesta|||||
|LW|**11**|Pedro|||||
|CF|**19**|Diego Costa|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**17**|Koke|||||
|FW|**9**|Fernando Torres|||||
|MF|**20**|Santi Cazorla|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Vicente del Bosque|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto"|
|GK|**1**|Claudio Bravo (c)|||||
|CB|**17**|Gary Medel|||||
|CB|**5**|Francisco Silva|||||
|CB|**18**|Gonzalo Jara|||||
|RM|**4**|Mauricio Isla|||||
|CM|**20**|Charles Aránguiz|||||
|CM|**21**|Marcelo Díaz|||||
|LM|**2**|Eugenio Mena|||||
|AM|**8**|Arturo Vidal|||||
|CF|**11**|Eduardo Vargas|||||
|CF|**7**|Alexis Sánchez|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**16**|Felipe Gutiérrez|||||
|MF|**10**|Jorge Valdivia|||||
|MF|**6**|Carlos Carmona|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Jorge Sampaoli|}|||||