2014 FIFA World Cup Group B

Group B of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consists of , , , and .
==Teams==
Draw position	Team	Method ofqualification 	Date ofqualification	Finalsappearance	Lastappearance	Previous bestperformance 	FIFARanking
B1 (seed) 	 	UEFA Group I Winners 	15 October 2013 	14th 	2010 	Winners (2010) 	1
B2 	 	UEFA Group D Winners 	10 September 2013 	10th 	2010 	Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)	8
B3 	 	CONMEBOL Round Robin 3rd place 	15 October 2013 	9th 	2010 	Third place (1962) 	12
B4 	 	AFC Fourth Round Group B 2nd Runners-up	18 June 2013 	4th 	2010 	Round of 16 (2006) 	57
===Previous FIFA World Cup meetings===
*Spain v Netherlands:
**2010, final: Spain 1–0 (aet) Netherlands
*Chile v Australia:
**1974, group stage: Chile 0–0 Australia
*Australia v Netherlands: None
*Spain v Chile:
**1950, group stage: Spain 2–0 Chile
**2010, group stage: Spain 2–1 Chile
*Australia v Spain: None
*Netherlands v Chile: None
==Standings==
Legend
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16
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==Matches==
All times local: five matches are in Brasília official time (UTC−3), while Chile v Australia, played in Cuiabá, is in the Amazon time zone (UTC−4).
==References==
==External links==
*2014 FIFA World Cup Group B, FIFA.com
Group B