2014 FIFA World Cup

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
  UruguayUS$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 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Brazil321072+57 Mexico321041+37 Croatia31026603 Cameroon300319–80

 Group B 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Netherlands3300103+79 Chile320153+26 Spain310247–33 Australia300339–60

 Group C 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Colombia330092+79 Greece311124–24 Ivory Coast310245–13 Japan301226–41

 Group D 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Costa Rica321041+37 Uruguay32014406 Italy310223–13 England301224–21

 Group E 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts France321082+67320176+16 Ecuador31113304 Honduras300318–70

 Group F 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Argentina330063+39 Nigeria31113304 Bosnia and Herzegovina31024403 Iran301214–31

 Group G 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Portugal311147–34 Germany321072+57 United States31114404 Ghana301246–21

 Group H 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Belgium330041+39 Algeria311165+14 Russia302123–12 South Korea301236–31

Knockout stage

 Round of 16 

 Quarter-finals 

 Semifinals 

 Third-place match 

 Final 

 Statistics 
 Goalscorers 
6 goals
  James Rodríguez

5 goals
  Thomas Müller

4 goals

  Lionel Messi
  Neymar
  Robin van Persie

3 goals

  Enner Valencia
  Karim Benzema
  André Schürrle
  Arjen Robben
  Xherdan Shaqiri

2 goals

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

1 goal

  Yacine Brahimi
  Sofiane Feghouli
  Rafik Halliche
  Ángel Di María
  Gonzalo Higuaín
  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
  Thiago Silva
  Joël Matip
  Charles Aránguiz
  Jean Beausejour
  Jorge Valdivia
  Eduardo Vargas
  Pablo Armero
  Juan Cuadrado
  Teófilo Gutiérrez
  Juan Quintero
  Joel Campbell
  Óscar Duarte
  Marco Ureña
  Ivica Olić
  Wayne Rooney
  Daniel Sturridge
  Olivier Giroud
  Blaise Matuidi
  Paul Pogba
  Moussa Sissoko
  Mathieu Valbuena
  Sami Khedira
  Mesut Özil
  Sokratis Papastathopoulos
  Georgios Samaras
  Andreas Samaris
  Carlo Costly
  Reza Ghoochannejhad
  Mario Balotelli
  Claudio Marchisio
  Keisuke Honda
  Shinji Okazaki
  Giovani dos Santos
  Andrés Guardado
  Javier Hernández
  Rafael Márquez 
  Oribe Peralta
  Daley Blind
  Stefan de Vrij
  Leroy Fer
  Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
  Wesley Sneijder
  Georginio Wijnaldum
  Peter Odemwingie
  Cristiano Ronaldo
  Nani
  Silvestre Varela
  Aleksandr Kerzhakov
  Aleksandr Kokorin
  Koo Ja-cheol
  Lee Keun-ho
  Son Heung-min
  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)

Source: FIFA

 Team rankings 

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts17610184+14192751184+41637520154+1117473221114–311Eliminated in the Quarter-finals55401124+8126540163+31275311103+7108523052+39Eliminated in the Round of 169421164+2710421153+27114202770612420246–2613412135–25144112770415411256–1416411235–24Eliminated in the Group stage173111330418311147–341931026603203102440321310245–1322310223–1323310247–3324302123–1225301246–2126301224–2127301236–3128301214–3129301226–4130300339–6031300318–7032300319–80
Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are not based on head-to-head record.

 References 

 Notes 

 Other websites 
official website of 2014  
Unofficial portal of FIFA World Cup 2014 

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