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 
## 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.

## 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.
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### Group B 
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### Group C 
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### Group D 
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### Group E 
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### Group F 
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### Group G 
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### Group H 
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## Knockout stage
### Round of 16 
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### Quarter-finals 
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### Semifinals 
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### 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 
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