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: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Brasilia, Belem, Campo Grande, Cuiaba, Curitiba, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Goiania, Manaus, Natal, Recife (a stadium would be shared by both cities), Rio Branco and Salvador. Maceio 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 Maracana 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 Sao 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 Sao Paulo.
The 12 host cities for the 2014 World Cup were announced on 31 May 2009. Belem, Campo Grande, Florianopolis, Goiania 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semifinals
Third-place match
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
6 goals
James Rodriguez
5 goals
Thomas Muller
4 goals
Lionel Messi
Neymar
Robin van Persie
3 goals
Enner Valencia
Karim Benzema
Andre Schurrle
Arjen Robben
Xherdan Shaqiri
2 goals
Abdelmoumene Djabou
Islam Slimani
Tim Cahill
David Luiz
Oscar
Alexis Sanchez
Jackson Martinez
Bryan Ruiz
Mario Mandzukic
Ivan Perisic
Mario Gotze
Mats Hummels
Miroslav Klose
Toni Kroos
Andre Ayew
Asamoah Gyan
Wilfried Bony
Gervinho
Memphis Depay
Ahmed Musa
Clint Dempsey
Luis Suarez
1 goal
Yacine Brahimi
Sofiane Feghouli
Rafik Halliche
Angel Di Maria
Gonzalo Higuain
Marcos Rojo
Mile Jedinak
Kevin De Bruyne
Marouane Fellaini
Romelu Lukaku
Dries Mertens
Divock Origi
Jan Vertonghen
Edin Dzeko
Vedad Ibisevic
Miralem Pjanic
Avdija Vrsajevic
Fernandinho
Fred
Thiago Silva
Joel Matip
Charles Aranguiz
Jean Beausejour
Jorge Valdivia
Eduardo Vargas
Pablo Armero
Juan Cuadrado
Teofilo Gutierrez
Juan Quintero
Joel Campbell
Oscar Duarte
Marco Urena
Ivica Olic
Wayne Rooney
Daniel Sturridge
Olivier Giroud
Blaise Matuidi
Paul Pogba
Moussa Sissoko
Mathieu Valbuena
Sami Khedira
Mesut Ozil
Sokratis Papastathopoulos
Georgios Samaras
Andreas Samaris
Carlo Costly
Reza Ghoochannejhad
Mario Balotelli
Claudio Marchisio
Keisuke Honda
Shinji Okazaki
Giovani dos Santos
Andres Guardado
Javier Hernandez
Rafael Marquez
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 Dzemaili
Admir Mehmedi
Haris Seferovic
Granit Xhaka
John Brooks
Julian Green
Jermaine Jones
Edinson Cavani
Diego Godin
Own goals
Sead Kolasinac (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
FIFA World Cup tournaments
2014 FIFA World Cup