2014 FIFA World Cup

The **2014 FIFA World Cup** is the 20th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It will be taking place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014.
Spain is the defending champion after defeating the Netherlands 0-1 after extra time in Johannesburg, South Africa.

### List of qualified teams

The following 32 teams, shown with October 2013 rankings used for seeding in the draw, qualified for the final tournament.

* Iran (49)
* Japan (44)
* South Korea (56)

CAF (5)* Algeria (32)
* Cameroon (59)
* Bestand:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (23)
* Bestand:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast (17)
* Bestand:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (33)

* Honduras (34)
* Mexico (24)
* United States (13)

CONMEBOL (6)* Argentina (3)
* Brazil (11) (hosts)
* Chile (12)
* Colombia (4)
* Ecuador (22)
* Uruguay (6)

* Bosnia and Herzegovina (16)
* Croatia (18)
* England (10)
* France (21)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (15)
* Italy (9)
* Netherlands (8)
* Portugal (14)
* Russia (19)
* Spain (1)
* Switzerland (7)

## Squads

As with the 2010 tournament, each team's squad will consist of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Each participating national association has to confirm their final 23-player squad no later than 10 days before the start of the tournament.

## Venues

Twelve stadiums are used, each in a different city.

The venues

## Matches

### Group B

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Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

### Group C

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Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

### Group D

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Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

### Group E

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Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

### Group F

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Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

### Group G

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Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

### Group H

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Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

## Knockout stage

Scores after extra time are indicated by (aet), and penalty shoot-outs are indicated by (pen.).

### Round of 16

For the first time since the introduction of a round of 16 after the group stage in 1986, all the group winners advanced into the quarter-finals. They included four teams from UEFA, three from CONMEBOL, and one from CONCACAF. Of the eight matches, five required extra-time, and two of these required penalty shoot-outs; this was the first time penalty shoot-outs happened in more than one game in a round of 16. The goal average per game in the round of 16 was 2.25, a drop of 0.58 goals per game from the group stage. The eight teams to win in the round of 16 included four former champions (Brazil, Germany, Argentina and France), a three-time runner-up (Netherlands), and two first-time quarter-finalists (Colombia and Costa Rica). Belgium reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 1986.

*All times listed below are at local time (UTC−3)*

Brazil  v  Chile

Colombia  v  Uruguay

Netherlands  v  Mexico

Costa Rica  v  Greece

France  v Bestand:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria

Germany  v  Algeria

Argentina  v  Switzerland

Belgium  v  United States

### Quarter-finals

With a 1–0 victory over France, Germany set a World Cup record with four consecutive semi-final appearances. Brazil beat Colombia 2–1, but Brazil's Neymar was injured and missed the rest of the competition. Argentina reached the final four for the first time since 1990 after a 1–0 win over Belgium. The Netherlands reached the semi-finals for the second consecutive tournament, after overcoming Costa Rica in a penalty shoot-out following a 0–0 draw at the end of extra time.

France  v  Germany

Brazil  v  Colombia

Argentina  v  Belgium

Netherlands  v  Costa Rica

### Semi-finals

Germany qualified for the final for the eighth time with a 7–1 win over Brazil – the biggest defeat in Brazilian history since 1920. Miroslav Klose's goal in this match was his 16th throughout all World Cups, breaking the record he had previously shared with Ronaldo. Klose set another record by becoming the first player to appear in four World Cup semi-finals. Argentina reached their first final since 1990, and the fifth overall after overcoming the Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out following a 0–0 draw at the end of extra time.

Brazil  v  Germany

Netherlands  v  Argentina

### Third place play-off

The Netherlands defeated Brazil 3–0 to secure third place, the first for the Dutch team in their history. Overall, Brazil conceded 14 goals in the tournament; this was the most by a team at any single World Cup since 1986, and the most by a host nation in history, although their fourth-place finish still represented Brazil's best result in a World Cup since their last win in 2002.

Brazil  v  Netherlands

### Final

The final featured Germany against Argentina for a record third time after 1986 and 1990.

Germany  v  Argentina

This marked the first time that teams from the same continent had won three consecutive World Cups (following Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010). It was also the first time that a European nation had won the World Cup in the Americas. On aggregate Europe now has 11 victories, compared to South America's 9 victories.

## 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
* Bestand:Flag of Ghana.svg André Ayew
* Bestand:Flag of Ghana.svg Asamoah Gyan
* Bestand:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Wilfried Bony
* Bestand:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Gervinho
* Memphis Depay
* Bestand:Flag of Nigeria.svg 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
* Bestand:Flag of Nigeria.svg 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)
* Bestand:Flag of Ghana.svg John Boye (against Portugal)
* Noel Valladares (against France)
* Bestand:Flag of Nigeria.svg Joseph Yobo (against France)

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## External links

* FIFA.com 2014 website

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1. ↑ "adidas Golden Boot". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). Retrieved 18 June 2014.