World Cup 2014

The World Cup 2014 was played in Brazil (12 June – 13 July). 32 teams played 64 matches and scored 171 goals — 2.67 per match; 3,429,873 spectators attended.

Germany won the title, beating Argentina in the final (1–0 (a.e.t.)) at Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, referee Nicola Rizzoli.

Also in the last four: Netherlands and Brazil.

Top scorer: James Rodríguez with 6 goals.

Player of the tournament: Lionel Messi (Argentina); best young player: Paul Pogba.

Knockout matches

Final

Date	Match	Score	Venue
13 July 2014	Germany – Argentina	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Third-place match

Date	Match	Score	Venue
12 July 2014	Brazil – Netherlands	0–3	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Semi-final

Date	Match	Score	Venue
8 July 2014	Brazil – Germany	1–7	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
9 July 2014	Netherlands – Argentina	0–0 (pens 2–4)	Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Quarter-final

Date	Match	Score	Venue
4 July 2014	Brazil – Colombia	2–1	Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza
4 July 2014	France – Germany	0–1	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
5 July 2014	Argentina – Belgium	1–0	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília
5 July 2014	Netherlands – Costa Rica	0–0 (pens 4–3)	Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Round of 16

Date	Match	Score	Venue
28 June 2014	Brazil – Chile	1–1 (pens 3–2)	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
28 June 2014	Colombia – Uruguay	2–0	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
29 June 2014	Costa Rica – Greece	1–1 (pens 5–3)	Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Recife
29 June 2014	Netherlands – Mexico	2–1	Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza
30 June 2014	France – Nigeria	2–0	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília
30 June 2014	Germany – Algeria	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
1 July 2014	Argentina – Switzerland	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Arena Corinthians, São Paulo
1 July 2014	Belgium – USA	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Groups and tables

Group A

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	7–2	7
2	Mexico	3	2	1	0	4–1	7
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	6–6	3
4	Cameroon	3	0	0	3	1–9	0

Group B

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	10–3	9
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	5–3	6
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	4–7	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	3–9	0

Group C

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Colombia	3	3	0	0	9–2	9
2	Greece	3	1	1	1	2–4	4
3	Côte d'Ivoire	3	1	0	2	4–5	3
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	2–6	1

Group D

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	4–1	7
2	Uruguay	3	2	0	1	4–4	6
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	2–3	3
4	England	3	0	1	2	2–4	1

Group E

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	France	3	2	1	0	8–2	7
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	7–6	6
3	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	3–3	4
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	1–8	0

Group F

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	6–3	9
2	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	3–3	4
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	4–4	3
4	Iran	3	0	1	2	1–4	1

Group G

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	7–2	7
2	USA	3	1	1	1	4–4	4
3	Portugal	3	1	1	1	4–7	4
4	Ghana	3	0	1	2	4–6	1

Group H

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	4–1	9
2	Algeria	3	1	1	1	6–5	4
3	Russia	3	0	2	1	2–3	2
4	South Korea	3	0	1	2	3–6	1

Top scorers

Player	Team	Goals
James Rodríguez	Colombia	6
Thomas Müller	Germany	5
Lionel Messi	Argentina	4
Neymar	Brazil	4
Robin van Persie	Netherlands	4
André Schürrle	Germany	3
Arjen Robben	Netherlands	3
Enner Valencia	Ecuador	3
Karim Benzema	France	3
Xherdan Shaqiri	Switzerland	3
Abdelmoumene Djabou	Algeria	2
Ahmed Musa	Nigeria	2
Alexis Sánchez	Chile	2
André Ayew	Ghana	2
Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	2

Assists

Stadiums

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