Brazil 2014 - Group B

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Football Index: World Cup Finals: Brazil 2014: Group B.

Match reports from Group B Matches played during the 2014 World Cup Finals in Brazil between Australia, Chile, Netherlands and Spain.

Australia journeyed to Cuiaba, Porto Alegre and Curitiba.

Chile visited Cuiaba, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

Netherlands travelled between Salvador, Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo.

Spain played in Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba.

2014 World Cup Finals - Group B - Fixtures and Results

Group B Matches

Friday, 13th June

Chile 3 - Australia 1 in Cuiaba.

Spain 1 - Netherlands 5 in Salvador.

Wednesday, 18th June

Australia 2 - Netherlands 3 in Porto Alegre.

Spain 0 - Chile 2 in Rio de Janeiro.

Monday, 23rd June

Australia 0 -  Spain 3 in Curitiba.

Netherlands 2 - Chile 0 in Sao Paulo.

Brazil 2014 - Road to Rio

The top two teams in each group move on to the Knockout Stage.

Saturday, 28th June

Brazil vs Chile in Belo Horizonte.

Sunday, 29th June

Netherlands vs Mexico in Fortaleza.

Group B World Cup Squads

Australia
Coached by Ange Postecoglou (Australia).

Goalkeepers:
1 Maty Ryan (Club Brugge), 12 Mitch Langerak (Borussia Dortmund), 18 Eugen Galekovic (Adelaide United).

Defenders:
2 Ivan Franjic (Brisbane Roar), 3 Jason Davidson (Heracles Almelo), 6 Matthew Spiranovic (Western Sydney Wanderers), 8 Bailey Wright (Preston North End), 19 Ryan McGowan (Shandong Luneng Taishan), 22 Alex Wilkinson (Jeonbuk Hyundai).

Midfielders:
5 Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory), 11 Tommy Oar (Utrecht), 13 Oliver Bozanic (Luzern), 14 James Troisi (Melbourne Victory), 15 Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace), 16 James Holland (Austria Vienna), 17 Matt McKay (Brisbane Roar), 20 Dario Vidosic (Sion), 21 Massimo Luongo (Swindon Town), 23 Mark Bresciano (Al Gharafa).

Forwards:
4 Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls), 7 Matthew Leckie (FSV Frankfurt 1899), 9 Adam Taggart (Newcastle Jets), 10 Ben Halloran (Fortuna Dusseldorf).

Chile
Coached by Jorge Sampaoli (Argentina).

Goalkeepers:
1 Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad), 12 Cristopher Toselli (Universidad Catolica), 23 Johnny Herrera (Universidad de Chile).

Defenders:
2 Eugenio Mena (Santos), 3 Miiko Albornoz (Malmo), 4 Mauricio Isla (Juventus), 13 Jose Rojas (Universidad de Chile), 17 Gary Medel (Cardiff City), 18 Gonzalo Jara (Nottingham Forest).

Midfielders:
5 Francisco Silva (Osasuna), 6 Carlos Carmona (Atalanta), 8 Arturo Vidal (Juventus), 10 Jorge Valdivia (Palmeiras), 15 Jean Beausejour (Wigan Athletic), 16 Felipe Gutierrez (Twente), 19 Jose Fuenzalida (Colo Colo), 20 Charles Aranguiz (Internacional), 21 Marcelo Diaz (Basel).

Forwards:
7 Alexis Sanchez (Barcelona), 9 Mauricio Pinilla (Cagliari), 11 Eduardo Vargas (Valencia), 14 Fabian Orellana (Celta), 22 Esteban Paredes (Colo Colo).

Netherlands
Coached by Louis van Gaal (Netherlands).

Goalkeepers:
1 Jasper Cillessen (Ajax), 22 Michel Vorm (Swansea City), 23 Tim Krul (Newcastle United).

Defenders:
2 Ron Vlaar (Aston Villa), 3 Stefan de Vrij (Feyenoord), 4 Bruno Martins Indi (Feyenoord), 5 Daley Blind (Ajax), 7 Daryl Janmaat (Feyenoord), 12 Paul Verhaegh (Augsburg), 13 Joel Veltman (Ajax), 14 Terence Kongolo (Feyenoord).

Midfielders:
6 Nigel de Jong (AC Milan), 8 Jonathan de Guzman (Swansea City), 10 Wesley Sneijder (Galatasaray), 16 Jordy Clasie (Feyenoord Rotterdam), 18 Leroy Fer (Norwich City), 20 Georginio Wijnaldum (PSV Eindhoven).

Forwards:
9 Robin van Persie (Manchester United), 11 Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich), 15 Dirk Kuyt (Fenerbahce), 17 Jeremain Lens (Dynamo Kiev), 19 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke), 21 Memphis Depay (PSV Eindhoven).

Spain
Coached by Vicente del Bosque (Spain).

Goalkeepers:
1 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), 12 David De Gea (Manchester United), 23 Jose Reina (Liverpool).

Defenders:
2 Raul Albiol (Napoli), 3 Gerard Pique (Barcelona), 5 Juanfran (Atletico Madrid), 15 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), 18 Jordi Alba (Barcelona), 22 Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea).

Midfielders:
4 Javi Martinez (Bayern Munich), 6 Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), 8 Xavi (Barcelona), 10 Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona to Chelsea), 14 Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), 16 Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), 17 Koke (Atletico Madrid), 20 Santi Cazorla (Arsenal), 21 David Silva (Manchester City).

Forwards:
7 David Villa (Atletico Madrid), 9 Fernando Torres (Chelsea), 11 Pedro (Barcelona), 13 Juan Mata (Manchester United), 19 Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid).

The Road to Rio

2014 World Cup Finals - Knockout Stage.

Second Round

Argentina vs Switzerland in Sao Paulo.

Belgium vs USA in Salvador.

Brazil vs Chile in Belo Horizonte.

Colombia vs Uruguay in Rio de Janeiro.

Costa Rica vs Greece in Recife.

France vs Nigeria in Brasilia.

Germany vs Algeria in Porto Alegre.

Holland vs Mexico in Fortaleza.

Quarter-finals

  Argentina vs Belgium in Brasilia.

Brazil vs Colombia in Fortaleza.

France vs Germany in Rio de Janeiro.

Holland vs Costa Rica in Salvador.

Semi-finals

Brazil vs Germany in Belo Horizonte.

Holland vs Argentina in Sao Paulo.

Third-Place Match

Brazil vs Holland in Brasilia.

2014 World Cup Final

Germany vs Argentina in Rio de Janeiro.

World Cup Finals

Uruguay 1930:
Uruguay trailed Argentina at half-time (1:2) but replied with three goals in the second half; to win the first ever World Cup Final (4-2) on July 30th, 1930.

Italy 1934:
Italy were one of the countries who missed out on the vote to host the first World Cup but managed to win the prestigious golden trophy for the home fans.

France 1938:
The third World Cup was held in Europe for a second time, although Germany had annexed Austria, and Spain was in civil turmoil.

Brazil 1950:
Although no cup-final as such, Uruguay and Brazil went into their final game with the winner guaranteed to be champions; a draw would be enough for Brazil.

Switzerland 1954:
The fifth World Cup tournament produced a record number of goals, including a 7:5 encounter between Austria and Switzerland in Lausanne.

Sweden 1958:
Brazil presented a 17 year-old Pele to the world; who went on to claim a hat-trick in Brazil's 5:2 semi-final win over France and bag another two in the final.

Chile 1962:
Czechoslovakia overcame Hungary in the quarter-finals and Yugoslavia in the semis, while Brazil took care of England and the host nation, Chile.

England 1966:
Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick, in the final against West Germany, as England triumphed in a thrilling game watched by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

Mexico 1970:
1970 belonged to Pelé, who earned his third World Cup winners' medal when Brazil got their hands on the Jules Rimet Cup.... for keeps.

W. Germany 1974:
Johan Cruyff was the player of the tournament as total football became the buzzword of the day, even though Holland lost to West Germany in the 1974 final.

Argentina 1978:
Holland contested the 1978 World Cup Final, in Argentina, for the second time in a row. As in West Germany, they again finished runners-up; to the hosts.

Spain 1982:
The Spain 82 World Cup finals increased to 24 teams and the format was changed to have two group stages, with four second-round groups of three.

Mexico 1986:
In 1986, Mexico became the first nation to stage the World Cup Finals for a second time; having only staged the competition sixteen years previously.

Italy 1990:
In 1990, Italy became the World Cup of stalemates. Both semi-finals were drawn out through penalty kicks. In the final itself, the only goal came from the spot.

USA 1994:
Once Team US had played a few games most of the nation began to understand they were hosting the greatest show on earth and how the game was played.

France 1998:
France became the sixth nation to win the World Cup on home soil. Thirty-two teams competed in the 16th World Cup; better known as France 98.

Korea-Japan 2002:
The 17th World Cup, held in Korea and Japan, was the first World Cup finals to be shared by two hosts and the first to be held in Asia.

Germany 2006:
The 2006 World Cup Finals ran from 9th June to 9th July; the opening match in Munich and the final in Berlin. Munich and Dortmund hosted the semi-finals.

South Africa 2010:
Eighty years after the First World Cup Finals in Uruguay, the world's most prestigious football competition was finally hosted on the African continent.

Brazil 2014:
Five times World Cup Champions, Brazil, get a second chance to hold the prestigious World Cup Finals; 64 years after they last hosted the tournament.

Russia 2018:
VAR made its World Cup debut and set out to change the course of a game with some crucial rule infringement watching and vital on the spot decisions.

Qatar 2022:
When FIFA executives met in Zurich to decide on who would host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup Finals, Qatar was probably the biggest surprise to many.

United 2026:
The 2026 FIFA World Cup Finals will be jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. The United Bid won the hosting rights ahead of Morocco.

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