Brazil 2014 - Knockout Stage
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Football Index:
World Cup Finals:
Brazil 2014: Knockout Stage.
The top 16 footballing nations in the world continue on the Road to Rio.
| Second Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | The Final |
| 1) Brazil vs Chile Belo Horizonte (1:1aet 3:2pens) |
Q1) Brazil vs Colombia Fortaleza (2:1) |
Semi Final
1 Brazil vs Germany Belo Horizonte (1:7) |
2014 World
Cup Final Germany v Argentina Rio de Janeiro (1:0aet) |
| 2) Colombia vs Uruguay Rio de Janeiro (2:0) |
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| 5) France vs Nigeria Brasilia (2:0) |
Q2) France vs Germany Rio de Janeiro (0:1) |
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| 6) Germany vs Algeria Porto Alegre (2:1aet) |
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| 3) Netherlands vs Mexico Fortaleza (2:1) |
Q3) Netherlands vs Costa Rica Salvador (0:0aet 4:3pens) |
Semi Final
2 Netherlands vs Argentina Sao Paulo (0:0aet 2:4pens) |
Third-Place
Match Brazil v Netherlands Brasilia (0:3) |
| 4) Costa Rica vs Greece Recife (1:1aet 5:3pens) |
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| 7) Argentina vs Switzerland Sao Paulo (1:0aet) |
Q4) Argentina vs Belgium Brasilia (1:0) |
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| 8) Belgium vs USA Salvador (2:1aet) |
Second Round
Two games a day from Saturday, 28th June to Tuesday, 1st July.
Saturday, 28th June
Brazil vs Chile 
Belo Horizonte (1:1aet 3:2pens)
Colombia vs Uruguay 
Rio de Janeiro (2:0)
Sunday, 29th June
Netherlands vs Mexico 
Fortaleza (2:1)
Costa Rica vs Greece 
Recife (1:1aet 5:3pens)
Monday, 30th June
France vs Nigeria 
Brasilia (2:0)
Germany vs Algeria 
Porto Alegre (2:1aet)
Tuesday, 1st July
Argentina vs Switzerland 
Sao Paulo (1:0aet)
Belgium vs USA 
Salvador (2:1aet)
Quarter-finals
Time to find out who will make the final four.
Friday, 4th July
France vs Germany
Rio de Janeiro (0:1)
Brazil vs Colombia
Fortaleza (2:1)
Saturday, 5th July
Argentina vs Belgium
Brasilia (1:0)
Netherlands vs Costa Rica
Salvador (0:0aet 4:3pens)
Semi-finals - The Final Four
Tuesday, 8th July
Brazil vs Germany
Belo Horizonte (1:7)
Wednesday, 9th July
Netherlands vs Argentina
Sao Paulo (0:0aet 2:4pens)
The Wooden Spoon - Third-Place Match
Saturday, 12th July
Brazil vs Netherlands
Brasilia (0:3)
The Brazil 2014 World Cup Final
Sunday, 13th July
2014 World Cup Final
Germany vs Argentina
Rio de Janeiro (1:0aet)
2014 World Cup Teams by Group
Group A:
Brazil; 
Cameroon; 
Croatia; Mexico.
Group B:
Australia; Chile; Netherlands; 
Spain.
Group C:
Colombia; 
Côte d'Ivoire; Greece; 
Japan.
Group D:
Costa Rica; 
England; 
Italy; Uruguay.
Group E:
Ecuador; France; 
Honduras; Switzerland.
Group F:
Argentina; 
Bosnia-Herzegovina; 
Iran; Nigeria.
Group G:
Germany; 
Ghana; 
Portugal; USA.
Group H:
Algeria; Belgium; 
Russia; 
South
Korea.
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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