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the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics for either team, despite missing the match-up in the former through injury. Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup) The Brazil versus Germany (; ) football match that took place on 8 July 2014 at the Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, was the first of two semi-final matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Both Brazil and Germany reached the semi-finals with an undefeated record in the competition, with the Brazilians' quarter-final with Colombia causing them to lose striker Neymar to injury, and defender and captain Thiago Silva to accumulation of yellow
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the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics for either team, despite missing the match-up in the former through injury. Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup) The Brazil versus Germany (; ) football match that took place on 8 July 2014 at the Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, was the first of two semi-final matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Both Brazil and Germany reached the semi-finals with an undefeated record in the competition, with the Brazilians' quarter-final with Colombia causing them to lose striker Neymar to injury, and defender and captain Thiago Silva to accumulation of yellow
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Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup) The Brazil versus Germany (; ) football match that took place on 8 July 2014 at the Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, was the first of two semi-final matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Both Brazil and Germany reached the semi-finals with an undefeated record in the competition, with the Brazilians' quarter-final with Colombia causing them to lose striker Neymar to injury, and defender and captain Thiago Silva to accumulation of yellow cards. Despite the absences, a close match was expected, given both teams were traditional FIFA World Cup forces, sharing
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the final, where it lost 0-1 to Germany. Host country Brazil was an exception to the success into the semifinals with 1-7 and in the consolation final with 2014 World Cup (consolation final) Brazil - Netherlands | 0 -3] to lose]]. At club level, Latin America has not developed as a technical game and aware of the money and in Europe. The most talented players are scouted and purchased by European clubs, which does not stimulate the further development and increase the overall level of national competitions. In 2000, FIFA launched a World Cup for clubs, with Brazil as the
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by Asamoah Gyan. Had Ghana won their quarter final they would have become the very first African nation to progress to the semifinals of the world cup. Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, FIFA ranked Ghana 7th. The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil marked the first time more than one African team went beyond the group stages. While Ghana and Cameroon both collected disappointing results (apart from Ghana's 2–2 draw with later champions Germany, which saw them becoming the only team not to lose against the Germans in the entire tournament) and eventually
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hosts. Brazil also became the second team to concede 100 World Cup goals, after Germany. Brazil at the 2014 FIFA World Cup The following article concerns the performance of Brazil at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. They played their first home-soil World Cup after 64 years, since the 1950 World Cup, and thus were automatically qualified for the group stage. Brazil qualified as first at their group, winning two matches (Croatia and Cameroon) and drawing one (Mexico). They eventually reached the semi-finals, beating Chile and Colombia. Brazil, however, were then knocked out by the eventual champions Germany in a match
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and one assist, and was also included in the Team of the tournament. On 8 May 2014, Volland was called up to the German national team for the first time and made his debut in a friendly goalless draw against Poland five days later. He was also included in Germany's preliminary 30-man roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, however he did not make the final 23-man squad, who went on to win the World Cup Final. On 11 November 2016, Volland scored his first ever goal for Germany in a 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification game against
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2010, 2014 and 2018 World Cups, France, Italy, Spain and Germany were also added to this list. After the tournament, Pelé declared that he did not wish to play in the World Cup again. Nonetheless, he returned in 1970. Brazil won its third World Cup in Mexico at the 1970 World Cup. It fielded what has since then often been considered the best World Cup football squad ever, led by Pelé in his last World Cup finals, captain Carlos Alberto Torres, Jairzinho, Tostão, Gérson and Rivelino. Even though Garrincha had retired, this team was still a force to be reckoned
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Brazil at the 2014 FIFA World Cup The following article concerns the performance of Brazil at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. They played their first home-soil World Cup after 64 years, since the 1950 World Cup, and thus were automatically qualified for the group stage. Brazil qualified as first at their group, winning two matches (Croatia and Cameroon) and drawing one (Mexico). They eventually reached the semi-finals, beating Chile and Colombia. Brazil, however, were then knocked out by the eventual champions Germany in a match known as the "Mineirazo". In the third-place match, Brazil lost to Netherlands and therefore ended
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in an international match. Ultimately, the match was described as a national humiliation. The game has subsequently been dubbed the Mineirazo (Mineiraço , "Agony of Mineirão"), evoking a previous "spirit of national shame" known as the "Maracanazo" ("Maracanaço") in which Brazil unexpectedly lost the 1950 FIFA World Cup on home soil to Uruguay. Brazil subsequently lost the third place playoff to the Netherlands, and Germany went on to win the World Cup for the fourth time after defeating Argentina in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final. Brazil was hosting the FIFA World Cup for the second time (after 1950), and
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World Cup. The International Broadcast Centre was situated at the Riocentro in the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro. Worldwide, several games qualified as the most-watched sporting events in their country in 2014, including 42.9 million people in Brazil for the opening game between Brazil and Croatia, the 34.1 million in Japan who saw their team play Ivory Coast, and 34.7 million in Germany who saw their national team win the World Cup against Argentina, while the 24.7 million viewers during the game between the USA and Portugal is joint with the 2010 final as the most-watched football
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2014 FIFA World Cup Final The 2014 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 13 July 2014 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to determine the 2014 FIFA World Cup champion. Germany defeated Argentina 1–0 in extra time, with the only goal being scored by Mario Götze, who collected André Schürrle's cross from the left on his chest before volleying a high left-footed shot into the net. The match was the third final between the two countries, a World Cup record, after their 1986 and 1990 matches, and billed as the world's
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Brazil pipped Mexico on goal difference to qualify to the knockout stage as group winners. The match was Brazil's 100th in the World Cup, and they followed Germany (which played their 100th match in their first game of the 2014 World Cup) to become the second team to reach the milestone. The two teams had met in 68 previous matches, including three times in the FIFA World Cup knockout stage, all won by Brazil (1962, semi-finals: 4–2; 1998, round of 16: 4–1; 2010, round of 16: 3–0). Brazil opened the scoring when from a corner David Luiz turned Thiago Silva's
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for the largest margin of victory. Brazil beat them 3–0. Scotland however only managed a 2–0 margin, and so were edged out of the tournament on goal difference. They were the only team that did not lose a game in the tournament as well as becoming the first ever country to be eliminated from a World Cup Finals without having lost a match. Group 1 contained both East Germany and the host West Germany, and they both progressed at the expense of Chile and newcomers Australia. The last game played in Group 1 was much anticipated, a first ever clash
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ignored in the tournament and was urgently called in to save Brazil. The theme reappeared in the Brazilian press as Uruguay qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Uruguay often emphasized the theme, giving the team motivation and encouragement in matches against Brazil. When Brazil hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup and again had a hard defeat, this time a 1–7 humiliation in the semi-final with Germany in Belo Horizonte, the game was subsequently known as "Mineirazo", given it took place at the Mineirão stadium and echoed the same sense of defeat as in 1950. Barbosa's daughter said the 2014
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Villa led the squad in scoring with five goals. In a final which saw a record number of yellow cards distributed and what some considered violent play from the Dutch side, the ten-man Netherlands squad were defeated 1–0 in the 116th minute of extra time by an Andrés Iniesta goal. The 2014 World Cup was held in Brazil, marking the second time that Brazil hosted the competition. The cup was won by Germany, who beat Argentina 1-0 in the final. The Netherlands defeated Brazil (who lost to the eventual winners, Germany, 7-1 in the semifinals) 3–0 in the bronze medal
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viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated over 1 billion people watching the 2014 tournament final. Brazil is the most successful national team in the history of the World Cup, having won five titles, earning second-place, third-place and fourth-place finishes twice each. Brazil is one of the countries besides Argentina, Spain and Germany to win a FIFA World Cup away from its continent (Sweden 1958, Mexico 1970, USA 1994 and South Korea/Japan 2002). Brazil is the only national team to have played in all FIFA World Cup editions without any absence or need for playoffs. Brazil also has
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other historical rivals are Italy, which lost two World Cup finals against Brazil and eliminated the Brazilians in two tournaments (France 1938 and Spain 1982), France, which has eliminated Brazil on three occasions (Mexico 1986, France 1998 and Germany 2006), and the Netherlands, which has eliminated Brazil at two of their five meetings (West Germany 1974 and South Africa 2010) and won the third place match in Brazil 2014. Brazil's record World Cup player, Cafu is also the only player ever to have appeared in three consecutive World Cup finals: 1994, '98 and 2002. Five Brazilians have won the World
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three group matches, the first two as a starter. In the quarter-final match against Venezuela in San Juan, Argentina, he was sent off for handball and Chile lost 2–1. He played a key role in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, scoring the goal that secured qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, heading a goal against Ecuador. Medel captained Chile in a 1–0 friendly defeat to Germany on 5 March 2014. He was one of 23 players who were called up by coach Jorge Sampaoli to play in 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Medel played as a starter alongside
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by Landon Donovan. In the Round of 16, the United States played Ghana, and fell 2–1 in extra time. Entering the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the U.S team won all three friendly "send-off" matches leading up to the competition: 2–0, over Azerbaijan, 2–1, over Turkey, and 2–1 over fellow World Cup participant and defending African champions Nigeria. They were led at the time by Jürgen Klinsmann, who helped lead West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup and was the first player to score at least three goals in three consecutive World Cups. During the 2014 World Cup,
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1954, Austria took seven minutes (25' to 32') and in 1982, Hungary also took seven minutes (69' to 76') to score four goals. Germany equalled the record for most goals scored against the host nation of the World Cup, with Austria defeating Switzerland 7–5 in the 1954 World Cup. Germany also overtook Brazil to become the all-time highest-scoring team in FIFA World Cup history, their total of 223 at full-time passing Brazil's 221. Before the match Brazil and Germany were even with seven World Cup finals each, the German victory made them the only squad to reach 8 finals. For
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and Euro 2000 are also part of the France 98 charity association, with Deschamps as president and Jacquet as coach for charity matches and testimonials. For Brazil, this marked only the second time that they had lost a World Cup final, following their 2–1 upset loss to Uruguay in the "de facto" final of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, nicknamed the "Maracanazo" in Brazil. The 3–0 scoreline was also Brazil's previous largest loss at any World Cup match prior to their 7–1 loss to Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final in Belo Horizonte. Brazil were drawn in Group
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win to qualify, which they did by beating Poland 2–0 at home, to secure their place at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In November, however, England were given a reality check by Chile and Germany, with respective 2–0 and 1–0 defeats at Wembley. In the 2014 FIFA World Cup itself, they failed to get past the group stage, suffering defeats to Italy and Uruguay, both losing by a goal, and a 0–0 draw against Costa Rica. The Three Lions needed Italy to win their final two games in the group to stand any chance of qualifying for the
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Cup finals. By 17 March 2004, the CONMEBOL associations had voted unanimously to adopt Brazil as their sole candidate. Brazil formally declared its candidacy in December 2006, and Colombia did so as well a few days later. The Argentina bid never materialized. On 11 April 2007, Colombia officially withdrew its bid, making Brazil the only official candidate to host the event in 2014. Brazil, who eventually won the hosting rights for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, were the only remaining official candidate after Colombia withdrew its bid on 11 April 2007. The Brazilian bid was officially launched on 13 December
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an enterprising Italy side with Nelinho scoring a memorable goal, and were dubbed "moral champions" by coach Cláudio Coutinho as although they did not win the tournament, they did not lose a single match. Four South American nations participated in the 1982 World Cup: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru. This was the last time Peru qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals until 2018. The tournament was the first for Diego Maradona, but defending champions Argentina lost opening match 0–1 to Belgium, although they would qualify to the second round. Brazil, with Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Éder and others in their
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round of 16 defeating Denmark 3–0, thanks to goals from Micheal Owen, Rio Ferdinand, and Emile Heskey. England played four-time World Cup winners and 1998 runners-up Brazil in the quarter-finals. Despite leading through a Michael Owen goal, a mistake by David Seaman saw England lose 2–1, and Brazil won their fourth World Cup match against England, and went on to win the tournament. England were drawn into Group 6 of European qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. The group featured other home nations in Wales, and Northern Ireland, as well as Poland (who had eliminated England the last time the
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the Peruvian goalkeeper, Ramón Quiroga, was born in Argentina); but nothing could be proved, and Argentina met the Netherlands in the final. Brazil, denied a final place by Argentina's 6–0 win over Peru, took third place from an enterprising Italy side and were dubbed "moral champions" by coach Cláudio Coutinho, because they did not win the tournament but did not lose a single match either. Group C, a "group of death" with Brazil, Argentina and Italy, that World Cup history was made. In the opener, Italy prevailed 2–1 over Argentina. Argentina now needed a win over Brazil on the second
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more new teams to the tournament. However, with all these changes it still took until the 2001 World Cup for Brazil to lose the title after winning the competition six years on the run since the establishment. It was Portugal who won the tournament, with Brazil finishing in a disappointing fourth place. With this change of champions, more countries thought there was a chance for themselves to win the tournament and this sparked more interest worldwide. Not surprisingly, Brazil reclaimed their title in 2002, when BSWW reduced the number of contestants back to eight. The last "Beach Soccer World Championship"
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over Brazil in the semi-finals, as the Germans had shown respect to the defeated hosts, while Argentine fans had celebrated Brazil's elimination. Most Brazilians were reportedly relieved that their rivals did not win the World Cup in Brazil's iconic home stadium. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff invited the BRICS leaders to the final ahead of the 6th BRICS summit. Among those who showed up were Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, the next World Cup hosts, and Jacob Zuma, the President of South Africa, the previous hosts. The Chinese President, Xi Jinping, and the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, did not
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later when he was recalled by Klinsmann as part of the 30-man squad in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He was then selected to the final 23-man roster on May 22, 2014 for the finals in Brazil. Though he was on the final roster that went to Brazil, Chandler did not see any game action. Chandler was again called up for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup and started at right back in the opening game against Honduras. Eintracht Frankfurt Timothy Chandler Timothy Chandler (born March 29, 1990) is a German-American soccer player who plays as a right back
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for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. They are afraid that changing the coach at the last moment may cause bad effect to the team's qualifying prospect. I can totally understand that. But we do not have any time to waste." Yu Hongchen, the vice-president of the Chinese Football Administrative Centre, also stated, "The qualifying stage of 2014 World Cup is just a temporary task for him. Even if the task is failed, Camacho will not lose the job. When we started to find a new coach for the national team, we mainly focus on European countries such as
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2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (video game) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil is the official video game for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, published by EA Sports for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was released on 15 April 2014 in North America, 17 April 2014 in Europe and Australia, and 24 April 2014 in Brazil and Japan, as was the case with the 2010 edition. Gameplay improvements from "FIFA 14" include dribbling, an increased accuracy in passing and first-touch mechanics. The game's campaign mode, Road to Rio de Janeiro, allows players to play through qualification and the actual
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the final against the UAE qualifying for their 3rd World Cup and retaining their ODI status and runners up the UAE qualifying for their second world cup and gaining ODI status. Despite not qualifying for the World Cup, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea gained ODI status for the first time by finishing the tournament in 3rd and 4th places respectively. The tournament also saw leading associate countries Kenya, the Netherlands and Canada fail to qualify for the World Cup and lose their ODI status till 2018, although the Netherlands did qualify for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 instead of
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2014 FIFA World Cup group stage The group stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup took place in Brazil from 12 June 2014 to 26 June 2014: each team played three matches. The group stage was notable for a scarcity of draws and a large number of goals. The first drawn (and goalless) match did not occur until the 13th match of the tournament, between Iran and Nigeria: a drought longer than any FIFA World Cup since 1930. The group stage produced a total of 136 goals, nine fewer than were scored during the entire 2010 tournament. This is the
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official time ()." 2014 FIFA World Cup group stage The group stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup took place in Brazil from 12 June 2014 to 26 June 2014: each team played three matches. The group stage was notable for a scarcity of draws and a large number of goals. The first drawn (and goalless) match did not occur until the 13th match of the tournament, between Iran and Nigeria: a drought longer than any FIFA World Cup since 1930. The group stage produced a total of 136 goals, nine fewer than were scored during the entire 2010 tournament.
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2014 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2014. In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group. Winners in Group I advance to the World Group Play-offs, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lose their respective ties will compete in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lose their play-offs will be relegated to the
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Iran qualified to the World Cup with defeating Uzbekistan at the Azadi Stadium. They became third team to qualify to the World Cup after host Russia and Brazil. In April 2018, he was one of the applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job. In 23 September 2018, Queiroz extended his contract until the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Prior to the final 2014 World Cup qualification match against South Korea, Queiroz was angered by the comment made from Choi Kang-hee, the head coach of South Korea, who complained that Iran did not provide the training facilities with sufficient qualities during
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game during the eighth generation of video game consoles, Electronic Arts decided against developing versions of the game for the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One or the PC, as there were several major regions in the world where such systems were not adopted widely enough, especially the host country, Brazil. 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (video game) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil is the official video game for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, published by EA Sports for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was released on 15 April 2014 in North America, 17 April 2014 in Europe and
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an English referee who sent off two Uruguayans. Three South Americans participated in the 1970 World Cup. Peru qualified for the first time, having made one previous appearance in the 1930 tournament (which did not require qualification). The 1970 World Cup won by Brazil, who beat Italy 4–1 in the final. With their third World Cup triumph, Brazil were allowed to keep the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently. In the semi-final, Brazil defeated Uruguay]] 3–1, finally exacting revenge for their defeat in the 1950 World Cup final. The Brazilian squad, led by Carlos Alberto, and featuring Pelé, Clodoaldo, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivelino
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the 203 national teams that took part in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification process. The national teams of Bhutan, Brunei, Guam, Mauritania, Mauritius and South Sudan, all of which did not participate in World Cup qualifying, despite being FIFA members, do not feature in the game. Some teams have licensed kits as well as kits worn during the World Cup for select teams, while most get generic unlicensed kits which resemble their official kits. The game includes all 12 venues used at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as well as stadiums from each qualifying region and a range of
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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 2014 FIFA World Cup featured 32 teams, with one place reserved for the host nation, Brazil. The remaining 31 places were determined by a qualification process, in which the other 207 teams, from the six FIFA confederations, competed. Most of the successful teams were determined within these confederations, with a limited number of inter-confederation play-offs occurring at the end of the process. Bhutan, Brunei, Guam and Mauritania did not enter, and South Sudan joined FIFA after the
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2014 protests in Brazil The 2014 protests in Brazil were public demonstrations in several Brazilian cities in response to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and other social issues. The protests were primarily concerned with the spending of billions of reais of public money on stadiums for the World Cup. Prior to 2014, social movements opposed to Brazil hosting the Cup garnered support during the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2013. The Facebook group "Movimento Anti-Copa de Decoração de Ruas" (Anti-Cup Movement for the Decoration of the Streets) gained more than 15,000 Likes in a little over a month. On January 25,
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the right. The Netherlands finished third for the first time in their World Cup history. With Michel Vorm's participation (who was substituted into the match in second half injury time), the Netherlands became the first team to use all of their 23 players in a World Cup since the finals squads were expanded from 22 to 23 players in 2002. Brazil, who finished fourth for the second time in World Cup history, conceded a total of 14 goals in the tournament, the most they had ever allowed in a World Cup and also the most conceded by any World Cup
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a huge shock, England winning by 6 wickets with 2 overs to spare.They eventually failed to win any of their group matches and were last in their Group. In September 2011, Netherlands whitewashed Kenya in a short two-match ODI series held at home. In January 2014, World Cup Qualifier saw Netherlands failed to qualify for the World Cup and lose their ODI status till 2018 although the Netherlands did qualify for 2014 ICC World Twenty20 instead of Scotland. It gained their ODI status back after winning the 2015-17 ICC World Cricket League Championship. In the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, Netherlands
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the socialist countries (Soviet Union and Yugoslavia). The tournament was instead moved back to Brazil for the second time in three tournaments. Rio de Janeiro again hosted the final round, and routinely had sellout crowds of more than 25,000. The tournament belonged to the hosts, as Brazil did not lose a game en route to winning its second consecutive world championship. Although the tournament was once again dominated by teams from the Americas (eight of thirteen teams), Europe grabbed its first medals with Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union claiming the silver and bronze, respectively. The United States team, although later
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were injured. Barbara Arvanitidis was directly hit on the wrist by a tear gas bomb whilst they were reporting the indiscriminate use of riot weapons. 2014 protests in Brazil The 2014 protests in Brazil were public demonstrations in several Brazilian cities in response to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and other social issues. The protests were primarily concerned with the spending of billions of reais of public money on stadiums for the World Cup. Prior to 2014, social movements opposed to Brazil hosting the Cup garnered support during the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2013. The Facebook group "Movimento Anti-Copa de
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Cup tournaments. The U.S. finished third in the World Cup in 1930, and played in the 1934 World Cup. The next World Cup participation came in the 1950 World Cup, where they upset England 1-0 in group play. After 1950, the USA did not return to the World Cup for another 40 years. The fortunes of the U.S. national team changed in the 1990s, with the team participating in every World Cup between 1990 and 2014. The U.S. hosted the 1994 World Cup, beating Colombia to reach the knockout rounds, before losing to Brazil in the round of sixteen. The
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Africa Cup of Nations. In September 2012, Marseille's Ghanaian striker and close friend André Ayew revealed that Boateng was considering reversing his decision to retire, but he did not play in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations either. On 1 October 2013, Boateng was selected for Ghana's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs against Egypt. On 4 November 2013, he came on as a 79th-minute substitute in the second leg and scored Ghana's only goal in the 89th minute as the Black Stars secured qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. On 2 June 2014, Boateng was named in
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of Ireland resulting in a 3–1 win. He also featured in Croatia's group stage matches against Italy and Spain but did not score and Croatia was eliminated after the group stage. Jelavić featured in Croatia's first qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil against Macedonia, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 win. He scored later in a friendly match against South Korea at Craven Cottage in early February 2013. In the opening match of the 2014 World Cup, on 12 June against the hosts Brazil in São Paulo, he mis-hit a cross from Ivica Olić which was
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2014 FIFA World Cup bids This article concerns the process for determining the host nation of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which concluded on 30 October 2007 with the confirmation of Brazil as the hosts. On 7 March 2003, the world football body FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since Argentina hosted the 1978 FIFA World Cup, in line with its policy of rotating the right to host the World Cup amongst different confederations. On 3 June 2003, CONMEBOL announced that Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia wanted to host the 2014 World
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2013 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held in Brazil from 15 June to 30 June 2013 as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The most recent winners of the six continental championships appeared in the tournament, along with hosts Brazil and UEFA Euro 2012 runners-up Italy, who qualified because the Euro 2012 winners, Spain, had also won the most recent FIFA World Cup in 2010 thus securing a spot in the tournament. Host nation, Brazil successfully defended their title with a 3–0 win over Spain in the
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tournament for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Dunn returned from injury in December 2014 and traveled with the team to Brazil, but did not play. Dunn was named to the roster for February 2015 friendlies against France and England, and made a substitute appearance against England. February 2015, Dunn was named to the 2015 Algarve Cup roster, but did not play a single minute. Dunn was named to the preliminary for the 2015 Women's World Cup, but did not make the final squad of 23. In September 2015, Dunn was added to the roster for the national team's Women's
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In 2014, Abdulraouf along with six of his teammates from El Jaish SC were pulled up to the national team at the request of head coach Fahad Thani. Since this movement, the Qatar national team has competed in one friendly in which Khaled did not receive time. With the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil fast approaching, the number of friendly and official matches will rise come August once this world cup which Qatar did not qualify for is finished. Abdulraouf is expected to receive substantial time increases after their friendly on 13 August as they proceed into their first
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squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Zemmamouche was also selected in the Algerian national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil as Algeria's second-choice goalkeeper. He contested just one qualifier ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, filling in for Rais M'Bolhi against Burkina Faso. Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche (born March 19, 1985) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Algerian national team. On July 10, Zemmamouche returned to USM Alger again, although some supporters refused to return because of
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2014 FIFA World Cup preparations The costs of the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament in Brazil were estimated to be the highest in the history of the FIFA World Cup up till then. Costs of the tournament totalled $11.6 billion, making it the most expensive World Cup to date, until surpassed by 2018 FIFA World Cup which cost an estimated $14.2 billion. FIFA was expected to spend US$2 billion on staging the finals, with its greatest single expense being the US$576 million prize money pot. This expenditure has largely been on stadium works and infrastructure projects. Brazil has added on
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after extra time, their fourth Asian Cup triumph and allowing them to qualify for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Japan then started their road to 2014 World Cup in Brazil with numerous qualifiers. Throughout, they suffered only two losses to Uzbekistan and Jordan, and drawing against Australia. Afterwards, on 12 October, Japan earned a historic 1–0 victory over France, a team they had never before defeated. After a 1–1 draw with Australia they qualified for the 2014 World Cup, becoming the first nation (outside of Brazil, who hosted the tournament and qualified automatically) to qualify. Japan started their 2013 Confederations
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2014 FIFA World Cup awards The following article outlines the awards for the 2014 FIFA World Cup played in Brazil from 12 June to 15 July 2014. The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: The adidas Golden Ball is given to the outstanding player at the FIFA World Cup. The players who finish second and third are given the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball respectively. On 11 July 2014, the FIFA Technical Study Group announced the ten-player shortlist for the Golden Ball award. The adidas Golden Boot is given to the top goalscorer at the FIFA
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online, through FIFA's website, Twitter, and FIFA's mobile phone application. <!-- FOR SORTING PURPOSES, DO NOT ADD ACCENTED CHARACTERS TO NAMES WITHIN THE 2014 FIFA World Cup awards The following article outlines the awards for the 2014 FIFA World Cup played in Brazil from 12 June to 15 July 2014. The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: The adidas Golden Ball is given to the outstanding player at the FIFA World Cup. The players who finish second and third are given the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball respectively. On 11 July 2014, the FIFA Technical Study
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to beat Croatia 3-1. The group stage of the cup took place in Brazil from 12 June 2014 to 26 June 2014: each team played three games. The group stage was notable for a scarcity of draws and a large number of goals. The first drawn (and goalless) match did not occur until the 13th match of the tournament, between Iran and Nigeria: a drought longer than any World Cup since 1930. The group stage produced a total of 136 goals (an average of 2.83 goals per match), nine fewer than were scored during the entire 2010 tournament. This is
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the team that would lose and despite Uruguay's best efforts, they never even got back on level terms allowing Switzerland to win 7-4 and move on comfortably into the final against 12 time winners, Brazil. Brazil started their world cup campaign as defending champions, in group D, along with Switzerland, comfortably beating Nigeria 11-5, with a hat-rick from Bruno and seven different scorers in all. Brazil continued to perform with an 8-1 win against Bahrain, the same result as against Japan at this stage of the competition in 2008, with Buru this time claiming four goals. Finally, Brazil finished off
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Brazil in Belo Horizonte. Suárez ended the 2014 World Cup qualification campaign as top scorer in the South American section with 11 goals. In November 2013, Uruguay defeated Jordan 5–0 on aggregate in an intercontinental play-off to qualify for the 2014 World Cup. On 22 May, Suárez underwent emergency surgery on his left knee. He was confined to a wheelchair for a time, leading to rumours he would be unable to participate in the World Cup. He was named as a substitute for Uruguay's first match, a 3–1 defeat to Costa Rica, but did not play in the match. Suárez
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2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup squads The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup squads made up the rosters of 12 players that each team at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup tournament selected; a team may opt to have one naturalized player from its roster. The final rosters were finalized at the team managers' meeting, at the night prior to the first game. Player ages are as of 30 August 2014, the first day of the tournament. Brazil announced 10 of its final 12-man squad on 18 June 2014. The remaining two members were drawn from the Brazil team that competed
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and Canada. 2014 FIFA World Cup bids This article concerns the process for determining the host nation of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which concluded on 30 October 2007 with the confirmation of Brazil as the hosts. On 7 March 2003, the world football body FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since Argentina hosted the 1978 FIFA World Cup, in line with its policy of rotating the right to host the World Cup amongst different confederations. On 3 June 2003, CONMEBOL announced that Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia wanted to host the
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from Porto Alegre. The shirts had vertical blue and white stripes. The final group stage involved the teams who won their groups: Brazil, Spain, Sweden, and 1930 FIFA World Cup champions Uruguay, who were making their first World Cup appearance since winning the inaugural tournament. The World Cup winner would be the team that managed to finish on top of this group. The final group's six matches were shared between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Brazil played all its final group matches at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio while the games that did not involve the host nation
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2014 FIFA World Cup The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2007. It was the second time that Brazil staged the competition, the first being in 1950, and the fifth time that it was held in South America. Thirty-one national teams advanced through qualification competitions to join the host nation in the final tournament (with Bosnia and Herzegovina as only debutant). A total
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Nawaf Shukralla Nawaf Abdullah Ghayyath Shukrallah () (born 13 October 1976) is a Bahraini football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA. In 2011, FIFA called him on duty at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He has also officiated at other tournaments, including the AFC Champions League, the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In March 2013, FIFA named Shukrallah to its list of 52 candidate referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Nawaf officiated four matches in the group stage of the 2014 and 2018 World Cups: Spain-Australia
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airport. On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL793.5 million (USD316.1 million; EUR292.2 million) investment plan to upgrade Eduardo Gomes International Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup which will be held in Brazil, Manaus being one of the venue cities. The investment was invested as follows: Even though the World Cup started in June 2014, the airport's refurbishment was not completed in time for the event; however, the works being held at the airport did not interfere in the airport's activities throughout the World Cup. The airport is located north of downtown Manaus. Eduardo Gomes
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whitewashed Kenya in a short two-match ODI series held at home. In January 2014, World Cup Qualifier saw Netherlands failed to qualify for the World Cup and lose their ODI status till 2018 although the Netherlands did qualify for 2014 ICC World Twenty20 instead of Scotland. The Dutch women's cricket team represents the Netherlands in international women's cricket matches. Unlike their male counterparts, they currently have both Test and ODI status. Netherlands Under-19 cricket team represents the Netherlands in Under-19 international cricket. The team has been playing in international youth tournaments since 1979 but have only participated in one U-19
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and Müller combined to set up Miroslav Klose, who scored on the rebound after his initial shot was saved by goalkeeper Júlio César. It was Klose's 16th goal at a World Cup, passing the Brazilian Ronaldo as the all-time World Cup top scorer. Klose's goal initiated a flurry of German scoring as Brazil lost control of the game. In the 24th minute, Kroos scored with a left-footed strike from the edge of the area after Lahm's cross was deflected. Then, in the 26th minute, just a few seconds after Brazil kicked off, Kroos caught Fernandinho in possession in his own
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(KFA). South Korea finished in third place at the 2003 AFC Women's Championship and qualified for the World Cup for the first time. The "Taegeuk Ladies" were drawn in Group B with Norway, France and Brazil. Their first match played at the World Cup was a 3–0 loss to Brazil on 21 September 2003. They went on to lose 1–0 to France and 7–1 to Norway. Kim Jin-hee scored the first ever South Korean World Cup goal on 27 September 2003 against Norway. Despite winning the inaugural EAFF E-1 Football Championship on home soil in 2005, South Korea failed to
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went on to lose 1–7 to the Germans – their biggest ever defeat at the World Cup and first home loss in a competitive match since 1975. Towards the end of the match, the home crowd began to ""olé"" each pass from the German team, and booed their own players off the pitch after the final whistle. The match has been nicknamed the "Mineirazo", making reference to the nation's previous World Cup defeat on home soil, the Maracanazo against Uruguay in 1950, and the Estádio do Mineirão where the match took place. Brazil finished the World Cup in fourth place,
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World Cup) Peru won the first match against Venezuela but in the next match Brazil crushed Peru 4–0 and after that Colombia defeated Peru 3–0. By the fourth match Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina were already qualified for the U-17 World Cup. Meanwhile, Peru, Venezuela and hosts Ecuador had to fight for the last qualification. For the fifth match, Peru had the obligation to defeat Ecuador, although the match ended in a draw, a result which took every hope for Ecuador to be present in the U-17 World Cup. For the last match against Argentina, Peru had to lose by at
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Telegraph" reported that Morocco had received the most votes, but South Africa was awarded the tournament instead. Bids: FIFA continued its continental rotation procedure by earmarking the 2014 World Cup for South America. FIFA initially indicated that it might back out of the rotation concept, but later decided to continue it through the 2014 host decision, after which it was dropped. Colombia had expressed interest in hosting the 2014 World Cup, but withdrew undertaking the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Brazil also expressed interest in hosting the World Cup. CONMEBOL, the South American Football Federation, indicated their preference for Brazil
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the world. Maasranga Television broadcasts International cricket and football matches, including the UEFA Euro 2012. They also broadcast "Bangladesh Tour of Sri Lanka series" (2013), "Brazil vs Argentina" and "Brazil vs Italy (2013)", Bangladesh VS Sri Lanka Series (2014), FIFA World Cup 2014, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, ICC Champions Trophy 2013, ICC World Twenty20 2014 and ICC World Twenty20 2016, IPL 2014 and the latest FIFA World Cup 2018 and the Present I-league Maasranga Television Maasranga Television () is an HDTV television channel in Bangladesh. The channel got permission from Bangladeshi Government to telecast broadly in 2010. On 30
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man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, one of two new inclusions. Wright made his national debut starting in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia at Craven Cottage in London. He scored a header in this debut giving Australia a two-goal lead. He was in the Australia national football team preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia but did not make Bert van Marwijk’s final 23. Preston North End Bailey Wright Bailey Colin Wright (born 28 July 1992) is an Australian professional footballer who plays for and is captain of Championship club Bristol City. He
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the sides. On September 29, 2007, it was announced that the CBF would launch a Women's Association Football league and cup competition in October 2007 following pressure from FIFA president Sepp Blatter during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. In 2014, Brazil was one of the eight nations to take part in the first Unity World Cup. The team played the opening game with notable players such as Beto, Fabio Luciano and Carlos Luciano da Silva. Football is the most popular sport in Brazil. Football quickly became a passion for Brazilians, who often refer to their country as
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Brazilian players in many sports, most notably soccer, which is arguably the biggest sport in Brazil. The 2011 placed #11 of 12 teams. In the 2014 World Cup, Team Brasil qualified for the second round of the tournament and placed #14 of 30 teams. Brazil announced its 2018 roster in January, 2018. Brazil announced its 2017 team roster in October 2016. Brazil announced its 2014 team roster in December 2013. Coaches 2014 MVP 2014 The Most Valuable Player from Team Brasil at the second World Cup was Brazilian Nut, aka Nanda. Brazil announced its initial team roster in August 2011.
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World Cups. <section begin=a6 /><section end=a6 /> 2014 FIFA World Cup Group A The 32 teams at the 2014 FIFA World Cup were split into eight groups of four, labelled A–H. Group A comprised Brazil, Croatia, Mexico and Cameroon. The first match was played on 12 June 2014, with the last two played concurrently on 23 June. The two teams had met in two previous matches, including in the 2006 FIFA World Cup group stage, won by Brazil 1–0. Croatia forward Mario Mandžukić was suspended for the match, after being sent off in the team's final qualifier against Iceland. Croatia
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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification saw 52 teams competing for 5 spots of the 32 spots in the final tournament in Brazil. Fifty-two out of the 53 national associations affiliated to CAF entered the qualifying to determine the continent’s five slots for the next World Cup. The proposed format, announced on 16 May 2011, began in November 2011 with the first round of 12 two-legged knock-out ties. The ties, involving the 24 lowest-ranked teams according to FIFA World Rankings, were drawn in Brazil on 30
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goal did not come until 8 December 1951 in a league game at Anfield against Preston, Hughes' 88th-minute strike saving a point in the 2–2 draw. During the first post-war season of 1946–47 Hughes made 30 appearances from 42 games helping the Reds win the First Division Championship, Liverpool's first title in 24 years. 1950 proved to be a rollercoaster of a season for Hughes, on a high due to reaching the FA Cup final at Wembley only to lose to Arsenal 2–0. He then was selected to represent England at the World Cup in Brazil getting all of his
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opportunity of having their University studies done in Brazil, with tuition costs covered by the Brazilian Government, through the Program for Exchange Students – Undergraduate (PEC-G). This Program has been in place since 2012. Brazil is one of football leading team in the world. Pakistan-made Brazuca soccer ball was used in 2014 Football world cup. Die-hard Pakistani Football Fans Supported Brazilian Soccer Team in World Cup 2014. Brazil–Pakistan relations In 2009, Brazil approved the sale of 100 MAR-1 anti-radiation missiles to Pakistan despite India's pressure on Brazil not to do so. Brazil's Defense Minister Nelson Jobim called these missiles "very
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(3 ) and Portugal-Ghana (4) in 2014, Poland-Senegal (3) and Panama-Tunisia (6) matches in 2018. Nawaf Shukralla Nawaf Abdullah Ghayyath Shukrallah () (born 13 October 1976) is a Bahraini football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA. In 2011, FIFA called him on duty at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He has also officiated at other tournaments, including the AFC Champions League, the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In March 2013, FIFA named Shukrallah to its list of 52 candidate referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Nawaf
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FIFA but they continue to ignore the matter. The 2011 Copa América tournament was the first tournament for national teams to use the spray. Its success caused it to be adopted by several national leagues in 2011 in America, including Major League Soccer. It has also been used in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey, the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Malta and Gozo, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The first World Cup match to feature the vanishing spray was the opening game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup between Brazil and Croatia on
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2014 FIFA World Cup Group A The 32 teams at the 2014 FIFA World Cup were split into eight groups of four, labelled A–H. Group A comprised Brazil, Croatia, Mexico and Cameroon. The first match was played on 12 June 2014, with the last two played concurrently on 23 June. The two teams had met in two previous matches, including in the 2006 FIFA World Cup group stage, won by Brazil 1–0. Croatia forward Mario Mandžukić was suspended for the match, after being sent off in the team's final qualifier against Iceland. Croatia opened the scoring through a Marcelo own
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Road to Brazil The Road to Brazil is the name of a series of international association football exhibition games that took place from May 29 to June 7, 2014 in the run up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The games have been organised by Soccer United Marketing, Major League Soccer's commercial division. Ten countries will participate in the Road to Brazil series of matches, representing four continents – Europe, Africa, North America and South America. World Cup-bound teams include the following: from Europe, defending champion Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece; representing Africa are the African Cup of Nations
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in World Cup history to 223, surpassing Brazil's 221 goals to first place overall. The two teams had met in 11 previous meetings, including four times in the FIFA World Cup: Netherlands won 2–0 in the second group stage of the 1974 World Cup and 2–1 in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup, and Brazil won 3–2 in the quarter-finals of the 1994 World Cup and 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw (after extra time) in the semi-finals of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Brazil made six changes in their starting line-up from their semi-final, while the Netherlands
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2014 in Brazil Events in the year 2014 in Brazil. For Brazilian films first released in 2014, see the list of Brazilian films of 2014. In music, see the list of number-one pop hits of 2014 (Brazil) and the list of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2014 (Brazil). Alberto da Costa e Silva won the Camões Prize. Brazil hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2014 Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship, the 2014 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship and the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship. In international multi-sport events, Brazil participated in the Winter Olympics, in the
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sports section. Frändén is often invited as an expert commentator during the World Cup, as she did in 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and during European Football Championships, most notably Euro 2012 and Euro 2016. She has been involved in SVT coverage of two World Cups and two Euro championships so far. During the summer of 2006, Frändén was dispatched to France by "Aftonbladet" to cover the aftermath of the "Euro 2006" football championship. She also had the special task of following Zlatan Ibrahimovićs career for SVT. She relocated to Barcelona when
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his foot in the swampy pitch. The goal was given though, as Brazil played the match with black socks and thus (also due to all the mud which covered the pitch resulting of the rain beforehand), the lack of a boot went undetected by the referee. Brazil went on to win the third place play-off. Poland did not return to the World Cup until 1974. Brazil v Poland (1938 FIFA World Cup) Brazil v Poland was a football match held during the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France and still remembered by Polish fans of this sport as the one
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out of the group stage with two points earned. Lewandowski scored two penalties in the 5–0 win against San Marino on 26 March 2013 during the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, his first match as captain. Later on in the campaign, on 6 September, he scored the equaliser against Montenegro in a 1–1 home draw. Poland did not qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. On 7 September 2014, in Poland's first UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier, away against Gibraltar, Lewandowski scored his first international hat-trick, netting four goals in a 7–0 win. On 13 June 2015, he scored another
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2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony The Opening ceremony of the 2014 FIFA World Cup took place on Thursday, 12 June 2014, at the Arena de São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil at 15:15 Brasília official time (), about a quarter to two hours before the opening match of the tournament between hosts Brazil and Croatia. In the hours leading up to the ceremony, several hundred Brazilian football fans took to the streets to sing and declare their support for the host nation's national team, as excitement for the opening match of the tournament continued to build up. However, several
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Ola)", which was co-written and recorded by the three artists. The cost of the opening ceremony is estimated at 18 million BRL. 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony The Opening ceremony of the 2014 FIFA World Cup took place on Thursday, 12 June 2014, at the Arena de São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil at 15:15 Brasília official time (), about a quarter to two hours before the opening match of the tournament between hosts Brazil and Croatia. In the hours leading up to the ceremony, several hundred Brazilian football fans took to the streets to sing and declare their
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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) The European Zone of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals in Brazil. The draw for the qualification groups was held at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011. The qualification format was the same as 2010. The teams were drawn into eight groups of six teams and one group of five, with the nine group winners qualifying directly for the final tournament. The eight best runners-up (determined by records against the
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by Brazil in World Cup finals) opened scoring in the tournament. As the first game played at this World Cup, the match also saw the first use of vanishing spray to mark free kick spots, and the advent of goal-line technology, two innovations introduced during the tournament. The two teams had met in 38 previous matches, including three times in the FIFA World Cup group stage, all won by Brazil (1950: 4–0; 1954: 5–0; 1962: 2–0). Their most recent meeting was in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup group stage, won by Brazil 2–0. Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa made four outstanding
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automatically qualified for the finals. The fifth-placed team competed in the intercontinental play-offs against the fifth-placed team from the AFC's World Cup qualifying tournament. The order of matches was identical to that of the 2002, 2006 and 2010 tournaments. As Brazil qualified automatically as hosts, each team had a bye on the date they would normally have been scheduled to play Brazil. The matches were played from 7 October 2011 to 15 October 2013. While the top four teams in CONMEBOL qualification tournament qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil, the fifth-placed team, Uruguay, played against the fifth-placed
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2014 South American U-20 Women's Championship The 2014 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the 6th edition of the South American under-20 women's football championship. It was held from 12 to 31 January 2014 in Uruguay. The best two teams also qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Brazil were the defending champions having won all five previous editions of the tournament. After two of three matchdays in the final round Brazil and Paraguay already qualified to the World Cup, Brazil for the sixth time and Paraguay for the first time. All ten nations of CONMEBOL participated.
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whilst his final appearance came on 10 May 1970 against Portugal. Giorgio Puia Giorgio Puia (8 March 1938) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a defender. During his club career, Puia played for A.S. Pro Gorizia, U.S. Triestina Calcio, Vicenza and Torino. Puia earned 7 caps for the Italy national football team between 1962 and 1970, and was included in the Italian squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup, although his only World Cup appearances came in the 1970 qualifying tournament; Italy reached the final of the competition, only to lose out to Brazil 4–1.
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Giorgio Puia Giorgio Puia (8 March 1938) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a defender. During his club career, Puia played for A.S. Pro Gorizia, U.S. Triestina Calcio, Vicenza and Torino. Puia earned 7 caps for the Italy national football team between 1962 and 1970, and was included in the Italian squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup, although his only World Cup appearances came in the 1970 qualifying tournament; Italy reached the final of the competition, only to lose out to Brazil 4–1. He made his international debut on 11 November 1962 against Austria,
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between France and Brazil in the World Cup. Brazil has won three games, with Frances's only win coming from their last meeting in the 1986 FIBA World Championship, which was also their last competitive game against each other. This was the first competitive game between Iran and Spain. This was the first game between Serbia and France in the World Cup. The two teams have met twice in the EuroBasket, with France winning in 2011, and Serbia winning in 2013. This was the second meeting between Brazil and Iran in the World Cup. Brazil won on their first game, in
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Guimarães was one of the 12 stadiums to host games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil. The stadium Vila Capanema have hosted the 1950 FIFA World Cup which still is home to Paraná Clube. Clube Atlético Paranaense (Brazilian champion of 2001). Arena da Baixada is one of the three privately owned stadiums of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The other two are Beira-Rio stadium, in Porto Alegre and Arena Itaquera, in São Paulo. Arena da Baixada is considered one of the most modern stadiums in Brazil. This is the lowest budget of all venues of the 2014
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spent $29.1 billion on partnerships in 2010 and IEG projects that sum to increase 4.8 percent to $30.5 billion in 2011. Europe is the largest source of sponsorship spending, with €26.44 million (US$29 million) in just the EU member states in 2014, followed by North America, the Asia Pacific region. Growth in Central and South America during 2010 did not materialize to the extent projected—3.8 percent versus a forecast of 5.7 percent—despite the FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games in Brazil in 2014 and 2016, respectively. With the 2010 World Cup concluded, sponsorship activity should begin to heat up, thus
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