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2014 FIFA World Cup
Copa do Mundo da FIFA
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Brasil 2014[nb 1]
The allocation of places for the final tournament was decided on 3 March 2011, with the distribution
of the 31 places determined through the qualification process unchanged from that of the previous
tournament.[13] The qualification draw for the 2014 World Cup was held at the Marina da Glória in
Rio de Janeiro on 30 July 2011.[14][15] As the host nation, Brazil automatically qualified for the
tournament.
203 of the 208 FIFA national teams at the time participated in the qualification stages, which began on
15 June 2011 and concluded on 20 November 2013. 24 of the 32 eventual qualifiers were present at
the previous tournament, with the only debutant being Bosnia and Herzegovina, which qualified for
the first time as an independent nation.[16] The highest-ranked absentee in the FIFA World Rankings
at the time of the draw for the tournament was Ukraine,[17] while the OFC region will have no
representation at a World Cup Finals for the first time since 2002.
Qualified teams
[18]
The following 32 teams, shown with October 2013 rankings used for seeding in the draw,
for the final tournament.
qualified
2014 FIFA World Cup logo
Tournament details
Host country
Brazil
Dates
12 June – 13 July
Teams
32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)
12 (in 12 host cities)
← 2010
CONCACAF (4)
AFC (4)
UEFA (13)
Australia (57)
Costa Rica (31)
Belgium (5)
Iran (49)
Honduras (34)
Bosnia and
Japan (44)
Mexico (24)
South Korea (56)
United States (13)
CAF (5)
CONMEBOL (6)
Herzegovina (16)
Croatia (18)
England (10)
France (21)
Algeria (32)
Argentina (3)
Germany (2)
Cameroon (59)
Brazil (11) (hosts)
Greece (15)
Ghana (23)
Chile (12)
Italy (9)
Ivory Coast (17)
Colombia (4)
Netherlands (8)
Nigeria (33)
Ecuador (22)
Portugal (14)
Uruguay (6)
Russia (19)
OFC (0)
None qualified
2018 →
Country qualified for the World Cup
Country failed to qualify
Country did not enter
Country not a FIFA member
Spain (1)
Switzerland (7)
Prize money
Each participating team will receive at least US$8 million. The World Champions will receive $35 million, while the runners-up will receive $25
million. Teams that lose in the round of 16 will receive $9 million, and the quarter-finalists receive $14 million. The clubs in which the players are
playing for at the time of their World Cup departure will receive $70 million as a compensation for insurance costs and expenses, which will be
distributed through their national associations. Overall, FIFA will allocate $576 million, a new record, and an increase from the $420 million allocated in
South Africa.[19]
Venues
Dilma Rousseff (2nd from the right)
and Pelé (center) following the works
in Belo Horizonte
Eighteen locations were presented as potential World Cup host cities: Belém, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis,
Fortaleza, Goiânia, Maceió, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo.[20]
FIFA proposes that no more than one city may use two stadiums, and the number of host cities is limited between eight and ten. The proposal of Ricardo
Teixeira, the then-Head of the Brazilian Football Confederation, to use twelve host cities in "the interest of the whole country" was however accepted by
FIFA in December 2008.[21]
The twelve host cities were announced on 31 May 2009, with Belém, Campo Grande, Florianópolis, Goiânia and Rio Branco being rejected;[22] Maceió
had already withdrawn in January 2009. The twelve selections – each the capital of its state – cover all the main regions of Brazil and create more
evenly distributed hosting than the 1950 finals in Brazil provided, when matches were concentrated in the south-east and south.[23] As a result the
tournament will require significant long-distance travel for teams.[24]
A reported US$3.47 billion has been spent on stadium projects.[25] Five of the chosen host cities have brand new venues built specifically for the World
Cup, while the Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in the capital Brasilia was demolished and rebuilt, and the remaining six are being extensively
renovated.[26] The Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, which already holds the record attendance for a FIFA World Cup Finals match (199,854), is
the largest of the stadiums and will stage the final. The CBF originally intended to host the opening match at São Paulo's Estádio do Morumbi but it was
dropped in 2010 and replaced by the Arena Corinthians after failing to provide financial guarantees for the required improvements.[27]
The first new stadium, the Castelão, in Fortaleza, became operational in January 2013.[28] According to Joe Leahy of the Financial Times, the works in
the Castelão, "could set a precedent for other sporting public works", since the project "came in within budget and cheaper per seat" than the Maracanã
stadium in Rio.[29][30] Six of the venues were used during the 2013 Confederations Cup.[31] Six further stadiums are however forecast to miss FIFA's
original 31 December 2013 deadline for completed works.[32] The completion of the new Arena Corinthians has been hindered by a fatal crane collapse
in November 2013 that destroyed part of the stadium and killed two construction workers.[33]
On 22 January 2014, FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke visited the Arena da Baixada site in Curitiba and stated that the city may be dropped as a
World Cup host city if sufficient progress in the renovation of the arena was not shown by 18 February.[34] On 18 February, FIFA confirmed that
Curitiba would remain as a World Cup host, despite delays in construction of the stadium.[35]
On 9 March 2014, the Arena da Amazônia, in Manaus, became the ninth World Cup stadium to host a football match, with Remo and Nacional coming
to a 2-2 draw.[36] Arena das Dunas, in Natal, and Estádio Beira-Rio, in Porto Alegre also hosted soccer matches already, and are ready for the World
Cup.[37][38]
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Estádio do Maracanã
Brasília, DF
[39]
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
22°54′43.8″S 43°13′48.59″W
15°47′0.6″S 47°53′56.99″W
Capacity: 76,935[40]
Capacity: 70,042[41]
(renovated)
(new stadium)
São Paulo, SP
Fortaleza, CE
Arena Corinthians
Estádio Castelão
23°32′43.91″S 46°28′24.14″W
3°48′26.16″S 38°31′20.93″W
Capacity: 68,034
(new stadium)[42][43]
Capacity: 64,846[44]
(renovated)
Belo Horizonte, MG
Porto Alegre, RS
Estádio Mineirão
Estádio Beira-Rio
19°51′57″S 43°58′15″W
30°3′56.21″S 51°14′9.91″W
Capacity: 62,547
Capacity: 51,300[45]
(renovated)
(renovated)
[46]
Salvador, BA
Recife, PE
Arena Fonte Nova
Arena Pernambuco
12°58′43″S 38°30′15″W
8°2′24″S 35°0′29″W
Capacity: 56,000[47]
Capacity: 46,154
(new stadium)
(new stadium)
Cuiabá, MT
Manaus, AM
Natal, RN
Curitiba, PR
Arena Pantanal
Arena da Amazônia
Arena das Dunas
Arena da Baixada
15°36′11″S 56°7′14″W
3°4′59″S 60°1′41″W
5°49′44.18″S 35°12′49.91″W
25°26′54″S 49°16′37″W
Capacity: 42,968
Capacity: 42,374
Capacity: 42,086
(new stadium)
(new stadium)
(new stadium)
Final draw
Capacity: 43,981[48]
(renovated)
[49]
Construction progress: 96%
See also: 2014 FIFA World Cup seeding
The 32 participating teams were to be drawn into the eight groups of the group stage. In preparation for this, the teams were organised into four pots
with the seven highest-ranked teams joining host nation Brazil in the seeded pot.[50] As with the previous tournaments, FIFA aimed to create groups
which maximised geographic separation and therefore the unseeded teams were arranged into pots based on geographic considerations.[51][52]
Pot 1 (seeds)
Pot 2 (Africa & South America) Pot 3 (Asia & North America)
Brazil (hosts)
Argentina
Colombia
Uruguay
Belgium
Germany
Spain
Switzerland
Australia
Japan
Iran
South Korea
Costa Rica
Honduras
Mexico
United States
Algeria
Cameroon
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Nigeria
Chile
Ecuador
Pot 4 (Europe)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
England
France
Greece
Italy (drawn into Pot 2)
Netherlands
Portugal
Russia
Squads
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup squads
As with the 2010 tournament, each team's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup 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.
Teams are permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game.[61]
Group stage
The first round, or group stage, will see the thirty-two teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group will compete in a round-robin of six
games, where each team will play one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams will be awarded three points for a win, one point
for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group will progress to the Round of 16.[61]
The match schedule was announced at FIFA's headquarters in Zürich on 20 October 2011,[62] with the kick-off times being confirmed on 27 September
2012.[63] After the final draw, the kick-off times of seven matches were adjusted by FIFA.[64]
All times listed below are in Brasília official time (UTC−3). This is the time zone of ten of the twelve venues; the other two, Cuiabá and Manaus, are in
the Amazon time zone (UTC−4), therefore for matches hosted at these two venues the local kickoff times are one hour earlier than the times listed
below.[65]
Tie-breaking criteria
The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:
Greater number of points in all group matches
Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Greatest number of points in matches between tied teams
Goal difference in matches between tied teams
Greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
Group A
Team
Brazil
Croatia
Mexico
Cameroon
12 June 2014
17:00
Group B
Brazil
Match 1
Croatia
Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo
Team
Spain
Netherlands
Chile
Australia
Group C
Team
Colombia
Greece
Ivory Coast
Japan
Group D
Team
Uruguay
Costa Rica
England
Italy
Group E
Team
Switzerland
Ecuador
France
Honduras
Group F
Team
Argentina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iran
Nigeria
Group G
Team
Germany
Portugal
Ghana
United States
Group H
Team
Belgium
Algeria
Russia
South Korea
Knockout stage
The knockout stage will involve the sixteen teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There will be four rounds of matches, with
each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds are the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final. There
will also be a play-off to decide third and fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes will be followed by thirty minutes
of extra time (two periods of 15 minutes each); if scores are still level, there will be a penalty shootout to determine who will progress to the next
round[61]
Marketing
Logo
The official logo of the competition is entitled "Inspiration", and was created by Brazilian agency Africa.[66] The design is based around a photograph of
three victorious hands together raising the World Cup trophy and its yellow and green colouring is meant to represent Brazil warmly welcoming the
world to their country. It was unveiled at a ceremony held during the 2010 World Cup in Johannesburg.[66] The design was selected from the
submissions of 25 Brazilian-based agencies invited to submit designs.[67] Brazilian graphic designer Alexandre Wollner has criticised the design,
suggesting that it resembles a facepalm, as well as the process through which it was chosen, which had a jury that excluded professional graphic
designers.[68]
FIFA also commissioned an official poster that was unveiled in January 2013 and designed by the Brazilian creative agency Crama.[69] The official
slogan is "All in One Rhythm" (Portuguese: "Juntos num só ritmo").[70]
Official song
Main article: FIFA World Cup official songs
An official song has been created for every World Cup finals since 1962. On 24 January 2014, FIFA and Sony Music announced that the official song
for the tournament will be "We Are One (Ole Ola)" by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte.[71] Sony also launched a global music contest –
entitled 'SuperSong' – to select a song for the competition's official album, One Love, One Rhythm.[72] The contest allows any person to submit a song
via a website, with the winning entrant chosen in February 2014 to be professionally recorded by the singer Ricky Martin.[72] On 10 February 2014,
American Elijah King was chosen with the song "Vida" ("Life", in English).[73] A customized version of the song "Dare (La La La)" by Shakira, who
provided the official song of the 2010 tournament, will be used as a secondary theme song.[74] By the end of March, FIFA announced that the song "Dar
um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)", written by Avicii, Carlos Santana, Wyclef Jean and Alexandre Pires, was selected as the official anthem of the 2014
FIFA World Cup.[75]
Mascot
Main article: Fuleco
The tatu-bola, an armadillo that defends itself from predators by rolling up into a ball, was chosen as the official mascot by FIFA at a ceremony
organised by the local organising committee in September 2012.[76] It was selected from 47 designs created by six Brazilian agencies after market
research showed its appeal to the primary target audience of Brazilian children aged 5–12.[77]
The then-unnamed mascot was first unveiled to the public during a segment of the Brazilian news show Fantástico.[78] An online public vote was used
to determine the name in which three potential names were offered,[79] with the winning name being announced on 25 November 2012:[80] 1.7 million
people (about 48 per cent) voted for Fuleco, ahead of Zuzeco (31 per cent) and Amijubi (21 per cent).[81]
"Fuleco" is a portmanteau of the words "Futebol" ("Football") and "Ecologia" ("Ecology") (in addition, nicknames ending with -eco are popular in
Brazil). The two unsuccessful names were Amijubi ("Amizade" ("Friendship") and "Júbilo" ("Joy")) and Zuzeco ("Azul" ("blue") and "Ecologia").[80]
Match ball
Main article: Adidas Brazuca
The official ball of the 2014 World Cup will be the Adidas Brazuca.[82] The name was selected by a public vote that received responses from more than
1 million Brazilian football fans; "Brazuca" received over 70 per cent of the vote.[83] Adidas, the official FIFA World Cup match ball supplier since
1970, took inspiration from elements of Brazilian culture to come up with a shortlist of three possible names for the ball that also included Bossa Nova
and Carnavalesca.[83]
Caxirola
Main article: Caxirola
The tournament has recognised an official instrument: the caxirola, a percussive instrument created by Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown. They are
designed to create a softer sound than the African vuvuzela horn that featured prominently during the 2010 World Cup. However, due to safety concerns,
FIFA later announced that caxirolas will not be permitted inside the stadiums.[84][85]
Video game
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (video game)
As with the 2010 tournament, EA Sports published the official video game of the competition, entitled 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.[86] It was released
on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in various markets in April 2014.[87] The game contains all of the 203 national teams that took part in the 2014 FIFA
World Cup qualification process and includes all 12 venues used at the World Cup tournment.[88] The game received mixed reviews from critics on
release from commercial websites.[89]
The nation's total cost to host the FIFA World Cup compared to past tournaments:[106][107][108][109]
Host
General cost
BRA (2014)
US$14 billion (1st)
GER (2006)
$6 billion (2nd)
KOR/
JPN (2002) $5 billion (3rd)
SAF (2010)
$4 billion (4th)
FRA (1998)
$340 million (5th)
USA (1994)
$30 million (6th)
2014 FIFA World Cup
Copa do Mundo da FIFA
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Brasil 2014[nb 1]
The allocation of places for the final tournament was decided on 3 March 2011, with the distribution
of the 31 places determined through the qualification process unchanged from that of the previous
tournament.[13] The qualification draw for the 2014 World Cup was held at the Marina da Glória in
Rio de Janeiro on 30 July 2011.[14][15] As the host nation, Brazil automatically qualified for the
tournament.
203 of the 208 FIFA national teams at the time participated in the qualification stages, which began on
15 June 2011 and concluded on 20 November 2013. 24 of the 32 eventual qualifiers were present at
the previous tournament, with the only debutant being Bosnia and Herzegovina, which qualified for
the first time as an independent nation.[16] The highest-ranked absentee in the FIFA World Rankings
at the time of the draw for the tournament was Ukraine,[17] while the OFC region will have no
representation at a World Cup Finals for the first time since 2002.
Qualified teams
[18]
The following 32 teams, shown with October 2013 rankings used for seeding in the draw,
for the final tournament.
qualified
2014 FIFA World Cup logo
Tournament details
Host country
Brazil
Dates
12 June – 13 July
Teams
32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)
12 (in 12 host cities)
← 2010
CONCACAF (4)
AFC (4)
UEFA (13)
Australia (57)
Costa Rica (31)
Belgium (5)
Iran (49)
Honduras (34)
Bosnia and
Japan (44)
Mexico (24)
South Korea (56)
United States (13)
CAF (5)
CONMEBOL (6)
Herzegovina (16)
Croatia (18)
England (10)
France (21)
Algeria (32)
Argentina (3)
Germany (2)
Cameroon (59)
Brazil (11) (hosts)
Greece (15)
Ghana (23)
Chile (12)
Italy (9)
Ivory Coast (17)
Colombia (4)
Netherlands (8)
Nigeria (33)
Ecuador (22)
Portugal (14)
Uruguay (6)
Russia (19)
OFC (0)
None qualified
2018 →
Country qualified for the World Cup
Country failed to qualify
Country did not enter
Country not a FIFA member
Spain (1)
Switzerland (7)
Prize money
Each participating team will receive at least US$8 million. The World Champions will receive $35 million, while the runners-up will receive $25
million. Teams that lose in the round of 16 will receive $9 million, and the quarter-finalists receive $14 million. The clubs in which the players are
playing for at the time of their World Cup departure will receive $70 million as a compensation for insurance costs and expenses, which will be
distributed through their national associations. Overall, FIFA will allocate $576 million, a new record, and an increase from the $420 million allocated in
South Africa.[19]
Venues
Dilma Rousseff (2nd from the right)
and Pelé (center) following the works
in Belo Horizonte
Eighteen locations were presented as potential World Cup host cities: Belém, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis,
Fortaleza, Goiânia, Maceió, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo.[20]
FIFA proposes that no more than one city may use two stadiums, and the number of host cities is limited between eight and ten. The proposal of Ricardo
Teixeira, the then-Head of the Brazilian Football Confederation, to use twelve host cities in "the interest of the whole country" was however accepted by
FIFA in December 2008.[21]
The twelve host cities were announced on 31 May 2009, with Belém, Campo Grande, Florianópolis, Goiânia and Rio Branco being rejected;[22] Maceió
had already withdrawn in January 2009. The twelve selections – each the capital of its state – cover all the main regions of Brazil and create more
evenly distributed hosting than the 1950 finals in Brazil provided, when matches were concentrated in the south-east and south.[23] As a result the
tournament will require significant long-distance travel for teams.[24]
A reported US$3.47 billion has been spent on stadium projects.[25] Five of the chosen host cities have brand new venues built specifically for the World
Cup, while the Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in the capital Brasilia was demolished and rebuilt, and the remaining six are being extensively
renovated.[26] The Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, which already holds the record attendance for a FIFA World Cup Finals match (199,854), is
the largest of the stadiums and will stage the final. The CBF originally intended to host the opening match at São Paulo's Estádio do Morumbi but it was
dropped in 2010 and replaced by the Arena Corinthians after failing to provide financial guarantees for the required improvements.[27]
The first new stadium, the Castelão, in Fortaleza, became operational in January 2013.[28] According to Joe Leahy of the Financial Times, the works in
the Castelão, "could set a precedent for other sporting public works", since the project "came in within budget and cheaper per seat" than the Maracanã
stadium in Rio.[29][30] Six of the venues were used during the 2013 Confederations Cup.[31] Six further stadiums are however forecast to miss FIFA's
original 31 December 2013 deadline for completed works.[32] The completion of the new Arena Corinthians has been hindered by a fatal crane collapse
in November 2013 that destroyed part of the stadium and killed two construction workers.[33]
On 22 January 2014, FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke visited the Arena da Baixada site in Curitiba and stated that the city may be dropped as a
World Cup host city if sufficient progress in the renovation of the arena was not shown by 18 February.[34] On 18 February, FIFA confirmed that
Curitiba would remain as a World Cup host, despite delays in construction of the stadium.[35]
On 9 March 2014, the Arena da Amazônia, in Manaus, became the ninth World Cup stadium to host a football match, with Remo and Nacional coming
to a 2-2 draw.[36] Arena das Dunas, in Natal, and Estádio Beira-Rio, in Porto Alegre also hosted soccer matches already, and are ready for the World
Cup.[37][38]
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Estádio do Maracanã
Brasília, DF
[39]
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
22°54′43.8″S 43°13′48.59″W
15°47′0.6″S 47°53′56.99″W
Capacity: 76,935[40]
Capacity: 70,042[41]
(renovated)
(new stadium)
São Paulo, SP
Fortaleza, CE
Arena Corinthians
Estádio Castelão
23°32′43.91″S 46°28′24.14″W
3°48′26.16″S 38°31′20.93″W
Capacity: 68,034
(new stadium)[42][43]
Capacity: 64,846[44]
(renovated)
Belo Horizonte, MG
Porto Alegre, RS
Estádio Mineirão
Estádio Beira-Rio
19°51′57″S 43°58′15″W
30°3′56.21″S 51°14′9.91″W
Capacity: 62,547
Capacity: 51,300[45]
(renovated)
(renovated)
[46]
Salvador, BA
Recife, PE
Arena Fonte Nova
Arena Pernambuco
12°58′43″S 38°30′15″W
8°2′24″S 35°0′29″W
Capacity: 56,000[47]
Capacity: 46,154
(new stadium)
(new stadium)
Cuiabá, MT
Manaus, AM
Natal, RN
Curitiba, PR
Arena Pantanal
Arena da Amazônia
Arena das Dunas
Arena da Baixada
15°36′11″S 56°7′14″W
3°4′59″S 60°1′41″W
5°49′44.18″S 35°12′49.91″W
25°26′54″S 49°16′37″W
Capacity: 42,968
Capacity: 42,374
Capacity: 42,086
(new stadium)
(new stadium)
(new stadium)
Final draw
Capacity: 43,981[48]
(renovated)
[49]
Construction progress: 96%
See also: 2014 FIFA World Cup seeding
The 32 participating teams were to be drawn into the eight groups of the group stage. In preparation for this, the teams were organised into four pots
with the seven highest-ranked teams joining host nation Brazil in the seeded pot.[50] As with the previous tournaments, FIFA aimed to create groups
which maximised geographic separation and therefore the unseeded teams were arranged into pots based on geographic considerations.[51][52]
Pot 1 (seeds)
Pot 2 (Africa & South America) Pot 3 (Asia & North America)
Brazil (hosts)
Argentina
Colombia
Uruguay
Belgium
Germany
Spain
Switzerland
Australia
Japan
Iran
South Korea
Costa Rica
Honduras
Mexico
United States
Algeria
Cameroon
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Nigeria
Chile
Ecuador
Pot 4 (Europe)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
England
France
Greece
Italy (drawn into Pot 2)
Netherlands
Portugal
Russia
Squads
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup squads
As with the 2010 tournament, each team's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup 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.
Teams are permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game.[61]
Group stage
The first round, or group stage, will see the thirty-two teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group will compete in a round-robin of six
games, where each team will play one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams will be awarded three points for a win, one point
for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group will progress to the Round of 16.[61]
The match schedule was announced at FIFA's headquarters in Zürich on 20 October 2011,[62] with the kick-off times being confirmed on 27 September
2012.[63] After the final draw, the kick-off times of seven matches were adjusted by FIFA.[64]
All times listed below are in Brasília official time (UTC−3). This is the time zone of ten of the twelve venues; the other two, Cuiabá and Manaus, are in
the Amazon time zone (UTC−4), therefore for matches hosted at these two venues the local kickoff times are one hour earlier than the times listed
below.[65]
Tie-breaking criteria
The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:
Greater number of points in all group matches
Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Greatest number of points in matches between tied teams
Goal difference in matches between tied teams
Greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
Group A
Team
Brazil
Croatia
Mexico
Cameroon
12 June 2014
17:00
Group B
Brazil
Match 1
Croatia
Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo
Team
Spain
Netherlands
Chile
Australia
Group C
Team
Colombia
Greece
Ivory Coast
Japan
Group D
Team
Uruguay
Costa Rica
England
Italy
Group E
Team
Switzerland
Ecuador
France
Honduras
Group F
Team
Argentina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iran
Nigeria
Group G
Team
Germany
Portugal
Ghana
United States
Group H
Team
Belgium
Algeria
Russia
South Korea
Knockout stage
The knockout stage will involve the sixteen teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There will be four rounds of matches, with
each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds are the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final. There
will also be a play-off to decide third and fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes will be followed by thirty minutes
of extra time (two periods of 15 minutes each); if scores are still level, there will be a penalty shootout to determine who will progress to the next
round[61]
Marketing
Logo
The official logo of the competition is entitled "Inspiration", and was created by Brazilian agency Africa.[66] The design is based around a photograph of
three victorious hands together raising the World Cup trophy and its yellow and green colouring is meant to represent Brazil warmly welcoming the
world to their country. It was unveiled at a ceremony held during the 2010 World Cup in Johannesburg.[66] The design was selected from the
submissions of 25 Brazilian-based agencies invited to submit designs.[67] Brazilian graphic designer Alexandre Wollner has criticised the design,
suggesting that it resembles a facepalm, as well as the process through which it was chosen, which had a jury that excluded professional graphic
designers.[68]
FIFA also commissioned an official poster that was unveiled in January 2013 and designed by the Brazilian creative agency Crama.[69] The official
slogan is "All in One Rhythm" (Portuguese: "Juntos num só ritmo").[70]
Official song
Main article: FIFA World Cup official songs
An official song has been created for every World Cup finals since 1962. On 24 January 2014, FIFA and Sony Music announced that the official song
for the tournament will be "We Are One (Ole Ola)" by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte.[71] Sony also launched a global music contest –
entitled 'SuperSong' – to select a song for the competition's official album, One Love, One Rhythm.[72] The contest allows any person to submit a song
via a website, with the winning entrant chosen in February 2014 to be professionally recorded by the singer Ricky Martin.[72] On 10 February 2014,
American Elijah King was chosen with the song "Vida" ("Life", in English).[73] A customized version of the song "Dare (La La La)" by Shakira, who
provided the official song of the 2010 tournament, will be used as a secondary theme song.[74] By the end of March, FIFA announced that the song "Dar
um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)", written by Avicii, Carlos Santana, Wyclef Jean and Alexandre Pires, was selected as the official anthem of the 2014
FIFA World Cup.[75]
Mascot
Main article: Fuleco
The tatu-bola, an armadillo that defends itself from predators by rolling up into a ball, was chosen as the official mascot by FIFA at a ceremony
organised by the local organising committee in September 2012.[76] It was selected from 47 designs created by six Brazilian agencies after market
research showed its appeal to the primary target audience of Brazilian children aged 5–12.[77]
The then-unnamed mascot was first unveiled to the public during a segment of the Brazilian news show Fantástico.[78] An online public vote was used
to determine the name in which three potential names were offered,[79] with the winning name being announced on 25 November 2012:[80] 1.7 million
people (about 48 per cent) voted for Fuleco, ahead of Zuzeco (31 per cent) and Amijubi (21 per cent).[81]
"Fuleco" is a portmanteau of the words "Futebol" ("Football") and "Ecologia" ("Ecology") (in addition, nicknames ending with -eco are popular in
Brazil). The two unsuccessful names were Amijubi ("Amizade" ("Friendship") and "Júbilo" ("Joy")) and Zuzeco ("Azul" ("blue") and "Ecologia").[80]
Match ball
Main article: Adidas Brazuca
The official ball of the 2014 World Cup will be the Adidas Brazuca.[82] The name was selected by a public vote that received responses from more than
1 million Brazilian football fans; "Brazuca" received over 70 per cent of the vote.[83] Adidas, the official FIFA World Cup match ball supplier since
1970, took inspiration from elements of Brazilian culture to come up with a shortlist of three possible names for the ball that also included Bossa Nova
and Carnavalesca.[83]
Caxirola
Main article: Caxirola
The tournament has recognised an official instrument: the caxirola, a percussive instrument created by Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown. They are
designed to create a softer sound than the African vuvuzela horn that featured prominently during the 2010 World Cup. However, due to safety concerns,
FIFA later announced that caxirolas will not be permitted inside the stadiums.[84][85]
Video game
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (video game)
As with the 2010 tournament, EA Sports published the official video game of the competition, entitled 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.[86] It was released
on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in various markets in April 2014.[87] The game contains all of the 203 national teams that took part in the 2014 FIFA
World Cup qualification process and includes all 12 venues used at the World Cup tournment.[88] The game received mixed reviews from critics on
release from commercial websites.[89]
The nation's total cost to host the FIFA World Cup compared to past tournaments:[106][107][108][109]
Host
General cost
BRA (2014)
US$14 billion (1st)
GER (2006)
$6 billion (2nd)
KOR/
JPN (2002) $5 billion (3rd)
SAF (2010)
$4 billion (4th)
FRA (1998)
$340 million (5th)
USA (1994)
$30 million (6th)
