GERMANY 2014 World Champions
GOAL : Mario Gotze 113′
@Estadio do Maracana, Rio De Janeiro (BRA) – 13 Jul 2014
Fifa WorldCup Final 2014 – GERMANY 2014 World Champions GOAL : Mario Gotze 113′ @Estadio do Maracana, Rio De Janeiro (BRA) 13 Jul 2014
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Poll link: http://poll.fm/f/4vdlk
So its FINAL no more Group matches and Knock out stages, it’s time to light up and shine the golden cup for the ultimate battle between the German Offence VS Argentinian Defense.
People around me are shouting and screaming only one name in this final and he is none other than Lionel Messi
(Forward, Argentina).
Will it be a one man show i.e. Lionel Messi vs Germany ??? We will have to wait and see….!!! Ola Ola Ola 🙂
THE most happening event on this year is non other than “The 2014 FIFA World Cup” which is the 20th FIFA World Cup, the tournament for the football world championship, which is currently taking place in Brazil at several 12 venues:
- Rio de Janeiro – Capacity: 74,738
- Rio de Janeiro Brasilia, Distrito Federal – Capacity: 69,432
- São Paulo, Sao Paulo – Capacity: 62,601
- Fortaleza, Ceara – Capacity: 60,348
- Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais – Capacity: 58,259
- Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul – Capacity: 43,394
- Salvador, Bahia – Capacity: 51,708
- Recife, Pernambuco – Capacity: 42,583
- Cuiaba, Mato Grosso – Capacity: 41,112
- Manaus, Amazonas – Capacity: 40,549
- Natal, Rio Grande do Norte – Capacity: 39,971
- Curitiba, Parana – Capacity: 39,631
Knockout Stages and Map : nockbits.com/fifa-worldcup-2014/
Quarter Finals
Quarter Finals
Semi Finals
FIFA 2014 all began on 12 June, with a group stage, and is scheduled to conclude on 13 July with the final.
It is the second time that Brazil has hosted the competition, the first being in 1950.
Brazil was elected unchallenged as host nation in 2007 after the international football federation, FIFA, decreed that the tournament would be staged in South America for the first time since 1978 in Argentina, and the fifth time overall.
All world champion teams since the first World Cup in 1930 – Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Uruguay – qualified for this competition. Title holders, Spain, were eliminated at the group stage after losses in the first two matches. All seven previous World Cup tournaments staged in the Americas (four in South America and three in North America) were won by South American teams.
32 Teams
TEAMS
Innovations
Technologies:
To avoid ghost goals this World Cup has introduced goal-line technology. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goal-line_technology]
It is the fourth FIFA competition to use the technology after successful trials at 2012 Club World Cup, 2013 Club World Cup and 2013 Confederations Cup.
The German company GoalControl was selected as the tournament’s official goal-line technology provider in October 2013.
France’s second goal in their group game against Honduras was the first time goal-line technology confirmed that a goal should be given.
Cooling breaks:
Because of the relatively high ambient temperatures in Brazil, particularly at the northern venues, “cooling breaks” for the players were introduced.
Breaks can take place after the 30th minute of the first and second half of games at the referee’s discretion if the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature exceeds 32 °C (90 °F).
Anti-doping:
The biological passport was introduced in the FIFA World Cup starting in 2014.
Blood and urine samples from all players before the competition, and from two players per team per match, are analysed by the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses
Statistics
Goalscorers:
Players in * are still active in the competition.
Note: Goals scored from penalty shoot-outs are not counted.
- 6 goals – Colombia James Rodríguez
- 4 goals – Argentina Lionel Messi *, Brazil Neymar *, Germany Thomas Müller *
- 3 goals – Ecuador Enner Valencia, France Karim Benzema, Netherlands Robin van Persie *, Netherlands Arjen Robben *
Discipline:
1. The most notable disciplinary case was that of Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, who was suspended for 9 international matches and banned from taking part in any football-related activity (including entering any stadium) for 4 months, following a biting incident on Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.
He was also fined CHF100,000 (approximately US $119,000).
2. Thiago Silva – Brazil Booked Cautioned in second match; vs Colombia (4 July) One match; vs Germany (8 July)
Prize money:
- US$8 million – To each team eliminated at the group stage (16 teams)
- US$9 million – To each team eliminated in the round of 16 (8 teams)
- US$14 million – To each team eliminated in the quarter-finals (4 teams)
- US$20 million – Fourth placed team
- US$22 million – Third placed team
- US$25 million – Runner-up
- US$35 million – Winner
Which Team will reach the finals?
Choose you FAV team Poll link: http://poll.fm/f/4vdlk
For more info please check FIFA Worldcup 2014 – Fan Page @ nockbits.com/fifa-worldcup-2014
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