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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 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised 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 ...
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 top two teams, Brazil and Mexico, advanced to the round of 16.
The following article presents a summary of the 2014 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 113th season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A [ edit ]
The 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament in Brazil cost US$11.6 billion, [1] and was the most expensive World Cup at the time. [2] It was surpassed by the 2018 FIFA World Cup, however, which cost an estimated $14.2 billion. [1] FIFA spent an estimated $2 billion on the 2014 finals, [3] with its greatest single expense $576 million in prize money. [4]
The 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony 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.
For a third consecutive World Cup tournament, FIFA announced they would be holding FIFA Fan Fests in each of the twelve host cities. Prominent examples are the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, which had already held a Fan Fest in 2010, São Paulo 's Vale do Anhangabaú and Brasília 's Esplanada dos Ministérios , with the Congress in the ...
Fuleco. Fuleco (Portuguese:) was the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, hosted in Brazil.Fuleco is a Brazilian three-banded armadillo, a species of armadillo which is native to Brazil and categorized as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List. [1]