I don't know why none opened this topic earlier but it's never too late. It's summer of 2014 and that means that there's a World Cup running, in Brazil. So far there are enough surprises as England, Italy, Spain, Portugal are out of the tournament (they were considered as favorites). Also, Costa Rica & Greece caused the upsets in there groups as the bookers didn't count them as top 16 finalists.
Group Stage
Round of 16
28 June 2014 19:00 Brazil 1-1 (3-2 on penalties) Chile
28 June 2014 23:00 Colombia 2-0 Uruguay
29 June 2014 19:00 Netherlands 2-1 Mexico
29 June 2014 23:00 Costa Rica 1-1 (5-3 on penalties) Greece
30 June 2014 19:00 France 2-0 Nigeria
30 June 2014 23:00 Germany 2-1 Algeria
1 July 2014 19:00 Argentina 1-0 Switzerland
1 July 2014 23:00 Belgium 2-1 United States of America
Quarter Finals
4 July 2014 19:00 France 0-1 Germany
4 July 2014 23:00 Brazil 2-1 Colombia
5 July 2014 19:00 Argentina 1-0 Belgium
5 July 2014 23:00 Netherlands 0-0 (4-3 on penalties) Costa Rica
Semi Finals
9 July 2014 23:00 Brazil 1-7 Germany
10 July 2014 23:00 Netherlands 0-0 (2-4 on penalties) Argentina
Third Place
12 July 2014 23:00 Brazil 0-3 Netherlands
Final
13 July 2014 23:00 Germany 1-0 (a.e.t) Argentina
CHAMPIONS: GERMANY
RUNNER-UP: ARGENTINA
THIRD PLACE: NETHERLANDS
Note(s):
All times are based on +3 GMT Summertime Zone.
Brazil is the hosting country of the tournament.
The topic is updated after each match & after each tournament phase.
This is a discussion/information based topic.
Germany, Netherlands, France & Belgium are the only European teams left on tournament.
FIFA Awards: Man of the Match, Golden Boot, Golden Glove, Golden Ball, Fair Play Award, Young player Award, will be announced after tournament's finale. All the awards are sponsored by Adidas except Young Player Award which is sponsored by Hyundai.
Tournament's current first scorers: Neymar, Lionel Messi & Thomas Muller: 4 Goals
There are 48 matches played so far and 136 goals scored (2.83 per match).
The total attendance so far is 2.454.377 (51.133 per match).
The tournament is taking place in 12 cities & 12 venues while the participant teams are 32 from 6 different confederations (UEFA, CONCACAF, AFC, CAF, OFC, CONMEBOL).
The winner will be given 35$ million.
Luis Suarez of Uruguay was banned for nine matches (rest of the tournament & league matches) by FIFA for biting the Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.
The citizens of Brazil & various activists took part in protests in Brazil as the total costs for the World Cup 2014 preparation & structures building overexceed the main budget which was 46$ million (USA currency).