World Cup XXI

World Cup XXI

Tournament details
Host	Brazil
Season(s)	Seasons 54-55 10 Jan. 2014 - 3 Aug. 2014
Teams	128
Final positions
Champions	Chile
Runner-up
Semi-finalists	Danmark España
Tournament statistics
Matches played	983
Goals scored	Scorer List
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The Twenty-first World Cup tournament took place in Brazil from 6 June to 3 August 2014. It was the first time that the final rounds of a world cup was played in a country that had previously hosted it. It was also the last time that a world cup was held in the same country that hosted the real-life FIFA world cup of the year.

Group Stage

Round I (Qualification)

All teams round-robin tournament

Group #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Group 11 Group 12 Group 13 Group 14 Group 15 Group 16

Teams are placed in groups based on their rank. Teams play each other once at home and once away. This round started on 10/01/2014 at 20:00 (last leg started on 21/02/2014).

Round II

32 teams - round-robin format

Group 1 Team Pts GD România 9 +9 Belarus 3 -2 Eesti 3 -2 Suomi 3 -5	Group 2 Team Pts GD Schweiz 9 +6 Belgium 4 +3 Hayastan 2 -2 Paraguay 1 -7
Group 3 Team Pts GD España 6 +3 Česká republika 6 +3 Lëtzebuerg 6 +1 Azərbaycan 0 -7	Group 4 Team Pts GD Ireland 9 +7 Polska 6 +3 Chinese Taipei 3 -4 Brunei 0 -6
Group 5 Team Pts GD Srbija 7 +4 Bulgaria 4 +1 France 3 0 England 1 -5	Group 6 Team Pts GD Nederland 9 +7 Israel 6 0 Türkiye 3 +4 Kazakhstan 0 -11
Group 7 Team Pts GD Chile 9 +5 Colombia 6 0 Argentina 3 0 Latvija 0 -5	Group 8 Team Pts GD Danmark 6 +3 Italia 4 0 Perú 4 -1 Ukraina 2 -2
This round started on 06/06/2014 at 20:00 and was played in Brazil.

Round III

16 teams - round-robin format

Group 1 Team Pts GD España 6 +5 România 6 +3 Česká republika 6 -1 Belarus 0 -7	Group 2 Team Pts GD Danmark 9 +6 Polska 4 -1 Italia 3 +2 Ireland 1 -7
Group 3 Team Pts GD Bulgaria 7 +4 Nederland 6 +4 Srbija 3 -4 Israel 1 -4	Group 4 Team Pts GD Chile 9 +6 Schweiz 4 +5 Belgium 4 -2 Colombia 0 -9
This round started on 11/07/2014 at 20:00 and was played in Brazil.

Round IV

8 teams - round-robin format

Group 1 Team Pts GD Danmark 5 +3 España 5 +3 Polska 4 -2 Nederland 1 -4	Group 2 Team Pts GD Schweiz 9 +5 Chile 6 +2 Bulgaria 3 -1 România 0 -6
This round started on 21/07/2014 at 20:00 and was played in Brazil.

Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals 01/08/2014 20:00 in Brazil				Final 03/08/2014 20:00 in Brazil
					Arena: Caldeirão Salompaz (141 144 spectators)
	Chile	3 (2)
	Danmark	(2) 2
					Chile	5
					Schweiz	1
	Schweiz	2
	España	1

Semi-Finals

Link	Match Result
	Chile	3 (2) - (2) 2	Danmark	(After Extra Time)
	Schweiz	2 - 1	España

Final

Link	Match Result
	Chile	5 - 1	Schweiz