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Which country won the World Cup in 2014 and 2018?
Lusail (2022)YearWinnersVenue2010SpainSoccer City2014GermanyMaracanã Stadium2018FranceLuzhniki StadiumUpcoming finals21 more rows
Who won 2013 FIFA World Cup?
Bayern Munich won the title for the first time after defeating Raja Casablanca 2–0 in the final.
Who won the World Cup 2015?
Australian Men’s Cricket Team2015 Cricket World Cup / ChampionThe Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. As the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first ever Test match in 1877, the team ... Wikipedia
Who won the 2012 World Cup?
Corinthians won the title for the second time after defeating Chelsea 1–0 in the final....2012 FIFA Club World Cup.FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)Final positionsChampionsFile:Flag of Brazil.svg Corinthians (2nd title)Runners-upFile:Flag of England.svg Chelsea15 more rows
Who won the 2014 FIFA World Cup?
The 2014 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 13 July 2014 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to determine the 2014 FIFA World Cup champion. Germany defeated Argentina 1–0 in extra time, with the only goal being scored by Mario Götze, who collected André Schürrle 's cross from the left on his chest ...
What was the 2014 FIFA World Cup ball called?
Match ball. The match ball for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final, announced on 29 May 2014, featured a variation of the Adidas Brazuca named the Adidas Brazuca Final Rio. Whilst the technical aspects of the ball were the same, the design was different from the Brazuca balls used in the group stages and other playoffs, with a green, ...
Why did Brazil support Germany in the World Cup?
Due to the Argentina–Brazil football rivalry, the Brazilians in the crowd supported Germany, despite their resounding 7–1 victory over Brazil in the semi-finals, as the Germans had shown respect to the defeated hosts, while Argentinian fans had celebrated Brazil's elimination. Most Brazilians were reportedly relieved that their rivals did not win the World Cup in Brazil's iconic home stadium.
How many World Cups have Germany won?
The result marked Germany's fourth World Cup title and their first World championship as a unified nation. The victory meant that three consecutive World Cups have been won by teams from the same continent, following Italy and Spain in 2006 and 2010 respectively, the first time this has happened in World Cup history.
Who was the Brazilian president at the 2016 World Cup?
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff invited the BRICS leaders to the final ahead of the 6th BRICS summit. Among those who showed up were Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, the next World Cup hosts, and Jacob Zuma, the President of South Africa, the previous hosts.
Who replaced Sami Khedira in the World Cup?
He was replaced by Christoph Kramer, who had made two brief substitute appearances during the tournament. Kramer himself suffered a head injury after a collision with Ezequiel Garay inside the penalty area, but was initially cleared to continue playing. Fourteen minutes later in the 31st minute however, he collapsed to the ground, apparently suffering from concussion and was replaced by André Schürrle.
Who was the referee for the 2014 World Cup?
Nicola Rizzoli, from Italy, was named as the referee of the final, together with fellow Italians Renato Faverani and Andrea Stefani as the assistant referees, and Carlos Vera and Christian Lescano from Ecuador as the fourth and fifth officials. Earlier in the 2014 World Cup, Rizzoli took charge of the Spain – Netherlands and Nigeria –Argentina matches in the group stage, and the Argentina– Belgium quarter-final. He had previously taken charge of the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final and the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final. He was also one of the referees at the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Euro 2012 and the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He became the third Italian referee to take charge of a World Cup final, after Sergio Gonella in 1978 and Pierluigi Collina in 2002.
Teams: Tournament position
Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.
Goalkeeping
4, Harald Schumacher ( Germany, 2 vs France in 1982 and 2 vs Mexico in 1986 ), Sergio Goycochea ( Argentina, 2 vs Yugoslavia in 1990 and 2 vs Italy in 1990 ), and Danijel Subašić ( Croatia, 3 vs Denmark, 2018 and 1 vs Russia, 2018)
Discipline
Note: There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970.
Upsets
Teams eliminated by penalty shoot-outs are not considered as defeated.
Host records
South Africa in 2010 became the first host to be eliminated in the first round Two other hosts: United States in 1994 and Spain in 1982 both reached the second round but finished with a worse overall W–D–L record than South Africa 's, 1–1–1.
Overview
Post-match
Germany's victory marked the first World Cup win by a European team in the Americas, but it was also the third successive European triumph after Italy and Spain's wins in 2006 and 2010. President Rousseff of Brazil delivered the trophy to German captain Philipp Lahm during the awards ceremony on the stands. Alongside her during the trophy handover was FIFA president Sepp Blatter. As Lahm raised the trophy, the outro of the tournament's official song "We Are One (…
Background
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th edition of the World Cup, FIFA's football competition for national teams, held in Brazil between 12 June and 13 July 2014. Brazil qualified for the finals automatically as tournament hosts, and 203 teams competed for the remaining 31 spots through qualifying rounds organised by the six FIFA confederations and held between June 2011 and November 2013. In the finals, the teams were divided into eight groups of four with each team pl…
Route to the final
Germany were drawn in Group G for the World Cup, in which they were joined by Ghana, Portugal and the United States. Their first match was against Portugal, on 16 June 2014 at the Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador. Germany won a penalty on 10 minutes, when João Pereira fouled Mario Götze. Müller took the kick and gave Germany the lead. Mats Hummels added a second goal with a header on 32 minutes, and Portugal's Pepe was shown a red card five minutes later, after he headb…
Match
Nicola Rizzoli, from Italy, was named as the referee of the final, together with fellow Italians Renato Faverani and Andrea Stefani as the assistant referees, and Carlos Vera and Christian Lescano from Ecuador as the fourth and fifth officials. Earlier in the 2014 World Cup, Rizzoli took charge of the Spain–Netherlands and Nigeria–Argentina matches in the group stage, and the Argentina–Belgium quarter-final. He had previously taken charge of the 2010 UEFA Europa Leag…
External links
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