User:Mpejkrm/Sandbox/2014 FIFA World Cup

The 2014 FIFA World Cup was be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international men's football tournament, that that took place in Brazil from 13 June to TBD July 2014. It was the second time that Brazil has hosted the competition, the previous 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.

Qualified teams
The following 32 teams, shown with December 2013 rankings used for seeding in the draw, qualified for the final tournament.


 * AFC (4)
 * 🇦🇺 australia (30)
 * 🇮🇷 iran (42)
 * 🇯🇵 japan (27)
 * 🇰🇷 south korea (44)


 * CAF (5)
 * 🇨🇲 cameroon (47)
 * 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire (15)
 * 🇬🇦 gabon (55)
 * 🇬🇭 ghana (21)
 * 🇳🇬 nigeria (24)


 * CONCACAF (4)
 * (41)
 * (48)
 * 🇲🇽 mexico (19)
 * 🇺🇸 united states (10)


 * CONMEBOL (6)
 * 🇦🇷 argentina (2)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil (17) (hosts)
 * (12)
 * 🇨🇴 colombia (4)
 * (34)
 * (7)


 * UEFA (13)
 * 🇧🇪 belgium (8)
 * (9)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england (14)
 * 🇫🇷 france (22)
 * 🇩🇪 germany (6)
 * (13)
 * 🇮🇹 italy (5)
 * (3)
 * 🇵🇱 poland (46)
 * 🇷🇺 russia (16)
 * (1)
 * (18)
 * 🇹🇷 turkey (26)

Group stage
The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16.

The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:
 * Tie-breaking criteria
 * 1) Greater number of points in all group matches
 * 2) Goal difference in all group matches
 * 3) Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
 * 4) Greatest number of points in matches between tied teams
 * 5) Goal difference in matches between tied teams
 * 6) Greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
 * 7) Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner.