User:V8fan/2014 FIFA 12 World Cup

The 2014 FIFA 12 World Cup was the first FIFA 12 World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It was played using FIFA 12.

Host selection
Each match was played at a random stadium.

Qualification
Qualification for the tournament was based upon the qualifying teams for the real 2014 FIFA World Cup, with the exception of eight teams that are not in the game (Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Ghana, Honduras, Iran, Japan and Nigeria) being replaced in their groups by teams that are (Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Peru, Scotland, Slovenia, South Africa and Sweden)

List of qualified teams
The following 32 teams qualified for the tournament:


 * (CAF)
 * 🇦🇷 argentina (CONMEBOL)
 * 🇦🇺 australia (AFC)
 * 🇧🇪 belgium (UEFA)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil (CONMEBOL)
 * 🇨🇲 cameroon (CAF)
 * 🇨🇱 chile (CONMEBOL)
 * 🇨🇴 colombia (CONMEBOL)
 * 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire (CAF) (known as "Côte d'Ivoire" in FIFA 12)
 * (UEFA)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england (UEFA)


 * 🇪🇨 ecuador (CONMEBOL)
 * 🇫🇷 france (UEFA)
 * 🇩🇪 germany (UEFA)
 * 🇬🇭 ghana (CAF)
 * (UEFA)
 * (UEFA) (known as "Ireland" in FIFA 12)
 * 🇮🇹 italy (UEFA)
 * 🇰🇷 south korea (AFC) (known as "Korea Republic" in FIFA 12)
 * 🇲🇽 mexico (CONCACAF)
 * 🇳🇱 netherlands (UEFA)
 * 🇳🇿 new zealand (OFC)


 * 🇵🇪 peru (CONMEBOL)
 * (UEFA)
 * 🇷🇺 russia (UEFA)
 * (UEFA)
 * (UEFA)
 * 🇪🇸 spain (UEFA)
 * 🇸🇪 sweden (UEFA)
 * (UEFA)
 * (CONMEBOL)
 * 🇺🇸 united states (CONCACAF)

Group stage
The first round, or group stage, saw the thirty-two teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group qualified for the Round of 16.

Knockout stage
The knockout stage comprised the sixteen teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There were four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final. There was also a play-off to decide third and fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores were still level, there was a penalty shootout to determine who progressed to the next round.