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Awards: Messi awarded Golden Ball, Rodríguez is top scorer
[TUE 15 JUL 2014 – 03:01:25 UTC]
Argentina’s Lionel MESSI, who has been considered the world’s best footballer for some time, has been awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the
2014 Men’s World Cup. Other honourees include
Colombia’s James RODRÍGUEZ, Golden Boot winner with six goals, and Golden Glove winner
Germany’s Manuel NEUER as the top goalkeeper.
more... Netherlands claim third from besieged hosts
[SUN 13 JUL 2014 – 07:40:01 UTC]
The
Netherlands have come away with third place at the
2014 Men’s World Cup with a 3-0 win over
Brazil in the capital city of Brasília,
DF. The host side have now conceded ten goals in two matches.
more...Argentina into final after knocking out Dutch on penalties
[THU 10 JUL 2014 – 06:28:14 UTC]
Germany dismantle hosts, storm into final
[WED 09 JUL 2014 – 06:20:07 UTC]
Brazil escape with win on opening day
[FRI 13 JUN 2014 – 03:19:20 UTC]
No shortage of Groups of Death in Brazil
[SAT 07 DEC 2013 – 04:27:14 UTC]
The draw for the
2014 Men’s World Cup has completed, and there are a number of teams who will not be pleased with the outcome. Chief amongst them, perhaps, are the
Netherlands, whose first match in
Group B is against the team that defeated them in the 2010 final,
Spain.
more...Draw to decide Men’s World Cup groups
[FRI 06 DEC 2013 – 05:56:16 UTC]
The draw for the
2014 Men’s World Cup will commence at 16:00 UTC on F
RI 06 D
EC 2013, following a procedure set out by FIFA earlier in the week. Although each group will contain one seeded team and either one or two UEFA teams, little further can be known until the draw completes.
more...Brazil 2014 kickoff times, draw set
[SAT 29 SEP 2012 – 02:09:54 UTC]
FIFA’s executive committee has approved the match kickoff times for the
2014 Men’s World Cup. At the meeting in Zürich, Switzerland, the draw was also scheduled for Mata de São João,
BA,
Brazil, on F
RI 06 D
EC 2013.
more...FIFA confirms Brazil 2014 schedule
[FRI 21 OCT 2011 – 18:18:23 UTC]
The match schedule for the
2014 Men’s World Cup has been confirmed at the meeting of FIFA’s executive committee in Zürich, Switzerland. Host
Brazil participate in the opener in São Paulo on T
HU 12 J
UN 2014, and the final will kick off in Rio de Janeiro at 19:00 UTC on S
UN 13 J
UL 2014. Unlike recent tournaments, there will be an off day between the
group and
elimination phases, meaning that all teams competing in the round of sixteen will do so on at least three days of rest.
Montserrat, Belize to begin road to Brazil
[WED 15 JUN 2011 – 04:36:03 UTC]
The first
qualifier for the 2014 Men’s World Cup will see
Montserrat host
Belize at Couva in Trinidad-Tobago on W
ED 15 J
UN 2011. This is one of five serieses in the
CONCACAF preliminary round that is played over the coming month; the match that was to kick off the campaign,
St Lucia-
Aruba, has now been rescheduled to S
AT 09 J
UL 2011. In all, more than 800 qualifying matches are scheduled to be played to decide the other 31 nations that join automatic qualifiers
Brazil.
CONMEBOL qualifying format
[MON 06 JUN 2011 – 01:27:26 UTC]
CONMEBOL’s qualifiers for Brazil 2014 will remain the same as the last several tournaments, except, of course, for
Brazil’s absence. Whilst the hosts sit out as automatic qualifiers, the other nine CONMEBOL members will play one another twice in the
group phase. The four teams at the top qualify automatically, and the fifth placed team enters the
playoffs against an opponent from another confederation.
more... Long road to Brazil 2014 due to begin
[SAT 04 JUN 2011 – 21:53:10 UTC]
Still three years away from the
final tournament, the
qualifiers for the 2014 Men’s World Cup are about to begin. The first qualifier is between
St Lucia and
Aruba, and more than 800 additional matches will be played over the next two and one half years to determine which 31 of the 203 hopefuls will join
Brazil in 2014.
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