2014 FIFA World Cup (Land of Empires)

2014 FIFA World Cup

Logo of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Empire of Japan
Dates	11 June - 11 July 2014
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	6
Final positions
Champions	Empire of Japan (1st Title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Republic of Iberia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Attendance	3,755,692 (58,683 per match)
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the tournament for the association football world championship, which took place at several venues across the Empire of Japan. Japan won the tournament, the country's first and best result in the FIFA World Cup since 2006 when it made it to third place. This is also the first world cup in which the Japanese dependencies made it in.

Sponsors

The sponsors for this event includes:

• Suntory
• Subaru
• Adidas
• Sony
• Toshiba
• Hyundai–Kia
• FamilyMart
• All Nippon Airways
• Anheuser-Busch InBev
• Yingli Solar
• 7-Eleven
• Gyu-Kaku

Broadcasters

Asia and Oceania

• Fuji TV, NHK, Nippon Television, TBS, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo - Japan
• CCTV - China
• RS Public Company Limited, BBTV Ch7, Channel 5 - Thailand
• Sony SIX - India
• Persia Broadcasting - Persia
• ABS-CBN Sports & Action -  Republic of Philippines
• TVLAO, CTN - Lan Xang
• SBS - Australia
• PTV Sports, Ten Sports - Pakistan

Europe

• STV 2 - Scandinavia
• BBC Sport - England
• SBC - Scotland
• RTÉ - Ireland
• TF1, beIN Sports, France Télévisions - France
• ARD, ZDF - Germany
• Gol Televisión - Iberia
• RAI, Sky Italia - Italy
• TVP - Poland
• RTVS - Slovakia
• RTV Slovenija - Slovenia
• RTS - Serbia
• HRT - Croatia
• BNT - Bulgaria
• TVR - Romania
• RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg - Luxembourg
• TVYG - Yugoslavia

South America

• Caracol TV, RCN TV, Millicom - Colombia
• Rede Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, SporTV - Brazil
• STVS - Suriname
• ATV - Peru
• GTV - Guyane/Guiana
• Monte Carlo TV, Sociedad Televisora Larrañaga - Argentina
• TyC Sports, TV Pública Digital - Patagonia

North America

• SportsMax - Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, other independent Caribbean countries
• Televisora Nacional, Cable Onda - Panama/Costa Rica
• Televisa, TV Azteca, Cinépolis - Mexico
• TexSport - Texas
• QTV - Quebec
• CBC, TVA Sports - Canada
• ESPN - American Union
• Florida Sport - Florida
• Univision - Plains

Africa

• ZBC - Zulu
• RTI - Côte d'Ivoire?
• ETV - Ethiopia
• CRTV - Holy Empire of Kongo
• ENTV - North African Union
• TPA - Angola?
• CKTV - Central Kongo
• TVM - Mozambique
• beIN Sports - Mauritania, Sudan?
• SuperSport, Canal+7 - Mali?, Gambia/Senegal?, Chad?
• Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, Optima Sports Management International - Nigeria
• SABC, SuperSport - South Africa

Qualified Teams

AFC

Six nations from Asia qualified for the World Cup. Australia took qualifications as the AFC in this tournament.

• Empire of Japan (Host) (one)
• Empire of Thailand (17)
• Japanese Taiwan (three)
• Japanese Korea (ten)
• Empire of China (five)
•  Republic of Australia and New Zealand (22)

CAF

Six nations from Africa qualified for the World Cup.

• Holy Empire of Kongo
• Zulu Republic
• South African Republic
• Central Kongo
• North African Union
• File:Flag of Mozambique (Wilt of the Carnation).svg Greater Mozambique Republic

CONCACAF

Four nations from North and Central America qualified for the World Cup.

• Union of American States
• Mexico
• Republic of California
• Honduras

CONMEBOL

Six nations from South America qualified for the World Cup.

• Brazil
• Argentina
• Patagonia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Venezuela

UEFA

Ten nations from Europe qualified for the World Cup.

• German Empire
• Netherlands
• Republic of France
• Republic of Iberia
• Empire of Italy
• Russian Empire
• Kingdom of England
• Czech Republic
• Scandinavian Union
• Yugoslavia

Anthem

"Connecting" by Team World was selected as the official anthem for the World Cup.

Venues

• International Stadium Yokohama (Group/Finals)
• Ajinomoto Stadium (Group/knockouts)
• Saitama Stadium 2002 (Group/knockouts)
• Toyota Stadium (knockouts)
• Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA (knockouts)
• Nagai Stadium (third place match/knockouts)

Team Base Camps

Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. Most opted to stay in Central Honshu, with an exception of the Russian, Holy Kongo and Scandinavian teams, who stayed in northern Honshu. 

Group Stages

Teams highlighted in green advance to knockout rounds.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Union of American States	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Brazil	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Czech Republic	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

11 June 2014 17:00

Japan	3-1	Brazil

International Stadium Yokohama

12 June 2014 13:00

Czech Republic	0-3	UAS

Ajinomoto Stadium

15 June 2014 18:00

Japan	2-0	Czech Republic

Saitama Stadium 2002

16 June 2014 15:00

Brazil	1-1	UAS

Ajinomoto Stadium

18 June 2014 14:00

UAS	1-3	Japan

International Stadium Yokohama

18 June 2014 17:00

Czech Republic	0-2	Brazil

Saitama Stadium 2002

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0				7
China	3	1	2	0				5
North African Union	3	0	2	1				2
Colombia	3	0	1	2				1

 

12 June 2014 19:00

Germany	5-1	North Africa

Saitama Stadium 2002

13 June 2014 15:00

China	2-2	Colombia

International Stadium Yokohama

18 June 2014 16:00

Colombia	1-4	Germany

Ajinomoto Stadium

18 June 2014 10:00

North Africa	0-3	China

Saitama Stadium 2002

22 June 2014

China	2-2	Germany

International Stadium Yokohama

22 June 2014 19:00

Colombia	0-0	North Africa

Ajinomoto Stadium

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0				9
Iberia	3	2	0	1				6
Venezuela	3	0	1	2				1
Australia	3	0	1	2				1

13 June 2014 16:00

Netherlands	5-3	Venezuela

Ajinomoto Stadium

14 June 2014 10:00

Iberia	3-2	Australia

International Stadium Yokohama

19 June 2014 14:00

Australia	0-6	Netherlands

Saitama Stadium 2002

19 June 2014 17:00

Venezuela	2-4	Iberia

International Stadium Yokohama

22 June 2014 18:00

Iberia	1-2	Netherlands

Ajinomoto Stadium

22 June 2014 13:00

Australia	1-1	Venezuela

Saitama Stadium 2002

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japanese Taiwan	3	2	1	0				7
France	3	1	2	0				5
Thailand	3	1	1	1				4
Republic of California	3	0	0	3				0

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0				9
Mexico	3	1	1	1				4
Korea	3	1	0	2				3
File:Flag of Mozambique (Wilt of the Carnation).svg Mozambique	3	0	0	3				0

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	0				7
Patagonia	3	1	2	0				5
South Africa	3	1	1	1				4
Honduras	3	0	0	3				0

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0				9
England	3	1	1	1				4
Holy Republic of Kongo	3	1	0	2				3
Ecuador	3	0	0	3				0

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scandinavia	3	2	1	0				7
Argentina	3	1	2	0				5
Central Kongo	3	1	1	1				4
Zulu Republic	3	0	0	3				0

Knockout Stages

Round of 16

29 June 2014 16:00

Japan	4-3	China

Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA

29 June 2014 19:00

Netherlands	2-1	France

Toyota Stadium

1 July 2014 14:00

Yugoslavia	3-1	Patagonia

Nagai Stadium

1 July 2014 15:00

Italy	3-2	Argentina

Toyota Stadium

30 June 2014 17:00

Germany	3-1	UAS

Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA

30 June 2014 20:00

Japanese Taiwan	1-3	Iberia

Nagai Stadium

2 July 2014 14:00

Russia	2-0	Mexico

Toyota Stadium

2 July 2014 18:00

Scandinavia	1-2	England

Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA

Quarterfinals

3 July 2014 17:00

Japan	2-2 (3-2 aet)	Russia

Nagai Stadium

3 July 2014 15:00

Germany	1-1 (4-5 aet)	Yugoslavia

Toyota Stadium

4 July 2014 11:00

Iberia	2-1	England

Toyota Stadium

4 July 2014 13:00

Netherlands	1-0	Italy

Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA

Semifinals

5 July 2014 19:00

Japan	3-2	Iberia

Saitama Stadium 2002

6 July 2014 18:00

Yugoslavia	2-4	Netherlands

Ajinomoto Stadium

Third Place Finals

10 July 2014 15:00

Yugoslavia	3-2	Iberia

Nagai Stadium

Finals

11 July 2014 15:00

Japan	1-1 (5-4 aet)	Netherlands

International Stadium Yokohama