2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

2014 FIFA World Cup qualificationTournament details

Dates| 15 June 2011 – 20 November 2013
Teams| 203 (from 6 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 820
Goals scored| 2,344 (2.86 per match)
Attendance| 17,854,160 (21,773 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Deon McCaulay
Robin van Persie
Luis Suárez
(11 goals each)

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The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 2014 FIFA World Cup featured 32 teams, with one place reserved for the host nation, Brazil. The remaining 31 places were determined by a qualification process, in which the other 207 teams, from the six FIFA confederations, competed. Most of the successful teams were determined within these confederations, with a limited number of inter-confederation play-offs occurring at the end of the process.

Bhutan, Brunei, Guam and Mauritania did not enter, and South Sudan joined FIFA after the qualification process started and therefore could not take part. The qualification process consisted of 820 matches, reduced from 828 after the late withdrawals of the Bahamas and Mauritius.[1][2][3][4]

The first qualification match, between Montserrat and Belize, was played on 15 June 2011, and the Belizean striker Deon McCaulay scored the first goal in qualification. Qualification ended on 20 November 2013, when Uruguay eliminated Jordan to become the final qualifier for the World Cup. Twenty-three of FIFA's 24 top-ranked countries eventually qualified.[5][6]

## Qualified teams

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Country qualified for World Cup

Country failed to qualify

Country did not enter World Cup

Country not a FIFA member

Team  | Method of
qualification  | Date of
qualification  | Finals
appearance  | Consecutive
appearances  | Previous best
performance  | FIFA
Ranking
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Brazil |  Host | 30 October 2007 | 20th | 20 | Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) | 11
Japan | AFC fourth round Group B winners | 4 June 2013 | 5th | 5 | Round of 16 (2002, 2010) | 44
Australia | AFC fourth round Group B runners-up | 18 June 2013 | 4th | 3 | Round of 16 (2006) | 57
Iran | AFC fourth round Group A winners | 18 June 2013 | 4th | 1 (Last: 2006) | Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006) | 49
South Korea | AFC fourth round Group A runners-up | 18 June 2013 | 9th | 8 | Fourth place (2002) | 56
Netherlands | UEFA Group D winners | 10 September 2013 | 10th | 3 | Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010) | 8
Italy | UEFA Group B winners | 10 September 2013 | 18th | 14 | Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) | 9
Costa Rica | CONCACAF fourth round runners-up | 10 September 2013 | 4th | 1 (Last: 2006) | Round of 16 (1990) | 31
United States | CONCACAF fourth round winners | 10 September 2013 | 10th | 7 | Third place (1930) | 13
Argentina | CONMEBOL winners | 10 September 2013 | 16th | 11 | Winners (1978, 1986) | 3
Belgium | UEFA Group A winners | 11 October 2013 | 12th | 1 (Last: 2002) | Fourth place (1986) | 5
Switzerland | UEFA Group E winners | 11 October 2013 | 10th | 3 | Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954) | 7
Germany | UEFA Group C winners | 11 October 2013 | 18th | 16 | Winners (1954, 1974, 1990) | 2
Colombia | CONMEBOL runners-up | 11 October 2013 | 5th | 1 (Last: 1998) | Round of 16 (1990) | 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina | UEFA Group G winners | 15 October 2013 | 1st | 1 | – | 16
Russia | UEFA Group F winners | 15 October 2013 | 10th[nb 2] | 1 (Last: 2002) | Fourth place (1966)[nb 3] | 19
England | UEFA Group H Winners | 15 October 2013 | 14th | 5 | Winners (1966) | 10
Spain | UEFA Group I Winners | 15 October 2013 | 14th | 10 | Winners (2010) | 1
Chile | CONMEBOL third place | 15 October 2013 | 9th | 2 | Third place (1962) | 12
Ecuador | CONMEBOL fourth place | 15 October 2013 | 3rd | 1 (Last: 2006) | Round of 16 (2006) | 22
Honduras | CONCACAF fourth round third place | 15 October 2013 | 3rd | 2 | Group stage (1982, 2010) | 34
Nigeria | CAF third round winners | 16 November 2013 | 5th | 2 | Round of 16 (1994, 1998) | 33
Ivory Coast | CAF third round winners | 16 November 2013 | 3rd | 3 | Group stage (2006, 2010) | 17
Cameroon | CAF third round winners | 17 November 2013 | 7th | 2 | Quarter-finals (1990) | 59
Ghana | CAF third round winners | 19 November 2013 | 3rd | 3 | Quarter-finals (2010) | 23
Algeria | CAF third round winners | 19 November 2013 | 4th | 2 | Group stage (1982, 1986, 2010) | 32
Greece | UEFA play-off winners | 19 November 2013 | 3rd | 2 | Group stage (1994, 2010) | 15
Croatia | UEFA play-off winners | 19 November 2013 | 4th | 1 (Last: 2006) | Third place (1998) | 18
Portugal | UEFA play-off winners | 19 November 2013 | 6th | 4 | Third place (1966) | 14
France | UEFA play-off winners | 19 November 2013 | 14th | 5 | Winners (1998) | 21
Mexico | CONCACAF v OFC play-off winners | 20 November 2013 | 15th | 6 | Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) | 24
Uruguay | AFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners | 20 November 2013 | 12th | 2 | Winners (1930, 1950) | 6

## Qualification process

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Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro hosted the qualification draw

The FIFA Executive Committee decided to approve the change of date for the preliminary draw of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which was held six months earlier than in the past, to allow the confederations to begin their qualifying competitions in good time. The draw was held on 30 July 2011 at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The distribution by confederation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup is:[7]

* AFC (Asia): 4 or 5 places
* CAF (Africa): 5 places
* CONCACAF (North, Central American and Caribbean): 3 or 4 places
* CONMEBOL (South America): 4 or 5 places (+ Brazil qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 5 or 6 places)
* OFC (Oceania): 0 or 1 place(s)
* UEFA (Europe): 13 places

UEFA and CAF have a guaranteed number of places, whereas the number of qualifiers from other confederations is dependent on play-offs between AFC's fifth-placed team and CONMEBOL's fifth-placed team, and between CONCACAF's fourth-placed team and OFC's first-placed team. A draw determined the pairings between the four teams involved.

### Summary of qualification

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Confederation  | Available slots in finals  | Teams started  | Teams eliminated  | Teams qualified  | Qualifying start date  | Qualifying end date
AFC | 4 or 5 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 29 June 2011 | 20 November 2013
CAF | 5 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 11 November 2011 | 19 November 2013
CONCACAF | 3 or 4 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 15 June 2011 | 20 November 2013
CONMEBOL | 4+1 or 5+1 | 9+1 | 4 | 5+1 | 7 October 2011 | 20 November 2013
OFC | 0 or 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 22 November 2011 | 20 November 2013
UEFA | 13 | 53 | 40 | 13 | 7 September 2012 | 19 November 2013
Total | 31+1 | 203+1 | 172 | 31+1 | 15 June 2011 | 20 November 2013

### Tiebreakers

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For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages using a league format, the method used for separating teams level on points was the same for all confederations.[nb 4] If teams were even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams were ranked by:

1. Goal difference in all group matches
2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
3. Greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams
4. Goal difference in matches between the tied teams
5. Greater number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams
6. Greater number of away goals scored in matches between the tied teams if only two teams were tied

If teams were still equal after applying all listed tiebreakers, then a single play-off at a neutral venue was played. If scores were level after ninety minutes in the play-off, then two fifteen-minute periods of extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out would determine the winners.

For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages using a home-and-away knockout format, the team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the away goals rule was applied (i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed). If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time were played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time (i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored). If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided via a penalty shoot-out.

## Confederation qualification

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### AFC

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Qualification began with two sets of two-leg knockout qualification rounds – the first held on 29 June and 2 July and 3 July 2011 and the second on 23 and 28 July – reducing the number of teams in the main draw to 20. The draw for the first two rounds of qualifiers was held in Kuala Lumpur on 30 March 2011.

As in the 2010 format, the third stage consisted of 5 groups of 4 teams (with matches held between September 2011 and February 2012) with the top 2 in each group advancing to 2 groups of 5 that played a further group stage during 2012. The top two teams in each group qualified for the 2014 World Cup directly, while the two third-placed teams engaged in a play-off tie for a chance to qualify via a further inter-confederation qualifying tie against a team from CONMEBOL.

The qualification process began with 43 national teams (out of 46 AFC members; Bhutan, Brunei and Guam did not enter) vying for four and a half spots. 4 nations have qualified: Japan, Australia, Iran and Korea Republic. Jordan beat Uzbekistan in round 5 and played Uruguay, the fifth-placed team from CONMEBOL, for the right to qualify, where they were eliminated.

#### Final positions (fourth round)

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round

Group A Team

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Iran | 8  | 16
South Korea | 8  | 14
Uzbekistan | 8  | 14
Qatar | 8  | 7
Lebanon | 8  | 5

Source: [9]

Group B Team

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Japan | 8  | 17
Australia | 8  | 13
Jordan | 8  | 10
Oman | 8  | 9
Iraq | 8  | 5

Source: [9]

#### Play-off for 5th place (fifth round)

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fifth round

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Jordan | 2–2 (9–8p)  |  Uzbekistan | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.)

### CAF

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

52 out of the 53 national associations affiliated to CAF entered the qualifying tournament to determine the continent's five slots for the next World Cup (only Mauritania failed to enter, while South Sudan joined FIFA after the start of qualifying).

Qualification began with a first round of 12 two-legged knockout ties, which were held between 11 and 16 November 2011. The ties involved the 24 lowest-ranked teams according to FIFA world rankings. The 12 winners joined the remaining 28 CAF entrants in the second round, which consisted of 10 groups of four. The winners of each group – held between June 2012 and September 2013 – advanced to a third round of 5 two-legged knockout ties. The five winners of these ties – held in October and November 2013 – advanced to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.

#### Third round

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Ivory Coast | 4–2  |  Senegal | 3–1 | 1–1
Ethiopia | 1–4  |  Nigeria | 1–2 | 0–2
Tunisia | 1–4  |  Cameroon | 0–0 | 1–4
Ghana | 7–3  |  Egypt | 6–1 | 1–2
Burkina Faso | 3–3 (a)  |  Algeria | 3–2 | 0–1

### CONCACAF

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

In May 2010, the CONCACAF Executive Committee announced a possible change in its qualifying format for the 2014 World Cup, which would start with a preliminary knockout stage followed by three group phases. However, these proposals were abandoned. CONCACAF once again used a six-team final stage (known colloquially as "the Hexagonal"). The ten lowest-ranked nations played two-legged ties, with the five winners joining the nations ranked 7–25 in Round 2. There were six groups of four teams, with the six group winners joining the nations ranked 1–6 in Round 3. There were three groups of four teams and the top two teams in each group advanced to Round 4. These six nations formed one group, with the top three teams qualifying and Mexico, the fourth-placed team, advancing to the inter-continental play-off against New Zealand, the top team from the OFC.

A total of 35 national teams began the qualification process vying for three and a half spots. 31 nations were eliminated and the Bahamas withdrew (because their stadium was not completed in time for the competition).[10]

#### Final positions (fourth round)

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round

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1  |  United States | 10  | 22
2  |  Costa Rica | 10  | 18
3  |  Honduras | 10  | 15
4  |  Mexico | 10  | 11
5  |  Panama | 10  | 8
6  |  Jamaica | 10  | 5

Source: [11]

### CONMEBOL

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

As Brazil had already qualified as host, the remaining nine CONMEBOL teams took part in a double round-robin group, playing each other twice (home and away) using the same schedule as previous qualification tournaments (each team had a bye on the date they would normally be scheduled to play Brazil). The top four teams qualified automatically, whereas Uruguay, the fifth-placed team, proceeded to the inter-confederational play-off against Jordan, the fifth placed team from Asia.

#### Final positions

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Pos | Team

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1  |  Argentina | 16  | 32
2  |  Colombia | 16  | 30
3  |  Chile | 16  | 28
4  |  Ecuador | 16  | 25
5  |  Uruguay | 16  | 25
6  |  Venezuela | 16  | 20
7  |  Peru | 16  | 15
8  |  Bolivia | 16  | 12
9  |  Paraguay | 16  | 12

Source: FIFA

### OFC

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

The four lowest-ranked nations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, and Tonga) competed in the first round of qualifying: a single round-robin tournament in Apia, Samoa, from 22 to 26 November 2011.[12] The winners of the group, Samoa, joined the remaining 7 OFC teams in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, which also doubled as the second qualifying round. The four semi-finalists of the OFC Nations Cup advanced to the third round, which consisted of a double round-robin held on a home-and-away basis between 7 September 2012 and 26 March 2013.

New Zealand, as the winners of the third round, proceeded to the inter-confederation play-off against Mexico, the fourth-placed team from CONCACAF, where they were eliminated by a strong Mexico side who beat them 9–3 over two legs.

#### Final positions (third round)

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC third round

Team

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New Zealand | 6  | 18
New Caledonia | 6  | 12
Tahiti | 6  | 3
Solomon Islands | 6  | 3

Source: [13]

### UEFA

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The European qualification games started in September 2012, after Euro 2012. All 53 national associations affiliated with UEFA took part in the qualification process. In round one, teams competed in eight groups of six teams and a single group of five teams. The nine group winners qualified, while the eight best runners-up – ranked according to all their games except for games against the sixth-placed team in their group – entered into the play-offs for the four remaining spots.

#### Final positions (first round)

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) § First round

Group A Pos | Team

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1  |  Belgium | 10  | 26
2  |  Croatia | 10  | 17
3  |  Serbia | 10  | 14
4  |  Scotland | 10  | 11
5  |  Wales | 10  | 10
6  |  Macedonia | 10  | 7

Source: [14]

Group B Pos | Team

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1  |  Italy | 10  | 22
2  |  Denmark | 10  | 16
3  |  Czech Republic | 10  | 15
4  |  Bulgaria | 10  | 13
5  |  Armenia | 10  | 13
6  |  Malta | 10  | 3

Source: [15]

Group C Pos | Team

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1  |  Germany | 10  | 28
2  |  Sweden | 10  | 20
3  |  Austria | 10  | 17
4  |  Republic of Ireland | 10  | 14
5  |  Kazakhstan | 10  | 5
6  |  Faroe Islands | 10  | 1

Source: [16]

Group D Pos | Team

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1  |  Netherlands | 10  | 28
2  |  Romania | 10  | 19
3  |  Hungary | 10  | 17
4  |  Turkey | 10  | 16
5  |  Estonia | 10  | 7
6  |  Andorra | 10  | 0

Source: [17]

Group E Pos | Team

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1  |  Switzerland | 10  | 24
2  |  Iceland | 10  | 17
3  |  Slovenia | 10  | 15
4  |  Norway | 10  | 12
5  |  Albania | 10  | 11
6  |  Cyprus | 10  | 5

Source: [18]

Group F Pos | Team

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1  |  Russia | 10  | 22
2  |  Portugal | 10  | 21
3  |  Israel | 10  | 14
4  |  Azerbaijan | 10  | 9
5  |  Northern Ireland | 10  | 7
6  |  Luxembourg | 10  | 6

Source: [19]

Group G Pos | Team

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1  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10  | 25
2  |  Greece | 10  | 25
3  |  Slovakia | 10  | 13
4  |  Lithuania | 10  | 11
5  |  Latvia | 10  | 8
6  |  Liechtenstein | 10  | 2

Source: [20]

Group H Pos | Team

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1  |  England | 10  | 22
2  |  Ukraine | 10  | 21
3  |  Montenegro | 10  | 15
4  |  Poland | 10  | 13
5  |  Moldova | 10  | 11
6  |  San Marino | 10  | 0

Source: [20]

Group I Pos | Team

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1  |  Spain | 8  | 20
2  |  France | 8  | 17
3  |  Finland | 8  | 9
4  |  Georgia | 8  | 5
5  |  Belarus | 8  | 4

Source: [20]

#### Second round

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round

The Second Round was contested by the top eight runners-up. The second round draw took place at the headquarters of FIFA in Zürich, Switzerland, on 21 October.[21] October 2013 FIFA World Rankings were used to decide which of the teams were seeded.[21] The matches were played on 15 and 19 November 2013.

#### Group runners-up

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Pos | Grp | Team

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1  | G |  Greece | 8  | 6  | 1  | 1  | 9  | 4  | +5  | 19  | Advance to second round (play-offs)
2  | I |  France | 8  | 5  | 2  | 1  | 15  | 6  | +9  | 17
3  | F |  Portugal | 8  | 4  | 3  | 1  | 15  | 8  | +7  | 15
4  | H |  Ukraine | 8  | 4  | 3  | 1  | 11  | 4  | +7  | 15
5  | C |  Sweden | 8  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 15  | 13  | +2  | 14
6  | E |  Iceland | 8  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 15  | 14  | +1  | 14
7  | D |  Romania | 8  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 11  | 12  | −1  | 13
8  | A |  Croatia | 8  | 3  | 2  | 3  | 9  | 8  | +1  | 11
9  | B |  Denmark | 8  | 2  | 4  | 2  | 9  | 11  | −2  | 10  |

Source: [20]

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Portugal | 4–2  |  Sweden | 1–0 | 3–2
Ukraine | 2–3  |  France | 2–0 | 0–3
Greece | 4–2  |  Romania | 3–1 | 1–1
Iceland | 0–2  |  Croatia | 0–0 | 0–2

## Inter-confederation play-offs

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

There were two scheduled inter-confederation playoffs to determine the final two qualification spots to the finals. The first legs were played on 13 November 2013, and the second legs were played on 20 November 2013.[22]

### AFC v CONMEBOL

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–CONMEBOL play-off)

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Jordan | 0–5  |  Uruguay | 0–5 | 0–0

### CONCACAF v OFC

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–OFC play-off)

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Mexico | 9–3  |  New Zealand | 5–1 | 4–2

## Top goalscorers

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There were 2344 goals scored in 820 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.

11 goals

* Deon McCaulay
* Robin van Persie
* Luis Suárez

10 goals

* Peter Byers
* Lionel Messi
* Edin Džeko
* Oribe Peralta
* Blas Pérez

9 goals

* Gonzalo Higuaín
* Radamel Falcao
* Jerry Bengtson

8 goals

* Vedad Ibišević
* Álvaro Saborío
* Mesut Özil
* Shinji Okazaki
* Georges Gope-Fenepej
* Cristiano Ronaldo
* Zlatan Ibrahimović
* Clint Dempsey

Below are goalscorer lists for all confederations and the inter-confederation play-offs:

* AFC
* CAF
* CONCACAF
* CONMEBOL
* OFC
* UEFA
* Inter-confederation play-offs

## Notes

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1. ^ The rankings are shown as of 17 October 2013. These are the rankings used for the final draw.
2. ^ This is Russia's third appearance at the FIFA World Cup; however, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union.
3. ^ Russia's best result is group stage in 1994 and 2002; however, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union.
4. ^ The rules for separating teams level on points were decided by FIFA and can be found in article 18 part 6d to 6g of the FIFA Regulations 2014 World Cup Brazil.[8]

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Official symbols|

* 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (video game)
* Adidas Brazuca (ball)
* Caxirola (musical instrument)
* Fuleco (mascot)
* One Love, One Rhythm (album)
* We Are One (Ole Ola) (song)

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Champions|

Germany

Runners-up|

Argentina

Third place|

Netherlands

Fourth place|

Brazil

Quarter-finals|

* Belgium
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* France

Round of 16|

* Algeria
* Chile
* Greece
* Mexico
* Nigeria
* Switzerland
* United States
* Uruguay

Group stage|

* Australia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Cameroon
* Croatia
* Ecuador
* England
* Ghana
* Honduras
* Iran
* Italy
* Ivory Coast
* Japan
* Portugal
* Russia
* South Korea
* Spain

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Tournaments|

* Uruguay 1930
* Italy 1934
* France 1938
* Brazil 1950
* Switzerland 1954
* Sweden 1958
* Chile 1962
* England 1966
* Mexico 1970
* FR Germany 1974
* Argentina 1978
* Spain 1982
* Mexico 1986
* Italy 1990
* United States 1994
* France 1998
* RO Korea / Japan 2002
* Germany 2006
* South Africa 2010
* Brazil 2014
* Russia 2018
* Qatar 2022
* Canada / Mexico / United States 2026
* Morocco / Portugal / Spain 20301
* Saudi Arabia 2034

Qualification|

* 19302
* 1934
* 1938
* 1950
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

Finals|

* 1930
* 1934
* 1938
* 19503
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

Squads|

* 1930
* 1934
* 1938
* 1950
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Final draw|

* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Broadcasters|

* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Bids|

* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026
* 2030
* 2034

Officials|

* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Team appearances|

* AFC
* CAF
* CONCACAF
* CONMEBOL
* OFC
* UEFA

Overall records|

* Player records
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* top
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* Manager records
* winners
* all appearances
* Match records
* opening
* penalty shoot-outs

Miscellaneous|

* Awards
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* Fan Festival
* Films
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* Mascots
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* Notable matches
* qualifying
* Referees
* Stadiums
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* World Champions Cup

* 1 Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will host the inaugural games
* 2 There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.
* 3 No final held; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

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