International football contest
The 2014 FIFA World Cup ( brazilian portuguese : Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2014 ) was the twentieth FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men ‘s national football teams organised by FIFA. It took locate in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the area was awarded the hosting rights in 2007. It was the second time that Brazil staged the contest, the first being in 1950, and the fifth time that it was held in South America. Fans and pundits alike consider this version of the World Cup to be one of the greatest ever held. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
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31 national teams advanced through qualification competitions to join the host nation in the concluding tournament ( with Bosnia and Herzegovina as the only debutant ). A total of 64 matches were played in 12 venues located in equally many master of ceremonies cities across Brazil. For the first clock time at a World Cup finals, match officials used goal-line engineering, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as vanishing spray for exempt kicks. [ 9 ] FIFA Fan Fests in each host city gathered a total of 5 million people, and the country received 1 million visitors from 202 countries. [ 10 ] Every World Cup-winning team since the beginning tournament in 1930 – Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Uruguay – qualified for this tournament. Spain, the title holders, were eliminated at the group stage, along with England and Italy. Uruguay were eliminated in the polish of 16, and France exited in the quarter-finals. Host nation Brazil, who had won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, lost to Germany 7–1 in the semi-finals and finally finished in fourth place. In the final, Germany defeated Argentina 1–0 to win the tournament and secure the nation ‘s fourthly world title, the first after the german reunion in 1990, when as West Germany they besides beat Argentina by the same score in the World Cup concluding. Germany became the beginning european team to win a World Cup staged in the Americas, [ 11 ] and this result marked the third base back-to-back title won by a european team, after Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010. [ 12 ] [ 13 ]
Host excerpt [edit ]
Announcing of Brazil as hosts, 2007 In March 2003, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first gear time since 1978, in pipeline with its then-active policy of rotating the right to host the World Cup among different confederations. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] With the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa, it would be the second consecutive World Cup outside Europe, which was a inaugural for the tournament. It was besides irregular in the Southern Hemisphere. [ 16 ] only Brazil and Colombia formally declared their campaigning but, after the withdrawal of the latter from the procedure, [ 17 ] Brazil was officially elected as host state unopposed on 30 October 2007. [ 18 ]
Participating teams and officials [edit ]
qualification [edit ]
Following qualification matches played between June 2011 and November 2013, the following 32 teams – shown with their last pre-tournament FIFA world ranking [ 19 ] – qualified for the final tournament. Twenty-four of these teams were returning participants from the 2010 World Cup. Bosnia and Herzegovina were the only team with no previous appearance at the World Cup finals. [ niobium 2 ] [ 20 ] Colombia qualified for the World Cup after 16 years of absence, while Belgium and Russia both returned after 12 years. Paraguay failed to qualify for the beginning time since 1994. This was besides the first World Cup for 32 years that did not feature a congressman from the Nordic countries. The highest rank team not to qualify was Ukraine ( ranked 16th ), while the lowest rank team that did qualify was Australia ( ranked 62nd ). [ 19 ]
Final withdraw [edit ]
The 32 participating teams were drawn into eight groups. In homework for this, the teams were organised into four pots with the seven highest-ranked teams joining host nation Brazil in the seed pot. [ 21 ] As with the previous tournaments, FIFA aimed to create groups which maximised geographic interval and consequently the unseeded teams were arranged into pots based on geographic considerations. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The draw took seat on 6 December 2013 at the Costa do Sauípe repair in Bahia, during which the teams were drawn by versatile past World Cup-winning players. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Under the draw procedure, one randomly draw team – Italy – was first relocated from Pot 4 to Pot 2 to create four equal pots of eight teams. [ 26 ]
Officials [edit ]
In March 2013, FIFA published a list of 52 prospective referees, each paired, on the basis of nationality, with two assistant referees, from all six football confederations for the tournament. On 14 January 2014, the FIFA Referees Committee appointed 25 referee trios and eight support duos representing 43 countries for the tournament. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Yuichi Nishimura from Japan acted as referee in the afford match whereas Nicola Rizzoli from Italy acted as referee in the final. [ 29 ] [ 30 ]
Squads [edit ]
As with the 2010 tournament, each team ‘s police squad consisted of 23 players ( three of whom must be goalkeepers ). Each participating national association had to confirm their final 23-player squad no belated than 10 days before the startle of the tournament. [ 31 ] Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of good injury, at any prison term up to 24 hours before their first game. [ 31 ] During a match, all remaining team members not named in the starting team were available to be one of the three permitted substitutions ( provided the musician was not serving a pause ). [ 31 ]
Venues [edit ]
12 venues ( seven new and five renovated ) in twelve cities were selected for the tournament. The venues covered all the main regions of Brazil and created more evenly distributed hosting than the 1950 finals in Brazil. [ 32 ] consequently, the tournament required long-distance travel for teams. [ 33 ] During the World Cup, brazilian cities were besides home to the participating teams at 32 separate base camps, [ 34 ] angstrom well as staging official sports fan fests where supporters could view the games. [ 35 ] The most secondhand stadiums were the Maracana and Brasilia, which hosted seven matches each. The least-used venues were in Cuiabá, Manaus, Natal, and Curitiba, which hosted four matches each ; as the four smallest stadiums in habit at the tournament, they did not host any knockout round matches. [ 36 ]
team floor camps [edit ]
Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. On 31 January 2014, FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team, [ 34 ] having earlier circulated a booklet of 84 prospective locations. [ 37 ] Most teams opted to stay in the Southeast Region of Brazil, with entirely eight teams choosing early regions ; five teams ( Croatia, Germany, Ghana, Greece and Switzerland ) opted to stay in the Northeast Region and three teams ( Ecuador, South Korea and Spain ) opted to stay in the South Region. none opted to stay in the North Region or the Central-West Region. [ 38 ]
brazilian football fans at the FIFA Fan Fest in Brasília .
FIFA Fan Fests [edit ]
For a third straight World Cup tournament, FIFA staged FIFA Fan Fests in each of the 12 server cities throughout the rival. big examples were the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, which already held a Fan Fest in 2010, and São Paulo ‘s Vale do Anhangabaú. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] The first official consequence took seat on Iracema Beach, in Fortaleza, on 8 June 2014. [ 41 ]
Innovations [edit ]
Technologies [edit ]
Adidas Brazuca In arrange to avoid touch goals the 2014 World Cup introduced goal-line engineering following successful trials at among others 2013 Confederations Cup. The chosen Goal Control system featured 14 senior high school accelerate cameras, 7 directed to each of the goals. Data were sent to the central image-processing kernel, where a virtual representation of the ball was output on a widescreen to confirm the finish. The referee was equipped with a watch which vibrated and displayed a signal upon a goal. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] France ‘s second goal in their group game against Honduras was the inaugural meter goal-line technology was needed to confirm that a goal should be given. [ 45 ] Following successful trials, [ niobium 4 ] FIFA approved the use of vanishing spray by the referees for the beginning time at a World Cup Finals. The water-based spray, which disappears within minutes of lotion, can be used to mark a ten-yard line for the maintain team during a complimentary kick and besides to draw where the ball is to be placed for a free recoil. [ 46 ] The Adidas Brazuca was the official match testis of the 2014 FIFA World Cup [ 47 ] [ 48 ] [ 49 ] [ 50 ] and was supplied by Forward Sports of Sialkot, Pakistan. [ 47 ] Adidas created a new design of ball after criticisms of the Adidas Jabulani used in the previous World Cup. The total of panels was reduced to six, with the panels being thermally bonded. This created a ball with increase consistency and aerodynamics compared to its harbinger. Furthermore, Adidas underwent an across-the-board test process lasting more than two years to produce a ball that would meet the approval of football professionals .
Cooling breaks [edit ]
ascribable to the relatively high ambient temperatures in Brazil, peculiarly at the northern venues, cooling breaks for the players were introduced. [ 51 ] Breaks could take topographic point at the referee ‘s delicacy after the thirtieth minute of each half if the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature exceeded 32 °C ( 90 °F ). The first cool break dance in a World Cup play took seat during the 32nd minute of the pit between the Netherlands and Mexico in the polish of 16. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ] At the start of the match, FIFA listed the temperature at 32 °C ( 90 °F ) with 68 % humidity. [ 56 ]
The biological pass was introduced in the FIFA World Cup starting in 2014. blood and urine samples from all players before the rival, and from two players per team per match, are analysed by the swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses. [ 57 ] FIFA reported that 91.5 % of the players taking separate in the tournament were tested before the start of the rival and none tested positive. [ 58 ] however, FIFA was criticised for how it conducted doping tests. [ 59 ] [ 60 ]
format [edit ]
The first polish, or group stage, was a competition between the 32 teams divided among eight groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest rank teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage. [ 31 ] Teams were awarded three points for a succeed and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all consequence came before neck and neck .
Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
- Number of points
- Goal difference
- Number of goals scored
- Number of points obtained in matches between tied teams
- Goal difference in matches between tied teams
- Number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
- Drawing of lots
In the hard stage there were four rounds ( orotund of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the concluding ), with each eliminating the losers. The two semi-final losers competed in a third invest play-off. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 15 moment periods of supernumerary meter to determine a winner. If the teams were however tied, a punishment shoot-out was held to determine a winner. [ 31 ] The match schedule was announced on 20 October 2011 [ 61 ] with the kick-off times being confirmed on 27 September 2012 ; [ 62 ] after the final draw, the kick-off times of seven matches were adjusted by FIFA. [ 63 ] The rival was organised so that teams that played each other in the group stage could not meet again during the smasher phase until the final examination ( or the 3rd place match ). [ 31 ] The group stagecoach began on 12 June, with the host nation competing in the open game as has been the format since the 2006 tournament. The open game was preceded by an open ceremony that began at 15:15 local time. [ 64 ]
Opening ceremony [edit ]
On 12 June 2014, the twentieth version of the FIFA World Cup began with the opening ceremony at Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. The consequence saw 660 dancers take to the stadium and perform in a ceremony which celebrated the nature of the country and its love of football. Following the dancers native singer Claudia Leitte emerged on center phase to perform for the crowd. She was late joined by Cuban-American knocker Pitbull, and American singer Jennifer Lopez to perform the tournament ‘s official song “ We Are One ( Ole Ola ) “ which had been released as an official single on 8 April 2014. Following the ceremony, the orifice match was played, which saw the hosts come from behind to beat Croatia 3–1. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] [ 67 ]
Group stage [edit ]
The group stage of the cup took place in Brazil from 12 June 2014 to 26 June 2014 : each team played three games. The group stage was celebrated for a scarcity of draw and a boastfully count of goals. The beginning withdraw ( and scoreless ) match did not occur until the 13th match of the tournament, between Iran and Nigeria : a drought longer than any World Cup since 1930. [ 68 ] The group stage produced a entire of 136 goals ( an average of 2.83 goals per equal ), nine fewer than were scored during the entire 2010 tournament. [ 69 ] This is the largest count of goals in the group stage since the 32-team system was implemented in 1998 [ 70 ] and the largest average in a group degree since 1958. [ 71 ] World Cup holders Spain were eliminated after only two games, the quickest exit for the champion champions since Italy ‘s from the 1950 tournament. [ 72 ] Spain besides became the one-fourth nation to be eliminated in the first round while holding the World Cup pate, the inaugural one being Italy in 1950 ( and again in 2010 ), Brazil in 1966, and France in 2002. [ 73 ]
Group A [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Brazil ( H )
3
2
1
0
7
2
+5
7
Advance to knockout stage
2
Mexico
3
2
1
0
4
1
+3
7
3
Croatia
3
1
0
2
6
6
0
3
4
Cameroon
3
0
0
3
1
9
−8
0
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Group B [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Netherlands
3
3
0
0
10
3
+7
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Chile
3
2
0
1
5
3
+2
6
3
Spain
3
1
0
2
4
7
−3
3
4
Australia
3
0
0
3
3
9
−6
0
Group C [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Colombia
3
3
0
0
9
2
+7
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Greece
3
1
1
1
2
4
−2
4
3
Ivory Coast
3
1
0
2
4
5
−1
3
4
Japan
3
0
1
2
2
6
−4
1
Group D [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Costa Rica
3
2
1
0
4
1
+3
7
Advance to knockout stage
2
Uruguay
3
2
0
1
4
4
0
6
3
Italy
3
1
0
2
2
3
−1
3
4
England
3
0
1
2
2
4
−2
1
Group E [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
France
3
2
1
0
8
2
+6
7
Advance to knockout stage
2
Switzerland
3
2
0
1
7
6
+1
6
3
Ecuador
3
1
1
1
3
3
0
4
4
Honduras
3
0
0
3
1
8
−7
0
Group F [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Argentina
3
3
0
0
6
3
+3
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Nigeria
3
1
1
1
3
3
0
4
3
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
1
0
2
4
4
0
3
4
Iran
3
0
1
2
1
4
−3
1
Group G [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Germany
3
2
1
0
7
2
+5
7
Advance to knockout stage
2
United States
3
1
1
1
4
4
0
4
3
Portugal
3
1
1
1
4
7
−3
4
4
Ghana
3
0
1
2
4
6
−2
1
Group H [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Belgium
3
3
0
0
4
1
+3
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Algeria
3
1
1
1
6
5
+1
4
3
Russia
3
0
2
1
2
3
−1
2
4
South Korea
3
0
1
2
3
6
−3
1
Knockout stage [edit ]
Scores after extra time are indicated by ( aet ), and penalty shoot-outs are indicated by ( playpen. ) .
Round of 16 [edit ]
All the group winners advanced into the quarter-finals. They included four teams from UEFA, three from CONMEBOL, and one from CONCACAF. Of the eight matches, five required extra-time, and two of these required penalty shoot-outs ; this was the inaugural time penalty shoot-outs occurred in more than one game in a turn of 16. [ nota bene 5 ] The goal average per bet on in the round of 16 was 2.25, a spend of 0.58 goals per game from the group stagecoach. [ 74 ] The eight teams to win in the polish of 16 included four erstwhile champions ( Brazil, Germany, Argentina and France ), a three-time runner-up ( Netherlands ), and two first-time quarter-finalists ( Colombia and Costa Rica ). [ 75 ] [ 76 ] Belgium reached the quarter-finals for the beginning time since 1986. [ 77 ] All times listed below are at local time (UTC−3)
With a 1–0 victory over France, Germany set a World Cup phonograph record with four consecutive semi-final appearances. Brazil beat Colombia 2–1, but Brazil ‘s Neymar was injured and missed the rest of the competition. Argentina reached the final four for the first gear time since 1990 after a 1–0 winnings over Belgium. The Netherlands reached the semi-finals for the second consecutive tournament, after overcoming Costa Rica in a punishment shoot-out following a 0–0 draw at the end of extra time, with goalkeeper Tim Krul having been substituted on for the shoot-out and saving two penalties .
Germany qualified for the concluding for the eighth time with a historic 7–1 winnings over Brazil – the biggest defeat in brazilian football since 1920. Miroslav Klose ‘s goal in this match was his 16th throughout all World Cups, breaking the record he had previously shared with Ronaldo. [ 78 ] Klose set another phonograph record by becoming the first player to appear in four World Cup semi-finals. [ 79 ] Argentina reached their beginning final since 1990, and their fifth overall, after overcoming the Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out following a 0–0 draw at the conclusion of excess time .
third rate play-off [edit ]
The Netherlands defeated Brazil 3–0 to secure one-third identify, the first for the Dutch team in their history. overall, Brazil conceded 14 goals in the tournament ; this was the most by a team at any single World Cup since 1986, and the most by a host nation in history, although their fourth-place finish hush represented Brazil ‘s best result in a World Cup since their last gain in 2002. [ 80 ]
concluding [edit ]
The final featured Germany against Argentina for a criminal record one-third time after 1986 and 1990 .
This marked the first time that teams from the same continent had won three consecutive World Cups ( following Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010 ). It was besides the first time that a european state had won the World Cup in the Americas. On aggregate Europe then had 11 victories, compared to South America ‘s 9 victories .
Statistics [edit ]
Goalscorers [edit ]
In total, 171 goals were scored by a criminal record 121 players, with five credited as own goals. Goals scored from penalty shoot-outs are not counted. James Rodríguez was awarded the Golden Boot for scoring six goals, the first clock time that a colombian player received the award. [ 81 ]
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goals
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discipline [edit ]
The most luminary disciplinary case was that of Uruguayan hitter Luis Suárez, who was suspended for nine international matches and banned from taking part in any football-related natural process ( including entering any stadium ) for four months, following a biting incident on italian defender Giorgio Chiellini. He was besides fined CHF 100,000. [ 83 ] [ 84 ] [ 85 ] After an attract to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Suárez was by and by allowed to participate in train and friendly matches with new club Barcelona. [ 86 ]
Awards [edit ]
The follow awards were given at the termination of the tournament : [ 87 ] [ 88 ]
- Technical Study Group
The members of the Technical Study Group, the committee that decided which players won the awards, were led by FIFA ‘s mind of the Technical Division Jean-Paul Brigger and featured : [ 93 ]
There were changes to the vote operation for awards for the 2014 edition : while in 2010 accredited media were allowed to vote for the Golden Ball award, [ 94 ] in 2014 alone the Technical Study Group could select the consequence. [ 95 ]
All-Star team [edit ]
As was the event during the 2010 edition, FIFA released an All-Star Team based on the Castrol performance index in its official web site. [ 96 ]
Dream team [edit ]
FIFA besides invited users of FIFA.com to elect their Dream Team. [ 97 ] [ 98 ]
Prize money [edit ]
The total prize money on offer for the tournament was confirmed by FIFA as US $ 576 million ( including payments of $ 70 million to domestic clubs and $ 100 million as actor insurances ), a 37 percentage increase from the total allocated in the 2010 tournament. Before the tournament, each of the 32 entrants received $ 1.5 million for planning costs. At the tournament, the respect money was distributed as follows : [ 99 ]
concluding standings [edit ]
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra clock are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as string. [ 100 ]
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champion
runner-up
Third place
Fourth place
Quarter-finals
Round of 16
Group stage solution of countries participating in the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Preparations and costs [edit ]
The Estádio Nacional in Brasília during its rebuild. The project was completed at a price of US $ 900 million, against an original budget of US $ 300 million, making the stadium the second-most expensive football stadium in the worldly concern after England ‘s Wembley Stadium Costs of the tournament totalled $ 11.6 billion, [ 101 ] making it the most expensive World Cup to date, [ 102 ] until surpassed by 2018 FIFA World Cup which cost an calculate $ 14.2 billion. [ 101 ] FIFA was expected to spend US $ 2 billion on staging the finals, [ 103 ] with its greatest single expense being the US $ 576 million choice money potentiometer. [ 99 ] Although organisers in the first place estimated costs of US $ 1.1 billion, [ 104 ] a reported US $ 3.6 billion was ultimately spent on stadium works. [ 105 ] [ 106 ] Five of the chosen host cities had sword new venues built specifically for the World Cup, while the Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in the capital Brasília was demolished and rebuilt, with the remaining six being extensively renovated. [ 107 ] An extra R $ 3 billion ( US $ 1.3 billion, €960 million, £780 million at June 2014 rates ) was earmarked by the brazilian government for investment in infrastructure works and projects for use during the 2014 World Cup and beyond. [ 108 ] however, the fail completion of many of the proposed works provoked discontentment among some Brazilians. [ 109 ] [ 110 ] [ 111 ] The brazilian government pledged US $ 900 million to be invested into security forces and that the tournament would be “ one of the most protected sports events in history. ” [ 112 ]
market [edit ]
Fuleco, the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup The marketing of the 2014 FIFA World Cup included sale of tickets, support from sponsors and forwarding through events that utilise the symbols and songs of the tournament. popular trade included items featuring the official mascot a well as an official video recording crippled that has been developed by EA Sports. [ 113 ] The official song of the tournament was “ We Are One ( Ole Ola ) “ with vocals from Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte. [ 114 ] As a partner of the German Football Association, separate of german major airline Lufthansa ‘s fleet was branded “ Fanhansa ” for the time being. Branded planes flew the german national team, media representatives and football fans to Brazil. [ 115 ] The Sony Xperia Z2 was dubbed the “ official smartphone of the 2014 FIFA World Cup ”. [ 116 ]
The sponsors of the 2014 World Cup are divided into three categories : FIFA Partners, FIFA World Cup Sponsors and National Supporters. [ 117 ]
Media [edit ]
For a fourthly straight FIFA World Cup Finals, the coverage was provided by HBS ( Host Broadcast Services ), a auxiliary of Infront Sports & Media. [ 118 ] Sony was selected as the official equipment provider and built 12 bespeak high definition production 40-foot-long containers, one for each tournament venue, to firm the extensive amount of equipment required. [ 119 ] [ 120 ] Each match utilised 37 standard camera plans, including Aerial and Cablecam, two Ultramotion cameras and dedicated cameras for interviews. [ 120 ] The official tournament movie, equally well as three matches, [ niobium 6 ] will be filmed with extremist gamey definition technology ( 4K resoluteness ), following a successful test at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. [ 121 ] The broadcast rights – covering television, radio, internet and mobile coverage – for the tournament were sold to media companies in each individual territory either directly by FIFA, or through licensed companies or organisations such as the European Broadcasting Union, Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana, International Media Content, Dentsu and RS International Broadcasting & Sports Management. [ 122 ] The sale of these rights accounted for an calculate 60 % of FIFA ‘s income from staging a World Cup. [ 123 ] The International Broadcast Centre was situated at the Riocentro in the Barra district attorney Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. [ 124 ] [ 125 ] Worldwide, several games qualified as the most-watched sporting events in their country in 2014, including 42.9 million people in Brazil for the open game between Brazil and Croatia, the 34.1 million in Japan who saw their team play Ivory Coast, and 34.7 million in Germany who saw their national team win the World Cup against Argentina, [ 126 ] while the 24.7 million viewers during the bet on between the US and Portugal is joint with the 2010 final as the most-watched football game in the United States. [ 127 ] According to FIFA, over 1 billion people tuned in worldwide to watch the final between Germany and Argentina. [ 128 ]
Controversies [edit ]
The 2014 FIFA World Cup generated respective controversies, including demonstrations, some of which took seat even before the tournament started. furthermore, there were respective issues with safety, including the death of eight workers and a fire during structure, breaches into stadiums, an fluid improvised stairway at the Maracanã Stadium, a monorail collapse, and the crack up of an bare overpass in Belo Horizonte. [ 129 ] [ 130 ] [ 131 ] [ 132 ] [ 133 ] The houses of thousands of families living in Rio de Janeiro ’ randomness slums were cleared for redevelopments for the World Cup in hurt of protests and resistance. Favela do Metrô, near the Maracanã Stadium, was completely destroyed as a result, having previously housed 700 families in 2010. [ 134 ] [ 135 ] [ 136 ]
Protests [edit ]
Anti-World Cup demonstration on the afford day prior to the open ceremony of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup staged in Brazil, demonstrations took rate outside the venue, organised by people dysphoric with the measure of public money spent to enable the host of the FIFA World Cup. [ 137 ] Both the Brazilian president of the united states Dilma Rousseff and FIFA president Sepp Blatter were heavy booed as they were announced to give their speeches at the 2013 tournament ‘s possibility, [ 138 ] which resulted in FIFA announcing that the 2014 FIFA World Cup afford ceremony would not feature any speeches. [ 139 ] Further protests took place during the Confederations Cup angstrom good as anterior to and during the World Cup. [ 140 ] [ 141 ] [ 142 ] [ 143 ] [ 144 ]
Breaches into stadiums [edit ]
At the Group B match between Spain and Chile, around 100 chilean supporters who had gathered outside Maracanã Stadium forced their way into the stadium and caused damage to the media center. military police reported that 85 Chileans were detained during the events, while others reached the stands. Earlier, about 20 Argentinians made a similar gap during Argentina ‘s Group F game against Bosnia and Herzegovina at the same stadium. [ 145 ] [ 146 ]
Bridge collapse [edit ]
On 3 July 2014, an overpass under construction in Belo Horizonte as part of the World Cup infrastructure projects collapsed onto a busy carriageway below, leaving two people dead and 22 others injured. [ 147 ] [ 148 ]
head injuries [edit ]
During the tournament, FIFA received significant criticism for the manner head injuries are handled during matches. Two incidents in detail attracted the most attention. First, in a group stage equal, after Uruguayan defender Álvaro Pereira received a blow to the promontory, he lay unconscious. [ 149 ] The Uruguayan doctor of the church signaled for the player to be substituted, but he returned to the match. The incidental drew criticism from the professional players ‘ union FIFPro, and from Michel D’Hooghe, a extremity of the FIFA executive dining table and president of its medical committee. [ 150 ] moment, in the Final, german midfielder Christoph Kramer received a blow to the head from a collision in the 14th moment, but returned to the match before collapsing in the 31st minute. During that time, Kramer was disoriented and confused, and asked the referee Nicola Rizzoli whether the match he was playing in was the World Cup Final. [ 151 ]
See besides [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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