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2002 Korea/Japan:
Redemption for Ronaldo
after disappointment
in 1998 Final. He
stars in clash with
Germany as Brazil
record fifth win
The most storied team in the history of world
soccer hosts the tournament for a second
time with hopes of a record sixth victory
1950 Brazil: Nation in
“Maracanazo” shock as
hosts lose to Uruguay in
Final at Maracana stadium
FIVE-STAR
BRAZIL
VENUES
BR
Manaus
Arena Amazonia
1958 Sweden: 17-year
Capacity: 42,374
old Pele bursts onto
scene to inspire
Brasilia
Estadio Nacional team to World
Cup glory
68,009
Fortaleza
Estadio Castelao
Natal
64,846
Estadio
das Dunas
42,086
Recife
AZIL
Arena
Pernambuco
44,248
Croatia
Cameroon
Mexico
Croatia
Brazil
Mexico
P
1
2
3
4
W
June
13 Spain
L
F
Natal
Fortaleza
Manaus
Brasilia
Recife
A
Pts
Netherlands
Salvador
Cuiaba
Australia
Netherlands Porto Alegre
Rio de Janeiro
Chile
Curitiba
Spain
Sao Paulo
Chile
Chile
18 Australia
Spain
23 Australia
Netherlands
P
1
2
3
4
D
Sao Paulo
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
Côte d’Ivoire
19 Colombia
Japan
24 Japan
Greece
P
1
2
3
4
B2
28 C1
Belo Horizonte
June
14 Uruguay
England
19 Uruguay
20 Italy
24 Costa Rica
Italy
P
1
2
3
4
Pts
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
Ecuador
Brasilia
Porto Alegre
Honduras
Salvador
France
Curitiba
Ecuador
Manaus
Switzerland
Rio de Janeiro
France
France
20 Switzerland
Honduras
25 Honduras
Ecuador
P
1
2
3
4
W
June
15 Argentina
16 Iran
21 Argentina
L
F
Bosnia
Nigeria
Iran
Bosnia
Argentina
Iran
Nigeria
25 Nigeria
Bosnia
P
1
2
3
4
D
W
D
L
A
Pts
Rio de Janeiro
Curitiba
Belo Horizonte
Cuiaba
Porto Alegre
Salvador
F
A
Pts
June
16 Germany
Portugal
USA
Ghana
Portugal
Ghana
Germany
Ghana
21 Germany
22 USA
26 Portugal
USA
P
1
2
3
4
13:00
Porto Alegre
Uruguay
Italy
Italy
Uruguay
West Germany
Brazil
Brazil
England
Brazil
Host
Uruguay
Italy
France
Brazil
Switzerland
Sweden
Chile
England
Mexico
Rio de Janeiro
W
June
17 Belgium
L
Natal
Fortaleza
Manaus
Brasilia
Recife
F
A
Pts
Algeria
Belo Horizonte
Cuiaba
South Korea
Rio de Janeiro
Russia
Porto Alegre
Algeria
Curitiba
Russia
Sao Paulo
Belgium
Russia
22 Belgium
South Korea
26 Algeria
South Korea
P
1
2
3
4
D
Salvador
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
If scores level after 90 minutes, knock-out stage matches go into extra-time. Matches remaining level decided on penalties
Brasilia
July 5
Fortaleza
17:00
Brasilia
ROLL CALL OF CHAMPIONS
Source: FIFA
A
July 8, 17:00 Belo Horizonte July 13, 16:00
H2
1930
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
F
All times local
Salvador
Rio de Janeiro
F2
30 G1
L
Drawn 7
Lost 4
Netherlands
4
1-1-2
England 4
3-1-0
June
15 Switzerland
July 12, 17:00
D2
30 E1
D
Costa Rica
Fortaleza
Manaus
Italy
Sao Paulo
England
Recife
Costa Rica
Belo Horizonte
England
Natal
Uruguay
July 4
17:00
W
Won 50
France 4
1-1-2
Greece
Belo Horizonte
Recife
Japan
Brasilia
Côte d’Ivoire
Natal
Greece
Cuiaba
Colombia
Fortaleza
Côte d’Ivoire
Top two teams in each group progress to knock-out stage
June
28 A1
Argentina 4
2-1-1
A Nation Expects
Brazil pinning hopes
on class of 2014 and
star striker Neymar
June
14 Colombia
Others
61
Italy 5
2-1-2
Sao Paulo
Arena de Sao Paulo
65,807
Porto Alegre
Estadio Beira-Rio
48,849
800km
500 miles
Brazil
Total matches played: 94
Spain 5
3-1-1
Belo Horizonte
Estadio Mineirao
62,254
Rio de Janeiro
Estadio do Maracana
76,804
Curitiba
Arena de
Baixada
41,456
Croatia
GREATEST RIVALS
World Cup clashes v Brazil
Sweden: 7 previous meetings
but failed to qualify for
World Cup 2014
Won 5
Drawn 2
Lost 0
Salvador
Arena Fonte Nova
48,747
Cuiaba
Arena
Pantanal
42,968
June
12 Brazil
13 Mexico
17 Brazil
18 Cameroon
23 Cameroon
1962 Chile: Champions
1970 Mexico: Arguably
retain trophy despite finest ever World Cup team
absence of injured – including Pele, Gerson,
1994 USA: Goalless
Pele Jairzinho, Rivelino and
Carlos Alberto – wins third final ends 24 years of
hurt with shoot-out
Jules Rimet trophy
victory over Italy
Rio de Janeiro
Maracana Stadium
Built for 1950 World Cup, Estádio
Jornalista Mário Filho – nicknamed
Maracana – was then world’s largest
stadium, with unofficial
capacity of 200,000
July 9, 17:00
Cost of
renovation
R$900m
($400m)
Pictures: Getty Images, Associated Press, TJ Lin
Fortaleza
Recife
C2
13:00
Brasilia
July
1 F1
Sao Paulo
E2
1
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
New
capacity
73,531
A2
29 D1
Sao Paulo
Maracana is name given to
endangered local species of
parrot, Blue-winged
Macaw
June
29 B1
H1
G2
West Germany
Argentina
Italy
Argentina
West Germany
Brazil
France
Brazil
Italy
Spain
Salvador
West Germany
Argentina
Spain
Mexico
Italy
USA
France
Japan/Korea
Germany
South Africa
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