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Teams

WORLDCUP 2014 CHAMPIONS

Final positions

Position Team

Champions Germany (4th title)

Runners-up Argentina

Third Place Netherlands

Fourth place Brazil

Destinations -12 stadiums

Tournament statistics

Matches played 64

Goals scored 171 (2.67 per match)

Attendance 3,429,873 (53,592 per match)

Cost for the Brazilian government is 14 billion dollars. This expenditure has largely been on stadium works and

infrastructure projects. Football's governing body, FIFA, will also spend an estimated $2

billion on staging the final tournament.

Awards

Adidas Golden Ball - Lionel MESSI

adidas Golden Glove - Manuel NEUER

adidas Golden Boot - James RODRIGUEZ

Fair Play Award - COLOMBIA

Costs of latest World-Cups

Host General cost ( US Dollars)

Brazil (2014) 14 billion

Germany (2006) 6 billion

Korea/ Japan (2002) 5 billion

Italy (1990) 5 billion

South Africa (2010) 4 billion

France (1998) 340 million

USA (1994) 30 million

Prize Money

Cost

FIFA revenue

The FIFA Values

FIFA revenue 1386 m US$

FIFA revenue from television broadcasting rights 629.98 m US$

FIFA total revenue from marketing rights worldwide 412.77 m US$

Innovations

Goal-line technology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CpX3WpAAE8 Vanishing foam Adidas Brazuca Cooling breaks Anti-doping

Controversies

Protests

Prior to the opening ceremony of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup staged in Brazil, demonstrations took place outside the venue, organised by people unhappy with the amount of public money spent to enable the hosting of the FIFA World Cup.

Breaches into stadiums

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 centre. Military police reported that 85 Chileans were detained during the events, while others reached the stands. Earlier, about 20 Argentinians made a similar breach during Argentina's Group F game against Bosnia and Herzegovina at the same stadium.

Bridge collapse

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.

Luis Suárez biting incident

 Uruguay striker Luis Suárez bit the shoulder of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini

he was fined CHF 100,000 banned from taking part in any football-related activity (including

entering any stadium) for four months. banned him for nine international matches

Head Injury

German midfielder Christoph Kramer received a blow to the head from a collision in the 14h minute

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

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