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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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