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GROUP A
BRAZIL
The Hosting Team BRAZIL will face CROATIA for the opening match in FIFA WORLD CUP which will be held in Arena De Sao Paulo.
The Hosting Country Brazil is the most successful national football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with five championships: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. They are also the most successful team in the FIFA Confederations Cup with four titles. Brazil are the current holders of the FIFA Confederations Cup after winning the 1997, 2005, 2009, and 2013 edition of the tournament. Brazil is the only national team to have played in all FIFA World Cup editions without having any absence.
Brazil is looking forward in getting the their 6th FIFA World Cup Championship.
CROATIA
In 1991 the modern Croatian team was formed , shortly before Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia, and by 1993 had gained membership in FIFA and UEFA. The team played their first competitive matches in the successful qualifying campaign for UEFA Euro 1996, leading to their first appearance at a major tournament.
he team was named FIFA's "Best Mover Of The Year" in 1994 and 1998, the only team along with Colombia to win the award more than once.
Croatia qualified for and competed in three consecutive World Cup finals between 1998 and 2006, but failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after finishing 3rd in Group 6 of their Qualification Group behind England, and Ukraine.
MEXICO
Mexico is historically the most successful national team in the CONCACAF region, as they are the only team from the region to win an official FIFA recognized title. They hold one FIFA Confederations Cup, nine CONCACAF championships, including six CONCACAF Gold Cup, one North American Nations Cup and three NAFC Championship.
Mexico won only two of ten matches during the fourth round of 2014 World Cup qualifying , but qualified for an intercontinental play-off as the fourth-highest placed team in the CONCACAF region after the United States defeated Panama in the final round of matches They defeated New-Zealand 9-3 on aggregate to qualify for a sixth consecutive World Cup
CAMEROON
2010 was the last time Cameroon qualified for the world cup series, and 4 years later the team is looking another chance and hoping for a better run.
Cameroon has qualified seven times in FIFA World Cup.
They were the first African team to reach the quarter-final of the World Cup, in 1990, losing to England in extra time. They have also won four Africa Cup of Nations titles.
Schedule for Group A
BRAZIL VS CROATIA
12 JUNE 2014 - 17:00 Local Time
Arena De Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo
MEXICO VS CAMEROON
13 JUNE 2014 - 13:00 Local Time
Estadio das Dunas
Natal
BRAZIL VS MEXICO
17 JUN 2014 - 16:00 Local Time
Estadio Castelano
Fortaleza
CAMEROON VS CROATIA
18 JUNE 2014 - 18:00 Local Time
Arena Amazonia
Manaus
CAMEROON VS BRAZIL
23 JUNE 2014 - 17:00 Local Time
Estadio Nacional
Brasilia
CROATIA VS MEXICO
23 JUNE 2014 - 17:00 Local Time
Arena Pernambuco
Recife
GROUP B
SPAIN
The Reigning World and European Champions, winning the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012.
The national team are currently ranked number 2 in the World Footbal Elo Rating and 1 in the FIFA World Ranking . They also won Euro 2008 , making them the only national team so far with three consecutive wins of either the applicable continental championship or the World Cup.
Between November 2006 and June 2009 Spain went undefeated for a record-equalling 35 consecutive matches before their loss to the United States, a record shared with the FIFA World Cup 2014 host country Brazil. The team's achievements have led many commentators, experts and former players to consider the current Spanish side among the best ever international sides in world football.
Iker Casilias holds the record for most appearances for the Spanish team with 152 since 2000. He is one of eight Spanish player to have reached 100 caps. Xavi Hernandez is second, having played 130 times since 2000. Andoni Zubizarreta played for Spain 126 times between 1985–1998 and is the third most capped player.
NETHERLANDS
Netherland hold the record for playing the most World Cup finals without ever winning the tournament. They finished second in the 1974, 1978and 2010 World Cups, losing to West Germany, Argentina and Spain respectively. They won the UEFA European Championship in 1988. At the peak of their success in the 1970s, the team was famous for its mastery of Total Football. The team are currently managed by Louis van Gaal, but he has announced he will leave after the 2014 FIFA World Cup, to be replaced by Guus Hiddink.
In the 2014 World Cup UEFA qualifying round, the Netherlands won nine games and drew one, topping the group and earning automatic qualification. They were drawn into Group B, along with Spain, Chile and Australia.
CHILE
CHILE have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup where finished in third place, the highest position the country has ever achieved in the World Cup. They qualified for the 2104 FIFA World Cup on 15 October 2013 with a win against Ecuador. Since the mid to late 1960s, the Elo Rating ranks Chile among the 25 strongest football teams in the world.
Despite never winning a professional international football tournament, the team is known for its consistency; having earned a top 4 result in 19 editions of the Copa America and coming as close as runners up 4 times.
AUSTRALIA
Australia is controlled by the governing body for association footbal in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is the Socceroos.
The aussie team is a four-time OFC champion and AFC National Team of the Year for 2006. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA World Cup tournaments on three occasions, in 1974, 2006 and 2010, and will do so again at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The team has also represented Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup tournaments on three occasions.
GROUP B SCHEDULE
SPAIN VS NETHERLANDS
13 JUNE 2014 16:00
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador
CHILE VS AUSTRALIA
13 JUNE 2014 19:00
Arena Pantanal
Cuiab
AUSTRALIA VS NETHERLANDS
18 JUNE 2014 13:00
Estdio Beira-Rio
Porto Alegre
SPAIN VS CHILE
18 JUNE 2014 16:00
Estdio do Maracan,
Rio de Janeiro
AUSTRAILIA VS SPAIN
23 JUNE 2014 13:00
Arena da Baixada
Curatiba
NETHERLANDS VS CHLE
23 JUNE 2014 13:00
Arena de So Paulo,
So Paulo
GROUP C
COLOMBIA
Team Colombia were the champions of the 2001 Copa Amrica, which they hosted and set a new record of being undefeated, conceding no goals and winning each match. Prior to that success they were runners-up to Peruin the 1975 Copa Amrica. In total, Colombia has gained a top 4 result in 7 Copa Americas. Colombia was the first team to win FIFA best mover in 1993 where the achievement was first introduced and the second team after Croatia to win it twice with the second being in 2012. The team are nicknamed Los Cafeteros due to the croffee production in their country
GREECE
Being one of the most successful national teams in European Football, Greece is one of nine teams to have won the European Championship.
They have participated twice in the tournaments of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Champions League, in 1994 and 1980 respectively, until UEFA Euro 2004, when they were crowned as European Champions in their second attempt in the tournament.
Since that victory Greece have qualified for the finals of all but one major competitions (European Championships and World Cups), reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2012. Moreover, they have occupied a place in the top 20 of the FIFA World Rankings for all but four months since the 2004 triumph, and reached a high of eighth from April to June 2008, as well as in October 2011.
IVORY COAST
Ivory Coast have qualified for three consecutive World Cups, first in Germany in 2006, losing to Argentina and the Netherlands and beating Serbia and Montenegro as they failed to progress beyond the group stage. They qualified again for South Africa in 2010 and did not get through the group stage again. FIFA currently ranks Ivory Coast first among African nations.
Cte d'Ivoire secured a place at the 2010 World Cup after Didier Drogba struck within two minutes of coming on as a substitute to clinch a 1–1 draw with Malawi on October 10 2009
JAPAN
Japan is one of the most successful football team in Asai, having qualified for the last five consecutive FIFA Worlds Cup with second round advancements in 2002 and 2010, and having win the AFC Asian Cup a record Four Times in 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2011. To this, they add a 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Japan is the only team from outside the Americas to participate in the Copa Amrica, having been invited in both 1999 and 2011. However, Japan declined their invitation on May 16, 2011 after events related with the Tōhoku earthquake and difficulty to release some Japanese players from European teams to play as a replacement. On May 17, 2011, CONMEBOL invited Costa Rica to replace Japan in the competition, the Costa Rican Football Federation accepted their invitation later that day.
GROUP C SCHEDULE
COLOMBIA VS GREECE
14 JUNE 2014 13:00
Estdio Nacional Man Garrincha,
Braslia
IVORY COAST VS JAPAN
14 JUNE 2004 22:00
Arena Pernambuco,
Recife
COLOMBIA VS IVORY COAST
19 JUNE 2014 13:00
Estdio Nacional Man Garrincha,
Braslia
JAPAN VS GREECE
19 JUNE 2014 19:00
Arena das Dunas,
Natal
JAPAN VS COLOMBIA
24 JUNE 2014 17:00
Arena Pantanal, Cuiab
GREECE VS IVORY COAST
24 JUNE 2014 17:00
Estdio Castelo, Fortaleza
GROUP D
URUGUAY
URUGUAY won the Gold Medals in football at the Summer Olympics twice, in 1924 and 1928, before the creation of the World Cup. Uruguay also won the 1980 Mundialito, a tournament among former World Cup champions. In total, Uruguay have won 20 official titles, a world record for the most international titles held by any country.
Their success is amplified by the fact that the nation has a very small population of around 3.25 million inhabitants (2011 est.). Uruguay is by far the smallest country in the world to have won a World Cup in terms of population, 1.75 million inhabitants in 1930. The second smallest country, by population, to have won the World Cup is Argentina with a population of nearly 28 million people in 1978.
COSTA RICA
Costa Rica is the most successful team in Central America having qualified to four World Cups, including reaching the last sixteen on their debut in Italy 1990. In 2006, Costa Rica qualified for the World Cup in Germany, with their worst World Cup to date, finishing 31st out of 32 teams.
Costa Rica has qualified first in the CONCACAF Final Round in both the 1990 World Cup qualification final round and 2002 World Cup qualification final round. Costa Rica is currently second in the CONCACAF Final Round for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
ENGLAND
England is one of the two oldest national teams in football; alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872. England is one of the United Kingdom's Home Nations, meaning that it is permitted by FIFA to maintain its own national side. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium, London, and the current team manager is Roy Hodgson.
England contest the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, which alternate biennially. England won the World Cup in 1966, when they hosted the finals, defeating West Germany 4–2 in extra time in the final. Their best performance since has been a semi-final appearance in 1990. England have never won the UEFA European Football Championship – their best performances being semi-final appearances at the 1968 and 1996 Championships.
ITALY
Italy or Gli Azzurri is considered to be one of the best national teams in the world. It is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup behind Brazil (5), having won 4 titles (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), also appearing in two finals (1970, 1994), reaching a third place (1990) and a fourth place (1978). They have also won a European championship (1968), as well as appearing in two other finals (2000, 2012), one Olympic football tournament (1936) and two Central European International Cups. Italy's highest finish at the Confederations Cup was in 2013, when the squad achieved a third place finish.
GROUP D SCHEDULES
URUGUAY VS COSTA RICA
14 JUNE 2014 16:00
Estadio Castelao
Fortaleza
ENGLAND VS ITALY
14 JUNE 2014 19:00
Arena de Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo
ITALY VS COSTA RICA
19 JUNE 2014 16:00
Arena Pernambuco
Recife
ITALY VS URUGUAY
24 JUNE 2014 13:00
Arena das Dunas
Natal
COSTA RICA VS ENGLAND
24 JUNE 2014 13:00
Estadio Mineirao
Belo Horizonte
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