FIFA World Cup 2014: Results, Goal Scorers, Man-of-the-match Winners

FIFA World Cup 2014 saw 64 matches from June 12 to July 13 across 12 cities and stadium. On this page, find out all the goal scorers, results, Man-of-the-match award winners of the tournament. Germany were crowned the champions.

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All results, scorers, Man-of-the-match winners

First Round

June 12

Brazil beat Croatia 3-1 (Group A)

• Man-of-the-match: Neymar (Brazil)
• Brazil (Neymar 29, 71 Penalty, Oscar 90+1)
• Croatia (Marcelo own-goal 11)

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June 13

Mexico beat Cameroon 1-0 (Group A)

• Man-of-the-match: Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico)
• Mexico (Oribe Peralta 61)

Netherlands beat Spain 5-1 (Group B)

• Man-of-match: Robin van Persie (Netherlands)
• Netherlands (Robin van Persie 44, 72, Arjen Robben 53, 80, Stefan de Vrij 65) Spain (Xabi Alonso 27 Penalty)

Chile beat Australia 3-1 (Group B)

• Man-of-the-match: Alexis Sanchez (Chile)
• Chile (Alexis Sanchez 12, Jorge Valdivia 14, Beausejour 90+2)
• Australia (Tim Cahill 35)

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June 14

Colombia beat Greece (Group C) 3-0

• Man-of-the-match: James Rodriguez (Colombia)
• Colombia (Pablo Amero 5, Teofilo Gutierrez 58, James Rodriguez 90+3)

Costa Rica beat Uruguay (Group D) 3-1

• Man-of-the-match: Joel Campbell (Costa Rica)
• Costa Rica (Joel Campbell 54, Oscar Duarte 57, Marcos Urena 84) Uruguay (Edinson Cavani 24, penalty)

Italy beat England 2-1 (Group D)

• Man-of-the-match: Mario Bolatelli (Italy)
• Italy (Claudio Marchisio 35, Mario Bolatelli 50) England (Daniel Sturridge 37)

Ivory Coast beat Japan (Group C) 2-1

• Man-of-the-match: Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)
• Ivory Coast (Wilfried Bony 64, Gervinho 66) Japan (Keisuke Honda 16)

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June 15

Switzerland beat Ecuador 2-1 (Group E)

• Man-of-the-match: Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)
• Switzerland (Admir Mehmedi 48, Haris Seferovic 90+3) Ecuador (Enner Valencia 22)

France beat Honduras 3-0 (Group E)

• Man-of-the-match: Karim Benzema (France)
• France (Karim Benzema 45 penalty, 72, Noel Valladares 48 own goal)

Argentina beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 (Group F)

• Man-of-the-match: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• Argentina (Sead Kolsinac 3 own goal, Lionel Messi 65) Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vedad Ibisevic 85)

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June 16

Germany beat Portugal 4-0 (Group G)

• Man-of-the-match: Thomas Muller (Germany)
• Germany (Thomas Mueller 12 penalty, 45+1, 78, Mats Hummels 32)

Iran drew with Nigeria 0-0 (Group F)

• Man-of-the-match: John Obi Mikel (Nigeria)

USA beat Ghana 2-1 (Group G)

• Man-of-the-match: Clint Dempsey (USA)
• USA (Clint Dempsey 1 (scored in 29 seconds), John Brooks 86) Ghana (Andre Ayew 82)

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June 17

Algeria beat Belgium 2-1 (Group H)

• Man-of-the-match: Kevin de Bruyne (Belgium)
• Belgium (Marouane Fellaini 70, Dries Mertens 80) Algeria (Sofiane Feghouli 25)

Brazil drew with Mexico 0-0 (Group A)

• Man-of-the-match: Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico)

Russia drew with South Korea 1-1 (Group H)

• Man-of-the-match: Son Heungmin (South Korea)
• Russia (Aleksandr Kerzhakov 74) South Korea (Lee Keunho 68)

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June 18

Netherlands beat Australia 3-2 (Group B)

• Man-of-the-match: Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
• Netherlands (Robben 20, Robin van Persie 58, Memphis Depay 68) Australia (Tim Cahill 21, Mile Jedinak 54 penalty)

Chile beat Spain 2-0 (Group B)

• Man-of-the-match: Eduardo Vargas (Chile)
• Chile (Eduardo Vargas 20, Charles Aranguiz 43)

Croatia beat Cameroon 4-0 (Group A)

• Man-of-the-match: Mario Mandzukic (Croatia)
• Croatia (Ivica Olic 11, Ivan Perisic 48, Mario Mandzukic 61, 73)

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June 19

Colombia beat Ivory Coast 2-1 (Group C)

• Man-of-the-match: James Rodriguez (Colombia)
• Colombia (James Rodriguez 64, Juan Quintero 70) Ivory Coast (Gervinho 73)

Uruguay beat England 2-1 (Group D)

• Man-of-the-match: Wayne Rooney (England)
• Uruguay (Luis Suarez 39, 85) England (Wayne Rooney 75)

Japan drew with Greece 0-0 (Group C)

• Man-of-the-match: Keisuke Honda (Japan)

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June 20

Costa Rica beat Italy 1-0 (Group D)

• Man-of-the-match: Bryan Ruiz
• Costa Rica (Bryan Ruiz 44)

France beat Switzerland 5-2 (Group E)

• Man-of-the-match: Karim Benzema (France)
• France (Olivier Giroud 17, Blaise Matuidi 18, Mathieu Valbuena 40, Karim Benzema 67, Moussa Sissoko 73) Switzerland (Blerim Dzemaili 81, Granit Xhaka 87)

Ecuador beat Honduras 2-1 (Group E)

Man-of-the-match: Enner Valencia (Ecuador)

Ecuador (Enner Valencia 34, 65) Honduras (Carlo Costly 31)

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June 21

Argetina beat Iran 1-0 (Group F)

• Man-of-the-match: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• Argentina (Lionel Messi 90+)

Germany drew with Ghana 2-2 (Group G)

• Man-of-the-match: Mario Goetze
• Germany (Mario Goetze 51, Miroslav Klose 71) Ghana (Andre Ayew 54, Asamoah Gyan 63)

Nigeria beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 (Group F)

• Man-of-the-match: Peter Odemwingie (Nigeria)
• Nigeria (Peter Odemwingie 29)

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June 22

Belgium beat Russia 1-0 (Group H)

• Man-of-the-match: Eden Hazard (Belgium)
• Belgium (Divock Origi 88)

Algeria beat South Korea 4-2 (Group H)

• Man-of-the-match: Islam Slimani (Algeria)
• Algeria (Islam Slimani 26, Rafik Halliche 28, Abdelmoumene Djabou 38, Yacine Brahimi 62) South Korea (Son Heungmin 50, Koo Jacheol 72)

USA drew with Portugal 2-2 (Group G)

Man-of-the-match: Tim Howard (USA)

USA (Jermaine Jones 64, Clint Dempsey 81) Portugal (Nani 5, Varela 90+)

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June 23

Netherlands beat Chile 2-0 (Group B)

• Man-of-the-match: Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
• Netherlands (Leroy Fer 77, Memphis Depay 90+)

Spain beat Australia 3-0 (Group B)

• Man-of-the-match: David Villa (Spain)
• Spain (David Villa 36, Fernando Torres 69, Juan Mata 82)

Brazil beat Cameroon 4-1 (Group A)

• Man-of-the-match: Neymar (Brazil)
• Brazil (Neymar 17, 35, Fred 49, Fernandinho 84) Cameroon (Joel Matip 26)

Mexico beat Croatia 3-1 (Group A)

• Man-of-the-match: Rafael Marquez (Mexico)
• Mexico (Rafael Marquez 72, Andres Guardado 75, Javier Hernandez 82) Croatia (Ivan Perisic 87)

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June 24

Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 (Group D)

• Man-of-the-match: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)
• Uruguary (Diego Godin 81)

Costa Rica drew with England 0-0 (Group D)

• Man-of-the-match: Keylor Navas (Costa Rica)

Colombia beat Japan 4-1 (Group C)

• Man-of-the-match: Jackson Martinez (Colombia)
• Colombia (Juan Cuadrado 17 Penalty, Jackson Martinez 55, 82, James Rodriguez 90) Japan (Shinji Okazaki 45+)

Greece beat Ivory Coast 2-1 (Group C)

• Man-of-the-match: Samaras (Greece)
• Greece (Andreas Samaris 42, Georgios Samaras 90+ Penalty) Ivory Coast (Wilfried Bony 74)

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June 25

Argentina beat Nigeria 3-2 (Group F)

• Man-of-the-match: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• Argentina (Lionel Messi 3, 45+, Marcos Rojo 50) Nigeria (Ahmed Musa 4, 47)

Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Iran 3-1 (Group F)

• Man-of-the-match: Edin Dzeko (Bosnia)
• Bosnia (Edin Dzeko 23, Miralem Pjanic 59, Avdija Vrsajevic 83) Iran (Reza Ghoochannejad 82)

Switzerland beat Honduras 3-0 (Group E)

• Man-of-the-match: Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)
• Switzerland (Xherdan Shaqiri 6, 31, 71)

France drew with Ecuador 0-0 (Group E)

• Man-of-the-match: Alexander Dominguez (Ecuador)

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June 26

Portugal beat Ghana 2-1 (Group G)

• Man-of-the-match: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• Portugal (John Boye 31, Cristiano Ronaldo 80) Ghana (Asamoah Gyan 57)

Germany beat USA 1-0 (Group G)

• Man-of-the-match: Thomas Muller (Germany)
• Germany (Thomas Muller 55)

Belgium beat South Korea 1-0 (Group H)

• Man-of-the-match: Jan Vertonghen (Belgium)
• Belgium (Jan Vertonghen 78)

Algeria drew with Russia 1-1 (Group H)

• Man-of-the-match: Islam Slimani (Algeria)
• Algeria (Islam Slimani 60) Russia (Alexander Kokorin 6)

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Round of 16/Knockouts

June 28

Brazil (1A) beat Chile (2B) 3-2 on penalties (1-1 after extra time)

• Man-of-the-match: Goalkeeper Julio Cesar (Brazil)
• Brazil (David Luiz 18) Chile (Alexis Sanchez 32)
• Penalty Shoot-out
• Brazil: David Luiz (scored), Willian (missed), Marcelo (scored), Hulk (saved), Neymar (scored) 3 goals, 2 failed
• Chile: Mauricio Pinilla (saved), Alexis Sanchez (saved), Charles Aranguiz (scored), Marcelo Diaz (scored), Gonzalo Jara (hit the post) 2 goals, 3 failed

Colombia (1C) beat Uruguay (2D) 2-0

• Man-of-the-match: James Rodriguez (Colombia)
• Colombia (James Rodriguez 28, 50)

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June 29

Netherlands (1B) beat Mexico (2A) 2-1

• Man-of-the-match: Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico)
• Netherlands (Wesley Sneijder 88, Klaas Jan Huntelaar 90+4 Penalty) Mexico (Giovani Dos Santos 48)

Costa Rica (1D) beat Greece (2C) 5-3 on penalties (1-1 after extra time)

• Man-of-the-match: Goalkeeper Keylor Navas (Costa Rica)
• Costa Rica (Ruiz B 52) Greece (Sokratis Papastathopoulos 90+1)
• Penalty Shoot-out
• Costa Rica: Celso Borges, Bryan Ruiz, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Joel Campbell, Michael Umana (all 5 scored)
• Greece: Konstantinos Mitroglou (scored), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (scored), Jose Cholevas (scored), Theofanis Gekas (saved). 3 goals

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June 30

France (1E) beat Nigeria (2F) 2-0

• Man-of-the-match: Paul Pogba (France)
• France (Paul Pogba 79, Joseph Yobo 90+2 Own Goal)

Germany (1G) beat Algeria (2H) 2-1 (after extra time) 0-0 after 90 minutes

• Man-of-the-match: Goalkeeper Rais Mbolhi (Algeria)
• Germany (Andre Schurrle 92, Mesut Ozil 120) Algeria (Abdelmoumene Djabou 120+1)

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July 1

Argentina (1F) beat Switzerland (2E) 1-0 after extra-time (0-0 after 90 minutes)

• Man-of-the-match: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• Argentina (Angel di Maria 118)

Belgium (1H) beat USA (2G) 2-1 after extra-time (0-0 after 90 minutes)

• Man-of-the-match: Goalkeeper Tim Howard (USA)
• Belgium (Kevin de Bruyne 93, Romelu Lukaku 105) USA (Julian Green 118)

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Quarter-finals

July 4

Germany beat France 1-0

• Man-of-the-match: Mats Hummels
• Germany (Mats Hummels 13)

Brazil beat Colombia 2-1

• Man-of-the-match: David Luiz
• Brazil (Thiago Silva 5, David Luiz 69) Colombia (James Rodriguez 80 Penalty)

July 5

Argentina beat Belgium 1-0

• Man-of-the-match: Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina)
• Argentina (Gonzalo Higuain 8)

Netherlands beat Costa Rica 4-3 on penalties (0-0 after extra time)

• Man-of-the-match: Goalkeeper Keylor Navas (Costa Rica)
• Penalty Shoot-out
• Netherlands: Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder, Dirk Kuyt (all 4 scored)
• Costa Rica: Celso Borges (scored), Bryan Ruiz (saved), Giancarlo Gonzalez (scored), Christian Bolanos (scored), Michael Umana (saved)

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Semi-finals

July 8

Germany beat Brazil 7-1

• Man-of-the-match: Toni Kroos (Germany)
• Germany (Thomas Muller 11, Miroslav Klose 23, Toni Kroos 24, 26, Sami Khedira 29, Andre Schuerrle 69, 79) Brazil (Oscar 90)

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July 9

Argentina beat Netherlands 4-2 on penalties (0-0 after extra time)

• Man-of-the-match: Goalkeeper Sergio Romero (Argentina)
• Penalty Shoot-out
• Netherlands: Ron Vlaar (saved), Arjen Robben (scored), Wesley Sneijder (saved), Dirk Kuyt (scored) - 2 goals out of 4
• Argentina: Lionel Messi (scored), Ezequiel Garay (scored), Sergio Aguero (scored), Maxi Rodriguez (scored) - All 4 scored

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Third Place Play-off

July 12

Netherlands beat Brazil 3-0

• Man-of-the-match: Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
• Netherlands (Robin van Persie 3 Penalty, Daley Blind 17, Georginio Wijnaldum 90+1)

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FINAL

July 13

Germany beat Argentina 1-0 (After Extra Time)

• Man-of-the-match: Mario Goetze (Germany)
• Germany (Mario Goetze 113)

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