2014 FIFA World Cup Group D

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Group D of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of Uruguay, Costa Rica, England and Italy. This was the only group to contain more than one previous winner of the World Cup. It was also the only group with three top 10 FIFA World Ranking teams as of October 2013 (ranking date for final draw) and at the start of the competition. Play began on 14 June and ended on 24 June 2014.

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Costa Rica topped the group undefeated, despite being considered underdogs and expected to finish last in a group containing three former winners of the competition. Two of them, England and Italy, were eliminated.

Teams

Draw positionTeamConfederationMethod of
qualification		Date of
qualification		Finals
appearance		Last
appearance		Previous best
performance		 FIFA Rankings
October 2013 [nb 1] June 2014
D1 (seed)Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay CONMEBOL 20 November 201312th 2010 Winners (1930, 1950)67
D2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica CONCACAF CONCACAF fourth round runners-up10 September 20134th 2006 Round of 16 (1990)3128
D3Flag of England.svg  England UEFA UEFA Group H winners15 October 201314th 2010 Winners (1966)1010
D4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy UEFA UEFA Group B winners10 September 201318th 2010 Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)99
Notes
  1. ↑ The rankings of October 2013 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 321041+37Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 32014406
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 310223−13
4Flag of England.svg  England 301224−21
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Matches

Uruguay vs Costa Rica

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Instant before Marco Ureña's goal

The two teams had met in 10 previous matches, most recently in 2009 in the CONCACAF – CONMEBOL play-off, won by Uruguay 2–1 on aggregate to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [1]

Uruguay led the game 1–0 at half time, through an Edinson Cavani penalty after Diego Lugano was pulled down in the box by Júnior Díaz. Keylor Navas prevented Uruguay's lead from doubling by tipping over Diego Forlán's shot. In the second half, Joel Campbell equalised with a low shot to the right corner when the ball fell to him in the box after a deep cross from Cristian Gamboa on the right. Soon afterwards, Costa Rica went into the lead when Óscar Duarte scored with a low diving header to the right corner after a free kick from Christian Bolaños. [2] A pass from Campbell allowed substitute Marco Ureña to make it 3–1 with a low shot from a tight angle on the right, and in injury time Maxi Pereira was given a straight red card for a kick at Campbell. [3]

It was the first time Costa Rica scored three goals in a World Cup match, [4] and also the first time that Uruguay lost to a non-South American or non-European country in the World Cup.[ citation needed ]

Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg1–3Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
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Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza
Attendance: 58,679
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) [5]
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Costa Rica
GK1 Fernando Muslera
RB16 Maxi Pereira Red card.svg 90+4'
CB2 Diego Lugano (c)Yellow card.svg 50'
CB3 Diego Godín
LB22 Martín Cáceres Yellow card.svg 81'
RM11 Christian Stuani
CM17 Egidio Arévalo
CM5 Walter Gargano Yellow card.svg 56'Sub off.svg 60'
LM7 Cristian Rodríguez Sub off.svg 76'
CF10 Diego Forlán Sub off.svg 60'
CF21 Edinson Cavani
Substitutions:
MF14 Nicolás Lodeiro Sub on.svg 60'
MF20 Álvaro González Sub on.svg 60'
FW8 Abel Hernández Sub on.svg 76'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez
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GK1 Keylor Navas
CB6 Óscar Duarte
CB3 Giancarlo González
CB4 Michael Umaña
RWB16 Cristian Gamboa
LWB15 Júnior Díaz
CM5 Celso Borges
CM17 Yeltsin Tejeda Sub off.svg 75'
AM10 Bryan Ruiz (c)Sub off.svg 83'
AM7 Christian Bolaños Sub off.svg 89'
CF9 Joel Campbell
Substitutions:
MF22 José Miguel Cubero Sub on.svg 75'
FW21 Marco Ureña Sub on.svg 83'
MF11 Michael Barrantes Sub on.svg 89'
Manager:
Flag of Colombia.svg Jorge Luis Pinto

Man of the Match:
Joel Campbell (Costa Rica)

Assistant referees:
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Fourth official:
Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)
Fifth official:
Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)

England vs Italy

The two teams had met in 24 previous matches, including in the 1990 FIFA World Cup third place match, won by Italy 2–1. [6] Their most recent competitive meeting was in the UEFA Euro 2012 quarter-finals, won by Italy on penalties after a scoreless draw.

Italy went ahead first, when from a short corner, Andrea Pirlo dummied Marco Verratti's pass, and Claudio Marchisio scored with a low right footed shot from outside the penalty box. [7] England quickly equalised through a close-range Daniel Sturridge goal from a Wayne Rooney cross from the left. The scores were level at 1–1 at half time, but Mario Balotelli headed Italy's winner from close range five minutes after play resumed from a cross by Antonio Candreva on the right. [8]

The England physiotherapist Gary Lewin was stretchered off with a dislocated ankle suffered in the celebrations for England's goal, which ruled him out for the rest of the World Cup. [9]

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Arena da Amazônia, Manaus
Attendance: 39,800
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) [5]
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Italy
GK1 Joe Hart
RB2 Glen Johnson
CB5 Gary Cahill
CB6 Phil Jagielka
LB3 Leighton Baines
CM4 Steven Gerrard (c)
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RW11 Danny Welbeck Sub off.svg 61'
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LW10 Wayne Rooney
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Substitutions:
MF21 Ross Barkley Sub on.svg 61'
MF7 Jack Wilshere Sub on.svg 73'
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Manager:
Roy Hodgson
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GK12 Salvatore Sirigu
RB4 Matteo Darmian
CB15 Andrea Barzagli
CB20 Gabriel Paletta
LB3 Giorgio Chiellini
RM8 Claudio Marchisio
CM16 Daniele De Rossi
LM23 Marco Verratti Sub off.svg 57'
AM21 Andrea Pirlo (c)
SS6 Antonio Candreva Sub off.svg 79'
CF9 Mario Balotelli Sub off.svg 73'
Substitutions:
MF5 Thiago Motta Sub on.svg 57'
FW17 Ciro Immobile Sub on.svg 73'
MF18 Marco Parolo Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
Cesare Prandelli

Man of the Match:
Mario Balotelli (Italy)

Assistant referees:
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Walter López (Guatemala)
Fifth official:
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)

Uruguay vs England

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Suárez celebrating one of his goals

The two teams had met in ten previous matches, including twice in the FIFA World Cup (1954, quarter-finals: Uruguay 4–2 England; 1966, group stage: Uruguay 0–0 England). [10] Uruguay defender Maxi Pereira was suspended for the match, after being sent off in the team's match against Costa Rica. [11]

Uruguay took the lead in the first half, the goal headed in by Luis Suárez from a cross by Edinson Cavani on the left. [12] England equalised in the second half, when Wayne Rooney scored his first World Cup goal with a tap-in from a cross by Glen Johnson from the right. Suárez later secured Uruguay's victory, receiving the ball from goalkeeper Fernando Muslera's clearance which flicked off Steven Gerrard, and shot home his second goal of the match powerfully with his right foot. [13]

This was the first time that England lost three World Cup matches in a row, dating back to England's loss to Germany in the 2010 World Cup round of 16.

Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg2–1Flag of England.svg  England
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Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo
Attendance: 62,575
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
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England
GK1 Fernando Muslera
RB22 Martín Cáceres
CB13 José Giménez
CB3 Diego Godín (c)Yellow card.svg 9'
LB6 Álvaro Pereira
CM20 Álvaro González Sub off.svg 79'
CM17 Egidio Arévalo
CM7 Cristian Rodríguez
AM14 Nicolás Lodeiro Sub off.svg 67'
CF9 Luis Suárez Sub off.svg 88'
CF21 Edinson Cavani
Substitutions:
FW11 Christian Stuani Sub on.svg 67'
DF4 Jorge Fucile Sub on.svg 79'
DF19 Sebastián Coates Sub on.svg 88'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez
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GK1 Joe Hart
RB2 Glen Johnson
CB5 Gary Cahill
CB6 Phil Jagielka
LB3 Leighton Baines
CM4 Steven Gerrard (c)Yellow card.svg 68'
CM14 Jordan Henderson Sub off.svg 87'
RW19 Raheem Sterling Sub off.svg 64'
AM10 Wayne Rooney
LW11 Danny Welbeck Sub off.svg 71'
CF9 Daniel Sturridge
Substitutions:
MF21 Ross Barkley Sub on.svg 64'
MF20 Adam Lallana Sub on.svg 71'
FW18 Rickie Lambert Sub on.svg 87'
Manager:
Roy Hodgson

Man of the Match:
Luis Suárez (Uruguay)

Assistant referees:
Roberto Alonso (Spain)
Juan Carlos Yuste (Spain)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

Italy vs Costa Rica

The two teams had met in one previous match, in a friendly in 1994. [14]

Mario Balotelli had Italy's best chance in the first half, lobbing the ball wide from inside the penalty area. Late in the first half, Joel Campbell had a clear penalty appeal denied, but Costa Rica nevertheless took the lead within a minute, as Júnior Díaz crossed from the left for Bryan Ruiz to head the ball onto the crossbar and over the line from close range. [15] Costa Rica was able to hold on for the win in the second half, ensuring their qualification for the knockout stage, their first since 1990, while simultaneously ensuring England's group stage exit, their first since 1958. [16]

Costa Rica became the second country to beat two World Cup champions in the group stage of one tournament, the other being Denmark, who had done it twice in 1986 (Uruguay and West Germany) and 2002 (Uruguay and France). Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon appeared in his fourth World Cup (he was also in the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but did not appear in any match), the fifth Italian player to do so. [17]

Coincidentally, Costa Rica's qualification to the Round of 16 occurred exactly twenty-four years after their victory against Sweden at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, which also sealed their first-ever qualification to the Round of 16. Because of this, La Nación's Rodrigo Calvo called 20 June "a blessed date" for the Costa Rican team. [18]

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Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Recife
Attendance: 40,285
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
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Costa Rica
GK1 Gianluigi Buffon (c)
RB4 Matteo Darmian
CB15 Andrea Barzagli
CB3 Giorgio Chiellini
LB7 Ignazio Abate
DM16 Daniele De Rossi
CM21 Andrea Pirlo
CM5 Thiago Motta Sub off.svg 46'
RW6 Antonio Candreva Sub off.svg 57'
LW8 Claudio Marchisio Sub off.svg 69'
CF9 Mario Balotelli Yellow card.svg 69'
Substitutions:
FW10 Antonio Cassano Sub on.svg 46'
FW22 Lorenzo Insigne Sub on.svg 57'
FW11 Alessio Cerci Sub on.svg 69'
Manager:
Cesare Prandelli
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GK1 Keylor Navas
SW3 Giancarlo González
RB16 Cristian Gamboa
CB6 Óscar Duarte
CB4 Michael Umaña
LB15 Júnior Díaz
CM5 Celso Borges
CM17 Yeltsin Tejeda Sub off.svg 68'
RW10 Bryan Ruiz (c)Sub off.svg 81'
LW7 Christian Bolaños
CF9 Joel Campbell Sub off.svg 74'
Substitutions:
MF22 José Miguel Cubero Yellow card.svg 71'Sub on.svg 68'
FW21 Marco Ureña Sub on.svg 74'
FW14 Randall Brenes Sub on.svg 81'
Manager:
Flag of Colombia.svg Jorge Luis Pinto

Man of the Match:
Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica)

Assistant referees:
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Sergio Román (Chile)
Fourth official:
Néant Alioum (Cameroon)
Fifth official:
Djibril Camara (Senegal)

Italy vs Uruguay

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The Uruguayan goalkeepers (L–R) Fernando Muslera, Rodrigo Muñoz, and Martín Silva celebrating after the match

The two teams had met in eight previous matches, including twice in the FIFA World Cup (1970, group stage: Italy 0–0 Uruguay; 1990, round of 16: Italy 2–0 Uruguay). Their most recent meeting was in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup third place match, won by Italy 3–2 on penalties (2–2 draw after extra time). [19]

After a goalless first half, Italy were reduced to 10 men in the second half when Claudio Marchisio was sent off for a studs-up challenge on Egidio Arévalo.

Around the 79th minute, Uruguay forward Luis Suárez bit the left shoulder of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini. Chiellini showed the bite marks to Mexican referee Marco Rodríguez, who missed the incident. As the Italian players protested to the referee for not penalising Suárez, Uruguay won a corner which Gastón Ramírez delivered from the right. Diego Godín rose to head the ball, with the only goal of the game going in off his back. [20] [21] [22] [23] In the 84th minute, a member of the Italian coaching staff was dismissed from the bench by the referee after an altercation with his Uruguayan counterparts. [24] Uruguay's win qualified them for the knockout stage as the group runners-up, and eliminated Italy from the tournament; this marked the second consecutive time that Italy had been eliminated at the group stage. [22] [23] [21]

Suárez bite

After the biting incident, Suárez claimed that he "had contact with [Chiellini's] shoulder, nothing more" and that "these things happen". [22] [23] [21]

On the same day of the match, FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against Suárez regarding the biting incident. [25] During the proceedings, FIFA confirmed that Suárez's previous two bans due to biting incidents (seven games for biting Otman Bakkal while playing for Ajax and 10 games for biting Branislav Ivanović while playing for Liverpool) would be taken into account. [26] Two days after the match, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee banned Suárez for nine international matches, effective immediately, meaning he would take no further part in the World Cup. It was the longest such ban in World Cup history, exceeding the eight-match ban handed to Italy's Mauro Tassotti for breaking the nose of Spain's Luis Enrique at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. [27] [28] [29] He was also banned from taking part in any football-related activity (including entering any stadium) for four months and fined CHF100,000 (approx. £65,700/€82,000/US$119,000). [30] [27] [28] The verdict would not prevent Suárez from transferring to another club. [31] Suárez later admitted that he had bitten Chiellini and formally apologised, while writing that the "physical result of a bite" occurred in a collision with Chiellini. [32] [33] On 3 July, the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) appealed against the decision to FIFA, [34] [35] but it was rejected on 10 July. [36] [37] [38] After an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Suárez was later allowed to participate in training and friendly matches with new club Barcelona. [39]

Italy  Flag of Italy.svg0–1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
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Attendance: 39,706
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Uruguay
GK1 Gianluigi Buffon (c)
CB15 Andrea Barzagli
CB19 Leonardo Bonucci
CB3 Giorgio Chiellini
RM4 Matteo Darmian
CM23 Marco Verratti Sub off.svg 75'
CM8 Claudio Marchisio Red card.svg 59'
LM2 Mattia De Sciglio Yellow card.svg 77'
AM21 Andrea Pirlo
SS17 Ciro Immobile Sub off.svg 71'
CF9 Mario Balotelli Yellow card.svg 22'Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutions:
MF18 Marco Parolo Sub on.svg 46'
FW10 Antonio Cassano Sub on.svg 71'
MF5 Thiago Motta Sub on.svg 75'
Manager:
Cesare Prandelli
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GK1 Fernando Muslera Yellow card.svg 90+1'
RB22 Martín Cáceres
CB13 José Giménez
CB3 Diego Godín (c)
LB6 Álvaro Pereira Sub off.svg 63'
RM20 Álvaro González
CM17 Egidio Arévalo Yellow card.svg 46'
LM7 Cristian Rodríguez Sub off.svg 78'
AM14 Nicolás Lodeiro Sub off.svg 46'
CF9 Luis Suárez
CF21 Edinson Cavani
Substitutions:
DF16 Maxi Pereira Sub on.svg 46'
FW11 Christian Stuani Sub on.svg 63'
MF18 Gastón Ramírez Sub on.svg 78'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez

Man of the Match:
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)

Assistant referees:
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Marcos Quintero (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Mark Geiger (United States)
Fifth official:
Mark Hurd (United States)

Costa Rica vs England

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Take of a corner kick for England during the match

The two teams had never met before. [40]

As England could no longer advance to the knockout stage, their manager Roy Hodgson made nine changes to the starting line-up with Frank Lampard captaining the side. The match finished goalless, and the draw was enough to confirm Costa Rica, which had already sealed their place in the knockout stage, as the group winners with seven points after three matches. [41]

This was England's 11th goalless draw in World Cup history, more than any other team. [42] [43]

Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg0–0Flag of England.svg  England
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Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 57,823
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
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England
GK1 Keylor Navas
SW3 Giancarlo González Yellow card.svg 60'
CB6 Óscar Duarte
CB19 Roy Miller
RWB16 Cristian Gamboa
LWB15 Júnior Díaz
DM5 Celso Borges Sub off.svg 78'
CM10 Bryan Ruiz (c)
CM17 Yeltsin Tejeda
SS14 Randall Brenes Sub off.svg 59'
CF9 Joel Campbell Sub off.svg 65'
Substitutions:
MF7 Christian Bolaños Sub on.svg 59'
FW21 Marco Ureña Sub on.svg 65'
MF11 Michael Barrantes Sub on.svg 78'
Manager:
Flag of Colombia.svg Jorge Luis Pinto
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GK13 Ben Foster
RB16 Phil Jones
CB5 Gary Cahill
CB12 Chris Smalling
LB23 Luke Shaw
CM8 Frank Lampard (c)
CM7 Jack Wilshere Sub off.svg 73'
RW17 James Milner Sub off.svg 76'
AM21 Ross Barkley Yellow card.svg 53'
LW20 Adam Lallana Yellow card.svg 57'Sub off.svg 62'
CF9 Daniel Sturridge
Substitutions:
MF19 Raheem Sterling Sub on.svg 62'
MF4 Steven Gerrard Sub on.svg 73'
FW10 Wayne Rooney Sub on.svg 76'
Manager:
Roy Hodgson

Man of the Match:
Keylor Navas (Costa Rica)

Assistant referees:
Rédouane Achik (Morocco)
Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

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This is a record of Uruguay's results at the FIFA World Cup. Uruguay have won four FIFA-organized World Football Championships. They won the first World Championship organized by FIFA under the Olympic Committee umbrella with true representation from all continents; before then, football in the Olympics comprised only European teams. Uruguay then won the next two World Cups in which they participated; these tournaments, the 1930 and 1950 FIFA World Cups, were fully independent from the Olympics and employed clear rules distinguishing professional and amateur football players. Since 1924 marked the beginning of true international football competition, organized by FIFA, FIFA recognizes Uruguay as four-time world champions and allows the team to wear four stars on their uniforms during official international football competitions. Uruguay hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930, beating Argentina 4–2 in the final. They won their second and last title in 1950, upsetting host Brazil 2–1 in the final match. The team have qualified for fourteen World Cups, reaching the second round in ten, the semi-finals five times, and the final twice. They also won the gold medal in Olympic football twice, in 1924 and 1928, before the creation of the World Cup. Uruguay won the 1980 Mundialito, a tournament comprising former World Cup champions hosted in Uruguay to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first World Championship. Uruguay is one of the most successful teams in the world, having won nineteen FIFA official titles: two World Cups, two Olympic Games, and fifteen Copa América championships.

The Ecuador national football team has appeared at four FIFA World Cups, the world's premier football tournament for national football teams. Ecuador's first participation in the World Cup was in 2002. Their best performance was in 2006, where they were eliminated in the round of 16.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South American nations at the FIFA World Cup</span>

Nine of ten members of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) have competed in the men's FIFA World Cup finals. National association football teams from CONMEBOL have won the tournament ten times, including Brazil's record five championships. CONMEBOL countries have hosted the finals five times.

This is a record of Colombia's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The knockout stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 28 June with the round of 16 and ended on 13 July with the final match of the tournament, held at Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. A third-place match was played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The final round of the 1950 FIFA World Cup took place from 9 to 16 July 1950. The final round consisted of Brazil, Spain, Sweden, and Uruguay. The winner of the final round was declared champions of the World Cup.

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