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List of teams to have qualified for 2014 FIFA World Cup

Teams qualified for the 2014 World Cup so far - 32 places to be filled - Draw is on December 6:

EUROPE
Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, England, Russia, Bosnia

(Four places remain to be decided in playoffs between Portugal, Croatia, Ukraine, Greece, France, Sweden, Romania and Iceland. Draw to be made on October 21)

ASIA
Japan, Australia, Iran, South Korea

(Jordan will take on Uruguay in a playoff in November)


SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil (hosts), Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Ecuador

(Uruguay will play Jordan in a playoff in November)

CONCACAF
United States, Costa Rica, Honduras

(Mexico will take on New Zealand in a playoff in November)

AFRICA
(Five teams to qualify in playoffs)

First leg results
Ghana 6 Egypt 1
Ethiopia 1 Nigeria 2
Tunisia 0 Cameroon 0
Burkina Faso 3 Algeria 2
Ivory Coast 3 Senegal 1

(Second legs: Nov 16, 17, 19)

OCEANIA

(New Zealand will take on Mexico in a playoff in November)

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World Cup:
Group seeds are set for FIFA World Cup Draw on December 6 in Bahia[/size]


The eight seeds for the 2014 World Cup groups are set.

The October edition of the FIFA World Rankings were released on Thursday and the top seven teams on the list will be joining Brazil in Pot 1 when the World Cup draw takes place on December 6 in Bahia.

Spain (No. 1), Germany (No. 2), Argentina (No. 3), Colombia (No. 4), Belgium (No. 5), Uruguay (No. 6) and Switzerland (No. 7) are the other seven nations that will join the hosts as top seeds.

But there's a catch: If Uruguay do not advance to the 2014 World Cup after their intercontinental playoff against Jordan (ranked No. 70) in November, the Netherlands (No. 8) would take their spot.

The big move was made by Switzerland, who jumped seven spots from last month's ranking after wins over Slovenia and Albania earned them first place in their group in Europe (above). Their rise also bumped Italy, whose home draw vs. Armenia saw them drop to No. 9 and outside the World Cup seeding range.

www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/10/17/world-cup-group-seeds-are-set-fifa-world-cup-draw-december-6-bahia

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World Cup:
Field grows to 24 after African trio seal place in Brazil with Bob Bradley, Egypt still hanging on



YET TO BE DECIDED

Algeria/Burkina Faso
Egypt/Ghana
Mexico/New Zealand
Portugal/Sweden
Ukraine/France
Iceland/Croatia
Greece/Romania
Jordan/Uruguay

2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION

AFC

Japan
Australia
Iran
South Korea

CAF

Nigeria
Ivory Coast
Cameroon

CONCACAF

United States
Costa Rica
Honduras

CONEMBOL

Argentina
Ecuador
Chile
Colombia
Brazil

UEFA

Germany
Switzerland
Netherlands
Russia
Belgium
Spain
England
Italy
Bosnia-Herzegovina

www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/news/article/2013/11/17/world-cup-field-grows-24-after-african-trio-seal-place-brazil-bob-bradley-eg

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World Cup:
Field of 32 set after Uruguay tie Jordan to seal place in Brazil


Africa (CAF)
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Nigeria
Algeria
Cameroon

Asia (AFC)
Japan
Iran
South Korea
Australia

Europe (UEFA)
Spain
Germany
Belgium
Switzerland
Netherlands
Italy
England
Portugal
Greece
Bosnia-Herz.
Croatia
Russia
France

North America (CONCACAF)
United States
Mexico
Costa Rica
Honduras

South America (CONMEBOL)
Brazil
Argentina
Colombia
Uruguay
Chile
Ecuador

www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/news/article/2013/11/20/world-cup-field-set-after-uruguay-ties-jordan-seal-place-brazil

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World Cup 2014: Mexico national soccer team guide
www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/mexico


World Cup 2014: USA national soccer team guide
www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/united-states

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FIFA WORLD CUP POTS

Pot 1 (8): Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium

Pot 2 (7): Algeria, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Chile, Ecuador

Pot 3 (8): United States, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Iran

Pot 4 (9): Italy, Netherlands, England, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Russia, Portugal, France

www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/news/article/2013/12/03/world-cup-2014-tough-groups-await-brazil-after-united-states-concacaf-placed?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=News&utm_campaign=Unpaid

The draw for Brazil 2014 will occur on Friday (11:30 am ET), as FIFA sets the eight four-team groups and locks in the schedule for the opening phase of the tournament.

MLSsoccer.com will have complete coverage of the World Cup draw, including live updates of the groups, post-draw analysis, and reactions from USMNT players such as Omar Gonzalez and Graham Zusi.

The draw for Brazil 2014 will occur on Friday (11:30 am ET), as FIFA sets the eight four-team groups and locks in the schedule for the opening phase of the tournament.

MLSsoccer.com will have complete coverage of the World Cup draw, including live updates of the groups, post-draw analysis, and reactions from USMNT players such as Omar Gonzalez and Graham Zusi.

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World Cup 2014:
MLSsoccer.com's World Cup Draw preview


HOW THE DRAW WORKS

NOTE: Teams from the same region cannot be drawn into the same group except for a maximum of two European teams in any single group.

STEP 1: One European team from Pot 4 will be placed into Pot 2 to ensure 8 teams in each pot

STEP 2: The eight seeds from Pot 1 are assigned groups from Group A through Group H

STEP 3: A ball will be drawn from a special Pot X, featuring the four seeded South American teams. The lone European team in Pot 2 (STEP 1) will be assigned to that South American team's group in order to avoid the possiblity of having three European teams in any one group.

STEP 4: The rest of the Pot 2 teams are randomly drawn into the other seven groups (Note: Chile and Ecuador cannot be drawn into teams with other South American teams).

STEP 5: Pot 3 teams are randomly drawn into the eight groups.

STEP 6: Pot 4 teams are randomly drawn into the eight groups.
•READ: FIFA's official World Cup draw procedures (http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/finaldraw/02/23/84/73/131203_finaldrawprocedures_neutral.pdf)

Eight former players representing the eight former World Cup champions -- Cafu (Brazil), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Mario Kempes (Argentina), ex-MLS player Lothar Matthaus (Germany), Alcides Ghiggia (Uruguay), Fernando Hierro (Spain), Zinedine Zidane (France) and Sir Geoff Hurst (England) will help FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke conduct the draw.

www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/news/article/2013/12/05/world-cup-2014-mlssoccercoms-world-cup-draw-preview

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The draw is complete. Here’s the field for the 2014 World Cup:

Group A: Brazil, Croatia, Cameroon, Mexico
Group B: Spain, Netherlands, Chile, Australia
Group C: Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast, Japan
Group D: Uruguay, Costa Rica, England, Italy
Group E: Switzerland, Ecuador, France, Honduras
Group F: Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iran, Nigeria
Group G: Germany, Portugal, Ghana, USA
Group H: Belgium, Algeria, Russia, South Korea

nesn.com/2013/12/2014-world-cup-draw-live-pele-to-wow-audience-in-surprise-appearance-nations-hope-to-group-of-death/

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MLS referee Mark Geiger,
three other PRO officials selected for 2014 World Cup


Veteran MLS referee Mark Geiger has been selected to take part in this summer's FIFA World Cup, marking the first such call for a US referee in more than a decade.

Geiger will be joined by assistant referees Sean Hurd and Joe Fletcher (Canada), one of 25 trios and eight “support duos” from 43 countries selected by the FIFA Referee Committee to officiate the action in Brazil.

US referee Eric Boria will also make the trip as one half of a support duo alongside Mexico's Roberto Moreno-Salazar.

Beyond those officials, CONCACAF is also represented by a Salvadoran trio, a Mexican trio and a Central American support duo of Walter Alexander López Castellanos (Guatemala) and Leonel Leal Bermúdez (Costa Rica).

www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/01/15/mls-referee-mark-geiger-three-other-pro-officials-selected-2014-world-cup

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GROUP STAGE

THURSDAY, JUNE 12
4 pm ET | Brazil vs. Croatia | Sao Paulo | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)

FRIDAY, JUNE 13
12 pm ET | Mexico vs. Cameroon | Natal | TV: ESPN2/Univision , CBC (Canada}
3 pm ET | Spain vs. Netherlands | Salvador | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
6 pm ET | Chile vs. Australia | Cuiaba | TV: ESPN2/Univision , CBC (Canada)

SATURDAY, JUNE 14
12 pm ET | Colombia vs. Greece | Belo Horizonte | TV: ABC/Univision , CBC (Canada)
3 pm ET | Uruguay vs. Costa Rica | Fortaleza | TV: ABC/Univision , CBC (Canada)
6 pm ET | England vs. Italy | Manaus | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
9 pm ET | Ivory Coast vs. Japan | Recife | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)

SUNDAY, JUNE 15
12 pm ET | Switzerland vs. Ecuador | Brasília | TV: ABC/Univision , CBC (Canada)
3 pm ET | France vs. Honduras | Porto Alegre | TV: ABC/Univision , CBC (Canada)

6pm ET | Argentina vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina | Rio de Janeiro | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)

MONDAY, JUNE 16
12 pm ET | Germany vs. Portugal | Salvador | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
3 pm ET | Iran vs. Nigeria | Curitiba | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
6 pm ET | Ghana vs. USA | Natal | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)

TUESDAY, JUNE 17
12 pm ET | Belgium vs. Algeria | Belo Horizonte | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
3 pm ET | Brazil vs. Mexico | Fortaleza | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
6 pm ET | Russia vs. South Korea | Cuiaba | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
12 pm ET | Netherlands vs. Australia | Porto Alegre | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
3 pm ET | Spain vs. Chile | Rio de Janeiro | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
6 pm ET | Cameroon vs. Croatia | Manaus | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)

THURSDAY, JUNE 19
12 pm ET | Colombia vs. Ivory Coast | Brasilia | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
3 pm ET | Uruguay vs. England | Sao Paulo | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
6 pm ET | Greece vs. Japan | Natal | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)

FRIDAY, JUNE 20
12 pm ET | Costa Rica vs. Italy | Recife | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
3 pm ET | Switzerland vs. France | Salvador | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
6 pm ET | Ecuador vs. Honduras | Curitiba | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)

SATURDAY, JUNE 21
12 pm ET | Argentina vs. Iran | Belo Horizonte | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
3 pm ET | Germany vs. Ghana | Fortaleza | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)
6 pm ET | Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Nigeria | Cuiaba | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)

SUNDAY, JUNE 22
12 pm ET | Belgium vs. Russia | Rio de Janeiro | TV: ABC/Univision , CBC (Canada)
3 pm ET | Algeria vs. South Korea | Porto Alegre | TV: ABC/Univision , CBC (Canada)
6 pm ET | Portugal vs. USA | Manaus | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC (Canada)

MONDAY, JUNE 23
12 pm ET | Netherlands vs. Chile | Sao Paulo | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)
12 pm ET | Australia vs. Spain | Curitiba | TV: ESPN2/UniMas , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)
4 pm ET | Croatia vs. Mexico | Recife | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)
4 pm ET | Cameroon vs. Brazil | Brasilia | TV: ESPN2/UniMas , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)

TUESDAY, JUNE 24
12 pm ET | Italy vs. Uruguay | Natal | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)
12 pm ET | Costa Rica vs. England | Belo Horizonte | TV: ESPN2/UniMas , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)
4 pm ET | Japan vs. Colombia | Cuiaba | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)
4 pm ET | Greece vs. Ivory Coast | Fortaleza | TV: ESPN2/UniMas , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
12 pm ET | Nigeria vs. Argentina | Porto Alegre | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)
12 pm ET | Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran | Salvador | TV: ESPN2/UniMas , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)
4 pm ET | Ecuador vs. France | Rio de Janeiro | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)
4 pm ET | Honduras vs. Switzerland | Manaus | TV: ESPN2/UniMas , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)

THURSDAY, JUNE 26
12 pm ET | USA vs. Germany | Recife | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)
12 pm ET | Portugal vs. Ghana | Brasilia | TV: ESPN2/UniMas , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)
4 pm ET | South Korea vs. Belgium | Sao Paulo | TV: ESPN/Univision , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)
4 pm ET | Algeria vs. Russia | Curitiba | TV: ESPN2/UniMas , CBC/Sportsnet (Canada)


www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/schedule

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Brazil 3, Croatia 1: 2014 FIFA World Cup | Group A

It may not have been a thing of beauty, but with the weight of an entire nation riding on their backs, Brazil managed to rise to victory over Croatia in the pageantry-filled opener of the 2014 World Cup.

And who else but Brazil's shining star, Neymar, whose two goals – the second on a generously given penalty – on either side of halftime gave the host country a 3-1 decision Thursday night at Arena Corinthians in São Paulo in Group A action, capped by an insurance goal delivered in stoppage time by Oscar.

matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-06-12-brazil-vs-croatia/recap

Mexico 1, Cameroon 0: 2014 FIFA World Cup | Group A

Mexico got their 2014 World Cup off to a strong start with a convincing 1-0 victory over Cameroon on Friday in the Estadio das Dunas in Natal.

www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/news/article/2014/06/13/mexico-cameroon-match-recap

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Chile 3, Australia 1: 2014 FIFA World Cup | Group B

It was more difficult for Chile than anyone – except apparently Australia – anticipated, but La Roja hung on for a 3-1 victory after taking a two-goal lead over a plucky Socceroos side Friday night at the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba.

The tournament’s dark horse contender in many minds, Chile wasted no time in jumping the Tim Cahill-led Australians with a 12th-minute goal by star striker Alexis Sanchez, followed by a 14th-minute Jorge Valdivia goal. A Cahill header goal in the 35th minute gave Australia life as they evenly battled Chile until the end in the Group B opener for both teams, the killer goal coming from Jean Beausejour in second-half stoppage time.

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Colombia 3, Greece 0: 2014 FIFA World Cup | Group C

Colombia made the most of their first World Cup appearance in 16 years, riding goals from Pablo Armero, Teofilo Gutierrez, and James Rodriguez to a 3-0 rout over Greece in the Group C opener on Saturday at Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-06-14-colombia-vs-greece/recap

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Ivory Coast 2, Japan 1: 2014 FIFA World Cup | Group C

Powered by two goals scored in a two-minute span in the second half, the Ivory Coast overturned an early Keisuke Honda goal to beat Japan 2-1 in Recife on Saturday night.

Both goals were virtually identical: two crosses by right back Serge Aurier and headers by Wilfried Bony and Gervinho. They were enough to bury Japan, who could muster little in terms of a response.


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Uruguay 1, Costa Rica 3: 2014 FIFA World Cup | Group D


They were expected to be fodder for the big guns in Group D, but Costa Rica refused to play their role and pulled off the first shock of the 2014 World Cup, coming back from a goal down to beat Uruguay, 3-1, in Fortaleza.

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England 1, Italy 2: 2014 FIFA World Cup | Group D

In a battle of traditional heavyweights, the heavier of the two came out on top. Four-time world champions Italy topped one-time winners England, 2-1, on Saturday in FIFA World Cup Group D action amid the heat and humidity of Manaus.

Claudio Marchisio and Mario Balotelli struck for gli Azzurri, while Daniel Sturridge hit for England.

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