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The Teams
Group B
The Netherlands
Region: UEFA
Manager: Louis van Gaal
FIFA World Ranking: 15
How They Got Here: Winners of UEFA Group D
Chile
Region: CONMEBOL
Manager: Jorge Sampaoli
FIFA World Ranking: 14
How They Got Here: Finished 3rd in CONMEBOL Qualifying
Other Info
Lineups
Date: June 23rd, 2014
Gametime: 11:00 am central
TV: ESPN
Location: Arena de São Paulo, São Paolo, Brazil
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The Teams
Group B
Spain
Region: UEFA
Manager: Vincente del Bosque
FIFA World Ranking: 1
How They Got Here: Winners of UEFA Group I
Australia
Region: AFC
Manager: Ange Postecoglou
FIFA World Ranking: 62
How They Got Here: Finished Second in AFC Group B
Other Info
Lineups
Date: June 23rd, 2014
Gametime: 11:00 am central
TV: ESPN2
Location: Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil
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Group B Facts
Table
Knockout Round Scenarios
- Netherlands or Chile can win group with win.
- Netherlands wins group with draw.
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The Teams
Group A
Brazil
Region: CONMEBOL
Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari
FIFA World Ranking: 3
How They Got Here: Hosts (Automatically Qualified)
Cameroon
Region: CAF
Manager: Volker Finke
FIFA World Ranking: 50
How They Got Here: Defeated Tunisia in CAF Third Round.
Other Info
Lineups
CAMEROON Itandje, Nkoulou (c), Nguemo, Moukandjo, Aboubakar, Bedimo, Choupo Moting, Mbia, Enoh, Matip, Nyom
— FOX Soccer Trax (@FOXSoccerTrax) June 23, 2014
BRAZIL Julio Cesar, Dani Alves, Thiago Silva (c), David Luiz, Marcelo, Hulk, Paulinho, Fred, Neymar, Oscar, Luiz Gustavo
— FOX Soccer Trax (@FOXSoccerTrax) June 23, 2014
Date: June 18th, 2014
Gametime: 3:00 pm central
TV: ESPN2
Location: Estadio Nacional, Brasilia, Brazil
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The Teams
Group A
Croatia
Region: UEFA
Manager: Niko Kovac
FIFA World Ranking: 18
How They Got Here: Defeated Iceland in UEFA second round playoff.
Mexico
Region: CONCACAF
Manager: Miguel Herrera
FIFA World Ranking: 19
How They Got Here: Finished Fourth in CONCACAF Hex Stage, defeated New Zealand in inter-region playoff.
Other Info
Lineups
MEXICO Ochoa, Rodriguez, Marquez (c), Herrera, Layun, Dos Santos, Moreno, Guardado, Peralta, Aguilar, Vazquez
— FOX Soccer Trax (@FOXSoccerTrax) June 23, 2014
CROATIA : Pletikosa, Vrsaljko, Pranjic, Perisic, Corluka, Lovren, Rakitic, Modric, Srna, Mandzukic, Olic
— FOX Soccer Trax (@FOXSoccerTrax) June 23, 2014
Date: June 17th, 2014
Gametime: 3:00 pm central
TV: ESPN
Location: Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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Group A Facts
Table
Knockout Round Scenarios
Advancement
- Brazil advances with a win or draw
- Mexico advances with win or draw
- Croatia advances with win OR draw and Brazil loss
Position
- Brazil wins group with
- Win
- Draw and Mexico draw or loss
- Win and Mexico win by less goals than Brazil's win.
- Mexico wins group with
- Win and Brazil loss or draw
- Draw and Brazil loss by more than one goal
- Win and Brazil win, but Mexico beats Brazil on goal differential
- Croatia wins group with
- Win and Brazil loss or draw