2014 FIFA World Cup (1983: Doomsday)

The 2014  was held between 12 June and 13 July in. The won the tournament and took its second title, its second since the union of Argentina and  after the events of. scored the winning goal for his country and was also named best player of the tournament.

Host selection
During the FIFA World Congress held from December 2 to December 4, 2010 in Dublin,, there were three host bids placed for the 2014 World Cup; namely, from , the and.

The winning bid was announced during the congress, with Brazil receiving 15 votes, ANZC receiving 9 votes, and Siberia receiving no votes. Before the voting process had even begun, Brazil were considered heavy favorites for the contest due to the number and quality of venues currently existing in the country.

Qualification
During the FIFA World Congress in Dublin, the federation also voted upon the expansion of the tournament from the current 16 teams to 24 teams, in order to produce more equal representation of countries throughout the world in the tournament.

Following qualification matches between June 2011 to November 2013, the following 24 teams--shown in their respective regional confederations--qualified for the final tournament. 12 of the 24 teams to qualify were returning participants from the. ,, the and  were the four teams in this tournament with no previous World Cup experience.
 * Africa (4)
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 * Flag of Ghana.svg
 * Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg
 * Asia/Oceania (4)
 * ANZ Union Flag with the golden ratio.svg
 * Flag of Iran (1964).svg
 * 83DD-KoreaFlag.png
 * Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
 * Europe (8)
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 * Flag BerthelierInterceltic.jpg
 * Cleveland flag.jpg
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 * Flag of Prussia 1892-1918.svg
 * Flag of Serbia.svg
 * Sicilian Flag.svg
 * Flag of Sweden.svg
 * North America (4)
 * Flag of Costa Rica.svg
 * Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg
 * Flag of Honduras.svg
 * Flag of Mexico.svg
 * South America (4)
 * Flag of Brazil.svg
 * Flag of Chile.svg
 * Flag of Colombia.svg
 * American Republic Union Flag.png

Final draw
The 24 qualifying teams were drawn into six (6) groups of four (4) teams each, with the first and second-place teams in the groups advancing to he knockout stage, along with four third-place teams with the best records in their groups.

Brazil as hosts were immediately drawn into Group A, where they were joined by Mexico, Ambazonia and Serbia.

Defending World Cup champions ANZC were drawn into Group B, along with Chile, USSR and the Celtic Alliance. This will mark the first time that the two finalists of the previous World Cup will be facing off against each other in the group stage.

The Alpine Confederation, currently ranked third in the FIFA World Rankings, was drawn into Group C with the East Caribbean Federation, Greece and newcomers Korean Union.

The United American Republic, ranked fifth in the FIFA World Rankings, was drawn into Group D with Sicily, Cleveland and Costa Rica.

Group E was composed of Sweden, Colombia, Honduras and Ivory Coast.

Prussia, Iran, the Azanian League and Ghana were drawn into Group F.

Brazil and Serbia will play the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 12 in Sao Paulo. Group play will continue up to June 25. The round of 16 is scheduled from June 28 to July 1. The quarterfinals will be played on July 4 and 5; the semifinals will be played on July 8 and 9; the third place match on July 12 in Brasilia and the final on July 13 in the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

Venues
The following cities and stadia are the venues for the matches in the World Cup.
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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Ranking of third-placed teams

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Goalscorers

 * 6 goals
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 * 4 goals
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 * American Republic Union Flag.png
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 * 3 goals
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 * Flag of Prussia 1892-1918.svg
 * Sicilian Flag.svg
 * 2 goals
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 * Alps flag.jpg
 * 83DD - AzanianLeagueFlag.png
 * Flag of Brazil.svg
 * Flag of Brazil.svg
 * Flag BerthelierInterceltic.jpg
 * Flag BerthelierInterceltic.jpg
 * Flag BerthelierInterceltic.jpg
 * Flag of Chile.svg
 * Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg
 * Flag of Mexico.svg
 * Flag of Prussia 1892-1918.svg
 * Flag of Serbia.svg
 * Sicilian Flag.svg
 * Flag of Sweden.svg
 * American Republic Union Flag.png
 * 1 goal
 * Alps flag.jpg
 * Alps flag.jpg
 * Alps flag.jpg
 * Alps flag.jpg
 * 83DD-AmbazoniaFlag.png
 * 83DD-AmbazoniaFlag.png
 * ANZ Union Flag with the golden ratio.svg
 * ANZ Union Flag with the golden ratio.svg
 * ANZ Union Flag with the golden ratio.svg
 * 83DD - AzanianLeagueFlag.png
 * 83DD - AzanianLeagueFlag.png
 * 83DD - AzanianLeagueFlag.png
 * Flag of Brazil.svg
 * Flag of Brazil.svg
 * Flag of Brazil.svg
 * Flag of Brazil.svg
 * Flag of Brazil.svg
 * Flag of Brazil.svg
 * Flag of Brazil.svg
 * Flag BerthelierInterceltic.jpg
 * Flag BerthelierInterceltic.jpg
 * Flag of Chile.svg
 * Flag of Chile.svg
 * Flag of Chile.svg
 * Flag of Chile.svg
 * Flag of Chile.svg
 * Cleveland flag.jpg
 * Cleveland flag.jpg
 * Cleveland flag.jpg
 * Cleveland flag.jpg
 * Flag of Colombia.svg
 * Flag of Colombia.svg
 * Flag of Colombia.svg
 * Flag of Colombia.svg
 * Flag of Costa Rica.svg
 * Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg
 * Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg
 * Flag of Ghana.svg
 * Flag of Ghana.svg
 * Flag of Ghana.svg
 * 83DD-GFedFlagRoyal.png
 * 83DD-GFedFlagRoyal.png
 * 83DD-GFedFlagRoyal.png
 * Flag of Honduras.svg
 * Flag of Iran (1964).svg
 * Flag of Iran (1964).svg
 * Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg
 * Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg
 * Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg
 * Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg
 * 83DD-KoreaFlag.png
 * Flag of Mexico.svg
 * Flag of Mexico.svg
 * Flag of Mexico.svg
 * Flag of Mexico.svg
 * Flag of Mexico.svg
 * Flag of Prussia 1892-1918.svg
 * Flag of Prussia 1892-1918.svg
 * Flag of Prussia 1892-1918.svg
 * Flag of Serbia.svg
 * Flag of Serbia.svg
 * Flag of Serbia.svg
 * Flag of Serbia.svg
 * Sicilian Flag.svg
 * Sicilian Flag.svg
 * Flag of Sweden.svg
 * Flag of Sweden.svg
 * Flag of Sweden.svg
 * American Republic Union Flag.png
 * American Republic Union Flag.png
 * American Republic Union Flag.png
 * American Republic Union Flag.png
 * American Republic Union Flag.png
 * American Republic Union Flag.png
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 * American Republic Union Flag.png
 * Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
 * Own goals
 * Flag of Honduras.svg (against Colombia)

Tournament team rankings

 * colspan="11"|Eliminated from the quarterfinals
 * colspan="11"|Eliminated from the quarterfinals


 * colspan="11"|Eliminated from the round of 16
 * colspan="11"|Eliminated from the round of 16


 * colspan="11"|Eliminated from the group stage
 * colspan="11"|Eliminated from the group stage


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