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WORLD CUP 2014
FIFA is once again organizing the football World Cup, a competition which joins all the national teams in the world in trying to qualify for the final stages of the tournament, which then crowns one nation as the World Champion - the current World Champions are Spain. The 2014 will be the 20th edition of the competition. The first edition of the World Cup was held in 1930 in Uruguay but a lot of European nations boycotted the competition on the grounds that it was not being held in Europe (football's birth place) and due to the long distance to travel by sea to arrive at the hosting venues (at least a month travel).
Since that edition the competition was held every four years with the exception of the 12 year period (1938-1950) of the Second World War. For the first nine editions (1930-1970) the price was the Rimet Cup, named after the father of the competition - Jules Rimet. In the 1970 the cup was won by Brazil for the third time and therefore they won the cup for ever. Since then a new cup was made - the FIFA cup.
This will be the second time that Brazil hosted the World Cup. The first hosted edition was the fourth one, in 1950. This edition will also be the seventh hosted in the South American continent, the last one being in Mexico in 1986. The continent with most hosted editions is Europe - ten editions (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2006), whilst the other continents hosted one edition each: North America in 1994, Asia in 2002 and Africa in 2010. The only continent that never hosted a world cup is Australia.
The Final Positions of the Azzurri in the World Cup
EDITION
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
YEAR
1930
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
HOST
Uruguay
Italy
France
Brazil
Switzerland
Sweden
Chile
England
Mexico
West Germany
Argentina
Spain
Mexico
Italy
U.S.A.
France
Japan/S.Korea
Germany
South Africa
Brazil
WINNER
Uruguay
Italy
Italy
Uruguay
West Germany
Brazil
Brazil
England
Brazil
West Germany
Argentina
Italy
Argentina
West Germany
Brazil
France
Brazil
Italy
Spain
Germany
ITALY (Final Position)
No Participation
World Champions
World Champions
First Round
First Round
Qualification Round
First Round
First Round
Final
First Round
3/4 Place Final
World Champions
Second Round
3/4 Place Final
Final
Quarter Finals
Second Round
World Champions
First Round
First Round
RANK
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1st
1st
7th
9th
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9th
9th
2nd
10th
4th
1st
12th
3rd
2nd
5th
11th
1st
26th
22nd
FIFA WORLD CUP
The 20th Edition
Brazil, 12 June - 13 July 2014
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HISTORY pages:
Qualification, European Group B - Results and Standings
07-09-2012Bulgaria vs Italy
07-09-2012Malta vs Armenia
08-09-2012Denmark vs Czech Rep.
11-09-2012Italy vs Malta
11-09-2012Bulgaria vs Armenia
12-10-2012Armenia vs Italy
12-10-2012Czech Rep. vs Malta
12-10-2012Bulgaria vs Denmark
16-10-2012Italy vs Denmark
16-10-2012Czech Rep. vs Bulgaria
22-03-2013Bulgaria vs Malta
22-03-2013Czech Rep. vs Denmark
26-03-2013Malta vs Italy
26-03-2013Armenia vs Czech Rep.
26-03-2013Denmark vs Bulgaria
2-2
0-1
0-0
2-0
1-0
1-3
3-1
1-1
3-1
0-0
6-0
0-3
0-2
0-3
1-1
07-06-2013Armenia vs Malta
07-06-2013Czech Rep. vs Italy
11-06-2013Denmark vs Armenia
06-09-2013Italy vs Bulgaria
06-09-2013Czech Rep. vs Armenia
06-09-2013Malta vs Denmark
10-09-2013Italy vs Czech Rep.
10-09-2013Armenia vs Denmark
10-09-2013Malta vs Bulgaria
11-10-2013Denmark vs Italy
11-10-2013Malta vs Czech Rep.
11-10-2013Armenia vs Bulgaria
15-10-2013Italy vs Armenia
15-10-2013Bulgaria vs Czech Rep.
15-10-2013Denmark vs Malta
0-1
0-0
0-4
1-0
1-2
1-2
2-1
0-1
1-2
2-2
1-4
2-1
2-2
0-1
6-0
POINTS GAMES WINS DRAWS LOST GOALS+ GOALS-
ITALY
DENMARK
CZECH REP.
BULGARIA
ARMENIA
MALTA
10
10
10
10
10
10
22
16
15
13
13
3
6
4
4
3
4
1
4
4
3
4
1
0
0
2
3
3
5
9
19
17
13
14
12
5
9
12
9
9
13
28
The Azzurri used in the qualification games
GAMES
9 PIRLO Andrea (Juventus)
8 BONUCCI Leonardo (Juventus)
8 BUFFON Gianluigi (Juventus)
7 CANDREVA Antonio (Lazio)
7 MARCHISIO Claudio (Juventus)
7 MONTOLIVO Riccardo (Milan)
7 OSVALDO Pablo Daniel (Roma / Southampton)
6 BARZAGLI Andrea (Juventus)
6 DE ROSSI Daniele (Roma)
6 GIACCHERINI Emanuele (Juventus / Sunderland)
5 ABATE Ignazio (Milan)
5 BALOTELLI Mario B. (Manchester City / Milan)
5 CHIELLINI Giorgio (Juventus)
4 GIOVINCO Sebastian (Juventus)
4 MAGGIO Christian (Napoli)
3 AQUILANI Alberto (Fiorentina)
3 DESTRO Mattia (Roma)
3 DIAMANTI Alessandro (Bologna)
3 EL SHAARAWY Stephan (Milan)
3 GILARDINO Alberto (Bologna / Genoa)
3 INSIGNE Lorenzo (Napoli)
3 MOTTA Thiago (Paris Saint Germain)
2 ASTORI Davide (Cagliari)
2 BALZARETTI Federico (Roma)
2 CERCI Alessio (Torino)
2 OGBONNA Angelo Obinze (Torino / Juventus)
2 PASQUAL Manuel (Fiorentina)
2 PELUSO Federico (Atalanta)
1 ANTONELLI Luca (Genoa)
1 CASSANI Mattia (Fiorentina)
1 CRISCITO Domenico (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
1 DE SANCTIS Morgan (Napoli)
1 DE SILVESTRI Lorenzo (Sampdoria)
1 DE SCIGLIO Mattia (Milan)
1 FLORENZI Alessandro (Roma)
1 MARCHETTI Federico (Lazio)
1 NOCERINO Antonio (Milan)
1 PAZZINI Giampaolo (Milan)
1 RANOCCHIA Andrea (Inter)
1 ROSSI Giuseppe (Fiorentina)
GOALS
5 BALOTELLI Mario B. (Manchester City / Milan)
4 OSVALDO Pablo Daniel (Roma / Southampton)
2 DE ROSSI Daniele (Roma)
1 AQUILANI Alberto (Fiorentina)
1 CHIELLINI Giorgio (Juventus)
1 DESTRO Mattia (Roma)
1 FLORENZI Alessandro (Roma)
1 GILARDINO Alberto (Genoa)
1 MONTOLIVO Riccardo (Milan)
1 PELUSO Federico (Atalanta)
1 PIRLO Andrea (Juventus)
CAPTAINS
8 BUFFON Gianluigi (Juventus)
2 PIRLO Andrea (Juventus)
COACH
PRANDELLI Cesare - 10 games
The mascot of this edition is the endangered species Three-Banded Armadillo FULECO. The name comes from 'FUL' meaning futebol and 'ECO' meaning ecologia thus rising awareness to the environment through football. The name received 48% of an online poll in which 1.7 million Brazilians participated. The other names were 'Zuzeco' (31%) and 'Amijubi' (21%). It was selected from 47 different designs made by 6 different Brazilian agencies.
Final Positions of the World Cup 2014
BRAZIL
JAPAN
Hosts
AUSTRALIA
IRAN
SOUTH KOREA
NETHERLANDS
U.S.A.
ARGENTINA
BELGIUM
SWITZERLAND
GERMANY
COLOMBIA
RUSSIA
BOSNIA -
HERZEGOVINA
SPAIN
CHILE
ECUADOR
HONDURAS
The Other Azzurri at the April 2014 Stage Pre-Mondial (Physical) Training Camp
Pablo D.
OSVALDO
(Juventus)
Riccardo
MONTOLIVO
(Milan)
Emanuele
GIACCHERINI
(Sunderland
- ENGLAND)
Christian
MAGGIO
(Napoli)
Sebastian
GIOVINCO
(Juventus)
Alberto
GILARDINO
(Genoa)
Mattia
DESTRO
(Roma)
Alessandro
DIAMANTI
(Guangzhou
Evergrande - CHINA)
Stephan
EL SHAARAWY
(Milan)
Federico
PELUSO
(Juventus)
Davide
ASTORI
(Cagliari)
Federico
BALZARETTI
(Roma)
Angelo O.
OGBONNA
(Juventus)
Manuel
PASQUAL
(Fiorentina)
Alessandro
FLORENZI
(Roma)
Federico
MARCHETTI
(Lazio)
Morgan
DE SANCTIS
(Roma)
Lorenzo
DE SILVESTRI
(Sampdoria)
Mattia
CASSANI
(Parma)
Domenico
CRISCITO
(Zenith Saint
Petersburg - RUSSIA)
Luca
ANTONELLI
(Genoa)
Antonio
NOCERINO
(West Ham United
- ENGLAND)
Giampaolo
PAZZINI
(Milan)
Giuseppe
ROSSI
(Fiorentina)
Emiliano
VIVIANO
(Arsenal -ENGLAND)
Francesco
ACERBI
(Sassuolo)
Fabio
BORINI
(Sunderland - ENGLANDl)
Manolo
GABBIADINI
(Sampdoria)
Andrea
POLI
(Milan)
NIGERIA
IVORY COAST
CAMEROON
GHANA
ALGERIA
GREECE
CROATIA
PORTUGAL
FRANCE
MEXICO
World Cup 2014
POINTS GAMES WINS DRAWS LOST GOALS+ GOALS-
COSTA RICA
URUGUAY
ITALY
ENGLAND
3
3
3
3
7
6
3
1
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
4
4
2
2
1
4
3
4
14 JuneFortaleza
14 JuneManaus
19 JuneSao Paulo
20 JuneRecife
24 JuneNatal
24 JuneBelo Horizonte
URUGUAY vs COSTA RICA
ENGLAND vs ITALY
URUGUAY vs ENGLAND
ITALY vs COSTA RICA
ITALY vs URUGUAY
COSTA RICA vs ENGLAND
1 - 3
1 - 2
2 - 1
0 - 1
0 - 1
0 - 0
The Other Azzurri in the 2014 World Cup 31-Men Final List
Injured
Souza O.
ROMULO
(Verona)
Francesco
BARDI
(Livorno)
Simone
SCUFFET
(Udinese)
Daniele
BASELLI
(Atalanta)
Federico
BERNARDESCHI
(Crotone)
Andrea
BERTOLACCI
(Genoa)
Giacomo
BONAVENTURA
(Atalanta)
Domenico
BERARDI
(Sassuolo)
Simone
ZAZA
(Sassuolo)
The Other Azzurri at the March 2014 Stage Pre-Mondial
Bulgaria vs Italy
