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    • Germany - Argentina: 1-0
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    • Switzerland - France: 2-5
    • Italy - Costa Rica: 0-1
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    • Uruguay - England: 2-1
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    • Russia - South Korea: 1-1
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    • Belgium - Algeria: 2-1
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    • Germany - Portugal 4-0
    • Argentina - Bosnia: 2-1
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World Cup trivia: Soccer Stats & Awards - World Cup 2014 in Brazil



World Cup 2014 Statistics



Total attendance

: 3,429,873

Total number of goals scored: 171

Average goals per match: 2.67

Total number of penalty kicks awarded: 13 (12 scored)

Own goals scored: 5

Fastest goal from kickoff: 30 seconds - Clint Dempsey (USA)

Most goals scored: 18 - Germany

Fewest goals scored: 1 - Cameroon, Honduras, Iran

Most goals conceded: 14 - Brasil

Fewest goals conceded: 2 - Costa Rica

Total number of yellow cards: 187

Total number of red cards: 10

Most players used: 23 (the entire squad) - The Netherlands

Top 5 Goal scorers:

1. James Rodriguez Colombia 6 goals
2. Thomas Müller Germany 5 goals
3. Lionel Messi Argentina 4 goals
  Neymar Brasil  
  Robin van Persie The Netherlands  

Most goals scored by one player in a match:
3 - Thomas Müller (Germany), Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)

Top 3 Goalkeepers:

1. Jasper Cillessen The Netherlands 4 clean sheets
  Manuel Neuer Germany  
  Sergio Romero Argentina  
Soccer stats, World Cup 2014, awards

Top 5 FIFA Castrol index Best Players World Cup 2014:

Overall Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
         
Toni Kroos (DE) Manuel Neuer (DE) Stefan de Vrij (NL) Toni Kroos (DE) Arjen Robben (NL)
Arjen Robben (NL) Jasper Cillessen (NL) Mats Hummels (DE) Oscar (BR) Thomas Müller (DE)
Stefan de Vrij (NL) Sergio Romero (AR) Thiago Silva (BR) Philipp Lahm (DE) Karim Benzema (FR)
Mats Hummels (DE) Keylor Navas(CR) Marcos Rojo (AR) James Rodriguez (CO) Lionel Messi (AR)
Thomas Müller (DE) Thibaut Courtois (BE) Ron Vlaar (NL) Mesut Özil (DE) Neymar (BR)

FIFA Castrol All Star Team World Cup 2014:

Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer (DE)
Defense: Stefan de Vrij (NL), Mats Hummels (DE), Thiago Silva (BR), Marcos Rojo (AR)
Midfield: Toni Kroos (DE), Oscar (BR), Philipp Lahm (DE), James Rodríguez (CO)
Forwards: Arjen Robben (NL), Thomas Müller (DE)

World Cup 2014 Awards



Adidas Golden Ball -
Most outstanding player
:

1. Lionel Messi - Argentina
2. Thomas Müller - Germany
3. Arjen Robben - The Netherlands

Adidas Golden Boot -
Top goal scorer
:

1. James Rodríguez - Colombia (6 goals)
2. Thomas Müller - Germany (5 goals)
3. Neymar - Brazil (4 goals, 1 assist, 457 minutes played)

Adidas Golden Glove - Most outstanding goalkeeper:

1. Manuel Neuer - Germany

Runners-up: Sergio Romero - Argentina and Keylor Navas - Costa Rica

Hyundai Young Player award - Most outstanding young player (born on or after 1 January 1993)

1. Paul Pogba - France

Runners-up: Memphis Depay - The Netherlands and Raphaël Varane - France

FIFA Fair Play Award - Team with best disciplinary record

Colombia

Budweiser Man of the Match award - Best player of a match (by online voting)

1. Lionel Messi - Argentina: 4 times
2. Keylor Navas - Costa Rica, Arjen Robben - The Netherlands, James Rodriguez - Colombia: 3 times
 
 
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