- Sandeep Bhardwaj
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be 20th men’s Fifa world cup that is scheduled to take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014 which will be hosted by 12 cities of Latin country.Brazil is hosting this competition second time being elected unchallenged as host nation in 2007. 32 teams will compete against each other which have qualified thorough various competitions that began in June 2011 to win the trophy. The first match will be played between Brazil and Crotia at Sau Paulo. Expectations of winning world cup has risen from Brazillian team due to host nation, which have previously winning world cup five time,highest by a team. The psychological factor which will motivate samba kings(brazil) is that the previous four world cup staged in south America were all won by south American countries.Spain, the defending champion, Germany, Argentina and Belgium are good contenders of winning world cup.For the first time in world cup,the matches will use goal line technology which will avoid the goal malfunctioning in the matches. Spectators will see a tough fight between players for golden boot award.Argentina’s Messi ,Brazil ‘s Neymars and Porugal’sronaldo are in contention for winning this award.Messi and Neymar are having advantage over Ronaldo because of their strong teams. The other players which couldsurprisingly win the award are Thomas Mueller (germany),Sergio aguero(argentina),Mario balotelli(italy) and many others. World cup will also boost the tourism in the country which the largest tourism destination in South America.There is significant influx of international travellers expected to descend on Brazil soil and it looks it is going to surpass Johanessburg in terms of popularity and revenue produced. Around 10.2 million tourists are expected to arrive and 3% higher arrivals are expected than any other recent tournaments.
Here are the timings and match schedule for the FIFA World Cup 2014 in IST:
Time | Group | Match | Venue |
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | Group A | Brazil vs Croatia | Arena Corinthians |
21:30 IST | Group A | Mexico vs Cameroon | Estadio das Dunas |
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014 | |||
00:30 IST | Group B | Spain vs Netherlands | Arena Fonte Nova |
03:30 IST | Group B | Chile vs Australia | Arena Pantanal |
21:30 IST | Group C | Colombia vs Greece | Estadio Mineirão |
SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2014 | |||
00:30 IST | Group D | Uruguay vs Costa Rica | Estadio Castelão |
03: 30 IST | Group D | England vs Italy | Arena Amazonia |
06:30 IST | Group C | Ivory Coast vs Japan | Arena Pernambuco |
21: 30 IST | Group E | Switzerland vs Ecuador | Nacional |
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014 | |||
00:30 IST | Group E | France vs Honduras | Estadio Beira-Rio |
03:30 IST | Group F | Argentina vs Bosnia and Herzegovina | Estadio do Maracanã |
21:30 IST | Group G | Germany vs Portugal | Arena Fonte Nova |
TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2014 | |||
0:30 IST | Group F | Iran vs Nigeria | Arena da Baixada |
03:30 IST | Group G | Ghana vs United States | Estadio das Dunas |
21:30 IST | Group H | Belgium vs Algeria | Estadio Mineirão |
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014 | |||
0:30 IST | Group A | Brazil vs Mexico | Estadio Castelão |
03:30 IST | Group H | Russia vs South Korea | Arena Pantanal |
21:30 IST | Group B | Australia vs Netherlands | Estadio Beira-Rio |
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2014 | |||
0:30 IST | Group B | Spain vs Chile | Estadio do Maracanã |
03:30 IST | Group A | Cameroon vs Croatia | Arena Amazonia |
21:30 IST | Group C | Colombia vs Ivory Coast | Nacional |
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2014 | |||
0:30 IST | Group D | Uruguay vs England | Arena Corinthi |
3:30 IST | Group C | Japan vs Greece | Estadio das Dunas |
21:30 IST | Group D | Italy vs Costa Rica | Arena Pernambuco |
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2014 | |||
0:30 IST | Group E | Switzerland vs France | Arena Fonte Nova |
3:30 IST | Group E | Honduras vs Ecuador | Arena da Baixada |
21:30 IST | Group F | Argentina vs Iran | Estádio Mineirão |
SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 | |||
0:30 IST | Group G | Germany vs Ghana | Estádio Castelão |
3:30 IST | Group F | Nigeria vs Bosnia and Herzegovina | Arena Pantanal |
21:30 IST | Group H | Belgium vs Russia | Estádio Maracanã |
MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 | |||
0:30 IST | Group H | South Korea vs Algeria | Estádio Beira-Rio |
3:30 IST | Group G | United States vs Portugal | Arena Amazônia |
21:30 IST | Group B | Australia vs Spain | Arena da Baixada |
21:30 IST | Group B | Netherlands vs Chile | Arena Corinthians |
TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | Group A | Croatia vs Mexico | Arena Pernambuco |
01:30 IST | Group A | Cameroon vs Brazil | Estádio Nacional de Brasilia |
21:30 IST | Group D | Italy vs Uruguay | Estádio das Dunas |
21:30 IST | Group D | Costa Rica vs England | Estádio Mineirão |
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | Group C | Japan vs Colombia | Arena Pantanal |
01:30 IST | Group C | Greece vs Ivory Coast | Estádio Castelão |
21:30 IST | Group F | Nigeria vs Argentina | Estádio Beira-Rio |
21:30 IST | Group F | Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Iran | Arena Fonte |
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | Group E | Honduras vs Switzerland | Arena Amazônia |
01:30 IST | Group E | Ecuador vs France | Estádio Maracanã |
21:30 IST | Group G | United States vs Germany | Arena Pernambuc |
21:30 IST | Group G | Portugal vs Ghana | Estádio Nacional de Brasilia |
FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | Group H | South Korea vs Belgium | Arena Corinthians |
01:30 IST | Group H | Algeria vs Russia | Arena da Baixada |
ROUND OF 16 | |||
SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2014 | |||
21:30 IST | 1A vs 2B | Estadio Mineirão | |
SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | 1C vs 2D | Estadio do Maracanã | |
21:30 IST | 1B vs 2A | Estadio Castelão | |
MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | 1D vs 2C | Arena Pernambuco | |
21:30 IST | 1E vs 2F | Nacional | |
TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | 1G vs 2H | Estadio Beira-Rio | |
21:30 IST | 1F vs 2E | Arena Corinthians | |
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | 1H vs 2G | Arena Fonte Nova | |
QUARTER-FINALS | |||
FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014 | |||
21:30 IST | Winner Match 51 vs Winner Match 52 | Estadio do sMaracanã | |
SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | Winner Match 49 vs Winner Match 50 | Estadio Castelão | |
21:30 IST | Winner Match vs Winner Match 56 | Nacional | |
SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | Winner Match 53 vs Winner Match 54 | Arena Fonte Nova | |
SEMI-FINALS | |||
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | Winner Match 57 vs Winner Match 58 | Estadio Mineirão | |
THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | Winner Match 59 vs Winner Match 60 | Arena Corinthians | |
THIRD PLACE | |||
SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 | |||
01:30 IST | Loser Match 61 vs Loser Match 62 | Nacional | |
FINAL | |||
MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014 | |||
0:30 IST | Winner Match 61 vs Winner Match 62 | Estadio do Maracanã |