World Cup 2014 some facts

FIFA World Cup 2014 was the 20th edition for world championship for men’s national football teams organized by FIFA which was hosted by Brazil and started from 12 June to 13 July 2014. Brazil hosted the edition for the second time after 1950.  31 national teams qualified through qualification competitions to join the race. Total 64 matches were played in 12 different venues of Brazil.  Germany won the tournament defeating Argentina by 1-0, the country’s fourth world title and became first European team to win a World Cup staged in the Amercias.
Some interesting facts of World Cup 2014
Host Country: Brazil
Champions: Germany
Runners-Up: Argentina
Third Place: Netherlands
Fourth Place: Brazil
Matches Played: 64
Goal Scored: 171 Goals
Top Scorer: James Rodriguez( 6 Goals) of Columbia
Best Player: Lionel Messi of Argentina
Best Young Player: Paul Pogba of France
Best Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer of Germany
Fair Play Award: Colombia

In the world cup history goal line technology was used in this edition
Brazil hosted world cup for the second time
Match between Portugal and U.S  match record the most watched football match in American TV history
The winning team(  Germany) got  grand total of $35 million dollars while runner up( Argentina) received $25 million dollars.
Brazil was the most expensive team in the world cup 2014 with a market value of 507.80 million euros
Spain was the second expensive team with value of 504 million euros followed by Argentina with 475.20 million euros.
Messi was the most expensive player in the 2014 world cup with a market value of 139.60 million euros
Cristiano Ronaldo was the second expensive player in world cup 2014 with a market value of 104.20 millions euros followed by Neymar with 67.40 million euros.
The Russian coach Fabio Capello was the highest paid coach in the world cup 2014 with the annual income of 11235210 dollar.