Original Nike football jacket Netherlands World Cup 2014
Nike football jacket Netherlands World Cup 2014
Size: S (unisex)
Condition: 9.5/10 (used)
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. The contest took place in Brazil from June 12 to July 13, 2014, after the country acquired the hosting rights in 2007. It was Brazil's second time hosting the contest, the first being in 1950 and the fifth time it has been held in South America. Fans and pundits alike consider this edition of the World Cup to be one of the greatest ever held.
31 national teams went through qualifiers to join the host nation in the final tournament (with Bosnia and Herzegovina as the only debutant). A total of 64 matches were played at 12 locations in as many host cities in Brazil. For the first time at a World Cup final, match officials used goal-line technology and disappearing spray for free kicks. FIFA Fan Fests in each host city attracted a total of 5 million people, and the country received 1 million visitors from 202 countries. Every World Cup winning team since the first tournament in 1930 - Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Uruguay - qualified for this tournament. Spain, the title holders, were eliminated in the group stage along with England and Italy. Uruguay was eliminated in the round of 16 and France exited in the quarter-finals. Host Brazil, who had won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, lost 7–1 to Germany in the semi-finals, eventually finishing in fourth place.
In the final, Germany defeated Argentina 1–0 to win the tournament and secure the nation's fourth world title, their first after German reunification in 1990, when as West Germany they also defeated Argentina by the same scoreline in the World Cup -final. Germany became the first European team to win a World Cup in the Americas, and this result was the third consecutive title won by a European team after Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010.