From June 12 to July 13, 2014, Brazil will host the 19th World Cup in a row - the main sporting event of the four years, excluding the Olympics. So far, no matches have yet been played on the football fields of 12 cities in Brazil, but the most zealous fans have already prepared the standings to fill them with the results of future matches.
Matching Curitiba
The final stage of the 2014 World Cup will feature 32 national teams from all continents, including 13 from Europe. One of the representatives of the European continent is the Russian team, which took first place in the qualifying group F. As a result of the draw, all the teams were distributed, taking into account their rating and geographical location, into eight groups, each of which included four teams from different preliminary "baskets".
Europe at the tournament in Brazil will be represented by 13 national teams from 32 participating - England, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Holland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Croatia, Switzerland and Russia.
In group tournaments, teams will play three matches with each other. The two best teams will advance to the next stage - the playoffs. The Russian team will play their matches of the first stage of the final part of the tournament in Cuiaba - with the Korean national team, in Rio de Janeiro - with Belgium and in Curitiba - with Algeria.
At the first stage of the 2014 World Cup, the Russian national team will lead three matches - against rivals from South Korea, Belgium and Algeria. To reach the next stage, the Russians need to score at least six points in them and take a place not lower than the second.
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Professional football is not only and not just a game; it is also a serious statistic, in which you cannot do without filling in various tables. In extreme cases, this can be done not personally, although real experienced fans love independence. And during TV broadcasts, there are pens next to them and already prepared to fill the World Championship table.
Already today, sports fans are pleased with a variety of statistical information, including preliminary tables, on the official websites of FIFA (International Football Federation), the Brazilian Football Confederation, the Russian Football Union, leading sports publications (in Russia - the Sport-Express newspaper), as well as hundreds of specialized football sites. To view them, simply enter the phrase "2014 FIFA World Cup standings" into your browser, and you will be presented with many links that fans need.
It is worth noting, by the way, that there are three types of tournament tables: preliminary (in which the teams do not yet have numbers of matches played and points scored in them), intermediate (as in the photo below), as well as final or final (where all the necessary columns are filled in and graphs).
