Germany vs Argentina 2014-07-13

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Event
Germany vs Argentina

Date
Sun 13th July 2014 UTC
Sun 13th July 2014 Local

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16:00:00 UTC

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24-04-19 09:00 (PST Los Angeles)
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24-04-19 11:00 (CST Chicago)
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24-04-19 12:00 (EST New York)
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24-04-19 17:00 (GMT London)
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24-04-19 18:00 (CET Paris)
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24-04-19 20:00 (GST Dubai)
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24-04-19 21:30 (IST Kolkata)
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24-04-20 01:00 (JST Tokyo)
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24-04-20 02:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
FIFA World Cup

Season
2014

Round
200

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The 2014 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 13 July 2014 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to determine the 2014 FIFA World Cup champion. Germany defeated Argentina 1–0 in extra time, with the only goal being scored by Mario Götze, who collected André Schürrle's cross from the left on his chest before volleying a high left-footed shot into the net. The match was the third final between the two countries, a World Cup record, after their 1986 and 1990 matches, and billed as the world's best player (Lionel Messi) versus the world's best team (Germany).

Before the match, Germany had reached the World Cup final seven times (six times as West Germany from 1954 to 1990), winning three (1954, 1974, 1990) and being runners-up four times (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002); Argentina had reached four finals, winning twice (1978, 1986) and placing second twice (1930, 1990).

The result marked Germany's fourth World Cup title, their first since German reunification, and the first World Cup won by a European team in the Americas. The victory meant that three consecutive World Cups have been won by teams from the same continent, following Italy and Spain in 2006 and 2010 respectively, the first time this has happened in World Cup history. It was also the first time that three consecutive World Cup finals were still tied after 90 minutes. With the win, Germany qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

In the winning German team, Miroslav Klose, who had become the top scorer in World Cup history in the semi-final victory over Brazil, became one of the very few players ever to have won gold, silver and bronze medals in the World Cup (bronze in 2006 and 2010, silver in 2002 and gold in 2014), joining a club with such players as Franz Beckenbauer, Sepp Maier and Wolfgang Overath (1966–1974).