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Group B of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consists of Spain, Netherlands, Chile, and Australia.

Teams[]

Draw position Team Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA
Ranking
B1 (seed)  Spain UEFA Group I Winners 15 October 2013 14th 2010 Winners (2010) 1
B2  Netherlands UEFA Group D Winners 10 September 2013 10th 2010 Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010) 8
B3  Chile CONMEBOL Round Robin 3rd place 15 October 2013 9th 2010 Third place (1962) 12
B4  Australia AFC Fourth Round Group B 2nd Runners-up 18 June 2013 4th 2010 Round of 16 (2006) 57

Previous FIFA World Cup meetings[]

  • Spain v Netherlands:[1]
  • Chile v Australia:[2]
    • 1974, group stage: Chile 0–0 Australia
  • Australia v Netherlands: None[3]
  • Spain v Chile:[4]
    • 1950, group stage: Spain 2–0 Chile
    • 2010, group stage: Spain 2–1 Chile
  • Australia v Spain: None[5]
  • Netherlands v Chile: None[6]

Standings[]

Legend
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Notes
 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Advance to knockout phase
 Chile 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
 Spain 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
 Australia 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0

Matches[]

All times local: five matches are in Brasília official time (UTC−3), while Chile v Australia, played in Cuiabá, is in the Amazon time zone (UTC−4).

13 June 2014
16:00
Spain  Match 3  Netherlands Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
13 June 2014
18:00
Chile  Match 4  Australia Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá
18 June 2014
13:00
Australia  Match 20  Netherlands Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
18 June 2014
16:00
Spain  Match 19  Chile Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
23 June 2014
13:00
Australia  Match 35  Spain Arena da Baixada, Curitiba
23 June 2014
13:00
Netherlands  Match 36  Chile Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo

References[]

External links[]

2014 FIFA World Cup

Group A  · Group B  · Group C  · Group D  · Group E  · Group F  · Group G  · Group H

Knockout stage  · Final

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