2014 FIFA World Cup Group C

Group C of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consists of Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast, and Japan.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking
C1 (seed)	Colombia	CONMEBOL Round Robin 2nd Runners-up	11 October 2013	5th	1998	Round of 16 (1990)	4
C2	Greece	UEFA Play-off Winners	19 November 2013	3rd	2010	Group stage (1994, 2010)	15
C3	Ivory Coast	CAF Third Round Winners	16 November 2013	3rd	2010	Group stage (2006, 2010)	17
C4	Japan	AFC Fourth Round Group B 1st Winners	4 June 2013	5th	2010	Round of 16 (2002, 2010)	44

Previous FIFA World Cup meetings

• Colombia v Greece: None
• Ivory Coast v Japan: None
• Colombia v Ivory Coast: None
• Japan v Greece: None
• Japan v Colombia: None
• Greece v Ivory Coast: None

Standings

Legend
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Colombia	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout phase
Greece	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Japan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Matches

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

Colombia v Greece

14 June 2014 13:00	Colombia	Match 5	Greece	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Ivory Coast v Japan

14 June 2014 22:00	Ivory Coast	Match 6	Japan	Arena Pernambuco, Recife

Colombia v Ivory Coast

19 June 2014 13:00	Colombia	Match 21	Ivory Coast	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Japan v Greece

19 June 2014 19:00	Japan	Match 22	Greece	Arena das Dunas, Natal

Japan v Colombia

24 June 2014 16:00	Japan	Match 37	Colombia	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá

Greece v Ivory Coast

24 June 2014 17:00	Greece	Match 38	Ivory Coast	Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza

External links

• 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C, FIFA.com