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MEDIA INFORMATIONAUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM / 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZILKEY DATES26 May Warm-up friendly: Australia v South Africa (Sydney) 19:30 local/AEST6 June Warm-up friendly: Australia v Croatia (Salvador, Brazil) 7 June12 June–13 July 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil 13 June – 14 July12 June 2014 FIFA World Cup Opening CeremonyBrazil v Croatia, opening match (Sao Paulo) 17:00 local 13 June 06:0013 June Australia v Chile, Group B match (Cuiaba) 18:00 local 14 June 08:0018 June Australia v Netherlands, Group B match (Porto Alegre) 13:00 local 19 June 02:0023 June Australia v Spain, Group B match (Curitiba) 13:00 local 24 June 02:0026 June First round ends 27 June28 June–1 July Round of 16 13:00 & 17:00 local 29 June – 2 July 02:00/06:004–5 July Quarter finals 13:00 & 17:00 local (Brazil eastern) 5–6 July 02:00/06:008–9 July Semi finals 17:00 local (Brazil eastern) 9–10 July 06:0012 July Third-place play-off (Brasilia) 17:00 local 13 July 06:0013 July Final (Rio de Janeiro) 16:00 local 14 July 05:00AESTTIME ZONES: WITHIN BRAZIL2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil host cities are in two time zones.Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Curitiba, Fortaleza,Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador& Sao Paulo are all on Brazil eastern time.Cuiaba & Manaus are 1 hour behind Brazil eastern timeTIME DIFFERENCES:BRAZIL (eastern) – AUSTRALIABrazil (eastern) time is:13 hours behind AEST (NSW, Vic, Qld, Tas, ACT)12.5 hours behind ACST (SA, NT)11 hours behind AWST (WA)2014 FIFA WORLD CUP OVERVIEWGROUP STAGE eight groups of four teams, round robin format, top two from each group progress (48 matches)Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group HBrazil Spain Colombia Uruguay Switzerland Argentina Germany BelgiumCroatia Netherlands Greece Costa Rica Ecuador Bosnia/Herzegovina Portugal AlgeriaMexico Chile Côte d’Ivoire England France Iran Ghana RussiaCameroon Australia Japan Italy Honduras Nigeria United States Korea RepublicKNOCKOUT STAGES winners progress to next stage, losers eliminated (16 matches)Round of 16(8 matches)→Quarter finals(4 matches)→Semi finals(2 matches)→FINAL& 3 rd -place play-offSELECTED TECHNICAL RULESArticle 40: Format – final competition1. The final competition shall be played in agroup stage, followed by three knockout stages,the play-off for third place and the finalArticles 42–45: Knock-out stagesIn the knockout stages, if, after 90 minutes, thematch ends in a draw, extra time of two periodsof 15 minutes each will be played. If the score islevel after extra time, penalty kicks will be takento determine the winner in accordance with theprocedure described in the Laws of the Game.Article 41 Group stageThe ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;b) goal difference in all group matches;c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria,their rankings will be determined as follows:d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between theteams concerned;e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams;f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams;g) drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.See the full 2014 FIFA World Cup regulations on www.fifa.com/worldcupOFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 2