22 year old Rodriguez (Colombia) won the top scorer list with 6 goals, ahead of Muller (5 goals), Messi, Neymar and Persie (4 goals each) in the race to Golden Boot till the end of quarter finals. 130 goals were scored in 48 matches of Group Stage. From 2nd round before final 40 more goals were added in 16 games taking the tally t0 171 goals in 64 matches. Mueller and Xherdan Shaqiri scored two hattricks of the FIFA World Cup 2014 tournament. Super Substitute Mario Götze (replacing Klose) of Germany scored the only goal of the Final.
Points Table of 2014 World Cup
2014 Football World Cup: Schedule and Results in Indian Standard Time
Goal Statistics of FIFA World Cup 2014
Summary: Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E, Group F, Group G, Group H
6 Goals: Rodriguez (Colombia)
5 Goals: Thomas Mueller (Germany)
4 Goals: Neymar (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Robin Van Persie (Netherlands)
3 Goals
- Karim Benzema (France), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), Enner Valencia (Ecuador), Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland), André Schürrle
2 Goals
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Suarez (Uruguay), Mandzukic (Croatia), Cahill (Australia), Gervinho, Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast), André Ayew, Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Clint Dempsey (United States), Memphis Depay (Netherlands), Ivan Perišić (Croatia), Martínez (Colombia), Ahmed Musa (Nigeria), Islam Slimani, Abdelmoumene Djabou (Algeria), Alexis Sánchez (Chile), Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica), Oscar, David Luiz (Brazil), Miroslav Klose, Toni Kroos, Mario Götze (Germany)
1 Goal
- Sofiane Feghouli, Rafik Halliche, Yacine Brahimi (Algeria)
Marcos Rojo, Ángel di María, Higuain (Argentina)
Mile Jedinak (Australia)
Marouane Fellaini, Dries Mertens, Divock Origi, Jan Vertonghen, De Bruyne, Lukaku (Belgium)
Vedad Ibišević, Edin Džeko, Miralem Pjanić, Avdija Vršajević (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Fred, Fernando Luiz Roza, Thiago Silva (Brazil)
Joël Matip (Cameroon)
Charles Aránguiz, Jean Beausejour, Jorge Valdivia, Eduardo Vargas (Chile)
Pablo Armero, Teófilo Gutiérrez, Juan Quintero, Cuadrado (Colombia)
Joel Campbell, Óscar Duarte, Marco Ureña (Costa Rica)
Ivica Olić (Croatia)
Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge (England)
Olivier Giroud, Blaise Matuidi, Moussa Sissoko, Mathieu Valbuena, Paul Pogba (France)
Mats Hummels, Mesut Özil, Hummels, Sami Khedira (Germany)
Samaris, Samaras, Socratis Papastathopoulos (Greece)
Carlo Costly (Honduras)
Reza Ghoochannejhad (Iran)
Mario Balotelli, Claudio Marchisio (Italy)
Keisuke Honda, Okazaki (Japan)
Oribe Peralta, Rafael Márquez, Andrés Guardado, Javier Hernández, Giovani dos Santos (Mexico)
Leroy Fer, Stefan de Vrij, Wesley Sneijder, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Georginio Wijnaldum, Daley Blind (Netherlands)
Peter Odemwingie (Nigeria)
Nani, Silvestre Varela (Portugal)
Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Alexander Kokorin (Russia)
Lee Keun-ho, Son Heung Min, Koo Jacheol (South Korea)
Xabi Alonso, David Villa, Fernando Torres, Juan Mata (Spain)
Blerim Džemaili, Admir Mehmedi, Haris Seferović, Granit Xhaka (Switzerland)
John Brooks, Jermaine Jones, Green (United States)
Edinson Cavani, Diego Godín (Uruguay)
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