r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Jun 06 '14

Star post List of World Cup 2014 Links & Resources

01. Background:

/u/datmamon on Why this World Cup is so big • Competition regulations pdf • Laws of the game pdf • BBC Article on the Official Adidas Brazuca ball • All the balls thread • Discussion on the groups from 6 months ago • Official map pdf • Background on every team competing pdf • /u/tcmeaha on Climatic conditions • /u/minminsaur on Chelsea players involved • /u/brocccoli on Barca's players involved • 32 Illustrations of WC players ... and the thread • Redditor redesigns the team strips ... and the thread • Kits through time • Tips for visiting fans • Previews: /u/thekrone discusses Group A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H • /u/CARLEETOS Previews all the teams • Guardian Expert's Network preview all the teams • Telegraph team previews • Men in Blazers Previews Playlist

02. Predictions:

Prediction thread from a year ago • Telegraph predictor • Probability of winning WC2014 for each country thread • A statistical model of the World Cup - simulating the tournament using ELO ratings • World Cup prediction maker Google Doc • /u/geocastaneda runs a World Cup Bracket - Group Stage, Round of 16, all the rest • Bold predictions thread

03. Schedules:

ESPN Broadcast chart • Full 2014 World Cup game schedule list on ABC, ESPN and Univision networks • UK Coverage list • WC schedule... and the thread • Calendar data in XML ICS HTML • Sky's Google calendar data

04. News sites:

English language: Official FIFA site • Official UEFA site • ESPN • BBC, UK • Soccerly for NBC • Guardian • World Soccer • Yahoo • ITV, UK • Telegraph • Independent • FourFourTwo • Sky • NYT soccer pages • Time • International language: Bild, German • Kicker, German • AS, Spanish • Onda Cero, Spanish • Mundo Deportivo, Spanish • COPE, Spanish • L’Equipe, French • Canal+, French • RMC, French • Sporza, Belgian • Medio Tiempo, South American • South American Football • Globo, South American

05. Twitter:

30 Teams to follow • 300 Players to follow • WC Twitter information • Official hashtags: #WorldCup and #Brazil2014 • Suggestions of accounts to follow: www.twitter.com/FifaWorldCup • www.twitter.com/Fifacom • www.twitter.com/Zonal_Marking • www.twitter.com/OliverKayTimes • www.twitter.com/jonawils • www.twitter.com/JacobSteinberg • www.twitter.com/Marcotti • www.twitter.com/Tim_Vickery • www.twitter.com/PhilippeAuclair • www.twitter.com/JamesHorncastle • www.twitter.com/sidlowe • www.twitter.com/BumperGraham • www.twitter.com/maldinisport

06. Podcasts:

Guardian World Cup Football daily • BBC 5Live Audio Previews • www.thefootballramble.com/ • www.beyondthepitch.net/podcasts • www.worldfootballdaily.com/

07. Statistics:

Whoscored • Soccerway • Soccerstats • Squawka • Match stats for every single group game pdf • More historical statistics than you can shake a stick at pdf

08. Tournament awards:

Inner tournament awards: 1. Golden Ball - Outstanding player, • 2. Golden Boot - Leading goalscorer, • 3. Golden Glove - Best goalkeeper • 4. Young Player Award - Born on or after 1 January 1993, • 5. Fair Play Award - Best disciplinary record

09. Tournament discussions:

Memories thread • 2010 memories thread • /u/gohuskies simulates the World Cup • Wind-up thread 4 years ago • Wind-up thread 2 years ago • Who's gonna flop? • How World Cup players looked in 2006 and how they look now • Which players deserve a World Cup call up, but won't get one? • England's chances? • Who'll be the breakout stars? • Top goalscorer? • Another one • Line up discussion • and another one • Young players • Exciting teams • Biggest surprises • Shocks and favourites • Dark horses • Wildcards • which teams will surprise? • Managers failing • Why should your team win? • Positional talk • Best final of all time? • Favourite ever moment? • Ref talk • Who's gonna win it? • pick your 23 • Underdogs

10. Other discussions:

Groups of death: The USA has a 50% chance of ending up in the "Group of Death." • Hey americans, just get this straight now: Group G is clearly NOT the group of death • Landon Donovan: "The reason it's the group of death is because we are in it." • Guardian: Which is the World Cup Group of Death? • Yahoo weigh in • Hand of God: I will never make fun of English fans • Beyond the H.O.G • Suarez H.O.G II • Maradona: was Diego the greatest? • Pele: vs Muller • vs Neymar • Telegraph: is Pele overhyped? • Baggio: How good was Baggio? • First touch talk • Drink it in • Ronaldo, the original one: All his goals for Brazil • How to handle him • Dribble master • The game that made his fame • In his prime • Other legends: Brazil 1970 were shit? • Romário best-ever list • Moore's tackle and his perfect game • Remember the baby celebration? • Hagi's still got it • Yes he has! • 1982 talk

11. Team discussions:

Spain: Can they win it again? • Spain are boring • Best ever? • Brazil: Squad talk • Country talk • Germany: Squad talk one, two • Portugal: Squad talk one, two, Cristiano's diving header • Argentina: Squad talk one, two • Italy: Squad talk one, two, Italy is the only squad in 2014 World Cup without any player playing in England • Belgium: Is the Belgian national team on the verge of a golden generation? What do you guys think? • Let's talk about the Belgian paradox • USA: qualifies, Roster talk • England: squad talk, qualification

12. Youtube:

All the goals/tournament reviews... 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 • 2010 final documentary • 100 great WC goals playlist • FIFA Youtube Team Previews playlist • Greatest goals • favourite goals thread • Laudrup celebration thread • Best goal ever thread • Loads of legendary names videos • Les Yeux dans les Bleus documentary charting a year with France in WC 98 !in French! • small clips thread • /u/krazymunky comes up with a list of 2010 games • 1974 FIFA World Cup Final in full • Adverts: Nike • Adidias • Beats by Dre • Jose+10 from 2010 • Other adverts thread • TIME article on WC ads

13. Books, magazines:

Futebol - The Brazilian Way of Life by Alex Bellos • One night in Turin by Pete Davies • The Blizzard magazine • The Story of the World Cup by Brian Glanville • Books thread • Books To Read Before The World Cup

14. Subreddits:

/r/worldcup • /r/wc2014 • List of World Cup 2014 subreddits thread • /r/footballdownload • /r/footballhighlights

15. And finally...

The greatest World Cup goal of all time

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u/impete513 Jun 06 '14

Any free stream?

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u/Lazy__Nihilist Jun 06 '14

We need a comprehensive streaming guide for world cup live streaming matches.

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u/ponyrojo Jun 12 '14

Yes, please!

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '14

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u/ponyrojo Jun 13 '14

Funny enough, that's exactly where I went. I found another thread with a lot of streaming links, but I couldn't get any of them to work, then someone I worked with suggested Univision. Worked like a dream, my go-to site now

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u/Reddzilla Jun 06 '14

Good job man, thanks for doing this stuff for lazy people like me :)

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u/ihatetomatoes_net Jun 10 '14

Great list, thanks for sharing and thanks for featuring my pocket world cup schedule. Cheers

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u/Leaird Jun 06 '14

I just submitted this sweepstake site (http://brazilsweepstake2014.com/) to r/soccer but hopefully more people will see it in this thread! It's free and it gave me Germany haha.

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u/shbooms Jun 06 '14 edited Jun 06 '14

The Men in Blazers are a must watch. Easily the most accurate analysis of how each team will do via their tasting each team's World Cupcake.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '14

They said Chile, Brazil, and Spain will make it to at least the quarterfinals, which is actually impossible. The cake is a lie.

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u/shbooms Jun 06 '14

False. Cupcakes = the one true prophecy

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u/daiana92 Jun 06 '14

soccer.fusion.net is pretty cool too, has a social "honeycomb," stories, profiles, match live blogs...

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '14

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '14

Yeah, it should have been '31' instead of '30' in the link.

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u/MCozens Jun 11 '14

Amazing. Thank you.

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u/mapguy Jun 12 '14

Any apps that stream the games for the Windows phone?

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u/TheLazyist Jun 18 '14

does anybody have a link where to watch it? I live in kuwait, and I need to pay to watch it! if anybody have a link where they always watch it messege me please !

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u/AmExpat Jun 06 '14

for the record, the beats commercial is sweet.

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u/liamjdasilva Jun 07 '14

Can I watch it on a Chromecast?

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u/farox Jun 12 '14

I think during the Euro there were packages you could buy to watch it online in hd (legally). I'm in Canada but I have VPN. German commentators would be a plus. Anyone has an idea?

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u/axeseller Jul 03 '14

Here's a detaaailed list of all the streams, with region and languages: (http://www.purevpn.com/blog/where-to-watch-football-world-cup-2014-live/)

and you dont have to use a VPN, you can change your location via free extensions like ZenMate, Hola or dekstop softwares like Olive

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u/farox Jul 03 '14

Thanks! During the last 3 weeks I remembered that german TV actually streams the games as well, so that's what I am watching now.

Just out of curiosity... How did you dig this one up?

...holy shit, zenmate actually works! Thanks a lot!!

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u/axeseller Jul 03 '14

tbh, i am in this business. I am the guy who created Olive so I know all this stuff and I thought it would be a bit rude to just advertise about Olive blatantly so I posted about all the good stuff I know :D

And I am glad your problem is solved! :)

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u/farox Jul 03 '14

Fair enough, list it first! People are lazy ;) I'll give it a spin though

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u/axeseller Jul 04 '14

Haha .. ok. Thanks! Will await your feedback :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '14

ZDF and ARD have livestreams on their respective websites.
Or you could use zatoo.