Group Stage
The match schedule was announced at FIFA's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland on 20 October 2011. On 27 September 2012 the FIFA Executive Committee announced the kickoff times of the matches, with the opening kickoff to be held on the 12th of June in Sao Paulo, at 17:00 local time. The group stage matches will be played at 13:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00 and 21:00 local time, with knockout stage matches at 13.00 and 17.00 local time. The semi-finals will be played at 17:00 local time and the Final, on 13 July 2014 at the Maracana stadium, at 16:00 local time.
All times listed below are in Brasília official time (UTC−3). This is the time zone of ten of the twelve venues; the other two, Cuiabá and Manaus, are in the Amazon time zone (UTC−4), therefore for matches hosted at these two venues the local kickoff times are one hour "behind" the times listed below.
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