Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup) in an international match. Ultimately, the match was described as a national humiliation. The game has subsequently been dubbed the Mineirazo (Mineiraço , "Agony of Mineirão"), evoking a previous "spirit of national shame" known as the "Maracanazo" ("Maracanaço") in which Brazil unexpectedly lost the 1950 FIFA World Cup on home soil to Uruguay. Brazil subsequently lost the third place playoff to the Netherlands, and Germany went on to win the World Cup for the fourth time after defeating Argentina in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final. Brazil was hosting the FIFA World Cup for the second time (after 1950), and
2006 FIFA World Cup 2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process, along with the host nation, Germany, for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition (the first was in 1974 as West Germany),