Rio de Janeiro, July 14: Mario Goetze was the hero as Germany won their fourth World Cup title, beating Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the final yesterday (July 13) here.

World Cup Special

Goetze's 113th minute goal gave Germany the trophy after 24 years of wait.

As it happened in the 2010 final, the winners were decided in extra time after a goalless contest in 90 minutes. Back then, Andres Iniesta's 116th minute goal crowned Spain as the champions against Netherlands.

Here the numbers from World Cup 2014

• 0 - Germany did not lose a single game on way to lifting the trophy. They had one draw in the group stage and won 6
• 1 - Champion - Germany
• 4 - The number of World Cup titles for Germany (1954, 1974 as hosts, 1990, 2014)
• 6 - Goals by Colombia's James Rodriguez. He was the top scorer and won the Golden Boot
• 7 - Goals conceded by Brazil to Germany in the semi-finals
• 10 - Red cards shown at this World Cup
• 16 - Total number of goals for Miroslav Klose in World Cup history. He is the record holder now. He surpassed Brazil's Ronaldo (15) during this tournament
• 18 - Number of goals scored by Germany, the most in the tournament by a team. 15 of them were open play goals and 3 from set pieces
• 22 - Age of Mario Goetze who scored the winner in the final
• 24 - Germany won World Cup after 24 years. In 1990, they had beaten Argentina 1-0 in the final
• 25 - Number of saves by German goallkeeper Manuel Neuer. These are the highest number of saves. He won the Golden Glove award for this
• 35 million dollars - Prize money for the champions Germany
• 64 - Total number of matches played
• 83.9 Kilometres - Total distance covered by Germany's Thomas Muller. He was the top runner in the tournament
• 113 - The winning goal in the final came in the 113th minute from Goetze
• 171 - Total number of goals
• 396 - Average passes per team. It was 353 in 2010
• 562 - Passes completed by German captain Philipp Lahm, the highest in the tournament
• 576 million dollars - Total prize money for the tournament
• 736 - Total number of players who came for the World Cup
• 4157 - Total number of passes completed by Germany. They were the Best Passers. Tournament average was 1583 passes
• 76,935 - Total capacity at the Maracana Stadium, which hosted the final

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