Germany has won the 2014 World Cup, defeating Argentina 1-0 with a Mario Götze goal in the second half of extra time.

While Germany dominated possession throughout the match, much of it was without threatening goal. Argentina was strong on the counter and had multiple high opportunity chances, particularly in the first half. Gonzalo Higuain had a goal disallowed on an Ezequiel Lavezzi cross in which he was offside, along with a open shot at goal on a bad header backwards by Toni Kroos.