Who's gonna win the FIFA 2014 World Cup?

And so it finally begins.
The FIFA 2014 World Cup is finally here and if you thought IPL got people excited, you have to see the frenzy here in Kerala. Flags of Brazil and Argentina are flying high and banners proclaiming allegiance to Italy and England are visible across many streets.

This time around, I'm personally not so confident about who is gonna win the cup - there are many underdogs who are performing well and a few heavyweights who seem to be faltering as the countdown to the tournament begins. Is it going to be the consistency of a group effort ( a la Spain in 2010 / Italy in 2006 ) or the magic of an individual ( Ronaldo in 2002 / Baggio in 1994 ) that will be the decisive factor in this one?
Teams I've got my eyes on include:

• Germany ( Consistent performers, ruthless attacking line up. )
• Brazil ( Better suited to home conditions than Europeans, good attacking line up. )  
• Spain ( Winners of Euro 2008, FIFA 2010 and Euro 2012.)
• Netherlands ( Always under-performing... perhaps their time has come. )
• Argentina ( Again, a formidable attack. )
• Wild cards:  France, Portugal, Uruguay, Belgium. 

It says a lot that I'm not considering the two World Cup winners from the Group of Death, namely Italy and England. The fact is their pre-World Cup warm up matches have hardly inspired any confidence even among their own fans. 

Anyway, I thought I'd make it fun for all those who drop by the blog and give them something to root for while they cheer their teams. So here are my questions for you:




Question 01: Out of the Top 10 teams in the FIFA ranking, which is the first team which is going to be eliminated from the World Cup? ( From Ranking 1 - 10, the teams are: Spain, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Switzerland, Uruguay, Columbia, Italy, England )

This Group list should help you make an informed choice

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Question 02: Who will be the finalists in the FIFA World Cup 2014 ?

Question 03: Who will win the FIFA World Cup 2014?

Question 04: Which team will score the most goals in FIFA 2014? (Penalty shoot-outs do not count in final tally.)

I would love to hear your personal opinions on the choices as well, though it's not a requisite for the contest, per se.

Rules:

• Cut off dates for submitting your answers are June 17th (11 pm IST) (keeping in mind that the first team to be eliminated may occur as early as the morning of June 18th, theoretically).
• In case more than one person gets the answer right, the winner will be decided by a Trial by Combat WWE styled Royal Rumble random chit selection.

Prizes:
Here's the best part. Your guess could win you free prizes. The winner of each question wins a Rs 250/- voucher from Flipkart, courtesy me. So technically, you stand a chance to win up to Rs 1000/- worth of gift vouchers.
The winners will be announced as the contest progresses.
All the best everyone. Let the games begin!!

UPDATE (15-7-2014) :
Okay, so the final answers of the contest were:
1. Spain was the first of the top 10 FIFA ranked teams to be eliminated.
2. Finalists were Germany and Argentina
3. WC Winner was Germany
4. Team which scored the most goals was again Germany with 18 ( Netherlands had 15)

Well... sadly, no one got the first  two answers right. Quite a few did place their bets on Germany for the last two and it did work out well for them. A random chit selection was done and the winners for answers 3 and 4 are Geeta Nair and Mohammed Adel Khan respectively. Congrats guys :)