Germany have remarkably played 49 knockout-phase ties at the World Cup. Brazil are next on 44, despite participating in two more editions. Germany have seized a record 12 medals – four golds, silvers and bronzes apiece. It is three more than nearest rivals Brazil, and the same total as Argentina and France combined. Germany are the only nation to finish on the podium at four successive World Cups, having come second in 2002, third in 2006 and 2010, and first in 2014.