Austria at the FIFA World Cup Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, West Germany reached the final, losing 3-1 to European rivals Italy. Since 2002, the Austria national football team never qualified in the other World Cup editions as of now. The other being Norway. Ernst Happel has won 2nd Place as a coach with the Netherlands in 1978 after losing the final 3-1 a.e.t. to Argentina Austria at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Austria's results at the FIFA World Cup. Austria has played at seven World Cups. They also qualified for the tournament in 1938, but withdrew after the annexation of Austria by the
2014 FIFA World Cup Group G 2014 FIFA World Cup Group G Group G of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of Germany, Portugal, Ghana and United States. Play began on 16 June and ended on 26 June 2014. The eventual champions, Germany, came from this group. The two teams had met in 17 previous matches, including in the 2006 FIFA World Cup third place match, won by Germany 3–1. Their most recent meeting was in the UEFA Euro 2012 group stage, won by Germany 1–0. Germany took the lead with a Thomas Müller penalty kick, shooting low and hard into the bottom left-hand corner, awarded