Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup since 1950. Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup The following article concerns the performance of Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Brazil won both their initial qualification group and their group during the tournament itself. They reached the quarter-final stages where they were knocked out by the eventual tournament runners-up, the Netherlands. Brazil finished top of the CONMEBOL league table. Matches were played from October 2007 to October 2009. Coach: Dunga The Netherlands came from behind to beat Brazil 2–1, handing the Brazilians their first loss in a World Cup match held outside Europe, other than in a
1998 FIFA World Cup seeding 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding To calculate the seeding for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, FIFA used the FIFA World Rankings in combination with performances of national teams in the three previous World Cups. For the ranking part, points were allocated on the basis of 32 for the best achieving of the 32 qualifiers for 1998 FIFA World Cup in each of the three fields considered, down to one for the lowest ranking. For the World Cup performance part, points were allocated as follows: The seedings table uses these points obtained from the 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1990 FIFA World