Factbox: The World Cup in numbers

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Following are a selection of facts and figures around the World Cup finals in Brazil, which finish on Sunday when Germany play Argentina in the final at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium: 0 - Shots on target by the Netherlands in the opening 90 minutes of their semi-final against Argentina before they lost 4-2 on penalties 0 – Yellow cards shown for diving 2 - Previous finals between Germany and Argentina. Argentina won 3-2 in 1986 and Germany 1-0 in 1990 2 - Pitch invasions 2 - Two African countries, Nigeria and Algeria, made it to the knockout stages for the first time but failed to reach the last eight 2.69 - Average goals per match after 62 of 64 games, up from a final tally of 2.27 in South Africa four years ago but far below the record of 5.38 in Switzerland in 1954 4 - Months Luis Suarez was banned from soccer-related activities after biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini. The Uruguay forward was also handed a nine-match competitive international suspension 6 - Goals scored by leading marksman James Rodriguez of Colombia, one more than Germany's Thomas Mueller 7 - Goals conceded by Brazil in their semi-final against Germany, the most in the nation's World Cup history and the widest margin of victory in a last-four encounter 8 - German goalscorers at the finals, twice as many as Argentina (4) 10 - Red cards, fewer than any other World Cup since 1986 (8) and down from the record 28 shown at Germany 2006 16 – Germany striker Miroslav Klose's record for the number of goals at the World Cup set when he scored against Brazil in the semi-finals to surpass their former forward Ronaldo 16 – Saves made by United States goalkeeper Tim Howard in the last-16 defeat against Belgium, a total unmatched since World Cup records began 17 - Germany's goal tally on the way to the final, more than twice as many as Argentina (8) 28 - Tackles Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano has made, more than any other player 57.3 - Average minutes played per match, up from 54 at the 2010 edition 69.6 - Kilometers covered by Netherlands midfielder Wesley Sneijder in his six matches, the most of any player 167 - Goals scored up to the semi-finals, already the most since the record total of 171 set at France 1998 172 - Yellow cards in 62 of 64 matches, down from a peak of 307 at Germany 2006 393 - Average passes per team, up from 353 in 2010 506 - World Cup minutes played by Algeria without scoring until they netted against Belgium in their Group H opener 53,018 - Average stadium attendance, the most since the record of 68,991 at USA 1994 3,000,000 - U.S. dollars sent in cash by plane to Brazil to placate disgruntled Ghana players 11,600,000,000 – Cost to Brazil in U.S. dollars of staging the World Cup (Writing by Iain Rogers, editing by Ken Ferris)