Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Iran

Date
Wed 25th June 2014 (UTC)

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13:00:00 UTC

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FIFA World Cup

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2014

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The two teams had met in five previous matches, all in friendlies, most recently in 2009.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, which had already been eliminated, led 1–0 at half-time through a goal by Edin Džeko, shooting low with his left foot after he received a pass from Miralem Pjanic. Pjanic extended the lead in the second half when he slotted low past the goalkeeper, after receiving a through ball from Tino-Sven Sušic. Iran, which had to win and also hoped Nigeria lost to Argentina to have any chance for qualification to the knockout stage, reduced the deficit after Reza Ghoochannejhad tapped home from close range from a Javad Nekounam cross. However, Bosnia and Herzegovina scored a third goal when Avdija Vršajevic slotted home with his right foot after Sejad Salihovic played him in on the right, sealing their first win in World Cup finals history, and also confirming Iran's elimination, meaning that they failed to advance to the knockout stage for all four of their World Cup campaigns.

With Ghoochannejhad's goal for Iran, the 2014 World Cup became the first since 1998 in which every participating team managed to score at least once.