BELO HORZONTE, July 7 — Hosts Brazil and Germany play each other in a World Cup semi-final in Belo Horizonte on Wednesday here is how they reached this stage and their World Cup records:

Brazil

Quarter-Final

At Fortaleza

July 4

Brazil 2 (Silva 7, Luiz 69) Colombia 1 (Rodriguez 80-pen)

Last 16

June 28

At Belo Horizonte

Brazil 1 (Luiz 18) Chile 1 (Sanchez 32) after extra-time

Brazil win 3-2 on penalties

Group stage

June 12

At Sao Paulo

Brazil 3 (Neymar 29, 71-pen, Oscar 90+1) Croatia 1 (Marcelo 11-og)

June 17

At Fortaleza

Brazil 0 Mexico 0

At Brasilia

Brazil 4 (Neymar 17, 35, Fred 49, Fernandinho 84) Cameroon 1 (Matip 26)

Squad

Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Toronto FC/CAN)(12), Jefferson (Botafogo)(1), Victor (Atletico Mineiro)(22)

Defenders: Dante (Bayern Munich/GER)(13), David Luiz (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA)(4), Henrique (Napoli/ITA)(15), Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA)(3), Daniel Alves (Barcelona/ESP) (2), Maicon (Roma/ITA)(23), Marcelo (Real Madrid/ESP)(6), Maxwell (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA)(14)

Midfielders: Fernandinho (Manchester City/ENG) (5), Hernanes (Inter Milan/ITA)(18), Luiz Gustavo (Wolfsburg/GER) (17), Oscar (Chelsea/ENG)(11), Paulinho (Tottenham Hotspur/ENG)(8), Ramires (16), Willian (both Chelsea/ENG)(19)

Forwards: Bernard (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR)(20), Fred (Fluminense)(9), Hulk (Zenit Saint Petersburg/RUS)(7), Jo (Atletico Mineiro)(21), Neymar (Barcelona/ESP)(10)

World Cup winners: 5 (1958/62/70/94 and 2002)

Finalists: 2 (1950, 1998)

Leading World Cup scorer: Ronaldo — 15

Germany's national team players pose for a team photo in Mainz, June 5, 2014. — Reuters pic

Germany

Quarter-final

July 4

At Rio de Janeiro

Germany 1 (Hummels 13) France 0

Last 16

June 30

At Porto Alegre

Germany 2 (Schuerrle 92, Ozil 119) Algeria 1 (Djabou 120+1) after extra-time

Group stage

June 16

At Salvador

Germany 4 (Mueller 12-pen, 45+1, 78, Hummels 32) Portugal 0

June 21

At Fortaleza: Germany 2 (Goetze 51, Klose 71) Ghana 2 (A. Ayew 54, Gyan 63)

June 26

At Recife: Germany 1 (Mueller 55) USA 0

Squad

Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)(1), Roman Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund)(22), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96)(12)

Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich)(20), Erik Durm(15), Kevin Grosskreutz(2) (both Borussia Dortmund), Benedikt Hoewedes (Schalke 04)(4), Matthias Ginter (SC Freiburg)(3), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)(5), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)(16), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal/ENG)(17), Shkodran Mustafi (Samdoria/ITA)(21)

Midfielders: Julian Draxler (Schalke 04)(14), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid/ESP)(6), Christoph Kramer (Borussia Monchengladbach)(23), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich)(18), Mesut Oezil (Arsenal/ENG)(8), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)(7)

Forwards: Miroslav Klose (Lazio/ITA)(11), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal/ENG)(10), Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich)(13), Andre Schuerrle (Chelsea/ENG)(9), Mario Goetze (Bayern Munich)(19)

World Cup winners: 3 all as West Germany (1954/74/90)

Finalists: 4 (1966/82/86/2002)

Leading World Cup scorer: Miroslav Klose — 15 — AFP