[jameshart]

(duplicating my comment from the other API thread)

T's and C's on FIFA's site are pretty clear:

  (i)            FIFA Content

  5.1          All FIFA Content, including FIFA feeds, is owned by, or 
     licensed to, FIFA. FIFA Content is provided to You “AS IS” and may
     not be used, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, 
     displayed, sold, licensed or otherwise exploited for any other 
     purposes than their access and usage on the FIFA Digital Platforms.
     For that sole and exclusive purpose, FIFA grants to You a limited,
     revocable, non-exclusive license to access and use the FIFA Digital
     Platforms privately for non-commercial purposes, in accordance with
     these Terms.

"FIFA Digital Platforms" is defined as the website and their App.

So... doesn't really sound like an "official API" in the sense of being something you could use to create your own world-cup data-based apps or web sites...

[wslh]

You can quickly display the data using the online JSON editor: http://cdn.rawgit.com/jdorn/json-editor/master/demo.html

This is "small data", you can always say that you watched all the matches and collected the information yourself ;-)

And, depending where you live this license can/cannot be legal.

[thevlade]

I guess if people are attempting to make their own apps they should stick to the APIs shared on the other thread (I really like the Kimono one). However, it's really interesting to see how the "official API" is structured, as some users have pointed out here.