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Footballevents.org eBook Welcome to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil It’s that time again –  four years has past and another World Cup is ahead of us. Beginning in 1930, the sporting event has been held every four years since then, pitting the best national football teams of the world against each other.  As any fan of the sport know s, the last World Cup was help in South A frica, with Spain eme rging as the victor. The Spanish will try to defend their title this year in Brazil.  After three years of q ualifications, the fiel d has be en narrowed down to the 32 co untries that will be represented at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. These teams will be playing in various locations within the host country of Brazil and the tournament will last for about a month with one team emerging as the 2014 World Cup champion. Of the 19 World Cups that have been help since the tournament began, there have only been eight countries that have won the title. The fact that this year’s World Cup will be help in Brazil is exciting for many reasons. Firstly, Brazil is the only country to have competed in every single World Cup. Also, Brazil has more World Cup championships than any other country with a total of five. The 2014 World Cup begins on June 12 and lasts until July 13. This is the second time that Brazil will be hosting the tournament, having hosted it back in 1950. This is the fifth time that the tournament will be help on the continent of South America and it’s the first time since Argentina hosted the World Cup in 1978. The Venues  An interes ting thing about th is year’s World Cup in Brazil is that an  exception was made in how many host cities there will be during the tournament. It is standard that there be in between eight and 10 host cities within the country, however, there will be 12 for this year’s tournament. The 12 host cities will be Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo. Each of these cities is the capital of its state, and the selection of the cities covers all of the main regions of Brazil. This was done purposely to avoid keeping the matches concentrated in the southeast region of the country, as was the case with the 1950 World Cup.  According to reports, over $3.5 billion has been sp ent thus far on building and renovating stadiums in preparation for the tournament. Five of the host cities needs stadiums built from the ground up, while others are being extensively renovated. The final match will obviously be held in The Estádio do Maracanã, located in Rio de Janeiro. It is the largest stadium in Brazil and already holds the FIFA World Cup record in attendance with 199,854 fans watching the finals held in this stadium in 1950.  As far as the work be ing don e in prepa ration fo r the World Cup is concerned, there have been successes, but also problems. One of the biggest success stories is the construction of the Castelão stadium in Fortaleza. The work on the stadium not only came in within the set budget for the project, but there was money to be spared as well. Even with the World Cup right around the corner, Brazil is still working and putting the final touches on many of the new and renovated stadiums. In fact, there were six venues that missed the December 31, 2013 deadline for being completed. There was tragedy involved in the

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