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Copa do Mundo da FIFA
Brasil 2014
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international men's football tournament that is scheduled to take
place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014. It will be the second
time that Brazil has hosted the competition, the previous being
in 1950. Brazil was elected unchallenged as host nation in 2007
after the international football federation, FIFA, decreed that the
tournament would be staged in South America for the first time
since1978 in Argentina, and the fifth time overall.
The national teams of 31 countries advanced through qualification
competitions that began in June 2011 to participate with the host
nation Brazil in the final tournament. A total of 64 matches are to
be played in twelve cities across Brazil in either new or redeveloped stadiums, with the tournament beginning with a group stage.
For the first time at a World Cup Finals, the matches will use goalline technology.
With the host country, all world champion teams since the first
World Cup in 1930 (Argentina, England, France, Germany,
Ialy, Spain and Uruguay have qualified for this competition. Spain
is the defending champion, having defeated the Netherlands 1–0
in the 2010 World Cup final to win its first World title. The previous
four World Cups staged in South America were all won by South
American teams.