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Football

World Cup 2014

The 2014 Fifa World Cup will be the 20th Fifa World Cup, that will take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July. It will be the second time that Brazil has hosted the World Cup. The teams qualified for the 2014 world cup are as listed below:

Brazil

Japan

Australia

Iran

South Korea

Netherlands

Italy

Costa Rica

United States

Argentina

Belgium

Switzerland

Germany

Colombia

Russia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

England

Spain

Chile

Ecuador

Honduras

Uruguay

12 host cities were selected for the biggest tournament in football and the Estádio do Maracanã located in Rio de Janeiro will hold the decisive final match.

A-League

The A-League is the top level professional football league in Australia. It consists of 9 Australian teams and 1 New Zealand team. It began in 2005, the first champions being Sydney FC and the current champions being the Central Coast Mariners. Each year, this league gets more popular as the recruiting of retiring legends or young talents being established in this league.

Liga BBVA

The Liga BBVA is the first division of the Spainish Football Leagues. It is also known as 'La Liga'. It is one of the most popular leagues in the world with an average attendance of 30,275. The Liga BBVA consists of 20 teams playing 38 games with the three lowest teams on the table relegated to the Segunda Division and the three highest teams in the Segunda Division get promoted to the Liga BBVA.

The top three teams from the Liga BBVA get a place in the UEFA Champion League, with the fourth placed team having to play in a play-off to get a place in the UEFA Champions League.

ie White

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