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The 20th FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July,2014. This is going to be the second time when Brazil 2014 will host the FIFA World Cup. Only four countries including Mexico, Italy, France and Germany have hosted this tournament twice before Brazil. The official logo has been designed by Brazilian Agency Africa and it is called “Inspiration”.
It will be the first World Cup to be held in South America since the 1978 and also the first time that two consecutive World Cups are staged outside Europe. For the first time goal-line technology will be used in FIFA World Cup. Spain will defend its title against other nations that they won in 2010 after defeating Netherlands in the final of FIFA World Cup 2010.
Total 64 matches will be played during the whole tournament in 12 cities of the country. The opening match will be played on 12 June,2012 in Sao Paulo and the final will be played at Rio de Janeiro. Brazil will be seen in action in the very first match in front of their home crowd. On 27 September 2012 the FIFA Executive Committee announced the kickoff timing of the matches, with the opening match to kickoff on 12 June in Sao Paulo, at 17:00 local time. The group stage matches will be played at 13:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, and 19:00 local time, knockout stage matches at 13.00 and 17.00 local time. The semi-finals will be played at 17:00 local time and the Final, on 13 July 2014 at the Maracana stadium, at 16:00 local time.
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