Description: The
2014 FIFA World Cup is the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international men’s
football tournament that is currently taking place in Brazil. It began
on 12 June, with a group stage, and is scheduled to conclude with the
final on 13 July 2014. It is the second time that Brazil has hosted the
competition, the last one 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 since 1978 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 being played in 12 cities across Brazil in either new
or redeveloped stadiums. For the first time at a World Cup Finals, the
matches are using goal-line technology.
With the host country, all world
champion teams since the first World Cup in 1930 (Argentina, England,
France, Germany,[nb 2] Italy, 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.
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