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 since 1978 in Argentina.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 goal-line technology.
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
Qualification
The allocation of places for the final tournament was decided on 3 March 2011, with the distribution of the 31 places determined through the qualification process unchanged from that of the previous tournament.The qualification draw for the 2014 World Cup was held at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro on 30 July 2011.As the host nation, Brazil automatically qualified for the tournament.
203 of the 208 FIFA national teams at the time participated in the qualification stages, which began on 15 June 2011 and concluded on 20 November 2013. 24 of the 32 eventual qualifiers were present at the previous tournament, with the only debutant being Bosnia and Herzegovina, which qualified for the first time as an independent nation.The highest-ranked absentee according to FIFA World Rankings will be Ukraine, while the OFC region will have no representation at a World Cup Finals for the first time since 2002.
Matches Fixtures
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