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The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2007.
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The two teams had met in 17 previous matches, including in...
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup was an international football...
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© 2024 Google LLC. With less than a year to go before the 2022 World Cup, Qatar has learned lessons from other countries that have struggled to find a post-tournament role for ...
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Brazil at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The following article concerns the performance of Brazil at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. They played their first home-soil World Cup after 64 years, since the 1950 World Cup, and thus were automatically qualified for the group stage.
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On 7 March 2003, the world football body FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since Argentina hosted the 1978 FIFA World Cup, in line with its policy of rotating the right to host the World Cup amongst different confederations. On 3 June 2003, CONMEBOL announced that Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia wa...
Brazil, who eventually won the hosting rights for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, were the only remaining official candidate after Colombia withdrew its bid on 11 April 2007. The Brazilian bid was officially launched on 13 December 2006 by Ricardo Teixeira, then president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, who signed the letter of candidacy in Tokyo...
Colombia
Colombiaformally declared its candidacy on 18 December 2006, and withdrew it on 11 April 2007. The president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, had initially announced on 15 July 2006 that Colombia would submit a bid. During his speech at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, Uribe said: "By seeing how things were done to organise these Games, I think Colombia is capable of hosting a football World Cup. I'm sure we will achieve it and will do it very well."Vice Presid...
Australia
In June 2006, South Australian premier Mike Rann put forward a proposal for Australia to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He was backed by then Prime Minister John Howard, who said that Australia has proven it can host world sporting events. Football Federation Australia President, Frank Lowy who has also expressed considerable interest in the proposal and is amid negotiations to formally put forward Australia's hosting proposal. Australia hosted the OFC Nations Cup twice (1998, and 2004), and f...
Jordan/Iraq
In October 2004, the football federations of Jordan/Iraq mulled a bid to host the World Cup. "The situation at the moment would make any bid ludicrous," Prince Faisal al-Hussein of Jordan was quoted as saying in his interview to The Times and The Guardian. "What will things be like in five years' time?. It could be a very prosperous nation. If the conditions are right, people will take it seriously."
FIFA President gives press briefing - 20 May 2006 Archived 1 June 2006 at archive.todayThe 2014 World Cup was one of the BEST ever held, with crazy matches, surprising underdogs and shocking results! So in this video we'll see the ENTIRE HISTOR...
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Jan 6, 2014 · Will it be smiles in Brazil during the World Cup? That boom is showing signs of flagging - but with incomes not falling and unemployment low, people still feel safe enough to protest.
