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Essay on FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil

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FIFA World Cup 2014 will begins on Thursday, June 12, and end on Sunday, July 13. The 2014 World Cup will be the 20th FIFA WORLD CUP, an international men’s football tournament that is scheduled to take place in Brazil. It will be the second time that Brazil has hosted the competition, after long time brazil get this opportunity,  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, 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 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. With the host country, all world champion teams since the first world cup in 1930 (Uruguay. Italy, Germany, England, Argentina, France, and Spain)  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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