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2014 FIFA World Cup
Copa do Mundo da FIFA
Brasil 2014[nb 1]
2014 FIFA World Cup logo
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates12 June – 13 July (32 days)
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)12 (in 12 host cities)
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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.[1] 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.[2]

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 Cup Finals staged in South America were all won by South American teams.[3]

Host selection

Sepp Blatter announcing Brazil as the hosts of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup bids

On 7 March 2003, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since 1978, in line with its then-active policy of rotating the right to host the World Cup among different confederations.[4][5] The decision meant that it would be the first time that two consecutive World Cups will be staged outside Europe.

On 3 June 2003, the South American Football Confederation CONMEBOL initially announced that Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia wanted to host the finals.[6] but, by March 2004, the CONMEBOL associations had unanimously voted to adopt Brazil as their sole candidate.[7]

During the intervening months, Colombia decided that it would enter its own bid,[8] and formally declared its candidacy in December 2006.[9] A week earlier Brazil had also formally announced its interest.[10] However, Colombia officially withdrew its bid in April 2007, leaving Brazil as the only host candidate.[11] On 30 October 2007 FIFA officially confirmed that Brazil would host the event.[12]

Qualification

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup 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.[13] The qualification draw for the 2014 World Cup was held at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro on 30 July 2011.[14][15] 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.[16] The highest-ranked absentee according to FIFA World Rankings will be Ukraine,[17] while the OFC region will have no representation at a World Cup Finals for the first time since 2002.

Qualified teams

The following 32 teams, shown with October 2013 rankings used for seeding in the draw,[18] qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

Dilma Rousseff (2nd from the right) and Pelé (center) following the works in Belo Horizonte

Eighteen locations were presented as potential World Cup host cities: Belém, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Maceió, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo.[19]

FIFA proposes that no more than one city may use two stadiums, and the number of host cities is limited between eight and ten. The proposal of Ricardo Teixeira, the then-Head of the Brazilian Football Confederation, to use twelve host cities in "the interest of the whole country" was however accepted by FIFA in December 2008.[20]

The twelve host cities were announced on 31 May 2009, with Belém, Campo Grande, Florianópolis, Goiânia and Rio Branco being rejected;[21] Maceió had already withdrawn in January 2009. The twelve selections – each the capital of its state – cover all the main regions of Brazil and create more evenly distributed hosting than the 1950 finals in Brazil provided, when matches were concentrated in the south-east and south.[22] As a result the tournament will require significant long-distance travel for teams.[23]

A reported US$3.47 billion has been spent on stadium projects.[24] Five of the chosen host cities have brand new venues built specifically for the World Cup, while the Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in the capital Brasilia was demolished and rebuilt, and the remaining six are being extensively renovated.[25] The Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, which already holds the record attendance for a FIFA World Cup Finals match (199,854), is the largest of the stadiums and will stage the final. The CBF originally intended to host the opening match at São Paulo's Estádio do Morumbi but it was dropped in 2010 and replaced by the Arena Corinthians after failing to provide financial guarantees for the required improvements.[26]

The first new stadium, the Castelão, in Fortaleza, became operational in January 2013.[27] According to Joe Leahy of the Financial Times, the works in the Castelão, "could set a precedent for other sporting public works", since the project "came in within budget and cheaper per seat" than the Maracanã stadium in Rio.[28][29] Six of the venues were used during the 2013 Confederations Cup.[30] Six further stadiums are however forecast to miss FIFA's original 31 December 2013 deadline for completed works.[31] The completion of the new Arena Corinthians has been hindered by a fatal crane collapse in November 2013 that destroyed part of the stadium and killed two construction workers.[32]

Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brasília, DF São Paulo, SP Fortaleza, CE
Estádio do Maracanã Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha[33] Arena Corinthians Estádio Castelão

22°54′43.8″S 43°13′48.59″W / 22.912167°S 43.2301639°W / -22.912167; -43.2301639 (Estádio do Maracanã)

15°47′0.6″S 47°53′56.99″W / 15.783500°S 47.8991639°W / -15.783500; -47.8991639 (Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha)

23°32′43.91″S 46°28′24.14″W / 23.5455306°S 46.4733722°W / -23.5455306; -46.4733722 (Arena de São Paulo)

3°48′26.16″S 38°31′20.93″W / 3.8072667°S 38.5224806°W / -3.8072667; -38.5224806 (Estádio Castelão)

Capacity: 76,935[34]

(renovated)

Capacity: 70,042[35]

(rebuilt)

Capacity: 68,000
(new stadium)
Construction progress: 90%[36] 		Capacity: 64,846[37]

(renovated)

Belo Horizonte, MG
Porto Alegre, RS
Estádio Mineirão Estádio Beira-Rio

19°51′57″S 43°58′15″W / 19.86583°S 43.97083°W / -19.86583; -43.97083 (Estádio Mineirão)

30°3′56.21″S 51°14′9.91″W / 30.0656139°S 51.2360861°W / -30.0656139; -51.2360861 (Estádio Beira-Rio)

Capacity: 62,547

(renovated)

Capacity: 51,300[38]
(renovated)
Construction progress: 82%[39]
File:Novo mineirão aérea.jpg
Salvador, BA Recife, PE
Arena Fonte Nova Arena Pernambuco

12°58′43″S 38°30′15″W / 12.97861°S 38.50417°W / -12.97861; -38.50417 (Arena Fonte Nova)

8°2′24″S 35°0′29″W / 8.04000°S 35.00806°W / -8.04000; -35.00806 (Arena Pernambuco)

Capacity: 56,000[40]

(renovated)

Capacity: 46,154

(new stadium)

Cuiabá, MT Manaus, AM Natal, RN Curitiba, PR
Arena Pantanal Arena Amazônia Arena das Dunas Arena da Baixada

15°36′11″S 56°7′14″W / 15.60306°S 56.12056°W / -15.60306; -56.12056 (Arena Pantanal)

3°4′59″S 60°1′41″W / 3.08306°S 60.02806°W / -3.08306; -60.02806 (Arena Amazônia)

5°49′44.18″S 35°12′49.91″W / 5.8289389°S 35.2138639°W / -5.8289389; -35.2138639 (Arena das Dunas)

25°26′54″S 49°16′37″W / 25.44833°S 49.27694°W / -25.44833; -49.27694 (Arena da Baixada)

Capacity: 42,968
(new stadium)
Construction progress: 80%[41] 		Capacity: 42,374
(new stadium)
Construction progress: 88%[42] 		Capacity: 42,086
(new stadium)
Construction progress: 90%[43] 		Capacity: 43,981[44]
(renovated)
Construction progress: 79%[45]
File:Dunes Arena closer.jpg File:Baixada Arena closer.jpg

Final draw

See also: 2014 FIFA World Cup seeding

The final draw for the 2014 World Cup will be held at Costa do Sauípe Resort, Mata de São João in Bahia on 6 December 2013,[46] at 13:00 local time (UTC−3).[47] In preparation for the final draw, the 32 qualified teams have been organized into four pots of eight teams with the seven highest-ranked teams joining host nation Brazil in the seeded pot. [48][49]

Pot 1 (Seeds) Pot 2 (Africa & South America) Pot 3 (Asia & North America) Pot 4 (Europe)

 Brazil (hosts)
 Argentina
 Colombia
 Uruguay
 Belgium
 Germany
 Spain
  Switzerland

 Algeria
 Cameroon
 Ivory Coast
 Ghana
 Nigeria
 Chile
 Ecuador

 Australia
 Japan
 Iran
 South Korea
 Costa Rica
 Honduras
 Mexico
 United States

 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 England
 France
 Greece
 Italy*
 Netherlands
 Portugal
 Russia

As with the previous tournaments, FIFA aims to create groups of geographic separation and therefore no teams from the same confederation may be drawn into the same group with the exception of UEFA members; a maximum of two UEFA teams per group is permitted.[50] Due to the uneven number of teams included in the four geographic pots, additional draw procedures will be applied at the final draw to allocate the 32 teams into the eight groups.[50]

Referees

FIFA has published a list of 52 prospective referees, each paired with two assistant referees, from all six football confederations for the tournament.[50] Its refereeing department will select the final list of officials from this list during 2014 in anticipation of the tournament.

Goal-line technology

For the first time at a World Cup Finals, the officials will be assisted by goal-line technology. The previous World Cup was a catalyst for the decision to adopt technology after England were wrongly denied a goal in their Round of 16 tie against Germany. Following the mistake in the game, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said "it would be a nonsense not to reopen the file on goal-line technology"[51] and in 2012 the IFAB approved its usage.[52] This is the third FIFA competition to use the technology after successful trials at 2012 Club World Cup and 2013 Confederations Cup. The German company GoalControl was selected as the tournament's official goal-line technology provider in October 2013.[53]

Squads

As with the 2010 tournament, each team's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will consist of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Each participating national association has to confirm their final 23-player squad no later than 10 days before the start of the tournament. Teams are permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game.[54]

Matches

The match schedule was announced at FIFA's headquarters in Zürich on 20 October 2011,[55] with the kick-off times being confirmed on 27 September 2012.[56]

All times listed below are in Brasília official time (UTC−3). This is the time zone of ten of the twelve venues; the other two, Cuiabá and Manaus, are in the Amazon time zone (UTC−4), therefore for matches hosted at these two venues the local kickoff times are one hour earlier than the times listed below.[57]

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16.[54] The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Group A

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Brazil Match 1Croatia 
A3Match 2 A4
Brazil Match 17Mexico 
A4Match 18 A2
 CameroonMatch 33 Brazil
A2Match 34 A3

Group B

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B1Match 3 B2
 ChileMatch 4 B4
B1Match 19 Chile
B4Match 20 B2
B4Match 35 B1
B2Match 36 Chile

Group C

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 ColombiaMatch 5 Greece
 Ivory CoastMatch 6 Japan
 ColombiaMatch 21 Ivory Coast
 JapanMatch 22 Greece
 JapanMatch 37 Colombia
 GreeceMatch 38 Ivory Coast

Group D

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Uruguay Match 7 Costa Rica
England Match 8 Italy
Uruguay Match 23 England
Italy Match 24 Costa Rica
Italy Match 39 Uruguay
Costa Rica Match 40 England

Group E

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Switzerland Match 9Ecuador 
France Match 10Honduras 
Switzerland Match 25France 
Honduras Match 26Ecuador 
Honduras Match 41Switzerland 
Ecuador Match 42France 

Group F

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F1Match 11 F2
Iran IranMatch 12 F4
F1Match 27Iran Iran
F4Match 28 F2
F4Match 43 F1
F2Match 44Iran Iran

Group G

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Germany Match 13 Ghana
G3Match 14 G4
G1Match 29 G3
G4Match 30 G2
G4Match 45 G1
G2Match 46 G3

Group H

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Belgium Match 15 Algeria
Russia Match 16 South Korea
Belgium Match 31 Russia
South Korea Match 32 Algeria
South Korea Match 47 Belgium
Algeria Match 48 Russia

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner.[54]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
28 June – Belo Horizonte
 
 
Winner Group A
 
4 July – Fortaleza
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Match 49
 
28 June – Rio de Janeiro
 
Winner Match 50
 
Winner Group C
 
8 July – Belo Horizonte
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner Match 57
 
30 June – Brasília
 
Winner Match 58
 
Winner Group E
 
4 July – Rio de Janeiro
 
Runner-up Group F
 
Winner Match 53
 
30 June – Porto Alegre
 
Winner Match 54
 
Winner Group G
 
13 July – Rio de Janeiro
 
Runner-up Group H
 
Winner Match 61
 
29 June – Fortaleza
 
Winner Match 62
 
Winner Group B
 
5 July – Salvador
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Match 51
 
29 June – Recife
 
Winner Match 52
 
Winner Group D
 
9 July – São Paulo
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Winner Match 59
 
1 July – São Paulo
 
Winner Match 60 Third place
 
Winner Group F
 
5 July – Brasília12 July – Brasília
 
Runner-up Group E
 
Winner Match 55 Loser Match 61
 
1 July – Salvador
 
Winner Match 56 Loser Match 62
 
Winner Group H
 
 
Runner-up Group G
 

Round of 16

Winner Group AMatch 49 Runner-up Group B
Winner Group CMatch 50 Runner-up Group D
Winner Group BMatch 51 Runner-up Group A
Winner Group DMatch 52 Runner-up Group C
Winner Group EMatch 53 Runner-up Group F
Winner Group GMatch 54 Runner-up Group H
Winner Group FMatch 55 Runner-up Group E
Winner Group HMatch 56 Runner-up Group G

Quarter-finals

Winner Match 53Match 58 Winner Match 54
Winner Match 49Match 57 Winner Match 50
Winner Match 55Match 60 Winner Match 56
Winner Match 51Match 59 Winner Match 52

Semi-finals

Winner Match 57Match 61 Winner Match 58
Winner Match 59Match 62 Winner Match 60

Third place match

Loser Match 61Match 63 Loser Match 62

Final

Winner Match 61Match 64 Winner Match 62

Discipline and suspensions

The following players, if included in the final squad of their respective national teams, will be suspended for their team's first match of the tournament for infringements in their final qualification matches. Subject to FIFA disciplinary judgements, suspensions may be extended to more than one match.

Marketing

The official Brazil 2014 logo

Images, slogan and music

File:FIFA releases official poster of World Cup 2014 in Brazil, Jan 2013.jpg
The official Brazil 2014 poster

The official logo of the competition is entitled "Inspiration", and was created by Brazilian agency Africa.[58] The design is based around a photograph of three victorious hands together raising the World Cup trophy and its yellow and green colouring is meant to represent Brazil warmly welcoming the world to their country. It was unveiled at a ceremony held during the 2010 World Cup in Johannesburg.[58] The design was selected from the submissions of 25 Brazilian-based agencies invited to submit designs.[59] Brazilian graphic designer Alexandre Wollner has criticised the design, suggesting that it resembles a hand covering a face in shame, as well as the process through which it was chosen, which had a jury that excluded professional graphic designers.[60]

FIFA also commissioned an official poster that was unveiled in January 2013 and designed by the Brazilian creative agency Crama.[61] The official slogan is "All in One Rhythm" (Portuguese: "Juntos num só ritmo").[62]

An official song has been created for every World Cup Finals since 1962. For the 2014 Finals tournament sponsor Sony has launched a global music contest – entitled the 'SuperSong' contest – to select the competition's official song.[63] The contest allows any person to submit a song via a website with the winning entrant chosen in February 2014 to be professionally recorded by the singer Ricky Martin.[63]

In addition to composed songs, the tournament also recognises an official instrument: The caxirola, a percussive instrument created by Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown.[64] They are designed to create a softer sound than the African vuvuzela horn that featured prominently during the 2010 World Cup. However, due to safety concerns, FIFA later announced that caxirolas will not be permitted inside the stadiums.[65]

Mascot

File:FulecoMascot.jpg
Fuleco, the mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Main article: Fuleco

The tatu-bola, an armadillo that defends itself from predators by rolling up into a ball, was chosen as the official mascot by FIFA at a ceremony organised by the local organizing committee in September 2012.[66] It was selected from 47 designs created by six Brazilian agencies after market research showed its appeal to the primary target audience of Brazilian children aged 5–12.[67]

The then-unnamed mascot was first unveiled to the public during a segment of the Brazilian news show Fantástico.[68] An online public vote was used to determine the name in which three potential names were offered,[69] with the winning name being announced on 25 November 2012:[70] 1.7 million people (about 48 per cent) voted for Fuleco, ahead of Zuzeco (31 per cent) and Amijubi (21 per cent).[71]

"Fuleco" is a portmanteau of the words "Futebol" ("Football") and "Ecologia" ("Ecology") (in addition, nicknames ending with -eco are popular in Brazil). The two unsuccessful names were Amijubi ("Amizade" ("Friendship") and "Júbilo" ("Joy")) and Zuzeco ("Azul" ("blue") and "Ecologia" ("Ecology")).[70]

Match ball

Main article: Adidas Brazuca

The official ball of the 2014 World Cup will be the Adidas Brazuca.[72] The name was selected by a public vote that received responses from more than 1 million Brazilian football fans; "Brazuca" received over 70 per cent of the vote.[73] Adidas, the official FIFA World Cup match ball supplier since 1970, took inspiration from elements of Brazilian culture to come up with a shortlist of three possible names for the ball that also included Bossa Nova and Carnavalesca.[73]

Preparations

In January 2010 Brazil's federal government estimated that staging the tournament would require it invest $11 billion of funding.[74] It also announced tax breaks for the construction and refurbishment of the stadiums for the 2014 World Cup and that host cities would be exempt from VAT.[75]

Infrastructure projects

Recife International Airport in Recife

The airports in Brazil have identified as "the big problem" by the tournament's organising committee.[76] An estimated 600,000 people will travel by plane to the tournament in addition to three million Brazilians using flight to travel between matches.[77]

Light rail in Brasília

Legislation was introduced to enable the state's airport operator Infraero to speed up airport works.[78] However, research by the Brazilian government in 2011 forecast that 10 of the 13 terminals to be upgraded were unlikely to be completed in time for the tournament.[79] Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff stated that the government would make "a strong intervention" to ensure that the airports are ready, including opening them up to private investment.[79] To date, the management of three airports has already been handed over to the private sector (earning $10.8 billion),[80] with two further auctions planned before the end of 2013.[81]

Additional major infrastructure projects have been taking place across the country on road systems and light rail and bus rapid transit lines that will connect the airports to the city centres and stadiums. Over 4,300km of highways will need to be worked on.[82] Media reports however speculate that some of these transport links will not be completed in time for the tournament.[83][84] Over $5 billion is also being invested to build new hotels ready for both the World Cup Finals as well as the 2016 Summer Olympics to be staged in Rio de Janeiro.[85]

A reported 13 of the original 50 planned infrastructure works announced by the Brazilian sports ministry in 2010 have already been cancelled.[86] New projects subsequently introduced were smaller in scale to those originally proposed.[86] Former Brazilian footballer Romário, now a political figure, criticised his country's handling of these preparations but said that "FIFA's requirements were excessive".[87]

Security measures

Brazilian police test an anti-bomb robot

The Brazilian government has pledged $900 million will be invested into security forces and that the tournament will be "one of the most protected sports events in history".[88] FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke promised "the highest level of security you can imagine" will operate during competition.[88] It plans to have one police officer for every 50 people attending matches, and one for every 80 people at public viewing events around the country.[88]

Investment in security measures such as facial recognition systems and unmanned security robots has already been made.[89] An integrated security plan has been developed that seeks to gain information from sources about potential terrorists, troublemakers and hooligans.[90]

Security concerns for the tournament have been increased since large scale protests occurred during Brazil's staging of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup with disturbances also occurring outside the stadiums.[91][92] Protesters cited the amount of public money being invested by the Brazilian government in the hosting of the World Cup at the expense of social services for its population as a key grievance.[93][94][95]

Ticketing

FIFA forecasts a total of 3,334,524 tickets for the tournament.[96] The majority of these are distributed to groups such as commercial affiliates, hospitality clients, media rights holders and VIPs.[96] Approximately 1.1 million are to be sold to the general public (400,000 to Brazilian residents, 700,000 overseas).[96]

The sale of tickets to the general public has been divided into three phases and handled via FIFA's website and nominated locations in each of the host cities.[97][98] There are four categories of tickets, with Category 4 tickets only being available to Brazilian residents.[96] Discounted tickets are available to Brazilians aged over 60, students and those receiving Bolsa Família welfare.[96] These are available for as little as 30 Brazilian reals (roughly US$12.50), while the most expensive ticket of the competition on general sale is a Category 1 seat for the final that retails at US$990.[96] In addition to individual tickets "venue specific tickets", which give access to all matches staged in a host city (during the group stage and round of 16), and "team ticket series", which give access to all matches of a chosen team during the tournament, are also available.[96]

Tickets went on sale on 20 August 2013 with 2.3 million tickets requested during the first 24 hours.[99] By the end of this first phase of sales in October 2013, over six million requests had been received from the general public.[100] As demand exceeded supply, FIFA staged a random draw to allocate tickets with a total of 889,305 tickets being allocated: 71.5% of these were sold to Brazilian residents with the highest number of overseas sales being to those in the United States.[101] A further 220,000 tickets issued on a "first come, first served" basis sold out within seven hours of being placed on sale in November 2013.[102][103] A second phase of ticket sales is planned following the final draw on 6 December.

Broadcasting

See also: 2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights

The broadcasting rights – covering television, radio, internet and mobile coverage – for the tournament are sold to media companies in each individual territory either directly by FIFA, or through licensed companies or organizations such as the European Broadcasting Union, Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana, International Media Content, Dentsu and RS International Broadcasting & Sports Management.[104] The sale of these rights accounts for an estimated 60% of FIFA's income from staging a World Cup.[105] For a fourth consecutive FIFA World Cup Finals, the coverage will be provided by HBS (Host Broadcast Services),[106] in partnership with Sony as the production equipment supplier.[107] The International Broadcast Centre will be situated at the Riocentro in Rio de Janeiro.[108]

Development programme

Brazilian states and cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup

The Brazilian federal government has earmarked R$3 billion (€1.8 billion, £1.1 billion) for investment in works relating to the 2014 World Cup, and intends to release a package of works, entitled the FIFA World Cup PAC (Portuguese acronym for Growth Acceleration Programme). According to the Brazilian minister of cities, Márcio Fortes, the bulk of funds should go to works pertaining to the tournament itself, but the total figure will only be defined after a meeting with representatives of the municipalities that will host the matches.

"This is only an initial figure. We have not set a figure yet. These R$3 billion will allow us to take the first step. The total value of projects is not known yet. We are going to hold talks with mayors to learn which projects are priorities," said the minister. The funds will be supplied by Pró-Transporte, a financing programme funded by the Severance Pay Indemnity Fund (FGTS) whose regulation was passed last year by the fund's Board of Curators.

According to Fortes, several city councils have already contacted the ministry and showed interest in partnership for carrying out infrastructure work turned exclusively to the Cup that will be held in Brazil. "For some time now, the city councils that will host the matches have been contacting us. The city councils have had meetings with FIFA and several projects were outlined. Our approach consists of dealing only with projects exclusively turned to the Cup. Our goal right now is not to solve transport-related issues in the city. We are going to help solve the issues pertaining to the events," he stated. According to the minister, another factor to be analysed by the Ministry of Cities is usefulness and sustainability of the investment after the competition is over. "We are not going to deal with huge projects. The cheapest and most efficient means of transport will be used. Of course, each case will be analysed separately," he explained.

CPTM train in Greater São Paulo

Fortes stated that the PAC of the Cup is going to include partnerships with city councils and state governments, as well as some partnerships with the private sector. "The keyword is partnership. The federal government will not undertake anything by itself. It will be similar to the infrastructure PAC, in which we already have partnerships with city councils and state governments, as well as public-private partnerships. We are going to review the type of investment proposed, analyse their size, and the need for private sector participation, which may take place in different ways. The private sector may build and then lease the assets, or perhaps operate them. All of that will be discussed," he stated.

The minister also informed that preparations for the World Cup already include the creation of a line of financing for renewing the bus fleet across the country. The line will be made available by the Brazilian Federal Savings Bank with total funds of R$1 billion (€600 million, £375 million).[109]

To support the sport's development throughout the continent leading up to the World Cup, FIFA as part of its "Win in CONMEBOL with CONMEBOL" program, has invested in building synthetic football pitches in each country within the confederation. The football turf pitch in Brazil is located at the CBF national training center in Rio de Janeiro and built by a FIFA Preferred Producer for Football Turf.

Maracanã projects

Arena Pernambuco in Recife

Maracanã Stadium, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, has been chosen for the final match. Maracanã was inaugurated in the 1950 World Cup. For the 2014 World Cup, among other adaptations, a new cover will be built. The project also includes construction of a building for parking, above the lines of Supervia and subways, with 3,500 parking spaces. The estimated investment is R$460 million. According to the study of Sinaenco, there is a need to improve the visibility for spectators in the first few rows behind the cabins in the Maracanã, redesign the facilities for people with disabilities, and provide general health reform.

The project may also provide for the restoration of Quinta da Boa Vista and the Museum of São Cristóvão, in addition to redevelopment and revitalisation of neighbourhoods including Tijuca. The Engenhão stadium, completed for the 2007 Pan American Games, has a capacity of 45,000 people and will serve as a training ground for the World Cup.

An investment of R$5 billion is required to meet the requirements that Rio de Janeiro faces in the final tournament and other games, covering three areas: logistics (roads, railways, ports, waterways and airports), energy (generation and transmission of electric power, petroleum, natural gas and renewables) and social and urban (light, sanitation, housing, subways and water resources). In relation to the Rio de Janeiro Metro, the Ministry of Transport has held a public hearing regarding the extension of its lines. The line for the new project is 13.5 km (8.4 mi) long, and should cross the South Zone of the city, carrying around 200,000 passengers per day between six metro stations.[110]

Corinthians projects

The New Corinthians Stadium, in the city of São Paulo, has been chosen for the opening ceremony. São Paulo's chances of staging the opening ceremony of the 2014 FIFA World Cup improved after FIFA accepted a guarantee that SC Corinthians Paulista's new stadium will be completed in time for the tournament. The stadium, being built by Odebrecht SA, will cost R$800 million (US$522 million), according to Corinthians former President Andres Sanchez. BNDES, the national development bank, pledged R$400 million and the city of São Paulo will provide a property fund worth R$400 million.

On a statement on the Corinthians website, Ricardo Teixeira, president of the World Cup local organising committee and the Brazilian Football Confederation, said: "This approval – in record time, less than a year – is the result of efforts by the government of São Paulo, particularly the Governor Geraldo Alckmin and Mayor Gilberto Kassab."[111] FIFA's approval of the project to build a new home for Brazil's biggest football club by revenue, which originally had a cost estimate of US$1.2 billion, was required for São Paulo to host World Cup games.

In June 2011, then sports minister Orlando Silva said in an interview that the federal government would tell tournament organiser FIFA that São Paulo, Salvador, Belo Horizonte and Brasília are eligible to stage the opening ceremony. FIFA will announce the venue in October. Sanchez said: "I said before that if Corinthians could fulfill all the requirements of FIFA, the opening of the World Cup would be in São Paulo. Corinthians gave the guarantees required by FIFA, so the opening will be in São Paulo."[111] Most of the funding for investment in airports, stadiums, ports and urban transportation before the World Cup will come from the government.[112]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Portuguese pronunciation is [ˈkɔpɐ du ˈmũdu dɐ ˈfifɐ bɾɐˈziw ˈdojz ˈmiw i kɐˈtoʁzi], in Brazil's standard pronunciation.

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