Brasil Global Tour
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| Owner | Pitch International LLP. |
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| Introduced | October 16, 2012 |
| Markets | Worldwide |
| Tagline | "The five-time World Cup winners are bringing their unique brand of football to iconic stadiums across the world" |
| Website | brasilglobaltour |
Brasil Global Tour officially with sponsorship the Chevrolet Brasil Global Tour is a package of all the friendlies of the Brazil National Team from 2012 to the 2022 World Cup [1]. The CBF has used the fact that Brazil is one of the most sought after teams in the world to market itself and Brazil's friendly games on the international stage. The contract between CBF and Pitch International, the company that operates the tour, started in October of 2012, and runs through the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Brazil, being the host of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, had no qualification games for the tournament as they automatically qualified as the hosts. This led to Brazil only playing friendly games for the first few years of the contract.
Pitch International was appointed in August 2012 with the first game to begin in October of the same year. The deal saw Pitch International replace Kentaro, an agency which had previously organized a package of Brazil friendlies around the world before 2012. [2] [3]
CBF stated that before working with Pitch International, it was having trouble making money off of its home friendly games, despite Brazil's relatively big status in the game. The deal with Pitch International sees the CBF paid a fee of approximately $1 million a game and Pitch International typical receives a match fee of in between $2-3 million per game. [4]
To date there have been 43 games against various opponents on all 6 inhabited continents. Brazil has played 1 time in Africa, 4 times in Asia, 2 times in Australia, 15 times in Europe, 11 times in North America, and 10 times in South America. [5][6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
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References
- ^ "Pitch International Will Manage CBF Friendly Matches Until 2022 World Cup". www.sportsbusinessdaily.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Pitch International to manage Brazil friendlies until 2022 World Cup". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Chevrolet to title sponsor Brasil Global Tour". Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "England v Brazil: next stop Stamford Bridge for the great travelling circus of world football". Telegraph.co.uk. 6 Feb 2013.
- ^ "Event Management - Pitch International". pitchinternational.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Brasil Global Tour: The Schedule - Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Brazil national football team all-time record". 20 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018 – via Wikipedia.
- ^ "Welcome to the Brasil Global Tour - Goal.com". 7 October 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Brazil have become football's Harlem Globetrotters". Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Brazil pick London as a training base before Russia World Cup". Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ https://twitter.com/BGT_ENG
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/BrasilGlobalTour
- ^ https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/brazil-global-tour?sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=brazil%20global%20tour
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jun/09/argentina-beat-brazil-as-superclasico-takes-underwhelming-detour-to-mcg
- ^ https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/brazil-don-t-want-to-play-argentina-in-mcg-clash-says-tite?cid=inbody:neymar-wont-make-trip-for-friendlies-against-australia-argentina
- ^ http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/soccer/news/brasil-global-tour-venues-fedexfield/17ftyez0l0jrm17qm6c5t4tq04