10 Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014

Monday, August 24th 2015. | Sports


Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014 tell you about one of the famous events in the world.  This game is very famous in the world and attracts the football fans all over the world to watch the competition in Brazil. The organized event of FIFA is considered as the 20th World Cup. The competition was held from 12 June until 13 July 2014. Let’s find out the detail information about Brazil World Cup 2014 by reading the following post below:

Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014 1: the host

The competition for World Cup 2014 is located in Brazil after the country had the hosting right in 2007.  It was the 2nd time the country hosted the game.  In 1950, Brazil hosted World Cup for the first time.

Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014 2: the national teams

There were 31 national teams from all over the world who competed in Brazil World Cup 2014. Brazil had 12 venues to hold 64 football matches during the event.

Brazil World Cup 2014 Image

Brazil World Cup 2014 Image

Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014 3: the final of World Cup

During the final of World Cup, the vanishing form for free kicks as well as the goal line technology was implemented.

Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014 4: the visitors for Brazil World Cup 2014

There were at least 1 million visitors who came to Brazil from 202 countries in the world just to enjoy the World Cup matches. The host cities in Brazil are visited by 5 million people during the FIFA Fan Fests.

Brazil World Cup 2014 Pic

Brazil World Cup 2014 Pic

Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014 5: the qualified team for World Cup 2014

Some of the qualified teams for Brazil World Cup 2014 include Uruguay, Italy, Germany, France, England, Spain, and Argentine. During the group stage, Italy, England and Spain were eliminated.

Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014 6: Brazil and Germany

In 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup, Brazil won the title. However, it was defeated by Germany during the semi final. Brazil earned the fourth place in the competition. Get facts about Brazil football team here.

Brazil World Cup 2014 Facts

Brazil World Cup 2014 Facts

Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014 7: France and Uruguay

France was not successful in Brazil World Cup 2014 for it was defeated in the quarter final. In the round of 16, Uruguay national team should go back to their home country after being eliminated.

Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014 8: the final

Argentina lost from Brazil with the score 0-1 in the final. Get facts about Brazil history here.

Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014

Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014

Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014 9: the winner of the Brazil World Cup 2014

The winner for the Brazil World Cup 2014 was Germany. Thus, the national team of Germany is qualified to follow 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

Facts about Brazil World Cup 2014 10: being the host

FIFA stated that 2014 would be held in South America in 2003. Colombia and Brazil were ready to be the host. But Colombia withdrew their candidacy. Therefore, Brazil took the chance as the host unopposed.

Brazil World Cup 2014 Match

Brazil World Cup 2014 Match

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