[PDF] FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil Schedule | FIFA History and Facts

Football fever is back. As promised we are back with another sports schedule, the FIFA World Cup 2014 schedule is launched. Today we providing you full schedule of FIFA Football World Cup 2014 in PDF format. 20th edition of FIFA Cup start from June 12, 2014. We are flashing light upon full World Cup history and previous hosts. History of Winners ans Runner-ups. Some unknown facts about World Cup. Here is how teams have been paired up against each other.

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the national teams of the members of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champions are Spain, who won the 2010 tournament in South Africa. Here, is quick look at tournaments held so far.

History of FIFA World Cup

Host	Year	Winner	Runners-Up
Uruguay	1930	Uruguay	Argentina
Italy	1934	Italy	Czechoslovakia
France	1938	Italy	Hungary
Brazil	1950	Uruguay	Brazil
Switzerland	1954	Germany	Hungary
Sweden	1958	Brazil	Sweden
Chile	1962	Brazil	Czechoslovakia
England	1966	England	Germany
Mexico	1970	Brazil	Italy
Germany	1974	Germany	Netherlands
Argentina	1978	Argentina	Netherlands
Spain	1982	Italy	Germany
Mexico	1986	Argentina	Germany
Italy	1990	Germany	Argentina
USA	1994	Brazil	Italy
France	1998	France	Brazil
S.Korea-Japan	2002	Brazil	Germany
Germany	2006	Italy	France
South Africa	2010	Spain	Netherlands

Shakira - La La La "Lyrics" Dare (The Official 2014 Brasil FIFA Cup Song) 

 

 

Facts about FIFA Cup

1. Brazil won the World Cup most number of times [5] followed by Italy [4] and Germany [3].
2. Lothar Matthaus from Germanyplayed most World Cup Games 1982-1998 [25].
3. Ronaldo from Brazil scored most number of goals [15] in WC games from 1998-2006.
4. Antonio Carbajal [Mexico] and Lothar Matthaus [Germany] played most number of tournaments [5].
5. Roger Milla [Cameroon] was the oldest player with age of 42 years, 39 days in 1994.
6. Norman Whiteside [Northern Ireland], youngest player aged 17 years, 41 days in 1982.
7. Cafu [Brazil] most number of World Cup final appearances.
8. Pele [Brazil] youngest goal scorer in WC history aged 17 years, 239 days in 1958.
9. Roger Milla [Cameroon] oldest player to score goal in WC match aged 42 years, 39 days in 1994.
10. Oleg Salenko [Russia] sored most number of goals in single match [5].
11. Hakan Sukur [Turkey] scored fastest goal in match in just 11 sec. vs S.Korea in 2002.
12. Carlos Alberto Parreira [Brazil] recorded most tournaments as coach [6] from 1982-2010.
13. Carlos Alberto Parreira [Brazil] coached most number of countries [5].
14. Helmut Schon [Germany] has most number of matches [25] as coach of a single team.

World Cup 2014 Schedule 

20th edition of FIFA World Cup is to be played in Brazil from June 12, 2014 to July 13, 2014. It is second World Cup to be hosted by Brazil after 1950. Brazil was elected unchallenged as host nation in 2007. A total of 64 matches are to be played in twelve cities across Brazil. Eighteen locations were presented as potential World Cup host cities : 

Belem             Belo Horizonte         Salvador                Rio de Janeiro

Brasilia           Campo Grande         Florianopolis         Sao Paulo

Cuiaba            Curitiba                     Maceio                  Fortaleza        

Goiania           Manaus                     Natal                     Porto Alegre 

Recife             Rio Branco           

32 teams have been qualified for the tournament which are now further arranged in 8 groups of 4 teams each. Each team will play 3 matches against each other in respective groups. After total 48 matches in group stage, round of 16 matches to be played between two top teams from each group. 

Each participating team will receive at least US$8 million. The World Champions will receive $35 million, while the losing finalists will receive $25 million. Teams that lose in the round of 16 will receive $9 million, and the quarter-finalists receive $14 million. 

 

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(C'est La Vie) The Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 (TM) Song 

 


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