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The 2014 FIFA World Cup is the 20th FIFA World Cup. an international man’s football tournament that is scheduled to take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014. It is the second time that Brazil has hosted the competition. The previous was being in 1950. Brazil was elected unchallenged as host nation in 2007 after the international football and FIFA decreed that the tournament would he 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 playing in twelve cities across Brazil in either new or redeveloped stadiums, with the tournament beginning with a group stage. For the first time in a World Cup Finals matches that are using goal-line technology.

With the host country, all world champion teams since the first World Cup in 1930 (Argentina, England, Francs Germany, Italy, Spain and Uruguay) have qualified for this competition. Spain is the defending champion, having defeated the Netherlands 1-0 in the 2010 World Cup final to win in first World tide. The previous four World Cups staged in South America were all won by South American teams.