The FIFA World Cup in Rio de Janeiro

The famous Brazilian city is one of the 12 locations in the country that will host matches doring the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Almost 6.5 million people live in Rio de Janeiro and an additional 3 million tourists come to visit the city every year.

If you travel to Rio to see a football match, you will see that this sport is essential to the everyday life of the people. The youngest kids already play it on the dusty streets and in parks you can see men of every ages kicking the ball, it is rather captivating!

The iconic Estadio do Maracana

The freshly renovated Estadio do Maracana was built for the 1950 World Cup that was also held in the country and hosted the final between the national teams of Uruguay and Brazil. In the arena there is room for almost 77 thousand people, a fact that also makes Estadio do Maracana the largest stadium in Brazil.

This time the stadium will host 7 matches, more than any other of the 12 venues and it will also give home – again – to the Final of the championship on July 13.

Matches hosted by Rio de Janeiro

As we have mentioned before, the Final of the World Championship will be played in the city and another 6 matches, out of which the below four are kickouts:

Rio’s knockout matches

Date	Time	Team 1	Team 2
June 15	19:00	Argentina	Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 18	16:00	Spain	Chile
June 22	13:00	Russia	Belgium
June 25	17:00	Ecuador	France

Where to stay in Rio

One has to admit, traveling to Brazil plus buying the ticket to a match can get pretty expensive, so we would like to help you out with some cheap accommodation in the city. We have found the cheapest hotel for the time of each football game played in Rio, you just have to click it to find more details and book:

Rio Hotel deals

Hotel name	Check-in/ Check-out	Nightly rate
Chale da Montanha	June 15 2014/ June 16 2014	$131
Chale da Montanha	June 18 2014/ June 19 2014	$88
Hotel Sambaetiba	June 22 2014/ June 23 2014	$155
Residencial Guirlanda	June 25 2014/ June 26 2014	$134

Flying to Rio de Janeiro

The city is served by the Rio de Janeiro-Galeao International Airport and Santos Dumont Airport. The first one is the main airport of the city and it is located 12 miles north of downtown Rio. Major airlines flying here from the United States include American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, UN Airways and United Airlines.

If you can, definitely go see a World Cup game in Rio de Janeiro, or travel for a football match to Sao Paulo or visit any other of the 12 host cities. The 2014 World Championship is going to be epic!

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