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erato in Travel Planning | 1 COMMENTThings to know about the FIFA World Cup
Adidas Brazuca D@LY3D/Flickr
The 20th FIFA World Cup in history will take place in Brazil this time, between June 12 and July 13 2014. The South American country is hosting the championship for the second time, the first occasion was in 1950.
During the one month period there will be 64 matches played by the 32 national teams most of which advanced to the FIFA World Cups via the qualification games that started in June 2011.
The participating cities in Brazil
There are in total 12 cities in Brazil where matches will take place during the championship. The largest and most well known cities are on the list of course: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Porto Alegre or Belo Horizonte. Maybe a little less known are the other hosting cities, Manaus, Natal, Fortaleza, Recife, Salvador, Cuiaba and Curitiba.
Arena Corinthains ©copagov/Flickr
Brazil is a huge country and with 12 host cities the teams and fans as well will have a lot to travel during the championship. The opening match between Brazil and Croatia will take place on June 12, the first day in the metropolis of Sao Paulo in the Arena Corinthians, one of the five brand new stadiums built for this occasion. The other four were built in Recife, Natal, Manaus and Cuiaba.
What to know about the matches
The 32 national teams will play in 8 groups of 4 teams each. Each group will have 6 matches between to decide the two teams will advance into the round of 16. Now it is also known that the Adidas Brazuca will be the official ball of the World Cup. The name comes from a term describing the national pride of Brazilians.
Adidas Brazuca ©D@LY3D/Flickr
The mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the tatu-bola, the Brazilian three-banded armadillo and it will be named Fuleco.
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