Brazil is staging the 20th FIFA World Cup final tournament in the
summer of 2014, with 32 nations competing including 13 from
Europe.
Qualifying for the finals ran until late 2013, when the draw was
held. The allocation of places, along with UEFA's 13, was Asian
Football Confederation (AFC) 4.5, Confederation of African Football
(CAF) 5.0, Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean
Association Football (CONCACAF) 3.5, South American Football
Confederation (CONMEBOL) 4.5, Oceania Football Confederation
(OFC) 0.5, and one slot for the hosts Brazil.
Twelve cities are hosting matches: Belo Horizonte, Brasilia,
Cuiaba, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manuas, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife,
Salvador, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, where the final will be
played at the rebuilt Estádio Mário Filho, better known as the
Maracanã. It was at that stadium where the only previous World
Cup held in Brazil concluded in 1950. All four previous World Cups
in South America – Uruguay in 1930, Brazil in 1950, Chile in 1962
and Argentina in 1978 – have been won by teams from that
continent.
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