2014 FIFA world Cup in Brazil

The FIFA World Cup is the world’s most widely viewed sporting event; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany and the 2010 event in South Africa was broadcast to 204 countries on 245 different channels. Inside the stadiums, a total of 3,170,856 spectators attended the 64 matches an average of 49,670 per match and the third highest aggregate attendance behind USA 1994 and Germany 2006.

2014 FIFA world Cup in Brazil

Matches

Match times are currently set to local time

Group A

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
1	12/06 17:00	Sao Paulo		A1	-	A2
2	13/06 13:00	Natal		A3	-	A4
17	17/06 16:00	Fortaleza		A1	-	A3
18	18/06 15:00	Manaus		A4	-	A2
33	23/06 17:00	Brasilia		A4	-	A1
34	23/06 17:00	Recife		A2	-	A3

Group B

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
3	13/06 16:00	Salvador		B1	-	B2
4	13/06 18:00	Cuiaba		B3	-	B4
19	18/06 19:00	Rio De Janeiro		B1	-	B3
20	18/06 13:00	Porto Alegre		B4	-	B2
35	23/06 13:00	Curitiba		B4	-	B1
36	23/06 13:00	Sao Paulo		B2	-	B3

Group C

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
5	14/06 13:00	Belo Horizonte		C1	-	C2
6	14/06 19:00	Recife		C3	-	C4
21	19/06 13:00	Brasilia		C1	-	C3
22	19/06 19:00	Natal		C4	-	C2
37	24/06 16:00	Cuiaba		C4	-	C1
38	24/06 17:00	Fortaleza		C2	-	C3

Group D

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
7	14/06 16:00	Fortaleza		D1	-	D2
8	14/06 21:00	Manaus		D3	-	D4
23	19/06 16:00	Sao Paulo		D1	-	D3
24	20/06 13:00	Recife		D4	-	D2
39	24/06 13:00	Natal		D4	-	D1
40	24/06 13:00	Belo Horizonte		D2	-	D3

Group E

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
9	15/06 13:00	Brasilia		E1	-	E2
10	15/06 16:00	Porto Alegre		E3	-	E4
25	20/06 16:00	Salvador		E1	-	E3
26	20/06 19:00	Curitiba		E4	-	E2
41	25/06 16:00	Manaus		E4	-	E1
42	25/06 17:00	Rio De Janeiro		E2	-	E3

Group F

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
11	15/06 19:00	Rio De Janeiro		F1	-	F2
12	16/06 16:00	Curitiba		F3	-	F4
27	21/06 13:00	Belo Horizonte		F1	-	F3
28	21/06 18:00	Cuiaba		F4	-	F2
43	25/06 13:00	Porto Alegre		F4	-	F1
44	25/06 13:00	Salvador		F2	-	F3

Group G

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
13	16/06 13:00	Salvador		G1	-	G2
14	16/06 19:00	Natal		G3	-	G4
29	21/06 16:00	Fortaleza		G1	-	G3
30	22/06 15:00	Manaus		G4	-	G2
45	26/06 13:00	Recife		G4	-	G1
46	26/06 13:00	Brasilia		G2	-	G3

Group H

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
15	17/06 13:00	Belo Horizonte		H1	-	H2
16	17/06 18:00	Cuiaba		H3	-	H4
31	22/06 19:00	Rio De Janeiro		H1	-	H3
32	22/06 13:00	Porto Alegre		H4	-	H2
47	26/06 17:00	Sao Paulo		H4	-	H1
48	26/06 17:00	Curitiba		H2	-	H3

2014 FIFA world Cup in Brazil

The FIFA World Cup is the biggest single-event sporting competition in the world and is contested by the senior men’s national teams from the 208 Member Associations of FIFA.
The competition has been played 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.

2014 FIFA world Cup in Brazil

It fulfils FIFA’s objectives to touch the world, develop the game, and build a better future through a variety of ways.
The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of one month – this phase is often called the Final Competition. A qualification phase, the Preliminary Competition which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation.

2014 FIFA world Cup in Brazil

The preliminary competition for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ sees a total of 204 entries across six continents competing for 31 available spots. For the last FIFA World Cup, 200 teams played a total of 853 matches as 31 teams qualified for South Africa.

Both the preliminary and final competitions act as a massive promotion for the game of football and for the host nation(s) and are therefore wonderful opportunities to help promote values of respect, fair play and discipline to the watching world.

2014 FIFA world Cup in Brazil

Understandably, the organisation of such an event is a huge task for FIFA and the Local Organising Committee and is therefore one of the main activities of FIFA over a four-year period.


The 19 FIFA World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other winners are Italy, with four titles; Germany, with three wins; Argentina and inaugural winners Uruguay, with two; and England, France, and Spain, with one title each.