Brazil World Cup Countdown 2014

Brazil At The FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Brazil's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. 

 

 

 

The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

Brazil is the most successful national team in the history of the World Cup, having won five FIFA World Cup titles and reaching the final in 2 other opportunities. Brazil is also one of the countries besides Argentina and Spain to win a FIFA World Cup away from its continent (Sweden 1958, South Korea/Japan 2002). Brazil is the only country to take part in all FIFA World Cups since 1930, being the team with most wins and goals scored in the history of the competition.

Traditionally, Brazil's greatest rival is Argentina. The two countries have met each other four times in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with two wins for Brazil (West Germany 1974 and Spain 1982), one for Argentina (Italy 1990) and a draw (Argentina 1978). The country that

played most against Brazil in the finals is Sweden: 7 times, with five wins for Brazil and two draws. Three other historical rivals are Italy, which lost two World Cup finals against Brazil and eliminated the Brazilians in two tournaments (France 1938 and Spain 1982), France, which has eliminated Brazil at three occasions (Mexico 1986, France 1998 and Germany 2006), and The Netherlands which has eliminated Brazil at two of their four meetings (Germany 1974 and South Africa 2010) 

FIFA World Cup 2014 Criticism

According to various news media, Venues may not be ready for start of tournament in the World Cup 2014 in Brazil because of building delays, street protests and law enforcement issues, admits FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke. Two stadiums - in Porto Alegre and São Paulo - are still not finished, with the tournament due to start on 12 June. Valcke insisted there is "no way" that fixtures will be postponed. "If you want me to summarise, we are not ready," said the Frenchman. "We have two stadiums where there is still work to do."