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FIFA World Cup 2014 will be the 20th edition of FIFA World Cup tournament. This year’s edition is scheduled to take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014.
Brazil will host this competition for the second time, the previous being in 1950.
Brazil was elected unchallenged as host nation in 2007 after the international football federation, FIFA, decreed that the tournament would be staged in South America for the first time since 1978 in Argentina, and the fifth time overall.
National teams from 31 countries made it through the qualification stage that began in June 2011 to participate with the host nation Brazil in the final tournament.
A total of 64 matches will be played in 12 cities across Brazil.
Goal-line technology will be used for the first time at this year’s World Cup Finals.
With the host country, all world champion teams since the first World Cup in 1930 (Uruguay, Italy, Germany, England, Argentina, France and Spain) have qualified for this competition.
Spain is the defending champion, having defeated the Netherlands 1–0 in the 2010 World Cup final to win its first World title.
The previous four World Cups staged in South America were all won by South American teams.