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[2014-06-21 16:24] Yogesh Ratnparakhe :

The2014 FIFA World Cupis the 20thFIFA World Cup, a tournament for the men'sfootballworld championship, that is currently taking place inBrazil.It began on 12 June, with agroup stage, and isscheduled to conclude on 13 July withthe final.[1]It is the second time that Brazil has hosted the competition, the first being in1950. 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 since1978in Argentina, and the fifth time overall.The national teams of 31 countries advanced throughqualification competitionsthat began in June 2011 to participate with the host nation Brazil in the final tournament. A total of 64 matches are being played in 12 cities across Brazil in either new or redeveloped stadiums. For the first time at a World Cup finals, match officials are usinggoal-line technology, as well asvanishing foamforfree kicks.[2]With the host country, all world champion teams since thefirst World Cup in 1930–Argentina,England,France,Germany(who won three times asWest Germany),Italy,SpainandUruguay– have qualified for this competition. Spain were the title holders, having defeated theNetherlands1–0 in the2010 finalto win their first World Cup but they were eliminated after losses in the first two matches at the group stage againstChileand the Netherlands. All seven previous World Cuptournaments staged in theAmericas(four inSouth Americaand three inNorth America) were won by South American teams.[3]Host selectionMain article:2014 FIFA World Cup bidsIn March 2003,FIFAannounced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since1978, in line with its then-active policy of rotating the right to host the World Cup among different confederations.[4][5]The decision meant that it would be the first time that two consecutive World Cups were staged outside Europe. Only Brazil and Colombia formally declared their candidacy but, after the withdrawal of the latter from the process,[6]Brazil was officially elected as host nation unopposed on 30 October 2007.[7]Participating teams and officialsQualificationMain article:2014 FIFA World Cup qualificationFollowing qualification matches between June 2011 and November 2013, the following 32 teams – shown with their final pre-tournamentFIFA World Rankings[8]– qualified for the final tournament. 24 out of the32 teams to qualify are returning participants from the2010 World Cup.Bosnia and Herzegovinais the only team with no previous World Cup Finals experience.[nb 2][9]Colombiaqualified for the World Cup after16 years of absence; whileRussiaandBelgiumafter 12 years; andCroatia,Ecuador,Costa Rica, andIranreturn after missing only one final tournament. Only three top-25 ranked teams did not qualify for the tournament:Ukraine(16),Denmark(23) andSlovenia(25).[8]AFC(4).Australia(62).Iran(43).Japan(46).South Korea(57)CAF(5).Algeria(22).Cameroon(56).Ghana(37).Ivory Coast(23).Nigeria(44)OFC(0).None qualified(New Zealandeliminated byMexico)CONCACAF(4).Costa Rica(28).Honduras(33).Mexico(20).United States(13)CONMEBOL(6).Argentina(5).Brazil(3) (hosts).Chile(14).Colombia(8).Ecuador(26).Uruguay(7)UEFA(13).Belgium(11).Bosnia and Herzegovina(21).Croatia(18).England(10).France(17).Germany(2).Greece(12).Italy(9).Netherlands(15).Portugal(4).Russia(19).Spain(1)*.Switzerland(6)QualifiedFailed to qualifyDid not enterNot a FIFA memberFinal drawMain article:2014 FIFA World Cup seedingThe 32 participating teams were to be drawn into the eight groups of the group stage. In preparation for this, the teams were organisedinto four pots with the sevenhighest-rankedteams joining host nationBrazilin the seeded pot.[10]As with the previous tournaments, FIFA aimed to create groups which maximised geographic separation and therefore the unseeded teams were arranged into pots based on geographic considerations.[11][12]The draw took place on 6 December 2013 at theCosta do Sauíperesort inBahia, during which the teams were drawn by various past W

[2014-06-21 16:05] fan of Yogesh :

The Football World cup 2014 is AWESOME . ............


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