Fifa's World Football Cup 2014 Brazil

Every four years, Fifa organizes a world football cup that envolves 32 teams of every part of the world. The cup brings a lot of benefits to the host country, like a lot of turists of every continents, but the country have to spend a lot of money too, to increase the security of the citys, reform the stadiums to be in standarts of Fifa, build hotels, and other things.

Brazil has been chosen to be the host of the 2014's football world cup. This is a good thing to our economy, but it brings a lot of sacrifices and responsibilities to the govern of the country.

Brazil has a lot of football stadiums. Seventeen of them were pre-selected to be stadiums of the cup. Twelve of those has been chosen to be official stadiums of the cup. The cities and the pre-selected stadiums are:

1 - Fortaleza:
Stadium: Castelão
Capacity: 60 000 people.
Status: built in 1973. Was renovated in 1980 and 2000.

2 - Recife:
Stadium: Cidade da Copa
Capacity: 45 500 people.
Location: works not commenced.
Conclusion: scheduled for 2011.

3 - Salvador:
Stadium: Fonte Nova
Capacity: 55 000 people.
Location: works not commenced.
Conclusion: scheduled for 2012.

4 - Natal:
Stadium: Estádio das Dunas
Location: works not yet started.
Conclusion: scheduled for 2012.

5 - Florianópolis:
Stadium: Orlando Scarpelli
Capacity: 41 700 people.
Status: built in 1978. Should be totally refurbished.

6 - Curitiba:
Stadium: Kyocera Arena
Capacity: 41 375 people.
Status: built in 1999. Will be remodeled, but no definite date for completion of works.


7 - Cuiabá:
Stadium: Verdão
Capacity: 40 000 people.
Status: Built in 1974, will be refurbished. The expected completion of the works is 2012.

8 - Campo Grande:
Stadium: Morenão
Capacity: 44 335 people.
Status: Built in 1971, will be totally refurbished.

9 - Goiânia:
Stadium: Serra Dourada
Capacity: 40 000 people.
Status: Built in 1975 and retired in 2005. Will be refurbished to meet FIFA's requirements.

10 - Manaus:
Stadium: Vivaldão
Capacity: 40 550 people.
Status: Built in 1970, will be totally refurbished.

11 - Belém:
Stadium: Mangueirão
Capacity: 43 788 people.
Status: Built in 1971 and retired in 2005. Will undergo further reform to meet the requirements of Fifa.

12 - Brasilia:
Stadium: Mané Garrincha
Capacity: 60 000 people.
Status: built in 1974. Will be renovated and is scheduled for delivery in 2012.

13 - Belo Horizonte:
Stadium: Mineirão
Capacity: 74 300 people.
Status: built in 1965. It will be totally refurbished.

14 - Sao Paulo:
Stadium: Morumbi
Capacity: 66 952 people.
Status: Built in 1960, will be totally refurbished.

15 - Porto Alegre:
Stadium: Beira-Rio
Capacity: 60 000 people.
Status: built in 1969. Will be completely renovated. The expected completion of the works is 2012.

16 - Rio de Janeiro:
Stadium: Maracanã
Capacity: 86 100 people.
Status: built in 1950.

We hope Minerão should be selected, because we can enjoy the cup here in Belo Horizonte. We love football, and this cup will be amazing!

source : www.copa2014.org.br