There are many cities hosting the matches of the World Cup, not just one city. 12 cities are hosting matches at different stages of the tournament.
Host City - Stadium
- Belo Horizonte - Estádio Mineirão
- Brasília - Estádio Nacional
- Cuiabá - Arena Pantanal
- Curitiba - Arena da Baixada
- Fortaleza - Estádio Castelão
- Manaus - Arena da Amazônia
- Natal - Arena das Dunas
- Porto Alegre - Estádio Beira-Rio
- Recife - Arena Pernambuco
- Rio de Janeiro - Estádio do Maracanã
- Salvador - Arena Fonte Nova
- São Paulo - Arena de São Paulo
I love looking back on the previous tournaments and looking up who hosted, who won, etc. Here is the list of all the tournaments since it started in 1930.
1930 - Host: Uruguay; Champion: Uruguay over Argentina
1934 - Host: Italy; Champion Italy over Czechoslovakia
1938 - Host: France; Champion: Italy over Hungary
1942 - No games, World War II
1946 - No games, World War II 1950 - Host: Brazil; Champion: Uruguay over Brazil
1954 - Host: Switzerland; Champion: West Germany over Hungary
1958 - Host: Sweden; Champion: Brazil over Sweden
1962 - Host: Chile; Champions: Brazil over Czechoslovakia
1966 - Host: England; Champions: England over West Germany
1970 - Host: Mexico; Champions: Brazil over Italy
1974 - Host: West Germany; Champions: West Germany over Netherlands
1978 - Host: Argentina; Champions: Argentina over Netherlands
1982 - Host: Spain; Champions: Italy over West Germany
1986 - Host: Mexico; Champions: Argentina over West Germany
1990 - Host: Italy; Champions: West Germany over Argentina
1994 - Host: USA; Champions: Brazil over Italy
1998 - Host: France; Champions: France over Brazil
2002 - Host: South Korea & Japan; Champions: Brazil over Germany
2006 - Host: Germany; Champions: Italy over France
2010 - Host: South Africa; Champions: Spain over Netherlands
2014 - Host: Brazil
2018 - Host: Russia
2022 - Host: Qatar
Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup
The world's greatest football event that comes around every four years is finally here. This year's tournament is going to Brazil. This blog is a collection of history, random facts, and stories surrounding the prized event, the FIFA World Cup.
La Copa Mundial, as referred to in Latin America, is actually a multi-year tournament that countries from all continents are invited to participate. After many games, the number of teams is reduced to 32. These 32 teams will play matches this summer with the winner taking home the FIFA trophy.
Brazil was selected to host this year's tournament and will share the games in 12 different host cities.
