Football World Cup 2014 – The Upcoming Extravaganza!
Football is a worldwide fever, and the much awaited Word Cup 2014 is less than 100 days away. The entire world seems to be in excitement and the teams are geared up to compete and emerge victorious. The FIFA world cup is a rage that fills everyone with enthusiasm, this year’s most awaited event the world cup 2014 is surely to be the greatest fest for all football lovers across the globe.
Brazil will stage the 20th FIFA World Cup’s final tournament this year from June 12th to July 13th; 32 nations will compete in the tournament among which 13 are from Europe and a total of 64 matches are to be played across 12 cities in Brazil in either new or redeveloped stadiums.
Nations which compete in the World Cup
It takes practice, skills and passing several qualifying rounds before earning a place in the World Cup. After all, it is only the best who deserve to play!
Nations competing in the World Cup are world champion teams since the first world cup 1930 and have qualified for this competition along with the host country. Among the competing nations Brazil, Japan, Austria, Netherlands, Italy, United States, Argentina Belgium, Spain, England are some of the qualifying countries that have successfully selected by the confederation. This would be the first time in the history of the Football world cup that goal-line technology will be used – a technology which had been demanded for quite some time to remove human errors.
What makes the World Cup special?
Is it the finesse shots or the athletic spirit of the players? Is it the skill on display or the commitment to play for one’s nation? Soccer is a man’s game and the World Cup is the platform for nations to showcase their soccer skills.
FIFA World Cup is a sport with maximum number of viewers and the football fans have already pulled up their socks to witness the grand championship. Reports say that approximately 2.3 million tickets have already been allocated to the supporters in February 2014. The booking of the tickets are still on with a fast increase in the number of fans sending online requests to avail them with the tickets. Brazil has the highest number of supporters in terms of tickets booked for the tournament followed by England, France, Germany and others. 284,597 tickets were allocated in just a matter of 24 hours showing strong support and excitement among the fans for their favorite teams.
The 12 major cities across Brazil that are going to host the tournament are: Sao Paulo, Rio De Jenerio, Brasilia, Cuiaba, Curitiba, Manaus, Fortazela, Natal, Porto Alegre,Racife ,Salvador and Belo Horizonte. This will be the second time that Brazil will stage the tournament and from the statistic of the tickets that has been booked for the great tournament, Brazil seems to be overwhelmed and well prepared to host and enjoy the grand event in their territory and cities are engrossed in building and rebuilding the stadiums to host the matches.
While countries from Europe, North America, South America and Africa are competing in this world cup, the highest number of fans for this tournament expected to be at the stadiums are from Brazil since it is the host country. The tournament is scheduled to open on June 12th 2014 at Sao Paulo with Brazil competing Croatia. The most highly anticipated sport event is going to be star-studded; rapper Pitbull is collaborating with Jennifer Lopez and Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte for the FIFA 2014 world cup song “We are one”.
Over the years, through different leagues and tournaments Brazil, Spain, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, England and Uruguay are some of the most important and loved nations in football world cup and these countries have successfully been able to make their place in this world cup series; Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Barcelona, Everton Club, Manchester United etc. are some of the most popular clubs in the world with world class footballers who are considered pioneers in the field of football.
Football world cup being such great craze among all class and age groups, there will be celebrity cruises broadcasting the FIFA World Cup 2014 on board on ships sailing to Alaska, Bermuda and Europe showing all 64 matches between the 32 countries.
The event being only a few days ahead of us, it is time to look forward and expect Brazil to not only host a wonderful World Cup but play some amazing football as well.