Monsoon Journal
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JUNE 2014
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international men’s football tournament that is scheduled to take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014. It will be the second time that Brazil has hosted the competition, 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. The national teams of 31 countries advanced through qualification competitions that began in June 2011 to participate with the host nation Brazil in the final tournament. A total of 64 matches are to be played in twelve cities across Brazil in either new or redeveloped stadiums, with the tournament beginning with a group stage. For the first time at a World Cup Finals, the matches will use Goal-line technology 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.
Brazilian National Football Team The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men’s football. Brazil is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil. They have been a member of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) since 1923 and member of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) since 1916. Brazil is the most successful national football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with five championships: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. They are also the most successful team in the FIFA Confederations Cup with four titles. Brazil is the current holders of the FIFA Confederations Cup after winning the 1997, 2005, 2009, and 2013 edition of the tournament. Brazil is the only national team to have played in all FIFA World Cup editions without having any absence. Brazil have also qualified for every FIFA World Cup without the need for playoffs. Brazil won a total of 72 official international titles to professional and grassroots level selections, being a world record. Its achievements have led CONMEBOL to consider it as The most glorious and successful of all national teams from South America and the Brazil is the only team to have won the world cup in four different continents: once in Europe (1958 Sweden), once in South America
(1962 Chile), twice in North America (1970 Mexico and 1994 United States) and once in Asia (2002 Korea/Japan). They also share with Spain a record of 35 consecutive official matches undefeated.
Logo The official logo of the competition is entitled “Inspiration”, and was created by Brazilian agency Africa. The design is based around a photograph of three victorious hands together raising the World Cup trophy and its yellow and green colouring is meant to represent Brazil warmly welcoming the world to their country. FIFA also commissioned an official poster that was unveiled in January 2013 and designed by the Brazilian creative agency Crama. The official slogan is “All in One Rhythm” Official song An Official song has been created for every World Cup finals since 1962. On 24 January 2014, FIFA and Sony Music announced that the official song for the tournament will be “we Are One (Ole Ola ) by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte. By the end of March, FIFA announced that the song “Dar um Jeito (We will find a Way)”, written by Avicii, Carlos Santana, Wyclef Jean and Alexander Pires, was selected as the official anthem of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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The name “Fuleco” adopted for 2014 FIFA World Cup is a blending of the words “Futebol” (“Football”) and “Ecologia” (“Ecology”) (in addition, nicknames ending with -eco are popular in Brazil).
Match ball Adidas Brazuca ball
The official ball of the 2014 World Cup will be the Adidas Brazuca.Adidas, the official FIFA World Cup match ball supplier since 1970, took inspiration from elements of Brazilian culture to come up with the name Brazuca. Caxirola The tournament has recognized an official instrument: the caxirola, a percussive instrument created by Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown. They are designed to create a softer sound than the African vuvuzela horn that featured prominently during the 2010 World Cup. However, due to safety concerns, FIFA later announced that caxirolas will not be permitted inside the stadiums.
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