FIFA WORLD CUP BRIEF

The FIFA World Cup 2014, which a number
32 teams are participating in the competition from five Confederations in 12 host cities with a total of 64 matches to be played plus a new development, which is the goal-line technology would be used for the first time in the World Cup.

PRIZE MONEY

Each participating team will receive at least US$8 million.

The World Champions will receive $35 million, while the runners-up will receive $25 million.

Teams that lose in the round of 16 will receive $9 million, and the quarter-finalists receive $14 million.

The clubs in which the players are playing for at the time of their World Cup departure will receive $70 million as a compensation for insurance costs and expenses, which will be distributed through their national associations.

Overall, FIFA will allocate $576 million, a new record, and an increase from the $420 million allocated in South Africa.

VENUES

A reported US$3.47 billion has been spent on stadium projects. Two of the stadiums the Estádio Nacional Mané
Garrincha in the capital Brasilia was demolished and rebuilt, and the remaining six are being extensively
renovated.

Official stadia includes:

Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brasília, DF
Estádio do Maracanã Estádio Nacional Mané
Garrincha[39]
22°54′43.8″S
43°13′48.59″W / 
22.912167°S
43.2301639°W
15°47′0.6″S
47°53′56.99″W / 
15.783500°S 47.8991639
Capacity: 76,935[40]
(renovated)more about the venue…

Brasília, DF
Estádio Nacional Mané
Garrincha
15°47′0.6″S
47°53′56.99″W / 
15.783500°S 47.8991639
Capacity: 70,042[41]
(new stadium)more about the venue…

Belo Horizonte, MG
Estádio Mineirão
19°51′57″S
43°58′15″W / 
19.86583°S
43.97083°W
Capacity: 62,547
(renovated)more about the venue…

Salvador, BA
Arena Fonte Nova
12°58′43″S
38°30′15″W / 
12.97861°S
38.50417°W
Capacity: 56,000[47]
(new stadium)more about the venue…

Cuiabá, MT Manaus, AM
Arena Pantanal Arena da Amazônia
15°36′11″S
56°7′14″W / 
15.60306°S
56.12056°W
3°4′59″S 60°1′41″W / 
3.08306°S 60.02806°W
Capacity: 42,968
(new stadium)more about the venue…

Manaus, AM
Arena da Amazônia
3°4′59″S 60°1′41″W / 
3.08306°S 60.02806°W
Capacity: 42,374
(new stadium)
more about the venue…

Natal
Arena das Dunas
Capacity:39,304
(renovated)more about the venue…

Recife
Arena Pernambuco
Capacity: 40,604
(new stadium)more about the venue…

Porto Alegre
Estádio Beira-Rio
Capacity: 42,153
(renovated)more about the venue…

Curitiba
Arena da Baixada
Capacity: 37,634more about the venue…

Fortaleza
Arena Castelão
Capacity: 57,747 more about the venue…

WORLD CUP HIGHEST GOAL SCORERS

1. Ronaldo Brazil 15
2. Gerd Müller Germany 14
3. Miroslav Klose Germany 14
4. Just Fontaine France 13
5. Pele Brazil 12
6. Sandor Kocsis Hungary 11
7. Jurgen Klinsmann Germany 11
8. Helmut Rahn Germany 10
9. Teofilio Cubillas Peru 10
10. Grzegorz Lato Poland 10
11. Gary Lineker England 10
12. Gabriel Batistuta Argentina 10

*For highest goals scorers per tournament click here!!!

To be continued…