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2014 FIFA World Cup venues

Twelve venues (seven new and five renovated) in twelve Brazilian cities were selected for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The cities also housed the 32 teams and fan-zones for spectators without tickets for the stations. Around 3 million tickets were put on sale of which most were sold out in a day. Eighteen locations were presented as potential host cities with the twelve successful candidates announced on 31 May 2009: Belém, Campo Grande, Florianópolis, Goiânia and Rio Branco were rejected, while Maceió had already withdrawn in January 2009.[1][2]

FIFA proposed that no more than one city could use two stadiums, and the number of host cities was limited between eight and ten. However, FIFA subsequently accepted the Brazilian Football Confederation's suggestion to use twelve host cities in "the interest of the whole country".[3] The twelve selections – each the capital of its state – covered all the main regions of Brazil and created more evenly distributed hosting than the 1950 finals in Brazil provided, when matches were concentrated in the south-east and south.[4] Consequently, the tournament required significant long-distance travel for teams.[5] Statistics show that nearly 10 million passengers used around 20 Brazilian airports in 31 days of the tournament.[6]

Stadiums

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The 64 matches were staged at the following 12 stadiums:

Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brasília, DF São Paulo, SP Fortaleza, CE
Estádio do Maracanã Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Arena de São Paulo Estádio Castelão

22°54′43.8″S 43°13′48.59″W / 22.912167°S 43.2301639°W / -22.912167; -43.2301639 (Estádio do Maracanã)

15°47′0.6″S 47°53′56.99″W / 15.783500°S 47.8991639°W / -15.783500; -47.8991639 (Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha)

23°32′43.91″S 46°28′24.14″W / 23.5455306°S 46.4733722°W / -23.5455306; -46.4733722 (Arena Corinthians)

3°48′26.16″S 38°31′20.93″W / 3.8072667°S 38.5224806°W / -3.8072667; -38.5224806 (Estádio Castelão)

Capacity: 74,738[7]
Renovated
4 Group/1 R16/1 QF/Final 		Capacity: 69,432[7]
New stadium
4 Group/1 R16/1 QF/3rd place 		Capacity: 63,321[7]
New stadium
4 Group/1 R16/1 SF 		Capacity: 60,348[7]
Renovated
4 Group/1 R16/1 QF
Belo Horizonte, MG
Porto Alegre, RS
Estádio Mineirão Estádio Beira-Rio

19°51′57″S 43°58′15″W / 19.86583°S 43.97083°W / -19.86583; -43.97083 (Estádio Mineirão)

30°3′56.21″S 51°14′9.91″W / 30.0656139°S 51.2360861°W / -30.0656139; -51.2360861 (Estádio Beira-Rio)

Capacity: 58,259[7]
Renovated
4 Group/1 R16/1 SF 		Capacity: 43,394[7]
Renovated[8]
4 Group/1 R16
Salvador, BA Recife, PE
Arena Fonte Nova Arena Pernambuco

12°58′43″S 38°30′15″W / 12.97861°S 38.50417°W / -12.97861; -38.50417 (Arena Fonte Nova)

8°2′24″S 35°0′29″W / 8.04000°S 35.00806°W / -8.04000; -35.00806 (Arena Pernambuco)

Capacity: 51,708[7]
New stadium
4 Group/1 R16/1 QF 		Capacity: 42,583[7]
New stadium
4 Group/1 R16
Cuiabá, MT Manaus, AM Natal, RN Curitiba, PR
Arena Pantanal Arena da Amazônia Arena das Dunas Arena da Baixada

15°36′11″S 56°7′14″W / 15.60306°S 56.12056°W / -15.60306; -56.12056 (Arena Pantanal)

3°4′59″S 60°1′41″W / 3.08306°S 60.02806°W / -3.08306; -60.02806 (Arena Amazônia)

5°49′44.18″S 35°12′49.91″W / 5.8289389°S 35.2138639°W / -5.8289389; -35.2138639 (Arena das Dunas)

25°26′54″S 49°16′37″W / 25.44833°S 49.27694°W / -25.44833; -49.27694 (Arena da Baixada)

Capacity: 41,112[7]
New stadium
4 Group 		Capacity: 40,549[7]
New stadium
4 Group 		Capacity: 39,971[7]
New stadium
4 Group 		Capacity: 39,631[7]
Renovated
4 Group

Construction

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Teams' stay

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Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the tournament. On 31 January 2014, FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team.[9] The table below shows base camps and venues for each team.

Team Base camp Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarter Final Semi Final Final/3rd
 Algeria Sorocaba (São Paulo) Belo Horizonte Porto Alegre Curitiba Porto Alegre
 Argentina Vespasiano (Minas Gerais) Rio de Janeiro Belo Horizonte Porto Alegre São Paulo Brasília São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
 Australia Vitória (Espírito Santo) Cuiabá Porto Alegre Curitiba
 Belgium Mogi das Cruzes (São Paulo) Belo Horizonte Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Salvador Brasília
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Guarujá (São Paulo) Rio de Janeiro Cuiabá Salvador
 Brazil Teresópolis (Rio de Janeiro) São Paulo Fortaleza Brasília Belo Horizonte Fortaleza Belo Horizonte Brasília
 Cameroon Vitória (Espírito Santo) Natal Manaus Brasília
 Chile Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) Cuiabá Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Belo Horizonte
 Colombia Cotia (São Paulo) Belo Horizonte Brasília Cuiabá Rio de Janeiro Fortaleza
 Croatia Mata de São João (Bahia) São Paulo Manaus Recife
 Costa Rica Santos (São Paulo) Fortaleza Recife Belo Horizonte Recife Salvador
 Ecuador Viamão (Rio Grande do Sul) Brasília Curitiba Rio de Janeiro
 England Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro) Manaus São Paulo Belo Horizonte
 France Ribeirão Preto (São Paulo) Porto Alegre Salvador Rio de Janeiro Brasília Rio de Janeiro
 Germany Santa Cruz Cabrália (Bahia) Salvador Fortaleza Recife Porto Alegre Rio de Janeiro Belo Horizonte Rio de Janeiro
 Ghana Maceió (Alagoas) Natal Fortaleza Brasília
 Greece Aracaju (Sergipe) Belo Horizonte Natal Fortaleza Recife
 Honduras Porto Feliz (São Paulo) Porto Alegre Curitiba Manaus
 Iran Guarulhos (São Paulo) Curitiba Belo Horizonte Salvador
 Italy Mangaratiba (Rio de Janeiro) Manaus Recife Natal
 Ivory Coast Águas de Lindoia (São Paulo) Recife Brasília Fortaleza
 Japan Itu (São Paulo) Recife Natal Cuiabá
 Mexico Santos (São Paulo) Natal Fortaleza Recife Fortaleza
 Netherlands Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro) Salvador Porto Alegre São Paulo Fortaleza Salvador São Paulo Brasília
 Nigeria Campinas (São Paulo) Curitiba Cuiaba Porto Alegre Brasília
 Portugal Campinas (São Paulo) Salvador Manaus Brasília
 Russia Itu (São Paulo) Cuiabá Rio de Janeiro Curitiba
 South Korea Foz do Iguaçu (Paraná) Cuiabá Porto Alegre São Paulo
 Spain Curitiba (Paraná) Salvador Rio de Janeiro Curitiba
  Switzerland Porto Seguro (Bahia) Brasília Salvador Manaus São Paulo
 United States São Paulo (São Paulo) Natal Manaus Recife Salvador
 Uruguay Sete Lagoas (Minas Gerais) Fortaleza São Paulo Natal Rio de Janeiro

FIFA Fan Fests

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Main article: FIFA Fan Fest § 2014, Brazil
Fan fest in Brasilia, Brazil vs. Croatia

For a third consecutive World Cup tournament, FIFA announced they would be holding FIFA Fan Fests in each of the twelve host cities. Prominent examples are the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, which had already held a Fan Fest in 2010, São Paulo's Vale do Anhangabaú and Brasília's Esplanada dos Ministérios, with the Congress in the background.[10][11] The official "kick-off event" for the 2014 Fan Fest took place on Iracema Beach, in Fortaleza, on Sunday, June 8, 2014, according to FIFA's official website.[12]

Locations

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 Brazil[13]

Statistics

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Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup statistics

Goals scored from penalty shoot-outs are not counted.

Stadium City Capacity Elevation[14] Matches
played 		Overall
attendance 		Average
attendance
per match 		Average
attendance
as % of capacity 		Overall
goals
scored 		Average
goals scored
per match
Arena da Amazônia Manaus 40,549[15] 72 m 4 160,227 40,057 98.79% 14 3.50
Arena da Baixada Curitiba 39,631[16] 920 m 4 156,991 39,248 99.03% 8 2.00
Arena das Dunas Natal 39,971[17] 45 m 4 158,167 39,542 98.93% 5 1.25
Arena de São Paulo São Paulo 63,321[18] 792 m 6 375,593 62,599 98.86% 11 1.83
Arena Fonte Nova Salvador 51,900[19] 0 m 6 300,674 50,112 96.56% 24 4.00
Arena Pantanal Cuiabá 41,112[20] 165 m 4 158,717 39,679 96.52% 12 3.00
Arena Pernambuco Recife 42,610[21] 0 m 5 204,882 40,976 96.17% 11 2.20
Estádio Beira-Rio Porto Alegre 43,394[22] 47 m 5 214,969 42,994 99.08% 22 4.40
Estádio Castelão Fortaleza 60,342[23] 0 m 6 356,896 59,483 98.58% 17 2.83
Estádio do Maracanã Rio de Janeiro 74,738[24] 0 m 7 519,189 74,170 99.24% 10 1.43
Estádio Mineirão Belo Horizonte 58,170[25] 800 m 6 345,350 57,558 98.95% 17 2.13
Estádio Nacional Brasília 69,349[26] 1172 m 7 478,218 68,317 98.51% 20 2.86
Total 3,486,079 64 3,429,873 53,592 98.39% 171 2.67

References

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