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The sad reality is that Brazil is not prepared to host a World Cup and will not be prepared in 2014. Sure they can upgrade their stadia and infractructure, but violence and crime will still be rampant as it cannot be solved in a mere 7 years. The main brazilian cities - Rio and Sao Paulo - are reknowned for their crime and the murder rate there is consistently ranked among the top 5 in the world. The local gangs will have a field day raping and pillaging tourists. That is how foreign money will come to Brazil during the world cup!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whilecover001 ( talk • contribs) 17:30, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
His argument is unfortunate and biased. The assaults happen anywhere in the world, including in the United States, England and so on. You should not rely as much on hype we see on television. I live in São Paulo and I have never been robbed, so be careful to give that kind of comment.
Do not be stupid they are building new stadiums and crime is not a problem in you watch too much TV, the United States is one of the most dangerous countries in the world but the media hides it. —Preceding
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69.224.118.102 (
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If FIFA said that the 2014 world cup would be held in South America, than why does this article say that the USA and Australia are candidates
Because they are alternatives if South America can't host the world cup
Would this World Cup even take place? With all the possible events that might happen on 2012?
why is the article talking about the U.S. or an asian country hosting the 2014 world cup, when the paragraph before it states that FIFA has already given the hosting duties to South America? Vaud 23:25, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
I am the original poster, and what I meant is what if the so called Mayan Prophecies take place and major things are altered? What would happen with the World Cup?
I agree with vaud if it is going to be in South America how can Asia and North America be bidding?
Australia is not part of the Asian confederation, but part of the confederation of Oceania.
Second, CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribean Association of Football, or something like that) is no longer its name, rather it is simple Confederation of Football.
Fernando Gómez.
The first sentence currently says that the 2014 World Cup is occurring in Kroatia. See: The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that is scheduled to take place in June and July 2014 in kroatia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.13.232.149 ( talk) 00:00, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Moved per consensus. -- Pkchan 13:13, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
It may be too late but Australia still haven't given up on bidding for the 2014 World Cup. This article seems to suggest that they are planning to bid for either the 2014 or 2018 World Cup (probably both). Western Australia backs World Cup bid - NEWS.com.au
Jabso 11:56, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
It now looks the Australia will only be bidding on the 2018 Cup: http://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer/world-cup-bid-for-2018-gets-political-clout/2006/07/14/1152637870779.html
The referenced article is from 2004, since nothing really has been heard about a proposed Jordan/Iraq bid since then, should we include them in this article? Vaud 00:00, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Do any of you guys know when the dideline for bids are? and will canada place a bid
It says "Based on city size and existing stadiums, these are the twelve locations that have the potential for renovation or reconstruction", but there are more than twelve places listed. Fourteen if I counted it correctly. Someone should probably fix this, even though it's not at all critical at this moment. / 129.16.24.218 13:56, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Just heard on the news that no stadiums in Brazil are up to FIFA's standards for hosting a game for the world cup finals. Maybe something should be added? :) Chandler talk 18:21, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Maracanã, Morumbi and Mineirão are ready to receive games only minor press rooms adaptations will be made. The rest will be reformed in the next 7 years, also 3 new stadiums to be build. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.8.209.91 ( talk) 08:51, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
So, has anyone heard about the disaster in the stadium of Fonte Nova, in the city of Salvador, state of Bahia? Part of the structure of the stadium has fallen appart, eight people died and several were injured.
Here follows the new (source: http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/20071125_ap_brazilstadiumbleachercollapses8die.html )
SAO PAULO, Brazil - A section of stands at a soccer stadium in northeastern Brazil gave way Sunday as fans cheered at the end of a game, killing eight people, police said.
At least 60,000 were in the stadium for the game at the Fonte Nova stadium in the coastal city of Salvador when the victims fell several stories to the ground after a hole several yards wide opened in the concrete floor of a section of the highest bleachers.
At least nine people fell through and eight of them died, said Maj. Edmilson Tavares of the city's federal police. He said he could not immediately confirm how many people were hurt.
The accident happened as fans of the Bahia club went into a wild celebration, storming the field when their team managed a 0-0 tie with Vila Nova which secured Bahia a place in the nation's second division.
Globo TV reported that fans had been jumping up and down in glee, and that dozens of people were injured.
Many fans did not realize that the bleachers had given way and continued to celebrate by swarming the field after the game.
The stadium was built in 1951, according to the Web site of Salvador's A Tarde newspapers.
A survey of soccer stadiums released last month by Brazil's Sinaeco association of architects and engineers said the Fonte Nova's stands were "in ruins," A Tarde reported.
The newspaper said Fonte Nova was evaulated as part of a study of Brazilian soccer venues because Brazil will host the 2014 World Cup. Salvador would almost certainly get some of the games.
Brazil, which has won a record five World Cups, was awarded the right last month to host 2014 tournament Tuesday by FIFA's executive committee. Latin America's largest country hosted the competition once before, losing to Uruguay in the 1950 final.
The state governor of Bahia state, Jacques Wagner, ordrered the Fonte Nova stadium closed while authorities investigate the cause of the accident. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.24.30.84 ( talk) 11:34, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Three years before the World Cup FIFA opens the inscriptions to all its national federations who wish qualify to the World Cup.-- Beaker35 ( talk) 02:17, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[[ [1].]]
YES! Right now it is four years from the 2014 World Cup. The qualification draw is next year minus a week. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.6.185 ( talk) 01:08, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Globo just leaked the definitive cities to host games and to be announced tomorrow: [2]
Good luck for who you play in Cuiaba lol —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.78.17.73 ( talk) 21:28, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
I've heard some rumors that FIFA is planning to expand the number of participating nations from 32 to 48 teams in 2014, that's why there are 12 venues (12 groups of 4), does anyone know anything about that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.2.114.157 ( talk) 19:35, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Well, not saying there are rumors of expansion only because of the number of venues. I heard FIFA has a plan to do so in a near future (because of increasing soccer level of many nations worldwide), but I don't know if it's going to be in the next world cup or later. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.2.114.82 ( talk) 05:42, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi people. Just wanted to let you know that the official logo for the cup is circulating on the web. I spotted it on the Brazilian USA embassy website and found it with a google search. I would upload it but I don't know what the fair use mumbo-jumbo/proper procedure is. But I'm sure someone here knows what to do. Here you are: [3]. I know it's bad quality but maybe someone else can find it. 68.206.66.89 ( talk) 02:14, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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Please replace the Venues section with:
The twelve host cities for the 2014 World Cup were announced on 31 May 2009. [1] Belém, Campo Grande, Florianópolis, Goiânia and Rio Branco were rejected.
Belo Horizonte | Brasília | Cuiabá | Curitiba | Fortaleza |
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Mineirão Planned capacity: 70,000 (upgraded) |
Estádio Nacional Planned capacity: 71,500 (upgraded) |
Verdão Planned capacity: 42,500 (new stadium) |
Arena da Baixada Planned capacity: 41,375 (upgraded) |
Castelão Planned capacity: 66,700 (upgraded) |
File:Pampulha.jpg | File:Arena2fase.jpg | File:Ceara SC x Fortaleza EC in 07 19 2008.jpg | ||
Manaus | Natal | |||
Arena Manaus Planned capacity: 50,000 (new stadium) |
Arena das Dunas Planned capacity: 45,000 (new stadium) | |||
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Porto Alegre | Recife | Rio de Janeiro | Salvador | São Paulo |
Estádio Beira-Rio Planned capacity: 62,000 (upgraded) |
Cidade da Copa Planned capacity: 46,160 (new stadium) |
Maracanã Planned capacity: 76,000 (upgraded) |
Fonte Nova Planned capacity: 55,000 (rebuilt) |
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File:Beira-Rio.jpg | File:Bairro de Boa Viagem.jpg | File:Saopaulo noite.jpg |
98.92.57.226 (
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I just thought it would be better to have pictures of the actual stadiums. Most other FIFA World Cup articles do (e.g. 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup). - 98.92.57.226 ( talk) 13:11, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
Just asking, why is there not a city or picture for the Sao Paulo Stadium? Please reply "Mac" if it is a Mac problem and it is viewable on Windows, because I use a Mac. Also, is the bold text the city, state, or venue of the stadium? I am getting confused about which text is the city, state or venue. Please reply "City", "State", or "Venue" if it is a city, state, or venue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.6.185 ( talk) 01:17, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
References
What is the significance of this logo and should it be used instead?
Mtaylor848 ( talk) 20:02, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
The lede currently reads "held in the American continent since...". North America is a continent and South America is a different continent. It is wrong to suggest that they're one continent. Changing. -- Walter Görlitz ( talk) 19:54, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
-- No it is not. A lot of people around the world use the term "American Continent" to refer to the whole Western Hemisphere. You must be a United Stater to be saying things like this. -- 67.149.99.154 ( talk) 21:22, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
I have tidied up the references to currencies in this article as per currency MOS to read more fluidly and be clearer to the reader as well as adding US$ and £ conversions. Zarcadia ( talk) 22:00, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
WTF does this mean? Do you mean "bids"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.32.173.248 ( talk) 20:48, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Corrected information about the new Sao Paulo venue. The official capacity of the project is 48.000. The upgrading is not confirmed yet, as it depends of funding from FIFA.
Skiped the Opening section, since there are oficially three cities bidding for the opening match: Salvador, Brasilia and Belo Horizonte. São Paulo depends of an upgrading of the actual project in order to launch a bid for the the opening match. I suggest to avoid publish biased and especulative information, since this is an encyclopedia and content must have encyclopedic and neutral information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.183.22.209 ( talk) 10:27, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
To prove that the section was written only with speculative information, here are the links with official data about the issue:
Official capacity of the Sao Paulo city venue, with the official announcement - and published document - from the Corinthians´ president (2nd paragraph):
http://www.corinthians.com.br/mobile/noticias/view.asp?id=9756
Fifa´s official announcement, pointing the possibility of the opening game in Sao Paulo, but not confirming it.
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/brazil2014/news/newsid=1291348.html#press+release+sao+paulo+stadiums
It´s important to notice that a 48000-seat stadium does not fit FIFA requirements for a Opening Game, for what they claim at least 65000 seats. Corinthians contract do not preview the upgrading.
Cities bidding for the opening game:
Belo Horizonte
Salvador
http://www.portalctb.org.br/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11029
http://www.copa2014.org.br/noticias/5091/SALVADOR+ENTRA+NA+DISPUTA+PELA+ABERTURA+DA+COPA.html
Brasilia
http://kiminda.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/brasilia-briga-pelo-jogo-de-abertura-da-copa-2014/
http://www.nominuto.com/esporte/esporte/brasilia-faz-lobby-por-abertura-da-copa-2014/57434/
Some people are trying to use wikipedia as a marketing tool, but we all know that that´s not the purpose of wikipedia.
Considering that there´s no clear definition of the opening match venue, it´s at least reasonable avoid publishing unconfirmed data about that while there´s not an official announcement by the organizers and FIFA.
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200.183.22.229 (
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There´s some kind of vandalism going on about the official capacity of the venues. I just corrected the capacity of both Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro venues according to official information from the organizing commitee, and added the references. The Sao Paulo venue, by now indicated as the new SCCP Stadium (Corinthians), according to the official announcement by the club´s president Andre Sanchez (reference n. 11) has a planned capacity of 48.000. Government officials are speculating the possibility of an upgrading, but that has yet to be confirmed.
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200.183.22.197 (
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I disagree. The capacity of the Sao Paulo venue have been constantly vandalised here, probably by a SCCP fan who wants to use wikipedia as a way to spread speculative information about the club. I don´t know if you´re a SCCP fan, but people are trying to keep this article unbiased and accurate with official information/notes/announcements from both the Organizing Commitee and clubs involved (in the case of private stadia). Is this vandalism ? For me, vandalism is to change articles content with non official and biased data in order to justify someone´s inflated fan ego, ignoring the concept and objective of the encyclopedia. And if it´s the case of indicating something that´s not finalized, we must notice that FIFA officially has not approved any venue for Sao Paulo, as it has not recieved the official project yet and the construction is still not approved by brazilian authorities. In this sense, the venue for Sao Paulo should be blanked until FIFA approves it as official. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.0.185.104 ( talk) 05:30, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks.
This article's a picture farm. Do something about it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.197.13.157 ( talk) 02:42, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
The section is meaningless. No country leads a policy of zero inflation which is inefficient. It should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.108.212.234 ( talk) 03:24, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
I believe the policy by fifa that host nations automatically qualify has been discontinued? Perhaps that should be updated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.50.57.229 ( talk) 02:58, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
I think the hosts contribution in football is great and it must be included more than what we are having it currently in our article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jitinkumar123 ( talk • contribs) 06:30, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Changed: "It will be the first World Cup to be held in South America since the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, the first time two consecutive World Cups are staged outside Europe and the first time two consecutive World Cups are staged in the Southern Hemisphere (the 2010 FIFA World Cup was held in South Africa)."
To: "It will be the first World Cup to be held in South America since the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, and the first time two consecutive World Cups staged outside Europe (the 2010 FIFA World Cup was held in South Africa)."
Reasons: 1) Typo: "are staged" changed to "staged" 2) "the first time two consecutive World Cups staged outside Europe" implies "the first time two consecutive World Cups staged in the Southern Hemisphere" --The second statement adds redundancy only.
Highlighting the symbolic/social value of staging two consecutive World Cups in the Southern Hemisphere may hold value, but in this case it should be said in a separate sentence/paragraph.
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Where'd this logo come from? http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mh0a_V17tuU/T8zezePECKI/AAAAAAAAEAc/07qGwl4IukQ/s400/2014-World-Cup-Logo5.png I swear it was the official logo, but it seems to have been superseded by the silly facepalm one! — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrotherEstapol ( talk • contribs) 14:15, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Fifa's website lists kick-off times as "13.00, 15.00, 16.00, 17.00, 18:00, 19.00 and 21:00 local time, with knockout stage matches at 13.00 and 17.00 local time."
Match 8, on June 14, is currently listed on the Wikipedia page as being a 22:00 kick-off.
One assumes this has been listed in BRT (Brasilia Time) rather than AMT (Amazon Time), and is therefore likely to cause confusion. Could this be changed so that all times are local times, and could all kick-off times perhaps have the UTC kick-off times beside the local times?
Idiosu ( talk) 09:58, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
I just checked the other WC article ledes and none of them list the competition name in the host's language. It is listed in the other_titles parameter of the infobox though. Should we be changing the other articles to match this one or remove it from this one? -- Walter Görlitz ( talk) 06:08, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
There has been some resistance to the name given to the mascot ( http://esportes.r7.com/blogs/cosme-rimoli/o-pobre-tatu-bola-batizado-de-fuleco-deve-render-10-milhoes-de-dolares-para-a-fifa-uma-parte-fuleira-dos-r-4-bilhoes-que-pretende-arrecadar-com-a-copa-ao-brasil-sobrara-a-conta-de-r-80-bilhoes-27112012/), including online petitions to change it and facebook hate pages. Rejection of the name arises from many arguments:
The mascot has been attacked at least two times:
There is some concern that the Brazilians themselves may not buy items with the mascot's name on: http://www.opovo.com.br/app/opovo/esportes/2012/11/27/noticiaesportesjornal,2960961/fuleco-o-controverso.shtml
Most Brazilians believe the name is offensive to Brazilian culture: http://guilhermederrico.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/artigo-o-fuleco-brasileiro-e-seus-contratempos (Notable exception the Veja magazine, which always celebrates whatever comes from Europe or the United States and makes light of Brazilian nationalist demands). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.81.198.14 ( talk) 23:23, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
I hard thier is going to be 36 teams in total. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.98.167.114 ( talk) 19:28, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
"A view of the pitch is preferred and I don't believe that the new image is actually legal on some wikiprojects" Why is a "view of the pitch preferred"? According to who a "view of the pitch is preferred"? Maybe in Canada a "view of the pitch is preferred? Do you guys have soccer there? Soccer is not a Winter game. When we write "stadiums" we want to show the "stadiums". Not the grass. Otherwise all Stadium's pictures would look the same: all green, all grass! And what is "I don't believe that the new image is actually legal on some wikiprojects" supposed to mean? Ok, it's your opinion (period). Brazil's World Cup's wikipedia page has nothing to do with your opinion. Cheers! MarcosPassos ( talk) 08:16, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
FIFA does not permit the use of sponsorship names for world cup matches. That means if the Wikipedia article uses a sponsor name, or the tournament uses a different name than the article's name we should either create a redirect at the name pointing to the correct article (such as at Soccer City) or pipe to the correct name (see World Cup 2010#Venues). Since there is an official page that describes the venues, please start by providing that and then make the article match that. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 15:32, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello All
Is there already a group of watchers and contributors for this article? I would like to help with some suggestions and may edit this article soon with several updates. First the infrastructure section is already outdated. For example, Natal, Manaus and Salvador will not have any special mobility projects at the moment like light-rails or metros. Salvador might have one completed connecting the airport. São Paulo may not have a metro line (gold line) to connect to the airport of Congonhas completed in time. Same for Brasilia I have already updated. Also there are 2 stadiums with outaded renders, Arena da Baixada and Arena das Dunas.
Let me know if you have any other suggestions. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lkalk ( talk • contribs) 22:26, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
It's still possible for Switzerland to get knocked out of the to qualifying spot by Iceland. They need to be removed from the qualified countries list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.130.18.99 ( talk) 20:57, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
It seems that Sony has launched a "Global Music Contest" today to "find" the official 2014 world cup song. here. Do you guys think that this is relevant and should be inserted in the article or not? MarcosPassos ( talk) 16:02, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
There's now a section Climate of host cities claiming "average daytime temperature" for the cities, however the numbers given are the daily highs and not average daytime temperatures (the difference being quite significant, 5°C in many places). - 37.30.47.123 ( talk) 11:48, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
Bosnia qualifies for the first time to a FIFA World Cup. Therefore, their best place should be N/A in the article. For FIFA, the only successor to Yugoslavia national football team is Serbia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jelipon86 ( talk • contribs) 15:57, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
The second stage of World Cup ticketing starts on Monday November 11th. There should be some reference of the start date and time, 12 pm CET / 9 am Brazil time, November 11th. Additionally, FIFA will be designating demand for each Ticket Product in either green, amber, red or black, which could help the general public make better decisions on their ticket application.
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Green Reasonable Availability At the time of accessing the website, the respective Ticket product is still available and therefore, at that point in time, a successful application appears likely
Amber Medium Availability At the time of accessing the website, a limited number of the respective Ticket product is still available and therefore, at that point in time, your application should still be successful
Red Low Availability At the time of accessing the website, a small quantity of the respective Ticket product is still available and therefore, at that point in time, your application may still be successful
Black No Availability At the time of accessing the website, the respective Ticket product is not available and therefore, at that point in time, your application will be unsuccessful. Drewdown232 ( talk) 17:38, 8 November 2013 (UTC) Drewdown232
Table of qualified countries gives Algerian date of qualification as 19 Nov 2012 when it should be 2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agb17 ( talk • contribs) 20:37, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi there. Here's a video that's just in the news about the collapse of the main stadium in Brazil for the world cup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25DlTdrj2TY — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.248.156.253 ( talk) 19:49, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
Within the mascot subsection there is a sentence that says "1.7 million people and more than 48 per cent voted for Fuleco, ahead of Zuzeco (31 per cent) and Amijubi (21 per cent), making it the unanimous winner." Unless I don't know what unanimous means, 48% agreement does not qualify as such. I propose just deleting "unanimous" - there really is no need for an adjective. 99.141.255.165 ( talk) 03:41, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
Under the "squads" section it says that teams have 23 players and that three "must" be goalkeepers. I am 99% sure this is false. I think something like "typically three are goalkeepers" would be more appropriate and correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott.ogawa ( talk • contribs) 22:28, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks QED237. I will watch the video shortly to become a better editor, though mostly I just like making these small corrections (have made maybe a dozen in the past). I would say, if you combine that crazy World Cup rule with the official Laws of the Game, then I think it might be best to say "three must be designated as goalkeepers". This I am 99.9% sure of: Any player is allowed to play in goal, and nothing prevents a coach from using his "goalkeeper sub" on the field. In that sense the FIFA World Cup rule is completely vacuous, and is only about how players must be "designated". Does this make sense? Cheers 129.105.133.233 ( talk) 23:21, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
I totally understand what you are saying and I can agree to some degree. Not sure however if designated is the word to use or if we should leave it as is. To me it is probably best to leave it. How much you want to edit is totally up to you. QED237 (talk) 10:12, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
Dumb question, I know. What's seeding for? How does it relate to the groups that the teams are placed in? If you could include a sentence or two on that, it would be helpful to football illiterates like myself. Itsmejudith ( talk) 11:10, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
Someone is messing with the seeded teams. Italy, Portugal and Russia are NOT seeded. 98.100.71.74 ( talk) 21:16, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
Seems like there is confusion. Ghana is G3 not G2.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.102.194.40 ( talk) 17:44, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
United States in 4, Portugal G2 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.146.220.21 ( talk) 17:49, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
Though they are known as South Korea too, they should be listed as Korea Republic for the WC since thats the name used by FIFA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.126.217.42 ( talk) 21:24, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
Just to left a "statistical note": it will be the 4th time (on a total of 5 participations) that Nigeria will face Argentina in the group stage; as in 1994, 2002 and 2010. It could be mentioned when the group page will be created, IMHO. -- Dэя- Бøяg 17:03, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Allegations were made on Twitter the night before the draw that the draw was rigged.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/did-fifa-really-fix-world-cup-draw-fantastic-160323229.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.110.21.134 ( talk) 19:21, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Freddy Guarin is suspended for Colombia's first match due to a red card in their final qualifier against Paraguay. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.62.241.51 ( talk) 20:43, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Do the suspensions carry over from the qualifiers? I thought they all had a clean slate. -- RidiQLus ( talk) 23:58, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
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Please edit the percentage of conclusion of the 6 not yet finished stadiums.
Source of the percentage of conclusion: http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/esportes,a-seis-meses-da-copa-do-mundo-atrasos-marcam-obras-dos-estadios,1108253,0.htm
Thanks.
Nicolasrg (
talk) 04:49, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
The official world Cup 2014 will not be selected from the SuperSong. SuperSong will only select a music that will be in the official album. http://www.supersong.com/us The official World Cup song have been chosen yesterday and it will be We are One from pitbull http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/01/23/uk-soccer-worldcup-song-idUKBREA0M1LW20140123 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shenzhu ( talk • contribs) 13:48, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
>> Anger in Brazil over World Cup spending >> Rio police storm favela in dawn operation >> Brazil deploys army in Rio slums [ >> Brazil army occupies slums ahead of World Cup( Lihaas ( talk) 06:12, 28 January 2014 (UTC)).
The section regarding the historic cost of World Cups uses a different reference source for each World Cup, each with a different methodology. They are not comparable. Ordinary Person ( talk) 09:26, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
Where is the mention of the favelas controversy and moving people about?( Lihaas ( talk) 13:34, 25 January 2014 (UTC)).
I think we should mention the amount of deaths that have occurred during the construction of the new stadiums -- 8 workers have died as a result of accidents thus far. [ [4]] Adamh4 ( talk) 16:51, 4 April 2014 (UTC)