Brazil aim to host 2014 World Cup

Five-times World Cup winners Brazil are vying to stage the finals in 2014.
Fifa said last year that, under its rotation policy, the tournament should be held in South America in 2014, after the 2010 finals went to South Africa.

Brazil's attempt to host the finals has received the backing of president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who met with the country's football federation.

Lula said: "After 64 years, Brazil meet all the criteria to organise the World Cup and the country deserve it."

Despite being the most successful World Cup winning nation - with victories in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002 - they have only staged the tournament once, in 1950 when they lost 2-1 to Uruguay.

England, meanwhile, will wait until this autumn before deciding whether to bid for the 2018 finals.

 

Didn't Brazil host it in Mike Basset England Manager?

 

duno never watched it

 

I dont care who hosts it really, as long as the time difference isnt to extreme. Brazil are the same as us arent they?

 

Would like to see England host it would go to some games ! see them get horsed lol

 

Brazil is going through a lot of violence the president is sending 4000 federal troops to 220 miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro, 80 prople killed in Brazil, todays newspaper, this wont help the world cup cause?

 

I cant imagine there being many countries in SA having the resources to pull of a competition as big as the world cup.