Brazil To Host 2014 World Cup
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ZURICH — Brazil has been chosen to host the 2014 World Cup, the first time since 1950 the soccer showcase will be held in the country that has won the event a record five times.
Brazil was the only candidate and won in a unanimous vote today by the executive committee of the sport’s governing body.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Brazil now has “not only the right, but the responsibility” to organize the 2014 tournament. Blatter then handed the World Cup trophy to President Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, who flew in for the announcement.
“Soccer is not only a sport for us,” Lula said. “It’s more than that: Soccer for us is a passion, a national passion.”
He promised the Brazil “will now with great pride do its homework.” And, he added, “if everything works out well, we will win once again a World Cup.”
