FIFA World Cup: Final
July 13, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro
The FIFA World Cup 2014 Final match takes place on July 13, 2014. The match will start at 16:00 (local time in Brazil). Both winners of the semi-final matches will compete for the World title. The match is expected to be watched by a live television audience of over a billion people, which would make it one of the world's most-watched television events in history.
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930.
The final match takes place at Maracana Stadium. The Estádio do Maracanã, officially Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, is an open-air stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup, in which Brazil were beaten 2-1 by Uruguay in the deciding game. The stadium currently seats 78,838 spectators, making it the largest stadium in Brazil and in South America. (With material from: Wikipedia)Estadio Nacional de Brasilia is a multi-purpose stadium in Brasília, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 72,788. It was built in 1974. It is named after famed Brazilian footballer Garrincha.