Host selestion --- brazil world cup

Host selection

 

Sepp Blatter announcing Brazil as the hosts of the 2014 FIFA World Cup

On 7 March 2003, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since 1978, in line with its then-active policy of rotating the right to host the World Cup among different confederations. The decision meant that it would be the first time that two consecutive World Cups will be staged outside Europe.

On 3 June 2003, the South American Football Confederation CONMEBOL initially announced that Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia wanted to host the finals. but, by March 2004, the CONMEBOL associations had unanimously voted to adopt Brazil as their sole candidate.

During the intervening months, Colombia decided that it would enter its own bid,and formally declared its candidacy in December 2006.A week earlier Brazil had also formally announced its interest.However, Colombia officially withdrew its bid in April 2007, leaving Brazil as the only host candidate.On 30 October 2007 FIFA officially confirmed that Brazil would host the event.