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Unanimous decision to let Brazil host 2014 world cup finals
Asuncion, Mar 18: Five-time world champions Brazil are set to host the 2014 world cup finals after the South American Football Confederation (CSF) unanimously agreed they should be the sole candidate.
Asuncion, Mar 18: Five-time world champions Brazil are set to host the 2014 world cup finals after the South American Football Confederation (CSF) unanimously agreed they should be the sole candidate.
Under FIFA president Sepp Blatter's wish that football's showpiece should be rotated by continent, South America is set to follow Africa, who are due to host the 2010 renewal.
"All 10 countries which make up the South American Confederation agreed that the 2014 world cup to be held in South America should be hosted by Brazil," CSF chief Nicolas Leoz said Sunday.
Brazil hosted the finals in 1950 while Argentina were the last South American country to hold them in 1978.
There had been thoughts of a group bid by Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia while it had also been mooted of a possible joint candidature of Argentina and Chile.
FIFA took the decision to give the 2014 world cup finals to South America at a meeting on March 7.
FIFA president Joseph Blatter said the decision followed a recommendation of a strategic studies commission, which he heads, and fulfilled a "long time wish" of the South American confederation to see the world's top football tournament return to South America.
"The naming of this confederation (South America) which has not organised a world cup since 1978 (Argentina) and which has won this event nine times, is logical," said Blatter.
Bureau Report
Under FIFA president Sepp Blatter's wish that football's showpiece should be rotated by continent, South America is set to follow Africa, who are due to host the 2010 renewal.
"All 10 countries which make up the South American Confederation agreed that the 2014 world cup to be held in South America should be hosted by Brazil," CSF chief Nicolas Leoz said Sunday.
Brazil hosted the finals in 1950 while Argentina were the last South American country to hold them in 1978.
There had been thoughts of a group bid by Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia while it had also been mooted of a possible joint candidature of Argentina and Chile.
FIFA took the decision to give the 2014 world cup finals to South America at a meeting on March 7.
FIFA president Joseph Blatter said the decision followed a recommendation of a strategic studies commission, which he heads, and fulfilled a "long time wish" of the South American confederation to see the world's top football tournament return to South America.
"The naming of this confederation (South America) which has not organised a world cup since 1978 (Argentina) and which has won this event nine times, is logical," said Blatter.
Bureau Report