Brazil World Cup Football Trivia : 7 Interesting Facts

World's one of the biggest sporting event, FIFA world cup 2014 is taking place in Brazil right now. As the day passes, the tournament become very interesting day by day. Today, we only talk about some interesting facts, every soccer fan should know, about Brazil world cup.

Facts#1 2014 World Cup Is The Most Expensive World Cup Ever

Brazil wants to organize a unforgettable tournament. They did every little thin to make the 2014 world cup better than all previous world cups. Brazil has already spent 14-16 billion US Dollars! See the below list to know the total costs of last 5 world cups-

2010 South Africa: US$ 4 billion

2006 Germany: US$ 6 billion

2002 Japan/South Korea: US$ 5 billion

1998 France: US$ 340 million

1994 USA:US$ 30 million

From the list, you can see that the South Africa World Cup was less expensive than the 2006 and 2002 FIFA world cup.

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Facts#2 First World Cup With Goal-Line Technology

In goal line technology, a special electronic device is used to help the referee to decide whether ball has crossed the goal line or not. We have already write about goal-line technology in a previous post. The big advantage is we will not be able to see any unfair decision during the tournament.

Facts#3 2014 World Cup Is The Second WC in the Nation

Brazil hosted Wold Cup Football for the first time in 1950. The stadium Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro was specially built for the 1950 tournament, and is the only stadium which is using again for the 2014 World Cup. After 64 years, Brazil got another chance to host 12th FIFA World Cup.

Facts#4 First World Cup Using Vanishing Spray For Free Kicks

Hope our readers have already seen in different matches, referees using vanishing spray for free kicks. Vanishing spray is applied to the stadium by referee to provide a temporary visual marker for players to indicate the minimum distance the opposing team has to remain from the soccer ball during a free kick, and also mark the spot from where the kick has to be taken.

Facts#5 All Previous World Champion Participating in Brazil WC

All the Previous world champions, since the first FIFA World Cup (1930) have qualified for the Brazil World Cup, including the host country, England, Argentina, Italy, France, Germany,Uruguay and defending champion Spain.

Facts#6 Brazil Becomes 5th Country To Host A WC Twice

Till now, there were only four countries who hosted FIFA world cup twice. Brazil become the fifth nation. The other countries were- Germany (1974,2006), France (1938,1998), Italy (1934,1990) and Mexico (1970,1982).

Facts#7 The Official 2014 World Cup Album Includes 17 Songs

The official music album, which was released on May 12, contains 17 songs. There are 2 editions: Standard and Deluxe. The standard Edition contains only 15 songs. The Deluxe Edition contains the 15 songs plus 2 bonus songs! We have already write a post about World Cup 2014 Music album.