2014 World Cup In South America

The FIFA executive committee decided yesterday that the 2014 World Cup would be held in South America, returning there for the first time since 1978.

The United States, which staged the World Cup in 1994, had intended to bid for the 2014 tournament. The U.S. Soccer Federation will now focus on bidding for the 2018 World Cup.

Four of the first 11 World Cups were played in South America, in Uruguay (1930), Brazil (1950), Chile (1962) and Argentina (1978). A South American nation won all four times.

Germany will be host to the 2006 World Cup, and the 2010 tournament will be in Africa, with South Africa the favorite heading into next year's vote by FIFA's executive committee. The World Cup was held in Asia for the first time last year, with Japan and South Korea as co-hosts.

The executive committee also decided the 2004 FIFA under-19 women's world championship would be played in Thailand, and that the FIFA indoor world championship that year would be played in Taiwan.


Fonte: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/08/sports/plus-soccer-2014-world-cup-in-south-america.html