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Welcome
About Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016.
World Cup 2014
Rio
de Janeiro is expected to be the host of the final
match of the World Cup in 2014. The confirmation as
one of the 12 official host cities in Brazil was
announced during the meeting in Nassau (Bahamas) on
30-31 May 2009, where the FIFA Executive Committee,
chaired by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter,
confirmed the 12 Host Cities for the 2014 World Cup
Brazil. The stage for the final match in 1950,
Maracanã Stadium will have the chance for a “re-matchâ€
since the Brazilian team lost to Uruguay here during
the 1950 World Cup.
Brazil's economy is now the
tenth largest in the world - and predicted to be
fifth by 2016. We are the world's second biggest
food exporter, one of the world's largest oil and
ore producers and the fifth largest advertising
market. Our diverse economy is the engine of South
America and one of the world's top 10 consumer
markets. We have the highest levels of Internet use
in the world. The enduring strength of our economy -
even in the current global climate - has enabled the
Government to guarantee the investments needed for
the 2016 Games, including direct funding of US$700m
for the OCOG.
Organizing the Olympic and Paralympic Games is a major
challenge for any country. It demands knowledge,
commitment and effort across many areas. To fulfill
the dream of all Brazilians, Rio has a team of
professionals from diverse areas, with expertise in
the organization of major sports events. Key members
of the Rio 2016 team also worked on the
highly-successful Rio 2007 Pan American and Parapan
American Games.
President of the Brazilian
Olympic Committee and the Organizing Committee of
the Rio 2007 Games, Carlos Arthur Nuzman led the
organization of the Rio 2007 Pan American Games -
the best ever Pan American Games, according to
Mário Vázquez Raña, the president of the Pan
American Sports Organization (PASO). This verdict
was echoed by the leaders of many national Olympic
committees that took part in the competition.
In 2007, Rio de Janeiro staged
the Pan American Games and the Parapan American
Games in succession, using the same facilities for
both events. This model was praised by the leaders
of the Americas Paralympics Committee (APC), and
will be repeated for the Guadalajara 2011 Pan
American Games.
Consequently, Rio de Janeiro is
one of the few cities of the world to have the
experience of organizing two major multi-sports
events one right after the other, which reinforces
the city's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games.
The team preparing Rio's 2016
bid is made up of former Olympic and Pan American
athletes. The team fully understands the needs of
athletes and their families.
The team also counts on
international advisors and is supported by renowned
consultants who have played major roles in
organizing previous Olympic Games.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th World Cup,
an international tournament for football, that is
expected to take place between June and July 2014 in
Brazil.
This will be the second time the country has hosted
the competition, the first being the 1950 FIFA World
Cup. Brazil will become the fifth country to have
hosted the FIFA World Cup twice, after Mexico,
Italy, France and Germany. It will be the first
World Cup to have been held in South America since
the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina and the first
time consecutive World Cups have been staged in the
Southern Hemisphere. Brazil also will become the
first nation to break the well-established chain of
allowing a European nation to host the World Cup
Finals every eight years.
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