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Thursday 15 May 2014

2014 Football FIFA World Cup

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international men's football tournament that is scheduled to take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014.
With the host country, all world champion teams since the first World Cup in 1930 (UruguayItalyGermanyEngland,ArgentinaFrance and Spain) have qualified for this competition. Spain is the defending champion, having defeated theNetherlands 1–0 in the 2010 World Cup final to win its first World title.

Prize money

The total prize money on offer for the tournament was confirmed by FIFA as US$576 million (including payments of US$70 million to domestic clubs), a 37 percent increase from the amount allocated in the 2010 tournament.[19] Before the tournament, each of the 32 entrants will receive US$1.5 million for preparation costs. Once at the tournament, the prize money will be distributed as follows:
As with the previous World Cup, FIFA will make payments to the domestic clubs of the players representing their national teams at the tournament. This will see a total of US$70 million paid to domestic clubs.

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