1- The FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil is the 20th FIFA World Cup which is played between 12th June to 13th July 2014 ( table here )
2- The FIFA World Cup trophy weighs 6.178 Kg (13.61 pounds), 36.8 centimeters (14.5 inches) high and made of 18 carat pure gold.
The base contains two layers of semi-precious malachite while the bottom side of the Trophy bears the engraved year and name of each FIFA World Cup winner since 1974.
3- Venues: 12 cities covering all the major regions of Brazil are hosting World Cup, the final to be played at the Estadio do Maracana in Rio De Janeiro (more matches in Rio De Janeiro)
4- Mascot: Fuleco is the official mascot of the FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil.
5- Brazuca: the official match ball.
6- Caxirola: FIFA World Cup 2014 official instrument.
7- Tickets: 3,334,524 tickets forecated by FIFA.
8- Total prize money of $ 576 million will be given, $35 million will be given to the winner.
9- Goal-line technology (Goal Decision System) will be implemented for the first time in FIFA World Cup using high-speed cameras.
10- Only 8 countries have ever won:
Brazil (5), Italy (4), Germany (3), Uruguay (2), Argentina (2), France (1), England (1), Spain (1)
11- Addidas has supplied footballs for the FIFA World Cup since 1970
12- Total of $3.5 billion are spent for stadium construction and renovation only.
This is 3X more than South Africa spent in 2010.
That is also enough to travel to space 14,000 times.
13- Total of $900 million invested for security purposes.
14- $1345 : is the average ticket price for a match across the entire tournament.
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