Brazil, 2014 | Schedule | Cities | Stadia | Results | Goal Scorers
- The twelve host cities for the 2014 World Cup were announced on 31 May 2009. FIFA agreed to allow an increase the number of host cities from ten to twelve because of the size of Brazil.
- All the host cities are capitals of their state, and cover all the main regions of Brazil.
- Five of these cities were also host cities in 1950 and 2014: Recife,
Curitiba,
Porto Alegre
Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo. - The Cities are:
- Belo Horizonte
- Brasília
- Cuiabá
- Curitiba
- Fortaleza
- Manaus
- Natal
- Porto Alegre
- Recife
- Rio de Janeiro
- Salvador
- São Paulo