Honduras And Bosnia And Herzegovina Are The Only Countries Which Have Never Won A World Cup Match
Bosnia and Herzegovina will play their first World Cup in Brazil. So of course they haven't won any World Cup matches. Honduras though is a different story, Honduras actually played in the 1982 and 2010 World Cup and have never won a match yet! Will the 2014 World Cup finally be the one where they will get rid of 0 World Cup victories? Time will tell!
No Scandinavian Country Will Participate In World Cup Brazil
Not Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden or Iceland have succeeded in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. The last time no Scandinavian country succeeded in qualifying, was in the 1982 World Cup. Norway and Finland were eliminated after Round 1 of the UEFA qualifications. Denmark finished as a runner-up country of group B. Since there were 9 groups in the first round, 1 runner-up country would not advance. It was country Denmark that was ranked as the worst runner-up among all 9 groups. Only Sweden and Iceland had a chance to qualify indirectly by winning the continental play-offs. However both failed to do so. Croatia defeated Iceland and Portugal defeated Sweden.
2014 World Cup Will be Watched on Multiple Devices
According to a survey by Instant.ly on behalf of YuMe (a provider of digital video brand advertising solutions), the World Cup will be The Ultimate Multi-Screen Event. According to the results, watching World Cup matches on multiple devices is important to 46% of respondents. Live-streaming of the matches will also be popular during thetournament.
FIFA Fan Fest Will Be Back For
The 2014 World Cup The FIFA Fan Fests which were officially organised in the 2006 World Cup in Germany will return! FIFA Fan Fests are events organized by FIFA and partners. In these events people can watch the World Cup matches live on big screens with thousands of fans from around the world. After its success in Germany and South Africa , it was no surprise the Fests will return in the upcoming World Cup. It all started with the unofficial Public Viewing events in South Korea during the 2002 World Cup which was a great success. FIFA expended the idea to include several cities world wide for the 2010 World Cup. In the 2014 World Cup FIFA announced they will hold FIFA Fan Fests in each of Brazil’s 12 host cities. They will be held in the following 12 host cities:
Belo Horizonte - Expominas
Brasilia - Taguaparque
Cuiabá Parque de Exposições
Curitiba - Pedreira Paulo Leminski
Fortaleza - Praia de Iracema
Manaus - Ponta Negra
Natal - Praia do Forte
Porto Alegre - Anfiteatro Pôr-do-Sol
Recife - Cais da Alfândega
Rio de Janeiro - Praia de Copacabana
Salvador - Aeroclube
São Paulo - Vale do Anhangabaú
Most of 32 Teams Have Picked
Their Camps Near São Paulo And Rio De Janeiro. The teams have chosen their camps in Brazil! The 32 teams will be basing in the following locations:
Algeria: Sorocaba, São Paulo
Argentina: Vespasiano, Minas Gerais
Australia: Vitória, Espírito Santo
Belgium: Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Guarujá , São Paulo
Brazil: Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro
Cameroon: Vitória, Espírito Santo
Chile: Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte
Colombia: Cotia, São Paulo
Costa Rica: Santos, São Paulo
Croatia: Mata de São João, Bahia
Ecuador: Viamão , Rio Grande do Sul
England: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
France: Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
Germany: Santa Cruz Cabrália, Bahia
Ghana: Maceió, Alagoas
Greece: Aracaju, Sergipe
Honduras: Porto Feliz, São Paulo
Iran: Guarulhos, São Paulo
Italy: Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro
Ivory Coast: Aguas de Lindóia, São Paulo
Japan: Itu, São Paulo
Mexico: Santos, São Paulo
Netherlands: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Nigeria: Campinas, São Paulo
Portugal: Campinas, São Paulo
Russia: Itu, São Paulo
South Korea: Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná
Spain: Curitiba, Paraná
Switzerland: Porto Seguro, Bahia
United States: São Paulo, São Paulo
Uruguay: Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais
The World Cup Will Be Broadcast Over The Whole World
Here’s an overview of all television
broadcasters for the largest and most famous sport event. Argentina and Brazil have themost parties which have the rights to broadcast the World Cup.
Afghanistan Ariana TV
Albania RTSH
Angola TPA
Aruba TeleAruba
Armenia ARMTV
Argentina Torneos y Competencias, Canal 7, América TV, El Trece, DirecTV
Australia SBS
Austria ORF
Azerbaijan ITV
Belarus BTRC
Belgium VRT, RTBF
Bolivia Red Uno de Bolivia, Unitel
Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT
Bulgaria BNT
Brazil Rede Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, SporTV, ESPN Brasil, FOX Sports Brunei Astro
Cameroon CRTV
Cambodia CTN
Canada CBC, Sportsnet, TVA
Cape Verde RTC
Caribbean SportsMax
Chile TVN, Canal 13, DirecTV, Movistar
China PR CCTV
Colombia Caracol TV, RCN TV, win Sports
Costa Rica Repretel, Teletica
Côte d’Ivoire RTI
Croatia HRT
Cyprus CyBC
Czech Republic CT
Denmark DR, TV 2
Ecuador Gama TV, TC Televisión, Oromar Televisión , DirecTV
El Salvador TCS
Estonia ERR
Ethiopia ETV
Fiji Mai TV
Finland Yle
France and territories TF1, beIN Sports
Gabon RTG
Ghana GBC, Metro TV
Georgia GPB
Germany ARD, ZDF
Guatemala Albavisión , Radio Televisión Guatemala
Hong Kong TVB
Honduras Vica Televisión, Telesistema, Televisora Hondureña
Hungary MTV
Iceland RÚV
Indonesia ANTV, tvOne
Iran IRIB
Ireland RTE
Israel IBA
Italian Peninsula RAI, Sky Italia
Jamaica CVM Television
Japan Nippon Television, TBS, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, Perviy Kanal
Evraziya
Kenya KBC
Korean Peninsula SBS
Kosovo RTK
Latvia LTV
Liechtenstein SRG SSR
Lithuania LRT
Macedonia MRT
Madagascar MATV
Malaysia RTM, Astro
Mali ORTM
Malta PBS
Mauritius MBC
Mexico Televisa, TV Azteca
Middle East and North Africa beIN Sports
Moldova TeleRadio-Moldova
Monaco TF1, beIN Sports
Mongolia Emerge Media
Montenegro RTCG
Mozambique TVM
Myanmar Sky Net
Namibia NBC
Netherlands NOS
New Zealand TVNZ, Sky Sport
Nicaragua Televicentro, Ratensa
Niger ORTN
Nigeria Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, Optima Sports Management International
Norway NRK, TV 2
Oceania Click Pacific
Panama Corporación Medcom, Televisora Nacional
Paraguay SNT, TV Acción, Telefuturo
Peru Andina de Televisión, DirecTV
Philippines ABS-CBN
Poland TVP
Portugal RTP, CMTV, SportTV
Romania TVR
Russia Pervyi Kanal, VGTRK
Senegal RTS
Serbia RTS
Slovakia RTVS
Slovenia RTVSLO
Singapore Mio TV
South Africa SABC, SuperSport
South Asia MSM Satellite
Spain Mediaset España, Gol Televisión
Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport
Suriname STVS
Sweden SVT, TV4
Switzerland SRG SSR
Taiwan ELTA, Era Television
Tanzania TBS
Togo TVT
Trinidad and Tobago One Caribbean Media
Turkey TRT
Ukraine NTKU, Ukrayina, Football
United Kingdom BBC, ITV
United States and territories ABC, ESPN,
Univision
Uruguay Monte Carlo TV, Sociedad Anonima
Emisoras de Television y Anexos, Sociedad
Televisora Larrañaga
Venezuela Meridiano Televisión, Venevisión ,
DirecTV
Vietnam VTV
Zambia ZNBC, MUVI TV
Zimbabwe ZBC
25 Referees Will Officiate The
2014 World Cup
On January 14 the list with 25 referees was published by the FIFA Referees Committee. Referees from all 6 continents will officiate at least 1 match. The selected match officials will participate in 3 seminars: February, March/April, and the last one 10 days before the kick-off of the 2014 World Cup. The selected referees and assistant referees will be followed and monitored regularly during this period. FIFA will give them all the support they need so that they can prepare themselves for this huge event in the best possible way. FIFA stated the following:
"The referees selected for the World Cup in Brazil have been chosen based especially on their personality and their quality in football understanding by being able to read the game and the team's tactical approaches towards each game"
The 2014 World Cup referees are:
AFC (Asia)
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan), Yuichi
Nishimura (Japan), Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) and Ben Williams (Australia).
CAF (Africa)
Noumandiez Doue (Ivory Coast), Bakary Gassama (Gambia) and Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria).
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)
Joel Aguilar (El Salvador), Mark Geiger (United States) and Marco Rodriguez Moreno (Mexico).
CONMEBOL (South America)
Enrique Osses (Chile), Nestor Pitana
(Argentina), Wilmar Roldan (Colombia), Sandro Ricci (Brazil) and Carlos Vera Rodriguez (Ecuador).
OFC (Oceania)
Peter O’Leary (New Zealand).
UEFA (Europe)
Felix Brych (Germany), Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey), Jonas Eriksson (Sweden), Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands), Milorad Mazic (Serbia), Pedro Proenca (Portugal), Nicola Rizzoli (Italy), Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) and Howard Webb (England).
FIFA Has International And
National Sponsors and
Supporters
FIFA has 6 Partners
Adidas
Coca-Cola
Hyundai/KIA motors
Emirates
Sony
VISA
FIFA has 8 World Cup Sponsors
Budweiser
Castrol Football
Continental
Johnson & Johnson
McDonald’s
Oi
Moy Park
Yingli Solar
FIFA has 6 National Supporters
ApexBrasil
Centauro
Garoto
Itaú
Liberty Seguros
Wise Up
Do you have interesting World Cup 2014 facts the world needs to know?
Tell us now!
Share with World Cup Fans!
Bosnia and Herzegovina will play their first World Cup in Brazil. So of course they haven't won any World Cup matches. Honduras though is a different story, Honduras actually played in the 1982 and 2010 World Cup and have never won a match yet! Will the 2014 World Cup finally be the one where they will get rid of 0 World Cup victories? Time will tell!
No Scandinavian Country Will Participate In World Cup Brazil
Not Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden or Iceland have succeeded in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. The last time no Scandinavian country succeeded in qualifying, was in the 1982 World Cup. Norway and Finland were eliminated after Round 1 of the UEFA qualifications. Denmark finished as a runner-up country of group B. Since there were 9 groups in the first round, 1 runner-up country would not advance. It was country Denmark that was ranked as the worst runner-up among all 9 groups. Only Sweden and Iceland had a chance to qualify indirectly by winning the continental play-offs. However both failed to do so. Croatia defeated Iceland and Portugal defeated Sweden.
2014 World Cup Will be Watched on Multiple Devices
According to a survey by Instant.ly on behalf of YuMe (a provider of digital video brand advertising solutions), the World Cup will be The Ultimate Multi-Screen Event. According to the results, watching World Cup matches on multiple devices is important to 46% of respondents. Live-streaming of the matches will also be popular during thetournament.
FIFA Fan Fest Will Be Back For
The 2014 World Cup The FIFA Fan Fests which were officially organised in the 2006 World Cup in Germany will return! FIFA Fan Fests are events organized by FIFA and partners. In these events people can watch the World Cup matches live on big screens with thousands of fans from around the world. After its success in Germany and South Africa , it was no surprise the Fests will return in the upcoming World Cup. It all started with the unofficial Public Viewing events in South Korea during the 2002 World Cup which was a great success. FIFA expended the idea to include several cities world wide for the 2010 World Cup. In the 2014 World Cup FIFA announced they will hold FIFA Fan Fests in each of Brazil’s 12 host cities. They will be held in the following 12 host cities:
Belo Horizonte - Expominas
Brasilia - Taguaparque
Cuiabá Parque de Exposições
Curitiba - Pedreira Paulo Leminski
Fortaleza - Praia de Iracema
Manaus - Ponta Negra
Natal - Praia do Forte
Porto Alegre - Anfiteatro Pôr-do-Sol
Recife - Cais da Alfândega
Rio de Janeiro - Praia de Copacabana
Salvador - Aeroclube
São Paulo - Vale do Anhangabaú
Most of 32 Teams Have Picked
Their Camps Near São Paulo And Rio De Janeiro. The teams have chosen their camps in Brazil! The 32 teams will be basing in the following locations:
Algeria: Sorocaba, São Paulo
Argentina: Vespasiano, Minas Gerais
Australia: Vitória, Espírito Santo
Belgium: Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Guarujá , São Paulo
Brazil: Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro
Cameroon: Vitória, Espírito Santo
Chile: Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte
Colombia: Cotia, São Paulo
Costa Rica: Santos, São Paulo
Croatia: Mata de São João, Bahia
Ecuador: Viamão , Rio Grande do Sul
England: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
France: Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
Germany: Santa Cruz Cabrália, Bahia
Ghana: Maceió, Alagoas
Greece: Aracaju, Sergipe
Honduras: Porto Feliz, São Paulo
Iran: Guarulhos, São Paulo
Italy: Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro
Ivory Coast: Aguas de Lindóia, São Paulo
Japan: Itu, São Paulo
Mexico: Santos, São Paulo
Netherlands: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Nigeria: Campinas, São Paulo
Portugal: Campinas, São Paulo
Russia: Itu, São Paulo
South Korea: Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná
Spain: Curitiba, Paraná
Switzerland: Porto Seguro, Bahia
United States: São Paulo, São Paulo
Uruguay: Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais
The World Cup Will Be Broadcast Over The Whole World
Here’s an overview of all television
broadcasters for the largest and most famous sport event. Argentina and Brazil have themost parties which have the rights to broadcast the World Cup.
Afghanistan Ariana TV
Albania RTSH
Angola TPA
Aruba TeleAruba
Armenia ARMTV
Argentina Torneos y Competencias, Canal 7, América TV, El Trece, DirecTV
Australia SBS
Austria ORF
Azerbaijan ITV
Belarus BTRC
Belgium VRT, RTBF
Bolivia Red Uno de Bolivia, Unitel
Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT
Bulgaria BNT
Brazil Rede Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, SporTV, ESPN Brasil, FOX Sports Brunei Astro
Cameroon CRTV
Cambodia CTN
Canada CBC, Sportsnet, TVA
Cape Verde RTC
Caribbean SportsMax
Chile TVN, Canal 13, DirecTV, Movistar
China PR CCTV
Colombia Caracol TV, RCN TV, win Sports
Costa Rica Repretel, Teletica
Côte d’Ivoire RTI
Croatia HRT
Cyprus CyBC
Czech Republic CT
Denmark DR, TV 2
Ecuador Gama TV, TC Televisión, Oromar Televisión , DirecTV
El Salvador TCS
Estonia ERR
Ethiopia ETV
Fiji Mai TV
Finland Yle
France and territories TF1, beIN Sports
Gabon RTG
Ghana GBC, Metro TV
Georgia GPB
Germany ARD, ZDF
Guatemala Albavisión , Radio Televisión Guatemala
Hong Kong TVB
Honduras Vica Televisión, Telesistema, Televisora Hondureña
Hungary MTV
Iceland RÚV
Indonesia ANTV, tvOne
Iran IRIB
Ireland RTE
Israel IBA
Italian Peninsula RAI, Sky Italia
Jamaica CVM Television
Japan Nippon Television, TBS, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, Perviy Kanal
Evraziya
Kenya KBC
Korean Peninsula SBS
Kosovo RTK
Latvia LTV
Liechtenstein SRG SSR
Lithuania LRT
Macedonia MRT
Madagascar MATV
Malaysia RTM, Astro
Mali ORTM
Malta PBS
Mauritius MBC
Mexico Televisa, TV Azteca
Middle East and North Africa beIN Sports
Moldova TeleRadio-Moldova
Monaco TF1, beIN Sports
Mongolia Emerge Media
Montenegro RTCG
Mozambique TVM
Myanmar Sky Net
Namibia NBC
Netherlands NOS
New Zealand TVNZ, Sky Sport
Nicaragua Televicentro, Ratensa
Niger ORTN
Nigeria Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, Optima Sports Management International
Norway NRK, TV 2
Oceania Click Pacific
Panama Corporación Medcom, Televisora Nacional
Paraguay SNT, TV Acción, Telefuturo
Peru Andina de Televisión, DirecTV
Philippines ABS-CBN
Poland TVP
Portugal RTP, CMTV, SportTV
Romania TVR
Russia Pervyi Kanal, VGTRK
Senegal RTS
Serbia RTS
Slovakia RTVS
Slovenia RTVSLO
Singapore Mio TV
South Africa SABC, SuperSport
South Asia MSM Satellite
Spain Mediaset España, Gol Televisión
Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport
Suriname STVS
Sweden SVT, TV4
Switzerland SRG SSR
Taiwan ELTA, Era Television
Tanzania TBS
Togo TVT
Trinidad and Tobago One Caribbean Media
Turkey TRT
Ukraine NTKU, Ukrayina, Football
United Kingdom BBC, ITV
United States and territories ABC, ESPN,
Univision
Uruguay Monte Carlo TV, Sociedad Anonima
Emisoras de Television y Anexos, Sociedad
Televisora Larrañaga
Venezuela Meridiano Televisión, Venevisión ,
DirecTV
Vietnam VTV
Zambia ZNBC, MUVI TV
Zimbabwe ZBC
25 Referees Will Officiate The
2014 World Cup
On January 14 the list with 25 referees was published by the FIFA Referees Committee. Referees from all 6 continents will officiate at least 1 match. The selected match officials will participate in 3 seminars: February, March/April, and the last one 10 days before the kick-off of the 2014 World Cup. The selected referees and assistant referees will be followed and monitored regularly during this period. FIFA will give them all the support they need so that they can prepare themselves for this huge event in the best possible way. FIFA stated the following:
"The referees selected for the World Cup in Brazil have been chosen based especially on their personality and their quality in football understanding by being able to read the game and the team's tactical approaches towards each game"
The 2014 World Cup referees are:
AFC (Asia)
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan), Yuichi
Nishimura (Japan), Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) and Ben Williams (Australia).
CAF (Africa)
Noumandiez Doue (Ivory Coast), Bakary Gassama (Gambia) and Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria).
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)
Joel Aguilar (El Salvador), Mark Geiger (United States) and Marco Rodriguez Moreno (Mexico).
CONMEBOL (South America)
Enrique Osses (Chile), Nestor Pitana
(Argentina), Wilmar Roldan (Colombia), Sandro Ricci (Brazil) and Carlos Vera Rodriguez (Ecuador).
OFC (Oceania)
Peter O’Leary (New Zealand).
UEFA (Europe)
Felix Brych (Germany), Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey), Jonas Eriksson (Sweden), Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands), Milorad Mazic (Serbia), Pedro Proenca (Portugal), Nicola Rizzoli (Italy), Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) and Howard Webb (England).
FIFA Has International And
National Sponsors and
Supporters
FIFA has 6 Partners
Adidas
Coca-Cola
Hyundai/KIA motors
Emirates
Sony
VISA
FIFA has 8 World Cup Sponsors
Budweiser
Castrol Football
Continental
Johnson & Johnson
McDonald’s
Oi
Moy Park
Yingli Solar
FIFA has 6 National Supporters
ApexBrasil
Centauro
Garoto
Itaú
Liberty Seguros
Wise Up
Do you have interesting World Cup 2014 facts the world needs to know?
Tell us now!
Share with World Cup Fans!
No comments:
Post a Comment