Cup of the world of 2014

            The Cup of the World of Football is the greater evento of the most popular sport of the world. Until today already they were realised 18 Glasses, in 15 countries, of three different continents. In the total, 30.852.747 people assisted to the games in the stadiums that warmed up the competition.

            Everything began with the dream and the dedication of the French Jules Rimet in organising a tournament wrapping selections of several countries.  The first trophy, that carried the name of the idealizador, had his definite possession conquered peel Brazil. The new glass, calls simply "Cup of the World".

Cup regulations:

            

          The final phase of the Cup of the World is contested by 32 selections. To Europe has right to 14 vacancies.The African continent sends 5 representatives, whereas Sudamérica and to Asia have, each one, 4 countries  Guaranteeed. Already the Concacaf, confederation that gathers the selections of North America, centroamerica and Caribbean, has right to 3 vacancies. The two remaining vacancies are defined in clashes of repescagem between selections of Sudamérica and of Oceania and teams of Asia and of the Concacaf. 

Basic rules:

         To 19ª Glass of the World follows the staff adopted in the World-wide of France, in 1998, with 32 countries participants, divided in eight groups of four teams each one.

Cup Mascot

The criteria of desempate in the first phase are:

1. Number of points

2. Goal difference
3. Number of goals

If two or more teams empaten in the criteria up, the desempate will give in the direct clash, following the criteria down:

1. Number of points

2. Goal difference

3. Number of goals

4. sortition

            Only the two better of each group happen for the octaves of final, with the clear-cut clash between the first placed of the eight keys against which finished in the second position.

           From this phase, in case of tie us 90 statutory minutes, the game will go for the extention, in two times of 15 minutes. Persisting the equality ,The the definition of the classified selection will go for the dispute of penaltis.

Curiosities on the Cup of the World of Football:

- The record of goals in Glasses is of the Brazilian Ronaldo with 15 goals;

- The Brazil is the only country that participated of all the Glasses of the World;

 - The Brazil is the country with more titles conquered: total of five;

- Italy was four times champion, followed of Germany thrice champion and of the bi-Argentinian champions and Uruguay. England and France possess only a title each;

- The Glass of the World is the greater second sportive evento of the planet