Sepp Blatter has named Brazil as the host nation for the 2014 World Cup. The South American country was the only one bidding to host the tournament which was due to be staged on the continent under Fifa's rotation system.
That rotation system falls away with effect from 2018 which really means that South Africa was the last to really benefit from it.
The other South American nations agreed to back Brazil, who have won the World Cup a record five times, as their only candidate after Colombia withdrew.
Brazil has hosted the tournament once before, in 1950, when they were beaten 2-1 in the final by rivals Uruguay.
As many as Eighteen cities are expected to bid to host games and that will be reduced to about 8 or 10 being that will actually host matches.
Brazil is setting aside around £500m for updating their stadiums, including the Maracană which hosted the 1950 World Cup final.
A record 173,830 fans were at that game, although the actual attendance was estimated to be around 210,000 as thousands supporters gained access to the stadium without tickets.
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