2014 FIFA World Cup

[Colly]

They should move it to Qatar.

[Rafael]

:/ They saying the Arena Corinthians won't be used in the World Cup. And there goes billions of public taxes.

I have a weird feeling that the final will be Brazil vs. Argentina and Argentina will win 2-1, with a Messi brace.

Edited November 27, 2013 by RafaelFms

[Lineker]

Who are you referring to with 'they'?

It's literally just happened, so let's wait and see what is announced once the dust has settled. Although I imagine you're probably right. Brazil actually only needs eight venues but elected to bid with twelve. So it'll just be a matter or replanning the logistics of the opening ceremony.

[METALMAN]

Was it Japan and South Korea that had 20 venues? That was ridiculously stupid. And they were all tiny.

[Lineker]

Was it Japan and South Korea that had 20 venues? That was ridiculously stupid. And they were all tiny.

Japan and South Korea provided ten venues each, the smallest of which was Daejeon (41,000).

[Matt]

I hope when fifa come and ask us to host the world cup because Brazil isn't ready that we tell them to fuck off.

Also isn't 6 months before the event a bit late to have the venues ready, if they don't then it's too late for all the fans that have booked flights and shit

[METALMAN]

Too much!

Hang on sorry, France was the one with lots of small stadiums.

Though 2002 had lots of smallish ones too.

[Lineker]

iirc, the Fifa deadline is December.

France '98 had the 34,000 capacity Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier.

[METALMAN]

Not good enough. But I do really love Montpellier. So I'll allow it this time.

[Colly]

Was it Japan and South Korea that had 20 venues? That was ridiculously stupid. And they were all tiny.

Racist.

[Rafael]

I hope when fifa come and ask us to host the world cup because Brazil isn't ready that we tell them to fuck off.

Also isn't 6 months before the event a bit late to have the venues ready, if they don't then it's too late for all the fans that have booked flights and shit

Well, there aren't really a lot of foreigners coming to the World Cup. More than half of the tickets have been bought by brazilians already, and if the World Cup stays here, that number will improve. Therefore, the fans with 'booked flights and shit' won't be a tough task to handle. And England would need 1 month to get organized for the World Cup. The country has the stadiums, the airports, everything. The problem is all the brazilians that have bought their tickets and won't be able to fly to England.

Edited November 27, 2013 by RafaelFms

[Lineker]

Pictures from Brazilian media, including the website of newspaper Estadao, show structural damage at the Arena Corinthians, with part of a roof having fallen away to the ground and with a crane also felled and damage caused to another stand.

Corinthians, the club that will move into the stadium, issued a short statement on their website that said: "The board of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista deeply regrets the accident earlier in Corinthians Arena.

"(There is) no other information at this time." Estadao quoted a police officer, Mauro Lopes, as saying it was believed there were three fatalities.

[Colly]

There aren't a lot of foreigners going to the World Cup? My word.

If Brazil lose it, do they also lose their place as hosts, because I think a Jordan/New Zealand playoff is in order.

[Rafael]

Apparently, one day out of 889,000 tickets, 71% came to brazilians.

[Colly]

So thats upwards of 200,000 non Brazilians then?

[Meacon Keaton]

Seems like a good bit of foreigners to me.

[Rafael]

In comparison to the 2010 World Cup (who had 310,000 foreigners and was regarded as one of the times few foreign people came to the cup) and Germany (who had 2 million foreigners), yes, it is a small bit.

Edited November 27, 2013 by RafaelFms

[Colly]

Cold as Ice. That's a good bit of Foreigner.

[Colly]

Surely they're selling more than 900k tickets though, even with corporate allocations etc? Plus ticket sales don't equal number of people travelling.

[HailtotheYo]

FIFA allocated that percentage to Brazilians ...

... 2nd phase of sales starts Monday, and the final phase begins Dec 8th after the draw and people know where everyone is playing.