Sao Paulo will host the opening match of the 2014 World Cup and Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana stadium will stage the final, FIFA announced Thursday.
Hosts Brazil will play the opening match in Sao Paulo and the remaining two group matches in Fortaleza and Brasilia.
In addition, the kick-off times have been set (all Brasilia local time). Brasilia local time is two hours ahead of the U.S. East Coast, so most matches will be late afternoon or close to prime-time. Matches in the UK will be played between 5pm-2am BST:
- Opening Match: 17.00
- Group Stage matches: 13.00, 16.00, 19.00, 22.00
- Round of 16/Quarter-finals: 13.00, 17.00
- Semi-finals: 17.00
- Match for Third Place: 17.00
- Final: 16.00
Venues confirmed for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013
FIFA also announced that the venues for the Confederations Cup 2013. The champions of the six confederations as well as hosts Brazil and world champions Spain will participate in the Festival of Champions, which will be played between 15 and 30 June 2013.
Five teams have already qualified for the tournament in 2013: the Asian champions Japan, CONCACAF Gold Cup winners Mexico, South American champions Uruguay, as well as Spain and Brazil.
- Opening Match: Brasilia
- Semi-final matches: Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza
- Final: Rio de Janeiro
Approved Host Cities
- Brasilia
- Belo Horizonte
- Fortaleza
- Rio de Janeiro
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Busco entradas de la copa confederacion de futbol, de cualquier partido de 1ª fase, 2ª fase, semmif. y final, las quiero para coleccion, muchas gracias de anticipadas:
Victoriano Gonzalez Hdez.
Hi, boys, Brazil is not in a “dead group”. Please wait and see what happens to France when meeting Uruguay, jaja! You know little about football.
I think Spain will win the soccer World Champions title in South Africa. They are in a real good shape right now and won’t be stopped.
Will see Germany today. Usa now had a strike of luck.
I want Brazil to win, or argentina.
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