Waritchot Siwsuwan 2/1 No.11: The FIFA World Cup 2014

The FIFA World Cup 2014

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champion is Spain, who won the 2010 tournament in South Africa.
The 19 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national
teams.
Brazil have won five times.
Italy have won four times.
Germany have won three times.
Argentina and Uruguay won two times.
England,France and Spain won one time.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup is the 20th FIFA World Cup, the tournament for the men's football world championship, which is currently taking place at several venues across Brazil.

It began on 12 June, with a group stage, and is scheduled to conclude on 13 July with the final. It is the second time that Brazil has hosted the competition, the first being in 1950. Brazil was elected unchallenged as host nation in 2007 after the international football federation, FIFA, decreed that the tournament would be staged in South America for the first time since 1978 in Argentina, and the fifth time overall.

In 2014 There are 32 teams is qualifying rounds such as

1.Brasil 2.Germany 3.Spain 4.Argentina 5.Italy

6.Portugal 7.Switzerland 8.Uruguay 9.Colombia 10.Eagland

11.Belgium 12.Greece 13.United States 14.Chile 15.Netherlands

16.France 17.Croatia 18.Russia 19.Mexico 20.Bosnia

21.Algeria 22.Ivory Coast 23.Ecuador 24.Costa Rica 25.Honduras

26.Iran 27.Ghana 28.Nigeria 29.Japan 30.Cameroon

31.South Korea 32.Australias

Fuleco Mascot

Fuleco the Armadillo is the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Representing a Brazilian three-banded armadillo, a species of armadillo which is native to Brazil and categorized as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List, Fuleco was officially launched as part of Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo's weekly Fantásticoentertainment show on 25 November 2012. His name is a portmanteau of the words Futebol ("football") and Ecologia ("Ecology"). The mascot, with his message of environmental concerns, ecology and sport, turned out to be very popular with football teams around the world

There are the opening 2014 World cup in Brazil