The venues in question are Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Fortaleza, Recife, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador and were announced in a media briefing given by representatives of FIFA, the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Organising Committee (LOC) and the Brazilian Government.
Details of the sale of the 830,000 tickets that will be made available for the 16 matches were also revealed at the briefing, held at Sao Paulo’s Museu do Futebol.
An initial batch of tickets will go on sale online at FIFA.com on December 3, two days after the draw for the group phase of the Festival of Champions takes place at the Anhembi, also in Sao Paulo.
Held between June 15-30 next year, the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 will feature the host nation and three other FIFA World Cup winners in the shape of Spain, Italy and Uruguay. Also lining up will be Mexico, Japan, Tahiti and the victors of the forthcoming AFC Africa Cup of Nations.
LOC President Jose Maria Marin says the competition will be held for the very first time in six cities in a single country and, in another first, half of the stadiums to be used at the FIFA World Cup a year later will be handed over and tested at the Confederations Cup.
“Rather than choose the easiest path, we have opted for one that will bring benefits to most Brazilians and is the most suitable for the hosting of the two competitions,” Marin says.
“Brazil is known the world over as the home of football and thanks to everyone’s involvement it will show that it also has the know-how and the ability to organise a great World Cup. We are going to show that Brazil is not the country of the future but the country of the present.”
Former Brazilian striker and LOC management board member Ronaldo says he would like to congratulate all the host cities for their selection for the FIFA Confederations Cup, an event he took part in once, in 1997.
“We won that tournament, beating Australia 6-0 in the final, in which I scored a hat-trick and Romario another. It’s a competition that the players enjoy a lot and it’s a chance for Brazil to stage a major event before the World Cup,” Ronaldo says.
“In total there are going to be 12 world titles out there on the pitch, and it’s a great tournament for Brazilian people to come and watch, and also for them to show their hospitality and provide all the people who will visit us with an unforgettable experience.”
Story courtesy of FIFA.com.
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