The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held in Brazil from June 13 to July 13, 2014. This marked the second time Brazil hosted the World Cup after 1950. South America has dominated winning titles, with Brazil winning a record 5 championships and Uruguay and Argentina each winning twice. However, South America has only hosted the tournament 4 times while Europe has hosted 10 times.

1. 2014 FIFA WorldCup
The World CupBrazil 2014 ™ will be the twentietheditionof the WorldCup.Thisyear's
tournamentwill be heldinBrazil in2014 (fromJune 13 to July13), the secondtime this
tournamentwasheldinBrazil afterthe 1950 FIFA WorldCup, afterthe presidentFIFA Sepp
Blatterestablishcriteriacontinental rotation.
AmericaandEurope are the onlycontinentsthathave wonthe worldtitle throughoutits
history.Nine titlesearnedbythree SouthAmericancountries:Brazil 5timesand2 timesby
Uruguay and Argentina.Despite hissuccessinthe tournament,SouthAmericahashostedonly
on 4 occasions(Uruguay,Brazil,Chile andArgentina,in1930, 1950, 1962 and 1978,
respectively),while 10have beenconductedinEurope.