In pictures: See the magnificence of the stadiums that will host the 2014 World Cup

Written By عمر الدجاني on 2014/02/12

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

ArabiaWeather.com - Omar Dajani - On May 31, 2009, the 12 cities that won the right to host the World Cup in Brazil during the summer of this year 2014 were announced. The selection was made after 18 cities were initially nominated, and the cities of Rio Branco, Campo Grande, Belém, Florianópolis, Goiânia, Maceio and Cuiabá apologized. The process of building and restoring the stadiums cost an amount of 3.5 billion US dollars, and the famous Maracana stadium was chosen at the beginning to receive the opening match, before it was replaced by the new Corinthians stadium as a result of not meeting many conditions. And when looking at the geographical distribution of the stadiums on the map of Brazil, we will find that they are distributed in all regions of the country, so that the competing teams will have to travel long distances. Maracanã Stadium <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/maracana.jpg" style="height:300px; width:600px" /> This stadium is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and it can accommodate 71,159 spectators, and it will host the following matches Argentina-Bosnia and Herzegovina Spain and Chile Belgium and Russia Ecuador and France One of the round of 16 matches final match Arena de Sao Paulo <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/Arena_Corinthians.jpg" style="height:338px; width:600px" /> This stadium is located in the city of Sao Paulo, and it can accommodate 59,955 spectators, and the following matches will be held on it Brazil vs Croatia (opening match) Uruguay and England Netherlands and Chile South Korea and Belgium One of the round of 16 matches minerao <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/mineirao_interna2.jpg" style="height:426px; width:600px" /> Belo Horizonte City Stadium, which has a capacity of 56,091 seats, and the following matches will be held in it: Colombia and Greece Belgium and Algeria Argentina and Iran Costa Rica and England Match in the round of 16 Semi-final match Estadio Nacional de Brasilia <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/brasilia5.jpg" style="height:399px; width:600px" /> The main stadium of the Brazilian capital, "Brasilia", has a capacity of 65,702 seats, and the following matches will be held in it: Switzerland and Ecuador Colombia and Ivory Coast Cameroon and Brazil Portugal and Ghana Match in the round of 16 Quarter-final match Third and fourth place match Arena Castillo <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/castelao_front.jpg" style="height:300px; width:600px" /> Fortaleza City Stadium, which has a capacity of 57,747 spectators, and will host the following matches Uruguay and Costa Rica Brazil and Mexico Germany and Ghana Greece and Ivory Coast Match in the round of 16 Quarter-final match Arena Fronte Nova <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/fontenova_front1.jpg" style="height:300px; width:600px" /> El Salvador City Stadium, which can accommodate 49,280 spectators, and the following matches will be held in it: Spain and the Netherlands Germany and Portugal Switzerland and France Bosnia and Herzegovina against Iran Match in the round of 16 Quarter-final match Beira Rio Studio <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/beirario3.jpg" style="height:338px; width:600px" /> Porto Alegre City Stadium, with a capacity of 42,153 seats, and will host the following matches: France and Honduras Australia and the Netherlands South Korea and Algeria Nigeria and Argentina Match in the round of 16 Arena Pernambuco <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/pernambuco_front1.jpg" style="height:300px; width:600px" /> Recife City Stadium, which has a capacity of 40,604, will host the following matches Ivory Coast and Japan Italy and Costa Rica Croatia and Mexico United States and Germany Match in the round of 16 Arena da Amazonia <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/amazonia3.jpg" style="height:338px; width:600px" /> Manaus City Stadium, which has a capacity of 39,573 spectators, and will host the following matches: England and Italy Cameroon and Croatia United States and Portugal Honduras and Switzerland Arena Pantanal <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/pantanal_front.jpg" style="height:300px; width:600px" /> Cuiaba City Stadium. It has a capacity of 39,553 seats, and the following matches will be held on it: Chile and Australia Russia and South Korea Nigeria and Bosnia and Herzegovina Japan and Colombia Arena das Dunias <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/Arena-das-Dunas.jpg" style="height:400px; width:600px" /> Natal City Stadium, with a capacity of 39,304 spectators, will host the following matches: Mexico and Cameroon Ghana and the United States Japan and Greece Italy and Uruguay Arena de Baichada<img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/Arena-da-Baixada.jpg" style="width:600px" /> Curitiba City Stadium, which has a capacity of 37,634 spectators, and the following matches will be held there: Iran and Nigeria Honduras and Ecuador Australia and Spain Algeria and Russia

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