According to the FIFA Calendar

Fifacup[wednesday january,05 2011]
According to the FIFA Calendar, the preliminary draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held on July 30, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. That will be barely a year after World Cup South Africa 2010. In order to permit the confederations to begin their qualifying competitions in good time, the Executive Committee decided to endorse the change of date for the preliminary draw of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which will be held six months prior than in the past.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will feature 32 teams. One place has been allocated to the hosts, Brazil. The remaining 31 places will be determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other 207 teams from the six FIFA confederations will compete. In the past, most qualification has been determined within these confederations, with a limited number of inter-confederation play-offs occurring at the end of the process.

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