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Brazilian airports 'should improve before World Cup

Brazilian airports 'should improve before World Cup'
An official in the Brazilian aviation sector has said the South American nation's airports need to be improved before the FIFA 2014 World Cup.

The football tournament will be staged in cities such as Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, prompting a surge in the number of people flying into these regions.

Therefore, Adalberto Febeliano executive vice president of the Brazilian Association of General Aviation has said the existing transport network needs to be improved, AAP reports.

He said monthly passenger numbers could go up from four million to eight million by the time of the event, as people will be travelling across Brazil to watch different games.

"We need to modernise our airports and build new airports," Mr Febeliano commented.

"If we don't, when the World Cup arrives we won't have time to accommodate the passengers."

The 2014 World Cup will mark the second time that the country has hosted the football tournament.

Brazil is also in the running to host the Olympic Games two years later.

Brazil to host 2014 World Cup

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Brazil have been formally appointed hosts of the 2014 World Cup and now face the daunting task of building or completely refurbishing every single one of their stadia for the tournament.

FIFA's inspection report has identified 18 grounds with more than 40,000 capacity that could host matches and these will be whittled down to nine or 10.

However, of the 18 four would have to be built from scratch and all of the other 14 undergo substantial renovation. FIFA inspectors said the Brazilian football federation had estimated Ł550million (1.1billion US dollars) as the budget for building and renewing the grounds but that figure appears very optimistic.

So basic are the facilities at the moment that most of the stadia are not even equipped for television commentary. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said however that he had been impressed by Brazil's plans for 2014 despite the fact they were the only bidders.

He also said hosting the World Cup could encourage more Brazilian players to stay in their own domestic football.

Blatter said: "The task was not easy - for us it was a real big challenge to have the same list of requirements and the same conditions for only one candidate than if we had two and perhaps we put the bar higher than if we had two.

"There was an extraordinary presentation by the delegation and we witnessed that this World Cup will have such a big social and cultural impact in Brazil. This the country that has given to the world the best football and the best footballers, five times world champions, and if we don't stop the invasion of Brazilian footballers then in years to come we may have only Brazilians in all the national teams!

"That's why the executive committee has decided unananimously to give the right and the responsibility to organise the 2014 World Cup to Brazil."

FIFA's inspection report said Brazil was "more than capable of hosting an exceptional FIFA World Cup" but added: "surprisingly, most of the stadiums are not equipped for TV commentators. In fact, many of them will use TV commentary positions for the first time thanks to the projects and the necessary FIFA requirements for staging a World Cup."

Meanwhile, Germany were awarded the 2011 women's World Cup. The decision by FIFA's 24-man executive committee means the tournament will be hosted by the current women's world champions and came as a huge disappointment to the other candidate Canada.