the 2014 fifa world cup will be held in brazil. it will be the 20th year of the world cup. brazil was chosen in october of 2007 to host the 2014 competition. earlier in the year, south america had been chosen as the continent for the contest. brazil was the only country to put in a bid. this is the second time brazil will host the world cup. the country hosted it in 1950. it is the first world cup to be held in south america since 1978, when argentina hosted. no other south american country has hosted the world cup more than once. summarization