Future World Cup locations determined

Brazil has been chosen to host the World Cup in 2014 by FIFA. The country won by a unanimous vote and was the only option. Due to Brazil being the only location for the bidding process, FIFA originally found this as a weak point for the country because they assumed that the bid package would not be that great. However, it resulted in proving that Brazil is a developing nation that has much potential for a World Cup. On the same day that Brazil was chosen, the women's World Cup location was also determined for 2011. The women's World Cup will be hosted in Germany which beat out Canada.

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ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- Brazil was chosen host of the 2014 World Cup on Tuesday, returning the showcase event to the soccer-mad country that held the tournament in 1950 and has captured the title a record five times.

Brazil was the only candidate and won in a unanimous vote by the executive committee of the sport's governing body.

''Soccer is not only a sport for us,'' Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said. ''It's more than that: Soccer for us is a passion, a national passion.''

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Brazil now has ''not only the right, but the responsibility'' to organize the 2014 tournament. Blatter then handed the World Cup trophy to Lula.

Lula, who flew in for the announcement, promised that Brazil ''will now with great pride do its homework.'' And, he added, ''if everything works out well, we will win once again a World Cup.''

The vote came on the same day the 2011 Women's World Cup was awarded to Germany. Germany, the host of the 2006 men's World Cup, beat out Canada.

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