The Governor of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso and a 40-member delegation visited the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa (OC) on Monday to learn more about the many processes and requirements that go into staging one of the world's biggest sporting events.

Governor Blairo Borges Maggi and his leading officials met OC Chief Executive Officer Dr Danny Jordaan and said he was pleased with the OC's legacy pillars of tourism, infrastructure, the rebuilding of South Africa's and Africa's image, as well as job creation and stimulating growth in the small to medium business sector.

"We have officially started our meetings in preparation for 2014 and we are ready to learn from South Africa. What is really important is that we meet with the administration so that they will be able to assist us and tell us what works best," said Governor Maggi after the meeting.

Brazil will host the FIFA World Cup in 2014, the second time the South American nation will be hosting the soccer showpiece since 1950.

"The football legacy is to see improvement for football in this country - better stadiums, training grounds and broadcasting; that is really the hub of the economy of football," Dr Jordaan told the Brazilian delegation.

"Up to 85 per cent of the football economy is in Europe, with the highest concentration in England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France. If Brazil and South Africa can build a basis of world class infrastructure, including in broadcast and telecommunications, we can create, in my opinion, a central economy of football in the southern hemisphere," he added.

Brazil is only the fifth country to host the FIFA World Cup twice, after Mexico, Italy, France and Germany, and it will be the first time in FIFA history that the tournament will be hosted consecutively in the southern hemisphere.