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FIFA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) would like to clarify that reports in the Brazilian media claiming a change in the match schedule for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ in order to stage a quarter-final with potential Brazilian participation in Rio are incorrect. The match schedule for the 2014 FIFA World Cup has not been modified since it was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee in October 2011.
It is true that the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, expressed at various occasions with FIFA and the LOC his wish to host a match of the Brazilian national team in Rio de Janeiro during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. As the venue of the Final, Rio would host the Seleçao should they qualify for it.
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