The Venues

The 2014 FIFA World Cup matches will take place in 12 different cities, more than any other finals on record.

There will be games in Manaus, Fortaleza, Natal, Recife, Salvador, Cuiaba, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo, Curitiba and Porto Alegre. Twelve cities, 12 stadiums and very different landscapes in the surrounding areas; the World Cup in Brazil will be diverse indeed.

The stadia themselves are an array of the new and old, renovated and redesigned.

In list full comprises the following grounds:

Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte

Estadio Nacional de Brasilia, Brasilia

Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza

Arena Amazonia, Manaus

Estadio das Dunas, Natal

Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Arena Pernambuco, Recife

Estadio Do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Arena de Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo.

The smallest, by capacity, is Arena da Baixada, which holds around 28,000, while the biggest, Maracana will seat up to 89,000.