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South American country would host the 2014 tournament. <p> Peru in December proposed a joint bid to host the finals along with their fellow Andean nations Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, while Chile and Argentina had also been expected to launch a joint bid. <p> But CSF chief Nicolas Leoz said: "All 10 countries which make up the South American Confederation agreed that the 2014 World Cup to be held in South America should be hosted by Brazil." <p> The five-time world champions last held the event in 1950, when they dramatically lost to Uruguay in front of 200,000 fans at the newly-completed Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. <p> <b>Rotation</b> <p> Argentina were the last South American country to host a World Cup in 1978, while Brazil (1950), Uruguay (1930) and Chile (1962) have also staged the event. <p> Fifa's decision to award the tournament to South America is part of its plan to rotate the event between continents. <p> Asia hosted the World Cup for the first time in South Korea and Japan last year, when Brazil beat Germany 2-0 in the final. <p> The World Cup will return to Europe when Germany hosts the 2006 finals, while the 2010 event will be the first to be held in Africa. <p> Brazil will, however, have to overcome some major stumbling blocks if it is to host the 2014 tournament. <p> Its major stadia need rebuilding, and its infrastructure in terms of hotels, transport and communication links - may not be good enough. <p> Colombia was set to host the 1986 finals but, confronted with the same sort of problems, ended up handing the event to Mexico. <p> Brazil also suffers widespread poverty and deprivation, while drug-related crime is an increasing problem. <p> Brazil's domestic football is also notorious for its corruption. <p> Less than two years ago, the Brazilian Senate produced a damning 1,600 page report on the game. <p> But Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) president Ricardo Texeira claims the country would be ready to stage the 2014 finals. <p> He said: "Normally, countries are only awarded the World Cup six years in advance, and this gives us a big advantage. <p> "We have got a lot of time to work with and we can do this bit by bit - Brazil is up to the task." <p>  </font> <br /><br /> <div class="mvtb"><table width="416" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr> <td width="213"><a onClick="popUpPage('http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/2858989.stm','status=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=370,height=445','Mailer')" href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/2858989.stm" target="Mailer"> <img height="11" hspace="3" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="17" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/v3/email.gif" /> Email this to a friend </a></td> <td width="203"><a 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