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Castelão (Ceará)
Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo, also known as the Castelão (, Portuguese for "Big Castle") or Gigante da Boa Vista, is a football stadium that was inaugurated on November 11, 1973, in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. With a maximum capacity of 57,867 spectators it is the List of football stadiums in Brazil, sixth largest stadium in the country. The stadium is owned by the Ceará state Government, and is the home ground of Ceará Sporting Club and Fortaleza Esporte Clube. Its formal name honors Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (1906–1979), who served as the governor of Ceará from September 12, 1966, to March 15, 1971, and was a leader in getting the stadium built. History Castelão was constructed from 1969 to 1973 and was inaugurated on November 11 of that year. In May 2000, the Ceará state government started to renovate the stadium. The renovations were divided in three stages, and started on May 16, 2001. The first stage consisted in the recovery of the ditches, and of the blea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Sports (Brazil)
The Ministry of Sports () is a Cabinet of Brazil, cabinet-level federal government of Brazil, federal list of federal institutions of Brazil, ministry in Federative Republic of Brazil, Brazil. It was established in 1995 as the "Special Ministry of Sports"; in 1998, this became the "Ministry of Sports and Tourism". In 2003, the Ministry of Tourism (Brazil), Ministry of Tourism was separated from its portfolio. The cabinet was extinct by Jair Bolsonaro in 2019, folded into the Ministry of Citizenship (Brazil), Ministry of Citizenship, and was restored by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2023. The Ministry directs the National Institute of Sport Development. Ministers See also * Other ministry of Sports, ministries of Sport References External links * {{brazil-sport-stub Government ministries of Brazil, Sports Sports governing bodies in Brazil 1995 establishments in Brazil Sports ministries, Brazil Long stubs with short prose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A
Group A of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 15 to 22 June 2013 in Belo Horizonte's Mineirão, Brasília's Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Mané Garrincha, Fortaleza's Castelão (Ceará), Castelão, Recife's Arena Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro's, Maracanã Stadium, Maracanã and Salvador, Bahia, Salvador's Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Arena Fonte Nova. The group consisted of host nation and defending champions Brazil national football team, Brazil, Italy national football team, Italy, Japan national football team, Japan, and Mexico national football team, Mexico. Teams ;Notes Standings In the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage#Semi-finals, semi-finals: * The winners of Group A, Brazil national football team, Brazil, advanced to play the runners-up of 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, Group B, Uruguay national football team, Uruguay. * The runners-up of Group A, Italy national football team, Italy, advanced to play the winners of 2013 FIFA Confederatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his youth, Wojtyła dabbled in stage acting. He graduated with excellent grades from an All-boys school, all-boys high school in Wadowice, Poland, in 1938, soon after which World War II broke out. During the war, to avoid being kidnapped and sent to a Forced labour under German rule during World War II, German forced labour camp, he signed up for work in harsh conditions in a quarry. Wojtyła eventually took up acting and developed a love for the profession and participated at a local theatre. The linguistically skilled Wojtyła wanted to study Polish language, Polish at university. Encouraged by a conversation with Adam Stefan Sapieha, he decided to study theology and become a priest. Eventually, Wojtyła rose to the position of Archbishop of Kra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage
The knockout stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 28 June with the round of 16 and ended on 13 July with the final match of the tournament, held at Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro. The top two teams from each group (16 in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. A third-place match was played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals. In all matches in the knockout stage, if the score was level at the end of 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of extra time were played. If the score was still level after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out. ''All times listed below are in Brasília official time ( UTC−3).'' Qualified teams The top two placed teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage. Bracket Round of 16 Brazil vs Chile The two teams had met in 68 previous matches, including three tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FIFA World Cup Group C
Group C of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of Colombia national football team, Colombia, Greece national football team, Greece, Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast, and Japan national football team, Japan. Play began on 14 June and ended on 24 June 2014. The top two teams, Colombia and Greece, advanced to the round of 16. Teams ;Notes Standings *Colombia national football team, Colombia advanced to play Uruguay national football team, Uruguay (runner-up of 2014 FIFA World Cup Group D, Group D) in the 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Colombia vs Uruguay, round of 16. *Greece national football team, Greece advanced to play Costa Rica national football team, Costa Rica (winner of 2014 FIFA World Cup Group D, Group D) in the 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Costa Rica vs Greece, round of 16. Matches Colombia vs Greece The two teams had met in one previous match, in a friendly in 1994, where Colombia won 2–0. Colombia midfielder Fredy Guarín was suspended fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FIFA World Cup Group G
Group G of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of eventual champions Germany, Portugal, Ghana and United States. Play began on 16 June and ended on 26 June 2014. The top two teams, Germany and the United States, advanced to the round of 16. Teams ;Notes Standings *Germany advanced to play Algeria (runner-up of Group H) in the round of 16. *United States advanced to play Belgium (winner of Group H) in the round of 16. Matches Germany vs Portugal The two teams had met in 17 previous matches, including in the 2006 FIFA World Cup third place match, won by Germany 3–1. Their most recent meeting was in the UEFA Euro 2012 group stage, won by Germany 1–0. Germany took the lead with a Thomas Müller penalty kick, shooting low and hard into the bottom left-hand corner, awarded after a foul on Mario Götze by João Pereira. Mats Hummels doubled the advantage for Germany by heading in a corner kick from Toni Kroos. Shortly before halftime Müller and Pepe were involved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FIFA World Cup Group A
The 32 teams at the 2014 FIFA World Cup were split into eight groups of four, labelled A–H. Group A comprised Brazil national football team, Brazil, Croatia national football team, Croatia, Mexico national football team, Mexico and Cameroon national football team, Cameroon. The first match was played on 12 June 2014, with the last two played concurrently on 23 June. The top two teams, Brazil and Mexico, advanced to the round of 16. Teams ;Notes Standings *Brazil national football team, Brazil advanced to play Chile national football team, Chile (runner-up of 2014 FIFA World Cup Group B, Group B) in the 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Brazil vs Chile, round of 16. *Mexico national football team, Mexico advanced to play Netherlands national football team, Netherlands (winner of 2014 FIFA World Cup Group B, Group B) in the 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Netherlands vs Mexico, round of 16. Matches Brazil vs Croatia The two teams had met in two previous matches, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FIFA World Cup Group D
Group D of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of Uruguay national football team, Uruguay, Costa Rica national football team, Costa Rica, England national football team, England and Italy national football team, Italy. Widely considered as the Group of Death, it was the only group to contain more than one previous winner of the World Cup, as well as the only group in the history of the FIFA World Cup to contain three former world champions. It was also the only group with three 2014 FIFA World Cup seeding, top 10 FIFA World Ranking teams as of October 2013 (ranking date for final draw) and at the start of the competition. Play began on 14 June and ended on 24 June 2014. Costa Rica topped the group undefeated, despite being considered underdogs and expected to finish last in a group containing three former winners of the competition. Two of them, England and Italy, were eliminated. Teams ;Notes Standings *Costa Rica advanced to play Greece national football team, Greece (runne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-seater Stadium
An all-seater stadium is a sports stadium in which every spectator has a seat. This is commonplace in professional association football stadiums in nations such as the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Netherlands. Most association football and American football stadiums in the United States and Canadian Football League stadiums in Canada are all-seaters, as are most baseball and track and field stadiums in those countries. A stadium that is not an all-seater has areas for attendees holding standing-room only tickets to stand and view the proceedings. Such standing areas are known as terraces in Britain. Stands with only terraces used to dominate the football attendance in the UK. For instance, the ''South Bank Stand'' behind the southern goal at Molineux Stadium, home of Wolverhampton Wanderers, had a maximum of 32,000 standing attenders, while the rest of the stadium hosted a little bit less than that; the total maximum attendance was around 59,000. Some European countries do no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Vigliecca
Héctor Vigliecca (born 16 October 1940, in Montevideo) is an architect and urban planner naturalized Brazilian. He collects a vast production of work that includes social housing projects, arenas multi-use and buildings in the cultural, educational and institutional realm as well as large-scale urban projects. He is the founder of the architecture office Vigliecca & Associados established in São Paulo. Among the prominent projects are OUC Mooca-Vila Carioca (Tamanduateí Neighborhoods), integrated studies in the area of 1.600 ha in São Paulo (SP), Castelão Arena, one of the venues of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Deodoro Olympic Park, the largest Olympic area of the Rio-2016, and Parque Novo Santo Amaro V, social housing project reference; Vigliecca is known due to participation in national and international competitions, which resulted in 50 prizes and inspired the book “Hypotheses on Reality” (2012), gathering public competition projects designed between 1971 and 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
