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| History: | | | | Youth World Championships in Asia. |
| 1900-1948 The national football team did not participate | | | | 1982 World Championships in Spain. Brazil could not |
| in the Olympic Games (Paris'00, St.Louis '04, London | | | | win the universal trophy. The Latin American squad |
| '08, Stockholm '12, Antwerp '20, Paris '24, Amsterdam | | | | was one of the favorites to win the global trophy... |
| '28, Berlin '36, London '48). | | | | 1983 Brazil beat Argentina to take the World title in the |
| 1920-1979 Brazil only won a South American Cup title. | | | | men's football at the FIFA World Youth Cup in Mexico |
| 1930 At the World Cup in Montevideo (Uruguay), the | | | | City... |
| Brazilian squad finished sixth... | | | | 1984 The national team claimed silver at the Summer |
| 1934 The Brazilian national team placed 13th at the | | | | Olympic in Los Angeles, California, USA. In the gold |
| FIFA World Tournament. | | | | medal match, France beat Brazil 2-0.The best players |
| 1938 The national squad finished third in the World | | | | were Gilmar Popoca and Carlos Caetano Bledorn |
| Championships in Europe. | | | | ("Dunga"). |
| 1940 Edson Arantes do Nascimento, also known as | | | | 1986 Mexico City. For the fourth time, Brazil failed to |
| Pelè, was born on October 23, 1940 in Tres | | | | win the universal title. |
| Coracoes, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Under his leadership, | | | | 1988 Brazilian people were amazed when they known |
| Brazil earned three World Cup titles (1958, 1962, 1970). | | | | that the Brazilian men's football team did not win the |
| At 17 years old of age, he was already a first class | | | | gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. |
| player. He became one of the most famous athletes in | | | | This South American team was one of the favorites. |
| the world. | | | | The best footballer was Romario de Souza. |
| 1950 Brazil hosted the World Cup.This was the second | | | | 1990 World Cup in Rome, Italy. The Brazilian men's |
| time the World Cup had taken place in Latin America. | | | | soccer team placed 10th... |
| During the World Cup final, the local team suffered one | | | | 1991 Brazil did not participate in the Pan American |
| of its most humiliating defeats: Uruguay beat Brazil. | | | | Games in Havana, Cuba. |
| 1952 The Brazilian men's soccer team competed in the | | | | 1992 The Latin American squad did not qualify for the |
| Summer Olympic Games for the first time. Brazil | | | | Olympics in Spain. |
| became the fourth South American country to qualify | | | | 1994 Under the direction of Carlos Alberto Parreira, |
| for the Olympic Games... | | | | Brazil became World champion in the United States. |
| 1954 The national squad placed sixth at the FIFA | | | | This South American nation was the 15th World |
| World Championships. | | | | champion. Ronaldo, 17, was the youngest member of |
| 1958 World Cup in Stockholm, Sweden. | | | | the Brazilian team. Romario de Souza was named the |
| Seventeen-year-old footballer Edson Arantes of Brazil | | | | Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. |
| caused a sensation when he led the Brazilian team to | | | | 1995 During the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, |
| World Cup title. Pelè became the youngest | | | | Honduras beat Brazil 1-0. |
| Latin American World champion ever... | | | | 1996 During the Atlanta Olympic Games, the Japanese |
| 1959 Pan American Games in the United States. The | | | | men's soccer team defeated team Brazil, which has |
| Brazilian men's soccer team made its first continental | | | | never won an Olympic gold medal, 1-0. Japan gave a |
| appearance... | | | | lesson of soccer...The squad South American took |
| 1960 Rome, Italy. Brazil took part in its second Olympic | | | | part in nine editions of the Summer Olympics between |
| Tournament. | | | | 1952 and 1996. |
| 1962 World Cup in Santiago de Chile. The national | | | | 1996-1997 Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima, the |
| squad surprised everyone by finishing first. The soccer | | | | undisputed leader of the Brazilian team, was elected |
| star Garrincha, who was born in Rio de Janeiro, was | | | | the Most Valuable Player in the world. He has |
| named the Most Valuable Player.Brazil became the | | | | competed for Brazil in the past World Cup and the last |
| second Latin American nation to win the World Cup... | | | | Olympic Games. |
| 1963 At the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, | | | | 1998 Paris, France. The national squad was runner-up |
| host country, won the men's soccer | | | | at the FIFA World Cup. Like France, Argentina and |
| tournament...Santos (Brazilian club) won the | | | | Germany, Brazil was one of the favorites to win the |
| Intercontinental Cup for the second consecutive time... | | | | universal title... |
| 1964 The national team qualified for the Olympic | | | | 2002 South Korea & Japan. The Brazilian men's |
| Games in Tokyo, Japan. | | | | soccer squad earned the global title. During the World |
| 1964-1975 Brazil did not win any Copa Libertadores | | | | Cup final, Brazil played one of the best matches of its |
| title. | | | | history against Germany. The score was 2-0... |
| 1966 Brazil placed 12nd at the World Championships in | | | | 2004 Kakà, whose original name is Ricardo |
| London, England...Edson Arantes do Nascimento wrote | | | | Izecson dos Santos Leite, became the United Nations |
| in Sports Illustrated, "Nobody in the game had more fun | | | | World Food Program's Youngest Ambassador...The |
| than I did when I first became a professional. This | | | | Olympic Soccer Tournament took place without Brazil. |
| honeymoon came to an abrupt end sometime around | | | | 2006 Brazil placed 7th at the FIFA World Cup in |
| 1960. I was continually marked the whole time | | | | Germany...Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, |
| whenever and wherever I played, and if I avoided the | | | | created a task force, with experts of the ministry of |
| marking, the boot went in. I've been kicked from pillar to | | | | foreign relations, human development, justice, economy, |
| post, particularly in those up-country league games | | | | tourism and sports, to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup. |
| where the home team decide this is the only way to | | | | Ricardo Teixeira, president of the Brazilian Football |
| stop Pelè and Santos. At first I was shocked, | | | | Confederation (CBF), said, "With this procedure we |
| and then I became angry. Sometimes I hit back and | | | | intend to show FIFA, its president Joseph Blatter and |
| because my name was Pelè, news of such | | | | the whole world football community how seriously the |
| incidents made every newspaper in Brazil..." | | | | Brazilian government is working to make Brazil the |
| 1968 Mexico City. At the Olympic Games, Brazil | | | | host country for the 2014 Championship. I believe that, |
| disappointed fans by finishing in 11th in place... | | | | with this support, the process of candidacy is already |
| 1970 Pelè led Brazil to victory in the World | | | | at an advanced stage". |
| Championships in Mexico. The Brazilian squad won all | | | | 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). |
| its matches. | | | | The local team placed fifth, behind Ecuador (gold |
| 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. Brazil could | | | | medal), Jamaica (silver medal), Mexico (bronze medal) |
| not qualify for the semi-finals. In the first round, they | | | | and Bolivia. In the first round, Ecuador beat Brazil |
| were beaten by Denmark and Iran... | | | | 4-2...The FIFA chose Brazil to host the World Cup in |
| 1974 The national team placed fourth at the FIFA | | | | 2014-30 percent of the facilities are already in place. |
| World Championships. They were favorites... | | | | 2008 Unlike Argentina (Athens 2004 & Beijing |
| 1976 The Brazilian soccer squad was eliminated in the | | | | 2008), Uruguay (Paris 1924 & Amsterdam 1928), |
| semi-finals at the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal | | | | France (Los Angeles 1984), Great Britain (Paris 1900, |
| (Canada). | | | | London 1908, Stockholm 1912), Brazil did not win the |
| 1978 The national team placed third in the World | | | | Olympic gold medal... The Brazilian team is one of the |
| Championships in Buenos Aires-behind Argentina (host | | | | favorites to qualify for the World Cup in 2010. This |
| country) and Holland. Carlos Roberto de Oliveira and | | | | South American squad has qualified for all World Cups |
| Dirceu Josè Guimaraes were the best players... | | | | (1930-2006). |
| 1979 The Brazilian team finished fourth at the Youth | | | | |