So, keep your nerve in your hand and get to know the precise schedule time of all the FIFA world cup matches, which is hosted by Brazil. Being a western country for central Europe, means each match’s local time will be behind of European local time by around 5 to 6 hours. Anyways, FIFA has already taken great care of global time differences, consistent rest, overlapping matches, local temperature, television scheduling, and global viewers comfort in deciding the final timing of all the matches. Opening match of this event will be kicked off exactly at 5 PM local time in Sao Paulo on June 12. Being the biggest county in Brazil, Sao Paulo has the maximum number of the matches and time wise; it is around 5 hours behind of Europe so European fans will have to reverse their watches by around 5 hours to be precise. Moreover, many matches would also be held in further west Brazilian county, like Cuiaba and Manaus where local time is behind by another hour.
Yesterday FIFA announced its scheduled timetable for 2014 FIFA world cup matches. Its issued statement that reads as, “Group-stage games will be played at 1 PM, 4 PM, 5 PM, 6 PM, 7 PM and 9 PM local time, with knockout stage matches at 1pm and 5pm local time. The semi-finals will be played at 5pm local time and the final, on July 13, at the iconic Maracana stadium, at 4 PM local time. All kick-offs are local time, with Cuiaba and Manaus being Central European Time -6, all other venues CET -5.” So, all the matches are in between 1 PM to 7 PM local time which comes to around 6 PM ET.
Apart from Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Recife, Brasilia, Curitiba, Fortaleza, and Natal will host the world cup matches. The expected time gap can be very troublesome for European nations, coz it would be midnight there when most of the matches start kicking off, and for this reason, number of fans watching a live match from Europe will expected to be less than anticipated. For deciding the match’s draw, FIFA’s executive committee will meet on Dec. 6, 2013 at Costa do Sauipe in Bahia to find the 32 teams match draw. So, wait for another few months and you’ll have the complete chart showing every single match with its precise timing, and then; you can better plan your world cup vocations in 2014!