Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 - some facts about Brazil and Women's soccer

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Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 - some facts about Brazil and Women's soccer Please subscribe for more Women's soccer videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrFiTZMnWfjriiFsGxIklrQ At the begin take a trip around Rio de Janeiro as it prepares for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic games - Rio Olympics 2016 and Women's soccer. Founded in 1914 and affiliated to FIFA since 1923, the Confederaçao Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) boasts a staggering list of honours: five FIFA World Cups™, eight Copa Americas, four FIFA Under-20 World Cups, three FIFA Under-17 World Cups, two FIFA Confederations Cups, four FIFA Futsal World Cups, three FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups and dozens of continental trophies. Football occupies pride of place in Brazil, a two time host of the FIFA World Cup, the last one in 2014. Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil) is the largest country in South America and fifth largest in the world. Famous for its football (soccer) tradition and its annual Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Recife and Olinda. It is a country of great diversity, from the bustling urban mosaic of São Paulo to the infinite cultural energy of Pernambuco and Bahia, the wilderness of the Amazon rainforest and world-class landmarks such as the Iguaçu Falls, there is plenty to see and to do in Brazil. The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, and commonly known as Rio 2016, is a major international multi-sport event in the tradition of the Olympic Games due to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Record numbers of countries are participating in a record number of sports. More than 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), including first time entrants Kosovo and South Sudan, are scheduled to take part. With 306 sets of medals, the games will feature 28 Olympic sports — including rugby sevens and golf, which were added by the International Olympic Committee in 2009. These sporting events will take place at 33 venues in the host city and at 5 venues in the cities of São Paulo (Brazil's largest city), Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Brasília (Brazil's capital), and Manaus. These will be the first Summer Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach. The host city of Rio de Janeiro was announced at the 121st IOC Session held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. Rio will become the first South American city to host the Summer Olympics. These will be the first games to be held in a Portuguese-speaking country, the first to be held entirely during the host country's winter season (the 2000 games began on 15 September – five days before the Southern Hemisphere's vernal equinox), the first since 1968 to be held in Latin America, and the first since 2000 (third overall) to be held in the Southern Hemisphere. At the end, The Most Beautiful Brazilian. When you think of Brazil, you usually think of football. Even after the criticism during the World Cup 2014, the homeland of the Seleção has kept its reputation of being "The Football Country". This simpleshow explains how Brazil has developed this image over the last years. FIFA Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/teams/ Women soccer channel https://www.youtube.com/c/womensoccer?gvnc=1 Women soccer Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Womensoccer/ Slovak women soccer Facebook https://www.facebook.com/futbalzeny Slovak women soccer Webpage http://www.zenskyfutbal.sk/uvod Slovak women soccer Twitter